Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SAMUEL DUARD McLEMORE: The Long and The Short of It.

T.F. McLemore lived at 2401 Forrest in Beaumont and Duard lived nearby. He drove past the house every day in his 1935 Ford, which had a very low seat. Duard was rather short, and so his head was also very low (in the car). One day, as he came around the corner headed for home, some person on the front porch (it may have been Emile's wife, Grace) exclaimed "There goes Duard's car, but where's Duard?"

(Submitted by Dale McLemore 7/81)

Samuel married Opal Dane Gibney on 15 Nov 1926. Opal was born before 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His wifes obituary states that "Imogene married Lee Roy Reaves in 1926."

Lee married Imogene Adams about 1926. Imogene was born on 23 Jun 1911 in Texas; died in Jan 2008 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; was buried on 18 Jan 2008 in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Imogene "Gran" Adams Reaves

Imogene was born June 23, 1911 at Mattie, Texas the 5th child of Nora Gholston Adams and John Quincy Adams. She was raised in West Texas and spent 2 years in Colorado where she started school. Imogene married Lee Roy Reaves in 1926. They had four children. Imogene lived 96 years, 6 months and 21 days. She was a member of the Church of Christ for seventy plus years. She spent her earlier married life raising her four daughters. She moved to Austin, Texas in 1947 and attended University Avenue Church of Christ for 40 years. At that time she moved into a home with her sister and started attending Cameron Road Church of Christ. She participated in Bible classes and Thursday Morning Ladies Class and donated to central Texas Children's Home for Christmas gifts and other needs. Her other donations were to the Cameron Road Church of Christ Missionaries, Salvation Army, and Doctors Without Borders. She worked at Scarborough's Department Store for many years. She started work in 1971 for the State of Texas Rehabilitation Department and retired at age 75. She had many good friends. Her descendants all enjoyed her many tales of the "old days" and the changes she saw in the world during her lifetime. She was dearly love by her daughters, their husbands and the members of their families, because she, herself, was so loving. It was not in her nature to speak unkindly of anyone. Imogene is survived by one sister, Marie Grace, and her four daughters, Irma Jean Manuel and her husband, Joe Manuel, Jerry R. Read, Wanda Nell Ferrill and her husband, Jack Ferrill and Patsy Marie Mclemore and her husband, S. Dale Mclemore; eight grandchildren: Sharon Read Joiner and her husband Bennett A. Joiner, Robert William Read and his wife Tucker, Dianna Ferrill Evatt and her husband Mark, Beverly Ferrill Burke, Donald Ferrill and his wife Denise, Cathy Wornell Barnett and her husband, Robert, Jeannie Mclemore Flores and her husband, Paulo and Scott David Mclemore; seventeen great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. A time of gathering will be held at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2008 in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home. The Funeral Service will follow at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow at Austin Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Central Texas Children's Home, 1925 Crane Rd, Buda TX 78610; Cameron Road Church of Christ, 6014 Cameron Rd, Austin TX 78723 or Heart to Heart Hospice, 4029 Capitol of Texas Hwy, Suite 120, Austin TX 78704

(Undated, unsourced)

Notes:

Frank McLemore was a traveling salesman. When he made his rounds,one of the first customers he called on were Dale and Evon (McLemore) Tisdale, who had a General Store in Zavalla. He would use a mirror in the back of their store to shave before he called on the rest of his customers. He did this because he rose very early each morning, and didn't want to disturb his wife. He loved anything colored blue. He used unusual expressions, such as "Great Garden Seed" and "an elephant's plenty." He was called "Daddy Mac" by grandchildren. Affiliations: Masonic Lodge, Dewitt Clinton Chapter. Baptist Church. Hobbies: Gospel Music, gardening.

He and his wife served consecutive terms as Postmaster in Jasper County early in the century.

POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF JASPER COUNTY, TEXAS 1846 - 1930 http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/jasper.html

ERIN Craige, Jas. A., 20 Sep 1847 Discontinued 5 Nov 1866

(Re-established)

Faircloth, Jas. B., 31 Oct 1882
Morgan, Malachi, 22 Oct 1883
Aarant, Martin B., 29 Nov 1912
McLEMORE, THOS. F., 6 Nov 1913
McLEMORE, NANNIE O., 3 Oct 1916
Aarant, Martin B., 15 Feb 1918
Discontinued 28 Feb 1923; mail to Magnolia Springs

Thomas married Nancy "Nannie" Octavene Sims on 24 Apr 1907 in Sims Home, Jasper County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Rev. Alfred Cuthbert Sims and Francis Amanda Allen) was born on 29 Feb 1892 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 15 Mar 1965 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]