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~ "FRONIE" EDWARDS MCVAY ~
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FRONIE was born on 2-8-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. She was the last child of "Zora Harris Russell Edwards" & "William F. Edwards".
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FRONIE's MOTHER, "ZORA Harris Russell Edwards" was born to:
"Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr." & "Sarah J. Whitley Harris"
on 9-8-1868 in Lonoke Co., Arkansas.
ZORA's Lineage:
Zora's Father, "Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr.", was a Blacksmith in Lonoke Co., Arkansas; he was born in May 1839 (or 1840) in Alabama. 'His father' was "Charles Ammon Harris" who was born in 1817 in TN & last known in the 1880 Census of Union, White Co., AR. 'His mother' was "Jane Welch m: Harris" who was born in 1819 in NC. Samuel's parents were married in 1838 in Alabama. They later moved to Arkansas.
Zora's Mother, "Sarah J. Whitley Harris", was born 3-13-1844 in Prairie, Prairie Co., Ark. She married Samuel Hartfel Harris on 1-12-1860 in Prairie Co., Ark. (Prairie Co. is next to Lonoke Co.) She is thought to have died before 1900 because she is not listed on the census for 1900 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark. with her husband. She died on 8-2-1898 @ Graham, Young Co., TX. 'Her parents' were "Taylor Gaylon Whitley" (1814 GA--1878 AR) & "Calista Carrol Cole m: Whitley" (1816 TN --1884 AR); they are buried @ Lonoke Co., AR @ Whitley Cemetery.
Zora's Siblings: William Campbell (CAM) Harris, ZORA, RUTH Harris m: Beavers, & Samuel HARTFEL Harris, Jr. all born in Ark.
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FRONIE's MOTHER "Zora" was married twice. She 1st. married "Walter Russell" on 10-18-1889 in Lonoke Co, AR. He died after March 1891.
"ZORA & Walter Russell" had 1 child (FRONIE's Half-Brother):
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949).
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Then, ZORA married "WILLIAM F. EDWARDS" in late 1891 in Lonoke Co., Ark.; they had 7 children. Their children were born in Ark. up to Fronie, their last child, who was born in 1905 in Fannin Co., TX. So, they moved to Fannin Co., at least by Feb. 1905 for Fronie's birth. (& William was dead 5 weeks after FRONIE's birth.)
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FRONIE's FATHER, "WILLIAM F. Edwards" was born in Feb. 1871 in Van Buren Co., AR. He died on 3-18-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. His death certificate said that he was 34 1/2 when he died of pneumonia which he had had 11 days, & he lived 1 1/2 miles west of Monkstown.
WILLIAM's Lineage:
William's mother was "Deborah Shipp"; she was born in Randolph Co., Alabama in 1845 to Jesse Richard & Elizabeth Shipp, & she died 11-10-1905.
William's father was "Isaac D. Edwards" & was born in Alabama in 1838 to Elisha & Canada Edwards & died in 1919. William's Parents, Isaac D. Edwards & Deborah J. Shipp, & had 9 children. William F. was their 3rd. child.
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FRONIE's SIBLINGS:
Half-Brother born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949). Gordon married "Maggie Spann" & had 7 children @ Monkstown; he was a farmer.
Full Siblings:
These children were all born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Claude Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 4-3-1916);
~~Clyde (Bones) Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 11-6-1965);
~~Mollie Edwards Brown (b: 11-27-1895; d: 2-7-1973);
~~Minnie Edwards Branson (b: 6-12-1897; d: 1-31-1977);
~~Lillie Edwards Roach (b: 7-1-1901; d: 6-1-1961).
This child died on the way to TX:
~~Alonzo Edwards (infant death, buried near Durant, OK.).
This last child was born @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX:
~~FRONIE EDWARDS McVAY
(b: 2-8-1905 d: 2-6-2002 Lamar Co., TX ).
*** Fronie's twin brothers, Claude & Clyde; her sisters, Mollie & Minnie; & her mother Zora are ALL buried @ Forest Grove Cemetery @ Telephone, TX & are on find-a-grave.***
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FRONIE's Mother ZORA raised her children @ Monkstown, TX after her husband's death in 1905; she lived most of her 93 yrs. there & remained a widow until her death on 4-25-1962.
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FRONIE attended The Monkstown Methodist Church where she & all of her Edwards' kin were members.
She married "JAMES 'LEE' MCVAY" on 9-26-1923 @ The Monkstown Methodist Church with Rev. W. A. Carter officiating. (I have a newspaper clipping on which Fronie herself wrote their wedding date..."1923"...not 1922 which was later put into print.)
