Lucy Belle (Ellis) Cotten (1908 - 2005)

Born 15 May 1908 in Dallas, Iowa, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Dudley Roy Cotten — married 20 Dec 1923 in Adel, Dallas, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 3 May 2005 at age 96 in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Steven Messamer [send private message]

Biography

Lucy B. Cotten, born May 15, 1908 to Phoebe and Wright Ellis in Dallas County, passed away in Chariton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chariton on May 3, 2005.

On December 20, 1923, she married Dudley R. Cotten, to this union , eight children were born, Marvine Holloway, Grovetown, GA, Phyllis (Phil) Messamer, Russell, Betty Cotten, George (Norma), Charles (Bernie), Chariton, Naomi (Jay) Chandler, Chariton, Dean (Pinky), Earlham, and Mary Jane (Ted) Coppock, West Des Moines. She has 29 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, and 15 3/4 great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to being a homemaker, she was also a nurse's aide at the Chapler-Osborn Hospital. She loved to garden, can and freeze the produce. She took pride in the variety of Iris flowers that she grew. She could always be counted on to lend a helping hand to family and friends in time of need.

She was preceded in death by her paents, her husband, Dudley; daughters, Betty and Phyllis; son, George; two grandchildren; and her half brother, Fay Macy.

Sources

• Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937; Record Type: Microfilm Records
• 1930 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Linn, Dallas, Iowa; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0019
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV8-71B6 : 11 July 2016), Lucy Belle Ellis Cotten, 2005; Burial, Adel, Dallas, Iowa, United States of America, Panther Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 14348018, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• 1910 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Union, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: T624_399; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1374412
• 1920 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Union, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: T625_486; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 18
• 1915 Iowa State Census. Union, Dallas.
• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DN-951 : 10 March 2018), Lucy Ellis, 15 May 1908; citing Adams Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,111.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.