Family/Spouse: Living Ervin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Ervin

Family/Spouse: Living Rhodes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Odell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: o-DEL [key]
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hill" in Old English. A woad is a herb used for dying.

Source: Behind the Name, the etymology and history of first names
http://www.behindthename.com

Jones
English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
John
English, Welsh, German, etc.: ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yo?hanan ?UtJehovah has favored (me with a son)?Uu or ?Utmay Jehovah favor (this child)?Uu. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Si?aon, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish S?aean; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese Jo?aao; Greek Ioannes (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Si?aon rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) It is used as a given name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. has come to be used as a surname among families from southern India.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
about Odell Jones
Name: Odell Jones
Date of Birth: 17 May 1944
Gender: Male
Birth County: Harrison
Father's name: J C Jones
Mother's name: Corealue Wilcox
Roll Number: 1944_0006

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Odell Jones
Name: Odell Jones
Death Date: 2 Jun 1999
Death County: Dallas

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

[Stafford 105 branch.FTW]

Odell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: o-DEL [key]
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hil l"in Old English. A woad is a herb used for dying.

Source: Behind the Name, the etymology and history of first names
http://www.behindthename.com

Jones
English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal nameJon( e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southernce ntral England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognatea nd like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanksan d Hodges 1988).
John
English, Welsh, German, etc.: ultimately from the Hebrew personal namey o?hanan ?UtJehovah has favored (me with a son)?Uu or ?Utmay Jehovah favor(thi s child)?Uu. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) asJoha nnes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout theChris tian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor ofChr ist, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, aswel l as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of thenam e. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other Europeanla nguages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Si?aon, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; IrishS?ae an; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; ItalianGiova nni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese Jo?aao; Greek Ioannes(vernac ular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames bothfrom the w estern Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan.There were a n umber of different forms of the name in Middle English,including Jan(e) , a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (seeJones); and Han( n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle Englishfeminine versions o f this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these wereindistinguishable f rom masculine forms. The distinction on grounds ofgender between John a nd Joan was not firmly established in English untilthe 17th century. It w as even later that Jean and Jane were specializedas specifically femini ne names in English; bearers of these surnames andtheir derivatives are m ore likely to derive them from a male ancestorthan a female. As a surna me in the British Isles, John is particularlyfrequent in Wales, where i t is a late formation representing Welsh Si?aonrather than the older form I euan (which gave rise to the surname Evan).As an American family name t his form has absorbed various cognates fromcontinental European languag es. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)It is used as a given name a mong Christians in India, and in the U.S. hascome to be used as a surna me among families from southern India.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19- 508137-4

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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
about Odell Jones
Name: Odell Jones
Date of Birth: 17 May 1944
Gender: Male
Birth County: Harrison
Father's name: J C Jones
Mother's name: Corealue Wilcox
Roll Number: 1944_0006

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Service s.Microfiche.

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Odell Jones
Name: Odell Jones
Death Date: 2 Jun 1999
Death County: Dallas

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

Odell married Living Tune. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Birth Records of Ellis County, Texas
Robert LeaMond Tune, born Tuesday, September 28, 1926 at 2:30 A. M.
Attending physician, R. S. Payne of Dallas, Texas
Recorded in Birth Records of Ellis County, Texas Volume 10, page 81.

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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
about Robert Lea Mond Tune
Name: Robert Lea Mond Tune
Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1926
Gender: Male
Birth County: Ellis
Father's name: Robert William Tune
Mother's name: Aletha May Stafford
Roll Number: 1926_0006
Photocopy on file
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.

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1930 United States Federal Census
about Robert LeaMond Tune
Name: Robert Tune
Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas
Age: 3 6/12
Estimated birth year: abt 1926
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Robert
Mother's name: Letha
Race: White
Father's Occupation: Barber--owns shop
Class of worker(father): Owner
Residence: Ovilla
Rent/home value: Owned with value of &800.00
Radio Set: Yes
Age at first marriage: single
Parents' birthplace: Father--Texas; Mother--Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Tune 37
Letha Tune 28--Age at first marriage was 23
Robert Tune 3 years 6 months
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas; Roll: 2327; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 511.0(15)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: 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.

1940 United States Federal Census
about Robert LeaMond Tune
Name: Robert Tune
Home in 1940: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Son
Race: White
Father's Occupation: Barber--owns shop
Residence: Ovilla
Household number:153
Parents Rent/home value: Owned with value of $300.00
Parents' birthplace: Texas
Household Members: Name, Age, Relation to head of house, Birthplace
Robert Tune 47, head, Texas
Letha Tune 38, wife, Texas
Robert Tune 13, son, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: 43; Image: Sheet: 8A
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: 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.

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Photocopies of records on file......
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html

NAVPERS-601
Name: TUNE, Robert LeaMond
Service Number: 358 26 83
Rate: S2c V6
Date reported aboard: 28 December 1944
Present Ship or Station: ARM GRD SCH NAV REP BASE SAN DIEGO CALIF
Ship or Station Received from: NTC SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Night Vision Test with Radium Plaque Adaptometer
Pass: Yes
Transferred this date to the Armed Guard Center (Pacific) Treasure Island, San Francisco, California for duty in an Armed Guard gun crew. Auth: BuPers Despatch 152007 dated November 1941.

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U. S. Navy Transfer Record 1
25 January 1945
Date received aboard: 26 January 1945
New Ship or Station: Armed Guard Center (Pacific)
Last Ship or Station: AG School NAV RPR BASE, San Diego, Cal.

