Ivy Earl McLemore

1918 - 2003  (84 years)

• Name	Ivy Earl McLemore  [1]
  Birth	15 Mar 1918	Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 2003	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
  Burial	Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
  Notes	McLemore, Teletype operator for AP with keen eye for detail by Lynwood Abram Houston Chronicle Ivy Earl McLemore, a Teletype operator, traffic manager and proofreader for the Associated Press for 42 years, died Wednesday in a Jasper convalescent home after a 35-year battle with cancer. He was 84. In 1968, McLemore was diagnosed with colon cancer. Over the ensuing years, he underwent three operations, but ultimately the cancer spread, said his son Ivy Bernard McLemore of Houston, former executive sports editor of the Houston Post. An AP official once called Ivy Earl McLemore "the quickest and most accurate Teletype operator the AP had ever come across," his son said. Although he was never a reporter or editor, McLemore had a keen eye for errors and omissions in news stories, and often helped the reporters improve their writing. "He didn't write himself, but he knew excellent copy, and he was a great one for factual detail," his son said. Born in Jasper, McLemore grew up in the family home which dated from 1888. After graduating from Jasper High School in 1936, McLemore landed a job in the mail room of the Beaumont Enterprise. Shortly thereafter the AP hired him as a Teletype operator and wire clerk. In 1940 he began working for the AP in Houston, where he served in the AP office in the Houston Chronicle newsroom. He was there on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an air traffic controller. While stationed in Pampa, McLemore survived the crash of an Air Corps training plane. He later served in France and Italy. McLemore witnessed the transformation of news writing from manual typewriters to electric typewriters and ultimately to computers. Beginning in the 1950s, McLemore serviced AP Teletypes in offices of newspapers and radio and TV stations and other clients in the Houston area. After he retired in 1979, McLemore returned to Jasper, where he lived on and farmed on 12 acres, known as Azalea Forest, growing tomatoes, okra, sugar cane, strawberries and other crops. A talented gardener, he won prizes and awards at county and state fairs for his tomatoes, his son said. His former wife, Carmen Albacete McLemore died in 1995. Besides his son, McLemore is survived by two sisters, Irma Brauninger of Beaumont and Marie Hicks of Jasper; three brothers, John D. McLemore of Kemp, Tommie McLemore of Bartlett, Tenn, and Bobbie McLemore of Jasper. Visitation will be from 10 am until noon Saturday, McLemore's birthday, at Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper. The funeral will be at 2 pm Saturday at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Jasper.
  Person ID	I3381	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Ivy Augustus McLemore,   b. 4 Dec 1888, Erin, Jasper County, Texas d. 3 Dec 1980, Jasper County, Texas (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Kate Elizabeth Sims,   b. Dec 1893, Jasper County, Texas d. 28 Feb 1978, Jasper County, Texas (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1907	Jasper County, Texas
  	He married Kate Elizabeth Sims 9-4-1910, the sister of his brother Frank's wife. He later bought her father's farm where he and Kate lived out their lives. (Nan Kittell).
  Family ID	F1320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Doris Stewart,   b. Aft 1918   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Jun 1940	Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Carmen Ines Albacete,   b. 17 Jun 1920   d. 10 Feb 1995, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1957
  Children	1. Living   2. Carmen Lisa McLemore,   b. 3 Oct 1962, Houston, Harris County, Texas d. 16 Nov 1993, Harris County, Texas (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F1969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Family ID	F1970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Mar 1918 - Jasper County, Texas Marriage - 1 Jun 1940 - Jasper County, Texas Death - 12 Mar 2003 - Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Burial - - Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  McLemore, Ivy Earl

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Kittell, Nan McCoy--Samuel McFarland McLemore and Descendants, Living Family History (Unpublished typescript ca. 1984, updated periodically).