Mary Frances Leigh

b. 10 June 1907, d. 26 September 1916
  • Mary Frances Leigh was born on 10 June 1907 in Texas.
  • 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.
  • Mary Frances Leigh died on 26 September 1916 at age 9.
  • 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