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21 Aug 1945
Copy of document on file--note that document states ethnicity.....
California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957
about Robert LeaMondTune
Name: Robert Tune
Arrival Date: 21 Aug 1945
Age: 18
Birth Date: Abt 1927
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Irish-German (Irish)
Nationality: U. S. A.
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 175
Length of Service at Sea: 6 months
Position in Ship's Company: S 1/c
Shipped or Engaged: When: 01 June 1945; Where: Ulithi Atoll
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: No
Whether able to read: Yes
Ship Name: Laura Drake Gill
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Okinawa; Ryukyus via Saipan, Mariana Islands
Archive information (series:roll number): IMUSACA1907:130174
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008-2011.

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Note about the Ulithi Atoll......
From Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulithi
Ulithi is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nautical mi) east of Yap. It consists of 40 islets totalling 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi), surrounding a lagoon about 36 km (22 mi) long and up to 24 km (15 mi) wide-at 548 km2 (212 sq mi) one of the largest in the world. It is administered by the state of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ulithi's population was 773 in 2000. There are four inhabited islands on Ulithi Atoll. They are Falalop, Asor, Mogmog, and Fedarai. Falalop is the most accessible with an air strip, a small resort hotel, gas dealership, store and one of three public high schools in Yap state. Mogmog is the seat of the high chief of Ulithi Atoll though each island has its own chief.

Ulithi was a major staging area for the U.S. Navy in the final year of the Second World War. As the Second World War moved west across the Pacific, the US Navy required a more forward base for operations. The Japanese had established a radio and weather station on Ulithi and had used the lagoon as an anchorage occasionally early in the war, but had abandoned it by 1944.

Ulithi was perfectly positioned to act as a staging area for the US Navy's western Pacific operations.[3][4] The atoll is in the westernmost of the Caroline Islands, 360 miles (580 km) southwest of Guam, 850 miles (1,370 km) east of the Philippines and 1,300 miles (2,100 km) south of Tokyo. It is a typical volcanic atoll, with a coral reef, white sand beaches and palm trees. Ulithi's forty small islands barely rise above the sea, with the largest being only half a square mile in area. However the reef runs roughly twenty miles north and south by ten miles across, enclosing a vast anchorage with an average depth of 80 to 100 feet (30 m). The anchorage was well situated, but there were no port facilities to repair ships or re-supply the fleet.[5]
U.S. naval forces including carriers in the distance at anchor in Ulithi March 1945

On September 23, 1944, an army regiment of the 81st Division landed unopposed, followed a few days later by a battalion of Seabees.[6] The survey ship USS Sumner surveyed the lagoon and reported it capable of holding 700 vessels. It became the undisclosed Pacific base for the major operations late in the war, including Leyte Gulf and the Okinawa operation. The huge anchorage capacity was greater than either Majuro or Pearl Harbor, and over seven hundred ships anchored there at a time.

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Note about the ship Laura Drake Gill
U.S. Merchant Ships Participating in Pacific Theater Combat Operations and Engagements Earning Battle Stars
Assault-occupation of Okinawa Gunto
26 June 1945-30 June 1945
Source: http://www.usmm.org/battlepacific.html

Maritime Commission Hull Number
Liberty Ship
2943 - Laura Drake Gill
Source: http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html

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Daddy had a photo of the ship S.S. Donald Macleay which also served from 10 May 1945-22 May 1945 in the Assault-occupation of Okinawa Gunto. It is also listed at http://www.usmm.org/battlepacific.html.

Liberty ships
Ship Name: SS Donald MacLeay
Namesake: Donald MacLeay
MC Hull No.: 2040
Ship type: standard
Laid down:12 June 1943
Launched: 1 July 1943
Fate : Scrapped 1967

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Liberty_ships,_C

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U. S. Navy Record Transfer Record 2
Date transferred: 24 February 1946
Present Ship or Station: USN Receiving Station Shoemaker, Calif.
Naval Air Station, Alameda, California
Ultimate Destination & Duty: VR-2, NAS, Alameda, Calif., Furas ComNATS WesCo.
Intermediate Reportings
Reported: 26 February 1946
Transferred: 07 March 1946; Transferred this date to Air Trans Ron FOUR for duty. Auth: NATSPAC OAK. P. O. 13-46 of 27 Feb. 1946
Reporting-Ultimate Destination
Reported at Air Transport Squadron Four
Date & Time: 0800 3-8-46
C. A. Keller Comdr. USN (HR)

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U. S. Navy Record Transfer Record 3
05 June 1946
Shoemaker, Alameda County, California
5450 rn
Name: Tune, Robert LeaMond
Service Number: 358 26 83
Rate: Slc
Class: V6
Present Ship or Station: Air Transport Squadron Four
Transfer Record
Date Transferred: 6/5/46
Authority: ALNAV 395 45
Ultimate Destination & Duty: Trans to US Naval Personnel Sep Cen, Shoemaker, Calif. for discharge
Marks assigned upon transfer: Conduct: 40
Records in man's possession: Service Record; Health Record; Pay record; Personal Effects
G. R. Wachold-ENS
Ass't Pers Officer

