Melani Annette THOMPSON

Other Events:

• Church: Jun 1976, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA; First Baptist Church of Hitchcock
• Baptism: 1983, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA; First Baptist Church of Hitchcock
• High School: May 1991, Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA; Dickinson High School
• Education: 1993, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; College of the Mainland

Notes:

My baby girl died last night. I'm trying not to think about it but it keeps slapping me in the face and stealing my breath away. Although I've been trying to prepare myself for this for 40 years, it still hurts more than I have words to tell. Melani was honey, sunshine and a tiger built into one small package and I wish the same for her daughter.

(Medical):7 lb 1 oz diabetic, high blood pressure

Melani married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Other Events:

• High School: May 1973, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA; Hitchcock H.S.
• Military: Dec 1974, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; United States Marine Corp
• Obituary: 10 Jun 1990, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; Galveston Daily News

Notes:

Dale was funny, talented, and intelligent. He played a harmonica and drums and was good at impersonations. He could build a surfboard or a motorcycle and rode both very well. He got his commercial driver's license at age 18 in a tiny Datsun pickup but could drive dump trucks and other equipment with ease. He had a knack for telling stories in a way that made us roll with laughter. He was a good friend and fierce protector. His first car was a small Simca (look it up) and his first motorcycle was a second-hand Sears 106. He was one of the coolest guys in school.

(Medical):Dale died when he fell from the back of a pick-up truck.

Military:
Dale served at San Diego for bootcamp and then spent the rest of his enlistment in Okinawa.

Obituary:

Dale W Thompson
Hitchcock - Dale William Thompson, 35, of Hitchcock died Saturday at Mainland Center Hospital in Texas City.
Graveside services are 10am Tuesday at Fairview Cemetery in League City. The Rev J B Perkins will officiate. Burial will follow.
Visitation is set for 2pm Monday at James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque.
Born Sept 24, 1954, in Denver, Colo, Mr. thompson was a truck driver for Landscape Services in La Marque. A resident of Hitchcock for 35 years, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Hitchcock and a veteran of the US Marine Corps.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Thompson of Hitchcock; parents, Harvey and Elaine Thompson of Hitchcock; daughter, Melanie [Melani] Annette Thompson of Dickinson; sons, Joshua Sweeting, Dale Allen [Alan] Thompson and Steven Brockman Thompson of Dickinson; and brothers, Douglas Wayne Thompson of Santa Fe, Damon Wade Thompson of Hitchcock and Eddie [Edward Dean] Thompson of Hitchcock.
Pallbearers will be Douglas Thompson, Damon Thompson, Kevin Cole, Alan Armstrong, Donald Curry and Gordy Thompson [Thomson].

Dale married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: 1950; United States Army
• Occupation: Between 1960 and 1995; Radio D-J
• Residence: 1965-2002, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA

Notes:

Harvey was a radio DJ and people-person. He enjoyed his celebrity functions but he also enjoyed "tinkering" with projects around the house. After growing up in an orphanage, he joined the Army and was stationed in Colorado where he met the love of his life. When his hitch was up, the young couple and their two babies moved back to Texas where they added two more sons and lived the rest of their lives in a small town between Houston and Galveston.

Harvey married Lucille Elaine ASHBY on 20 Sep 1951 in Commerce City, Adams, Colorado, USA. Lucille (daughter of Harold William ASHBY and Bernice BAIRD) was born on 21 Apr 1933 in , , Colorado, USA; died on 12 Jan 1995 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 15 Jan 1995 in League City, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: homemaker
• Obituary: 14 Jan 1995, , Galveston, Texas, USA; Galveston Daily News

Notes:

Elaine grew up in Colorado, the eldest of three girls. At the roller rink where she worked, she met and married a young Army private who whisked her 1000 miles away from home to a completely new life.
She raised four boys and a chihuahua named Tinkerbell in a tiny manufactured home that was always clean, currently decorated and a peaceful refuge. Once the family was settled, they began making the two-day drive to Colorado every other year. In off-years, Elaine's parents came to Texas.
She spent much of her time at her dining room table chatting with visitors or on the phone and watching her soaps. The table was the focal point for family and friends and its chairs were seldom empty.
Elaine couldn't drive a car and she swam like a rock but she was a great mom, grandmother and mother-in-law.

