Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kase Warren Scroggins was born on 11 Jul 2013 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 12 Jul 2013 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
2. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served in the Armed Forces. Operated and expanded the laundry business started by his father. As is a McLemore tradition, he involved his children in the business with him.

Obituary

Vernon Earl McLemore, 79, went to be with the Lord on May 19, 2018, after a brief illness. This was exactly one month short of his 80th birthday. He was surrounded by family. Vernon was born on June 19, 1938, in San Augustine, Texas to the late Ira "Ray" McLemore and Opal Hensarling McLemore. Vernon was a staff sergeant on active duty in the US Air Force from 1961 to 1962. He was then in the US Air Force Reserves from 1961-1966. After his years of service, Vernon worked in the family Locker Plant alongside his father Ray. During this time they also opened the first McLemore Laundry in San Augustine. He treasured the community of San Augustine and wanted the people to have a nice laundry in town. McLemore Laundry has grown to four locations and continues to be a family business.

Mr. McLemore was married to his loving wife Brenda on June 19th, 1984. Vernon was a Christian man with deeply embedded Christian values and had a passion for studying the bible and sharing the word. In his younger years, Vernon enjoyed his only hunting love; that of quail hunting. He had a zeal for training and working his quail dogs. He was also an avid beekeeper. Vernon had a farm and cattle in the Chireno area where he spent much time up until his stroke in 2010. His years of working with cattle led him to enjoy attending the cattle auction each week even up until the past couple of weeks. He also had numerous friends in the community who he enjoyed playing dominoes with weekly. Most recently, Vernon also enjoyed spending time with his sweet little great-grandchildren Hailey, Caden, Kash, Hurley, Abby and Calvin.

Vernon was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Linda Ann McLemore Jackson; and a great-grandson, Kase. He is survived by his wife of 34 years Brenda McLemore of Nacogdoches, Texas; his children, Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette of Nacogdoches, Texas; Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd of Athens, Alabama; Angela Strong and husband Curtis of Bryan, Texas; Michelle Strong and husband Barry of Flower Mound, Texas; Melissa Crabtree of Bryan, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.

His funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2018, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel officiated by Alton Shaw. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine, Texas. There will be a time of visitation for family and friends from 6:00 '96 8:00 Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home. [Song Leader was his son, Vincent Eric McLemore. The hymns chosen were "The Old Rugged Cross", "Trust and Obey" and "It is Well With My Soul."].

Pallbearers will be Vincent Eric McLemore, Elliott Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, Christopher Strong, Garrett Hudgins, James Gaines, Bradley Lusk, and Ryan McAllister. Honorary Pallbearers will be Lenvelle Stanaland, Truman Hudgins, Larry Jackson, Jamie Santoyo Flores, Lud Davis, and Mike Fussell.

Please visit www.CasonMonk-Metcalf.com to leave your online condolences and memories.

Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches.

FAMILY
Brenda McLemore, Wife
Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette, Son
Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd, Daughter
Angela Strong and husband Curtis, Daughter
Michelle Strong and husband Barry, Daughter
Melissa Crabtree, Daughter
1 2, Grandchildren
0 6, Great-Grandchildren
Ira "Ray" McLemore, Father
Opal Hensarling McLemore, Mother
Linda Ann McLemore Jackson, Sister
Kase ., Great Grandson
PALLBEARERS
Vincent Eric McLemore , Active Pallbearer
Elliott Jackson , Active Pallbearer
Nicholas Jackson , Active Pallbearer
Christopher Strong , Active Pallbearer
Garrett Hudgins, Active Pallbearer
James Gaines , Active Pallbearer
Bradley Lusk , Active Pallbearer
Ryan McAllister , Active Pallbearer
Lenvelle Stanaland , Honorary Pallbearer
Truman Hudgins , Honorary Pallbearer
Larry Jackson , Honorary Pallbearer
Jamie Santoyo Flores, Honorary Pallbearer
Mike Fussel, Honorary Pallbearer
Lud Davis , Honorary Pallbearer

Vernon married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As with his older brother, Ray was simply called Baby after he was born. Eventually, his siblings began calling him "Baby Ray" after their primers, and the name stuck.


