Oscar Lewis Yielding (1894 - 1970)

Born 18 Nov 1894 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Aug 1970 at age 75 in Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Oscar was in the service: PVT Co K 167 Infantry in World War I. He helped his sister, Nettie Cockrum, when her husband was in jail for a couple of years. He passed away at the age of 75. His oldest son died of cancer.

Oscar married Annie Campbell.

May be buried Cedar Tree Cemetery, AL

Sources

• Oral history from Myrta Cantrell and James Ireland cockrum, taken by Brenda cockrum Gravitt.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNCT-CWP : 15 February 2018), Tyra in entry for Oscar Lewis Yielding, 26 Aug 1970; citing reference 20808, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,360.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7N-DNH : accessed 6 February 2021), Nathan V Yielding in household of Wesley V Yielding, Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 7A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 25; FHL microfilm 1,374,038.