Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Mary Blackwell - obituary

Mrs. Mary Blackwell To Be Buried Today

Magee - Mrs. Mary Blackwell, 85, died in the Methodist Convalescent home in Hattiesburg after an illness of two months. Mrs. Blackwell was a member of the Center Ridge Unity Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held from Center Ridge Unity Methodist Church at 10 o'clock Thursday morning with Rev. Bob Gorday in charge. Interment will be in Liberty cemetery.
The body will rest at Mims Mitchell Funeral Home chapel until funeral hour.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.V. Boatman of Hattiesburg, Mrs. W.B. Taylor, Greenville; five sons, Lawrence W. and Olyer of Mobile, Ala., and Mack Blackwell of Moss Point, 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Published in Clarion-Ledger, April 5, 1956.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Leagueville Cemetery: Biographies Index

I'm making available online the index to my first book, Leagueville Cemetery: Biographies, for free. If you're interested in purchasing a copy, the book is $35. Email jaycie.rinehart@gmail.com to order a book. Please click here for the complimentary index.

Thanks!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

James Kelly - 1860

location: Tyler, Smith County, Texas
date: September 18, 1860


James Kelly  54  male  farmer  real estate: $300  personal estate: $1000  South Carolina
Elizabeth Kelly  49  female  Tennessee
Abner Kelly  24  male  farm laborer  personal estate: $1000  Tennessee
Elijah Kelly  22  male  farm laborer  Tennessee
Emily Kelly  16  female  Tennessee
James Kelly  14  male  Texas
John Kelly  12  male  Texas
Sarah Kelly  10  female Texas
Ann Kelly  9  female  Texas
Richard Munn  20  male  day laborer  personal estate: $200  Tennessee


Year: 1860; Census Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas; Roll: M653_1305; Page: 97; Family History Library Film: 805305

Elizabeth Kelly - 1870 census

location: Fincastle, Henderson County, Texas
date: August 20, 1870


Elizabeth Kelley  60  female . white  $2000 personal estate value  Tennessee  cannot write
John Kelley  21  male  white  farm laborer  Texas
Sarah Kelley  19  female  white  Texas
Susan E. Kelley  17  female  white  Texas

Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 5 Firecastle, Henderson, Texas; Roll: M593_1591; Page: 317A; Family History Library Film: 553090

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Joseph Lewis - 1910 census

location: Coal County, Oklahoma
date: April 15, 1910

James L Lewis  head  male  white  60  married - 37 years  Alabama
Sara Lewis  wife  female  white  53  married - 37 years  11, 8  Texas
William Lewis  son  male  white  20  single  Texas
Nannie Lewis  daughter  female  white  16  single  Texas
Joseph Lewis  son  male  white  13  single  Texas



Year: 1910; Census Place: Jefferson, Coal, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1247; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1375260

James L Lewis - 1900 census

location: Clay County, Texas
date: June 25, 1900

James L Lewis  head  white  male  Feb  1857  49  married - 26 years  Illinois  farmer
Sarah A Lewis  wife  white  female  March 1857  43  married - 26 years  9, 8  Texas
Jim T Lewis  son  white  male  May 1877  23  single  Texas
Ida W Lewis  white  daughter  female  Mar 1885  15  single  Texas
Lillie E Lewis  daughter  white  female  Oct 1887  12  single  Texas
William W Lewis  son  white  male  Apr 1889  11  single  Texas
Nannie Lewis  daughter  white  female   Dec 1893  6  single  Texas
Joseph Lewis  son  white  male  Aug 1896  3  single  Texas
Nancy A Pruitt  mother in law  white  female  Aug 1829  70  widow  8, 4  Alabama



Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Clay, Texas; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1241619

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Joseph H Lewis

birth: August 6, 1898
location: Texas
death: June 11, 1956
location: Crowell, Foard County, Texas

father: James L. Lewis
mother: Sarah A.

spouse: Gracie V Hubbard

1900 census

1910 census

marriage to Gracie V Hubbard - 1923

1930 census

death

burial

children with Gracie V Hubbard:

Betty Jo Lewis
Buelah May Lewis
Janeva M Lewis


Joseph Lewis - death certificate


Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Joe Lewis marriage to Gracie Hubbard

location: Okmulgee, Oklahoma
date: July 30, 1923

Ancestry.com. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Joseph Lewis - 1930 cenus

location: Lewis, Atoka County, Oklahoma
date: April 7, 1930

Joseph H Lewis  head  male  white  32  married  age @ 1st marriage: 26  Texas  farmer
Gracie Lewis  wife  female  white  22  married  age @ 1st marriage: 16  Missouri
Buela Lewis  daughter  female  white  4  single  Oklahoma
Janeva M Lewis  daughter  female  white  2  single  Oklahoma
Betty J Lewis  daughter  female  white  3/12  single  Oklahoma



"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQR-H6T : accessed 9 October 2018), Betty J Lewis in household of Joseph H Lewis, Lewis, Atoka, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 3B, line 88, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1892; FHL microfilm 2,341,626.

