Rena Lee Williamson

Rena Lee Williamson

• Father: Delbert E. Williamson b. circa 1881
• Mother: Bertha Ella (?) b. circa 1886, d. August 1976

• Rena Lee Williamson was born circa 1907 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas.
• She married Carl Percival Buchanan, son of George W. Buchanan and Ella R. Keithley, circa 1925.
• Carl Percival Buchanan and Rena Lee Williamson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in El Paso, Texas, at 3902 Clifton. Other members of the household included Ella R. Keithley.
• Carl Percival Buchanan and Rena Lee Williamson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in El Paso, Texas, at 3902 Clifton. Other members of the household included Ella R. Keithley. All three reported living in the same house in 1935.
• She officially witnessed the death of Carl Percival Buchanan on 11 April 1966 at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, Texas.
• Rena Lee Williamson became a widow at the 11 April 1966 death of her husband Carl Percival Buchanan.
• The following appeared on 13 April 1966 in the El Paso Herald-Post: Funeral services for Carl P. Buchanan, 2915 Federal avenue, who died Monday, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Harding, Orr and McDaniel Montana Avenue Chapel. Burial will be in National Cemetery.
       Mr. Buchanan was 67. A long-time El Paso resident, he moved to Los Alamos as a supervisor for the Zia Corporation for 18 years, until his retirement when he returned here. He awa a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, and a veteran of World War I.
       Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Rena Lee Buchanan; a sister, Mrs. J. T. Guynes; and two nieces, Mrs. G. T. Emmett Jr. and Mrs. William James Morgan, all of El Paso.

• Last Edited: 10 Oct 2012