Kevin Ashley McLemore

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]

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According to Minnie McLemore, he could not read or write; Rose Ella taught him as well as her children. According to Othalia (Mrs. Lee) McLemore, Sam wore two sets of glasses at once, pushing one up on his forehead. He died after getting a stone bruise on his heel at his home in Erin, Texas.

The information about Samuel McFarland McLemore and his descendants was generously provided by Nan McCoy Kittell. It is from a Living Family History loose leaf notebook she prepared for the fifth anniversary of the Samuel McFarland McLemore reunion held in June 1984. Her information was updated at subsequent reunions. The final reunion was held in 1999 at the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Jasper.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Pr. No. 3
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 29 Sheets 21 B and 22A
355-358
McLemore, Sarah Head W F Jan 1845 55 Wd 9/5 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
McLemore, George Son W M Mar 1873 27 S Tx Nc Ga Farm Laborer
356-359
McLemore, Sam Head W M Oct 1861 38 M Tx Nc Ga Farmer
McLemore, Rosella Wf W F Nov 1861 38 M 25 10/10 Tx Ga Ga
McLemore, Frank Son W M Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Ivey Son W M Dec 1888 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Bulah Dtr W F Oct 1892 7 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ollie Dtr W F Jan 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Roy Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Minnie Dtr W F Jun 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Lee Son W M Mar 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Cecil Stepson W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Turner, Hattie Stepdtr W F Jun 1884 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Annie Stepdtr W F July 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 8
Enumerated 12 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 80 Sheets 8B
145-155
McLemore, Samuel Head M W 59 m Tx NC Ark Farmer
McLemore, Rose Wf F W 58 M Tx Ga Ga
McLemore, Lucy Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

Samuel married Rose Ella Bean on 20 Dec 1891 in Jasper County, Texas. Rose (daughter of James Bean, Sr. and Martha Sarah Garrett) was born on 24 Nov 1862 in Texas; died on 29 Mar 1943 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as a housewife, and daughter of James Bean and Martha Garrett of Georgia. The informant was Mrs. Minnie Morgan.

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Both Samuel and Rose Ella had been previously married, and each had children of their own prior to their marriage. Rose Ella's children, Cecil, Hattie and Annie were raised by Samuel. According to Nan McCoy Kittell, the grandchildren of Sam and Rose Ella called them "Other Papa" and "Other Mama."

Robert married Ada Womack. Ada was born about 1866 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Both of Robert and Ada's daughters were listed as teachers at the time of the 1920 census. Robert Lee Robinson Jr was a Farmer, as was his father.