Just so you don’t think it’s all obituaries and census records around stately Graham Ancestry, here is an article from the 5 October 1972 edition of The Odessa American of Odessa, Texas, chronicling a get-together of a local sorority. Mu Delta Hosts Social In Crane CRANE (Special) – Mu Delta of Epsilon Sigma Alpha[1] met…
Mancel Coker & California Copeland
On Saturday, 22 December 1900, Mancel Coker was issued a license to marry “Mrs. California Copeland”
Obituary: William H. Clayton
My continuing research into the Coker and Copeland families turned up this obituary for William Henry Clayton, Junior, the husband of Dessie Coker, as published in the 26 April 1973 edition of The Odessa American of Odessa, Texas. WILLIAM H. CLAYTON CRANE (Staff) – Funeral services for William Henry Clayton Jr., 74, a 28-year[1] resident…
Obituary: Dessie Ann Coker
I’ve recently been doing a lot of research into the Copeland family for an upcoming article and came across this obituary mentioning Virgie and Danner Copeland by their married names. This turned out to be a key document for the article, so I’m presenting the obituary here. It was originally published in the Midland Reporter…
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