Trula Lawrence

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Trula Coon
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law
Spouse's Name: John M Coon
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
T Paul Coon 42
Lorena Coon 42
John M Coon 22
Trula Coon 20
Flora Coon 19
Thomas Coon 17
Lena Coon 15
Wanego Coon 13
Nellie Coon 11
Lucille Coon 8
Jack Coon 5
Lorene Coon 3

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Trula Coon
Respondent: Yes
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
Street: Wesley Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
John M Coon 32
Trula Coon 30
Margaret L Coon 9
John M Coon 8
Laura L Coon 6
Phyllis A Coon 4
Ronald L Coon 2
James E Coon 1 month


OBITUARY

Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 9 May 1965

Funeral services for Mrs. Trula Lawrence Coon, 55, of 133 Wesley St., Bluefield, Va. will be conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, of Bluefield, Va. with Rev. W. L. Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Cemetery in Princeton.

Born June 27, 1909 in Tazewell, Va., the daughter of the late Robert E. and Laura Brooks Lawrence, she died suddenly at home. She was the wife of John M. Coon, Sr.

Surviving in addition to her husband are four daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Margaret) Wilson of Bluefield, Mrs. Charles (Laura) Godsey of Manassas, Va., Mrs. Howard (Phyllis) Pruett of Bluefield, Va., and Brenda Coon of the home; three sons, John Coon, Jr. of Princeton, Ronald Coon of Tazewell, and James of the home; five sisters, Mrs. G. W. Necessary, Mrs. Clarence Shields, and Mrs. Faye Chandler of Bluefield, Claudia Lawrence of Bluefield, Va. and Mrs. William Yost of Roanoke, Va.; three brothers, Roy and Bob Lawrence of Bluefield and Charles Lawrence of Welch; 10 grandchildren.

Pallbearers: Harry Maupin, Randall Kegley, Troy Busic, James Busic, Gerald Profitt, Tom Lambert, Friends will carry flowers.

The body remains at the funeral home where friends may call.

Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85553600

Trula married John McCray Coon 31 May 1929, Mercer Co. WV. John (son of Thomas P. Coon and Lorena Neel) was born 19 Mar 1908, Tazewell Co. VA; died 07 Oct 1993, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12156256&Type=Marriage

1. Flora Coon was born ca 1911, Tazewell Co. VA.
2. Thomas P. Coon, Jr. was born ca 1914, Tazewell Co. VA.
3. Lena M. Coon was born ca 1916, Tazewell Co. VA.
4. Wanego V. Coon was born ca 1917, Tazewell Co. VA.
5. Nellie Coon was born ca 1919, Tazewell Co. VA.
6. Lucille K. Coon
7. Jack Coon
8. Lorene Coon was born 27 Apr 1928, Tazewell Co. VA; died 12 Dec 2002, Tazewell Co. VA.