Ralph Tope, son of James
Harvey Tope and Lavica Moore, was born 16 December
1891 in Rockwood, Randolph Co.,
Illinois, and died 7 January 1961 in
Lilbourn, New Madrid Co., Missouri. He married Melva Ethel Riggs,
daughter of P. L. Riggs and Rosailia (surname unknown), on 3
January 1918 in Lilbourn, New Madrid Co., Missouri. Melva was
born 3 Novomber
1895 in Camden, Benton
Co., Tennessee, and died 3 March 1963 in Lilbourn, New Madrid Co.,
Missouri. Ralph and Melva are buried in Mounds Cemetery, Lilbourn, New
Madison Co., Missouri.
Ralph and Melva had four children;
all born in Lilbourn, New
Madison Co.,
Missouri.
- Ruby Rosalia Tope was born 9 May 1919 and died 29 Jan 2007
in Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri [note 2].
- Hazel
Lavica Tope, deceased.
- Cloe Virginia Tope born 10 July
1924; died 1 August 1979
in Lilbourn, New Madrid Co., Missouri.
- Ralph
Tope, Jr. was born 11 March 1927 in Lilbourn,
New Madrid Co., Missouri. He died 17 March 2007 at the Golden
Living
Center, New Madrid Co., Missouri, and was buried 19 March 2007 in
Mounds Park Cemetery, New Madison Co., Missouri. Ralph
married
Maxine Cravens on 11 July 1951. He served in World
War II.
Notes:
- The above text
was
constructed from
data in Now
You Know Who That Is, by A.D. Maddux, p. 43
(used with permission).
- Social Security Death Index, ancestryl.com.
- Sikeston Standard, Sikeston, Missouri; March 19, 2007,
email from Austin Dale Maddux to Topegen, Thursday, May 03, 2007 7:24
AM
Updated Friday, 19-Oct-07 10:47:53 PDT
Today's date: