Homer Sheppard McLemore

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When his mother died in 1910, he was listed as Homer McLemore of Seattle, Wash. However, on the time of the 1910 census, he was a Roomer at a rooming house in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. He was listed as Single, age 18, and born in Illinois. His occupation was shown as Helper, Telephone company.

Homer married Jessie Dell Tribble after 1910. Jessie was born on 12 Feb 1896 in Mississippi; died on 17 Oct 1959 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Janke Tree at WorldConnect shows that he married Joy PERA on 25 Nov 1946, and that they had two children.

William H. "Mac" McLemore was born in Portland, OR on May 31, 1915. He attended St Joseph's Military Academy in Rio Vista and Burlingame High School. Mac entered the Navy in 1934 serving aboard the USS Augusta, part of the Asiatic Fleet and skippered by, then, Capt. Chester Nimitz. He maintained that being on the Augusta with Nimitz was the best education he ever had. He was discharged from the Navy in 1937, and reenlisted for WWII. Mac was then assigned to PT Base Ron 4 which moved to various islands in the South Pacific before he was assigned to PT 121. PT 121 was destroyed by friendly fire on March 27, 1944. Mac and his surviving shipmates evaded capture after the sinking by standing on the reef of a nearby enemy held island for 5 hours before being rescued. Mac was then re-stationed on PT Base Ron 4.

Mac had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to tell stories about his time in the Navy and about the various jobs he held over his lifetime. He worked for GTE Sylvania for over 20 years until his retirement in 1980.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Joy, his daughters Joy (Gary Rabins), Jeanne (Gary Roberts), grandchildren Ellen & David Roberts and cousin Camille Whitaker.

Services will be held Tuesday March 6, 2012 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in San Jose at 11:00 AM.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on March 4, 2012