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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joe Kenneth McLemore, 74, of Lumberton died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at his residence in Lumberton.

Born in Jasper, Texas, Joe had lived in the area since 1961. He was a music director at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Silsbee for eleven years and a Deacon for First Baptist Church in Silsbee.

He is survived by his wife, Sammie McLemore of Lumberton; children, LaDonna Ross and her husband Warren of Houston, Kenneth McLemore and his wife Lisa of Silsbee; grandchildren, Joseph Tracy and his wife ShaVonne; April McLemore LeBlanc and her husband Jason, Joshua Tracy, and Kenneth Cameron Milo; great-grandchildren, Madelyn Gayle McLemore, Greyson Kenna Harrison, and Kenneth Landyn McLemore; and eldest brother, Robert Lee McLemore and his wife Betty of Jasper.

A memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Broussard's, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.

In lieu of flowers or plants, at family's request, contributions can be made in Joe's memory to First Baptist Church, 350 Hwy 96 South, Silsbee, Texas 77656.


http://broussardsmortuary.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=7369

Joe married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lee and his wife lived on the old McLemore farm at Erin, Texas.

When Lee was on his death bed in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont, his son Robert Lee went to see him. When Lee asked who he was, Robert Lee replied, "I'm your son, Robert Lee." Lee shook his head, "No your not. You're one of those Morgan boys." Whereupon Robert Lee asked, "Which one do you think I am?" to which Lee replied, "You're Julian." (Submitted by Minnie McLemore Morgan).

Lee married Mary Othalia "Mackie" Powell on 3 Feb 1924. Mary (daughter of Robert Wesley Powell and Minnie "Maybell" Adams) was born on 25 May 1905 in Texas; died on 3 Mar 1994 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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OTHALIA McLEMORE, CLEAN FREAK

During World War II, Minnie McLemore Morgan and Beulah McLemore Dougharty were over at Lee and Othalia's making cookies to send to the boys overseas. Minnie and Beulah were shelling pecans out on the back porch. Beulah asked Othalia how long a broom lasted her. Othalia, stirring the cookies in the kitchen, replied "Mine always last me a year." To which Beulah, looking at the floor, remarked, "Othalia, if you'd clean out these cracks that broom wouldn't last a week." (Submitted by Othalia McLemore on 7/14/81)

Although her given name is Mary Othalia, granddaughter Deann noted she uses only her middle name. Her family members also affectionately called her Mackie.

Deann also writes that "Othalia named her first child and when her Mama got there she changed his name and said, 'His name is Robert Lee.' Then when my Daddy was born Mackie named him 'Willy Gerald' (or something like that) and her Mama got there and said, 'No, his name is Billy Deryle' (Deryle rhymes with girl...'Dirl' and not 'Darryl'). When her third child was born, Mackie just waited until her Mama got there so she could name him."