Billie Jean (Kendrick) Jinkins Clevenger Tindall
Spouses:
(1) Jessie Pat Jinkins
(2) Hayden Clevenger
(3) Arnold Tindall
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Graveside service for Billie Jean (Kendrick) Tindall, 83, of Nacogdoches will be held in the Eden Cemetery with Brother Ross Black officiating. Mrs. Tindall died February 9, 2013 in a local nursing facility after attaining the age of 83 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Billie Jean Kendrick was born at her parent's (Lonnie Ray and Clyde Kendrick) home in Melrose in the middle of a cold December in 1929. To protect the mother and newborn from the snow falling through holes in the roof, sheets were hung above the bed . She arrived the same year that the Great Depression hit America. Life was hard for many people then, especially those who lived off the land. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to work alongside her father before and after school. Sadly, this left no time for homework or socializing. Their luxuries were few and often handmade. One of her best memories was the ice cream her mother made from the snow they gathered from the yard.
Her father occasionally had some interesting side businesses. One time her parents couldn't figure out why their little girl was acting so strange. Finally her father said "Billie's drunk!" That was probably the last time he left his moonshine on the kitchen table. Another time he came running home from their neighbor's yelling "Kids, we gotta dig holes and bury all this whiskey! The revenuers are coming!"
When Billie was a teenager, she left the farm work behind to take a job at McCrory's Five and Dime downtown. The beautiful 16-year-old had a boyfriend, but her life suddenly took a new direction when handsome young soldier Pat Jinkins walked into the store. Her dime store career quickly ended and the young couple was married in 1945. She was now officially a Nacogdoches "city girl," with no cows to milk in the early morning darkness or sugarcane to mill after school. Instead, she was a young housewife and four years later a young mother.
She loved being an old-fashioned stay-at-home mother and was happy to spend her days cleaning, cooking and overseeing three children. Housework in those days was hard and could even be a little dangerous without today's modern conveniences. Billie washed everything for her family of five on a wringer washer and washboard. One of her lasting memories was getting her arm got caught in the wringer and being pulled in up to her shoulder. Thankfully, she was strong enough to free herself.
A great cook, everything she made was delicious and created with love in her four Club Aluminum pots and her two iron skillets. But she was most famous for her "sweets." There were always homemade cakes and pies on the weekends and sometimes hot cookies from the oven as the afternoon school bus arrived. Rich, homemade ice cream in the summer was followed by hot bread pudding in the winter. Until recently, every visit to mother's house started in the kitchen while she finished your favorite dish.
Billie and Pat had a huge garden every summer. Tall shelves in the kitchen and a big freezer in the dining room were filled with the food she canned all summer. Many early spring mornings she piled the kids in the car to pick blackberries or wild plums for her homemade jellies and cobblers.
But the hobby she loved most was growing flowers. Our huge yards and long driveway were lined with flowerbeds that burst with brilliant colors and textures. She lovingly planted each tiny plant and bulb, knowing exactly how it would look when it was grown. The results were her masterpieces.
Billie also worked outside the home when necessary. Artistic and creative, she opened a store downtown in the 1960s and sold her handmade, hand painted plaster decor. In a more recent venture, she learned the value of collectible glassware, pottery and home goods so that she could turn her love of garage sales into profit. Although she was plagued by back and hip pain, her grandchildren always teased her that she could "run" when she saw something she wanted at a garage sale. She was a member of the New Faith Baptist Church.
After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Hayden Clevenger, and after his death, Arnold Tindall.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Patsy and Pat Baily and Brenda and Ross Black; sisters, Joan Ann Adams and Jane Rawson; sisters-in-law, Jauita Kendrick and Sue Kendrick; grandchildren, Angela Black, Jason Burgin, Kevin Black, Rodney Black, and Jessie Jinkins; and 10 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jessie Pat Jinkins, Jr.; husbands, Hayden Clevenger and Arnold Tindall; brothers, Lonnie Ray Kendrick, Jr., and Claudie Richard Kendrick.
Snead Linton Funeral Home; directors.
