Family: Vessie Eugene McLemore / Nina Ophelia Fuller (F11)

• Male Vessie Eugene McLemore

  
  

  Birth	1 Feb 1885	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	21 Jan 1952	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Burial		Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
  Marriage	7 Nov 1907  [1]	Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana  [1]
  Father	John F. "Finn" McLemore | F51 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rutha Triphene White | F51 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Nina Ophelia Fuller

  
  

  Birth	15 Sep 1891	Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	8 Jul 1980	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Burial		Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Joseph Thomas Fuller | F52 Group Sheet
  Mother	Viola "Ola" Fullen | F52 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Infant McLemore

  
  

  Birth	3 Dec 1908	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	17 Feb 1909	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Male Infant McLemore

  
  

  Birth	10 Mar 1910	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	11 Mar 1910	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Male Infant McLemore

  
  

  Birth	25 May 1911	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	25 May 1911	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Male Percy Lavell McLemore

  
  

  Birth	11 Jan 1913	Bronson, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	30 Apr 1991	San Augustine County, Texas
  Burial		Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas
  Spouse	Elma Callie Smith | F53
  Marriage	19 Apr 1936	San Augustine County, Texas

  
  

  Female Viola Evon McLemore

  
  

  Birth	6 Nov 1914	Bronson, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	18 Oct 2008	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Burial		Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas
  Spouse	Memmon Dale Tisdale | F54
  Marriage	8 Jan 1938	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

  
  

  Male Vessie Earl McLemore

  
  

  Birth	12 Sep 1916	Bronson, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	30 Apr 1997	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Burial	2 May 1997	Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas
  Spouse	Velta Alnettie Rawson | F55
  Marriage	27 Aug 1938	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas

  
  

  Male Ira Ray McLemore

  
  

  Birth	1 Dec 1918	Bronson, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	14 Feb 1991	Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
  Burial	16 Feb 1991	Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Spouse	Bernice Opal Hensarling | F56
  Marriage	9 May 1937	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

  
  

  Male Living

  
  

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  Spouse	Bonnie Jean Benkelman | F3
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  Male John Lynn McLemore

  
  

  Birth	26 Dec 1932	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Death	13 Sep 2007	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Burial	16 Sep 2007	Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Living | F57
  Marriage
  Spouse	Selma June Sparks | F58
  Marriage	Bef 1960
  Spouse	Living | F59
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  Spouse	Living | F60
  Marriage
  Spouse	Bobbie Joyce Denton | F61
  Marriage	2 Jan 1981	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas

  
  

• Documents

  Fuller, Nina Ophelia marriage to Vessie E. McLemore, Many, Louisiana, 1907 Nina and Vessie eloped in Many, Louisiana, just across the state line from Sabine County, Texas, where they both grew up

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Nina's mother died six months after Nina's Fifteenth birthday. As the oldest girl, and second of eight children, all the day to day household tasks of caring for their large family immediately fell to her. To make matters worse, Nina's father had relatives who had moved to the fertile lower Rio Grande Valley to farm. They encouraged him to move down there as well. He had made several trips down to visit them, and to inspect land. Nina was desperately afraid of leaving her beloved east Texas. About this same time, Nina met Vessie McLemore met at a church revival. They enjoyed each other's company, and began secretly corresponding with each other. Vessie soon proposed, and in November 1907, they snuck across the river to Many, Louisiana and eloped. Nina had turned sixteen years old not quite two months earlier. Nina told her granddaughter, Melinda, that she and Vessie had only seen each other twice in person before their marriage. A photo exists that appears to be their wedding picture. Vessie is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and white bow tie, and Nina in a white dress, with a large flower in her hair. Witnesses at their wedding were, H. E. White, presumably Henry Ernest White--Vessie's first cousin-- and A. McGown [likely either Albert or Andrew McGown, brothers who lived nearby the young couple in Geneva, Texas]. The license was filed for record on 14 July 1908 in Volume 3, Page 272 of the Marriage Records of Sabine Parish, Louisiana by W. E. McNuly, clerk, oper J. J. McNuly, Deputy. Joe Fuller was not pleased with his daughters elopement. For at least several months after their wedding, the young couple avoided him. Rumors abounded that he might shoot Vessie on sight. Jan Tisdale, another granddaughter, remembers similar stories. Jan said that Nina's younger sisters were especially saddened by the hasty marriage. They lost both their mother and older sister in less than a year. Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically

  
  

• Sources

  [S382] State of Louisiana, Parish of Sabine, Marriage License.