James Latinus McLemore, III

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James L. McLemore, III

Suffolk - James L. McLemore, III, 64, passed away on September 15, 2009. He was a Suffolk native and son of the late James L. McLemore, Jr. and Jane Coulbourn McLemore. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mardane R. McLemore, and their three children and three grandchildren: James L. McLemore, IV and his wife, Jennifer M. McLemore and their son, Benjamin Coulbourn McLemore of Richmond; Thomas Briggs McLemore and his wife, Andrea J. McLemore, and their two sons, Thomas Briggs McLemore, Jr. and Andrew Stocker McLemore of Alexandria; and Sarah Elizabeth McLemore of Washington, D.C. He is also survived by his sister, Elizabeth McLemore White of Poquoson, and his brother, John C. McLemore of Norfolk.

Jim graduated from Suffolk High School and from Randolph Macon College where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity. He received his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary.

After serving in the United States Naval Reserve, Jim began his legal career in the City of Suffolk. He served as Deputy Clerk of the Nansemond County Circuit Court and also as Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Suffolk. In 1975 he opened his law office in Suffolk where he practiced until his retirement in December, 2008.

He loved his native Suffolk and the friends he developed over a lifetime. He was active in many community organizations, including the Ruritan Club, Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society, and the Suffolk Rotary Club, where he was a past president and a Paul Harris Fellow.

A lifelong member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Jim was also a member of the James L. McLemore Bible Class and he served on the church's administrative board. Having attained the rank of Eagle Scout, Jim actively supported Scouting and was for many years on the Troup I Committee.

Jim had an insatiable appetite for knowledge and was a passionate student of history: ancient, local, and family (genealogy), and had written extensively about his family's Scottish and early American ancestry. He was also a gifted model railroader and enjoyed making his layouts and running his trains with friends and family, particularly his grandchildren. He was instrumental in designing, and with others building, the model train layout in the historic Seaboard Train Station.

A memorial service will be held at Main Street United Methodist Church, on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. by the Reverend Robert J. Parks. Visitation will be at the R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 509 West Washington Street, Suffolk on Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 202 North Main St., Suffolk, VA 23434.

Suffolk News-Herald front-page story "Community Leader Passes Away"
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James Latinus McLemore Jr. 90 passed away on June 9, 2003. He was a Suffolk native and son of the late Judge James L. McLemore and Mary Willis Pretlow McLemore.
He is survived by his wife of over 61 years, Jane Coulbourn McLemore and their three children and seven grandchildren; James L. McLemore III and his wife, Marjorie R. McLemore, of Suffolk; their children, James L. McLemore IV, Lt. Thomas B. McLemore, U.S.N. and Sarah Elizabeth McLemore; Elizabeth McLemore White, and her husband, Albert S. White III of Poquoson and their daughter, Jane Garrett McLemore White; John Coulbourn McLemore, his wife, Lillian R McLemore, of Norfolk, and their daughters, Maria Elizabeth McLemore, Ann Bolling McLemore and Katherine James McLemore; and two nieces, Mary Willis Matthews Park and Margaret Matthews Outland.
Jimmy was a loyal alumnus of Randolph Macon College, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and served on the college's Board of Trustees. He attended the University of Virginia Law School and received his law degree from the University of Richmond Law School. He was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1938 and was a member of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association a past president of the Suffolk-Nansemond County Bar Association.
In 1954, he joined the National Bank of Suffolk, a predecessor bank to Bank of America. He enjoyed being a community banker because it enabled him to serve the community, customers and employees of the bank. He retired in 1977 as a Senior Vice President of what was then Virginia National Bank.
To whom much has been given, much is expected. Throughout his life, Jimmy served his nation and community. He was a veteran of the Army and Navy and during World War II, he was stationed in India for 23 months as a Naval Intelligence Officer. His community activities included Scoutmaster of Troop I, Charter Member of the Suffolk Jaycees, Director of Suffolk Nansemond Chamber of Commerce, Board Member of the Salvation Army and, in 1950, chairman of the Community Chest (United Way) Suffolk campaign. For over 57 years, he was a member of the Suffolk Rotary Club, and served as its president in 1962.
Jimmy served on the Suffolk Planning Commission and two terms on the Suffolk City Council (1963-1971), including its Vice Mayor. He served as Suffolk's representative on the Tidewater Virginia Development Council, which was the area's first regional economic development agency.
A lifelong member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Jimmy was also a member and teacher of the James L. McLemore Men's Bible Class, and served several terms on the Church's Administrative Board, serving for a time as its chairman.
Jimmy enjoyed hunting, fishing and particularly golfing. He was a director of the Suffolk Recreational and Charitable Association for over 20 years, and was a member and director of Cedar Point Country Club. He enjoyed the "Jolly Boys" and his coffee at the Crystal. He loved people and lived life to the fullest.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 11 at Main Street United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert J. Parks and the Rev. Dr. Robert B. Marr. Visitation will be held from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10 at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home, 509 W. Washington Street. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 202 N. Main St., Suffolk, Virginia 23434.

