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Lela Ann <I>Vardeman</I> Latimer

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Lela Ann Vardeman Latimer

Birth
Hill County, Texas, USA
Death
30 Dec 1962 (aged 93)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section T, Block K, Lot 15, Space 2 under a large oak tree; call 972-238-7111 for info
Memorial ID
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Born to Jeremiah Holliday Vardeman (1826-1897) & Sarah Elizabeth Cole Vardeman (1831-1918), who married on Jan. 31, 1851, in Copiah County, Mississippi.

Lela married William Joseph Latimer (1864-1940) of Missouri on Dec. 3, 1885, in Hubbard, Hill County, TX. Lela was 16, and Joe was 21.

8 children:
• Ida Inez Latimer Rush (1887-1977)
• Robert Franklin Latimer (1889-1974)
• Alpha Lee Latimer Credille (1891-1977)
• Joseph Quincy Latimer (1893-1967)
• Ella Mae Latimer Cole (1895-1983)
• Alma Annie Latimer Cantrell (1897-1989)
• John Irving Latimer (1899-1980)
• Infant Latimer (1903-1903)

Although her death certificate states birth in Mississippi, every single census shows her birth as Texas. The family was in Hill County, TX, in 1870. Is Lela Vardeman Latimer part of the family for whom Vardaman, Miss., was named?

Lela died at age 93.
Born to Jeremiah Holliday Vardeman (1826-1897) & Sarah Elizabeth Cole Vardeman (1831-1918), who married on Jan. 31, 1851, in Copiah County, Mississippi.

Lela married William Joseph Latimer (1864-1940) of Missouri on Dec. 3, 1885, in Hubbard, Hill County, TX. Lela was 16, and Joe was 21.

8 children:
• Ida Inez Latimer Rush (1887-1977)
• Robert Franklin Latimer (1889-1974)
• Alpha Lee Latimer Credille (1891-1977)
• Joseph Quincy Latimer (1893-1967)
• Ella Mae Latimer Cole (1895-1983)
• Alma Annie Latimer Cantrell (1897-1989)
• John Irving Latimer (1899-1980)
• Infant Latimer (1903-1903)

Although her death certificate states birth in Mississippi, every single census shows her birth as Texas. The family was in Hill County, TX, in 1870. Is Lela Vardeman Latimer part of the family for whom Vardaman, Miss., was named?

Lela died at age 93.


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