Lou Vernia (Cook) Carter (1901 - 1972)

Born 6 Feb 1901 in Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Died 11 Apr 1972 at age 71 in Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Lou (aka Vernia) was born in 1901. She is the daughter of William Cook and Nancy Britt. By 1910, the family had moved to Bienville Parish, Louisiana.^[1] The family was still in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, in 1920.^[2]

She married Bonnie F Carter. In 1920, they were living in Jonesboro, Jackson, Louisiana. Her father, William Cook, was living with them.^[3] Her father was still with them in 1930.^[4] By 1940, they were still living in Jonesboro, Jackson, Louisiana.^[5] They had five children (Damon, Obediah, Willie, Charles, and daughter, Martiel) and a lodger in the home. Her husband, Bonnie, was a funeral director for a funeral home.

Vernia passed away in 1972. Burial was in the Jonesboro Cemetery in Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana.^[6]

NOTE: Her given name is spelled a variety of ways on various documents including Lou Venia, Louverna, Levernie, Verna, and Vernia. Vernia is the name of her tombstone.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTN-DCM : accessed 28 April 2017), Levernie Cook in household of William O Cook, Police Jury Ward 7, Bienville, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 7B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 509; FHL microfilm 1,374,522.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQC-BPF : accessed 28 April 2017), Lou Venia Cook in household of William O Cook, Police Jury Ward 7, Bienville, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 15, sheet 3B, line 56, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 606; FHL microfilm 1,820,606.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYN-W92 : accessed 28 April 2017), Louverna Carter in household of Bonnie F Carter, Jonesboro, Jackson, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 22, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 795; FHL microfilm 2,340,530.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYN-W92 : accessed 28 April 2017), Louverna Carter in household of Bonnie F Carter, Jonesboro, Jackson, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 22, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 795; FHL microfilm 2,340,530.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGY-1X8 : accessed 28 April 2017), Verna Carter in household of Bonnie F Carter, Jonesboro, Police Jury Ward 2, Jackson, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-4, sheet 17B, line 55, family 375, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1405.
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 112919450[1]