Parents: William Henry Matherly and Annie Gertrude Bloyd.
1920 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 25 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 26 Kentucky
Melvin is a telegraph operator.
1930 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 35 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 36 Kentucky
Anna L Despain Dau F 7 Mississippi
Melvin is a telegraph operator for a steam railroad.
1940 U.S. Census for Winona, Beat 1, Montgomery Co., MS:
Leona Despain Head F 46 Kentucky
Aniee Louise Despain Dau F 17 Mississippi
Mary Lucy Despain Dau F 9 Mississippi
They resided in the same house in 1935.
1940 U.S. Census for Sardis Town, Beat 5, Panola, Mississippi:
Melvin is a railroad telegraph operator. He's a lodger in a home operated by Evelyn Carleton. There are 8 other lodgers, all doing a variety of jobs. He resided in Winona, MS in 1935.
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Mrs. Leona (Matherly) DeSpain of Oxford, Mississippi, formerly of Green Co. KY, daughter of the late Mr. William Matherly and Mrs. Gertrude Bloyd Matherly was born in Green Co., Ky., 3 April 1893. She died at 10:00 am Wed. 30 Nov 1983 at the Oxford-Lafayette Co. Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. She was 90 years of age. She had professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith. She united in marriage to Mr. Melvin DeSpain. He preceded her in death.
[She is survived] by 2 daughters: Mrs. Louise Clarke of Oxford, Mississippi and Mrs. Lucy Furr of Shreveport, La; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 sister: Mrs. Mary Coffey of Campbellsville, KY and several other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held ate 2:00 pm Sat. 3 Dec at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West. Burial was in DeZarn Cem. in Green Co.
1920 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 25 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 26 Kentucky
Melvin is a telegraph operator.
1930 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 35 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 36 Kentucky
Anna L Despain Dau F 7 Mississippi
Melvin is a telegraph operator for a steam railroad.
1940 U.S. Census for Winona, Beat 1, Montgomery Co., MS:
Leona Despain Head F 46 Kentucky
Aniee Louise Despain Dau F 17 Mississippi
Mary Lucy Despain Dau F 9 Mississippi
They resided in the same house in 1935.
1940 U.S. Census for Sardis Town, Beat 5, Panola, Mississippi:
Melvin is a railroad telegraph operator. He's a lodger in a home operated by Evelyn Carleton. There are 8 other lodgers, all doing a variety of jobs. He resided in Winona, MS in 1935.
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Mrs. Leona (Matherly) DeSpain of Oxford, Mississippi, formerly of Green Co. KY, daughter of the late Mr. William Matherly and Mrs. Gertrude Bloyd Matherly was born in Green Co., Ky., 3 April 1893. She died at 10:00 am Wed. 30 Nov 1983 at the Oxford-Lafayette Co. Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. She was 90 years of age. She had professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith. She united in marriage to Mr. Melvin DeSpain. He preceded her in death.
[She is survived] by 2 daughters: Mrs. Louise Clarke of Oxford, Mississippi and Mrs. Lucy Furr of Shreveport, La; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 sister: Mrs. Mary Coffey of Campbellsville, KY and several other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held ate 2:00 pm Sat. 3 Dec at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West. Burial was in DeZarn Cem. in Green Co.
Parents: William Henry Matherly and Annie Gertrude Bloyd.
1920 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 25 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 26 Kentucky
Melvin is a telegraph operator.
1930 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 35 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 36 Kentucky
Anna L Despain Dau F 7 Mississippi
Melvin is a telegraph operator for a steam railroad.
1940 U.S. Census for Winona, Beat 1, Montgomery Co., MS:
Leona Despain Head F 46 Kentucky
Aniee Louise Despain Dau F 17 Mississippi
Mary Lucy Despain Dau F 9 Mississippi
They resided in the same house in 1935.
1940 U.S. Census for Sardis Town, Beat 5, Panola, Mississippi:
Melvin is a railroad telegraph operator. He's a lodger in a home operated by Evelyn Carleton. There are 8 other lodgers, all doing a variety of jobs. He resided in Winona, MS in 1935.
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Mrs. Leona (Matherly) DeSpain of Oxford, Mississippi, formerly of Green Co. KY, daughter of the late Mr. William Matherly and Mrs. Gertrude Bloyd Matherly was born in Green Co., Ky., 3 April 1893. She died at 10:00 am Wed. 30 Nov 1983 at the Oxford-Lafayette Co. Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. She was 90 years of age. She had professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith. She united in marriage to Mr. Melvin DeSpain. He preceded her in death.
[She is survived] by 2 daughters: Mrs. Louise Clarke of Oxford, Mississippi and Mrs. Lucy Furr of Shreveport, La; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 sister: Mrs. Mary Coffey of Campbellsville, KY and several other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held ate 2:00 pm Sat. 3 Dec at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West. Burial was in DeZarn Cem. in Green Co.
1920 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 25 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 26 Kentucky
Melvin is a telegraph operator.
1930 U.S. Census for Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi:
Melvin Despain Head M 35 Kentucky
Leona Despain Wife F 36 Kentucky
Anna L Despain Dau F 7 Mississippi
Melvin is a telegraph operator for a steam railroad.
1940 U.S. Census for Winona, Beat 1, Montgomery Co., MS:
Leona Despain Head F 46 Kentucky
Aniee Louise Despain Dau F 17 Mississippi
Mary Lucy Despain Dau F 9 Mississippi
They resided in the same house in 1935.
1940 U.S. Census for Sardis Town, Beat 5, Panola, Mississippi:
Melvin is a railroad telegraph operator. He's a lodger in a home operated by Evelyn Carleton. There are 8 other lodgers, all doing a variety of jobs. He resided in Winona, MS in 1935.
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Mrs. Leona (Matherly) DeSpain of Oxford, Mississippi, formerly of Green Co. KY, daughter of the late Mr. William Matherly and Mrs. Gertrude Bloyd Matherly was born in Green Co., Ky., 3 April 1893. She died at 10:00 am Wed. 30 Nov 1983 at the Oxford-Lafayette Co. Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. She was 90 years of age. She had professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith. She united in marriage to Mr. Melvin DeSpain. He preceded her in death.
[She is survived] by 2 daughters: Mrs. Louise Clarke of Oxford, Mississippi and Mrs. Lucy Furr of Shreveport, La; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 sister: Mrs. Mary Coffey of Campbellsville, KY and several other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held ate 2:00 pm Sat. 3 Dec at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West. Burial was in DeZarn Cem. in Green Co.
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