Viola Millisor COOPER3,5,1,4,2,6

30th Apr 18973,1,4,2 - 21st Mar 19561,2

Life History

30th Apr 1897	Born in Raleigh County, West Virginia.3,1,4,2
10th Feb 1933	Married Benton Waymon LILLY in Raleigh County, West Virginia.6
21st Mar 1956	Died in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.1,2 Bronchial pneumonia & pyelonephritia (per WV Certificate of Death #3342 Dist #280 Serial #156)
after 21st Mar 1956	Buried in Cooper Cemetery, Odd, Raleigh County, West Virginia.1,2

Other facts

Married Richard Martin SHREWSBERRY

Notes

West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
Viola Millisor Cooper
Birth 30 Apr 1897 Raleigh County, West Virginia
Father's Name A A Cooper
Mother's Name Annie Cooper

An affidavit concerning her second marriage, indicating various variations of her name, report her middle name as Mae in some references and Millison in others. It may be that the transcripiton of Millisor as the middle name in the Ancestry.com record from the West Virginia Births Index was wrong, being orignally Millison (ref Millicent?).

1930 Federal Census, Raleigh County, West Virginia, 29 April, Rhodell, District 41, page 26A, Hse #905, Fam #445
Shrewsberry, Richard M Rents $20 M W 38 Married at age 22 WV WV WV Bible School Teacher
Shrewsberry, Viola M Wife F W 31 Married at age 17 WV WV WV
Shrewsberry, Varna Son M W 11 WV WV WV
Shrewsberry, McClellan Son M W 9 WV WV WV
Shrewsberry, Viola Dau F W 7 WV WV WV
Shrewsberry, William A Son M W 2 WV WV WV

Viola's memorial on Find a Grave gives information about her first marriage to Richard M Shrewsberry, but nothing about her second marriage, giving her the final surname of Lilly, which appears on her gravestone reported here.

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Viola M. Cooper-Shrewsberry Lilly
Birth Apr. 30, 1897 West Virginia
Death Mar. 21, 1956 Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia

Daughter of Andrew Anson Cooper (1875-1999) & Anna Meadows-Cooper (1879-1965)
Sister of Ada Lee Cooper-Reedy (1905-1944), Andrew Ernest Cooper (1909-1932), & Lloyd John Cooper (1914-1938)
Married to Richard M. Shrewsberry (1891-1962)

Mother of:
Ardis M. Shrewsberry (1916-1926)
Rondo McClelland "Mack" Shrewsberry (1920-2003)
William Andrew Shrewsberry (1927-1999) and Vilda Shrewsberry-Hall

Viola Lilly died on March 21, 1956 at age 58 from bronchial pneumonia & pyelonephritia (per WV Certificate of Death #3342 Dist #280 Serial #156)
Parents:
Andrew Anson Cooper (1875 - 1939)
Annie Meadows Cooper (1879 - 1965)

Spouse Richard M. Shrewsberry (1891 - 1962)

Children:
Rondo McClelland Shrewsberry (1920 - 2003)
William Andrew Shrewsberry (1927 - 1999)

Burial Cooper Cemetery, Odd, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Created by Patty Greene Jul 31, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial# 20711249, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20711249
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West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Viola M. Cooper Lilly
Birth 30 Apr 1897 West Virginia
Death 21 Mar 1956 Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Burial Cooper-Odd Cemetery, West Virginia
Death Age 58
Occupation Domestic
Marital Status Married
Father Name Andy Cooper
Mother Name Anna Meadows

Sources

1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #20711249, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20711249
2. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
3. West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
4. 1930 Federal Census, Raleigh County, West Virginia
- 29 April, Rhodell, District 41, page 26A, Hse #905, Fam #445
5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #20721460, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20721460
6. Affidavit of names for marriage of Viola M Cooper to B W LIlly