Selected Families and Individuals


Henry F. Mercer [Parents] was born in Nov 1869 in Arkansas. He married Augusta Ollie (Bennett?) in 1887 in Arkansas.

Birth date taken from 1900 Faulkner Co.,Ark., Benton Tnshp. Ed 18, sht.3
Listed on the 1910 Faulkner Co., AR Mountain Township - farmer

Augusta Ollie (Bennett?) was born in Apr 1868 in Tennessee. She married Henry F. Mercer in 1887 in Arkansas.

Henry H. Bennett listed in household on 1900 Faulkner Co., AR.census in Benton
Tnshp., Ed18, sht3. Henry probably a stepson to Henry F. Mercer.

They had the following children:

  F i Adie F. Mercer was born in Jan 1893 in Arkansas.
  F ii William H. Mercer was born in Dec 1894 in Arkansas.
  F iii Maud V. Mercer was born in Apr 1898 in Arkansas.
  M iv Ira V. Mercer was born about 1902 in AR.
  M v John D. Mercer was born about 1904 in AR.

Luther G. Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 6 Mar 1887 in Faulkner Co., Arkansas. He died on 6 Dec 1974 in White Co., Arkansas. He was buried in St Mary's Cem., Rose Bud, AR. He married Rena Henderson.

Other marriages:
Yingling, Maggie

LDS submitter: David Gary Huddleston, 3529 S.Hwy. 89, Bountiful, UT. 84010


Luther G. Presley


He Wrote 'When The Saints Go Marching In' For $5


By BOB SALLEE
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 21, 1998


Virgil O. Stamps composed the famous melody in Dallas one day in 1937 and Luther G. Presley penned the immortal lyrics at his rural Arkansas home in White County.

Neither composer nor author had the foggiest notion that their rousing, inspiring religious song would become a Dixieland standard - and, 30 years later, the theme song of the New Orleans Saints football team.

Anyone can sing a few lines of "When the Saints Go Marching In," or hum a few bars of the melody.
Folks around Searcy are amazed to discover that the man who wrote the lyrics to the popular song was one of them. Even employees of a local music store weren't convinced until they were shown his credits in a song book from a display rack.
Presley's eldest son, Leister Presley of Pangburn, says he thinks his dad got $5 for writing those lyrics. But that was only the beginning of royalty checks. A music registration organization has paid royalties over the years. "Sometimes he'd get maybe $1,000," Leister recalls. "Every time the song was played on television or a radio station, they'd send a little check."
A 1944 article in the Arkansas Democrat described Luther Presley as the state's most prolific songwriter. He composed the music or wrote the lyrics to hundreds of gospel songs - 1,500 or more, according to the article. Personal experiences inspired him. Most of his songs were written at his home just south of Pangburn in the countryside near Clay and Drake Spur.
Presley's home was listed on a company letterhead as the Arkansas office of music publisher Stamps-Baxter of Dallas and Chattanooga, Tenn. He had worked for other music publishing companies before joining Stamps-Baxter in 1930.
In those days, the company usually put out two song books a year, and Presley contributed five songs to each of them. Certain pages in each year's books were reserved for him, Leister says.


ASSEMBLING A LEGACY
Some years later, Leister Presley began searching for songs written or composed by his father, fearing they might be lost if nobody collected them. He had seen two old song books stripped of their covers on an organ at a Pioneer Village display at the White County Fair. Leafing through the aging pages, he found two of his father's old songs - one composed in 1916 and the other in 1919.
So far, he has filled seven looseleaf notebooks with his father's compositions - music and lyrics of 649 songs, the lyrics for more than 400 others and the music for 25 others.
Leister Presley, a retired construction supervisor, is 85 now. His collection will go to the University of Central Arkansas where his wife, Cloie Presley, a county historian, was educated when the institution was Arkansas State Teachers College.
Leister Presley says his father also edited the gospel hit "The Great Speckled Bird," made famous by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry. (The same music was also used for the popular country hit, "I Didn't Know God Made Honky Tonk Angels." Which wasn't unusual in the past.)
Luther Presley was born March 6, 1887, on Beckett Mountain in Faulkner County, five miles west of Rose Bud. He grew up with religious music at a Free Will Baptist church. At 14 he attended his first music school and began directing the church choir. He wrote his first song, "Gladly Sing," when he was 17.
Known in those days for writing customized poems for $1, he always carried scraps of paper to write on. Often after a trying experience, the composer would wander off and write - while sitting under a tree or standing on a street corner.
One day his brakes locked when he tried to stop for another vehicle crossing a one-lane bridge over the Little Red River. He had to scrape up the money to fix the other man's car - no small thing in those days. But thankful that nobody got hurt, he was inspired to write, "I Know the Lord Is With Me."
After attending a funeral, he wrote the hymn, "He Wills It So."
Luther Presley's most famous song may be "When the Saints Go Marching In," says Leister Presley, but his dad's favorite song was "I'd Rather Have Jesus" - composed after he had studied the parable of the rich man in the 12th chapter of Luke.