* obit edited
Spouses:
(1) Jessie Pat Jinkins
(2) Hayden Clevenger
(3) Arnold Tindall
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Graveside service for Billie Jean (Kendrick) Tindall, 83, of Nacogdoches will be held in the Eden Cemetery with Brother Ross Black officiating. Mrs. Tindall died February 9, 2013 in a local nursing facility after attaining the age of 83 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Billie Jean Kendrick was born at her parent's (Lonnie Ray and Clyde Kendrick) home in Melrose in the middle of a cold December in 1929. To protect the mother and newborn from the snow falling through holes in the roof, sheets were hung above the bed . She arrived the same year that the Great Depression hit America. Life was hard for many people then, especially those who lived off the land. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to work alongside her father before and after school. Sadly, this left no time for homework or socializing. Their luxuries were few and often handmade. One of her best memories was the ice cream her mother made from the snow they gathered from the yard.
Her father occasionally had some interesting side businesses. One time her parents couldn't figure out why their little girl was acting so strange. Finally her father said "Billie's drunk!" That was probably the last time he left his moonshine on the kitchen table. Another time he came running home from their neighbor's yelling "Kids, we gotta dig holes and bury all this whiskey! The revenuers are coming!"
When Billie was a teenager, she left the farm work behind to take a job at McCrory's Five and Dime downtown. The beautiful 16-year-old had a boyfriend, but her life suddenly took a new direction when handsome young soldier Pat Jinkins walked into the store. Her dime store career quickly ended and the young couple was married in 1945. She was now officially a Nacogdoches "city girl," with no cows to milk in the early morning darkness or sugarcane to mill after school. Instead, she was a young housewife and four years later a young mother.
She loved being an old-fashioned stay-at-home mother and was happy to spend her days cleaning, cooking and overseeing three children. Housework in those days was hard and could even be a little dangerous without today's modern conveniences. Billie washed everything for her family of five on a wringer washer and washboard. One of her lasting memories was getting her arm got caught in the wringer and being pulled in up to her shoulder. Thankfully, she was strong enough to free herself.
A great cook, everything she made was delicious and created with love in her four Club Aluminum pots and her two iron skillets. But she was most famous for her "sweets." There were always homemade cakes and pies on the weekends and sometimes hot cookies from the oven as the afternoon school bus arrived. Rich, homemade ice cream in the summer was followed by hot bread pudding in the winter. Until recently, every visit to mother's house started in the kitchen while she finished your favorite dish.
Billie and Pat had a huge garden every summer. Tall shelves in the kitchen and a big freezer in the dining room were filled with the food she canned all summer. Many early spring mornings she piled the kids in the car to pick blackberries or wild plums for her homemade jellies and cobblers.
But the hobby she loved most was growing flowers. Our huge yards and long driveway were lined with flowerbeds that burst with brilliant colors and textures. She lovingly planted each tiny plant and bulb, knowing exactly how it would look when it was grown. The results were her masterpieces.
Billie also worked outside the home when necessary. Artistic and creative, she opened a store downtown in the 1960s and sold her handmade, hand painted plaster decor. In a more recent venture, she learned the value of collectible glassware, pottery and home goods so that she could turn her love of garage sales into profit. Although she was plagued by back and hip pain, her grandchildren always teased her that she could "run" when she saw something she wanted at a garage sale. She was a member of the New Faith Baptist Church.
After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Hayden Clevenger, and after his death, Arnold Tindall.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Patsy and Pat Baily and Brenda and Ross Black; sisters, Joan Ann Adams and Jane Rawson; sisters-in-law, Jauita Kendrick and Sue Kendrick; grandchildren, Angela Black, Jason Burgin, Kevin Black, Rodney Black, and Jessie Jinkins; and 10 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jessie Pat Jinkins, Jr.; husbands, Hayden Clevenger and Arnold Tindall; brothers, Lonnie Ray Kendrick, Jr., and Claudie Richard Kendrick.
Snead Linton Funeral Home; directors.
