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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kerrville Daily Times
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Page 5

John M. McLemore, age 66, of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, April 19, 1998, in a local hospital. John was born March 26, 1932, in Jennings, La. John was a resident of The Wilderness park in Kerrville. He was in law enforcement most of life until his retirement. John was privileged to head the Food Pantry at the Church of the Hills in Ingram. He was also a veteran of World War II. [SIC-his son Robert notes his father actually served during the Korean Conflict, not World War II].

He is survived by his wife, Zella, of Kerrville; three daughters, Michele Sirotnak of Grapevine, Texas, Robin Ragsdale [step-daughter] of Kerrville, and Sherry Dzirerzanski [step-daughter] of West Virginia; three sons, John Paul McLemore of Nacogdoches, Texas, Clifford McLemore of Houston, and Robert McLemore of Oklahoma City, Okla; two sisters, Madeline Curtis of Leander, Texas, and Carlena McLemore of Elkhart, Texas; two brothers, Donald McLemore of Kerrville and Jerry McLemore of Elkhart, Texas; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorials be made to the Food Pantry at the Church of the Hills in Ingram.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 22, 1998, in the Church of the Hills in Ingram, with Rev. Rusty Maynard officiating. All arrangements are under the direction of Sizemore Funeral Home of Kerrville.

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Melba further noted that a Mrs. Zella McLemore of Tarpley was shown as a daughter of Henrietta Kenny of Tarpley, who passed away on July 15, 1988 at the age of 91.

Ernest married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Louisiana, Jefferson Davis County, Jennings City
Enumerated 10 May 1940
SD 7 ED 27-6A Sheet 36B
729 R 12
Leleux, Emma Head F W 62 Ed No 7 Miss Same Place Bookbinding WH WPA Project
McLemore, Ernest J Son-in-law M W 32 M La Same Place Laborer Common
McLemore, Maggie Dtr F W 26 M No 6
McLemore, Ernest J Jr Grandson M W 8 S
McLemore, Donald E Grandon M W 6 S La
McLemore, Madeline L Granddtr F W 3 S La

Ernest married Maggie Mae Leleux on 30 Aug 1930 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Maggie was born on 18 Mar 1914 in Louisiana; died about 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sandy Williams shows her as the daughter of Noah "Noe" Leleux (b. 20 Aug 1868 in New Iberia, La) and Emma Annie Jagers (b. 24 Jan 1878 in Mississippi).

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When he completed his draft registration for World War I, he was working as a farmer in Kalamazoo for Mrs. Jennie Cavender. He listed his location of birth as Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan. He was shown as medium heighth, medium build, with brown eyes and hair.

At the time of the 1920 census, he was a lodger in a boarding home in Ward Six, the 12th District, Detroit, with his occupation listed as Real Estate Salesman. In 1930, census records still show him as a boarder in Detroit, with his occupation as Retail Auto Salesman, and shown as a veteran of the World War. He was living in the 21st Ward, in the home of Elvin and Orpha Freeman, and incorrectly indexed as Paul BIEM. He was single at the time of both enumerations.

The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 10, dated September 1, 1947, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bien and two daughters of Houston, Texas visited relatives in Detroit, Lansing and Cass City. Paul has been away seventeen years.

Art Peck's book published a brief obituary, which appears to have been published in Cass City.

"Paul Bien, 60, former resident (Cass City) died April 27 (1955 penciled in) in Houston, Texas after two weeks illness caused by a heart attack. Mr. Bien left Detroit 25 years ago to make his home in Houston and is survived by his wife; two daughters; a step-son and two brothers, J. Stanley Bien of Lansing and Wm. Bien of East Syracuse, N.Y."

Name: Paul Preston Bien
Death Date: 27 Apr 1955
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 60 years 11 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1895
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Bay Port, Michigan
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William H. Bien
Father's Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Mother's Name: Salene Striffer
Mother's Birthplace: Cass City, Michigan
Occupation: Salesman, Radio School
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114388
Digital Film Number: 4165531
Image Number: 1840
Reference Number: 18453
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Paul married Anna Sue O'Brien before 1936. Anna was born about 1909 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1947 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name: Anna Bien
Death Date: 02 Sep 1947
Death Place: Lafayette, , Lafayette, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Race (original): W
Race (standardized): White
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: 1909
Birth Place: Houston, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: P E O'Brien
Mother's Name: Benny Fry
Film number: 1409048
Image Number: 00333
Certificate Number: 299
Digital Folder Number: 4215538
Collection: Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954

Sally Bien Kiley emailed, in May 2012, that her mother died in a car accident on a return trip to Houston. The family had taken an extended trip to visit Paul Bien's extended family, driving from Houston to Detroit, Flint, Lansing, NY, down the coast of Florida, and finally over to Georgia to see the David Striffler family. As they crossed Louisiana, they were hit head on by a drunk driver, killing her mother and critically injuring her father.