Bessie Lawanda Copous

1937 - 1984  (47 years)

• Name	Bessie Lawanda Copous  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Jun 1937	Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1940	Tippah County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  	Beat 4
  Death	20 Jun 1984	Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I57285	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Ralph Alvin Copous,   b. 4 Oct 1912, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Jun 1990 (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rosa Lee Lakey,   b. 23 Feb 1914, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA d. 23 Jul 2001, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Jun 1931
  Family ID	F9658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Jun 1937 - Mississippi, USA Residence - Beat 4 - 1940 - Tippah County, Mississippi, USA Death - 20 Jun 1984 - Shelby County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3849] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02070; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 70-14. Record for Ralph Cooper http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=120141185&indiv=try [S1604] Cousin Count, 5th Cousins.