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- 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
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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
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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
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