Winfred "Wimpy" Truitt Luce

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Winfred "Wimpy" Luce
Born February 7, 1937 and passed in March, 2006
W.T. "Wimpy" Luce, a community leader in Montgomery County since the 1960's, passed away Friday night at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital. He was 69 years old. Born the last of four boys to Winnie McLemore Luce and Ernest Luce on February 7, 1937, in Latexo, Texas, Wimpy grew up in Houston, and graduated from Jefferson Davis High School. A banker all of his life, Wimpy's career spanned from a 17-year-old bank courier, to Vice President of First National Bank in Conroe, to President of the First State Bank of Magnolia, which he literally built from the foundation up. Wimpy later worked with Merrill Lynch and Prudential Securities, now Wachovia, from where he retired in 2005. He helped organize and served as the first President of the Chamber of Commerce in Magnolia, and he was instrumental in organizing the first March of Dimes effort in Montgomery County. Wimpy was the long time Song Leader of the Conroe Noon Lions Club, and member of the Conroe Country Club. Wimpy played a large part in financing and developing the Texas Renaissance Festival, where he also portrayed the role of Bishop. He was a gifted public speaker, and possessed a beautiful baritone voice which he used to direct church choirs and perform with country and western bands. Wimpy is survived by his wife, Mollye Luce, with whom he recently celebrated 25 years of marriage with a reception of family and friends, and renewal of their vows. He also leaves two daughters, Nelda Luce Blair and husband Jim of The Woodlands, and Kim Dollar and husband Danny of Bulverde, and their mother Sue Luce of Conroe. He also leaves three step-daughters Carreen Carson and husband Clay of Dallas, Charlotte Kuenstler and husband Richard of Bellville, and Laura Blum and husband Keith of Katy. Eleven grandchildren who will greatly miss their "Paw Paw" are Evan "Scooter" Wilkerson, Isaac Wilkerson, Danielle Dollar and Ross Dollar of Bulverde, Maris Harkins of Conroe, Jake Carson and Catherine Carson of Dallas, Rachel Kuenstler and Reilly Kuenstler of Bellville, and Conner and Kennadi Blum of Katy. He is also survived by three older brothers, Lester Luce of San Antonio, Forrest Luce and wife Mary Ann of Houston, and Donal Luce and wife Florice of Conroe, and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and beloved friends. Visitation with the family and viewing will occur on Monday, February 20, from 5 to 8 pm at Metcalf Funeral Home. Reverend Dearing Jones will officiate at funeral services on Tuesday, February 21, at 11 am, at the First Baptist Church of Magnolia, with a graveside service following at Magnolia Cemetery. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Hope International, 311 N. Market Street, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75202, or the Conroe ISD Education Foundation, Wimpy Luce Memorial Scholarship, c/o P.O. Box 1494, Conroe, Texas 77305, or the charity of your choice. Wimpy's unique character and gregarious personality will be fondly remembered by all.

http://www.theblairhouse.net/memorials.cfm

Notes:

Name: Ernest Lester Luce
Death Date: 29 Jul 1975
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1901
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Winnie Luce
Father's Name: John R. Luce
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Jimmie Tyre (sic) [should be Malissa Jane "Jennie" Tyer]
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Mrs. Winnie LuceppWife
Occupation: Car Man, Southern Pacific Railroad
Place of Residence: 1305 Marilyn Street, Conroe, Texas
Cemetery: Brookside Memorial Park
Burial Place: Houston, Harris County, Texas
Burial Date: August 1, 1975
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243827
Digital Film Number: 4005481
Image Number: 2749
Reference Number: 60370
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Harris County, JP 19 Precinct One, Houston City
Enumerated 6 April 1930
ED 101-143 SD 26 Sheet 6A Stamped 212
Shotwell Street
437-134-146
Luce, Earnest L Hd M W 29 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Collector Loan Sharks
Luce, Winnie A Wf F W 28 M 23 Tx La Ill
Luce, Lester D Son M W 4 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Luce, Adolph F Son M W 2 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Richard L Brother-in-law M W 20 S Tx La Ill Ice Cream Makers Lone Star Creamery

Ernest married Winnie Amelia McLemore on 12 Jun 1925. Winnie (daughter of James Madison McLemore and Mary Katherine"Katie" Klutts) was born on 29 Dec 1901 in Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 17 Nov 1990 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Van Zandt County, ED 123
FHL Film 1255330 NA Film T9-1330 Page 85B
F.J. Braden Self W M W 48 Tn SC SC
L.C. Bush Sister W F W 46 Tn Keeping House SC SC
Wallace Bush Nephews S M W 18 LA At Home AL TN
J.F. Bush Nephew S M W 14 LA At Home Al TN
J. M. McLemore Other S M W 18 Tx Farm Laborer Indian Territory Tx
(POSSIBLY James Madison McLemore, but this is not a certainty. The initials and age work, but location of his and his parents births are slightly off.)