LEE had been a teacher in the area & taught @ the Riverby School & Monkstown School. This school @ Riverby was populated with the children who lived on the 2 large cotton plantations which comprised the Riverby community. The plantations were "The G.W. Will Morgan Farm" & "The Joe Goss Plantation". The school-children's parents either share-cropped or otherwise worked on the 25,000 acres that comprised the 2 plantations. Lee talked Fronie into becoming a teacher after they were married. She attended North TX State Teachers College @ Denton. She taught @ Ivanhoe with her husband in the late 1920's.
She wanted children but miscarried several times. She & Lee adopted a son in 1936. They named him after their dear friend, G.W. Will Morgan; their son's middle name was Morgan: "Larry Morgan McVay" (b: 11-18-1936). Will & Mattie Morgan were FRONIE & Lee's dear friends from their time @ Riverby until the Morgan's deaths in Paris in 1958 & 1966, respectively.
Lee was superintendent of local schools in the NE TX area as well as being a: developer, real estate broker, builder, farmer, rancher, & rose gardener; & he dearly loved to play the stock market! FRONIE loved to cook & attend church. She & Lee moved to Paris in 1942. FRONIE & Lee became charter members & founders of The Church of the Nazarene in Paris. She was fiercely loyal to her family & loved ones. She crocheted but didn't like to sew.
She was left a widow in June of 2001. LEE passed away on
6-1-2001 in Paris, Lamar Co., TX. Their marriage had lasted 78+ years!
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FRONIE passed away on 2-6-2002, just 8 months after her husband died. She was living in Paris, Lamar Co., TX & is buried next to her husband, James Lee McVay, in the Meadowbrook Gardens Cemetery @ Paris.
She was survived by her son, Larry M. McVay & wife; & Fronie's grandsons: Larry W. McVay & wife of Fredericksburg, Virginia; & Gregory P. McVay & wife of Slidell, Louisiana; & numerous nieces & nephews & many friends.
She was loved & missed by all who knew her!
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~ Lynda, great-niece to FRONIE through her sister, Minnie Edwards Branson.
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~ "FRONIE" EDWARDS MCVAY ~
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FRONIE was born on 2-8-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. She was the last child of "Zora Harris Russell Edwards" & "William F. Edwards".
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FRONIE's MOTHER, "ZORA Harris Russell Edwards" was born to:
"Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr." & "Sarah J. Whitley Harris"
on 9-8-1868 in Lonoke Co., Arkansas.
ZORA's Lineage:
Zora's Father, "Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr.", was a Blacksmith in Lonoke Co., Arkansas; he was born in May 1839 (or 1840) in Alabama. 'His father' was "Charles Ammon Harris" who was born in 1817 in TN & last known in the 1880 Census of Union, White Co., AR. 'His mother' was "Jane Welch m: Harris" who was born in 1819 in NC. Samuel's parents were married in 1838 in Alabama. They later moved to Arkansas.
Zora's Mother, "Sarah J. Whitley Harris", was born 3-13-1844 in Prairie, Prairie Co., Ark. She married Samuel Hartfel Harris on 1-12-1860 in Prairie Co., Ark. (Prairie Co. is next to Lonoke Co.) She is thought to have died before 1900 because she is not listed on the census for 1900 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark. with her husband. She died on 8-2-1898 @ Graham, Young Co., TX. 'Her parents' were "Taylor Gaylon Whitley" (1814 GA--1878 AR) & "Calista Carrol Cole m: Whitley" (1816 TN --1884 AR); they are buried @ Lonoke Co., AR @ Whitley Cemetery.
Zora's Siblings: William Campbell (CAM) Harris, ZORA, RUTH Harris m: Beavers, & Samuel HARTFEL Harris, Jr. all born in Ark.
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FRONIE's MOTHER "Zora" was married twice. She 1st. married "Walter Russell" on 10-18-1889 in Lonoke Co, AR. He died after March 1891.
"ZORA & Walter Russell" had 1 child (FRONIE's Half-Brother):
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949).
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Then, ZORA married "WILLIAM F. EDWARDS" in late 1891 in Lonoke Co., Ark.; they had 7 children. Their children were born in Ark. up to Fronie, their last child, who was born in 1905 in Fannin Co., TX. So, they moved to Fannin Co., at least by Feb. 1905 for Fronie's birth. (& William was dead 5 weeks after FRONIE's birth.)
