Lottie Frances (Sears) Coy (1884 - 1975)

Born 21 Apr 1884 in Iowa, USA

Died 25 Sep 1975 at age 91 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Biography of Lottie Frances SEARS COY of 1884

Lottie Frances Sears was born in 1884 in Iowa to parents born in Illinois.

Lottie Frances Sears married Nelson "Ned" Coy before 1915, and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where the family owned a dairy farm in 1930 at the corner of 38th Avenue (Clearview Avenue) North and 34th Street, as recorded on the 1930 United States Federal Census. This property was also near the railroad line running south to Saint Petersburg, and probably not far from Lealman Station.

Lottie Frances Sears and her husband Nelson "Ned" Coy had two children:

• Glenn Sears Coy, age 14 in 1930, born July 31, 1915, who married Marilou Hart, and who passed away December 5, 1957 in Phoeniz, Arizona. Glenn Coy and his wife Marilou and their two children lived at 3701 - 38th Street North in Saint Petersburg in 1945.
• William Coy, age 8 in 1930, so born about 1922, who married Hazel D. Unknown Coy, and operated Coy's Market and Deil in St. Petersburg. William passed away August 19, 1997.

Lottie Frances Sears lost her husband Nelson in 1928, when her sons were 12 and 6 years of age.

Lottie Frances Sears passed away in 1975 at the age of 90 years. She is buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, on 54th Avenue North in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

NOTE: Lottie's son William owned Coy's Market and Deli on the northeast corner of 38th Avenue near 34th Street (US 19) in the 1950s and 1960s. with his wife Hazel D. Coy.

Sources

• United States Federal Census for St. Petersburg, Florida, ED 30 Image 2, Line 4 - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RH9-3WH?i=1&wc=QZF3-Q2S%3A648804501%2C650548401%2C1589288083%2C1589282452&cc=1810731

• Find A Grave Memorial# 25661271, for Lottie Frances Sears Coy, created by: Lisa Vivirito. Record added: Mar 31, 2008. Memorial includes a large photograph of Lottie Coy. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25661271

• Find A Grave Memorial# 25661272, for Nelson "Ned" Coy, created by: Lisa Vivirito. Record added: Mar 31, 2008 - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25661272

• 1945 Florida State Census for Saint Petersburg, Florida - tps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D553-F8B?mode=g&i=8&cc=1457855

• Obituary of Hazel D. Coy - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/hazel-coy-obituary?pid=1000000178201577