When Willie D. Hoover was born on 15 March 1892, in Mississippi, United States, her father, Samuel D. Hoover, was 30 and her mother, Florence P. Benton, was 22. She married Verge Mann on 28 October 1909, in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Beat 5, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Charleston, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 27 August 1959, in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mizpah Cemetery, Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States.
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