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FRONIE's FATHER, "WILLIAM F. Edwards" was born in Feb. 1871 in Van Buren Co., AR. He died on 3-18-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. His death certificate said that he was 34 1/2 when he died of pneumonia which he had had 11 days, & he lived 1 1/2 miles west of Monkstown.
WILLIAM's Lineage:
William's mother was "Deborah Shipp"; she was born in Randolph Co., Alabama in 1845 to Jesse Richard & Elizabeth Shipp, & she died 11-10-1905.
William's father was "Isaac D. Edwards" & was born in Alabama in 1838 to Elisha & Canada Edwards & died in 1919. William's Parents, Isaac D. Edwards & Deborah J. Shipp, & had 9 children. William F. was their 3rd. child.
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FRONIE's SIBLINGS:
Half-Brother born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949). Gordon married "Maggie Spann" & had 7 children @ Monkstown; he was a farmer.
Full Siblings:
These children were all born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Claude Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 4-3-1916);
~~Clyde (Bones) Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 11-6-1965);
~~Mollie Edwards Brown (b: 11-27-1895; d: 2-7-1973);
~~Minnie Edwards Branson (b: 6-12-1897; d: 1-31-1977);
~~Lillie Edwards Roach (b: 7-1-1901; d: 6-1-1961).
This child died on the way to TX:
~~Alonzo Edwards (infant death, buried near Durant, OK.).
This last child was born @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX:
~~FRONIE EDWARDS McVAY
(b: 2-8-1905 d: 2-6-2002 Lamar Co., TX ).
*** Fronie's twin brothers, Claude & Clyde; her sisters, Mollie & Minnie; & her mother Zora are ALL buried @ Forest Grove Cemetery @ Telephone, TX & are on find-a-grave.***
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FRONIE's Mother ZORA raised her children @ Monkstown, TX after her husband's death in 1905; she lived most of her 93 yrs. there & remained a widow until her death on 4-25-1962.
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FRONIE attended The Monkstown Methodist Church where she & all of her Edwards' kin were members.
She married "JAMES 'LEE' MCVAY" on 9-26-1923 @ The Monkstown Methodist Church with Rev. W. A. Carter officiating. (I have a newspaper clipping on which Fronie herself wrote their wedding date..."1923"...not 1922 which was later put into print.)
LEE had been a teacher in the area & taught @ the Riverby School & Monkstown School. This school @ Riverby was populated with the children who lived on the 2 large cotton plantations which comprised the Riverby community. The plantations were "The G.W. Will Morgan Farm" & "The Joe Goss Plantation". The school-children's parents either share-cropped or otherwise worked on the 25,000 acres that comprised the 2 plantations. Lee talked Fronie into becoming a teacher after they were married. She attended North TX State Teachers College @ Denton. She taught @ Ivanhoe with her husband in the late 1920's.
She wanted children but miscarried several times. She & Lee adopted a son in 1936. They named him after their dear friend, G.W. Will Morgan; their son's middle name was Morgan: "Larry Morgan McVay" (b: 11-18-1936). Will & Mattie Morgan were FRONIE & Lee's dear friends from their time @ Riverby until the Morgan's deaths in Paris in 1958 & 1966, respectively.
Lee was superintendent of local schools in the NE TX area as well as being a: developer, real estate broker, builder, farmer, rancher, & rose gardener; & he dearly loved to play the stock market! FRONIE loved to cook & attend church. She & Lee moved to Paris in 1942. FRONIE & Lee became charter members & founders of The Church of the Nazarene in Paris. She was fiercely loyal to her family & loved ones. She crocheted but didn't like to sew.
She was left a widow in June of 2001. LEE passed away on
6-1-2001 in Paris, Lamar Co., TX. Their marriage had lasted 78+ years!
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FRONIE passed away on 2-6-2002, just 8 months after her husband died. She was living in Paris, Lamar Co., TX & is buried next to her husband, James Lee McVay, in the Meadowbrook Gardens Cemetery @ Paris.
She was survived by her son, Larry M. McVay & wife; & Fronie's grandsons: Larry W. McVay & wife of Fredericksburg, Virginia; & Gregory P. McVay & wife of Slidell, Louisiana; & numerous nieces & nephews & many friends.
She was loved & missed by all who knew her!
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~ Lynda, great-niece to FRONIE through her sister, Minnie Edwards Branson.
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~ "FRONIE" EDWARDS MCVAY ~
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FRONIE was born on 2-8-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. She was the last child of "Zora Harris Russell Edwards" & "William F. Edwards".