James married Jane Warren Coulbourn about 1942. Jane was born on 5 Oct 1914 in Virginia; died on 20 Jan 2009 in Suffolk (Independant City), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane Coulbourn McLemore died Tuesday evening, Jan. 20, 2009, after a brief illness. She was 94. Born in Waverly, she was the daughter of U.O. Coulbourn and Elizabeth Sykes Coulbourn. She attended Longwood College and advanced her education in the practice of art at Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University.

As a young teacher, Mrs. McLemore came to Suffolk and married the late James L. McLemore Jr. Together for 61 years, they were Suffolk residents for their entire married life and members of Main Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. McLemore's interests included her memberships in the Suffolk Literary Club, the Nansemond River Garden Club, and the Suffolk Art League. She enjoyed her artistic talents through decorative arts, flower arranging, and in her later years, painting still life scenes. She was also an avid gardener and loved her Bridge Club.

Her greatest earthly joy was her family; her husband and three children were devoted to her. She is survived by two sons and a daughter, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: son, James L. McLemore III and wife, Mardane, of Suffolk; their three children, James L. McLemore IV, Thomas B. McLemore and Sarah Elizabeth McLemore: daughter, Elizabeth M. White and husband, Al, of Poquoson, their daughter, Jane Garrett M. White: son, John C. McLemore and wife, Lillian, of Norfolk, their three daughters, Maria Elizabeth McLemore, Ann Bolling McLemore and Katherine James McLemore.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. at Main Street United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Robert J. Parks. Burial at Cedar Hill Cemetery will be private. Visitation with the family will be Friday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. at the R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory, 509 West Washington St., Suffolk. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 202 N. Main St., Suffolk, VA 23434 or the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk, VA 23439-1515.

http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/obits/2009/jan/22/jane-mclemore/

Jim McLemore posted, in March 2003, that his mother "was nee, Jane Warren Coulbourn, daughter of Uriah Oscar Coulbourn (& Elizabeth Bradley Sykes), son of George William Coulbourn (& Mary Fooks), son of John Coulbourn (& Priscilla Ward), son of John Coulbourn and his wife Rachel Laws. All of these Coulbourn men at one time or another lived in Worcester Co., MD. The earliest John had some connection to the Somerset Co., MD family, but I am not sure how. I have had one person tell me that he descended from the immigrant William's son Robert, but he had deduced that by analysis and a process of elimination (a process with which I am not totally unfamiliar!), so I'm still looking for confirmation."

http://genforum.genealogy.com/colborn/messages/91.html

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Biography, below, copied from this FindAGrave memorial page:

Judge James L. McLemore, 87, Circuit Court Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of Virginia, appointed 1907, served for 33 years until his retirement; founder & first president of the National Bank of Suffolk, served as president for over half a century beginning 1899.


(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Virginia, Suffolk City, First pt
ED 119-2 SD 14 Sheet 12A Stamped 205
221-227-274
McLemore, James L Head $ ??? M W 62 M/30 Va Va Va Judge City and Circuit Court
McLemore, Mary Willis Wife F W 55 M/22 Va Va Va
McLemore, Jame L Jr. Son M W 17 S Va Va Va
Prettain, Annie Sister-in-law F W 51 S Va Va Va

James married Mary Willis Pretlow on 21 Apr 1898 in Virginia. Mary was born on 9 Feb 1875 in Virginia; died on 6 Feb 1950; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk (Independant City), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page links her to her parents, Thomas Jefferson Pretlow and Anne Eliza Massenburg, and also to five of her siblings.

Notes:

He fought in the Civil War and was the first of three successive generations of McLemore Clerks of (Circuit) Court. Most McLemores still living in or near the Southside (including the author) are descended from him.

He married Rosa Ann WESTBROOK, sister of his own sister Sarah Elizabeth's husband, James Edwin WESTBROOK.

(James L. McLemore, III, p. 81).

Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Benjamin Franklin McLemore, was born May 3, 1839, the son of James and Martha M. (Barkley) McLemore of southwestern Southampton County. He was apparently one of at least six children born of this union. After completion of his studies, he probably farmed for a while, perhaps with his father, and apparently clerked in a store as well, until the spring of 1861 erupted into this nation's bloodiest conflict, the American Civil War. He survived the entire war with only two slight wounds, was apparently taken with other surrendered southern soldiers to Richmond where he took the amnesty oath on May 18, 1865, and was paroled. He walked home to Southampton County where, by the end of the year he felt secure enough about his future to marry, taking as his wife, Rosa Ann Westbrook, daughter of James David Westbrook and Nancy Lewis (Turner) Westbrook on December 20, 1865, at the bride's home in Drewryville. His wife Rosa, after giving birth to nine children of whom seven survived infancy and six survived to marry and have issue, died on May 26, 1896. B. F. McLemore thereafter married, secondly, Lelia G. Adams, daughter of William T. and Martha P. ("Pullie") Adams of Adams Grove west of Drewryville. This marriage took place on August 3, 1898, in the town of Suffolk in neighboring Nansemond County. Benjamin Franklin McLemore died on January 29, 1911, and was buried between his two wives in the family plot in the cemetery behind the Episcopal Church in Courtland. (B. F. McLemore His Ancestors and Descendants, James L. McLemore, 1991, pp. 337-349)

