Cora Styles^[1]

1905 - 2001  (95 years)

• Name	Cora Styles
  Born	25 Jul 1905	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	22 Apr 2001  [3]
  Buried	24 Apr 2001	Dutch Bottoms Baptist Church Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I76404	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Ben Styles,   b. 10 Jun 1880, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1939, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Jane Gilland,   b. 13 Sep 1886, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1970, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F32282	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Arthur Johnson,   d. Bef 6 Feb 2012
  Children	+ 1. Beulah Mae Johnson,   b. Abt 1926, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Feb 2012  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Family ID	F124135	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	William M. Spurgeon,   b. Abt 1891, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 18 Aug 2002  (Age ~ 111 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1925	Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Lucy Mildred Costner,   b. Abt 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Aug 2002, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F39770	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Herbert Costner,   b. 26 Sep 1915,   d. 4 Oct 1981  (Age 66 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1949	Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Children	+ 1. Marty Costner
  Family ID	F28275	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jul 1905 - Tennessee Married - 24 Dec 1925 - Cocke County, Tennessee Married - 17 Feb 1949 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 261. [S112] Census, 1930. Name Cora Spurgeon Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place District 04, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 25 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Birth Year (Estimated) 1905 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 1 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE William Spurgeon Head M 39 Tennessee Cora Spurgeon Wife F 25 Tennessee Bula Mae Spurgeon Daughter F 4 Tennessee Lucy Spurgeon Daughter F 3 Tennessee [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 22 Apr 2001. Cora S. Costner, age 95, of Newport, went to be with her Lord April 22, 2001. She was a faithful member of the Dutch Bottoms Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Costner. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Juanita Costner, of White Pine; daughters, Beulah McCarter and Mildred Beason, of Newport; brothers, Ernest Styles, of Newport, and Monroe Styles, of New Jersey; sisters, Myrtle Beason and Edna Evans, of Newport; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and a special neighbor, Carolyn Epley, of Newport. Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, at the Dutch Bottoms Baptist Church, with Rev. Manson Lee, Rev. Brian Bradley, and Rev. Barry Warren officiating. Interment will be the church cemetery. Family received friends from 6 p.m. til 9 p.m., Monday evening, at the funeral home. Manes Funeral Home in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 48948946). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name W M Spurgeon Event Type Marriage Event Date 24 Dec 1925 Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Cora Styles Johnson Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12437-35497-87?cc=1619127 : accessed 19 March 2016), Cocke > Marriage licenses, 1920-1929, Rader, Alvin to Hommei, Charlsie-Zurgias, Emmanuel to Cottrell, Laura Belle > image 959 of 2018; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Herbert Costner Event Type Marriage Event Date 17 Feb 1949 Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Cora Spergeon Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12592-65678-72?cc=1619127 : accessed 19 March 2016), Cocke > Marriage licenses, 1940-1949, Abercrombie, Cecil to Smith, Lurlyon-Hagins, Andy to Burnes, Gladys > image 1284 of 2393; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.