Mary Bledsoe

I was born in the country. Town of about 12 miles from Corsicanna, Tex. My father was a doctor down there, and I was a second child; I have a brother older than I am. And then I moved to Ennis, and then come to Dallas and lived here until I was a little girl, 4 or 5 years old, then I went back down to Ennis and my father practiced medicine in Ennis, Tex., and then about---I married then when I was 17, and then I moved around quite a little while I was married, but-and then my husband and I, we had trouble, and I divorced him in-oh, about in 1925, and I raised my two children by myself, and I have been in the place where I live 24 years, and over on the back, I was--I have been here 43 years in the neighborhood, and I raised both of my boys, and they are grown.

Your occupation has been that of a housewife?

Yes. Well, I had rented rooms, but I had some money my father had given me. I had some money from him.

Your present address, you rent rooms, do you?

Yes; I do, now. I have just started in September again. My son left home, you see, and I started---

That was September of 1963?

Yes.

How large a house is that?

Well, it is all on one floor. And I have four bedrooms, but I rent three.

In September of 1963, you were living there alone, were you?

No; my son was living there.

And he left?

Uh-huh.

Did you rent rooms before your son left your home?

Well, let's see, now, oh, yes; uh-huh, in September I----

Except his bedroom?

Yes; uh-huh.

When he left you rented another bedroom, did you?

Well yes; I am trying to. Haven't got it rented.

Now, did you ever rent a room in your home to Lee Oswald?

Yes; uh huh.

Can you tell me about the first time that you ever saw him. What the date was?

The first time I ever saw him or heard of him, I was in the backyard doing a lot of yardwork. I come around the house and he was standing on the porch, and he said, "Do you have a room for rent?"