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Emma Viola Collins 1904–1983 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11/20/1904

Birth Location: Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 11/20/1983

Death Location: Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA

Father: James Collins

Mother: Elvira Leatherwood

Spouse(s): Spofford Sooter

Children(s): Edna Sooter, Robert Sooter, James Sooter, Edith Sooter

Emma Viola Collins was born in 1904 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA, the child of James Arthur Collins And Elvira Alice Leatherwood. In 1935, Emma Viola Collins resided in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas. In 1940, Emma Viola Collins resided in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA. Emma Viola Collins married Spofford Lanear Sooter, and had children including Edith Sooter, Edna Ruth Sooter, James W Sooter, Lanear June Sooter, Robert Joe Sooter. Emma Viola Collins passed away in 1983 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Emma Viola Collins was born in 1904 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA, the child of James Arthur Collins And Elvira Alice Leatherwood.
  • In 1935, Emma Viola Collins resided in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas.
  • In 1940, Emma Viola Collins resided in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA.
  • Emma Viola Collins married Spofford Lanear Sooter, and had children including Edith Sooter, Edna Ruth Sooter, James W Sooter, Lanear June Sooter, Robert Joe Sooter.
  • Emma Viola Collins passed away in 1983 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Emma Collins's Ancestors

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Emma Collins
1904–1983
Birth Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Parents
James Arthur Collins
1869–1954
Georgia
Elvira (Alice) Leatherwood
1872–1933
Spring Hill, Hempstead County, AR
Grandparents
Zachariah (Willis) Leatherwood
1851–1911
Villa Rica (Carroll), Georgia
Mary (Caroline) Yocom
1853–1909
Greene County, Arkansas, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
George (Yoakum)
1826–1898
Malinda Martin
1835–1921
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jesse Yocum
1781–1860
Jenny Mullins
1786–1840
Henry MARTIN
1797–1881
Nancy McDaniel
1805–1860

Emma Collins's Descendants

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Emma (Viola) Collins (11/20/1904–11/20/1983) m. Spofford (Lanear) Sooter (8 Jan 1905–9 Apr 1973)
  1. 1. Edna (Ruth) Sooter 1927–1992
  2. 2. Robert (Joe) Sooter 1931–1954
  3. 3. James (W) Sooter 1933–1984
  4. 4. Edith Sooter 1924–2013 m. John (Tobe) Honeycutt 1923–2010

Emma Collins's Timeline

4 Records

1904
11/20/1904
Birth of Emma Viola Collins in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
1935
1935
Age 31
Emma Viola Collins resided here in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas
Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas
1940
1940
Age 36
Emma Viola Collins resided here in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
1983
11/20/1983
Age 79
Death of Emma Viola Collins in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11201904
    Event Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00140; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 29-27

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00140; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 29-27

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00140; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 29-27

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11201983
    Event Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA

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