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Vivian Lucille <I>Cromer</I> Payne Smith

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Vivian Lucille Cromer Payne Smith

Birth
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Aug 1974 (aged 71)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Social Security Death Index about Vivian Smith

Name: Vivian Smith SSN: 558-34-4027 Last Residence: 78404 Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States of America Born: 29 Nov 1902 Died: Aug 1974 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Vivian Smith

Name: Vivian Smith Death Date: 17 Aug 1974 Death County: Nueces Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed

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Daughter of Floyd Cromer and Emily "Emma" May Cromer (Sullenberger)
Wife of: James Kelley; J.J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne

Mother of Gladys Mae (Kelley/adopted-Payne) m. Unknown/Aera/Lockwood/Tyler and Step- Mother of Ruth Payne-(Adopted Payne by my Great Grandmother´s 2nd Husband J. Joe Payne TX Ranger, Author, Preacher)
Sister of Leslie Cromer; William David Cromer;Harrison "Harry" A. Cromer; Grace E. Ake (Cromer); Bessie Marie Badman(Cromer); Catherine (Cromer); Margaret "Margie" or "Marjorie" (Cromer); Ethel (Cromer); Nyva M. Oulette (Cromer); Ruth Cromer and Iris Cromer
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She was married 2x. First to James Kelley (b. in Saginaw, Michigan) m. 16 November 1919 in Manistee, Michigan and they had my Grandmother- Gladys May Kelley b. 15 June 1920.

Then, Vivian married J. J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne.
He had an adopted daughter Ruth Payne and also "claimed" my Grandmother Gladys Kelley as a Payne.
J.J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne passed away. She never remarried. "SMITH", was an alias Vivian adopted to her name, recommended to her by Gladys, her daughter, after J.J. Payne´s death abt. 1953.

She is listed as Widowed in her death record.

I´ve also been told, Vivian sang in a Church Choir, too!

Found in a 1930 Census in Winchester Village, Adams Co., Ohio: Jo J. Payne aged 58, Vivian aged 27, Gladys age 9 (the Census was in April Gladys had birthday in Summer.), Ruth age 8.

Sources:
Things my Mother has told us.
There is a marriage record (to James Kelley in 1919 in Michigan), from Manistee, Michigan attached to the pictures of this Memorial, as well as, her Death Record and there is a photo of the digital record of her Birth in Ohio Births, from Ancestry.com, under her GENI Profile http://www.geni.com/people/Vivian-Lucille-Kelley-Payne-Smith-Cromer/6000000019495659664?through=6000000019495295882 .
Social Security Death Index about Vivian Smith

Name: Vivian Smith SSN: 558-34-4027 Last Residence: 78404 Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States of America Born: 29 Nov 1902 Died: Aug 1974 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Vivian Smith

Name: Vivian Smith Death Date: 17 Aug 1974 Death County: Nueces Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed

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Daughter of Floyd Cromer and Emily "Emma" May Cromer (Sullenberger)
Wife of: James Kelley; J.J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne

Mother of Gladys Mae (Kelley/adopted-Payne) m. Unknown/Aera/Lockwood/Tyler and Step- Mother of Ruth Payne-(Adopted Payne by my Great Grandmother´s 2nd Husband J. Joe Payne TX Ranger, Author, Preacher)
Sister of Leslie Cromer; William David Cromer;Harrison "Harry" A. Cromer; Grace E. Ake (Cromer); Bessie Marie Badman(Cromer); Catherine (Cromer); Margaret "Margie" or "Marjorie" (Cromer); Ethel (Cromer); Nyva M. Oulette (Cromer); Ruth Cromer and Iris Cromer
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She was married 2x. First to James Kelley (b. in Saginaw, Michigan) m. 16 November 1919 in Manistee, Michigan and they had my Grandmother- Gladys May Kelley b. 15 June 1920.

Then, Vivian married J. J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne.
He had an adopted daughter Ruth Payne and also "claimed" my Grandmother Gladys Kelley as a Payne.
J.J. "Cowboy Joe" Payne passed away. She never remarried. "SMITH", was an alias Vivian adopted to her name, recommended to her by Gladys, her daughter, after J.J. Payne´s death abt. 1953.

She is listed as Widowed in her death record.

I´ve also been told, Vivian sang in a Church Choir, too!

Found in a 1930 Census in Winchester Village, Adams Co., Ohio: Jo J. Payne aged 58, Vivian aged 27, Gladys age 9 (the Census was in April Gladys had birthday in Summer.), Ruth age 8.

Sources:
Things my Mother has told us.
There is a marriage record (to James Kelley in 1919 in Michigan), from Manistee, Michigan attached to the pictures of this Memorial, as well as, her Death Record and there is a photo of the digital record of her Birth in Ohio Births, from Ancestry.com, under her GENI Profile http://www.geni.com/people/Vivian-Lucille-Kelley-Payne-Smith-Cromer/6000000019495659664?through=6000000019495295882 .


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