Living

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From North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
William Terry McLemore
6 Dec 1961 Cumberland County, North Carolina
Father Tilghman R. McLemore
Roll # B-C029_66006
Vol 174
Page 255

William married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Tilghman Richard McLemore was born October 21, 1940 at West Point, New York, the son of Ephraim Hester and Edith Pearman McLemore. After graduating from Manatee County High School in 1958, he joined the United States Army as an enlisted man and found early duty with the Airborne Infantry in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It was here that he met Clara Anne Chavis where they were married on January 6, 1960. Their first son, Tilghman Richard III was born May 20, 1960 and their last child, William Terry, was born December 6, 1961. Tim graduated from Florida State University in June 1966, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and soon transferred back into the Airborne Infantry where he promptly left for Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to continue his training. He immediately went to Vietnam and was killed by enemy fire in Hue, South Vietnam, May 6, 1968, during the Tet offensive. He was buried from Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Southern Pines, and laid to rest in Mt. Hope Cemetery of the same community."

Name: Tilghman Richar McLemore Birth Date: 21 Oct 1940 Death Date: 6 May 1968 Gender: Male Age: 27 Race: Caucasian (White) Home City: Cedar Key Home State: Florida religion: Episcopal (Anglican) Marital Status: Married (Spouse Listed) SSN/Service #: O3171741 Citizen Status: U.S. Death Date: 6 May 1968 Processed Date: May 1968 Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Casualty Type: Hostile - Killed Casualty Reason: Multi-Fragment Wounds Casualty Air: Ground Casualty Body Status: Body Recovered Service Branch: Department of the Army Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR) Military Grade: Captain Pay Grade: Captain (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard) Province: Military Region 1 - Thua Thien Length of Service : 08 Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File

Tilghman married Clara Anne Chavis on 9 Jan 1960 in Moore County, North Carolina. Clara was born on 7 Sep 1941 in Hoke County, North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 2007 in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Clara A. Barber

Clara Anne Barber, 65, of Cameron, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Greg Newton officiating.

A visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 26) at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Southern Pines.

Mrs. Barber was born in Hoke County, and was a daughter of the late John and Alma Pierce Chavis. She received a degree in psychology from Sandhills Community College, and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She also worked as a wallpaper hanger in the Sandhills for many years. She was an avid bowler and Duke Blue Devils fan, and she enjoyed cooking for her family. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and taking special trips with her sisters.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Terry McLemore and Tilghman McLemore.

Mrs. Barber is survived by her husband, John; three sons, Andrew Barber and his wife, Shay, of Cameron, Raymond Barber and his wife, Michele, and William Barber, all of West End; four daughters, Sandra Salmon and her husband, Ray, Patricia Hallman and her husband, Anthony, all of Carthage, Ellen Kiser and her husband, Ronnie, of Macclenny, Fla., and Jennifer Clute and her husband, Chas, of Oak Island; six sisters, Viola Burwell, of Southern Pines, Rosa Slawson, of Goose Creek, S.C., Iona Phillips, of Chester, Va., Irene Sierpien, of Warren, Mich., Della Hord, of Vass, and Linda Garner, of Lexington; 21 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 386, Southern Pines, NC 28388

Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines is serving the family

http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20070925/news/obits/20070925Barber.html

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Married:
From North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Tilghman R. McLemore to Clara Anne Chavis
7 Jan 1960 Moore County, North Carolina

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1Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Ephraim Hester McLemore was born December 20, 1903 on the farm of his father, Tilghman Richard McLemore, west of Meadville, Mississippi. When he graduated from High School, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He graduated on June 9, 1928 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. "Mac", as he was known by his army friends, soon arrived in the San Antonio area serving with the Field Artillery School at Fort Sam Houston. Here, he met Edith Adeline "Peggy" Pearman and they married November 10, 1931. June 1, 1937, Mac and Peggy moved to West Point, New York, where he became an Instructor in Mathematics at the United States Military Academy. It was here that their three children were born: William Pearman, Ann Schindler, and Tilghman Richard, October 21, 1940. During World War II, McLemore fought in the Pacific as an artillery officer for which he received several commendations including the Bronze Star Award. In July of 1948, he became the Assistant G-4 for the United States Armed Forces in Japan under General Douglas MacArthur. His military career ended with a medical retirement at Fort Monroe, Virginia, in 1955. His first wife had died and he remarried a Betty Sue Lindsay. After years of retirement in Front Royal, Virginia, he died November 19, 1973 and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Ephraim married Edith Adeline "Peggy" Pearman on 10 Nov 1931 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Edith (daughter of William A. Pearman and Edith Keller Schlindler) was born on 9 Jul 1912 in Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri; died on 29 May 1952 in Fort Monroe, Hampton (Independent City), Virginia; was buried in National Cemetery, Hampton (Independent City), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edith was named after her mother, and she was born in Warrensburg, MO, where her father, William Arthur Pearman, was Rector of an Episcopal Church. He was later the rector of St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas

The San Antonio Light
Sunday, June 1, 1952

Mrs. Peggy P. McLemore

Services for Mrs. Peggy Pearman McLemore, 30, who died Thursday at Ft. Monroe, Va., will be held there Monday.

She is survived by her husban. Col. E. H. McLemore; daughter Anne McLemore; sosn, Timmy and Billy McLemore; mother, Mrs. Edith S. Pearman, San Antonio, and brothers, F. K. Pearman, San Antonio, R. W. Pearman, Detroit, B. V. Pearman, Pulaski, Va., and K.S. Pearman, Portland, Ore.

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Married:
Rev. Bill writes that they were married in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Antonio