Mary Zola Estep

Female1 January 1926–16 November 1982

Brief Life History of Mary Zola

When Mary Zola Estep was born on 1 January 1926, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, her father, Clyde Estep, was 25 and her mother, Lola Bessie Shoun, was 24. She died on 16 November 1982, in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Estep
1900–1926
Lola Bessie Shoun
1901–1956
Nida Mae Estep
1920–1952
Nelda June Estep
1922–1995
Mary Zola Estep
1926–1982

Sources (2)

  • Mary Zola Estep, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Estep, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1927

Age 1

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

Age 5

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1941

Age 15

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Easthope (Shropshire) from Old English ēst ‘east, eastern’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain, but common in OH, WV, and VA.

History: Thomas Estep, a son of Richard Eastop, came to MD in 1647. His son Shadrach established a family in Kanawha County, WV.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

Mary Zola Estep - Johnson County, Tennessee Biographies

Leonard Shoun and his wife Barbara Slemp of Johnson County, Tennessee (JCT) and Their Descendants by Carl B. Neal June 1957 One record says that Leonard Shoun & his wife Barbara Schlemp, came to what …

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