Obituary:

HITCHCOCK ? Lucille Elaine Thompson, 61, of Hitchcock, Tx died Thursday, January 12, 1995 at Mainland Center Hospital, Texas City, Tx. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 16, 1995 at the Fairview Cemetery, League City, Tx with the Rev. Ron Eldred officiating. Burial to follow under the direction of James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque.
Mrs. Thompson was born April 21, 1933 in Sterling, Co. She was a resident of Hitchcock for 34 years and a member of the TOPS organization. She is preceded in death by her son, Dale Thompson, and is survived by her husband Harvey J. Thompson of Hitchcock, Tx.; her mother, Bernice Ashby of Sterling, Co.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas Thompson of Santa Fe, Tx, Damon and Nancy Thompson, Eddie and Alicia Thompson, both of Hitchcock, Tx.; sisters, Linda Kirkendall of Goshen, IN, and Karen Taylor of Sterling, CO.; and seven grandchildren, Melani Thompson, Dale A. Thompson, Steven Thompson, Damon W. Thompson, Jr., Amy Thompson, Candy and Mandy Young.
Pallbearers will be Alan Armstrong, Kevin Cole, Damon Thompson, Dennis Graham, Gordy Thomson, and Steve Stephenson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Douglas Thompson, Lonnie Langley, Dale Thompson, Steven Thompson and Melani Thompson.
Visitation for Mrs. Thompson will begin at 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning at the funeral home. James Crowder Funeral Home, La Marque.

Other Events:

• Name: Jay Armstrong
• Military: Abt 1946, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States Army Air Corp
• Hobby: Abt 1953, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Race Car Driver
• Hobby: Abt 1956; Pilot
• Occupation: Between 1960 and 1995, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Longshoreman
• Hobby: Abt 1963, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Skydiver
• Fact: 11 Jul 2016, , Rusk, Texas, USA; eulogy

Notes:

Dad had 7 children that I personally know about, 4 from one wife, 2 from two others and he adopted the son of his last wife. Dad told me that I had another brother who died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 17. This would make him born about 1953 but I don't know who he was or his mother's name. I waited too long to ask and the dementia was too bad for him to remember.

In a letter from George to Neeley
Sunday (sometime in 1946)
I get paid Wednesday. Almost through Basic. I went to the show this afternoon and I have some film to send home.

In a letter from George to Neeley with no date
Sunday night (abt November of 1946?)
I went to Alabama and got that boy. I let him go home first though. I could have got 6 months in the guard house for that. He has a pretty niece though, she's 16. I hate KP on Sunday. I will make out an allotment soon. It rains every day. I will try to come home on Christmas.

In a letter from George to Neeley 6/23/47
Greenville, South Carolina to Mt. Enterprise
Came through Arkansas, Tennessee, & North Carolina. Saw some of the Ozarks. We made ice cream yesterday. I think I have a job driving a tractor. [This probably when he left the Corp and came back to Dallas.]

Another letter dated 6/23/47
Tried to go into the Navy, have to wait three weeks. Tried to go to Marines. Need to borrow $10. I want to buy a house (not with the $10).

Military:
He was only in the Corp long enough to find out that they were not going to teach him to fly like they had promised him in the recruitment office. He never forgave them for that and went through a protracted battle with them years later when they called him to finish his enlistment period. He told me that he told the man who was going to send him to prison, "I don't want to go to a foreign country and kill people I don't know. I'm not mad at them and have no wish to see them dead. If you want them dead, you go kill them and I'll stay here and do your paperwork." He didn't go to Vietnam and he didn't go to prison, so I guess it all worked out okay.

