Background
Cothren, Evangeline was born on May 16, 1925 in Light, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Vance and Laura May (Newberry) Cupp.
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Evangeline Cothren
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Bachelor of Science, Arkansas State University, 1944. Master of Arts in Business Education, Peabody College, 1952.
Career
Bookkeeper Vance Cupp & Sons, Light, from 1935, Union Auto Sales, Memphis, 1945-1946. Teacher business education Greene County Technology High School, Paragould, Arkansas, 1947-1974. Proprietor Evangeline's Footwear, from 1974.
Secretary Chaffin-Cothren Auto Sales, Paragould, since 1983. Co-chair Greene County Courthouse Preservation Society Inc., since 1991. Chairman Greene County Scholarship Fund, since 1988, Beaark Endowment Foundation Greene County, since 2001.
Board member Arkansas Cmty Foundation, 1996-2002.
Achievements
Membership
Member Paragould Centennial Celebration, 1986, Greene County Sesquicentennial, Paragould, 1986, Arkansas Sesquicentennial, Little Rock, 1986. Vice president Northeast Arkansas Development Council, Jonesboro, since 1987. Member Paragould Chamber of Commerce (president since 1986), Delta Kappa Gamma (scholarship committee since 1985, various national offices held since 1948).
Connections
Married J.C. Cothren. 1 child, Jackson David.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Baptist