Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson

1899 - 1986  (86 years)

• Name	Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson  [1]
  Nickname	Babe
  Born	7 Oct 1899	Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Mar 1986	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
  Notes	LAMAR COUNTY ECHO '...of Dallas died Fri., March 21, at Meadowgreen Nursing Home. Fry and Gibbs conducted graveside services at 4:30 p.m. Mon. with Rev. Lane Park and Mrs. McLemore's granddaughter and her husband, Sharon and Stephen Goforth. Born at Biardstown, daughter of Robert W. and Mary Ada Womack Robinson. Her husband, J.R. [John Ray] McLemore, died April 30, 1961. She was a Paris High School graduate and attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville and the University of Texas, East Texas State University. She taught school at Ashland, Blossom and Delmar in Lamar county. In 1961 she was a member of the first faculty at San Jacinto College in Houston. She retired in 1968. Was a former director of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Retired Teachers Assn. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Margret Finfrock, Dallas; 7 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. W. E. 'Mysie' Martin of Dallas. Was preceded in death by a daughter, Mysie Lee Kelly Phelps and a son, Lt. Col. John R. 'Pondus' McLemore.' Source: http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/ (Courtesy of Debra Usry)
  Person ID	I3422	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert M. Robinson,   b. Abt 1858, Louisiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ada Womack,   b. Abt 1866, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Both of Robert and Ada's daughters were listed as teachers at the time of the 1920 census. Robert Lee Robinson Jr was a Farmer, as was his father.
  Family ID	F1999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Roy McLemore,   b. 8 Jan 1896, Erin, Jasper County, Texas ,   d. 30 Apr 1961, Paris, Lamar County, Texas  (Age 65 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1920	Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Mysie Kelly Lee McLemore,   b. 30 Dec 1922, Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas ,   d. 8 Mar 1978, Baytown, Harris County, Texas  (Age 55 years)   2. John Robinson "Pondus" McLemore,   b. 1 Sep 1930, Paris, Lamar County, Texas ,   d. 22 May 1982, Oxon Hill, Prince Georges County, Maryland  (Age 51 years)   3. Living
  Photos		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae, Family Home The family home in Paris, Texas, possibly at 2343 Culbertson Street, which was the address of his residence at the time of his death
  		McLemore, Roy and Babe, 1957 John Roy and Willie Mae McLemore, just prior to the 1957 wedding of their eldest child, John Robinson "Pondus" McLemore in Homerville, Georgia
  Documents » Slide Show		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history
  		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, relating to Roy's Military Service during the First World War
  		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, and the young couples courtship and early years
  		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, detailing Roy's lifelong passion for education
  		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, showing Roy and Babe with some of their children and grandchildren
  Headstones		McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae Double headstone at Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2008
  Family ID	F1322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Oct 1899 - Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Married - 27 Dec 1920 - Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Died - 21 Mar 1986 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Buried - - Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Robinson, Willie Mae "Babe", ca 1900 Babe as an infant, ca 1900, Biardstown, Texas
  		Robinson, Willie Mae, Graduation Photo, ca 1920's B. 1900 Biardstown, Texas D. 1986 Dallas, Texas Wife of John Roy McLemore She was a Paris High School graduate and attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville,the University of Texas, and East Texas State University

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Kittell, Nan McCoy--Samuel McFarland McLemore and Descendants, Living Family History (Unpublished typescript ca. 1984, updated periodically).