Spouse & Children

Pinkney DeLane French Ila F. French (1901-) Richard John French (1902-1968) Lillie Lee French (1905-) Lester Hurl French (1907-1965) Lanie B. French (1910-)

Mrs Viola Cooper French

On Wednesday morning at 4:30 a.m., Mrs Viola Cooper French passed away at her home on West 3rd Street, Luverne, after a long illness. She had been in failing health for several years and all that medical science could do could not relieve her. She was born in Beuna Vista, Tennessee on November 10,1874 and was married to Mr Pinkney Delane French on December 27,1899. She was a member of the Baptist Church and her sweetness of Christian character has endeared her to the hearts of many who grieved at her Passing. She is survived by her husband and eight children, four daughters, Mrs Kynard of Selma, and Misses Lillie, Lannie and Bessie French; four sons, Richard, Hurl, Cooper and Thomas French all of Luverne. Four brothers W.T. Cooper of Montogomery; Edgar Cooper of Memphis, Tenn; E.R. Cooper of Camden, Tenn. and Lester Cooper of Legion, Texas. Two sisters Mrs Fannie Cooley and Mrs Othella Kee of Camden, Tenn. Funeral services were held at Live Oak cemetery in Selma, Al. at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Active pall bearers; Messrs; T.W. Shows, J.D. Smith; R.I. Fundabunk, Henry Crowell, Claud Reddoch and Dow Reddoch . (The Submitted by Crenshaw Co. Historical Society County News- November 13,1924.

Sources:

1. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
2. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002