Vera Kate was married five times and widowed at least three times. She had no children. Her first husband, whom she married two days after her 18th birthday, was her sister Lillie Mae's widower. Lillie Mae Cannon 1908–1926 had died in childbirth two years before, at 17, and Lillie Mae's daughter Lola Mae had died a few days after her first birthday in 1927. Nothing is known about Vera Kate's second husband, Johnny Smith. She buried her last three husbands in Walter Garner's family plot. Her fourth husband, Gid Godwin, was her first cousin, son of her aunt Frances Cannon Godwin, who was nearest in age of the fifteen Cannon siblings to her father, Daniel. Vera Kate and Gid, who married when they were both in their forties, said that they got married because they both liked to travel, and they wanted to travel together. They had been always been friends as well as cousins. Her longest marriage was to her last husband, Carl Moore.
Vera Kate was married five times and widowed at least three times. She had no children. Her first husband, whom she married two days after her 18th birthday, was her sister Lillie Mae's widower. Lillie Mae Cannon 1908–1926 had died in childbirth two years before, at 17, and Lillie Mae's daughter Lola Mae had died a few days after her first birthday in 1927. Nothing is known about Vera Kate's second husband, Johnny Smith. She buried her last three husbands in Walter Garner's family plot. Her fourth husband, Gid Godwin, was her first cousin, son of her aunt Frances Cannon Godwin, who was nearest in age of the fifteen Cannon siblings to her father, Daniel. Vera Kate and Gid, who married when they were both in their forties, said that they got married because they both liked to travel, and they wanted to travel together. They had been always been friends as well as cousins. Her longest marriage was to her last husband, Carl Moore.
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Vera Garner
Godwin Moore
Mar. 26, 1910
Aug. 24, 1987
Gravesite Details
Married to Perry M. Odom on March 28, 1928; to Johnny Smith; to Walter Iris Garner; to Ernest Gid Godwin about 1963; and to Francis Carl Moore on September 9, 1967, at age 57.
Family Members
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Mary Angela ""Mary Angie"" Cannon Odom
1906–1985
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Lillie Mae Cannon Odom
1908–1926
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Andrew Jackson "A.J." Cannon
1912–1986
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Marion Louise Hurst
1914–1978
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Mildred Inez Cannon Bembry Edson
1916–1994
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Myrtis Elizabeth Cannon Avery
1918–2010
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Helen Marie Cannon Hurst
1920–2001
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Rayford C Cannon
1922–2000
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James Ralph "Ralph" Cannon
1925–1943
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Daniel Cheshire "Dan" Cannon
1927–2008
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Annie Grace "Little Ann" Cannon
1928–1931
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