1900 Census
Texas, Van Zandt County, JP No. 2
Enumerated 27 Jun 1900
SD 7 ED 127 Sheet 22B
405-412
McLemore, James M/H? Head W M Dec 1861 38 M3 La NC Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mary K Wife W F Mar 1875 25 N 3 2/2 Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Bertha E Dtr W F Sept 1897 2 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Tommie J Dtr W F May 1899 1 S Tx La Ill

1910 Census
Texas, Van Zandt County JP 2
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 105 Sheet 10B
182-182
McLemore, James M Hd M W 48 m1 13 La NC Miss Farmer
McLemore, Kate Wf F W 36 M1 13 6/6 Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Bertha Dtr F W 12 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Tommie Dtr F W 11 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Winnie Dtr F W 8 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Gertie Dtr F W 6 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Gordon Son M W 3 S Tx La Ill
McLemore, Lemorgan (Richard Lumon???) Son M W 9/12 S Tx La Ill

1920 Census
Texas, Van Zandt County, JP 2
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 3 ED 126 Sheet 15B
Fm 33-33
McClemore, Kate Hd F W 44 Wd Ill Ill Ill
McClemore, Winnie Dtr F W 18 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Gertie Dtr F W 16 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Gordan Son M W 13 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Lumon Son M W 10 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, George Son M W 8 S Tx La Ill

1930 Census
Texas, Henderson County, JP 1, Athens Town
Enumerated April 4, 1930
ED 107-1 SD 11 Sheet 7A Stamped 183
124-156
McLemore, K. K. Hd A 12 M W 55 Wd Ill US US
McLemore, Gordon Son M W 22 S Tx Ill US Laborer Lumber Yard
McLemore, Georgia (sic) Dtr (sic) F (sic) W 19 S Tx Ill US Laborer Lumber Yard





(Medical):A direct male descendant, still bearing the McLemore surname, participated in the Morrison yDNA study. He was predicted to be in the I1 haplogroup, the most common group in Scandanavia. However, he does not currently have any matches among the other 15 members with the McLemore surname in the study. It is possible that there were several founding McLemore lines, instead of just one as has been long assumed. Or another possibility could be that undisclosed adoptions have occurred through the generations of descendants of both James and/or Abraham.

James married Mary Katherine"Katie" Klutts on 15 Nov 1896. Mary was born on 23 Mar 1875 in Illinois; died on 28 Nov 1965 in Italy, Ellis County, Texas; was buried in Chinquapin Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Katie Kathrine Mclemore
Death Date: 28 Nov 1965
Death Place: Italy, Ellis, Texas
Usual Residence: 705 W. College St. Athens, Henderson Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 90 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1875
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Benjim Kluttz
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Winnie Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: House Keeping
Informant: George S. McLemore
Cause: Degenerative changes of ageing
Place of Residence: Athens, Henderson, Texas
Cemetery: Chinquakin Cemetery
Burial Place: Canton, Van Zandt, Texas
Burial Date: 30 Nov 1965
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117866
Digital Film Number: 4028292
Image Number: 3388
Reference Number: cn 70100
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Van Zandt County, JP 2
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 3 ED 126 Sheet 15B
Fm 33-33
McClemore, Kate Hd F W 44 Wd Ill Ill Ill
McClemore, Winnie Dtr F W 18 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Gertie Dtr F W 16 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Gordan Son M W 13 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, Lumon Son M W 10 S Tx La Ill Farm Laborer
McClemore, George Son M W 8 S Tx La Ill

1930 Census
Texas, Henderson County, JP 1, Athens Town
Enumerated April 4, 1930
ED 107-1 SD 11 Sheet 7A Stamped 183
124-156
McLemore, K. K. Hd A 12 M W 55 Wd Ill US US
McLemore, Gordon Son M W 22 S Tx Ill US Laborer Lumber Yard
McLemore, Georgia (sic) Dtr (sic) F (sic) W 19 S Tx Ill US Laborer Lumber Yard




(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage date from website "Early Families of Southern Van Zandt and Northern Henderson Counties" posted by Betty Miller and Betty Phillips. They transcribed from Volume I and Volume II of Families of Northern Henderson and Southern Van Zandt Counties by the Rev. John B. Trent, books that were owned by Lavona Blackwell.

http://vanzandttx.org/fam8a.htm

Notes:

Dr. Paul McLemore emailed, in March 2010, that "My fathers grandfather is William Kearney McLemore b 1825 d 1889 this is on the tombstone Holley Springs Cem, Van Zandt Co., Texas, He came from Shreveport, Louisiana to Van Zandt county"

The 1880 census shows that W. K. McLemore was born in North Carolina. John Simpson McLemore, buried near him in the Holly Springs Cemetery in Van Zandt county, instead reports his fathers place of birth as Mississippi in 1880 and as Tennessee in 1900. And J. M. McLemore, who is likely son James Madison McLemore, reports in 1880 that his father was born in Indian Territory, but later reports North Carolina.

Peggy Stewart Gore also shows William Kearney McLemore as being born in Tennessee.

(Research):
Census Listings:

Description: 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: W. K. Macklymore
Home in 1880: Van Zandt, Texas
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina

Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male

W. K. Macklymore 54 NC NC NC
Ellen Macklymore 20 MS NC Al
Nancy Macklymore 15 La NC Al
Annie Macklymore 12 La NC Al
Milton Macklymore 10 LA NC Al
Albert Macklymore 8 La NC AL
ED 123 Van Zandt Texas
FHL Film 125330 NA Film T9-1330
Page 120C

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

(Medical):A direct male descendant, still bearing the McLemore surname, participated in the Morrison yDNA study. He was predicted to be in the I1 haplogroup, the most common group in Scandanavia. However, he does not currently have any matches among the other 15 members with the McLemore surname in the study. It is possible that there were several founding McLemore lines, instead of just one as has been long assumed. Or another possibility could be that undisclosed adoptions have occurred through the generations of descendants of both James and/or Abraham.

William married Rebecca Ann Gore on 17 Mar 1854 in Attala County, Mississippi. Rebecca was born about 1839 in Barbour County, Alabama; died about 1875 in Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peggy Stewart Gore shows her as a daughter of Simpson James Gore and Harriett Permelia Byram. She also shows that Rebecca was first married to Charles Allen,