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• Notes	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.
  Person ID	I19168	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Raymond Thomas Francis,   b. 9 Sep 1895, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas d. 30 Dec 1967 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lillie May Neil,   b. 10 Aug 1896, Farmersville, Collin County, Texas d. Abt 1994 (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1924  [1]
  	VINSON MEMORIES (Published by VINSON HISTORY BOOK COMMITTEE Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995) contains a biographical sketch, along with a picture, of the family of Raymond Thomas Francis and Lillie May Neil. His family moved to Oklahoma, three and one half miles from Vinson, when he was an infant. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was based in San Diego. Upon returning, he resumed farming and ranching with his father. After Lillie and Ray married, they first lived with his parents, later moving to Blair in Jackson County. Ray, along with his brothers Forrest and Henry, opened a Ford auto agency and a general store. They later moved back to Vinson, and resumed farming and ranching with Ray's father. After his father died, they bought a motel in Elk City.
  Family ID	F6956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S449] Vinson History Book Committee VINSON MEMORIES (Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995), p 190 (Reliability: 3).