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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2417703, member: 2844"]I think it is safe to say Sophie Coors was not African American herself, here is info on her son, with his photo:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://carnivalmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2006_King_GilesCoors.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://carnivalmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2006_King_GilesCoors.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://carnivalmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2006_King_GilesCoors.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the third paragraph it says:</p><p>"King Giles was born and raised in Memphis by his mother, the celebrated artist Sophie Coors and his father Giles Jr. or “Bull” to all his friends."</p><p><br /></p><p>His father, Sophie's husband:</p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcSQ1Y4u2JJRyjxm7gGTS5OAHlaEE08La3SO1ZSktSMBIdpjLJo%26s&sp=1594824254T0d6f0880c9ebec1c62473f8c002ac9bfe0688f4c862d9b65d709e0ebc4540034" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=giles-augustus-coors&pid=169066951&fhid=13790" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=giles-augustus-coors&pid=169066951&fhid=13790" rel="nofollow">https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=giles-augustus-coors&pid=169066951&fhid=13790</a></p><p><br /></p><p>No photo of Sophie yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:</p><p>inh just found a photo of Sophie. (Of course she did <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2417703, member: 2844"]I think it is safe to say Sophie Coors was not African American herself, here is info on her son, with his photo: [URL]https://carnivalmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2006_King_GilesCoors.pdf[/URL] In the third paragraph it says: "King Giles was born and raised in Memphis by his mother, the celebrated artist Sophie Coors and his father Giles Jr. or “Bull” to all his friends." His father, Sophie's husband: [IMG]https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcSQ1Y4u2JJRyjxm7gGTS5OAHlaEE08La3SO1ZSktSMBIdpjLJo%26s&sp=1594824254T0d6f0880c9ebec1c62473f8c002ac9bfe0688f4c862d9b65d709e0ebc4540034[/IMG] [URL]https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=giles-augustus-coors&pid=169066951&fhid=13790[/URL] No photo of Sophie yet. Edit: inh just found a photo of Sophie. (Of course she did :playful:)[/QUOTE]
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