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Mary Elizabeth "M.E." "Meme" Balch

Female 1938 - 2018  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Mary Elizabeth "M.E." "Meme" Balch was born on 28 Jul 1938 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jan 2018 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

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    MCLEMORE, Mary Mary Elizabeth McLemore, 79, left this earth peacefully on January 10th, 2018. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee on July 28th, 1938, to Charles and Corrine Balch. "M.E." moved to Dallas in 1958 to become one of American Airlines' first flight attendants and was a long-standing member of the Kiwi Club, a social and charitable group for former and current AA flight attendants. Her professional career was mostly spent passionately in the real estate business. She received a "Million Dollar Award" for top realty sales and later spent many years working with Tom Gilchrist & Co. M.E. was a bridge and tennis player, snow skier, and jazz lover who relished spending time on the beach. She loved her family and friends whole-heartedly and showed that through her gentleness, kindness and patience. "Meme" always had time for her grandchildren and loved spending time with each of them. She was as well a long-time member of Lover's Lane United Methodist Church and participated in social and volunteer organizations around Dallas. M.E. is survived by her family in Dallas: two daughters, Dawn McLemore Kinard and Cathleen McLemore Good; grandchildren, Adam Kinard, Tyler Good, and Peyton Good; sons-in-law, Lewis Kinard and Greg Good; and her brother and sister-in-law of Primm Springs, TN, Charles "Butch" Balch Jr. and Jan Balch. A memorial service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, 848 Harter Road, Dallas, TX, on Friday, Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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    Published in the Dallas Morning News January 11, 2018

    Mary married Alva Joe McLemore on 11 Oct 1959, and was divorced on 8 Jul 1970 in Dallas County, Texas. Alva (son of Edgar Fernie McLemore and Pauline Laura Jordan) was born on 23 Jan 1935 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; died on 10 Nov 2007 in Dilley, Frio County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    Divorced:
    2 children

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2