Hobby:
He raced mostly in the Houston area but moved to stunt car driving before Gina was born. He left us a scrap book filled with newspaper articles and pictures of his driving career. Once when we were chugging along the freeway at 50 miles an hour, I asked him why he drove so slow after being a racecar driver. His answer, "I'm a good driver and I know it but these other people might not be. On a racetrack, everyone is good so it's a lot safer there than on this freeway. Always keep that in mind when you're driving. There might be a kid who just got his license in the car next to you."

Hobby:
He took his first ride as a very young man, got his private license while Wanda was pregnant with Gina, his commercial license a few years later and was still flying ocassionally in 2009. At one time, he owned a flight school at LaPorte, Texas, where he taught much of the Pasadena police force to fly and also ran an air taxi and air freight service. Wanda's kids grew up in small airplanes like most kids rode in cars. When he ws teaching me (Gina) to fly, he always said that landing is a controlled crash. "Take it to 8 inches off the ground and crash it." With that philosophy, he survived many situations that might have gone badly.

Occupation:
He worked at the Port of Houston and ended up in the gear room fixing broken things when he could no longer muscle his way through a day.

Hobby:
He was in several jump clubs and jumped all over the area. He quit in about 1968. At his last meet, he took me with him and there was an emergency that day when a chute failed to open. I was 12 years old, I didn't know where we were and didn't know any of the other people there. When Dad finally got back to our spot, I asked him, "Daddy, what should I do if your parachute doesn't open?" He told me he never jumped again.

Fact:

... equal parts race car driver, pilot, stunt car driver and musician.
Hollywood stuntman, skydiver, stunt pilot and voodoo physician.
Smuggler, entrepeneur, patriot and rebel.
Charmed the angels and scared off the devil.
Uncle George to some, but a friend to all.
Outlaw, inlaw, their daddy and my grandpaw.
Mexico, Guatemala, Central America and Panama,
We're 1400 miles from home but they all know your name, Grandpaw.
He conquered his life in the most amazing way,
Most of you don't know it but superman died today.

I love you, Grandpaw, I'm gonna miss you, Boo.

George married Wanda June SENN on 4 Dec 1953 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Wanda (daughter of Wiley William SENN and Ima Jean HOLDER) was born on 22 Jan 1935 in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, USA; died on 10 Mar 2022 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Mar 2022 in Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• High School: May 1953, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Jefferson Davis H.S.
• Residence: 1969, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA; 8414 Schiro
• Church: 1970, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA; First Baptist Church of Hitchcock

Other Events:

• Name: Buddy Thompson
• Occupation: Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; Pumper/Gauger for Texas City Refinery
• Census: 1930, , Medina, Texas, USA
• Census: 1940, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 84-62, pg 19A
• Census: 21 Apr 1950, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 84-28, page 40
• Residence: Between 1971 and 1976, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Residence: Between 1974 and 1979, Cleveland, Liberty, Texas, USA; Rt 5 Box 200, Pct. 6

Notes:

Census:
Clifford and Lola, married 2 years, he was a farm laborer.

Census:
Precinct 5
W C Thompson Head M 36 Texas
Lola Thompson Wife F 28 Texas
Harvey Jean Thompson Son M 6 Texas
Margie Aline Thompson Dau F 2 Texas
Cliff worked as a longshoreman.

Census:
1211 3rd Ave So
Thompson, William C M head 45 Texas
Thompson, Katherine F wife 42 Texas
Thompson, Harvey G M son 16 Texas
Thompson, Marjorie A F dau 12 Texas
Thompson, Floyd W M son 9 Texas
Thompson, Clifford E M father 73 Missouri
Buddy works as an operator in an oil refinery and Katherine is a laboratory helper in an oil refinery.

William married Lola Aline LANGLEY on 9 Feb 1929 in Bermuda, Dimmit, Texas, USA. Lola (daughter of George Washington LANGLEY and Ida IVY) was born on 14 Sep 1911 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA; died on 11 Sep 1962 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 13 Sep 1962 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Harvey's birth certificate indicates that he was the first child born to Lola and the only child living.

