Lydia Loretta Cooper

b. 15 November 1889, d. 19 September 1974
  • Lydia Loretta Cooper was born on 15 November 1889 in Walker County, Texas.
  • She married John Ollie McCune, son of Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague, circa 1913.
  • John Ollie McCune registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife Lydia in Richards, and employed in Anderson by C. B. Kemp as a farmer.
  • John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Ollie McCune Jr. and Minnie Mae McCune.
  • John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Ollie McCune Jr. and Minnie Mae McCune.
  • She officially witnessed the death of John Ollie McCune on 9 April 1966 at 170 East Round Bunch Road in Bridge City, Orange County, Texas; at his residence.
  • Lydia Loretta Cooper became a widow at the 9 April 1966 death of her husband John Ollie McCune.
  • At the time of her death Lydia Loretta Cooper was living in Bridge City, Orange County, Texas, at 625 Meadowlawn.
  • Lydia Loretta Cooper died on 19 September 1974 at age 84 in Orange, Orange County, Texas, at Orange Hospital.
  • She was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper.
  • Last Edited: 6 Feb 2012

Family: John Ollie McCune b. 25 September 1883, d. 9 April 1966