San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

May, 1932: The San Augustine Grammar School had 36 students graduate: Johnny Alford, Jesse Gene Fussell, Carmen Fussell, Billy Partin, Kenneth Woods, Vernon Mills, Cade Downs, Ray McLEMORE, Clifton Mathews, Charles Allredge, R.E. Epps, J.B. Miler, Carl Fussell, Charles Haley, Thomas Ramsey, Herman Bates, Phil Greer, Raymond McEachern, Allen Coon, Nina Sheffield, Catherine Childers, Frances Stripling, Bernice Stevenson, Odelle Moore, Vera Helen Westbrook, Louise Miller, Dorothy Adams, Ruby Taylor, Maxine Cox, Virginia Greer, Fay Renfroe, Elouise Sossaman, Helen Harris, Alice Joy Ellington, Nell Greer and Maxine Hays (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, April 27, 2006 "Decade of the Great Depression 1932" by Harry P. Noble)

Ray served in the Phillipines during World War II. His gravesite has a military marker, embossed with a cross and with the inscription Pvt US Army World War II

He made his living as a rancher, and he also owned and operated laundrymats in and around Sabine and San Augustine Counties. He retired to Nacogdoches.

His obituary, dated February 21, 1991 from an unreferenced newspaper reads as follows:

SERVICES FOR RAY McLEMORE

Ira Ray McLemore, 72, of Nacogdoches died Thursday at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at San Augustine Church of Christ with burial at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine under the direction of Wyman Robert Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Services were conducted by Bro. Don Skipper and Bro. Mark White.

A native of Sabine County, he lived in Nacogdoches a number of years. He lived in San Augustine until a few years ago. He was retired owner of McLemore Laundries in San Augustine and Nacogdoches and was a U.S. Army veteren.

Survivors include his wife, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches; a son Vernon McLemore of Nacogdoches, as sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin, brothers Percy McLemore and Earl McLemore, both of San Augustine, Tommy McLemore of Houston and Lynn McLemore of San Augustine; three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dr. Henry McLemore, Dutch Murray, James Roland Fuller, Gilbert Garrett, Arley Hensarling, and Tom Smith.

Honorary Pallbearers were Charles Bryan, Travis Price, Dr. Sam Gandy and Jessie Millard.

Ira married Bernice Opal Hensarling on 9 May 1937 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Bernice (daughter of Joseph Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett) was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Jan 2012 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 27 Jan 2012 in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Opal trained and worked as a beautican. Her first priority was always as a wife and mother. Opal is an artist. She has given many of her oil paintings to relatives, who display them with great pride. Opal and her sister-in-law Velta Rawson McLemore were cousins.

Her obituary from the Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors website:

Funeral Services for Mrs. Opal Hensarling McLemore 94, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine, Texas followed by internment at Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McLemore was born January 10, 1918, in Denning Community, San Augustine County, to the late Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett Hensarling. She passed away Monday, January 23, 2012, in Nacogdoches, Texas. Opal had an active interest in gardening, painting and cooking. First and foremost, she was a Christian woman with deeply embedded Christian values. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be missed tremendously by her family and friends. Opal was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ira "Ray" McLemore in 1991. She was also preceded in death by their daughter Linda Ann McLemore Jackson in 1985. Opal is survived by her son Vernon Earl McLemore and wife Brenda McLemore of Nacogdoches, Texas. Grandchildren Larry Jackson and wife Fannie of San Augustine, Texas; Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette of Nacogdoches, Texas; Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd of Olive Branch, Mississippi. Angela Strong and husband Curtis of Bryan, Texas; Michelle Strong and husband Barry of Flower Mound, Texas; and Melissa Crabtree of Bryan, Texas; 15 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.

Having resided in Nacogdoches for the past 36 years, visitation will be held from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2012, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home, Nacogdoches, with services Friday at 10am in her hometown of San Augustine. Opal's Nephew, Dr. Henry McLemore will be officiating.

Notes:

Married:
They are listed in the Shelby County, Texas marriage index. Perhaps this is where their license was obtained.

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San Augustine Tribune
12 September 1996, page 1

Funeral Services Friday for Leo McDaniel

Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 6, at 3:00 o'clock, for Leo Windham McDaniel, 89. of San Augustine, retired nurseryman.

Mr. McDaniel died at 3 am Wednesday, Sept. 4, at San Augustine Memorial Hospital where he had been for several days.

Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church with Rev. Floyd Wright officiating. Burial was in the Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Mr. McDaniel was born September 13, 1906, in Sabine County, but had lived since a small lad at San Augustine, where his father, the late W. F. McDaniel, established the McDaniel Nursery at the site of FM 711, one mile from town, where Leo continued the business after his parents both died.

Mr. McDaniel attended San Augustine Schools and followed public works for a number of years as well as the horticulture profession. For many years he was chief horticulturalist on the original Brooks Farms, east of San Augustine, some of which later became part of Fairway Farms.