Posted by: Bill Bowman Date: August 14, 2000 at 15:22:40
In Reply to: Lola Aline Langley m W C Thompson, Texas by Gina Heffernan
She was one of thirteen children born to George W. Langley and Ida Ivy. I have some additional info on some of them. I belive she died in 1962 and is buried in Carizzo Springs, Tx. [Big Wells or St. Michaels?]

Other Events:

• Census: 1930, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA; ED 25, pg 2A
• Census: 1940, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; ED 16-248, pg 7B
• Residence: 1971, Commerce City, Adams, Colorado, USA

Notes:

Census:
413 Phelps
James Ashby Head M 21 Nebraska
Carol Ashby Wife F 20 Iowa
Roberta Ashby Dau F 1 Colorado
Harold Ashby Brother M 20 Nebraska
Bernice Ashby S-in- F 22 Iowa
Harold was a laborer at the sugar company.

Census:
Election District V, Tract 24, Emerson Street
Harold Ashby Head M 30 Colorado
Bernice Ashby Wife F 32 Iowa
Elaine Ashby Dau F 6 Colorado
Harold was a truck driver for a Transfer Co. and previously lived in Sterling.

Harold married Bernice BAIRD on 21 Aug 1929 in Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA. Bernice (daughter of Earl Orlando BAIRD and Ella A ERICKSON) was born on 31 Mar 1908 in Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA; died on 18 Nov 2006 in Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA; was buried on 20 Nov 2006 in Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: 5 Jun 1917, Minden, Rusk, Texas, USA; draft
• Census: 8 Jan 1920, Laneville, Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 68, pg 12A
• Census: 16 Apr 1930, Laneville, Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 23, pg 9B
• Census: 19 Apr 1940, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 201-23, pg 5B
• Military: 1942, Mount Enterprise, Rusk, Texas, USA
• Residence: Jun 1969, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA; 1111 W Main St
• Obituary: 25 Jun 1969, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA; Henderson Daily News

Notes:

Reuben was a farmer (sharecropper) most of his adult life. Dad (George) says they moved around a lot, probably after 1940. From looking at census records, I believe they lived in the same place at least until the 1940 Census. I know Pete was born in a house near Uncle Lawrence's old place so this theory makes sense. At some point after the census, they moved to the Minden area where DeSanto Winfrey lived and Perkin and George became life-long friends with their honorary cousins.

In a letter from Ruben to Robert L. and Raymond George dated 8/3/41.
Ruben lives in Mt. Enterprise Robert & Raymond are in Colorado in a CC Camp.
He stayed all day with Uncle Lawrence (Armstrong) and Grandpa (Benjamin Armstrong). Grandpa is poorly. Got a letter from Tooter (Elzie D.) yesterday, he is out of hospital after 2-3 weeks. He has been in hospital before. Ruben got him a bunch of banties. He has been "disabled" for 9 weeks and can't do anything which doesn't set well with him.

Another letter dated 8/19/41
He got the pictures from them. Regrette? sold the Minden sawmill to the Threshs, Ruben will start nightwatching there Thursday. They moved the mill up the hill, but left the planer in its original location.
An added note dated 8/20/41 says he just heard that Grandpa died and will be buried tomorrow.

In his later years, Ruben was "blown up" when he turned on a stove and went to sleep on his couch. We are unsure if the fire went out or never came on but it eventually exploded, throwing a slighty singed Ruben, still on the couch, out into the yard.

Military:
Ruben Armstrong, age 22, born 13 Jul 1895, in Rogers, AR, is a married farmer. He is of medium height with blue eyes and light brown hair.