AN INSPIRATION
"I'll Have A New Life" was composed one Easter after he heard a sermon by Dr. D.N. Jackson, a well-known minister in White County.
Leister Presley says his own favorite among his father's songs is "Give Them Red Roses (The Boys Will Be Coming Home)," composed near the end of World War II while he and his brother Clarence were serving in Europe. "I knew Dad was thinking about us. Dad wrote three or four songs about soldiers."

Luther Presley responded to his personal losses by composing hymns, Leister says, as though he knew his faith was being tested.
His wife and second child died in childbirth. He married again two years later. His second wife, Rena, was known for her fine singing voice, and together they made many public appearances promoting his songs. Rena Presley wrote some 40 songs on her own, including two that were published in recent years.

Luther Presley died in December 1974 [and is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Rose Bud, Arkansas, near Beckett Mountain where he was born] but Rena Henderson Presley continued his work for a decade - for the Zondervan Co., which had acquired Stamps-Baxter. She taught piano until she was 90. During an interview two years later, Rena said she still received orders for song books but she forwarded them to someone else.
At her funeral two weeks ago, a choir of singers from around White County sang a triumphant version of "When The Saints Go Marching In."
Footnote: G.E. Best Jr., president of the White County Historical Society, says one of his personal projects is to achieve permanent recognition for Luther Presley. "I have even thought about asking the New Orleans Saints if they would pay for some kind of marker - maybe up at his old home…" Or maybe at the Superdome in New Orleans?

Rena Henderson died in 1998. She married Luther G. Presley.

They had the following children:

  M i Glen Travis Presley.

Richard E. Presley [Parents] was born about 1824 in GA. He died before 1860 in GA. He married 1 Nancy Rentfrow on 23 Dec 1850 in Fayette Co., Georgia.

Larry N Presley
Po Box 568
Tolar, TX 76476
(254) 834-4438
I believe Larry is a descendant of Thomas H. Presley through son Richard E. Presley.
I believe Richard to be the eldest child of Thomas H. and Elizabeth Presley but it is unproven. Larry's DNA matched to others in Moses Presley's line.

Marriage record found in Fayette Co.(Descendants of Nancy think her husband
was named John, but no marriage record supports this.)This couple and the
family group which flows from them have not been proven - only proposed as a
possibility as being the oldest child of Thomas H.Presley. .No Richard found in any family on 1850 census of Fayette but he appears on court records serving as petit court jury in 1853 & on the tax list
in Fayette Co.in 1856 and in legal records in 1857. Nancy & sons in Fayette County GA on 1850-1880 - in Denton, TX by 1900.
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Transcribed from copies made at Fayette County Courthouse of records of the settlement of
Mary McLean's estate.
PG. 36

R. E. Prestley and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Mary McLean deceased is justly indebted
to him One Dollar and fifty cents and that he has no other way to establish the claim only by his own oath
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st Dec 1855.
S. ? D. Padgette, J.P. R. E. Prestley
Received of Oliver M. Pearson Administrator on the Estate of Mary McLean Deceased One 30/100 Dollars
in full of the above account this 31st Dec 1855. R. E. Prestley
Examined and passed by the court
August 29th 1856 Jess L. Blalock, Ordinary
Recorded this the 22nd Nov 1856

Nancy Rentfrow [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 8 Sep 1824 in Fayette Co, GA. She died on 17 May 1891 in Denton Co., TX. She was buried in Little Elm Cem., Denton Co., Texas. She married 2 Richard E. Presley on 23 Dec 1850 in Fayette Co., Georgia.

Listed on the 1870 census of Fayette Co., GA. She is head of household with sons Alonzo (age 18), Leonard (age 16) and Aleck (age 14). She is "keeping house" & her sons are farm laborers. She has a personal estate of $100 and owns no property. Her brother Burket

They had the following children:

  M i Alonzo Augustus Presley was born on 12 Oct 1851. He died on 23 Feb 1921.
  M ii John Linton Presley was born on 16 Apr 1854. He died on 7 Jan 1909.
  M iii Leander Presley was born on 16 May 1856. He died on 4 Dec 1938.

