Ida Leola “Leola” COWARD

1887 - 1977  (90 years)

• Name	Ida Leola “Leola” COWARD  [1]
  Birth	4/6 Dec 1887	Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Education	graduate of Kingstree High School, Kingstree, South Carolina
  HIST	Residence: Hemingway, South Carolina Cause of death: Heart failure, S/B/L, Ill Long Is this the Jessie Parnell who was married to Walter Bell? jkh  [1, 2]
  Occupation	retired school teacher
  Religion	attended Midway Baptist Church  [1]
  _UID	71156EE9EA2945BDB309A69875543F7569AC
  Death	4/6 Dec 1977	Folk Convalescent Home, Florence, South Carolina   [3]
  Burial	Cedar Swamp Methodist Church Cemetery   [1]
  	Morris Funeral Home Records, Hemingway, South Carolina
  Person ID	I159262	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Joseph Walter COWARD, Sr.,   b. 16 Nov 1862   d. 8 Feb 1928 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Susan Emma McELVEEN,   b. 21 Apr 1867   d. 3 Mar 1905 (Age 37 years)
  _UID	F28E09FBA16F4B919157A61D7AD1F765C213
  _UID	F28E09FBA16F4B919157A61D7AD1F765C213
  Family ID	F108635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hoyt Hartwell PARNELL,   b. Jul 1886, Darlington County, South Carolina d. Mar 1943 (Age 56 years)
  _UID	42B16981CB9348079977672A2F7E2AB8BA35
  _UID	42B16981CB9348079977672A2F7E2AB8BA35
  Children	1. Willie Joe PARNELL,   b. 15 Dec 1911   2. Hartwell PARNELL,   b. Jun 1913   3. Leroy PARNELL   4. James PARNELL   5. Weldon/Wildon PARNELL   6. Juanita PARNELL   7. Martha PARNELL   8. Rosa PARNELL   9. Jesse PARNELL,   b. 16 Oct 1921, Hemingway, South Carolina d. 13 Jun 1962, at her residence, Hemingway, South Carolina (Age 40 years)   10. PARNELL
  Family ID	F108637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S399] Funeral Home Records Williamsburg County, SC Vol. 5, page 61. [S15646] Myrtle Elizabeth Bell Anderson. [S393] Bernice G. McCutcheon, page 113.