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Lester Darby Jr.                                 1913-1986
Lester was born about 1913, the son of Lester Darby Sr. and Miss David Lynne Harris, in Mississippi..
Norma Elizabeth Wood Cochran       1915-1991
Norma Elizabeth was born 21 November 1915, the daughter of William Franklin Wood and "Nellie" Lucille Palmer, at Hernando, Mississippi.
I have identified the following children.
  Ellen Born abt 1949   Hernando, Mississippi

Birth of Parents
Lester Darby Jr. b: abt 1813         Mississippi
son of Lester Darby Sr. and Miss David Lynne Harris

Norma Elizabeth Wood Cochran b: 22 Nov 1915         Hernando, Mississippi
daughter of William Franklin Wood and "Nellie" Lucille Palmer

1940 Census 1 April 1940
 Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi
District 81-102, Image 14 of 26
203 Pearl Street		 B I R T H
P L A C E		    Residence   Apr 1, 1935
        City               County
Luisa Monroe (Head)
Lester Darby Jr. (Lodger)
John Z. Hanna (Lodger) 		Age 24
Age 25
Age 40 		(Negro) Servant
Salesman
Auto Mechanic 		Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi 		Rural
Charleston
Rural 		Leflore
Tallahatchie
Leflore 		abt 1914
abt 1913
abt 1900
Renting the house, Rent $6.00

Lester enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force on 16 April 1941, for 3 Years.

Marriage
17 Jun 1947
Lester Darby Jr.     34
Norma Elizabeth Wood Cochran     33

Ellen Darby b: abt 1949               Hernando, Mississippi
daughter of Lester Darby and Norma Elizabeth Wood Cochran

Death
Donna Raye Darby Died 26 Sep 1954, Age 17       Carlsbad, New Mexico
Burial: Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico

Death
Lester Darby Jr. Died 1986       Oklahoma City, OK.

Death
Norma Elizabeth Wood (Cochran) Darby 15 Oct 1991       Oklahoma City, OK.


Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Two PHOTOS BY TheOldChief, merged