Viva McGary
b. 29 March 1894, d. 3 March 2005
- Father: Austin McGary b. 6 February 1846, d. 15 June 1928
- Mother: Lucy Bettie Kittrell b. circa 1856, d. circa 1897
- Viva McGary was born on 29 March 1894 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- Austin McGary and Lillian Otey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 1301 West Tenth and one domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Viva McGary, Marion M. McGary, Emmett Austin McGary, Bessie McGary, Edith McGary and Nellie McGary.
- Austin McGary and Lillian Otey appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2917 Bagby and two lodgers.. Other members of the household included Viva McGary, Marion M. McGary, Nellie McGary, George Nolley Otey Jr. and Lawrence Brockett Otey.
- She married William Perry McComb circa 1915.
- William Perry McComb and Viva McGary appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- William Perry McComb and Viva McGary appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Viva McGary died on 3 March 2005 at age 110 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- She was interred at Old Oakwood Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 7 March 2005 in the (Conroe, Texas) Courier: Viva McGary McComb, age 110, died on March 3, 2005 in Houston. She was born in Houston, Texas on March 29, 1894, the youngest of seven children of Austin McGary and Lucie Kittrell McGary. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers and sisters; her husband, William Perry McComb; her older son, William Perry McComb, Jr; her younger son, Austin Berkley McComb; her daughter, Lucie Kittrell McComb Dunwoody; her oldest grandson, Traylor Dunwoody; and her youngest granddaughter, Amelia McComb. Services are set for 4:30 p.m., Saturday, March 5, 2005 at Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held 3:30 P.M. until service time. Cremation will follow and private services will be held, later, in the old Oakwood Cemetery in Conroe. Mrs. McComb was a member of two of the pioneer families of Texas. Her paternal grandfather, Isaac McGary, came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin. Her father, Austin McGary was named after Stephen F. Austin. Isaac McGary fought in the battle of San Jacinto and he was the first County clerk of Montgomery County, when it included four other Counties. Her maternal grandfather, Dr. Pleasant Williams Kittrell practiced medicine in N. Carolina, Alabama and Texas and served in the Legislatures of each State. While a member of the Texas Legislature, he enacted a bill to establish the University of Texas. Her father, Austin McGary, became a Minister of the Church of Christ and established one of the early publications of the Church, the Firm Foundation. This paper has been continuously published since 1884. Mrs. McComb was a founding member of the Longmire Rd. Church of Christ, and for several years taught the Ladies' Bible Class there and at surrounding Churches of Christ. In 1957 she was elected State Director of the Pan American Round Tables, a part of a hemisphere-wide organization to create friendship among the American Nations. For several years she was appointed to serve on the local committee of the Texas Historical Foundation. She was a patron of the Junior League of Houston.
- Last Edited: 23 Nov 2008