Alonzo Augustus Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 12 Oct 1851 in Georgia. He died on 23 Feb 1921 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. The cause of death was pellagra. He was buried on 24 Feb 1921 in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Ft. Worth, TX. He married Eliza E. Rentfrow on 28 Aug 1875 in Fayette Co., Georgia. Alonzo was employed as carpenter.

1880 Fayette Co., GA census, p. 59 -living with in-laws, wife and his son Walter
1900 Denton Co. census , ED 56, sht 5 - wife listed as Eliza, born June, 1859, GA
1910 Tarrant Co. census, ED 105, sht. 5 Wife is listed as Nancy L, age 51, born GA @1402 E. Front St., Ft. Worth
1920 Tarrant Co. census, ED 86, sht. 5 - wife listed as Louisa, age 66, b. GA

Obit for Ft. Worth Record newspaper, Feb. 24, 1921:
A.A. Presley, 69, died Wednesday morning at the family residence, 1509 Kennedy avenue. He is survived by a wife, three sons, Walter, Ed and Aquilla of Ft. Worth and one daugher, Mrs. H. T. McElwany and Miss Erma Presley of Ft. Worth.
Presley was a member of the Woodmen of the World and Masons. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of the Robertson-Mueller Undertaking Co. Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet.
Tombstone at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Ft. Worth, TX
Alonzo A. Presley (1851-1921)
DIED FEBRUARY 24, 1921
BURIED GOLIAD LAWN SECTION, LOT 3 SPACE 1

Eliza E. Rentfrow [Parents] was born on 22 Jun 1859 in Georgia. She died on 1 Sep 1921 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. She was buried on 2 Sep 1921 in Mt. Olivet Cem., Ft. Worth, TX. She married Alonzo Augustus Presley on 28 Aug 1875 in Fayette Co., Georgia.

Much confusion over this lady's name. Erma Presley said her mother's name was
Nancy - her tombstone says Nellie - her marriage record says Eliza!
Her death certificate says Nancy L. with father listed as a Renfro and mother
listed as a Miles. The 1880 Fayette Co., GA. census lists her as Eliza E. Her tombstone gives her birth year as 1859, but she is listed on the 1850 census as a newborn in that year.
She is listed as "Louisa" on the 1920 census of Tarrant Co., TX


Obit in Ft. Worth Record: Friday, Sept. 2, 1921
Mrs Nancy L. Presley, 62, died Thursday at 1:30 o'clock at her home. 1509 Kentucky Ave. She is survived by three sons, W.T. Presley of Handley, and E.T. and A.E. Presley of Ft. Worth and by two daughters, Mrs. H.T. McElwaney and Miss Erma Presley of Ft. Worth. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the chapel of the Robinson-Mueller Undertaking Co. Interment will be at Mount Olivet.

Tombstone at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Ft. Worth, TX:
NELLIE L
1859-1921
DIED SEPTEMBER 2, 1921
BURIED GOLIAD LAWN SECTION, LOT 3 SPACE 2

Family Bible entry: Presented to Nancy L. Rentfrow from her father B. Rentfrow - 5/7/1874 - Fayette Co., GA
In possession of Dessie Mae Fontecchio, Garland, TX (2005)

They had the following children:

  M i Walter Tildon Presley was born on 12 Nov 1876. He died on 12 Jun 1952.
  F ii Maggie May Presley was born on 18 May 1880. She died on 24 Dec 1970.
  M iii Eddie Thomas Presley was born on 23 May 1883. He died on 12 Apr 1957.
  M iv Aquilla Eliga Presley was born on 5 Dec 1886. He died on 26 Jan 1951.
  F v Erma Lena Presley was born on 28 Oct 1896. She died on 4 May 1960.

Leander Presley [Parents] was born on 16 May 1856 in Senoia, Coweta Co., GA. He died on 4 Dec 1938 in Bellevue, Clay Co., Texas. The cause of death was myocarditis. He was buried in Bellevue Cemetery. He married 1 Ida Cora Farrington on 5 Jan 1890 in Denton Co. Texas. Leander was employed as farmer.