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Notice of Separation from U. S. Naval Service
Serial #: 358 26 83
Name: Tune, Robert Leamond
Rank & Classification: Seaman 1/c V6 USNR
Permanent Address: Rt. #2, Midlothian, Texas (Ellis County)
Place of Separation: 5450 Shoemaker, California
Character of Separation: Honorable
Address from which employment will be sought: Rt. #2, Midlothian, Texas (Ellis County)
Race: White
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married
U. S. Citizen: Yes
Date and Place of Birth: 9-28-26 Ovilla, Texas
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1944
Date of Entry into Active Service: 20 September 1944
Length of Service: 1 year, 9 months, 15 days
Place of Entry into Active Service: Midlothian, Texas
Qualifications, Certificates Held,, Etc.: Seaman 1/c, See rating description booklet. NavPers 15165.
Ratings Held: AS, S2/c, S1/c
Foreign &/or Sea Service: Yes
Service Schools Completed: None
Service (Vessels & Stations Served On): NTC, San Diego, Calif. 8 weeks
AGC (Pacific)
VR-2 NAS, Alameda, Calif.
Kind of Insurance: NSI
Effective Month of Allotment Discontinuance: 6-46
Mo. Next Premium Due: 7-46
Amount of Premium Due Each Month: $6.40
Intention of Veteran to Continue Insurance: No
Total Payment upon Discharge: $111.94
Travel or Mileage Allowance included in Total Payment: $94.40
Initial Mustering Out Pay: Paid
Name of Distributing Officer: B. D. Pollock LT(JG) 520 001
Remarks: Asiatic-Pacific
American Area
Victory Medal
Point System
Signature (By Direction of Commanding Officer):
J. T. Ifft, Lieutenant USNR
Name and Address of Last Employer: North American Aviation Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas
Dates of Last Employment: 9-43 through 7-44
Main Civilian Occupation: Dry cleaning
Job Preference: Dry Cleaning
Non-Service Education (Years Successfully Completed): Gram.: 8/ High School: 3
Vocational or Trade Courses: Typing (H. S. 2 years) & Agriculture (H. S. 2 years)
Off Duty Educational Courses Completed: None
Date of Separation: 6-6-46
Signature: Robert LeaMond Tune

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Daddy's Honorable Discharge Certificate reads as follows:
C3433748
Series C
Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy
This is to certify that Robert LeaMond Tune, a Seaman First Class USNR is Honorably Discharged from the U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Shoemaker, California and from the Naval Service of the United States this 6th day of June 1946.

This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience.

W. E. Martin
Captain, USNR, Commanding

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No image available at Ancestry.......
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
about Robert Leamond Tune
Name: R. Tune
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1926
Death Date: 6 Nov 1973
SSN: 450300904
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 20 Sep 1944
Release Date 1: 6 Jun 1946
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 about Robert L Tune
Name: Robert L Tune
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1926
Birth Place: Ovilla, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Rural, Ellis, Texas
Father: Robert W Tune
Mother: Letha Mae Stafford
Age at Death: 47
Death Date: 6 Nov 1973
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Robert Tune
Name: Robert Tune
Death Date: 6 Nov 1973
Death County: Dallas
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single(Incorrect, was Married)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976
Certificate # 83342
Name: Robert L. Tune
Death date: 06 Nov 1973....5:08 P. M.
Death place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas...Veterans Administration Hospital
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 47 years
Estimated birth year: 1926
Birth date: September 28, 1926
Birth place: Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas
Marital status: Married
Spouse name: Betty Lou Clark Tune
Father name: Robert W. Tune
Father birth place: Texas
Mother name: Letha Mae Stafford
Mother birth place: Texas
Occupation: Trophy Manufacturer
Social Security Number: 450-30-0904
Residence: Rural (Ovilla) Route 2, P. O. Box 258, Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas
Cemetery name: Ovilla Cemetery
Burial place: Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas
Burial date: Removal on November 6, 1973
Additional relatives: Informant: VA Hospital Records, Dallas, Texas
Film number: 2242947
Digital GS number: 4169226
Image number: 1187
Reference number: 1189
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Source Citation:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J69B-6HM : accessed 31 Aug 2012), Robert L. Tune, 06 Nov 1973; citing reference 1189, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas.

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Social Security Death Index
about R. L. Tune
Name: R. L. Tune
SSN: 450-30-0904
Born: 28 Sep 1926
Died: Nov 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 450-30-0904;Issue State: Texas;Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

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Photocopy on file
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Wednesday 7 November 1973
Page 8, column 5

"R. L. Tune Rites Slated"

"OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas.

Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas.

Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie.

He is survived by his widow Betty Lou Clark Tune; two daughters both of Dallas; two sons of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter."

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Laid To Rest

Robert LeaMond Tune
Texas
S1 U. S. Navy
World War II
September 28, 1926-November 6, 1973

Ovilla Cemetery
Plot A2-22
Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas

THE SOLDIERS GRAVE
BY PEARL RIVERS

Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.

Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.

For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.

Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.

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Some of my memories of Daddy.....by Gloria Jeanne Tune

"Daddy taught me how to throw, catch and hit a baseball. I was pretty good for a girl! We had many baseball games in the pasture behind our home."

"Sometimes when I think of him, I actually have the oddest memory of how he smelled when he came home from a day at work in his trophy manufacturing shop....a blend of sweat, wood, and what else I don't know. But it was the smell of my Daddy and is a good memory!"

"I remember once in Ovilla a family was in need. The community came together, my father among the group, and bought bags of groceries and gave to the family."

"One time when Daddy came home from somewhere, he opened the door and in walked a sailor in his white uniform. I imagine he was hitchhiking & Daddy gave him a ride."

"Daddy taught me a very hard lesson in life. I was probably less than 10 years old & had a habit of biting the edges of Mama's tin measuring cups. How many I ruined I have no idea, but the last time I did that, Daddy told me he would tear up my Dick Tracy's baby girl doll. Guess I didn't believe him & bit up another cup; Daddy took my doll and destroyed it....I thought he was the meanest man in the whole world, but I never destroyed another thing, be it a tin cup or whatever. Mama told me years later that after destroying the doll, Daddy went outside behind the house and cried."

