Photo of Alva and Cora Howard with daughters Ethel, Edith, Ruby and Nezzie before a tornado destroyed Melva

Photograph

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White River Valley Historical Society

Tornado

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Photo of Alva and Cora Howard with daughters Ethel, Edith, Ruby and Nezzie before a tornado destroyed Melva

Entry/Object ID

00372.2020.02.0011

Description

Black and white photo of Alva and Cora Howard and family: father Alva, daughter Ruby, mother Cora in back; left to right daughters Ethel, Edith and Nezzie before Cora and child Willie Fanky were killed in the tornado which destroyed Melva, Missouri, March 11, 1920.

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Person or Organization

Howard, Isaac Alva, 1883-1956

Person or Organization

Howard, Cora Effie Pickett, 1882-1920

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Howard, William Richard,1916-1999

Person or Organization

Persinger, Lillian Ethel Howard, 1902-1968

Person or Organization

Persinger, Nezzie J Howard, 1904-1925

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Persinger, Ruby M. Howard, 1911-2004

Person or Organization

Rose, Edith Emille Howard, 1908-1952