James Ernest KING
Birth:
17 Mar 1892
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
Death:
5 Jan 1968
Edenburg, Hidalgo, Texas
Marriage:
21 Jun 1922
Raymondville, Willacy, Texas
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Eva Matthews King
Eva Leona MATTHEWS
Birth:
31 Aug 1899
Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas
Death:
2 Aug 1983
Wesleco, Hidalgo, Texas
Burial:
Mercedes, Hidalgo, Texas
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Harry Van Horn
Notes:
Eva always lived in Texas, so I never had the opportunity of meeting her. She lived in Edinburg and Mercedes, Texas. James Ernest King was previously married. His daughter, Elsie Eunice King, married Albert Kyle Williams, Sr. 20 Sep 1927, Hebbronville, Texas. They lived at Brownfield, Texas. Before 1960, Eva had a heart attack. When she was older, she had her own apartment in a Senior Citizens Home at Mercedes, Texas.
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Leonard was with the Seabees and in California in 1946 on his way home. He visited our family at that time. He and Lorraine married at the Methodist Church. He was a mechanic at REA, later called Magic Valley Elec. Co-Op. Lorraine's mother was Mary Helen Bickell. She was married to Mr. Albee. He died when Lorraine was just six weeks old. Her mother remarried nine years later, Ralph Ernest Woody, who died in 1962. She was not adopted. She suffered with rheumatoid arthritis for many years. In 1969 and 1970, she had bone surgery on both feet. In 1974 she had brain surgery to remove a very enlarged benign tumor. Leonard broke his leg in 1968 and was off work for three months. In 1974 their son Don was at a naval base in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Frances Alice Collins was previously married to Mr. Humphry.
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James Ernest King - Eva Leona Matthews
James Ernest King
was born at Emporia, Lyon, Kansas 17 Mar 1892.
He married Eva Leona Matthews 21 Jun 1922 at Raymondville, Willacy, Texas . Eva Leona Matthews was born at Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas 31 Aug 1899 daughter of Joseph Robert Matthews and Carrie Bell Heineken .
They were the parents of 2
children:
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James Ernest King died 5 Jan 1968 at Edenburg, Hidalgo, Texas .
Eva Leona Matthews died 2 Aug 1983 at Wesleco, Hidalgo, Texas .