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FRONIE's MOTHER, "ZORA Harris Russell Edwards" was born to:
"Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr." & "Sarah J. Whitley Harris"
on 9-8-1868 in Lonoke Co., Arkansas.
ZORA's Lineage:
Zora's Father, "Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr.", was a Blacksmith in Lonoke Co., Arkansas; he was born in May 1839 (or 1840) in Alabama. 'His father' was "Charles Ammon Harris" who was born in 1817 in TN & last known in the 1880 Census of Union, White Co., AR. 'His mother' was "Jane Welch m: Harris" who was born in 1819 in NC. Samuel's parents were married in 1838 in Alabama. They later moved to Arkansas.
Zora's Mother, "Sarah J. Whitley Harris", was born 3-13-1844 in Prairie, Prairie Co., Ark. She married Samuel Hartfel Harris on 1-12-1860 in Prairie Co., Ark. (Prairie Co. is next to Lonoke Co.) She is thought to have died before 1900 because she is not listed on the census for 1900 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark. with her husband. She died on 8-2-1898 @ Graham, Young Co., TX. 'Her parents' were "Taylor Gaylon Whitley" (1814 GA--1878 AR) & "Calista Carrol Cole m: Whitley" (1816 TN --1884 AR); they are buried @ Lonoke Co., AR @ Whitley Cemetery.
Zora's Siblings: William Campbell (CAM) Harris, ZORA, RUTH Harris m: Beavers, & Samuel HARTFEL Harris, Jr. all born in Ark.
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FRONIE's MOTHER "Zora" was married twice. She 1st. married "Walter Russell" on 10-18-1889 in Lonoke Co, AR. He died after March 1891.
"ZORA & Walter Russell" had 1 child (FRONIE's Half-Brother):
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949).
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Then, ZORA married "WILLIAM F. EDWARDS" in late 1891 in Lonoke Co., Ark.; they had 7 children. Their children were born in Ark. up to Fronie, their last child, who was born in 1905 in Fannin Co., TX. So, they moved to Fannin Co., at least by Feb. 1905 for Fronie's birth. (& William was dead 5 weeks after FRONIE's birth.)
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FRONIE's FATHER, "WILLIAM F. Edwards" was born in Feb. 1871 in Van Buren Co., AR. He died on 3-18-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. His death certificate said that he was 34 1/2 when he died of pneumonia which he had had 11 days, & he lived 1 1/2 miles west of Monkstown.
WILLIAM's Lineage:
William's mother was "Deborah Shipp"; she was born in Randolph Co., Alabama in 1845 to Jesse Richard & Elizabeth Shipp, & she died 11-10-1905.
William's father was "Isaac D. Edwards" & was born in Alabama in 1838 to Elisha & Canada Edwards & died in 1919. William's Parents, Isaac D. Edwards & Deborah J. Shipp, & had 9 children. William F. was their 3rd. child.
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FRONIE's SIBLINGS:
Half-Brother born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949). Gordon married "Maggie Spann" & had 7 children @ Monkstown; he was a farmer.
Full Siblings:
These children were all born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Claude Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 4-3-1916);
~~Clyde (Bones) Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 11-6-1965);
~~Mollie Edwards Brown (b: 11-27-1895; d: 2-7-1973);
~~Minnie Edwards Branson (b: 6-12-1897; d: 1-31-1977);
~~Lillie Edwards Roach (b: 7-1-1901; d: 6-1-1961).
This child died on the way to TX:
~~Alonzo Edwards (infant death, buried near Durant, OK.).
This last child was born @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX:
~~FRONIE EDWARDS McVAY
(b: 2-8-1905 d: 2-6-2002 Lamar Co., TX ).
*** Fronie's twin brothers, Claude & Clyde; her sisters, Mollie & Minnie; & her mother Zora are ALL buried @ Forest Grove Cemetery @ Telephone, TX & are on find-a-grave.***
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FRONIE's Mother ZORA raised her children @ Monkstown, TX after her husband's death in 1905; she lived most of her 93 yrs. there & remained a widow until her death on 4-25-1962.
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FRONIE attended The Monkstown Methodist Church where she & all of her Edwards' kin were members.
She married "JAMES 'LEE' MCVAY" on 9-26-1923 @ The Monkstown Methodist Church with Rev. W. A. Carter officiating. (I have a newspaper clipping on which Fronie herself wrote their wedding date..."1923"...not 1922 which was later put into print.)
