Cora Lee Deese was born 18 August 1895 in Morven, Anson County. She was the second born child of John Calvin Deese and his second wife, Sarah Frances Gathings.
John Calvin’s first wife had passed away due to complications related to childbirth leaving him with 4 small children, all girls. The baby died a year later on the same day that her mother passed away.
Cora Lee remained unmarried throughout her lifetime. When I was a young teenager Aunt Cora and Aunt Lizzie lived on the road between Lilesville and it’s intersection with Highway 145 at the Paul Digg’s Store. We often visited with the two sitting around drinking a cold glass of ice tea before we continued home.
Aunt Cora, age 72, died on 16 April 1968 and was buried in the Morven Cemetery. Her death left Aunt Lizzie all alone on the olde homestead and it was about this time that she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in Alabama.
Cora Lee Deese is my GrandMother’s paternal half-sister. To me she was Aunt Cora.
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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Cora Lee Deese, death certificate #13852 (16 April 1968), NC State Archives., North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2014); Memorial page for Cora Deese; (18 August 1895–16 April 1968); Find a Grave memorial # 38280100, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
7. Social Security Administration, Ancestry database, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 3 May 2012), Cora Lee Deese, 246-01-3249, before 1951 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
8. Miss Cora Lee Deese obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 18 April 1968, page.
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