Census:
Precinct 5
Head Rubin Armstrong M 23 Arkansas
Wife Neelie Armstrong F 22 Texas
Son Robert Armstrong M 1 Texas

Census:
Precinct 5
Rubin Armstrong 35
Neelie Armstrong 34
Robert L Armstrong 12
Elzie D Armstrong 9
Nettie M Armstrong 8
Irene Armstrong 5
Perkins Armstrong 2 7/12
George E Armstrong 8/12
[next door to Lawrence]

Census:
Old Laneville Road
Reuben Armstrong Head M 45 Texas
Neeley Armstrong Wife F 44 Texas
Robert Armstrong Son M 21 Texas
Elzie Armstrong Son M 19 Texas
Nettie May Armstrong Dau F 17 Texas
Irene Armstrong Dau F 13 Texas
Harold Armstrong Son M 12 Texas
George A Armstrong Son M 10 Texas
Pete Armstrong Son M 5 Texas
Raymond George Nephew M 17 Texas

Military:
Draft Registration only.

Obituary:

RUBEN ARMSTRONG
Funeral Services for Ruben Armstrong, 73, of 1111 West Main Street will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Adams officiating.
Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Armstrong died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday at Henderson Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Arkansas, he had lived in Rusk County for the past 55 years. A member of the Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Neeley Armstrong of Henderson; five sons, Robert L. and Elzie D. Armstrong, both of Henderson, Harold P., George A., and Pete Armstrong, all of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Mae Green of Houston and Mrs. Irene Armstrong of Henderson; four brothers, Lawrence Armstrong of Laneville, Johnny Armstrong of Wright City, Buddy Armstrong of Henderson and Oscar Cook of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Davis and Mrs. Bird Watkins, both of Dallas, and Mrs. Margie Rexrode of Laneville; 26 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Died:
Ruben went to pay a man some money he owned. Upon reaching the second floor apartment, he asked the man's wife if he could sit down for a minute. The woman was concerned and called down to Irene who had driven him. They got Ruben to the car and Irene took him to the hospital where he died.

Buried:
Ruben told his family he wanted to be buried at Maple Grove because of the nearby pond where he could go fishing.

Ruben married Neeley Neana MILLS on 2 Jun 1916 in , Rusk, Texas, USA. Neeley (daughter of Ira MILLS and Emma MCKINNON) was born on 30 Aug 1896 in Linn Flat, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; died on 17 Jun 1983 in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Jun 1983 in Minden, Rusk, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Neana Mills
• Obituary: 18 Jun 1983, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA; Henderson Daily News

Notes:

I don't know why her name changed from Neana to Neeley after her marriage. The census records name her Neana or Neanah with her parents but her descendants never knew her as anything but Neeley so I have named her Neeley Neana.

In a letter from Mrs. Ira Clifton (a cousin) to Neeley dated 1/12/45
Garrison, Texas - Mt. Enterprise
JE is at Bruning, Nebraska. Ethel is here and the baby is fat as a "guinie" pig. They are going to Houston. [Ira Clifton 458-88-5080 75961(Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX)?]

In a letter from Georgie Fields to Neeley dated 9/26/46
Humble, Texas to Mt. Enterprise
(Ruben has hurt his arm.) How is Ruben's arm? She also mentions uncle Charlie Bird. (Everyone's uncle.)

An empty envelope from someone to Neeley dated 3/13/54
Annapolis, Maryland to Houston (Perkin)

Another letter from Georgie dated 2/8/68
Conroe to Minden
I'm sorry you had the flu. I had inner ear trouble. Leon (my oldest) moved to Liberty. I miss Reed Mountain and I want to see my folks at Nacogdoches.

A letter from Doule and Virgie Crow (Albert Jr's ex) to Neeley dated 2/28/68
Tell Perkin to come see me when he comes to see Honey and Esther. Husband almost died. Gall bladder burst 12/20/67 and scar tissue wrapped around intestines and blocked it in January. Was in the hospital seven weeks. Bobby (my son) lives in Channelview. Albert is in Pennsylvania, Honey is in Houston. Sonny (the baby) is in Japan in the Air Force. He married a Korean girl and has a baby girl one year old. I am 65 now, drawing old age pension - tell Robert it doesn't go far. (he and I used to talk about what we would do with our pensions.)

A letter from Nervy (Dora Minerva Armstrong?) to Neeley - no date
I wish I could plant a garden. Landlord made us get rid of the chickens. Going to write a letter to Dottis (Ruben's sis-in-law). Minnie (Ruben's sister) lives in Dallas, she is having her teeth pulled. Tom (don't know which one) lives in Boise, Idaho.

