Eula Louise (Cooper) McWilliams (1925 - 2001)

Born 8 Aug 1925 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of L. C. McWilliams — married 26 Jun 1941 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Died 12 Mar 2001 at age 75 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

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Louise (Cooper) McWilliams is buried in Sharon Cemetery.

Biography

Eula Louise Cooper was born on Aug 08, 1925 in Mississippi, USA as the fourth child of James Luther Cooper and Edna Earl Thames.

She had six siblings, namely: Hilda Lois, James Ira, Laverne, Sara Elizabeth, Luther Earl, and Katye Lucille.

She died on Mar 12, 2001 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Central Mississippi Medical Center; Age at Death: 75). ^[1]

When she was 15, she married L. C. McWilliams, son of Lonnie L. McWilliams and Katie Elizabeth Robertson, on Jun 26, 1941 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. ^[2] Note: Their headstone has that they were married on Jun 26, 1940, which is in error.

Eula Louise Cooper lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (StreetAddress: Rural Route 1. Mendenhall.; Age: 5; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0005; RegistrationDistrict: 0005; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter).

She lived in Rural, Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EmploymentCode: 6; EmploymentDetails: School; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 64-9; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 7th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter). Race: (White) S

She was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Sharon Cemetery).^[3]

L. C. McWilliams and Eula Louise Cooper had the following children:

1. Kathryn Louise McWilliams was born <private>.
2. Infant Son McWilliams was born and died on Jul 10, 1946.
3. Larry Cooper McWilliams was born on Oct 24, 1949. He died on Mar 31, 1969 (Age at Death: 19).
4. Pamela McWilliams was born <private>.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Eula Louise Cooper McWilliams Clipped from The Magee Courier, 15 Mar 2001, Thu, Page 11
2. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4JV-JQPZ : 4 October 2020), Miss Louise Cooper in entry for Mr L. C. Mc Williams, 26 Jun 1941; citing Marriage, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, 00507, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
3. ↑ Findagrave Louise Cooper McWilliams

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-YW9 : accessed 23 July 2022), Louise Cooper in household of James L Cooper, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6A, line 16, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.