Zelda Louise Goodman was born December 27, 1917 in Salisbury, Rowan County North Carolina, United States to parents George Goodman and Mae McCombs .[1]
Zelda married Junie Cook on July 22, 1943 in Gaffney, County (Cherokee County), South Carolina. [2]
Zelda worked as a spinner in the various textile mills of Rowan and Catawba County and together, she and Junie had several children. On May 14, 1977 she suffered a heart attack and passed away in China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina.[3] She was laid to rest at Mount Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery in China Grove.[4]
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-5ZN : 8 December 2014), Zelda Louise Goodman, 27 Dec 1917; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 907, p. 378, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37M-CL5 : accessed 27 November 2022), Zelda L Goodman in household of George M Goodman, China Grove, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 8A, line 38, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1718; FHL microfilm 2,341,452.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3C-1MZ : 9 January 2021), Zelda Goodman in household of G M Goodman, China Grove Township, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-6, sheet 22A, line 4, family 386, 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 2968.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54498595/zelda-louise-cook: accessed 27 November 2022), memorial page for Zelda Louise Goodman Cook (27 Dec 1917–14 May 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54498595, citing Mount Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by K H (contributor 50140772) .
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYH9-PYQ : 8 January 2021), Zelda Cook, May 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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WikiTree profile Goodman-541 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.
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