Annie Mae (Carroll) Cook (1907 - 1967)

Born 14 Feb 1907 in Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1967 at age 60 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Annie (Carroll) Cook is a part of US Black heritage.

Annie Mae Carroll, adopted daughter of Edward Carroll and May Lewis, was born in 1907.

In 1920, she was living with her adoptive parents in Bolivar county, Mississippi and attending school. ^[1]

Annie was the mother of legendary soul musician Sam Cooke.

She died in 1967^[2] and is buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MX-P2SJ : 18 March 2018), Annie Mae Cook, 11 Nov 1967; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-VYKM : 8 August 2020), Annie Mae Carroll Cook, ; Burial, Alsip, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Burr Oak Cemetery; citing record ID 184979790, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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