Eason Thweatt Cook Jr.

Eason Thweatt Cook Jr.

• Father: Eason Thweatt Cook b. 21 April 1851, d. 28 March 1917
• Mother: Sallie George Johnston b. August 1862, d. 20 July 1937

• Eason Thweatt Cook Jr. was born on 20 February 1893 in Alabama.
• Eason Thweatt Cook and Sallie George Johnston appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 126 Catoma Street. Other members of the household included Eason Thweatt Cook Jr.. Also in the household were six boarders, including Wm J. Johnson (age 76).
• Eason Thweatt Cook and Sallie George Johnston appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 126 Catoma Street. Other members of the household included Eason Thweatt Cook Jr.. Also in the household were eight single male boarders.
• He was a merchant, according to the 1910 census.
• Eason Thweatt Cook Jr. registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Montgomery County, Alabama, while single and living at 126 Catoma, Montgomery, employed there operating his mother's plantation.
• Sallie George Johnston appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 126 Moulton Street. Other members of the household included Eason Thweatt Cook Jr.. Also in the household were eight male lodgers.
• He was employed as a salesman by a jewelry company, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Mary Ella Holt, daughter of Edward R. Holt, on 30 June 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama.
• The following appeared on 18 July 1920 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. Eason Thweatt Cook, a bride of June 30, who was before her marriage the attractive and lovely Ella Holt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Holt. Miss Holt's wedding to Mr. Cook was a brilliant social event of the sumer, and was beautifully solemnized at St. John's Episcopal Church. The three lovely young girls in the group are, reading from left to right: little Miss Marha [sic] Burke Rouse, ring-bearer; little Miss Irma Carter Fowlkes, of Selma, and little Miss Wynne Virginia Jannery, of Birmingham, the dainty flower girls. -- Photo by Tressler.
• The following appeared on 28 November 1922 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mr. and Mrs. Eason Cook (Ella Holt) are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a little daughter on Monday morning.
• Eason Thweatt Cook Jr. and Mary Ella Holt appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 200 Woodward Avenue. Other members of the household included Sara Elizabeth Cook.
• He was employed as a salesman in a jewelry store, according to the 1930 census.
• Mary Ella Holt and Eason Thweatt Cook Jr. appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, at 801 Fourth Avenue. Other members of the household included Sara Elizabeth Cook. In 1935 the family was living in Montgomery.
• He was proprietor of a retail grocery business, according to the 1940 census.
• The following appeared on 31 January 1943 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: (Lynchburg) Mr. and Mrs. Eason T. Cook, of Opelika, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Elizabeth, to James L. Ford, sergeant, ground crew, United States Army Air Force, stationed at Avon Park, Fla. Mr. Ford is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Klah T. Ford of Lynchburg.
       The wedding will take place Thursday, March 11, in the First Methodist Church, Opelika.
• The following appeared on 17 March 1943 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: (Lynchburg) Miss Sara Elizabeth Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eason Thweatt Cook, Jr., of Opelika, Ala., and Sergeant James Lewis Ford, of the Army Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. Klah T. Ford of Lynchburg, were married march 11 in Trinity Methodist Church, Opelika. The Rev. J. O. Grogan, D. D., the pastor, officiated.
       The bride was given in marriage by her father. In her wedding party were Mrs. Douglas Butler, of Opelika, and Miss Elizabeth Hall, of Montgomery; Misses Peggy Holt, of Charlotte, N. C., and Mary Pearson, of Opelika. Anne Moreman and Randy White, Jr., were the ring bearers.
       Volney Howard Ford, of Lynchburg, was his brother's best man.
• Eason Thweatt Cook Jr. died on 21 October 1971 at age 78 in Lee County, Alabama.
• His wife Mary Ella Holt became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Garden Hills Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 5 Jun 2014

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