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Elizabeth Roberson

Female 1917 - 2000  (82 years)


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  1. 1.  Elizabeth Roberson was born on 18 Aug 1917 in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama (daughter of Charles Henry Roberson and Lela Reid); died on 20 Apr 2000 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Athens, Limestone County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    The Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 shows her last name as ROBERSON, and as a daughter of Charlie ROBERSON and Lela REID.


    Sister of Cleffa, married to her brother-in-law, Alvis.

    Obituary, as posted to her FindAGrave Memorial page:

    Elizabeth Robinson McLemore
    Homemaker

    Graveside service for Elizabeth Robinson McLemore of Decatur will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Mark Tolbert officiating ad Roselawn Funeral Home directing.

    Mrs. McLemore died Thursday, April 20, 2000 at Decatur General Hospital. She was born in Limestone County to Charles Henry Robinson and Lela Reid Robinson. She was raised from age 5 by A. P. Reid and Mary Lucy Reid. A homemaker, she was a member of Central Baptist Church since 1942 and was the widow of Burl McLemore.

    She is survived by one son, Charles W. McLemore of Decatur.

    Pallbearers will be Ben Robinson, Don Privett, Hardy Smith, Wayland McLemore, Warren McLemore and Dan Spangler.

    Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a favorite charity or church.

    DECATUR DAILY- April 21, 2000

    Elizabeth married Burl M. "Bee" McLemore on 12 Mar 1931. Burl (son of Alvis Moore McLemore and Emma C. LeCroix) was born on 11 Sep 1912 in Limestone County, Alabama; died on 1 Mar 1994 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; was buried in Roselawn Gardens of Memory, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Charles Wayne McLemore was born on 5 Apr 1933 in Limestone County, Alabama; died in Jun 2010 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Henry Roberson was born on 10 Feb 1880; died on 22 Mar 1952; was buried in Round Island Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    Bio, as copied from his FindAGrave memorial page:

    Son of Artentius Whitney Roberson and Mary Frances Clem-Roberson.

    Charlie's first marriage on 16 Jan 1906 was to Lela Reid in Giles County TN. She was the daughter of Albert Macklin Reid and Mary Virginia Christopher.

    Their children: Alvin; Cleffa Belle Robinson-McLemore; Elizabeth Robinson-McLemore; and Bruce Reid Robinson.

    (Note that three youngest changed the spelling of their surname to "Robinson").

    Charlie's second marriage was to Clara Brown about 1925.

    Their children: Margaret; Frank; Elton; and Larry Roberson.

    Charles + Lela Reid. Lela was born on 22 Sep 1889 in Limestone County, Alabama; died on 31 Dec 1923 in Limestone County, Alabama; was buried in Round Island Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lela Reid was born on 22 Sep 1889 in Limestone County, Alabama; died on 31 Dec 1923 in Limestone County, Alabama; was buried in Round Island Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    Biography, as copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:

    Lela was the second daughter of Albert Macklin Reid and Mary Virgina Christopher-Bullington-Reid.

    Her older full sister was Zoe Reid-Gilbert (Memorial #15921831)

    Lela married Charles Henry Roberson on 16 Jan 1906 in Pulaski, Giles County, TN.

    Their other daughter was Elizabeth Robinson-McLemore (Find A Grave Memorial# 50914926

    Children:
    1. Cleffa Belle Robinson was born on 30 Nov 1910 in Alabama; died on 25 Sep 1994 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama; was buried in Roselawn Gardens of Memory, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.
    2. 1. Elizabeth Roberson was born on 18 Aug 1917 in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama; died on 20 Apr 2000 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Athens, Limestone County, Alabama.