(Research):
Census Information:

1870 Census
Virginia, Southampton County, Drewryville Twp, P.O. Jersalem
Enumerated 27 Jun 1870
Page 28
213-213
McLemore, Jas 68 M W Farmer Va
McLemore, Elizabeth 49 F W Keeping House Va
McLemore, Benj F 31 M W Farmer Va
[Where is his wife, Rosa?]
McLemore, S.E. 21 F W Va
McLemore, Alace 14 F W Va
McLemore, L. J. 3 M W Va (Appears to be James Latinus?, son of Benj. and Rosa McLemore)
McLemore, E/L? Francis 2 F W Va (Appears to be Lila F?, dtr of Benj. and Rosa McLemore)
McLemore, Gilliam Clanison 53 F W Va
Rivers, Wm 46 M WE Farm Laborer Va

1880 Census
Virginia, Southampton County, Boykins District
Enumerated 3 Jun 1880
Page 8 D. SD 1 ED 101
75-80
McLemore, Benj F W M 41 Farmer Va
McLemore, Rosa A W F 34 Wf KH Va
McLemore, Jas. L W M 13 Son Works on Farm Va
McLemore, Lila F W F 11 Dtr At Home Va
McLemore, Mattie L W F 9 Dtr Va
McLemore, Josephine E W F 7 Dtr Va
McLemore, William T W M 6 Son Va
McLemore, Harvey B W M 4 Son Va
McLemore, Olivia P W F 11/12 June Dtr Va
McLemore, Elizabeth L W F 62 Mother Consumptive Va
McLemore, Tracey G W F 65 Aunt Va
West, Samuel E W M 41 Farm Laborer Va
James, George M M 18 Farm Laborer Va


1900 Census
Virginia, Southampton, Jerusalem Majesterial District (part of)
Enumerated 29 Jun 1900 by John N. Schnell
SD 2 ED 62 Sheet 21B
397-399
McLemore, Ben F Hd W M May 1842 58 m 35 Va Va Va Clerk Co Court
McLemore, Lelia WfW F Mar 1868 32 M 3 1/1 Va Va Va
McLemore, William T Son W M Jan 1876 24 S Va Va Va Physician
McLemore, Harvey B Son W M aug 1878 29 S Va Va Va Deputy Co. Clerk
McLemore, Pearl O Dtr W F June 1881 18 S Va Va Va
McLemore, Benjamin F Son W M Feb 1900 2/12 S Va Va Va
Lucas, Anna Servant B F Mar 1882 18 S Va Va Va Cook
Epps, Ananias Servant B M Feb 1882 18 S Va Va Va
Hostler

1910 Census
Virginia, Southampton, Jerusalem District, Courtland Town
Enumerated 10 May 1910
SD 2 ED 121 Sheet 25A Stamped 263
Turner, Jashpie Hd M W 37 M1 12 Va Va Va Sargeant Town
Turner, Annie L Wf F W 33 M1 12 7/3 Va Va Va
Turner, R. Keith Son M W 12 S Va Va Va
Turner, Ellen O Dtr F W 7 S Va Va Va
Turner, Edgar C Son M W 6 S Va Va Va
McLemore, Benjiman F Boarder M W 70 Wd Va Va Va

Benjamin married Rosa Ann Westbrook on 20 Dec 1865 in Drewryville, Southampton County, Virginia. Rosa was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Southhampton County, Virginia; died on 26 May 1894 in Southampton County, Virginia; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page shows her as a daughter of James David Westbrook and Nancy Lewis Turner Westbrook.

Herbert Giles instead shows her as the daughter of John Person Westbrook II and Mary Jane F. Howell.

Eldon and Ann McLemore of Derby, Kansas indicate that she was a sister of James Edwin Westbrook who married her husband's sister.

Description:
On line catalog.library of Virginia

Record 16 out of 55
TitleLink McLemore, Rosa A.
Publication [1894].
Gen. note
Race White.
Gender Female.
Date of death May 26, 1894.
Place of death District #1.
Cause of death Urine Trouble.
Age at death 48 year(s).
Place of birth Southampton County.
Occupation Housewife.
Note Source of information Southampton County, 1894, page 2, line 42.
Note Part of the Death Records Indexing Project which is sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society.
Subject - Personal
McLemore, Rosa A.
McLemore, B.F., consort.
McLemore, B.F., informant (Husband).
Subject - Topical
Deaths -- Virginia -- Southampton County.
Added Entry Death Records Indexing Project.
Virginia Genealogical Society

System Number 001371758