"Daddy would come home from work occasionally and say "Mama, let's go fishing'. She threw things together so quickly, then we piled into the car & headed to Possum Kingdom Lake. Such fun!"

"When I was young, but probably old enough to know better, my sister & I were playing around with the cigarette lighter in our parents' car. We'd hold it close to our hand, but not touching. So I decided to try it out on my little brother. Problem was, I actually touched it to his hand, whereupon he screamed in pain. I found my Daddy and Mama at the doctor's office, scared more for my brother than myself. I cried all the way home & went straight to bed. I thought for sure I'd get the spanking of my life, but Daddy said I'd suffered enough and thought I learned my lesson."

"Daddy loved to make homemade ice cream and taffy. He helped throw some great socials in Ovilla, some of them down in our pasture....good food, music & lots of watermelons."

"After a day of hard work at the trophy shop, Daddy & Mama would come home tired. Daddy would sit down in his chair in front of the television & of course Mama went to the kitchen to cook supper. Before long Daddy would ask Mama to bring him a glass of tea, which just made me so mad. I wanted to get that glass of tea for him and pour it over his head! Mama never seemed to mind though."

"Daddy was the boss......period!"

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Meaning of Names

Robert
English, Scottish, and French (also Scandinavian): one of the many French names of Germanic origin that were introduced into Britain by the Normans. This one is composed of the nearly synonymous elements hrod fame + berht bright, famous. It had a native Old English predecessor of similar form (Hreodbeorht), which was supplanted by the Norman name. It was the name of two dukes of Normandy in the 11th century: the father of William the Conqueror (sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil), and his eldest son. It was borne by three kings of Scotland, notably Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), who freed Scotland from English domination. The altered short form Bob is very common, but Hob and Dob, which were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to surnames, are extinct. See also Rupert. Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart. Irish Gaelic Roib?aeard. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Roberto. German: Rupprecht. Low German (also English): Rupert.

Short forms: English: Bob, Rob. Scottish: Rob, Rab.

Pet forms: English: Bobby, Robbie, Robin.

Scottish: Robbie, Rabbie; Roban (Gaelic).

Feminine form: English: Roberta.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

LeaMond

Lemond or Lamond
Scottish: variant of Lamont.

Lamont
Scottish and northern Irish: from the medieval personal name Lagman, which is from Old Norse Logma?Br, composed of log, plural of lag ?Utlaw?Uu (from leggja ?Utto lay down?Uu) + ma?Br, ?Utman?Uu (genitive manns).
French: habitational name from places called Amont, in Haute-Sa?aone and Haute-Vienne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Tune Surname
English: variant of Towne.
French (Champagne): possibly from a shortened form of the personal name Opportune, which was borne by an 8th-century abbess of Montreuil.
Towne Surname
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet, from Middle English toun (Old English tun, which originally meant ?Utfence?Uu and then ?Utenclosure?Uu, although the sense ?Utsettlement, village?Uu was already firmly established in the Old English period) .
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
www.ancestry.com

Birth:
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935
Name: Robert Lea Mond Tune
Event: Birth
Event Date: 28 Sep 1926
Event Place: Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father: Robert William Tune
Mother: Aletha May Stafford
Certificate Number: 57248
Digital Folder Number: 4687359
Image Number: 00308
Source Citation:
"Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXM2-KV4 : accessed 30 Aug 2012), Robert Lea Mond Tune, 1926.

Died:
Cause of death: Myocardial Infarction-Complete heart block

Robert married Betty Lou Clark on 23 Oct 1945 in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas. Betty (daughter of Harvey Clay Clark and Marie Louise Howard) was born on 12 Jan 1926 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 2 Sep 1995 in At home in Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas; was buried on 5 Sep 1995 in Ovilla Cemetery, Plot A2-21, Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth certificate has given name spelling of Bettie
Betty Lou Clark was born on Tuesday, January 12, 1926 at 2:00 A. M.
Attending physician was Dr. W. B. Jackson of Waxahachie, Texas.

Recorded in Birth Records, Ellis County, Texas in Volume 9, page 593.

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record
about Bettie Lou Clark
Name: Bettie Lou Clark
Date of Birth: 12 Jan 1926
Gender: Female
Birth County: Ellis
Father's name: Havey Clark
Mother's name: Louise Howard
Roll Number: 1926_0001
www.ancestry.com

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Received in an email from sister Lou Ann Tune Floyd on February 21, 2010.....

Family Bible presented to Harvey and Lousie Howard Clark

Inside cover: Presented to Louise and Harvey, Dec. 25, 1925, from Mother and Daddie. Underneath this in what appears to be a youngsters handwriting is "My mothers "Bible", Betty Lou Clark.

