Ozelle was born 2 December 1920 in Rotan, Fisher, Texas. The name on her birth certificate is Lena Bell. Her birth was followed by that of her twin sister Estelle. (Texas Birth Certificates)

1930 census - Fisher Co TX
McKay John W head home rented lives on farm not a veteran, Rhetta wife, daughters Alpha 21, Verdie (Carolyn) 18, Deavla 16, Maudie 14, Alta 12, Ozella 9, Estella 9, Frankie (Sandra) B 7.

1935 - Rotan, Fisher, Texas

1940 census - Rotan, Fisher, Texas
McKay John W head 68 AL highest grade completed 6 unable to work, Rhetta wife 60 highest grade 4 TX in home housework, Ozell dr 19 highest grade high school 4 TX public emergency work week of Mar 24-30 NYA Typing income in 1939 28, Frankie (Sandra) B dr 17 TX highest Grade H2 in school.

The National Youth Administration (NYA), a New Deal agency in existence from 1935-1943 and championed by Eleanor Roosevelt, provided education, jobs, recreation and counseling for youth 16-25. Lyndon Baines Johnson was the state director in Texas 1935-1937.

McKay Ozell lndrywkr George's Quality Lndry & Linen Sup r1905 Av N (1942 Lubbock City Directory)

McKay Ozell r308 Av V (1943 Lubbock City Directory)

Announcement was made this week of the marriage of Miss Ozelle McKay to F-O (Flight Officer?) George Samuel Walters which took place Feb. 17 in Amarillo. Miss McKay formerly worked in Lubbock. (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 25 March 1945)

George Samuel Walters was born 22 September 1924 in LaFollette, Campbell, Tennessee to Obadiah Walters (1892-1961) and Sally Lou Parks (1900-1983).

Birth of son Wayne Michael Walters (1948-2008) 7 Sep 1948 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. Wayne married Tanya Sue Tangren 8 August 1971 in Los Angeles Co CA. They divorced 1 July 1981 in Los Angeles County. Wayne died 18 Nov 2008.

Walters Geo S (Ozelle McK) student h1203 17th Av S Apt B6 (1949 Nashville phone directory)

1950 - Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas
Walters George head 25 TN salesman wholesale grocery, Ozelle wife 29 TX, Wayne M son 1 TN.

Birth of son Curtis Lee Walters 2 Feb 1954 in Bryan, Brazos, Texas (Texas Birth Index).

Departure, 13 Aug 1954, Seattle WA.
Ozelle McKay Walters, 31, address 714 Williamson Dr Bryan TX, passport # 65356, born Rotan TX, sailing on Gen Frederick Funston bound for Yokohama, length of stay indefinite. Wayne M Walters, 5, born Nashville TX. Curtis Lee Walters, 6 months, born Bryan TX.
(Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, U.S., Passenger and Crew Lists of Airplane Departures, 1947-1957)

Arrival, 24 June 1957, San Francisco CA.
Ozelle M, Wayne M and Curtis L Walters, passport # 65356, sailing on General Edwin D. Patrick. Last port before arrival in US Taiwan.
(Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959)

Geo S (Ozelle) USAF h1823 Robison Hill rd
(1959 Montgomery AL city directory)

Surviving daughter Mrs George Walters of Smyrna, Tenn. ('McKay Rites Set at Rotan,' Abilene Reporter-News, 2 Feb 1961).

Surviving sister Ozelle Walters of Escondido, Calif. (Alta Pettit obituary, Lubbock Evening Journal, 26 Mar 1984).

5100 John D. Ryan Blvd, San Antonio TX, 1996-2002 (Ozelle Walters in the U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002). This is an address for Blue Skies of Texas, a retirement community.

Surviving sister Ozell Walters of San Antonio (Alpha Argona West obituary, Abilene Reporter-News, 12 Mar 2003).

Ozelle died 10 Oct 2010. Last residence 92026, Escondido, San Diego, California. (Social Security Index)

George Samuel Walters, 93, of LaFollette, passed away on April 19, at the Blue Skies of Texas Retirement Community in San Antonio, Texas. He was a Christian, baptized in East Tennessee, and loved the Lord. George was a pleasant, happy, optimistic person his entire life. He was born to the late Oba and Sally Lou Walters on Sept. 22, 1924.
. . .
Col. Walters was preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, Ozelle of Texas. . . .
Col. Walters loved history and received his Master's Degree in History from Vanderbilt University. According to his WWII flight instructor, he was a natural-born pilot. His favorite plane to fly was the P41. He became an AF flight instructor himself and then an AF Office of Special Investigations Staff Officer. During his tenure in the OSI, he had the honor of meeting/protecting several U.S. presidents, world leaders, and actors. Col. Walters loved . . . sharing all sorts of stories - especially those about his family's LaFollette funeral business.
. . .
Col. Walters will be laid to rest with military honors at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
(LaFollette Press, LaFollette TN, 31 May 2018)

Ozelle's gravestone is next to George's at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, is inscribed Wife of Lt Col George S Walters USAF, Until we meet again, and bears a cross.

lili li née Loretta McKay Masters
14 May 2023