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Johnnie Lea <I>Awalt</I> Mathiews Kelley

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Johnnie Lea Awalt Mathiews Kelley

Birth
Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, USA
Death
24 Dec 1993 (aged 95)
Eastland County, Texas, USA
Burial
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
E/6 32 D
Memorial ID
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Her parents were James Griffin Awalt and Mary Louisa "Mary Lou" Jennings.

After Johnnie Lea's parents died in 1903 and 1909, their younger children were orphaned.

By 1910 Miles, Johnnie Lea and Barbara are enumerated at the "widows and orphans" home at Navarro County, Texas.

By 1920 Miles and Johnnie Lea are back in Eastland County.

Johnnie Lea married:
1) Benjamin F. Mathiews.
2. Cecil W. Kelley.

No children.

Note:
Johnnie Lea Awalt and Benjamin Mathiews were married 6 July 1920.

Source: Eastland County Marriage Book 9, Page 4. Married by H. B. Horn, J. P. Prec. 1.
Name, as on marker, Johnnie Awalt Mathiews Kelley (KJ)

She and 2nd husband, Cecil Kelley, first met at the IOOF orphanage in Corsicana. They married after Cecil's first wife died in 1967.

There is a duplicate memorial ID 50554042 (with a DIFFERENT headstone!). I wrote to the owner about merging, but they never answered. It's unknown to me why there are 2 headstones nor where she's actually buried - (SKSmith)
Her parents were James Griffin Awalt and Mary Louisa "Mary Lou" Jennings.

After Johnnie Lea's parents died in 1903 and 1909, their younger children were orphaned.

By 1910 Miles, Johnnie Lea and Barbara are enumerated at the "widows and orphans" home at Navarro County, Texas.

By 1920 Miles and Johnnie Lea are back in Eastland County.

Johnnie Lea married:
1) Benjamin F. Mathiews.
2. Cecil W. Kelley.

No children.

Note:
Johnnie Lea Awalt and Benjamin Mathiews were married 6 July 1920.

Source: Eastland County Marriage Book 9, Page 4. Married by H. B. Horn, J. P. Prec. 1.
Name, as on marker, Johnnie Awalt Mathiews Kelley (KJ)

She and 2nd husband, Cecil Kelley, first met at the IOOF orphanage in Corsicana. They married after Cecil's first wife died in 1967.

There is a duplicate memorial ID 50554042 (with a DIFFERENT headstone!). I wrote to the owner about merging, but they never answered. It's unknown to me why there are 2 headstones nor where she's actually buried - (SKSmith)


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