Posts about Zimmerman, Story, Deweese, and Pryor families.
My grandfather, Frank Otis Zimmerman, known as “Frank O.” or “Otis” in the family was born to Parker L. Zimmerman and Dolly Storey Zimmerman on May 28, 1913. He was their second child and Parker’s seventh child. Frank O. grew up between Cape Girardeau and Scott County. They lived in towns called Ancel and Fornfelt, which would eventually become Scott […]
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Kenneth W. Zimmerman, Sr. was born on Monday, April 27, 1942, to Frank Otis Zimmerman and Eloise Zimmerman nee DeWeese. Dad’s birth was mentioned in the Southeast Missourian. Dad was the third of six children and the oldest son. Dad was very close to his younger brother James Ray, who was born on February 6, 1946. All the pictures that […]
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My great grandfather Parker was the victim of one of the largest natural disasters to hit Cape Girardeau, MO, the 1949 tornado. It hit the city on Saturday, May 21, 1949 at 06:54 p.m. By 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman was dead at 74 years of age. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life […]
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1909 was probably the worst year of Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman’s life. He lost both his ten month old daughter Ida May Zimmerman and his second wife Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Before Parker’s death in the Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909 […]
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