Third Generation

26. Laura Ola PIPPIN was born on 3 March 1888 in Jackson County, Tennessee.³ She died on 23 December 1979 at the age of 91 in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

Betty and Laura were twins - Betty's grave marker has the wrong year.

1920 Census. 18th District, Putnam Co, TN, Hh 128
Cleveland Billingsley, age 34, b. TN, parents b. TN, Farmer
Lara, wife, age 30.
Ova, dau 11. John A. son, 8. Estill, dau, age 6
Lucindia Pippin, mother in law, age 72, widow

Funeral services for Laura Pippin Billingsley, 91, were conducted from the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home Monday, Dec. 24, at 3 p.m. with Neil Christy officiating.
Mrs. Billingsley died December 23 in Cookeville General Hospital.
She was a native of Jackson County, the daughter of the late Andy and Lucinda Hulcher Pippin and the widow of Cleve Billingsley.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bethel Newport of Cookeville and Mrs. Raymond Wood of Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Jackson, Phoenix, Ariz. and Mrs. Fannie Birdwell of Jackson County.
Burial was in the Crest Lawn Cemetery.
Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN: 26 December 1979

Laura Ola PIPPIN and Edward Cleveland "Cleve" BILLINGSLEY were married on 3 August 1907 in Jackson County, Tennessee.⁹⁹ Edward Cleveland "Cleve" BILLINGSLEY, son of John Lytton BILLINGLSEY and Martha PETTY, was born on 27 June 1887 in Jackson County, Tennessee.⁹⁹ He died on 23 January 1969 at the age of 81.⁹⁹