In the back is this information:

Betty Lou Clark, born Jan. 12, 1926.
Betty Lou Clark and LeaMond Tune were married Oct. 23, 1945, Tuesday 7:55 p.m.
James Franklin Howard was born June 30, 1877.
Callie Spencer Howard was born Sept. 26, 1877.
Frankie Mae Howard Wheatley was born April 8, 1899.
Mattie Louise Howard Clark was born Oct. 1, 1906.
Harvey Clay Clark was born March 18, 1904.
Harvey Clark and Louise Howard were married Sept. 13, 1924 at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Pendell Wheatley, Feb. 8, 1898.
Pendell 49 years old today, Feb. 8, 1947.
Pendell and Frankie Wheatley were married 30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947.
This looks like Grammer's handwriting: I received my old age pension Dec. 14, 1942..
Tues., Oct. 23, 1945.
Betty Lou Clark & LeaMond Tune were married at Red Oak, Texas, 7:55 p.m. at the (?) Porsney's home.
Gloria Jeanne Tune was born Dec. 30, 1946 at Waxahachie Hospital 1:20 p.m. Taken mother and baby home to Ovilla Jan. 1, 1947 at one o'clock p.m.
July 27, 1948 little Lou Ann Tune was born 6:00 o'clock p.m. at Waxa. Hospital. Mother and babe doing fine.
Little James Rex Wheatley was born May 8, 1926.
30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947, Frankie and P.D. were married.

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1930 United States Federal Census
about Betty Lou Clark Tune
Name: Betty L Clark
Home in 1930: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1926
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter
Race: White
Parents' birthplace: Texas
Occupation of Grandfather: Blacksmith, owns shop
Value of Grandparents real estate: $1000--own home
House number 219; Dwelling number 137 and family number 144
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place of birth
Frank Howard 52, self, Tennessee
Callie S Howard 52, wife, Tennessee
Betty L Clark 4, granddaughter, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 560.0(12 of 24)

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: 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.

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Social Security Death Index
about Betty Tune
Name: Betty Tune
SSN: 460-20-7700
Last Residence: 76065 Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United States of America
Born: 12 Jan 1926
Died: 2 Sep 1995
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Record
Name: Betty Tune
Death Date: 2 Sep 1995
Death County: Ellis
Gender: Female
www.ancestry.com

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Obituary
The Waxahachie Daily Light
Tuesday, September 5, 1995
Page 10, column 1

"Betty Lou Tune services today"

"Betty Lou Tune, 69, of Ovilla, beloved wife, mother, Nanie, daughter-in-law and friend, passed away Saturday, Sept., 2, 1995 at her home in Ovilla.

She was born Jan. 12, 1926, in Waxahachie, to Harvey and Marie Louise Howard Clark Hale. She was a longtime member of the Ovilla United Methodist Chruch and a member of Rebekah Lodge.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Gloria and Jake Saunders of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Lou Ann Wright and Melvin Floyd of Ovilla; two sons and daughters-in-law, Clark and Susie Tune of Ennis and Buster and Johney Tune of Red Oak;, mother-in-law, Letha Mae Tune of Ovilla; nine grandchildren, Stephanie McPherson of Santa Barbara, Alan McPherson of Bakersfield, Calif., Julian Saunders of Santa Barbara, Emily Jones and Sara Jones of Ovilla, Julie Tune of Ennis, Walter Douthit of Red Oak, Bobby Tune of Golden, Colo. and Elizabeth Tune of Red Oak; and one step-brother, Bobby Wilson of Aransas Pass, Texas.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., today, Sept. 5, 1995, at Ovilla Cemetery in Ovilla, with the Rev. Tom Robbins officiating.

Pallbearers will be Jerry Wortman, Dwight Sullivan, Tommy Sullivan and Randy Sullivan.

The family received friends and relatives from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 4, at Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home.

Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home in Waxahachie."

Copy on file

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Meaning of Names

Betty
English: pet form of Elizabeth, dating from the 18th century. Cognate: Scottish Gaelic: Beitidh. Elizabeth..The usual spelling of Elisabeth in English.
Elisabeth
The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and in most modern European languages. This was the name of the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1: 60). Etymologically, the name means ?USGod is my oath?UT, and is therefore identical with Elisheba, name of the wife of Aaron, according to the genealogy at Exodus 6: 23. The final element seems to have been altered by association with Hebrew shabbath sabbath.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
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Lou
English: short form of Louis or, less commonly, Louise.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Louise
French and English: feminine form of Louis, introduced to England in the 17th century. Short form: English: Lou.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Louis
French: an extremely common French name, of Germanic origin. It is composed of the elements hlud fame + wig warrior, and is thus etymologically the same name as German Ludwig. From the early Middle Ages onwards, it was very frequently used in French royal and noble families. An archaic Latinized form of the name is Clovis, and this is the form generally used for the Frankish leader (?466-511) who ended the Roman domination over Gaul: Clovis defeated rival Germanic tribes, married the Burgundian princess Clothilde, and founded the Frankish monarchy in what is now France. In 496 he and his followers were converted to Christianity. Louis I (778-840) was the son of Charlemagne, who ruled both as King of France and Holy Roman Emperor. Altogether, the name was borne by sixteen kings of France up to the French Revolution, in which Louis XVI perished. Louis XIV, ?USthe Sun King?UT (1638-1715), reigned for seventy-two years (1643-1715), presiding in the middle part of his reign over a period of unparalleled French power and prosperity. See also Ludwig.

In modern times, Louis is occasionally used in the English-speaking world (usually pronounced /lui/). In Britain the Anglicized form Lewis is rather more common, whereas in America the reverse is true. Both forms have been used as Anglicized versions of Gaelic Laoiseach and Lughaidh. Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Luthais. Italian: Luigi, Lodovico. Spanish, Portuguese: Luis. Catalan: Lluis. Basque: Koldo. German: Ludwig.

