According to her birth and 1939 marriage certificates, Carmelita's parents' names were Henry Black, born in Illinois, and Lillian Dickinson, born in Tennessee. According to her death certificate, Carmelita was divorced from her third husband, whose surname was Cortez. She was predeceased by her first two former husbands, Charles T. Schaeffer, whom she married on 8 July 1932 in Santa Ana, Calif., and Lucius W. Lomax, Jr., whom she married on 13 Jan. 1939 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
"CARMELITA B. CORTEZ, 85, of Arcadia, Calif., died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Surviving are two nephews, Arthur Borders, of Fort Wayne, and Teddy Borders, of Los Angeles. Services Friday in California. Burial in Rose Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles. Local arrangements by Micheaux Funeral Home, 1338 Eliza St." (The Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind., 16 Dec. 1998, Metro sec., p. 3C.)
"CARMELITA B. CORTEZ, 85, of Arcadia, Calif., died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Surviving are two nephews, Arthur Borders, of Fort Wayne, and Teddy Borders, of Los Angeles. Services Friday in California. Burial in Rose Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles. Local arrangements by Micheaux Funeral Home, 1338 Eliza St." (The Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind., 16 Dec. 1998, Metro sec., p. 3C.)
According to her birth and 1939 marriage certificates, Carmelita's parents' names were Henry Black, born in Illinois, and Lillian Dickinson, born in Tennessee. According to her death certificate, Carmelita was divorced from her third husband, whose surname was Cortez. She was predeceased by her first two former husbands, Charles T. Schaeffer, whom she married on 8 July 1932 in Santa Ana, Calif., and Lucius W. Lomax, Jr., whom she married on 13 Jan. 1939 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
"CARMELITA B. CORTEZ, 85, of Arcadia, Calif., died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Surviving are two nephews, Arthur Borders, of Fort Wayne, and Teddy Borders, of Los Angeles. Services Friday in California. Burial in Rose Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles. Local arrangements by Micheaux Funeral Home, 1338 Eliza St." (The Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind., 16 Dec. 1998, Metro sec., p. 3C.)
"CARMELITA B. CORTEZ, 85, of Arcadia, Calif., died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Surviving are two nephews, Arthur Borders, of Fort Wayne, and Teddy Borders, of Los Angeles. Services Friday in California. Burial in Rose Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles. Local arrangements by Micheaux Funeral Home, 1338 Eliza St." (The Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind., 16 Dec. 1998, Metro sec., p. 3C.)
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