Obituary:
(unsure of date)
NEELEY ARMSTRONG
Funeral services for Neeley Armstrong, 86, of Rt. 6, Henderson, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Adams officiating.
Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Mrs. Armstrong died at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday in Henderson Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 30, 1896, in Nacogdoches County and was an 80-year resident of Rusk County. She was the widow of Ruben Armstrong and was a member of the Methodist Church.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Survivors include five sons, Robert L. Armstrong, Elzie D. Armstrong, Harold P. Armstrong, George A. Armstrong and Pete Armstrong, all of Henderson; two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Mae Green of Henderson and Mrs. Irene Johnson of Rt. 3 Henderson; one brother, Lawrence Mills of Henderson; 32 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Loyd Armstrong, Charlie Armstrong, Robert Wayne Armstrong, Jack Green, Ricky Armstrong and Harold Armstrong, Jr.

Notes:

Married:
Gregg Co, Texas Marriage Book, book N page 379. (Two marriage licenses?) Grandma and Grandpa were separated even when I was a child in the late 50s, each one living with a different child.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1937, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Census: 10 Apr 1940, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 258-147, sht 6A
• Military: 11 Mar 1944, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; US Army
• Occupation: Abt 1950, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; security guard at Sam Houston Coliseum
• Occupation: Abt 1962, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; security guard at Herman Hospital

Notes:

Wiley was born in Holland while Beatrice was visiting her mother. The family lived in Taylor at the time.
He had the mumps when Billy was a baby and almost died.

He was the best "papaw" a child could have, spending time with us and making us giggle. He walked me to the library, walked David to school and, once in a while, walked us to the ice cream parlor for a treat. I'm unsure of the dates of employment at his various jobs; I think I have them listed in the correct order.

Census:

Senn, Walter W head M 32 M salesman, mattress factory
Ima J wife F 24 M
Wanda J dau F 5 S
Doyle E son M 3 S
Larry K son M 11/12
Holder, William A b-i-l M 19 S carpenter work
Hall, Clyde L lodger

Military:
and served at Ft Sam Houston, Texas

Wiley married Ima Jean HOLDER on 15 Aug 1933 in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, USA. Ima (daughter of William Albert HOLDER and Nettie SHEPHEARD) was born on 29 Jun 1915 in , , Texas, USA; died on 30 Apr 2003 in Humble, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 May 2003 in , Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 2 May 2003, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Houston Chronicle

Notes:

Interview:
Ima: I remember going to Grandpa's house when I was little. He had a syrup mill and they raised their own cane and he made his own syrup. Anyway I rememember going there once and he was cooking syrup. Mom made gingerbread and gingersnaps out of the syrup.
Ima: My whole family was in Texas before the [battle of the] Alamo [happened]. There was nothing here except Indians then. My grandmother told Grandpa that Quannah Parker was her uncle.
Ima: I never knew my grandmother, she left when Uncle Emmitt was only 2 years old.

Ima loved roses.

Birth:
close to Rogers and Cameron, Milam County

Obituary:

IMA JEAN SENN, born June 29, 1915 to William Albert Holder and Nettie Jean Shepherd Holder departed this life Wednesday, April 30, 2003 in Humble, Texas. She is preceded in death by her husband, Wiley William Senn; brothers, Wilburn, Willie, and Emmett Holder; sister, Nona Joyce Williams. She is survived by daughters, Wanda Holzworth of Hitchcock, Patricia Abshire and husband, C.J. of Humble; sons, Doyle Eugene Senn of Humble, Larry K. Senn and wife, Joy of Porter, Wiley William "Billy" Senn of Henderson, TX; brothers, Pryor Holder and wife, Lou, Lee and Don Holder; 17 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren; numerous other family members and friends. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rosewood Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2003 in the chapel of Rosewood Funeral Home with interment to immediately follow at Rosewood Memorial Park, Humble, Texas.

Notes:

Married:
At her home