Family: Raymond Thomas Francis / Lillie May Neil (F6956)

• Father | Male Raymond Thomas Francis

  
  

  Born	9 Sep 1895	Sherman, Grayson County, Texas
  Died	30 Dec 1967
  Buried		Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma
  Married	20 Mar 1924  [1]
  Father	James Thomas Francis | F6970 Group Sheet
  Mother	Beulah Lee Cole | F6970 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lillie May Neil

  
  

  Born	10 Aug 1896	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas
  Died	Abt 1994
  Buried
  Father	Hamilton Neil | F6348 Group Sheet
  Mother	Melissa Rosetta "Zettie" Hall | F6348 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Raymond Wayne Francis

  
  

  Born	1925
  Died	1933
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: VINSON MEMORIES (Published by VINSON HISTORY BOOK COMMITTEE Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995) contains a biographical sketch, along with a picture, of the family of Raymond Thomas Francis and Lillie May Neil. His family moved to Oklahoma, three and one half miles from Vinson, when he was an infant. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was based in San Diego. Upon returning, he resumed farming and ranching with his father. After Lillie and Ray married, they first lived with his parents, later moving to Blair in Jackson County. Ray, along with his brothers Forrest and Henry, opened a Ford auto agency and a general store. They later moved back to Vinson, and resumed farming and ranching with Ray's father. After his father died, they bought a motel in Elk City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S449] Vinson History Book Committee VINSON MEMORIES (Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995), p 190 (Reliability: 3).