Mr. McDaniel was a member of the First Baptist Church and was honored by the congregation in 1995 when he and his wife, Pauline, were elected Valentine King and Queen, and he was similarly honored on Fathers Day this year as the Oldest Father with children at the service that day.

Mr. McDaniel was free to offer his "green thumb" to the youth of the area, spending many hours working with school children on projects and with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in their quest for knowledge and merit badges.

Survivors include his wife, Pauline Johnson McDaniel of San Augustine; daughter Nancy Carol McDaniel Lynch of San Augustine; grandchildren, Varron McLemore and Sarah Hudgins both of Nacogdoches and great-grandchildren, Eric and Emily McLemore of Nacogdoches.

Pallbearers were: Tom Smith Jr., Lorey Poss, John Mathews, Noble Hargrove, Mike Jackson, Lynn McLemore and Bill Swearingen.

Leo married Nancy Pauline Johnson on 1 Jul 1934 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Nancy was born on 23 Aug 1915 in Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 2004 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE
Thursday, January 29. 2004

Pauline McDaniel

Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 28, 2004 for Pauline Johnson McDaniel, age 88, of San Augustine. Mrs. McDaniel passed away early Monday at San Augustine Memorial Hospital after an illness. Mrs. McDaniel was a saleslady, retired from J.P.Mathews Co.

Services were conducted by Rev. David Burcham, Rev. Bob Gwin and Rev. Steve Ferguson. Burial was at the Liberty Hills Memorial Garden, under direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Mrs. McDaniel was born near Bland Lake in north San Augustine County August 23, 1915. She attended primary school at Red Ridge and graduated at San Augustine High School in 1934.

She and Leo McDaniel were married July 1, 1934 at the Methodist Church parsonage in San Augustine. She was co-manager with Mr. McDaniel at the Carroll Farm on Highway 21 East for about seven years, moving to Beaumont during World War II.

After World War II, in 1945, they purchased the McDaniel Nursery and homestead west of town on Farm 711 and US 96. Mrs. McDaniel was employed through the years at Lavell's Department Store, Wyman Roberts Funeral Home and J.P. Mathews Co.

Mrs. McDaniel was a member of the First Baptist Church for over 50 years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a Past Worthy Matron of John Gillespie Chapter, and was a member fo the Ezekial Cullen Chapter of Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She also was a volunteer and visitor at local nursing homes and hospitals.

Pauline was the fouth child of William Edward JOHNSON and Ida BOOTH Johnson.

Survivors include her only child, Nancy Carol McDaniel LYNCH of San Augustine, a sister Juanita Johnson SIMMONS of Silsbee, grandchildren Varron Edward McLEMORE of Nacogdoches and Nancy Sarah McLemore HUDGINS of Olive Branch, Mississippi and three great-grandchildren, Vincent Eric McLEMORE and Emily Brooke McLEMORE of Nacogdoches and Garrett Tod HUDGINS of Olive Branch.

She was preceeded in death by her husband, Leo McDaniel, three brothers, Alwyn JOHNSON, John JOHNSON and Robert Charles JOHNSON and two sisters, Thelma JOHNSON and Elfreida Johnson ROGERS.

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Married:
San Augustine Tribune June 30, 1994 p 4

Leo and Pauline McDaniel 60th Anniversary Friday at Home

Mr. and Mrs. Leo McDaniel, Leo and Pauline, will observe their 60th Wedding Anniversary quietly at their home here on Friday, July 1.

Leo and Pauline were married at the San Augustine Methodist Church parsonage on July 1, 1934. She is the former Pauline Johnson of Bland Lake.

Pauline and Leo do not plan any formal celebration, but will be happy to receive friends and relatives at their home on FM 711, just over the hill from Highway from (sic) 96.

Except for a few years in the shipyard at Beaumont during World War II and occasional public works and pipeline jobs, Leo has spent his career in and around San Augustine. A gifted nurseryman, he was caretaker of the vast Brooks farm pecan orchards for many years, before moving in 1945 into the nursery business established by his late father, W.F. McDaniel and wife Sarah. He was also employed at Holly Farms.

Pauline was employed with Wyman Roberts Funeral Home for several years before joining the sales force at J.P. Mathews Co where she retired after 30 years of employment.

Both are members of the First Baptist Church. Pauline is an active member of the order of the Eastern Star.

Pauline and Leo's only child, Nancy Carol Lynch will be around to help them on Friday. They also have two grandchildren, Varron McLemore of Nacogdoches, and Sarah McLemore Hudgins of Tampa, Florida and one great-grandchild, Eric McLemore of Nacogdoches.