Henry Busby’s father was James Overdal Busby, born in St. Stephens, Alabama on July 12, 1891, and one of four Busby brothers and younger sister. James Busby, commonly called Jim Busby, lived in Washington, Alabama in 1900, and later lived in Choctaw County, Alabama, where he married to Mattie L. Covington. The couple welcomed ten children born mostly in Alabama, except for their son, Henry Busby, who was born in Mississippi. James O. Busby died April 1956 at the age of 64 where he raised his large family in Choctaw County, Alabama.
Mattie L. Covington, wife of James O. Busby and mother of Henry Busby, was born on August 26, 1894, to her parents, John and Eliza Covington. She was one of eight Covington children all of whom were born and raised in Alabama. While married to James O. Busby, she had ten children. Mattie L. Covington passed away on February 8, 1969, in Choctaw, Alabama.
The family of James and Mattie Busby consisted of ten children: James Benjamin “Bennie” Busby (December 2, 1912-September 7, 1968), Dennis A. Busby (1914-October 16, 2003), Dovie Augusta Busby (September 20, 1917-May 7, 1993), Henry Melton Busby (October 19, 1919-February 18, 1945), Angeline (October 20, 1923-June 21, 2012), Early V (April 7, 1926-March 13, 1979), Verna Mae Busby (April 13, 1929-February 13, 2011), Lucille Busby (February 22, 1932-May 23, 2002), George W. Busby (February 22, 1932-1993), and James Busby (1937-2018).
James Benjamin “Bennie” Busby registered for World War II in 1939 alongside his brother Henry Melton Busby. Bennie Busby represented Gilbertown, AL of Choctaw County. He was blue-eyed and only five foot three in height. Bennie Busby was married to Lula A. Busby, who died in 1935, and had one daughter who died as an infant. Later in his life, Bennie Busby married Bertie Mosley in November 1933. He also took part in the Choctaw County Medical Society, urging citizens to become immunized to fight the polio virus in 1963.
Dennis Alman Busby resided in Butler, Alabama near his siblings. Dennis Busby was brown-eyed and brown-haired and was over six feet tall. He lived in household alongside Ethel Busby (1917-2008), his wife, and children Elmer Lee Busby (1936-2007), Clarence A. Busby (1943-1980), James G. Busby (1945-2004), and Wilbur Busby (1940-1980). According to The Choctaw Advocate, Dennis Busby was registered to vote by 1946 with his brother Bennie Busby.
Dovie Busby married Thomas Newton Franklin Donald (1914-1994) and together they had three children: Wilma Mae Donald (1935-2015), Frank Thomas Donald (1937-2002), and Frankie F. Donald Loper (1939-1979).
Angeline “Angie” Busby married Jasper Claude Donald (1916-2005). She and her husband had 7 children, many of whom are still living as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Early Busby, a brother of Henry Busby, was fifty years old when he passed away in Cook County, IL. Early Busby never married nor had children. According to The Choctaw Advocate, Early Busby was registered in 1962.
Verna Mae Busby married Amos Brooks Pilot (1924-1991) and had one child, Franklin Pilot (1959-2020).
Lucille Busby Davis married CL Davis (1919-2008) and had four children: James Carl Busby (1948-1995), Mattie Leona Davis Cooley (1953-2005), Sara Jean Davis (1955-1957), and Richard Lee Davis (1957-1987). In the Shelby County Reporter, she was listed an elected Democrat voter in 1950.
Another brother of Henry Busby, George Washington “GW” Busby married Lillian Delane Cook Sikes (1936-2015), together the couple had one child who died as an infant.
Lastly, James “Jimmie” Richard Busby died in Mississippi at the age of eighty-one. He was also listed in The Chicago Advocate as a voter in 1960. Information is unspecified as to Jimmie Busby’s marriage status.