On 1880 Denton Co. census, listed as a single, farmer living in household of Charle (sic) Rector.
His mother and other brothers appear on the 1880 census of Fayette Co., GA
On 1900 Denton Co.,census at ED 56, sht.6 living few houses away from J.L.
Presley who was living on the Rector place near Little Elm.
His death cert. says LeeAndrew M.Presley and states his mother was
Nancy Renfro. Family appears on 1910 census of Clay Co.,TX. ED 35, sht. 3.
The state death certificate informant was daughter Mrs. H. E. Brower. She didn't know Lee's father's name but gave his mother's name as Nancy Renfro. The doctor, L. F. Crook, stated "he was dead when I made my only visit"; cause of death given as miocarditis. The name of the deceased is listed as "Lee Andrew Presley"

Ida Cora Farrington [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 4 Feb 1868 in N.C.. She died on 27 Apr 1943 in Bellevue, Clay Co., TX. The cause of death was congestive heart failure; terminal pneumonia. She was buried on 28 Apr 1943 in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Clay Co., TX. She married 1 Leander Presley on 5 Jan 1890 in Denton Co. Texas.

On 1880 Yadkin Co., NC in town of Knobs

They had the following children:

  F i Vera Lee Presley was born on 2 Nov 1890. She died on 31 Oct 1970.
  F ii Nellie C. Presley was born in Jun 1892 in Texas.
  F iii Rachel Caroline Presley was born on 11 Mar 1893. She died on 13 Sep 1970.
  F iv Nancy Blanche Presley [scrapbook] was born on 15 Mar 1896 in Texas. She died on 28 Oct 1968 in Tarrant Co., TX. The cause of death was bronchopneumonia, metastatic carcinoma. She was buried in Restland Cem., Dallas, Texas.

Living at home with her parents (single) on 1930 census of Clay Co., TX; died at Watson memorial nursing home in Ft. Worth, TX, having lived in Ft. Worth for 16 years. She was a bookkeeper in a department store. Died of bronchopneumonia due to metastatic carcinoma. Dr. Bruce Toppin was her doctor. Body removed to Restland Funeral Home in Dallas for burial at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas. Informant on her death certificate was Mrs. Vera Brower..
Her social security # 458-34-0420 Birthplace is given as Texas, March 15, 1896. Father was Lee Alexander Presley and Ida Cora Farrington was her mother.
  M v Henry Grady Presley was born on 22 Apr 1898. He died on 4 Sep 1978.
  M vi Reuben Fitzhugh Presley was born about 1902. He died on 20 Feb 1962.

John Linton Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 16 Apr 1854 in Fayette Co., Georgia. He died 1 on 7 Jan 1909 in Little Elm, Denton Co., Texas. The cause of death was heart failure; cancer of face. He was buried on 8 Jan 1909 in Little Elm Cemetery. He married Beuna Vista Jones on 7 Nov 1876 in Fayette Co., Georgia.

Gravestone reads: As a husband devoted, as a father affectionate as a friend
Died at home at 34 McKinney St., Denton
Died of cancer of face. Came to Denton about 1889 and for 15 years lived on
the Rector place near Little Elm. Moved into Denton around 1904. Newspaper
obit lists children as Mrs. Ira M. Cox, Mrs. Lelia Locknane and Cleveland Presley.
Have his obit; no death certificate on file at state level

1900 Denton census lists his age as 45, born in 1855

Beuna Vista Jones [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 29 Sep 1856 in Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA. She died on 28 Dec 1942 in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas. The cause of death was myocardial digestion. She was buried in Little Elm Cem., Denton Co., Texas. She married John Linton Presley on 7 Nov 1876 in Fayette Co., Georgia.

Living with daughter Leila & Will Locknane on the 1910 census in Denton, TX
Living with daughter Leila Locknane on the 1920 Denton Co. census
Living with son Walker Cleveland Presley on the 1920 Denton Co. census
I was told by another researcher she had diabetes and high blood pressure though it is not mentioned on the death certificate.
Obit:
Denton Record-Chronicle, 12/30/1942:
Final Rites Held for Mrs. Presley
Funeral services for Mrs. Beuna V. Presley, who died in Tyler, were held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Schmitz Chapel, conducted by Dr. Frank Weedon, pastor of the First Baptist Church assisted by Rev. J. H. McCauley. A quartet composed of Mmes. Frank Weedon and R.O. Stiff, R.B. Neale Jr. and R.M. Chambers, accompanied by Mrs. Chambers, sang "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "In the Land Over There."
Burial was in the Little Elm cemetery and pallbearers were C.H. Enlow, T.E. Harris, H.R., L.E., L.L. and T.O. Cox. Grave at site 48, sect. e. row e.
Mrs. Presley, widow of the late J.L. Presley, was born Sept 29, 1856, at Fayetteville, Ga, and came to Denton County in 1888. She was a life-long member of the Baptist Church and had been a member of the First Baptist Church here many years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. E.W. Meek of Tyler, where she was making her home; a son, C.W. Presley of Fort Worth; a sister, Mrs. Sallie Holcomb of Atlanta, GA; two brothers, A.L. and Luther Jones of Fayetteville, Ga., grandsons L.L. and L.E. Cox of Denton and other grandchildren of Dallas and Fort Worth and 15 great grandchildren.

