Edith D. (Dolan) Williams of 8911 Thompson Avenue, in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri United States was born on August 3, 1912 to Lola Bell (Fleshman) Dolan and Lee Elmer Dolan. Edith Williams had siblings Fairy Virginia (Dolan) Van Deventer, Della Elaine (Dolan) Morris, Elizabeth Caroline (Dolan) Utter, Austin Benney Dolan, Perry Lee Dolan, and Mildred Louise (Dolan) Tracy. She married Herbert Edward Coles on November 30, 1929 and they later divorced circa June 1952 in MO. She also married Golden Claude Williams on July 3, 1953, and they were married until Golden's death on June 6, 1975. Edith Williams died at age 65 years old on November 12, 1977, and was buried at Mount Washington Cemetery 614 South Brookside Avenue, in Independence, MO.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...