Lora May Sansom

Lora May Sansom

• Father: S. S. Sansom
• Mother: Inez Young

• Lora May Sansom was born on 17 August 1883 in Texas.
• She married Robert Lee Haynie, son of Thomas Jefferson Haynie and Edna Jane Uzzell, in 1909.
• Robert Lee Haynie and Lora May Sansom appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 108 West Oliver. Other members of the household included Leonard E. Haynie, Lloyd D. Haynie, Thomas Jefferson Haynie and Elbert B. Haynie.
• Robert Lee Haynie and Lora May Sansom appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 108 West Oliver. Other members of the household included Thomas Jefferson Haynie, Elbert B. Haynie and Edna Inez Haynie.
• Lora May Sansom became a widow at the 11 July 1926 death of her husband Robert Lee Haynie.
• The following appeared on 13 July 1926 in The Stamford Leader: R. L. Haynie of the Penick-Hughes Company, died suddenly at his home Sunday morning at 3:30 oclock, Stamford, Jones county, Texas.
       Mr. Haynie had returned from Fort Worth Saturday afternoon where he had been with the Highway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He went out to Lake Penick later to confer with his partner, Mr. R.L. Penick, who was at his country home. There Mr. Haynie stated that he had never felt better in his life and upon returning home Mr. Haynie retired about 11:00 oclock. At 2:00 oclock, he called his sons, Lloyd and Jeff, and asked that a physician be called, stating that he felt bad. He lay down on a couch where he expired in a few moments.
       Mrs. Haynie, who was with her daughter, Miss Edna, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Sansom in Georgetown, Texas, was notified at once by telephone, and she arrived in Stamford at 5:00 Sunday afternoon, accompanied by her brothers, the Rev. Earnest Sansom, of Houston, and Ray Sansom of Georgetown, Texas, and her sister, Miss Willie Sansom.
       The Sansom family was enjoying a family reunion, and Mr. Haynie had planned to join Mrs. Haynie at Georgetown during this week and together they planned to attend the Texas Hardware Jobbers Association meeting in Galveston.
       No death has shocked Stamford more than that of R.L. Haynie, for nearly 23 years a member of the firm of Penick-Hughes Company.
       Surviving are his wife, who was Miss Lora May Sansom, of Georgetown, to whom he was married in 1909, and their daughter, Miss Edna, and three sons, Lloyd, Jeff and Elbert, whose mother was Miss Matilda Elizabeth Blair, of Bell County, and who passed away in Stamford 18 years ago. Two sisters, Mrs. George E. White of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Maggie Hanyie Stoneham, of Stoneham, Texas, also survive. The elderst son, Leonard, died about 10 years ago.
       Robert Lee Haynie was born near Anderson in Grimes County in 1870. Orphaned at an early age, he spent his young manhood days in Bell county, and was a student at the Southwestern University at Georgetown. He came to Stamford when the town was three years old and entered the firm of Penick-Hughes company. During his 23 years in the city, Mr. Haynie has worked unceasingly for its progress. He is chariman of the committee for the committee for the local Chamber of Commerce. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner, a charter member of the Rotary Club and a member of the First Presbyterian church.
       Since the organization of the Rotary Club 5 years ago, no death has occurred in its membership until now.
       The funeral services occurred at the home Monday afternoon at 3:00, conducted by the Rev. Earnest S. Sansom, pastor of the Central Park Presbyterian church of Houston.
       The Masonic ritual was observed at the grave.
       The only one of the family circle absent from the funeral was Elbert, the youngest son, who is in the United States Navy, on the flagship Dobbins.
       Rev. Earnest S. Sansom of Houston read the scripture and the Rev. J.D. McLean of Spur offered prayer.
• Lora May Sansom appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 108 West Oliver. Other members of the household included Edna Inez Haynie.
• She was a public librarian, according to the 1930 census.
• At the time of her death Lora May Sansom was living in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, at 3774 Sunset.
• Lora May Sansom died on 18 December 1962 at age 79 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, at Cogdell Memorial Hospital . Her death was officially witnessed by Edna Inez Haynie.
• She was interred at Highland Cemetery, Stamford, Haskell County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 23 Mar 2014