They had the following children:

  F i Celestria Pearl Presley was born on 26 Oct 1877. She died on 25 Jun 1902.
  F ii Millie R. Presley was born about 1879 in Fayette Co., Georgia.
  F iii Lelia A. Presley was born on 28 Mar 1882. She died on 4 Sep 1948.
  M iv Walker Cleveland Presley was born on 24 Apr 1884. He died on 13 Feb 1956.

Harry George Dolan [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 28 Oct 1888 in Denver, CO. He died on 14 Jan 1966 in Auburn, Placer Co., CO. He married 1 Erma Lena Presley on 5 Feb 1923 in Los Angeles, California.

Erma Lena Presley [Parents] was born on 28 Oct 1896 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. She died 1 on 4 May 1960 in Auburn, Placer Co., CA. She married 2 Harry George Dolan on 5 Feb 1923 in Los Angeles, California.

They had the following children:

  M i George Dolan was born on 19 Dec 1923.
  F ii Doris Dolan was born on 7 May 1928.
  M iii Hugh Thomas Dolan was born on 19 Jul 1929. He died on 31 Jul 2001.
  M iv William R. Dolan was born on 27 Nov 1930 in CA.

Jeff Hendrix was born on 9 Mar 1888. He died on 7 Apr 1971 in Dallas Co., TX. He married Rachel Caroline Presley on 12 Feb 1917 in Clay Co., Texas.

Rachel Caroline Presley [Parents] was born 1 on 11 Mar 1893 in Texas. She died on 13 Sep 1970 in Dallas Co., TX. She was buried on 15 Sep 1970 in Laurel Land Cem., Dallas, TX. She married Jeff Hendrix on 12 Feb 1917 in Clay Co., Texas.

Obit, Dallas Times Herald, Monday, Sept. 14, 1970, p B 21.
HENDRIX,
Rachel C., 806 S. Willomet. Survived by husband, Jeff Hendrix; daughters, Mrs. Roland Voss, Mrs. Tom D. Mattison, Jr. all of Dallas; brother H.G. Presley, Richardson; sister, Mrs. Vera Brower, Ft. Worth; severn grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren. Services 11 am Tuesday. Laural Land Memorial Chapel Interment Laurel Land Memorial Park.

Died at Methodist Hospital, Dallas. from Congestive heart failure due to pulmonary infiltrate due to myelogenous leukemia (6 1/2 years).
Father: L.A. Presley Mother: Ida Cora Farrington
Married
Burial on 9/1570 at Laurel Land Memorial Park
Occupation: home maker

They had the following children:

  M i Cecil Carl Hendrix was born 1 on 2 Nov 1918 in Bellevue, Texas. He died on 13 Feb 1966 in Dallas, TX. He was buried on 14 Feb 1966 in Hillcrest Mausoleum, Dallas, TX.

Lived at 6910 Elmridge Drive in Dallas; dead on arrival to Baylor Medical Center due to myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis. He was a veteran of WW II. Social sec.# 457-09-2853. Mrs. Maurine Hendrix was informant. He was president of U.S. Brass Corp. He was entombed at Hillcrest Mausoleum by Sparkman's funeral home.
  F ii Helen Louise Hendrix.
  F iii Dorothy Hendrix.

James William Locknane [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 6 Feb 1869 in KY. He died on 21 May 1925 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. The cause of death was pellagra. He was buried on 23 May 1925 in Bethel Cem., Frisco, Collin Co., TX. He married Lelia A. Presley on 21 May 1905 in Denton Co., Texas. James was employed as wagon yard keeper; furniture dealer.

