Grace Idelle Gilchriest: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Grace Idelle Gilchriest was born on 13 Sep 1915 in Center, Shelby County, Texas (daughter of James Clarence Milam "Mike" Gilchriest and Nola Idel Carpenter); died on 31 May 2007 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Grace was born to Milam and Nola (Carpenter) Gilchriest. She resided in Beaumont the last sixty-one years of her life, but considered Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas her true home and raised her children in the Campground community near Milam. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Wisteria Chapter in Beaumont and was a certified school teacher. She retired from Sears & Roebuck Co. as a division manager and was a charter member and former secretary of her beloved Lamar Baptist Church. Grace is preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years, Ivy Davidson Buckley and granddaughter, DeJuana Colleen Buckley. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Dwayne Young and Delores Buckley and Huey Gerald and Patricia Buckley; sister-in-law, Rosie Gilchriest; grandchildren, Vicki Buckley Bentley, Terry Duane Buckley, Mark James Buckley, Guy Michael Buckley, Linda Buckley Stanbrough, and William Gerald Buckley; great-grandchildren, Duane Young Buckley, Jason Michael Buckley, Christi Colleen Bentley, Brittany Danielle Buckley, Joseph Bryce Bentley, Morgan Grace Buckley, Matthew Dethlefsen, Mark Dethlefsen, Andrew James Ashley, and Carl Avery Stanbrough; great-great grandchildren, Kaitlyn May Buckley, Gavin Kain Buckley, and Ethan Michael Buckley.

Grace married Ivy Davidson Buckley after 1930. Ivy (son of Young Elijah Buckley and Mary Lee Davidson) was born on 30 Jul 1908 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1996 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

James Clarence Milam "Mike" Gilchriest was born on 16 Jul 1881; died on 3 Oct 1942; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

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From FindAGrave: Son of Stephen Austin Gilchriest & Rebecca Jane Lyons.

James married Nola Idel Carpenter. Nola was born on 28 Jun 1891 in Mississippi; died on 30 Jan 1979 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nola Idel Carpenter was born on 28 Jun 1891 in Mississippi; died on 30 Jan 1979 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

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From FindAGrave: Daughter of Silas Cleveland Carpenter & 'Tuck' Melton.

Children:

1. Grace Idelle Gilchriest was born on 13 Sep 1915 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; died on 31 May 2007 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.