Short form: English: Lou.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Clark surname
English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a member of a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clerc denoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c ?Utpriest?Uu, reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latin clericus, from Greek klerikos, a derivative of kleros ?Utinheritance?Uu, ?Utlegacy?Uu, with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy) ?Utwhose inheritance was the Lord?Uu. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established. In the Middle Ages it was virtually only members of religious orders who learned to read and write, so that the term clerk came to denote any literate man.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

"a derivative of kleros ?Utinheritance?Uu, ?Utlegacy?Uu, with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy)"
Levy
Jewish (Ashkenazic and Sephardic): from the Biblical personal name Levi, from a Hebrew word meaning ?Utjoining?Uu. This was borne by a son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29: 34). Bearers of this name are Levites, members of the tribe of Levi, who form a hereditary caste who assist the kohanim (see Cohen) in their priestly duties.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Notes:

Married:
Marriage license #6874

State of Texas, County of Ellis
Robert LeaMond Tune married Betty Lou Clark October 23, 1945 in Red Oak , Ellis County, Texas by Lynn H. McAlden.

Recorded in Book 34, page 295 for Marriages in Ellis County, Texas on November 13, 1945

Notes:

Received in an email from sister Lou Ann Tune Floyd on February 21, 2010.....

Family Bible presented to Harvey and Lousie Howard Clark

Inside cover: Presented to Louise and Harvey, Dec. 25, 1925, from Mother and Daddie. Underneath this in what appears to be a youngsters handwriting is "My mothers "Bible", Betty Lou Clark.

In the back is this information:

Betty Lou Clark, born Jan. 12, 1926.
Betty Lou Clark and LeaMond Tune were married Oct. 23, 1945, Tuesday 7:55 p.m.
James Franklin Howard was born June 30, 1877.
Callie Spencer Howard was born Sept. 26, 1877.
Frankie Mae Howard Wheatley was born April 8, 1899.
Mattie Louise Howard Clark was born Oct. 1, 1906.
Harvey Clay Clark was born March 18, 1904.
Harvey Clark and Louise Howard were married Sept. 13, 1924 at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Pendell Wheatley, Feb. 8, 1898.
Pendell 49 years old today, Feb. 8, 1947.
Pendell and Frankie Wheatley were married 30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947.
This looks like Grammer's handwriting: I received my old age pension Dec. 14, 1942..
Tues., Oct. 23, 1945.
Betty Lou Clark & LeaMond Tune were married at Red Oak, Texas, 7:55 p.m. at the (?) Porsney's home.
Gloria Jeanne Tune was born Dec. 30, 1946 at Waxahachie Hospital 1:20 p.m. Taken mother and baby home to Ovilla Jan. 1, 1947 at one o'clock p.m.
July 27, 1948 little Lou Ann Tune was born 6:00 o'clock p.m. at Waxa. Hospital. Mother and babe doing fine.
Little James Rex Wheatley was born May 8, 1926.
30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947, Frankie and P.D. were married.

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1910 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harney Clark (misread, should be Harvey)
Age in 1910: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Edward P
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Lillie (This was his stepmother)
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
House number 450, dwelling number 307 and family number 317
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
Edward P Clark 49, self, Tennessee
Lillie Clark 44, wife, Alabama.....second wife of Edward P. Clark
Walter Clark 10, son, Texas
Floyd Clark 9, son, Texas
Edwin Clark 8, son, Texas
Harvey Clark 9, son, Texas
Vaught(believed to be Ewell W.) Clark 2, son, Texas
Bolu(believed to be J. B. or Boda) Clark 1 7/12, son, Texas
Mamie Aldridge 24, stepdaughter, Alabama
Lucile Aldridge 22, stepdaughter, Alabama
Margaret Aldridge 11, stepdaughter, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis,Tex as; Roll: T624_1549; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 119; Image:833(29 o f 30)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARAOrigin al data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ThirteenthCens us of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archivesand R ecords Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls

1920 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harvey Clark
Home in 1920: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis, Texas
Age: 16 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Stepson
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 236
House number 124 East Marvin Avenue
Household Members: Name Age
Lellie(Lettie) Clark 54--Widowed
Ewell Clark 12
J B Clark 10
Walter Clark 20
Floyd Clark 19
Edwin Clark 18
Harvey Clark 16--Occupation: Farm Laborer
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis,Texa s; Roll: T625_1800; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 236.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

1930 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clark
Name: Harvey Clark
Home in 1930: Blasdell, Erie, New York
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White
Occupation: Roller helper in steel mill
Age at first marriage: Shows marital status as single
Parents' birthplace: Tennessee
House number 31 Kent Avenue, Dwelling number 284 and family number 340
Rents home for $50/month
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
Harvey Clark 27, Head of house, Texas
Edward Clark 29, Brother, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Blasdell, Erie, New York;Rol l: 1435; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 407;
Image: 642.0(32 of 42)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data:United S tates of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of theUnited S tates, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and RecordsAdministrat ion, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls

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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harvey Clay Clark
Death Date: 30 Dec 1959
Death County: Nueces
Certificate: 73881
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit

Name: Harvey Clay Clark
Death date: 30 Dec 1959
Death place: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 56 years
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 18 Mar 1903
Birth place: Bardwell, Texas
Marital status: Married
Spouse name:
Father name: Edwin Porter Clark
Father birth place:
Mother name: Ida Mae Chiles
Mother birth place:
Occupation: Commercial Fisherman
Residence: 505 Jester, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Cemetery name: Waxahachie Cemetery
Burial place: Waxahachie, Texas
Burial date: 30 Dec 1959
Additional relatives: Informant: Marian B. Clark, wife
Film number: 2116047
Digital GS number: 4166221
Image number: 2595
Reference number: cn 73881
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
www.familysearch.org

Burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas
Addition 4, Block 2
Ellis County Cemetery Book, Volume 5

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February 27, 1935
Paper: Dallas Morning News

Walter Clark, 36, a fisherman, was found dead of exposure on Padre Island in the Gulf near Corpus Christi. It was feared his brother, HARVEY, unreported since the norther struck their camp while he was out in a skiff, had met a like fate.