Betty Jo Lewis Rinehart

birth: January 4, 1990
location:
death: January 17, 1999
location:

father: Joseph Lewis
mother: Gracie V Hubbard

spouse: Tom Mix Rinehart

1930 census

burial

children with Tom Mix Rinehart:

TRR

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Ellouise Mattie Hodges Askew

birth: June 20, 1922
location: Lamar County, Texas
death: September 11, 1992
location:

father: Eddie C. Hodges
mother: Mattie L. Crawford

spouse: Horace Askew

spouse: Boyd Virgil McIntyre

spouse: Joseph H. Franks

spouse: Jack Weaver

marriage to Horace Askew - 1939

1940 census

marriage to Boyd Virgil McIntyre - 1946

marriage to Joseph H. Franks - 1962

marriage to Jack Weaver - 1978

children with Horace Askew:

Ann Lucile Askew - 1939

Ellouise Hodges and Joseph H Franks marriage and divorce

marriage date: November 25, 1962
divorce date: July 17, 1972
location: Hamilton County, Texas

Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2014. Texas, USA: Texas Department of State Health Services.

Elouise Hodges and Boyd McIntyre marriage

date: June 30, 1946
location: Andrews County, Texas

Marriage RecordsTexas Marriages. Texas State Library and Archives Commission and various county clerk offices, Texas.

Ellouise Hodges to Jack Weaver marriage

date: February 8, 1978
location: Henderson County, Texas

Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Texas to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.

Mattie Alford - 1940 census

date: April 25, 1940
location: New Boston, Bowie County, Texas

Mattie L. Alford  head  female  white  widowed  44  Texas  seamstress
Jeff Hodges  son  male  white  11 single  Texas
Horace Askew  son-in-law  male  white   married  20  Texas  farmer
Ellouise Askew  daughter  female  white  17  married  Texas
Annie Loucille  Askew  granddaughter  female  white  5/12  single  Texas



United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

Horace Askew and Ellouise Hodges marriage

date: January 2, 1939
location: Bowie County, Texas

Marriage RecordsTexas Marriages. Texas State Library and Archives Commission and various county clerk offices, Texas.

Ann Lucille Askew Lacy Parker

birth: November 13, 1939
location: Bowie County, Texas
death: October 14, 2015
location:

father: Horace Askew
mother: Ellouise Hodges

spouse: William Truman Lacy

spouse: Jimmy F. Parker - 1983

children with William Truman Lacy:

Linda Diane Lacy

Ann Lucille Parker passed from this life on October 17, 2015. Ann was born Ann Askew on November 13, 1939 in New Boston, Texas to Horace and Mattie Hodges. Ann was a warm and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Ann was devoted to her husband Jimmie Parker for 37 years. Ann and Jimmie loved to go bowling. James and Vickie were their bowling partners on the Woodchuck team and that team almost always came in the top three in the championships and won the championship several times. Ann also traveled to play in ladies bowling tournaments with great success. Ann and Jimmie had a great time drinking a little beer with Rex and Diane and enjoying each others company. Ann was a dog lover and loved her dogs, Bell and Rambo. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She loved when the grand kids would spend their summers with her and Jimmie. Ann loved country music and was a big Elvis Presley fan. 

Ann is survived by her husband, Jimmie Parker; her son, Joe Bill Lacy; her step-daughters, Loretta Parker and Sharon Parker; 11 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Ann is preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Linda Lacy; and her step-son, Jimmy Parker. 

Ann loved her family will all her heart and she will be dearly missed by her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and many friends.

Ann Askew marriage to Jimmie Parker

date: July 5, 1983
location: Gregg County, Texas

"Texas Marriages, 1966-2010," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTYT-NKT : 6 December 2014), Jimmie F Parker and Ann Askew, 05 Jul 1983; citing Gregg, Texas, United States, certificate number 096547, Vital Statistics Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

James A Lacy

birth: 1852
location: Georgia
death:
location:

father:
mother:

spouse: Mary Frances Finley

1910 census

burial

children with Mary Frances Finley:

James Lacy
Isabella Lacy
Marietta Lacy
Estelle Lacy
Porter Lacy
Rachel Rillerbelle Lacy
William Truman Lacy, Sr. 
Rosetta Lacy

William Truman Lacy Sr

birth: 1906
location: Mena, Polk County, Arkansas
death: September 14, 1955
location: Galveston, Galveston County, Texas

father: James Lacy
mother:

spouse: Mary Ann Smith

spouse: Juianita Richards

1910 census

marriage to Mary Ann Smith - 1927

1930 census

1940 census

death

children with Mary Ann Smith:

Loyd Lacy
James Lacy
William Truman Lacy, Jr. 
Donald Phillip Lacy
Mary Louise Lacy

children with Juianita Richards:

Sherlene Truman Lacy
Earlene Lacy

*body donated to science

W T Lacy and Mary Smith marriage

location: Vanderwood, Polk County, Arkansas
date: February 20, 1927

"Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records.

James Lacy - 1910 census

date: April 22, 1910
location: White, Polk County, Arkansas

James A Lacy  head  male  white  58  marriage - 22 years  Georgia
Mary F Lacy  wife  female  white  51  married - 22 years  14, 8  North Carolina
James A Lacy  son  male  white  19  single  Alabama
Isabella Lacy  daughter  female  white  17  single  Alabama
Marietta Lacy  daughter  female  white  14  single  Georgia
Estelle Lacy  daughter  female  white  12  single  Georgia
Porter Lacy  son  male  white  9  single  Georgia
Rillerbelle Lacy  daughter  female  white  6  single  Texas
Truman Lacy  son  male  white  2  single  Arkansas
Rosetta Lacy  daughter  female  white  1  single  Arkansas



Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

W T Lacy - 1930 census

location: White, Polk County, Arkansas
date: April 5, 1930

W T Lacy  head  male  white  25  married  age @ 1st marriage: 21  Arkansas  tie maker RR
Mary Lacy  wife  female  white  18  married  age @ 1st marriage: 16  Arkansas
Loyd Lacy  son  male  white  1  single  Arkansas



United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.