LEE had been a teacher in the area & taught @ the Riverby School & Monkstown School. This school @ Riverby was populated with the children who lived on the 2 large cotton plantations which comprised the Riverby community. The plantations were "The G.W. Will Morgan Farm" & "The Joe Goss Plantation". The school-children's parents either share-cropped or otherwise worked on the 25,000 acres that comprised the 2 plantations. Lee talked Fronie into becoming a teacher after they were married. She attended North TX State Teachers College @ Denton. She taught @ Ivanhoe with her husband in the late 1920's.
She wanted children but miscarried several times. She & Lee adopted a son in 1936. They named him after their dear friend, G.W. Will Morgan; their son's middle name was Morgan: "Larry Morgan McVay" (b: 11-18-1936). Will & Mattie Morgan were FRONIE & Lee's dear friends from their time @ Riverby until the Morgan's deaths in Paris in 1958 & 1966, respectively.
Lee was superintendent of local schools in the NE TX area as well as being a: developer, real estate broker, builder, farmer, rancher, & rose gardener; & he dearly loved to play the stock market! FRONIE loved to cook & attend church. She & Lee moved to Paris in 1942. FRONIE & Lee became charter members & founders of The Church of the Nazarene in Paris. She was fiercely loyal to her family & loved ones. She crocheted but didn't like to sew.
She was left a widow in June of 2001. LEE passed away on
6-1-2001 in Paris, Lamar Co., TX. Their marriage had lasted 78+ years!
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FRONIE passed away on 2-6-2002, just 8 months after her husband died. She was living in Paris, Lamar Co., TX & is buried next to her husband, James Lee McVay, in the Meadowbrook Gardens Cemetery @ Paris.
She was survived by her son, Larry M. McVay & wife; & Fronie's grandsons: Larry W. McVay & wife of Fredericksburg, Virginia; & Gregory P. McVay & wife of Slidell, Louisiana; & numerous nieces & nephews & many friends.
She was loved & missed by all who knew her!
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~ Lynda, great-niece to FRONIE through her sister, Minnie Edwards Branson.
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~ "FRONIE" EDWARDS MCVAY ~
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FRONIE was born on 2-8-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. She was the last child of "Zora Harris Russell Edwards" & "William F. Edwards".
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FRONIE's MOTHER, "ZORA Harris Russell Edwards" was born to:
"Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr." & "Sarah J. Whitley Harris"
on 9-8-1868 in Lonoke Co., Arkansas.
ZORA's Lineage:
Zora's Father, "Samuel Hartfel Harris, Sr.", was a Blacksmith in Lonoke Co., Arkansas; he was born in May 1839 (or 1840) in Alabama. 'His father' was "Charles Ammon Harris" who was born in 1817 in TN & last known in the 1880 Census of Union, White Co., AR. 'His mother' was "Jane Welch m: Harris" who was born in 1819 in NC. Samuel's parents were married in 1838 in Alabama. They later moved to Arkansas.
Zora's Mother, "Sarah J. Whitley Harris", was born 3-13-1844 in Prairie, Prairie Co., Ark. She married Samuel Hartfel Harris on 1-12-1860 in Prairie Co., Ark. (Prairie Co. is next to Lonoke Co.) She is thought to have died before 1900 because she is not listed on the census for 1900 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark. with her husband. She died on 8-2-1898 @ Graham, Young Co., TX. 'Her parents' were "Taylor Gaylon Whitley" (1814 GA--1878 AR) & "Calista Carrol Cole m: Whitley" (1816 TN --1884 AR); they are buried @ Lonoke Co., AR @ Whitley Cemetery.
Zora's Siblings: William Campbell (CAM) Harris, ZORA, RUTH Harris m: Beavers, & Samuel HARTFEL Harris, Jr. all born in Ark.
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FRONIE's MOTHER "Zora" was married twice. She 1st. married "Walter Russell" on 10-18-1889 in Lonoke Co, AR. He died after March 1891.
"ZORA & Walter Russell" had 1 child (FRONIE's Half-Brother):
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949).
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Then, ZORA married "WILLIAM F. EDWARDS" in late 1891 in Lonoke Co., Ark.; they had 7 children. Their children were born in Ark. up to Fronie, their last child, who was born in 1905 in Fannin Co., TX. So, they moved to Fannin Co., at least by Feb. 1905 for Fronie's birth. (& William was dead 5 weeks after FRONIE's birth.)