Obituary for Walter Clark
March 3, 1935
Dallas Morning News

WAXAHACHIE, Texas, March 2

With his casket draped with the flag of America, which he served in the World War, the body of Walter Clark, 36, who died on Padre Island, making a frantic search for his brother HARVEY, later found unharmed, was buried in a Waxahachie Cemetery Friday.

Commercial fishermen, the Clark brothers were angling in the Gulf,sever al miles from Corpus Christi. A windstorm blew up, separatingthem. In t he excitement, Walter Clark thought he saw his brother in askiff, buffe ted by high waves. In efforts to reach his brother, runningalong the i sland, then rowing in his boat, he overtaxed his heart anddied.

Surviving him are four brothers Ed, Ewell and HARVEY of Corpus Christia nd Floyd of Waxahachie, a garage man.

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Obituary for Harvey Clay Clark

The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959

"Harvey Clay Clark"

"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.

A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.

Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.

Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

Description:
Corpus Christi Times newspaper was located in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Harvey
English: transferred use of the surname, which is of Breton origin, from a personal name composed of the elements haer battle + vy worthy. It was introduced to Britain by the Bretons who settled in East Anglia and elsewhere in the wake of the Norman Conquest. Cognate: French: Herv?ae (adi rect borrowing of the Breton personal name).

Short form: English: Harv(e).
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Clay
English: either a shortened form of Clayton or a transferred use of the independent surname, which was originally a local name for someone whol ived on a patch of land whose soil was predominantly clay (Old Englishc lg).
Clayton
English (esp. U.S.): transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from any of the several places in England (for example, in Lancs., Staffs., Sussex, and W. Yorks.) originally named with the Old Englishel ements cl?Zg clay + tun enclosure, settlement.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Clark
English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a memb erof a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clercd enoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c?Utpriest?Uu , reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latinclericus, fro m Greek klerikos, a derivative of kleros ?Utinheritance?Uu,?Utlegacy?Uu, with r eference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy)?Utwhose inheritance w as the Lord?Uu. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy inminor orders were p ermitted to marry and so found families; thus thesurname could become e stablished. In the Middle Ages it was virtuallyonly members of religiou s orders who learned to read and write, so thatthe term clerk came to d enote any literate man.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19- 508137-4

Harvey married Marie Louise Howard on 13 Sep 1924 in Ellis County, Texas. Marie was born on 1 Oct 1906 in Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas; died on 20 Apr 1986 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried on 22 Apr 1986 in Elm Branch Cemetery, Section A, Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Received in an email from sister Lou Ann Tune Floyd on February 21, 2010.....

Family Bible presented to Harvey and Lousie Howard Clark

Inside cover: Presented to Louise and Harvey, Dec. 25, 1925, from Mother and Daddie. Underneath this in what appears to be a youngsters handwriting is "My mothers "Bible", Betty Lou Clark.

In the back is this information:

Betty Lou Clark, born Jan. 12, 1926.
Betty Lou Clark and LeaMond Tune were married Oct. 23, 1945, Tuesday 7:55 p.m.
James Franklin Howard was born June 30, 1877.
Callie Spencer Howard was born Sept. 26, 1877.
Frankie Mae Howard Wheatley was born April 8, 1899.
Mattie Louise Howard Clark was born Oct. 1, 1906.
Harvey Clay Clark was born March 18, 1904.
Harvey Clark and Louise Howard were married Sept. 13, 1924 at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Pendell Wheatley, Feb. 8, 1898.
Pendell 49 years old today, Feb. 8, 1947.
Pendell and Frankie Wheatley were married 30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947.
This looks like Grammer's handwriting: I received my old age pension Dec. 14, 1942..
Tues., Oct. 23, 1945.
Betty Lou Clark & LeaMond Tune were married at Red Oak, Texas, 7:55 p.m. at the (?) Porsney's home.
Gloria Jeanne Tune was born Dec. 30, 1946 at Waxahachie Hospital 1:20 p.m. Taken mother and baby home to Ovilla Jan. 1, 1947 at one o'clock p.m.
July 27, 1948 little Lou Ann Tune was born 6:00 o'clock p.m. at Waxa. Hospital. Mother and babe doing fine.
Little James Rex Wheatley was born May 8, 1926.
30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947, Frankie and P.D. were married.

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1910 United States Federal Census
about Marie Louise Howard Clark Hale
Name: Mattie L Howard
Age in 1910: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: James F
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Callie J
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 4, Blount, Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Father's Occupation: Blacksmith--Owns shop
Dwelling number 250 and family number 252
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
James F Howard 32, Head of house, Tennessee
Callie J Howard 32, Wife, Tennessee
Frankie Howard 10, Daughter, Tennessee
Mattie L Howard 3, Daughter, Tennessee
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Blount,Ten nessee; Roll: T624_1491; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 17; Image:64( 17-18 of 22)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARAOrigin al data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ThirteenthCens us of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archivesand R ecords Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls

1920 United States Federal Census
about Marie Louise Howard Clark Hale
Name: Louise Howard
Home in 1920: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis, Texas
Age: 13 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Frank
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Father's Occupation: Blacksmith
Mother's name: Callie
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 262
House number 212, Dwelling number 386 and Family number 385
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
Frank Howard 42, Head, Tennessee
Callie Howard 42, Wife, Tennessee
Louise Howard 13, Daughter, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis,Texa s; Roll: T625_1800; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 121; Image:262(20 o f 21)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA

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Burial request to daughter Betty Lou Clark Tune from Marie Louise Howard, written by her hand. Photocopy on file

"To my beloved daughter Betty Lou,

Graveside service with Methodist preacher.