Living with his parents/siblings on 1880 census of Collin Co., TX

Obit:
James William Locknane, 56 years old, died Thursday night at his home, 417 South Haskell avenue. He is survived by his wife and a brother, J.A. Locknane of Cameron, N.M. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ, Peak and Main streets, at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. J.E. Blansett, pastor, officating. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery near Frisco, Collin County.

Dallas Morning News - May 23, 1925

Lelia A. Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 28 Mar 1882 in Georgia. She died on 4 Sep 1948 in Tyler, Texas. The cause of death was lung cancer. She was buried in Little Elm Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas. She married James William Locknane on 21 May 1905 in Denton Co., Texas.

Other marriages:
Meek, Edgar Whitfield

Listed with W.J. Locknane on 1910 census of Denton, Denton Co., TX - living at 34 E. McKinney St.
From Dallas City Directories:
1925-26 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) propr Jas W Locknane r 417 S Haskell
1927 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) trimmer Daniel Minry Co. h 417 S Haskell
1928 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) r 1610 N Fitzhugh Ave
1929 Locknane, Leila (wid J Wm) opr Rosenfield-Rosen Minry Co. h Waverly Ave
Listed with Edd Meek and his 3 sons on the 1930 census of Tyler, Smith Co., TX - living at 315 Franklin St.
Edd is a carpenter; oldest son Fred is a railroad clerk.

Obit in Denton Record-Chronicle:
MEEK FUNERAL RITES ARE CONDUCTED HERE

Mrs. Selia (sic)Pressley (sic) Meek, 68, former Denton resident, died at her home in Tyler at 8 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Schmitz Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is to be in Little Elm Cemetery. Mrs. Meek was born in Atlanta, Ga. She attended school in Denton and was a member of the Baptist Church. She and Ed Meek were married in Dallas in 1920. A resident of Tyler for the past 20 years, Mrs. Meek had lived in Texas for 65 years. She is survived by her husband and one brother, C.W. Pressley of California; and two nephews, L.W. Cox of Denton and H.R. Cox of Dallas.


Edgar Whitfield Meek [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 3 Sep 1877 in AL. He died on 23 Apr 1958 in Tyler, TX. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Texas. He married Lelia A. Presley about 1929. Edgar was employed as in Carpenter.

Other marriages:
York, Hattie Elizabeth

Listed on 1900 census of Tyler, Smith Co., TX with parents. He is single, age 22, born AL and is working as a "dray man".
Listed on 1910 census of Tyler, Smith Co., TX - with 1st wife Hattie & 4 children. Edgar is a furniture salesman
Listed on 1920 census of Tyler, Smith Co., TX - widower, carpenter for Cotton Belt RR. Place of birth listed as Alabama
Place of birth on death certicate is Tuscaloosa, AL
His services were at Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home Chapel in Tyler, TX Rev. J. Paul Horton of the Cedar St. Methodist Church did his funeral.

Lelia A. Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 28 Mar 1882 in Georgia. She died on 4 Sep 1948 in Tyler, Texas. The cause of death was lung cancer. She was buried in Little Elm Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas. She married Edgar Whitfield Meek about 1929.

Other marriages:
Locknane, James William

Listed with W.J. Locknane on 1910 census of Denton, Denton Co., TX - living at 34 E. McKinney St.
From Dallas City Directories:
1925-26 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) propr Jas W Locknane r 417 S Haskell
1927 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) trimmer Daniel Minry Co. h 417 S Haskell
1928 Locknane, Leila (wid Jas W) r 1610 N Fitzhugh Ave
1929 Locknane, Leila (wid J Wm) opr Rosenfield-Rosen Minry Co. h Waverly Ave
Listed with Edd Meek and his 3 sons on the 1930 census of Tyler, Smith Co., TX - living at 315 Franklin St.
Edd is a carpenter; oldest son Fred is a railroad clerk.

Obit in Denton Record-Chronicle:
MEEK FUNERAL RITES ARE CONDUCTED HERE

Mrs. Selia (sic)Pressley (sic) Meek, 68, former Denton resident, died at her home in Tyler at 8 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Schmitz Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is to be in Little Elm Cemetery. Mrs. Meek was born in Atlanta, Ga. She attended school in Denton and was a member of the Baptist Church. She and Ed Meek were married in Dallas in 1920. A resident of Tyler for the past 20 years, Mrs. Meek had lived in Texas for 65 years. She is survived by her husband and one brother, C.W. Pressley of California; and two nephews, L.W. Cox of Denton and H.R. Cox of Dallas.

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