Elmer Elijah Henson

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They lived in Hugo as of the 1930 census, and were shown as living in Bakersfield, Califorina in 1948.

Elmer E. Henson
contributed by Ron Henson
The Hugo Daily News, Hugo, Choctaw Co., Oklahoma, 28 December 1992
Funeral services for Elmer Elijah Henson will be held Tuesday in Clayton Avenue Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Mr. Henson died Saturday in Paris, Texas. He was 85. He was a retired rancher and feed store operator in Hugo and a member of Clayton Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. Henson was born Dec. 15, 1907, to Ambrose and Rhoda (Edden) [sic] Henson in Missouri. He married Mary Elzada McLemore Aug. 21, 1926. He had lived in this area most of his life. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elzada Henson of Hugo; one son, Ron Henson of Hugo; two brothers; Paul Henson of Cassville, Mo. and Ernest Henson of Biggs, Calif.; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Rev. Dempsey Cosper and Rev. Doug McClure will officiate the services. Mr. Henson will be buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home.

Listed on the "Choctaw County Obits" website hosted at Rootsweb. Contributed by Ron Henson.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/

(Research):1930 Census
Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Ratliffe Twp
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 12-21, SD 12 Sheet 14B
177-180
Henson, Elmer E Hd M W 23 M 18 Mo Mo US Farmer
Henson, Mary E Wife F W 21 M 16 Ala La La
Reed, Jonnie Lodger M W 20 S Ark Ark Ark Laborer On Farm
Heron, Remus Nephew M W 4 1/12 S Tx Tx La

Elmer married Mary Elzada McLemore on 21 Aug 1926 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Mary (daughter of Albert George McLemore and Alzada "Alzadie" "Zadie" Carney) was born on 4 Mar 1910 in Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma; died on 24 Nov 2003 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma; was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
April Makerney lists them as the parents of two sons, Elmer, who died in infancy, and Ron.