I want to be buried in robe and pajamas. Please fix my hair nice like G
rammer's.

Thank you for being my daughter,
Mother"

Photocopy on file
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Monday 21 April 1986
Page 10-A, column 1

"Hale"
"Mrs. Marie Louise Hale, 79, of Ovilla, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday at Tenery Community Hospital.

Funeral services are to be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Bardwell Cemetery with Rev. Billy Strayhorn and Rev. Gaylon Holt officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hale was born on Oct. 1, 1906, in Waxahachie. A retired restaurant owner, Mrs. Hale moved back to Ovilla 11 years ago from Colorado.

She was married to Ennis E. Hale who preceded her in death in 1976. Mrs. Hale was a Methodist.

Survivors include a daughter, Betty Tune of Ovilla; 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren."

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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Marie Hale
Name: Marie Hale
Death Date: 20 Apr 1986
Death County: Ellis
Gender: Female

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit

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Marie
French form of Maria. When first introduced to England in the MiddleAge s, it was Anglicized in pronunciation and respelled Mary. This Frenchfo rm was reintroduced into the English-speaking world as a separate namei n the 19th century, and is still pronounced more or less in the Frenchm anner, although sometimes with the stress on the first syllable. TheFre nch name is also commonly used as a male name in the combinationJean-Ma rie.

Pet form: Manon.
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Louise
French and English: feminine form of Louis, introduced to England in th e17th century. Short form: English: Lou.
Louis
French: an extremely common French name, of Germanic origin. It iscompo sed of the elements hlud fame + wig warrior, and is thusetymologically t he same name as German Ludwig. From the early Middle Agesonwards, it wa s very frequently used in French royal and noble families.An archaic La tinized form of the name is Clovis, and this is the formgenerally used f or the Frankish leader (?466-511) who ended the Romandomination over Ga ul: Clovis defeated rival Germanic tribes, married theBurgundian prince ss Clothilde, and founded the Frankish monarchy in whatis now France. I n 496 he and his followers were converted toChristianity. Louis I (778- 840) was the son of Charlemagne, who ruledboth as King of France and Ho ly Roman Emperor. Altogether, the name wasborne by sixteen kings of Fra nce up to the French Revolution, in whichLouis XVI perished. Louis XIV, ?US the Sun King?UT (1638-1715), reigned forseventy-two years (1643-1715), pr esiding in the middle part of his reignover a period of unparalleled Fr ench power and prosperity. See alsoLudwig.

In modern times, Louis is occasionally used in the English-speaking wor ld(usually pronounced /lui/). In Britain the Anglicized form Lewis isra ther more common, whereas in America the reverse is true. Both formshav e been used as Anglicized versions of Gaelic Laoiseach and Lughaidh.Cog nates: Scottish Gaelic: Luthais. Italian: Luigi, Lodovico. Spanish,Port uguese: Luis. Catalan: Lluis. Basque: Koldo. German: Ludwig.

Short form: English: Lou.
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Howard
English: from the Norman personal name Huard, Heward, composed of theGe rmanic elements hug ?Utheart?Uu, ?Utmind?Uu, ?Utspirit?Uu + hard ?Uthardy?Uu, ?Utbrave?Uu,?Ut strong?Uu.
English: from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward, composed oft he Old Norse elements h?aa ?Uthigh?Uu + var?Br ?Utguardian?Uu, ?Utwarden?Uu.
English: variant of Ewart 2.
Irish: see Fogarty.
Irish (County Clare) surname adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic ?aOh?aIomha ir, which was formerly Anglicized as O?UuHure.
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Notes:

Married:
Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
Groom's Name: Harvey Clark
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Bride's Name: Louise Howard
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Marriage Date: 13 Sep 1924
Marriage Place: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00025-5
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1651042
Reference Number: P 578
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Marriage date is taken from the family Bible. The inscription reads
"Presented to Louise and Harvey, Dec. 25, 1925, from Mother and Daddie."
"My mothers "Bible", Betty Lou Clark

Inscriptions
"Mattie Louise Howard Clark was born Oct. 1, 1906.
Harvey Clay Clark was born March 18, 1904.
Harvey Clark and Louise Howard were married Sept. 13, 1924 at 9 o'clock Saturday night."

Ellis County, Texas
Marriage Book W, page 578

The State of Texas
Ellis County

To any Judge of the County or District Court, Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi, or Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ellis--Greetings:

You are hereby authorized to solemnize the Rites of Matrimony

Between Mr. Harvey Clark and Miss Louise Howard and make the return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License.

Witness my official signature and seal of office at office in Waxahachie, this 12 day of Sept. A. D. 1924.

Seal W. S. Robinson
Clerk of the County Court, Ellis County, Texas

...............................Deputy

I Eugene W. Potter hereby certify that on the 13th day of Sep. A. D. 1924, I united in Marriage Harvey Clark and Miss Louise Howard the parties above named.

Witness my hand, this 16th day of Sep. A. D. 1924

Eugene W. Potter
Minister of the Gospel

Returned and filed for record the 16 day of Sept. A. D. 1924, and recorded the 19 day of Sept A. D. 1924.

By................................Deputy W. S. Robinson, Clerk