Ethel Cole - Elizabethton Star

Ethel Claiborne Dameron Lecture Series “Who Will Sing My Name?

The Story of the Monmouth Steamboat Tragedy” and the Months Leading Up to the 1837 Shipwreck on the Mississippi Saturday, April 12, 2025Port Allen – The West Baton Rouge Historical Association in partnership with West Baton Rouge Museum will dedicate a historical marker on April 12 to memorialize the loss of up to 400 lives in a steamboat wreck on the Mississippi near Profit Island on October 31, 1837.The steamboat Monmouth, headed upriver, was …

Ethel Cole - Elizabethton Star

Ethel Cole, age 90, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Signature Healthcare in Elizabethton. She was the daughter of the late James and Julia New Linville and was born on Nov. 9, 1934, in Hawkins County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, U.G. Cole, in 2018. She retired from North American Rayon Corporation. Those left to cherish her many memories include two sons, Terry Cole and Randy…