Edna Lela McLemore: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Edna Lela McLemore was born on 11 Feb 1907 in Louisiana; died on 23 Oct 1987 in Grayson County, Texas; was buried in Everidge Cemetery, Choctaw County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Her father's 1940 obituary indicates that she first was married to a Mr. ALLEN.

This appears to be her listing on the Texas Death Index at rootsweb:

Everidge Edna Lela 10-23-1987 GRAYSON F

Edna (McLemore) Everidge
contributed by Ron Henson
The Hugo Daily News, p. 2,

Hugo, Choctaw Co., Oklahoma, 26 October 1987 Edna Everidge, a resident of Hugo, died Friday in the Texhoma Medical Center. She was 80. A housewife by occupation, she was a member of the World Wide Church of God. Mrs. Everidge was born February 11, 1907 in Louisiana, the daughter of Albert and Alzada McLemore. She moved to Hugo in 1917 from Seminole, Okla. She married Henry Everidge on March 14, 1942 in Hugo. He survives her. Other survivors include a sister, Mary Henson of Hugo; and two nieces, Criss Lester of Hugo and Estelle Cornelison of Hugo. Services were held today at 10 a.m. in the Lampton-Mills and Coffey Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Mutt Wallace officiated. Burial was in the Everidge Family Cemetery. The Lampton-Mills Coffey Funeral Home of Hugo was in charge of arrangements.

Listed on the "Choctaw County Obits" website hosted at Rootsweb. Contributed by Ron Henson.

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

Her double tombstone at the Everidge Cemetery in Choctaw County, Oklahoma reads:

EVERIDGE
Thank You Jesus for the Life You Gave Us
Edna L.
Feb 11, 1907
Oct 23, 1987

Married March 14, 1942

Henry W.
Jane 5 1912
April 26 1988

http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/cemetery/everidge_cemetery.htm