Cora Liza (RUSH) Biggs
Cora Liza (Rush) Biggs
Place of photo: Tennessee
Photo uploaded by her great-granddaughter,
Tammy Stafford-Bellflower
Biography
Created 2022 by Cora’s great-granddaughter, Tammy Stafford-Bellflower
I was raised (along with my brother Timmy Lee Stafford) by Cora’s daughter, Ethel (Biggs) Stafford, and Ethel’s husband, Van D. Stafford. They often shared stories about Cora’s life with us.
Cora Liza Rush was born on February 1, 1891, in Gainesboro, Tennessee. Her father, Charlie Rush (1871–1936), was 20, and her mother, Mary M. (Stafford) Rush (1874–1958), was 16. Cora had one son and three daughters with Woody C. Biggs (1884–1974). She later married Lorenzo Dow Stafford Sr. (1858–1940), and they had five children together. She passed away on February 22, 1964, in her hometown, at the age of 73, and is buried at Denson Cemetery in Gainesboro.
Note about relationships: Cora and Woody were divorced at one time. She married her son-in-law Van’s grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Stafford Sr., and they had children together. Later, Cora and Woody remarried. Woody had also married twice more and fathered additional children, including some born outside of marriage.
Parents of Cora Liza (Rush) Biggs:
• Charlie Rush (1871–1936)
• Mary M. (Stafford) Rush (1874–1958)
Both are buried at Pharris Cemetery in Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee.
Siblings:
Narcissus (Rush) Stafford (1894–?) – Burial unknown
Margaret Elizabeth (Rush) Netherton (1900–1936) – Pharris Cemetery
James H. Rush (1904–1987) – Pharris Cemetery
Charles Frank Rush (1908–1985) – Died in Michigan, burial unknown
Nancy Betsy (Rush) Heady (1912–1981) – Roselawn Memorial Park, Michigan
Haskel Rush (1914–1936) – Burial unknown
Henry Thomas Rush (1895–1979) – Pharris Cemetery
Lassie (Rush) Stafford (1910–1994) – Pharris Cemetery
Fred D. Rush (1920–2004) – Pharris Cemetery
Infant Rush (1916), Twins (1917) – All buried at Pharris Cemetery
Children with Woody C. Biggs:
• Ethel Biggs Stafford (1909–1983) – Pharris Cemetery
• Charles Biggs (1911–1911) – Burial unknown
• Willie Flossie (Biggs) Stafford (1912–2003) – Tuttle Cemetery
Married her brother-in-law Frank Tensley Stafford
• Hallie (Biggs) Stafford DeWeese (1915–1996) – Pharris Cemetery
First husband: Sam Stafford; Last: Charles M. DeWeese
Children with Lorenzo Dow Stafford Sr.:
• Lorenzo Dow Stafford Jr. (1922–1968) – Denson Cemetery
Died in a car accident with Roy Lee Mooneyhan, brother-in-law to Freeman Stafford (1935–2014)
• Bertha Margaret (Stafford) Lampley (1929–1991) – Lampley Cemetery
• Mary Irene (Stafford) McCormick (1921–2001) – Burial unknown
• Joe Mitchell Stafford (1933–1934) – Died from whooping cough, burial unknown
• Daisy V. Stafford (1931–1931) – Denson Cemetery
Genealogy Links:
Cora on Find A Grave (Virtual Cemetery)
Daughter:
Ethel on We Remember
Ethel on FamilySearch
Ethel on Find A Grave
Grandson:
P.J. "Pete" Stafford on We Remember
Find A Grave
FamilySearch
Obituary at Anderson Funeral Home
Granddaughter:
Jean (Stafford) Ashley (1931–2005)
BillionGraves
Find A Grave
Great-Grandson:
Timmy Lee Stafford (1966–2004)
We Remember
Find A Grave
FamilySearch
BillionGraves
Great-Granddaughter:
Beverly (Stafford) Laursen (1963–2022)
My Social Pages:
BlueSky
Pinterest
StoryGraph (Books)
Stafford-Tidwell Family Tree
Created by Tammy Jean Stafford-Bellflower