Prudie M. (Cook) Craft (1905 - 1932)

Born 23 Feb 1905 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Samuel Craft — married 25 Nov 1922 in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

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Prudie (Cook) Craft is buried in Dry Creek Cemetery.

Biography

Prudie M. Cook was born on Feb 23, 1905 in Mississippi, USA as the eighth child of James L Cook and Laura Everett.

She had nine siblings, namely: Charles Thomas, Clifton David, Glover, Mattie, Roma, Ollie E., Katie F., Claude Nathaniel, and Thomas J.

She died on Mar 16, 1932 (Age at Death: 27).

Prudie M. Cook lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

When she was 17, she married George Samuel Craft, son of Berl Jef Craft and Martha Warren, on Nov 25, 1922 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. ^[1]

She was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Dry Creek Cemetery).^[2]

George Samuel Craft and Prudie M. Cook had the following children:

1. R. T. Craft was born on Sep 06, 1923 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Nov 28, 2005 (Age at Death: 82). He married Saleta Walker on Jul 17, 1943 (date on headstone).
2. Mertis Pauline Craft was born on Sep 06, 1926 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 29, 1993 (Age at Death: 66). She married John Henry "Russ" Neely Jr on Jul 16, 1948 (date on headstone).^[3]
3. Sammie Rayford Craft was born on Mar 03, 1932 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Mar 27, 2013 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Baptist Medical Center, Age at Death: 81). He married Doris Jean Moseley on Dec 24, 1951 (date on headstone).

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z1K4-S92M : 23 June 2020), Miss Prudie Cook in entry for Mr G S Craft, 25 Nov 1922; citing Marriage, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, 00730, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLN-JPY5 : 11 July 2016), Prudie M. Cook Craft, 1932; Burial, Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States of America, Dry Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 100080960, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=47059572&indiv=try Name: Mertis Pauline Craft [Mertis Craft Neely] [Mertis Neely] SSN: xxx Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 6 Sep 1926 Birth Place: Magee Simpso, Mississippi Father Name: George S Craft Mother Name: Prudie M Cook Death Date: 29 Jan 1993 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jun 1944: Name listed as MERTIS PAULINE CRAFT; Jun 1952: Name listed as MERTIS CRAFT NEELY; 05 Feb 1993: Name listed as MERTIS C NEELY

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-575 : 8 December 2015), Prudie Craft in entry for G Samuel Craft, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTF-25P : 14 December 2015), Pamidy Cook in household of James L Cook, Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDL-RNX : 29 October 2015), Prudie Cook in household of J E Cook, Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,771.