John Lynn McLemore b. 26 Dec 1932 San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas d. 13 Sep 2007 Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1932 - 2007 (74 years)

Name	John Lynn McLemore [1, 2]
Born	26 Dec 1932	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas [1, 3]
Gender	Male
Died	13 Sep 2007	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
Buried	16 Sep 2007	Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
Notes	His original Texas Birth Certificate listed him as Dalton McLemore. He was not known by this name as he was growing up, and was dismayed to discover this years later. He told his niece, Melinda, that he legally changed his name to John Lynn. Perhaps he was initially named in honor of his mother's brother-in-law, Dalton Cousins. The Texas Birth Certificate in the name Dalton showed that he was the sixth living of nine children in total born to his mother. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6GV-FHK Name: Dalton Mclemore Event Type: Birth Event Date: 26 Dec 1932 Event Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Vessie Eugine Mclemore Mother's Name: Nina Ophelia Fuller Certificate Number: 98874 Digital Folder Number: 005035230 Image Number: 01691 Collection: Vessie Eugine Mclemore in entry for Dalton Mclemore, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lynn served in the U.S. Army from January 24, 1955 to January 25, 1957, and was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State. He spent most of his working life as a welder in Texas and Oklahoma. He and his wife Bobbie retired to the family homestead in San Augustine in the mid 1980's, where he raised cattle, and was overseer of the timber and wildlife on McLemore farmstead. Sabine County Reporter September 19, 2007 Page 11 John Lynn McLemore John Lynn McLemore, 74, of San Augustine died Sept. 13, 2007 in Lufkin. He was born Dec. 26, 1932 in San Augustine to Vessie Eugene McLemore and Nina Ophelia Fuller McLemore. He was a rancher and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was also a member of the Rosevine Church of God. Survivors: wife, Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; daughters, Lynda Sue Michaelski and husband Patrick of Clear Lake, Debbie McAdams of Lufkin, Dayna Martin and husband Nathaniel of Nacogdoches; sons, Steven Nash, and wife, Lori of Marble Falls, David Nash and wife, Jerri of Texas City, Charles Henry McLemore of Broaddus, Kenneth Edward McLemore of San Augustine, Ray Lyn Frederick and wife, Alicia of Wells; brother, Tom McLemore and wife Bonnie of Houston; sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 16 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Rev. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007; note that the original obituary showed Lynn's daughter as Linda Sue McMichaelski, in error) A similar obituary appeared in the September 20, 2007 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, page 10. (Medical):Prostate Cancer
Person ID	I58	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	12 Dec 2020

Father	Vessie Eugene McLemore, b. 1 Feb 1885, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas , d. 21 Jan 1952, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 66 years)
Mother	Nina Ophelia Fuller, b. 15 Sep 1891, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas , d. 8 Jul 1980, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 88 years)
Married	7 Nov 1907	Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana [4]
Married	Nina's mother died six months after Nina's Fifteenth birthday. As the oldest girl, and second of eight children, all the day to day household tasks of caring for their large family immediately fell to her. To make matters worse, Nina's father had relatives who had moved to the fertile lower Rio Grande Valley to farm. They encouraged him to move down there as well. He had made several trips down to visit them, and to inspect land. Nina was desperately afraid of leaving her beloved east Texas. About this same time, Nina met Vessie McLemore met at a church revival. They enjoyed each other's company, and began secretly corresponding with each other. Vessie soon proposed, and in November 1907, they snuck across the river to Many, Louisiana and eloped. Nina had turned sixteen years old not quite two months earlier. Nina told her granddaughter, Melinda, that she and Vessie had only seen each other twice in person before their marriage. A photo exists that appears to be their wedding picture. Vessie is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and white bow tie, and Nina in a white dress, with a large flower in her hair. Witnesses at their wedding were, H. E. White, presumably Henry Ernest White--Vessie's first cousin-- and A. McGown [likely either Albert or Andrew McGown, brothers who lived nearby the young couple in Geneva, Texas]. The license was filed for record on 14 July 1908 in Volume 3, Page 272 of the Marriage Records of Sabine Parish, Louisiana by W. E. McNuly, clerk, oper J. J. McNuly, Deputy. Joe Fuller was not pleased with his daughters elopement. For at least several months after their wedding, the young couple avoided him. Rumors abounded that he might shoot Vessie on sight. Jan Tisdale, another granddaughter, remembers similar stories. Jan said that Nina's younger sisters were especially saddened by the hasty marriage. They lost both their mother and older sister in less than a year. Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically
Documents		Fuller, Nina Ophelia marriage to Vessie E. McLemore, Many, Louisiana, 1907 Nina and Vessie eloped in Many, Louisiana, just across the state line from Sabine County, Texas, where they both grew up
Family ID	F11	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Living

