Phelps Lafayette COTTON & Vergie Emeline STOKES

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Husband: Phelps Lafayette COTTON [I21419]

Born: 20 JUN 1886 in Leslie, Searcy Co., Arkansas ¹
Married: 01 AUG 1909 in Searcy Co., Arkansas ⁹
Died: 21 MAY 1955 in Searcy Co., Arkansas ²
Father: Calvin Thomas 'Rev.' COTTON
Mother: Louisa ELLIS
Spouses:

Wife: Vergie Emeline STOKES [I22323]

Born: 08 NOV 1890 in Arkansas
Died: 12 MAY 1968 in Searcy Co., Arkansas ³
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Willis C. COTTON [I22363]
Born: 23 APR 1914 in Searcy Co., Arkansas
Died: 08 FEB 2009 in Buried Richland, Benton Co., Washington ^{4 5}
Spouses: Bill 'Willie' KIMBRELL

02 (F): Willene Florence COTTON [I22364]
Born: 04 MAR 1918 in Leslie, Searcy Co., Arkansas
Died: 18 MAY 2011 in Clinton, Van Buren Co., Arkansas ⁶
Spouses:

03 (M): Charles William COTTON [I22365]
Born: 04 OCT 1921 in Searcy Co., Arkansas
Died: 31 JAN 2013 in Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas ^{7 8}
Spouses:

Additional Information

Phelps Lafayette COTTON:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Elberta Cemetery, Leslie, Searcy Co., Arkansas (arkansasgravestones.org)

Vergie Emeline STOKES:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Elberta Cemetery, Leslie, Searcy Co., Arkansas (arkansasgravestones.org)

Parents (Facts Pg): James Harvey Stokes & Anna Drucilla Adams

(02) Willene Florence COTTON:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Elberta Cemetery, Leslie, Searcy Co., Arkansas

Notes:

She married Lucian Weast Nowlin in 1945 and divorced in 1947

(03) Charles William COTTON:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Fayetteville National Cemetery

Footnotes

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [2245].
Headstone Inscription [1491].
Ibid.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
Headstone Inscription [1491].
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
Ibid.
U.S., Veterans Gravesites, ca 1775 - 2019 [2243].
Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [1138].

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