Elizabeth's tombstone says she died in 1933, but she actually died in 1932 (info. from her death certificate and obituary in the archives of the Port Arthur newspaper).
Elizabeth Lenora Oates was the third child born to Robert and Sarah Matthews Oates.
Elizabeth was a young lady of 20 years of age when she moved to Texas from Henry County, Alabama, with her parents and family in December of 1872. The Oates Family lived in Newton, Texas, until the spring of 1873 when they moved to Polk County where they lived on a rented farm near Bear Creek. From there, the family moved to a farm near Sand Creek after Elizabeth's father, Robert Oates, filed a 160-acre homestead claim.
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Elizabeth Lenora Oates married James Curtis Griner on January 13, 1876, in Polk County, Texas.
Curtis and Elizabeth Oates Griner lived the early part of their married life in Polk County before moving to Newton County. They also lived in Angelina County before settling in Jasper County. After Curtis Griner's death, Elizabeth moved to Port Arthur, Texas, where some of her children were living.
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OBITUARY FROM THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS, Tuesday, June 13, 1932:
MRS. GRINER DIES
Burial Services To Be In Roganville Today
Mrs. Elizabeth Griner, 80, died at the residence, 2248 33th, at 10:45 a.m. Monday after five months' illness. Survivors are five sisters, Mrs. J. A. Walding of Livingston, Mrs. G. W. Gray of Lufkin, Mrs. T. D. Gibson of Pickney, Mrs. E. O. Kirkland of Trinity, and Mrs. Bob Adams of Holley Springs; three brothers, C. S. Oates and W. H. Oates of Weldon, and J. C. Oates of Dies; four sons, L. C. Griner of Port Arthur, C. N. Griner of High Island, J. E. Griner of Wiergate, and Bob Griner of Jasper; three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Daniels and Mrs. S. Lacy of Port Arthur and Mrs. Charlie Largent of Lufkin; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body was taken to Roganville, where services were to be held at 3 p.m. today.
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Aunt Liz Griner was also survived by another sister, Mrs. Beauregard (Sina) Peavy, who was living in Kirbyville, Texas, at the time)
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Elizabeth Oates Griner was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Sarah Matthews Oates; her husband of 44 years, James Curtis Griner; three brothers, Stephen M. Oates, Ephraim E. Oates, and James Robert Oates; her sister, Mary Oates Davison; and a grandson, Byron Griner.