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FRONIE's FATHER, "WILLIAM F. Edwards" was born in Feb. 1871 in Van Buren Co., AR. He died on 3-18-1905 @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX. His death certificate said that he was 34 1/2 when he died of pneumonia which he had had 11 days, & he lived 1 1/2 miles west of Monkstown.
WILLIAM's Lineage:
William's mother was "Deborah Shipp"; she was born in Randolph Co., Alabama in 1845 to Jesse Richard & Elizabeth Shipp, & she died 11-10-1905.
William's father was "Isaac D. Edwards" & was born in Alabama in 1838 to Elisha & Canada Edwards & died in 1919. William's Parents, Isaac D. Edwards & Deborah J. Shipp, & had 9 children. William F. was their 3rd. child.
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FRONIE's SIBLINGS:
Half-Brother born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Gordon W. Russell (b: 12-21-1891; d: 12-21-1949). Gordon married "Maggie Spann" & had 7 children @ Monkstown; he was a farmer.
Full Siblings:
These children were all born @ Cabot, Lonoke Co., Ark.:
~~Claude Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 4-3-1916);
~~Clyde (Bones) Edwards, twin (b: 3-31-1893; d: 11-6-1965);
~~Mollie Edwards Brown (b: 11-27-1895; d: 2-7-1973);
~~Minnie Edwards Branson (b: 6-12-1897; d: 1-31-1977);
~~Lillie Edwards Roach (b: 7-1-1901; d: 6-1-1961).
This child died on the way to TX:
~~Alonzo Edwards (infant death, buried near Durant, OK.).
This last child was born @ Monkstown, Fannin Co., TX:
~~FRONIE EDWARDS McVAY
(b: 2-8-1905 d: 2-6-2002 Lamar Co., TX ).
*** Fronie's twin brothers, Claude & Clyde; her sisters, Mollie & Minnie; & her mother Zora are ALL buried @ Forest Grove Cemetery @ Telephone, TX & are on find-a-grave.***
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FRONIE's Mother ZORA raised her children @ Monkstown, TX after her husband's death in 1905; she lived most of her 93 yrs. there & remained a widow until her death on 4-25-1962.
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FRONIE attended The Monkstown Methodist Church where she & all of her Edwards' kin were members.
She married "JAMES 'LEE' MCVAY" on 9-26-1923 @ The Monkstown Methodist Church with Rev. W. A. Carter officiating. (I have a newspaper clipping on which Fronie herself wrote their wedding date..."1923"...not 1922 which was later put into print.)
LEE had been a teacher in the area & taught @ the Riverby School & Monkstown School. This school @ Riverby was populated with the children who lived on the 2 large cotton plantations which comprised the Riverby community. The plantations were "The G.W. Will Morgan Farm" & "The Joe Goss Plantation". The school-children's parents either share-cropped or otherwise worked on the 25,000 acres that comprised the 2 plantations. Lee talked Fronie into becoming a teacher after they were married. She attended North TX State Teachers College @ Denton. She taught @ Ivanhoe with her husband in the late 1920's.
She wanted children but miscarried several times. She & Lee adopted a son in 1936. They named him after their dear friend, G.W. Will Morgan; their son's middle name was Morgan: "Larry Morgan McVay" (b: 11-18-1936). Will & Mattie Morgan were FRONIE & Lee's dear friends from their time @ Riverby until the Morgan's deaths in Paris in 1958 & 1966, respectively.
Lee was superintendent of local schools in the NE TX area as well as being a: developer, real estate broker, builder, farmer, rancher, & rose gardener; & he dearly loved to play the stock market! FRONIE loved to cook & attend church. She & Lee moved to Paris in 1942. FRONIE & Lee became charter members & founders of The Church of the Nazarene in Paris. She was fiercely loyal to her family & loved ones. She crocheted but didn't like to sew.
She was left a widow in June of 2001. LEE passed away on
6-1-2001 in Paris, Lamar Co., TX. Their marriage had lasted 78+ years!
_________________________
FRONIE passed away on 2-6-2002, just 8 months after her husband died. She was living in Paris, Lamar Co., TX & is buried next to her husband, James Lee McVay, in the Meadowbrook Gardens Cemetery @ Paris.
She was survived by her son, Larry M. McVay & wife; & Fronie's grandsons: Larry W. McVay & wife of Fredericksburg, Virginia; & Gregory P. McVay & wife of Slidell, Louisiana; & numerous nieces & nephews & many friends.
She was loved & missed by all who knew her!
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~ Lynda, great-niece to FRONIE through her sister, Minnie Edwards Branson.
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