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Cora Lee Garrett 1914–1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1914

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: 1945

Death Location: St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Father: Jake Payne

Mother: Fionia Meriwether

Spouse(s): Willie Sr, Leon Garrett

Children(s): Willie Jr

Cora Lee Garrett was born in 1914 in Mississippi, the child of Jake Bus Payne And Fionia J Meriwether. Cora Lee Garrett married Leon Garrett, Willie G Johnson Sr, and had children including Ernest Garrett Garrett, Samuel Leon Garrett, Willie G Johnson Jr. Cora Lee Garrett passed away in 1945 in St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Cora Lee Garrett was born in 1914 in Mississippi, the child of Jake Bus Payne And Fionia J Meriwether.
  • Cora Lee Garrett married Leon Garrett, Willie G Johnson Sr, and had children including Ernest Garrett Garrett, Samuel Leon Garrett, Willie G Johnson Jr.
  • Cora Lee Garrett passed away in 1945 in St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA.

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Cora Garrett's Ancestors

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Cora Garrett
1914–1945
Birth Place: Mississippi
Parents
Jake (Bus) Payne
1882–1973
Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA
Fionia (J) Meriwether
1892–1980
Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (F) Meriwether
1869–1952
Desoto County, Mississippi
Melvina Cobb
1874–1955
Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Frank Merriweather
1836–1910
Jane Payne
1851–1930
Andrew COBB
1845–1928
Melvina SANDERS
1846–1928
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthony Sr.
1821–
Elizabeth Merriweather
1825–1917
Raeford Forney
–1935

Cora Garrett's Descendants

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Cora (Lee) Garrett (abt 1914–1945) m. Willie (G. Johnson) Sr (abt 1904–) m. Leon Garrett (abt 1908–27 MAY 1994)
  1. 1. Willie (G Johnson) Jr 1930–2003

Cora Garrett's Timeline

2 Records

1914
abt 1914
Birth of Cora Lee Garrett in Mississippi
Mississippi
1945
1945
Age 31
Death of Cora Lee Garrett in St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1914
    Event Place: Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1945
    Event Place: St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

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