Hattie Ophelia Easter

Family/Spouse: David Marion Gordon, Jr.. David was born in May 1867 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Carl Alvis McLemore recalled the following story that his grandmother, Ada Wallace Gordon, related to him about her older sister's tragic death at the age of nine:

Lizzie and Ada were both outside playing with their Moma cooking inside and Papa and brothers in the field. It was in the fall around October because the persimmons were ripe on the tree and Lizzie was getting some for them to eat. Lizzie told her sister "Look Ada there's a big one !! that's mine!!" and reached out to get it and the tree limb cracked and broke.The limb didn't break off but Lizzie fell and broke her neck. Moma Mac said she gasped and died right there in front of her. Moma Mac ran to get her mother and her father from the field but nothing could be done for Lizzie. Moma Mac said her Papa cut down that persimmon tree, and that she would never forget that event as long as she lived.

Notes:

She was delivered by Dr. Nicholas WALLACE Jr. (see Petty House) and named for his mother. (The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, p. 147).

Carl Alvis McLemore of Athens writes that his grandmother Ada was born on the Gordon homeplace on December 31, 1904, at 10 minutes before midnight. Her sister Bertha Gordon Parker, deceased, kidded her and said she was born in 1905, Ada replied that she was born in 1904 before midnight. She was called "Momma Mac" by her family. (cmclemor@steelcase.com)

Ada Wallace McLemore

Funeral for Ada Wallace McLemore, 102, 1 p.m. Friday at Round Island Baptist Church, burial in Limestone Memorial Gardens with Spry directing. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The body will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Mrs. McLemore died Dec. 10, 2007.

Published in the Decatur Daily on 12/12/2007.

Ada married Oliver Dalmer McLemore about 1923 in Alabama. Oliver (son of Alvis Moore McLemore and Emma C. LeCroix) was born on 7 Jul 1898 in Limestone County, Alabama; died on 3 Oct 1971 in Alabama; was buried in Limestone Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Oliver Dempsey md. Virginia Dare CHRISTOPHER and had Ginger, Michael and Dusty. (The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, p. 147). His nephew, Carl Alvis McLemore writes that "Uncle Demp went into the service at 18, and was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day. Only 6 of out of the 50 in his squadron survived, being captured by the Germans. He was a POW for close to a year."Oliver Dempsey McLemore, 89, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Athens-Limestone Hospital, Athens, Alabama.

He was born to Oliver Delma and Ada Gordon McLemore on June 27, 1924.

He graduated from Tanner High School in 1943 and attended Athens College on the GI Bill. He was drafted in the Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Unit. He was a POW in Germany and was a Purple Heart recipient. He returned to the U.S. in 1945 and married his beloved sweetheart, Virginia Dare Christopher. They were married 68 years. He worked at TVA, Brownsferry Nuclear Planta as a pipefitter and retired in 1988. He was a member of the Pipefitters Local 760. He was a member of the Round Island Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Dare Christopher McLemore; three children, daughter, Ginger Martin and husband Granville Martin of Athens; sons, Mike McLemore and wife Wanda Casteel McLemore of Birmingham and Dusty McLemore and wife Patsy Holland McLemore of Athens. He has seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Billy Ray McLemore and sisters, Betty Fay McLemore and Catherine Griffin of Athens.

Burial will be in Limestone Memorial Gardens with Military Honors. Spry Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Notes:

Catherine md. Billy GRIFFIN and had Ronnie, Tim, and Mark. (The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, p. 147)

Catherine McLemore "Pie" Griffin

The funeral for Mrs. Catherine "Pie" McLemore Griffin, 84, of Athens will be at 3 p.m. today at Round Island Baptist Church with Dusty McLemore and Mike Green officiating and Spry Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Limestone Memorial Gardens.Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the church.

Mrs. Griffin died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Huntsville Hospital. She was born Dec. 1, 1925, in Limestone County. She was a member of Round Island Baptist Church of Athens and had retired from Martin and Hubbs Insurance. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver D. McLemore and Ada Gordon McLemore; one brother, Billy Ray McLemore; one sister, Betty Faye McLemore; and one granddaughter, Catherine Diane Griffin. She is survived by her husband, Billy Griffin of Athens; three sons, Ron Griffin of Kansas City, Mo., Tim Griffin and wife Sue, and Mark Griffin and wife Terri, all of Athens; three brothers, Dempsey McLemore, Alvis "Snooks" McLemore and Bobby McLemore, all of Athens; two sisters, Majorie M. Reece and Jennifer Holmes, both of Athens; four grandchildren Brad Griffin, Ryan Griffin, Rebecca Griffin and Breanne Griffin; three great-grandchildren, Lexi Griffin, Braxton Griffin and Jasper Griffin; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Mike McLemore, Carl McLemore, Ricky McLemore, Brian Reece, Barry Reece, Jeff Pressnell, Brian Griffin and Ryan Griffin. Honorary pallbearers will be Brent Reece and Barry McLemore. Memorial donations may be made to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation or to Round Island Baptist Church.

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

Notes:

Carl Alvis McLemore of Athens, Alabama writes that Betty Faye was a twin to Billy Ray McLemore, and died at a young age. Her tombstone reads "Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven."

Notes:

Billy Ray md. Vicki ALLEN and had Leighan. (The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, p. 147)

Madison County, Alabama Obituary Collection 1998-1999
Posted by Genealogy Buff
Date: Thursday, 17 Dec 2009

6/23/1999


Billy R. McLemore
ATHENS - Billy Ray McLemore, 59, of 15720 Reid Road died Monday at his home. The funeral was to be today at 2 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home with Dusty McLemore officiating.
Burial was to be in Dement Cemetery.
Mr. McLemore was a native of Limestone County, retired from Reynolds Metal in Sheffield and was a member of the Army National Guard in Athens.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki Allen McLemore; one daughter, Leigh McLemore Black of Athens; his mother, Ada Gordon McLemore of Athens; three brothers, Dempsey McLemore, Alvis McLemore and Bobby McLemore, all of Athens; three sisters, Catherine Griffin, Marjorie Reece and Jennifer Holmes, all of Athens; and two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.