* obit edited
Billie Jean (Kendrick) Jinkins Clevenger Tindall
Spouses:
(1) Jessie Pat Jinkins
(2) Hayden Clevenger
(3) Arnold Tindall
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Graveside service for Billie Jean (Kendrick) Tindall, 83, of Nacogdoches will be held in the Eden Cemetery with Brother Ross Black officiating. Mrs. Tindall died February 9, 2013 in a local nursing facility after attaining the age of 83 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Billie Jean Kendrick was born at her parent's (Lonnie Ray and Clyde Kendrick) home in Melrose in the middle of a cold December in 1929. To protect the mother and newborn from the snow falling through holes in the roof, sheets were hung above the bed . She arrived the same year that the Great Depression hit America. Life was hard for many people then, especially those who lived off the land. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to work alongside her father before and after school. Sadly, this left no time for homework or socializing. Their luxuries were few and often handmade. One of her best memories was the ice cream her mother made from the snow they gathered from the yard.
Her father occasionally had some interesting side businesses. One time her parents couldn't figure out why their little girl was acting so strange. Finally her father said "Billie's drunk!" That was probably the last time he left his moonshine on the kitchen table. Another time he came running home from their neighbor's yelling "Kids, we gotta dig holes and bury all this whiskey! The revenuers are coming!"
When Billie was a teenager, she left the farm work behind to take a job at McCrory's Five and Dime downtown. The beautiful 16-year-old had a boyfriend, but her life suddenly took a new direction when handsome young soldier Pat Jinkins walked into the store. Her dime store career quickly ended and the young couple was married in 1945. She was now officially a Nacogdoches "city girl," with no cows to milk in the early morning darkness or sugarcane to mill after school. Instead, she was a young housewife and four years later a young mother.
She loved being an old-fashioned stay-at-home mother and was happy to spend her days cleaning, cooking and overseeing three children. Housework in those days was hard and could even be a little dangerous without today's modern conveniences. Billie washed everything for her family of five on a wringer washer and washboard. One of her lasting memories was getting her arm got caught in the wringer and being pulled in up to her shoulder. Thankfully, she was strong enough to free herself.
A great cook, everything she made was delicious and created with love in her four Club Aluminum pots and her two iron skillets. But she was most famous for her "sweets." There were always homemade cakes and pies on the weekends and sometimes hot cookies from the oven as the afternoon school bus arrived. Rich, homemade ice cream in the summer was followed by hot bread pudding in the winter. Until recently, every visit to mother's house started in the kitchen while she finished your favorite dish.
Billie and Pat had a huge garden every summer. Tall shelves in the kitchen and a big freezer in the dining room were filled with the food she canned all summer. Many early spring mornings she piled the kids in the car to pick blackberries or wild plums for her homemade jellies and cobblers.
But the hobby she loved most was growing flowers. Our huge yards and long driveway were lined with flowerbeds that burst with brilliant colors and textures. She lovingly planted each tiny plant and bulb, knowing exactly how it would look when it was grown. The results were her masterpieces.
Billie also worked outside the home when necessary. Artistic and creative, she opened a store downtown in the 1960s and sold her handmade, hand painted plaster decor. In a more recent venture, she learned the value of collectible glassware, pottery and home goods so that she could turn her love of garage sales into profit. Although she was plagued by back and hip pain, her grandchildren always teased her that she could "run" when she saw something she wanted at a garage sale. She was a member of the New Faith Baptist Church.
After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Hayden Clevenger, and after his death, Arnold Tindall.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Patsy and Pat Baily and Brenda and Ross Black; sisters, Joan Ann Adams and Jane Rawson; sisters-in-law, Jauita Kendrick and Sue Kendrick; grandchildren, Angela Black, Jason Burgin, Kevin Black, Rodney Black, and Jessie Jinkins; and 10 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jessie Pat Jinkins, Jr.; husbands, Hayden Clevenger and Arnold Tindall; brothers, Lonnie Ray Kendrick, Jr., and Claudie Richard Kendrick.
Snead Linton Funeral Home; directors.
