Tombstone Tuesday~Cora Lee Deese

Cora Lee Deese
b. Aug. 18, 1895
d. Apr. 16, 1968

bu. Morven Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of William L. "Bill" Foster

Cora Lee Deese is my Grand Aunt. She was born 18 August 1895 to John Calvin Deese and his 2nd wife Sarah Frances Gathings.

Aunt Cora never married. She lived her life, as I knew it, with her sister Winnie Elizabeth “Aunt Lizzie” (Deese) Streater.

From my earliest memory Aunt Lizzie and Aunt Cora, along with Aunt Lizzie daughter, Sarah Ann, lived on their farm outside of Morven, North Carolina. After we moved from Cheraw, SC in 1950 we lived within walking distance, about a mile, of Aunt Lizzie’s and Aunt Cora’s house.

Aunt Cora died 16 April 1968 (a Tuesday) at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina. Cause of death was listed as “Adenocarcinoma endocerous” also known cervical cancer.

She was buried the following Thursday at Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina.
 
Aunt Cora will be the focus of my “52 Ancestors” posting scheduled for Wednesday. 

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 June 2011); Memorial page for Cora Deese; (18 August 1895–16 April 1968); Find a Grave memorial # 38280100, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, United States.
2. 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #8, Page 152A; Line 26, Dwelling 52, Family 52, Household of Calvin DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0011, Page 165B; Line 89, Dwelling 208, Family 217, Household of John C. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.
4. 1920 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #13, Page 194A; Line 26, Dwelling 148, Family 148, Household of John C. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
5. 1930 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 18, Page: 4B & 5A/25B & 26A; Line 100, Dwelling 82, Family 83, Household of Calvin J. DEESE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 1672.
6. State of North Carolina, death no. 13852 (16 April 1968), Miss Cora Lee Deese; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Cora Deese (18 August 1895–16 April 1968), Memorial # 38280100.
8. Ibid.
9. Social Security Administration, Ancestry database, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 13 May 2011), Cora L. Deese, 246-01-xxxx, before 1951 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
10. Miss Cora Lee Deese obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 18 April 1968.