Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown on the Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 as being born in Lovington, Illinois to Paul R. LAKE and Ruth H. BEILSMITH.

FindAGrave shows that his military marker was embossed:

William Leland Lake
CPM US Navy
World War ll

William married Helen Jean Mathews on 16 Jun 1944. Helen (daughter of Lonnie Lee Mathews and Mabel Jeanette Miller) was born on 30 Sep 1922 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 30 Sep 2015 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McRae Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Helen Jean Lake, age 93, lifelong resident and business owner of San Augustine, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, in San Augustine.

Helen was born to Mabel (Miller) Mathews and Lon Mathews on July 22, 1922 in San Augustine, Texas. Along with her husband, the late William "Bill" Leland Lake, they owned and operated The White Auto Store in San Augustine for many years. She was a member of the First Memorial Presbyterian Church in San Augustine.

Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m., October 9, 2015, in the Memorial Presbyterian Church in San Augustine. The family chose cremation.

Those who are left to cherish her memory include, Daughter, Pamela Janette Lake Baggett and her husband, Joe of Conroe; Son, Murray Keith Lake; Daughter-in-law, Linda Lake Vanderwilt of Houston; her beloved grandchildren, Nicole Plaster of Conroe; Kevin Lake of Houston; Lindsay Lake Gray and her husband, Steven of East Lansing, Michigan and William Cody Baggett of Conroe and Michelle Giaramita of New York; great-granddaughter, Emily Nicole Plaster of Conroe and Jonah Gray of East Lansing, Michigan; Sister, Carolyn Epps and husband, Ken, "Uncle Ken" of Houston; Her nieces, Debbie Epps Vaughn and husband, Tom; Janet Mathews; Tory Mathews Henley and husband, John; Monette Mathews Graffe and husband, Reed; Mary Jean Mathews Weaver and her husband, Mark; Betty Kim Eppps Bradshaw and Kent and Renee Mathews Koethon and her husband, Ted; Nephews, Lew Mathews and wife, Les; Tom Mathews; Richard Epps; Robert Epps and his wife, Terry and Murray Mathews, along with numerous great nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Lon and Mabel (Miller) Mathews; Her Beloved Husband, William "Bill" Leland Lake, and Her Brothers, Miller Mathews; Clifton Mathews and Victor Mathews, and a nephew, Lonnie Mathews.

- See more at: http://www.wymanrobertsfuneralhome.com
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 7, 2015, Page 9

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was farming as a tenant of Mrs. Jessie Smith. He was described as tall and stout, with brown eyes and black hair.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP One, San Augustine Town
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 176 Sheet 1B
Market Street
17-20
Mathews, Lonnie L Head m W 29 M Tx Ala Miss Salesman Retail Grocer
Mathews, Mabel J Wf F W 25 M Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Miller L Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Clifton S Son M W 2 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Edward Son M W 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 25, 1930
ED 203-3 SD 15 Sheet 11B
Broaddus Road
205-213
Mathews, Lonnie L Head M W 39 m 23 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mathews, Mabel Wf F W 24 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Miller Son m W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Clifton Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Helen J Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mathews, Victor M Son m W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Lonnie married Mabel Jeanette Miller about 1913. Mabel was born on 1 Dec 1894 in Texas; died on 19 Jan 1948 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McRae Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]