* obit edited
Spouses:
(1) Jessie Pat Jinkins
(2) Hayden Clevenger
(3) Arnold Tindall
***************************************
Graveside service for Billie Jean (Kendrick) Tindall, 83, of Nacogdoches will be held in the Eden Cemetery with Brother Ross Black officiating. Mrs. Tindall died February 9, 2013 in a local nursing facility after attaining the age of 83 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Billie Jean Kendrick was born at her parent's (Lonnie Ray and Clyde Kendrick) home in Melrose in the middle of a cold December in 1929. To protect the mother and newborn from the snow falling through holes in the roof, sheets were hung above the bed . She arrived the same year that the Great Depression hit America. Life was hard for many people then, especially those who lived off the land. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to work alongside her father before and after school. Sadly, this left no time for homework or socializing. Their luxuries were few and often handmade. One of her best memories was the ice cream her mother made from the snow they gathered from the yard.
Her father occasionally had some interesting side businesses. One time her parents couldn't figure out why their little girl was acting so strange. Finally her father said "Billie's drunk!" That was probably the last time he left his moonshine on the kitchen table. Another time he came running home from their neighbor's yelling "Kids, we gotta dig holes and bury all this whiskey! The revenuers are coming!"
When Billie was a teenager, she left the farm work behind to take a job at McCrory's Five and Dime downtown. The beautiful 16-year-old had a boyfriend, but her life suddenly took a new direction when handsome young soldier Pat Jinkins walked into the store. Her dime store career quickly ended and the young couple was married in 1945. She was now officially a Nacogdoches "city girl," with no cows to milk in the early morning darkness or sugarcane to mill after school. Instead, she was a young housewife and four years later a young mother.
She loved being an old-fashioned stay-at-home mother and was happy to spend her days cleaning, cooking and overseeing three children. Housework in those days was hard and could even be a little dangerous without today's modern conveniences. Billie washed everything for her family of five on a wringer washer and washboard. One of her lasting memories was getting her arm got caught in the wringer and being pulled in up to her shoulder. Thankfully, she was strong enough to free herself.
A great cook, everything she made was delicious and created with love in her four Club Aluminum pots and her two iron skillets. But she was most famous for her "sweets." There were always homemade cakes and pies on the weekends and sometimes hot cookies from the oven as the afternoon school bus arrived. Rich, homemade ice cream in the summer was followed by hot bread pudding in the winter. Until recently, every visit to mother's house started in the kitchen while she finished your favorite dish.
Billie and Pat had a huge garden every summer. Tall shelves in the kitchen and a big freezer in the dining room were filled with the food she canned all summer. Many early spring mornings she piled the kids in the car to pick blackberries or wild plums for her homemade jellies and cobblers.
But the hobby she loved most was growing flowers. Our huge yards and long driveway were lined with flowerbeds that burst with brilliant colors and textures. She lovingly planted each tiny plant and bulb, knowing exactly how it would look when it was grown. The results were her masterpieces.
Billie also worked outside the home when necessary. Artistic and creative, she opened a store downtown in the 1960s and sold her handmade, hand painted plaster decor. In a more recent venture, she learned the value of collectible glassware, pottery and home goods so that she could turn her love of garage sales into profit. Although she was plagued by back and hip pain, her grandchildren always teased her that she could "run" when she saw something she wanted at a garage sale. She was a member of the New Faith Baptist Church.
After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Hayden Clevenger, and after his death, Arnold Tindall.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Patsy and Pat Baily and Brenda and Ross Black; sisters, Joan Ann Adams and Jane Rawson; sisters-in-law, Jauita Kendrick and Sue Kendrick; grandchildren, Angela Black, Jason Burgin, Kevin Black, Rodney Black, and Jessie Jinkins; and 10 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jessie Pat Jinkins, Jr.; husbands, Hayden Clevenger and Arnold Tindall; brothers, Lonnie Ray Kendrick, Jr., and Claudie Richard Kendrick.
Snead Linton Funeral Home; directors.
* obit edited
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