WADE COOPER MORRELL
AUG. 4, 1903 - SEP. 5, 1975

son of: Vinie Louisa Cooper and Wiley Morrell

wife:  Lucille Peak

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1903

Wade was the first child of two children born to Vinie Louisa Cooper and Wiley Morrell. Wade was born August 4, 1903 in Santa Rosa County, Florida.

1909

When Wade was five years old his mother died and he and his brother, Alfred, were placed under the guardianship of Wiley Morrell.

1920

During the 1920 Federal census, it is recorded that Wade Cooper was living with his half-brother Dewey M. Morrell and Dewey's mother, Caroline Chestnut Morrell. Wade had not  changed his name to Morrell at that time. It is also recorded that Wade was 16 years old, attending school and that he worked as a wood chopper at a local sawmill.

1924

Sometime before his marriage to Lucille Peak,  Wade changed his surname from Cooper to Morrell. Wade married Lucille on February 2, 1924 in Milton, Florida.

1975

Wade died on September 5, 1975. His final resting place is in the Hickory Hammock Cemetery, Milton, Florida.

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