Iva Annette (Spears) Centanni (1932 - 1967)

Born 17 Nov 1932 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Died 28 Aug 1967 at age 34 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Annette (Spears) Centanni was a Mississippian.

Annette (Spears) Centanni lived in Louisiana.

Iva Annette Spears was born on November 17, 1932, probably in or near Meridian, Mississippi. Her parents were Aaron C. and Gertie Ray Spears.^[1]

Ina Annette was enrolled in the Lauderdale County, Mississippi school system in 1939.^[2]

She married Michel Roy Centanni.^[3]

She passed away August 28, 1967 in New Orleans,^[4] and was buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Metairie, Jefferson Parish.^[3]

Census Data

United States Census, 1940 ^[5]

Ward 1, New Orleans, Louisiana

1. Curtis A Spears, Head, M, 28, married, Wood-work machinist, b. Mississippi
2. Gertie Spears, Wife, F, 27, married, b. Mississippi
3. Iva A Spears, Daughter, F, 8, single, b. Mississippi
4. Curtis W Spears, Son, M, 0, single, b. Mississippi

Sources

1. ↑ "Death: Iba Annette Spears," The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, 30 August 1967, page 2, column 6, digital image GenealogyBank : accessed 7 March 2022), Newspaper Archives.

   "Iba Annette Spears, wife of Michel R. Centanni, Sr.... daughter of Gertie Ray Spears and Aaron C. Spears...Age 33 years. A native of Meridian, Mississippi, and a resident of Laplace, La. for the past year."

2. ↑ "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK63-1PVH : 2 March 2021), Ina Annette Spears, 1939; citing School enrollment, , Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2022), memorial page for Annette Spears Centanni (17 Nov 1932–28 Aug 1967), Find A Grave: Memorial #120290231, citing Garden Of Memories, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA, maintained by LindaR (contributor 47847553); gravestone photograph by Mike & Bushy Hartman.
4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Louisiana Death Records, citing record for Iva Annette Spears Centanni, age 33, d. 28 Aug 1967, Orleans, certificate 5656
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYP8-99Z : 08 March 2022), Iva A Spears in household of Curtis A Spears, Ward 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36-8, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T627 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1416.