Lottie Ola Fife

Lottie Ola Fife

• Father: Oliver Robert Fife b. 8 April 1861, d. 16 April 1946
• Mother: Julia Frances Smith b. April 1858, d. 23 March 1927

• Lottie Ola Fife was born on 12 October 1893 in Texas.
• Oliver Robert Fife and Julia Frances Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Livingston, Polk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lottie Ola Fife, Charlie R. Fife and Cora Mae Fife. Also in the household were children Annie L. (age 15), Robert (13) and Leslie B. (2).
• Oliver Robert Fife and Julia Frances Smith appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas, at Aransas Street. Other members of the household included Lottie Ola Fife, Charlie R. Fife and Cora Mae Fife.
• She married Thomas Elbert Tinkle.
• Thomas Elbert Tinkle and Lottie Ola Fife appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, at 600 Cherrry Street Also in the household was Thomas' father James Tinkle (age 67).. Other members of the household included Frances Alice Tinkle.
• The following appeared on 16 April 1946 in The Amarillo Globe-Times: Oliver R. Fife, 85 years old, retired carpenter, died this morning at his home at 709 Harrison.
       He had been a resident of amarillo since 1915 and had lived in Texas 73 years, coming west from Tennessee when he was 12 years old. His wife died here in 1927.
       He was a member of the Church of Christ.
       He is survived by one son, T. R. Fife of Littlefield; and four daughters, Mrs. Mae Ward and Mrs. T. E. Tinkle, both of Amarillo, Mrs. Annie Prieste of Lodi, Cal., and Mrs. Albert Timmons, Valejo, Cal.
       Also surviving are 22 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
       The body is in state at the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. Funeral Arrangements have not been completed, pending communication with relatives.
• Lottie Ola Fife died on 7 October 1958 at age 64 in Dallas County, Texas.
• She was interred at Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 7 October 1958 in The Amarillo Globe-Times: Thomas E. Tinkle and his wife, Lottie, of 211-B East 14th, Amarillo, were killed this morning in a car-truck collision near Dallas.
       Tinkle, 69, and his wife were at Dallas attending the state fair and visiting a daughter. Tinkle was a shipping clerk for Blackburn Brothers and had worked there the past two years.
       Witnesses said the Tinkle car was traveling north and collided with a semi-trailer truck travelling east at an intersection.
       The victims were dead on arrival at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where they were taken by a Black Funeral Home ambulance from Irving. Ambulance Driver Ben Brown said the auto was demolished.
       The couple is survived by three daughters and a son.

• Last Edited: 21 Jul 2016