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Edith L. McLemore

Female 1903 - 1984  (81 years)


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  • Name Edith L. McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth 2 Jul 1903  Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 Nov 1984  Choctaw County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Springs Chapel Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Census listings have her place of birth as Alabama, but her obituary (below) shows Arkansas.

      Edith Lottie (McLemore) Stokes
      Contributed by April (Wharton) Makerney
      The Hugo Daily News, Hugo, Choctaw, OK; Issue: Unknown Mrs. Edith L. Stokes, 81, of Hugo, died Thursday at Choctaw Memorial Hospital. Born in Jonesboro, Ark. on July 2, 1903, she had been a resident of Choctaw County for 36 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Clayton Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Criss Lester and Estelle Cornelison, both of Hugo, and Waunell Rye of Riverside, Calif.: three sons, Roy Haislip and Willard Johnson of Bakersfield and Russel Johnson of Arvin, Calif. Mrs. Stokes is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Henson and Mrs. Edna Everidge, both of Hugo, 25 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The family will receive friends at Criss Lester's home. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Lampton Mills Chapel. Burial will be in the Springs Chapel Cemetery. Lampton Mills Funeral Home of Hugo is in charge of arrangements.

      Listed on the "Choctaw County Obits" website hosted at Rootsweb. Contributed by April Makerney. The date of the paper from which this was transcribed is not listed.

      http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/

      Her double headstone listing at Springs Chapel Cemetery was transcribed as follows:

      Stokes, Edith L. Johnson 07-02-1903 11-22-1984 w/o Daniel L.
      Stokes, Daniel L 01-10-1904 03-11-1977 PFC US ARMY

      http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/cemetery/springschapel
    Person ID I26864  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 

    Father Albert George McLemore,   b. 17 Nov 1866, Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1940, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Alzada "Alzadie" "Zadie" Carney,   b. 27 Jan 1876, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1910, Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1891  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
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      Groom's Name: A. G. Mclemore
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      Bride's Name: Alzada Carney
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      Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1891
      Marriage Place: Choctaw, Alabama
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      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73741-8
      System Origin: Alabama-EASy
      Source Film Number: 1788198
      Reference Number: B2 P95 #278
      Collection: Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957
    Family ID F8850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Jul 1903 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Nov 1984 - Choctaw County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Springs Chapel Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S511] Makerney, April (amakerney@yahoo.com) "Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families" Ver. 2009-07-12 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=amakerney.

    2. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Oklahoma, Seminole County, Econtuchk Twp, ED 182 Enumerated 17 May 1910 by Henry A. Reynolds SD 3, ED 182, Sheet 22B 404-405 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S920] FamilySearch.org, Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957.