Lillie Lucille Kendrick (1919 - 2015)

Born 4 Feb 1919 in Piedmont, Wayne Co., Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Prentice Pearson — married 3 Jul 1944 in Corning, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 2015 at age 96 in Florissant, St Louis Co., Missouri

Biography

Event: High school graduation. Event 1940 Des Arc, Iron Co., Missouri.

Note: #N95.

Notes

Note N95Paul and Lil eloped to Corning Arkansas. Paul had 2 cracked ribs at.

the time due to Lil's father's mule kicking him in the side. It was.

July 3 1944. The Justice of the Peace offered to marry them for.

nothing if they would wait till the following day and do it as part of.

the local 4th of July celebration. Paul declined saying he would pay. .00 so they could get back home as fast as possible because his.

ribs were hurting. They were accompanied on the elopement trip by.

Lil's sister Mary, Mary's daughter Betty, along with two friends who.

served as wittnesses.

Lil wore a brown with white poka dot dress. 1

REFN: 574.

Lil was lefthanded.

Lillie was stolen by an old gypsie woman from her grandmother (Mary.

Moss Hodges) yard in Des Arc, Missouri. She was 3 years old. Her.

father James Kendrick, walked in search of her for 3 days, found her.

in a gypsie camp, picked her up and walked off home with her.

Her daughter and grandchildren often tease her that the wrong child.

was picked up because she looks great in bright and unusual colors and.

patterns.

Lil always thought her middle name was Lucille, as Lillie Lucille is.

what her siblings always called her. In the 1950's she discovered she.

had no middle name on her birth certificate. When she asked her older.

sisters about her middle name she found out it was a name they gave.

her when she was little because they thought it sounded good! Lil had.

it legally added to her birth certificate.

Lil sang in the Des Arc High School Quartet. She sang bass because.

there wasn't anyone else to sing bass and she could get her voice that.

low.

Lil was well known for her Pie baking. People were know to drive 60.

miles to "the Des Arc Cafe" to eat Lil's pie.

Sources

United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M888-61Q : accessed 23 February 2018), Lillie Kendrick in household of Mary Hodges, Benton, Wayne, Missouri, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 1B, line 73, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 962; FHL microfilm 1,820,962.