Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Linda Ann McLemore Linda (daughter of Ira Ray McLemore and Bernice Opal Hensarling) was born on 14 Nov 1941 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 1 Jul 1985 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lynda was a gracious and beautiful woman, and a caring mother. She loved antiques, and showcased them in her home. She also was interested in family and genealogy. She died after a valiant struggle with cancer.

O. married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Frances Collins. Mary was born on 11 Aug 1915 in Navarro County, Texas; died on 9 Aug 1995 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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As with his older brother, Ray was simply called Baby after he was born. Eventually, his siblings began calling him "Baby Ray" after their primers, and the name stuck.


San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

May, 1932: The San Augustine Grammar School had 36 students graduate: Johnny Alford, Jesse Gene Fussell, Carmen Fussell, Billy Partin, Kenneth Woods, Vernon Mills, Cade Downs, Ray McLEMORE, Clifton Mathews, Charles Allredge, R.E. Epps, J.B. Miler, Carl Fussell, Charles Haley, Thomas Ramsey, Herman Bates, Phil Greer, Raymond McEachern, Allen Coon, Nina Sheffield, Catherine Childers, Frances Stripling, Bernice Stevenson, Odelle Moore, Vera Helen Westbrook, Louise Miller, Dorothy Adams, Ruby Taylor, Maxine Cox, Virginia Greer, Fay Renfroe, Elouise Sossaman, Helen Harris, Alice Joy Ellington, Nell Greer and Maxine Hays (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, April 27, 2006 "Decade of the Great Depression 1932" by Harry P. Noble)

Ray served in the Phillipines during World War II. His gravesite has a military marker, embossed with a cross and with the inscription Pvt US Army World War II

He made his living as a rancher, and he also owned and operated laundrymats in and around Sabine and San Augustine Counties. He retired to Nacogdoches.

His obituary, dated February 21, 1991 from an unreferenced newspaper reads as follows:

SERVICES FOR RAY McLEMORE

Ira Ray McLemore, 72, of Nacogdoches died Thursday at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at San Augustine Church of Christ with burial at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine under the direction of Wyman Robert Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Services were conducted by Bro. Don Skipper and Bro. Mark White.

A native of Sabine County, he lived in Nacogdoches a number of years. He lived in San Augustine until a few years ago. He was retired owner of McLemore Laundries in San Augustine and Nacogdoches and was a U.S. Army veteren.

Survivors include his wife, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches; a son Vernon McLemore of Nacogdoches, as sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin, brothers Percy McLemore and Earl McLemore, both of San Augustine, Tommy McLemore of Houston and Lynn McLemore of San Augustine; three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dr. Henry McLemore, Dutch Murray, James Roland Fuller, Gilbert Garrett, Arley Hensarling, and Tom Smith.

Honorary Pallbearers were Charles Bryan, Travis Price, Dr. Sam Gandy and Jessie Millard.

Ira married Bernice Opal Hensarling on 9 May 1937 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Bernice (daughter of Joseph Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett) was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Jan 2012 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 27 Jan 2012 in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Opal trained and worked as a beautican. Her first priority was always as a wife and mother. Opal is an artist. She has given many of her oil paintings to relatives, who display them with great pride. Opal and her sister-in-law Velta Rawson McLemore were cousins.

Her obituary from the Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors website:

Funeral Services for Mrs. Opal Hensarling McLemore 94, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine, Texas followed by internment at Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McLemore was born January 10, 1918, in Denning Community, San Augustine County, to the late Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett Hensarling. She passed away Monday, January 23, 2012, in Nacogdoches, Texas. Opal had an active interest in gardening, painting and cooking. First and foremost, she was a Christian woman with deeply embedded Christian values. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be missed tremendously by her family and friends. Opal was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ira "Ray" McLemore in 1991. She was also preceded in death by their daughter Linda Ann McLemore Jackson in 1985. Opal is survived by her son Vernon Earl McLemore and wife Brenda McLemore of Nacogdoches, Texas. Grandchildren Larry Jackson and wife Fannie of San Augustine, Texas; Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette of Nacogdoches, Texas; Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd of Olive Branch, Mississippi. Angela Strong and husband Curtis of Bryan, Texas; Michelle Strong and husband Barry of Flower Mound, Texas; and Melissa Crabtree of Bryan, Texas; 15 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.

Having resided in Nacogdoches for the past 36 years, visitation will be held from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2012, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home, Nacogdoches, with services Friday at 10am in her hometown of San Augustine. Opal's Nephew, Dr. Henry McLemore will be officiating.

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Married:
They are listed in the Shelby County, Texas marriage index. Perhaps this is where their license was obtained.

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was shown as farming and supporting a wife and two children. He was shown as tall and stout, with blue eyes and slightly balding brown hair. On "ASHLEY-PACE Family" tree on RootsWeb's WorldConnect, he is shown as a son of Henderson Coulter and Mary C McCauley. The tombstone for Mary McCauley Coulter, wife of Henderson Coulter, is listed at Old Salem Cemetery in Center, Shelby County, Texas on FindAGrave. She was shown as born on 7 May 1864 and died on 15 July 1935. There is no listing for Henderson.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FF-P5Y
name: Henry N/M/N Coulter
event: Death
event date: 14 Sep 1976
event place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 23 Nov 1889
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: Henderson Coulter
mother's name: Mary Mccauley
certificate number: 78949
film number: 2243981
digital folder number: 005165872
image number: 02706
Collection: Henry Coulter, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP6
Enumerated 15 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 181 Sheet 4B
San Augustine and Blackjack Road
74-76
Coulter, Henry Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Coulter, Lulia Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, Cagie Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, Opal Dtr F W 3 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, O J Son M W 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine, Precinct 1
Enumerated April 11, 1930
ED 203-3 SD 17 Sheet 3B
54-56
Coulter, Henry Head M W 40 M 23 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
Coutler, Lula Wf F W 37 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, Covie Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Coulter, Opal Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, O J Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Coulter, Obie Son m W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, San Augustine JP 1
Enumerated Apirl 24, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 203-3 Sheet 19B
ChinkeyPin Road
Row 77
Coulter, Henry Head M W 50 m Tx Sameplace Road Work CCC
Coulter, Lula Wf F W 47 M Tx Sam place
Coulter, O J Son M W 21 S Tx Sameplace CuttingRightofWay REA
Coulter, Obie Lee Son M W 19 S Tx Sameplace Highlines REA

Henry married Lula Virginia Mitchell on 30 Dec 1912 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Lula was born on 13 Mar 1891 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 1983 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Old Salem Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]