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Corina May <I>Garver</I> Whitlock  Giggy

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Corina May Garver Whitlock Giggy

Birth
Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, USA
Death
27 Oct 1972 (aged 89)
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Bruce Morton Garver, the manager of this Memorial, is the grandson of John Frederick "Fred" Garver (1881-1953) who is a second cousin to Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy 1883–1972) whose "bio" below has been written by her second cousin-twice-removed Bruce Morton Garver who is a fifth cousin of Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018) who created this Memorial. How Bruce and Dennis met at Oklahoma State University during the spring of 1979 is described by Bruce in his "bio" of Gertrude May "Gertie" (Dennis) Hall, a sister of John William Dennis (1875-1950) who is the husband of Corina's sister Myrtea Orissa (Garver) Dennis (1882-1966).
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Corina May Garver was born at Eaton, seat of Preble County, Ohio, on May 6, 1883, to Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) who had wed in 1879. Of their three children, Corina May Garver was the second to be born. Her two sisters are here described in the order of their birth.
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Morton Garver who manages it.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California. The couple had no children.
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Middle sister Corina May Garver (Giggy, 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock (1874–1954) with whom she had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with six adult children, four of whose FAG Memorials are linked to each other, to Fred's, and to that of his first wife, Amy Bertha (Chase) Giggy
(1882–1954). Fred Draggoo Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy had no children of their own.
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Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy died at the age of eighty-nine on October 27, 1872, in Springfield, seat of Greene County, Missouri, and was there interred at Eastlawn Cemetery next to the grave of her second husband, Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886-1965), who had preceded her in death by seven years and ten months..
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Bruce Morton Garver, the manager of this Memorial, is the grandson of John Frederick "Fred" Garver (1881-1953) who is a second cousin to Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy 1883–1972) whose "bio" below has been written by her second cousin-twice-removed Bruce Morton Garver who is a fifth cousin of Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018) who created this Memorial. How Bruce and Dennis met at Oklahoma State University during the spring of 1979 is described by Bruce in his "bio" of Gertrude May "Gertie" (Dennis) Hall, a sister of John William Dennis (1875-1950) who is the husband of Corina's sister Myrtea Orissa (Garver) Dennis (1882-1966).
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Corina May Garver was born at Eaton, seat of Preble County, Ohio, on May 6, 1883, to Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) who had wed in 1879. Of their three children, Corina May Garver was the second to be born. Her two sisters are here described in the order of their birth.
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Morton Garver who manages it.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California. The couple had no children.
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Middle sister Corina May Garver (Giggy, 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock (1874–1954) with whom she had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with six adult children, four of whose FAG Memorials are linked to each other, to Fred's, and to that of his first wife, Amy Bertha (Chase) Giggy
(1882–1954). Fred Draggoo Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy had no children of their own.
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Corina May (Garver) Whitlock Giggy died at the age of eighty-nine on October 27, 1872, in Springfield, seat of Greene County, Missouri, and was there interred at Eastlawn Cemetery next to the grave of her second husband, Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886-1965), who had preceded her in death by seven years and ten months..
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