Edith L. McLemore: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Edith L. McLemore was born on 2 Jul 1903 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas; died on 22 Nov 1984 in Choctaw County, Oklahoma; was buried in Springs Chapel Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Census listings have her place of birth as Alabama, but her obituary (below) shows Arkansas.

Edith Lottie (McLemore) Stokes
Contributed by April (Wharton) Makerney
The Hugo Daily News, Hugo, Choctaw, OK; Issue: Unknown Mrs. Edith L. Stokes, 81, of Hugo, died Thursday at Choctaw Memorial Hospital. Born in Jonesboro, Ark. on July 2, 1903, she had been a resident of Choctaw County for 36 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Clayton Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Criss Lester and Estelle Cornelison, both of Hugo, and Waunell Rye of Riverside, Calif.: three sons, Roy Haislip and Willard Johnson of Bakersfield and Russel Johnson of Arvin, Calif. Mrs. Stokes is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Henson and Mrs. Edna Everidge, both of Hugo, 25 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The family will receive friends at Criss Lester's home. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Lampton Mills Chapel. Burial will be in the Springs Chapel Cemetery. Lampton Mills Funeral Home of Hugo is in charge of arrangements.

Listed on the "Choctaw County Obits" website hosted at Rootsweb. Contributed by April Makerney. The date of the paper from which this was transcribed is not listed.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/

Her double headstone listing at Springs Chapel Cemetery was transcribed as follows:

Stokes, Edith L. Johnson 07-02-1903 11-22-1984 w/o Daniel L.
Stokes, Daniel L 01-10-1904 03-11-1977 PFC US ARMY

http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/cemetery/springschapel