INA MAE BUTLER-JACKSON-HARMES was an identical twin born on 28 May 1918 to William Leroy Butler & Jennie Lorena O'Niel.

Ina first married Edward Oliver Jackson circa 1937 in Lavaca County, Texas, and they had SIX children of record:

Eddie Joyce Jackson-Copeland (1938 - 2004),
Melba Lois Jackson-Broch (1940 - ),
Wanda Nell Jackson-Bond (1941 - ),
Billie Frank Jackson (1943 - ),
Travis Leon Jackson (1945 - ), and
Cathy Loramae Jackson (1949 - ).

Ina Mae's second marriage was to Claud A Harmes (1914-1980).

Ina Mae resided in her daughter's home for the last 10 years of her life, where her daughter cared for her. Ina Mae passed away on 24 February 2008 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. Ina Mae was laid to rest at Hebron Cemetery in Terryville, DeWitt County, Texas.

OBITUARY:
Victoria Advocate, The (TX) - Wednesday, 27 February 2008:

YOAKUM - Ina Mae Jackson Harmes, age 89, died on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. She was born on May 28, 1918, in Yoakum, to William and Jennie Lorane O'Niel Butler.

She was a resident of Yoakum until 1998 when she went to live with her daughter in north Texas.

Survivors: daughters, Cathy Jackson, Melba Broch and Wanda Bond; sons, Billy Jackson and Travis Jackson, all of north Texas; 29 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; and many more great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: her husbands, Edward Jackson and Claud Harmes; and daughter, Eddie Joyce.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Austin Street Baptist Church with Pastor Dale Turner officiating.

Interment will be at Hebron Cemetery.

Online guestbook may be signed at www.thielecooper.com.

Arrangements with Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, Yoakum, 361-293-5656.

REFERENCES:

1. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935, Certificate #25547:
(UNNAMED TWIN DAUGHTERS)
[Ina May & Ima Fae Butler].
Born: 28 May 1918.
Place: Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas.
Father: Wm Butler.
Age: 34.
Birthplace: Oakville, Live Oak County, Texas.
Mother: Lorena O'Neal.
Age: 36.
Birthplace: Leesville, Gonzales County, Texas.

2. 19 January 1920 Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas Census, (ED: 131, Stamped 281, Sheet 21B, Family #500, Line 97), Parents' Household, William L & Lorena Butler.

3. 18 April 1930 Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas Census, (ED: 18, Stamped 240, Sheet 23B, Family #613, Line 85), Parents' Household, Wm & Lorena Butler.

4. United States Social Security Death Index:
Ina Mae Harmes.
Born: 28 May 1918.
Died: 24 Feb 2008.
Card Issued: Texas.
Last Residence: Bonham, Fannin County, Texas 75418.