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John married Bettye Sue Parker on 21 Jul 1957 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia. Bettye (daughter of Francis Marion Parker and Olney Barnhill) was born on 19 Aug 1928 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia; died on 5 May 2006 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Engagment Announcement

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Parker of Homerville announce the engagement of their daughter, Bettye Sue Parker, to John Robinson Parker, son of Dr. and Mrs. John Roy McLemore of Paris, Tex. Miss Parker attended Valdosta State College and was graduated from Ringling Art School in Sarasota, Fla. Lt. McLemore is a graduate of West Point Military Academy and is stationed with the Air Force in Panama City, Fla. The wedding will take place July 21, at the First Baptist Church.

(Courtesy of Sharom McLemore Goforth)

They were married by Bro. C. A. Martin.

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ROY McLEMORE, BOY OF FEW WORDS Ivy McLemore often told his children this story favorite story about his younger brothers: When Roy and Lee were rather small children, Roy received a new coin purse of the type that snaps together on the top. He was playing with it while sitting beside the fireplace one night, when he inadvertently snapped it onto his lower lip. In a voice showing some consternation he said, "Come hyar, Lee!" Lee was engrossed with something else and ignored Roy for the moment. In a somewhat more insistant voice, Roy repeated "Come hyar, Lee!." When Lee still had not come, Roy's voice rose in a crescendo and, with the purse pinching his lip, causing excruciating pain, he fairly screamed, "I SAID COME HYAR, LEE!!" (Submitted by Ivy's son, Bobbie McLemore)

1920 Federal Census It appears that Roy was working as an Oil Field Laborer in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas at the time of this census. His listing appears as follows: McLemore, John R. Lodger M w 24 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Oil Field He is living in the Lodging home of Dale and Vivian PIERCE, both from Iowa. This census enumeration was completed in January, 1920. Living in the boarding home at the same time was Walter Winfield STRONG. In an amazing coincidence, meaning absolutely nothing, Walter's great grandson, Tom STRONG, would some sixty years later marry Roy McLemore's half first cousin, twice removed, Melinda McLEMORE.


Former President of Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas. The student union building is named in his honor. Tombstone is inscribed, 'TX, PFC, Company A, 358th Infantry, WW I, PH."

THE PARIS NEWS, 30 Apr 1961. 'On the eve of his retirement after 35 years association with Paris Junior College, Dr. J.R. McLemore, its president since 1929, died of a heart attack Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at his home, 2343 Culbertson St. Due to retire within a month as head of the college, he had been named honoree for the Ex-Students Association annual spring banquet on May 20, the same group having presented an appreciation plaque to him at the 1960 fall homecoming game. Joining the faculty of the two year old college in 1926 as basketball coach and instructor, he became its head three years later, and guided its growth, from obscure quarters in Paris High School basement and a shoestring budget, to a million and a half dollar plant, and a high scholastic standing. Monday evening, 'Doctor Mac's' body will lie from 7 to 9 p.m. in DeShong Chapel on the college campus, and Tuesday at 2 p.m. service will be held at Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald Prince of First Baptist Church, where Dr. McLemore was a deacon, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John Shuler of First Methodist Church. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are Mrs. McLemore, the former Miss Willie Mae Robinson; these children: Capt. John Robinson (Pondus) McLemore, US Air Force, Panama City, Fla.; Mrs. Newton O. Felps, Baytown, and Mrs. Wallace Finfrock, Dallas; four grandchildren; these sisters and brothers; Mrs. Robert Morgan, Kirbyville; Mrs. Ollie Newman and Mrs. Clyde Wilkinson, Houston; Frank McLemore, Beaumont, and Ivan McLemore and Lee McLemore, both of Jasper. Son of Samuel M. and Rose Ella (Bean) McLemore, John Roy McLemore was born at Erin, Jasper County, 8 Jan 1896. He attended Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, and later, East Texas State at Commerce, receiving his master's degree from the University of Texas, and the honorary LLD from Howard Payne College. He studied for a time at the University of Dijon in France, after World War I service with the 90th Division, and wore the Purple Heart for injuries during that period. He married Miss Robinson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Robinson at Biardstown, 27 Dec 1920, and they taught the nearby Burnett school together for two years. In the spring of 1926, Dr. McLemore taught French before joining the PJC faculty here for the fall term. He became the first president of the Texas Public Junior College Association; headed also the Junior College Athletic Association, the Texas Association of Universities and Colleges, and was treasurer of the Committee on Cooperation between Colleges and Public Schools and was listed in 'Who's Who in America.


Source:
http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/
(Courtesy of Debra Usry)

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Lamar County, Paris, Fourth Ward Culberston Street
#556-138-142
McLemore Roy Head O $3000 M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Teacher Junior College
McLemore, Willie M Wife F W 30 M 21 Texas La Mississippi Teacher Public School
McLemore, Mysie L Dtr F w 7 S Tx Tx Tx

John married Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson on 27 Dec 1920 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas. Willie (daughter of Robert M. Robinson and Ada Womack) was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LAMAR COUNTY ECHO '...of Dallas died Fri., March 21, at Meadowgreen Nursing Home. Fry and Gibbs conducted graveside services at 4:30 p.m. Mon. with Rev. Lane Park and Mrs. McLemore's granddaughter and her husband, Sharon and Stephen Goforth. Born at Biardstown, daughter of Robert W. and Mary Ada Womack Robinson. Her husband, J.R. [John Ray] McLemore, died April 30, 1961. She was a Paris High School graduate and attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville and the University of Texas, East Texas State University. She taught school at Ashland, Blossom and Delmar in Lamar county. In 1961 she was a member of the first faculty at San Jacinto College in Houston. She retired in 1968. Was a former director of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Retired Teachers Assn. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Margret Finfrock, Dallas; 7 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. W. E. 'Mysie' Martin of Dallas. Was preceded in death by a daughter, Mysie Lee Kelly Phelps and a son, Lt. Col. John R. 'Pondus' McLemore.'

Source:
http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/
(Courtesy of Debra Usry)

Francis married Olney Barnhill. Olney was born on 9 Jun 1904 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia; died on 2 Jan 2002 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]