Lula Mildred STAFFORD

1893 - 1971  (77 years)

• Name	Lula Mildred STAFFORD
  Born	8 Aug 1893	Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	626B6B2C3B3EF14A8BF49C1EAD22EEF30118
  Died	10 Apr 1971	Gastonia, Gaston Co., North Carolina
  Buried	Gaston Mem. Park, Gastonia, Gaston Co., North Carolina
  Person ID	I75912	Branch 099 William Stafford 1784
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Emory Junius STAFFORD, Sr.,   b. 11 Feb 1860, Kernersville, Forsyth Co., North Carolina ,   d. 27 Jun 1930, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Lula Roberta LOWERY,   b. 2 Sep 1866, Kernersville, Forsyth Co., North Carolina ,   d. 25 Mar 1950, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 83 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1885	Forsyth Co., North Carolina   [2]
  Notes	Ancestry.com will not let me access the details of this marriage. E-ma il sent inquiring as to why on Dec. 11, 2005: North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000 Record about Emory J Stafford Name: Emory J Stafford Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: 1860 Age: 25 Race: White Spouse: Lula R Lowrey Spouse Gender: Female Spouse Estimated Birth Year : 1866 Spouse Age: 19 Spouse Race: White Marriage Date: 5 Aug 1885 Marriage County: Forsyth Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: North Carolina State Archives
  Family ID	F25599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Gregg CHERRY,   b. 17 Oct 1891, Catawba, York Co., Sourth Carolina ,   d. 25 Jun 1956, Gastonia, Gaston Co., North Carolina  (Age 64 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1921	Guilford Co., North Carolina   [3]
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F25600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 Record about Mildred Cherry Name: Mildred Cherry Death Date: 10 Apr 1971 Death City: Gastonia Death County: Gaston Death State: North Carolina Date Death Recorded: Apr 1961 Death Age: 77 Birth Date: abt. 1894 Residence City: Gastonia Residence County: Gaston Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Autopsy: No Institution: Other Institutions Attendant: Physician Mildred's grave marker and death certificate say she was born in 1893. However, page 51 of North Carolina's FIRST LADIES lists her birth year as 1894. Mildred was born in Statesville, but her family moved to Greensboro when she was a baby. She attended Greensboro College for 2 years and Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA. She taught 2nd grade in Greensboro until she married the mayor of Gastonia, Robert Gregg Cherry on June 28, 1921 in Greensboro. Mildred was the First Lady of NC from 1945-1949. Her husband was the 61st Governor of NC. After leaving Raleigh, she and her husband lived in a house that they built at 519 W. Washington St. in Gastonia, NC. They had no children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5488] 1900 NC Census, Guilford County. [S6955] Forsyth Co., NC Marriages (Reliability: 2). [S5315] Guilford Co., NC Online Vital Statistics