Roberta Belle Lamkin

Roberta Belle Lamkin

• Father: Marcus Aurelius Lamkin b. 1841, d. 1908
• Mother: Frances Permelia Murray b. 1845, d. 1917

• Roberta Belle Lamkin was born on 2 April 1885 in Texas.
• She married Horace Fisher Leigh, son of John Sidney Leigh and Mary Rugeley Fisher, on 22 June 1904.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Frances Leigh.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, enumerated near the Walker County jail.. Other members of the household included Mack Fisher Leigh, Katherine Leigh, Horace Rudgely Leigh and Brent Lamkin Leigh.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 4305 Avenue D. Other members of the household included Mack Fisher Leigh and Katherine Leigh.
• She was working as a saleslady in the family retail grocery, according to the 1930 census.
• Her husband Horace Fisher Leigh became a widower at her death.
• Roberta Belle Lamkin died on 1 December 1951 at age 66 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 100 Senisa Drive at her residence. . Her death was officially witnessed by Mack Fisher Leigh.
• She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 23 May 2004 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Katherine Leigh Parr, 93, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in Richmond. She was born in Huntsville, Texas on July 30, 1910 and lived in San Antonio, Texas for over 40 years. After the death of her husband of 52 years, J. O. Parr Jr., she moved to Knoxville, Tenn., and in 1990, to Richmond. Her parents were Horace F. and Roberta Lamkin Leigh. She had three brothers and a sister, all deceased: Mack F., Horace R., Brent L. and Mary F. Leigh. She is survived by a daughter, Mary K. (Kathy) Reams of Richmond; and a son, J. O. Parr III of Potomac, Md. Her grandchildren are Leigh M. Reams Fannin Ward (deceased), Brent S. Reams and Elizabeth K. Reams Johnson of Richmond, Frances K. Parr Harris of Baltimore, Md. and Josie A. Parr Welling of San Rafael, Calif. She also leaves four great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, four sisters-in-law; and a dear friend, Mildred Dougherty of San Antonio. Interment was Saturday, May 15 in the Parr family plot at the Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2012