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living
	3. Living

Last Modified 10 Sep 2008

Family ID F57 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Selma June Sparks, b. 2 Jun 1929, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas , d. 11 Sep 2002, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 73 years)

Married Bef 1960 [1]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living

Last Modified 10 Sep 2008

Family ID F58 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Living
Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
Family ID	F59	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 4	Living
Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
Family ID	F60	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 5	Bobbie Joyce Denton, b. 17 Jul 1946, Nacogdoches County, Texas , d. 13 Aug 2020, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 74 years)
Married	2 Jan 1981	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas [1, 5, 6]
Photos		McLemore, Lynn ca 1981 and Bobbie Joyce (Denton) Probably taken around the time of their marriage in 1981
Last Modified	24 Oct 2021
Family ID	F61	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 26 Dec 1932 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
	Married - 2 Jan 1981 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
	Died - 13 Sep 2007 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
	Buried - 16 Sep 2007 - Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas

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		McLemore, Lynn ca 1935 Appears to have been taken around 1935 on the front porch of the McLemore home in San Augustine. Lynn was the youngest of six children.
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		_McLemore, John Lynn The youngest child of Vessie and Nina McLemore B. 1933 D. Texas
		McLemore, Lynn ca 1966, with Jack Hughes and Ben Benkelman Taken in Houston, after a fishing trip, at the home of Tom and Bonnie McLemore. Lynn may have been accompanied by one of his sons. The man in the middle is a neighbor of the McLemore, Jack Hughes,and the young boy possibly his namesake son. On the right is Ben, the father of Bonnie Benkelman McLemore.
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		McLemore, Vessie and Nina Family Reunion, October 1985, Broaddus, Texas l to r: Samantha Weimmer, Nina Ross (McLemore) Weimmer, Velta (Rawson) McLemore, Evelyn (McLemore) Sanders, Fred Sanders (kneeling), Evon (McLemore) Tisdale, Missy McLemore (Seated) with Lee Jay Rawcliffe on her knee, Melinda (McLemore) Strong, Tom Strong, Earl McLemore, Cassandra Weimmer, Lynn McLemore, Elma (Smith) McLemore, Percy McLemore, Dale Tisdale (facing left), Ray McLemore, Opal (Hensarling) McLemore, Tom McLemore
		McLemore, Percy ca 1985 with Evon, Earl, Ray, Tom and Lynn The McLemore Siblings, Children of Nina Fuller and Vessie McLemore, October, 1985 Family Reunion at the Tisdale Lake House l to r: Percy, Evon, Earl, Ray, Tom and Lynn
		McLemore, Evon Viola ca 2006 Evon McLemore Tisdale (right), poses with her younger brothers, Lynn (left) and Tom (standing-center) at the celebration of her 93rd birthday in Lufkin

Documents » Slide Show		McLemore, Vessie & Nina McLemore family Home, San Augustine, Texas This is the home that Vessie and Nina McLemore bought in the late 1920's in the City of San Augustine, near the intersection of Main and Whitton. Tom and Lynn McLemore were both born in this home, and lived here until late in the 1930's, when their father purchased farm land outside of the city. This picture was taken around 2003. Tom McLemore notes that this roof on the house is the same one his father laid on the home in the 1930's.
		San Augustine (Texas) High School Future Farmer Association Officers, 1948-1949 President: Elton Hightower, VP Raymond Nichols, 2nd VP Charles Zeigler, 3rd VP Langston Pate, Secretary Clifford Richard, Treasurer Thomas Woods, Sentinel Ed Halbert, Historian Robert Greer, Reporter Abbie Whitton, Sweetheart Nona Turner, Parlimentarian Lynn McLemore (lower right corner), Advisor Cecil Jones
		McLemore, John Lynn Memorial Service Handout, Front Cover

Sources

[S675] Strong, Melinda (McLemore) and Tisdale, Evon (McLemore): McLemore Reunion, Broaddus, Texas October 1985: Family Group Sheets prepared by each family and Personal Interview.
[S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.), Shown as Dalton McLemore (Reliability: 3).
[S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).
[S382] State of Louisiana, Parish of Sabine, Marriage License.
[S1352] Ancestry.com - Texas Marriage Collections, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 [database online].
[S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), August 19, 2020, page 4 (Reliability: 3).