Notes:

The following note from Quinton Moore Sherrer:
LeRoy earned a math degree at FSU and an engineering degree at University of
Houston.

Obituary:

LeRoy Sherrer Obituary

LeRoy Raymond Sherrer, age 81, of Niceville, Fla., went to meet his Savior and Lord on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, from Destin Healthcare Center.

Born in Bay City, Texas, on April 6, 1928, he was preceded in death by his parents, Dora and John Sherrer. In Bay City he served as captain of his high school football and basketball teams. Later he played football for Sam Houston State College on a scholarship. He served four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. Then LeRoy earned a math degree from FSU and a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Houston. He was among the first NASA aeronautical engineers involved in space launches at Kennedy Space Center, where he spent his 20-year career.

He felt it a privilege to work on the Saturn Apollo program and to finally be in the control room when the first men were launched to the moon. He also served on the first shuttle team. He received several awards for his outstanding service to the space industry, the community and church while living in Titusville, Fla.

After retiring from NASA his family moved to Destin, Fla., home of his mother-in-law, Jewett Moore, where he built houses and worked on military projects for Lord and Son Construction Co. Later he attended Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas and after ordination moved to Colorado Springs to serve on a church staff. When he finally retired he returned to Northwest Florida.

He is survived by his wife, Quin Moore Sherrer (married in 1955); three children, Quinett Simmons, Keith A. Sherrer and Sherry Ruth Lee; six grandchildren, Lyden and Victoria Simmons, Kara, Evangeline and Ethan Sherrer, and Samuel Oersnaes; and two sisters, Norma Ramsey and Lottie Hinds of the Houston area.

He was a devoted Christian and family man and will be greatly missed.

Memorial services for Mr. Sherrer will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Immanuel Anglican Church, 250 Indian Bayou Trail, Destin.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Covenant Hospice or Immanuel Anglican Church.

Brackney Funeral Service of Crestview, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.


Published by Northwest Florida Daily News from Aug. 25 to Aug. 26, 2009.

Leroy married Quinton Inez Moore on 25 Dec 1955 in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. Quinton (daughter of James Edward Moore, Sr and Jewett Bell Lammon) was born on 25 Mar 1933 in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from James Edward Moore Jr. The following note from Quinton, herself, December 2001:

Quinton Inez Moore, (called Quin), eldest daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James E, Moore. Born March 25, 1933 in Slocomb, Ala. Graduated Leon High School, Tallahassee, Florida, 1951. Graduated from Florida State University 1955 with BS in Journalism. Married LeRoy R. Sherrer of Bay City, Texas, on Christmas Day, 1955 at the Walton Hotel, DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

LeRoy's having already earned a Math degree from FSU 1954, the couple moved to Houston where he studied engineering at the University of Houston. Quin did postgraduate study during this time.

After he earned his engineering degree, they moved to Titusville, Florida where LeRoy was an aeronautical engineer with NASA until he retired. Quin was a newspaper reporter and magazine feature article writer.

In the past 16 years she has written or co-authored 22 Christian books, primarily on prayer and strengthening the home. Several have been best sellers in the Christian market. Her latest book, "God Be With Us-A Daily Guide To Praying For Our Nation" was written for Time Warner Books right after the September 11, 2001 tragedy in our nation.

She has spoken on more than 250 radio and television stations and speaks at women's conferences both in the U.S. and other nations.

Following his retirement, LeRoy attended Bible school in Dallas where all three of their children graduated. From there they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for LeRoy to serve on a church staff. Their three children, Quinett, Keith and Sherry eventually relocated to Colorado Springs. Now, Quin and LeRoy can enjoy their six grandchildren. (Dec 2001)

Notes written by Quinton Inez Moore, furnished by R. Granger Bruner from the archives of Ruth Lammon:

From Quin's Memory bank: During the Second War when you had to cut your own bread, James, Jr., got the butcher knife used for cutting bread and tried to cut some small pieces of wood with it for his kite. "James, put that down or you'll cut your finger off," his older sister warned. Just then he sliced his little finger. He held it in his hand while mother took him to the doctor to sew it back on. It was crooked but because it was still hanging on by the skin, they were able to save it! Praise God.

Another time James and Arthur found some kind of medicine or poison of some type and offered to let Quin taste it if she wouldn't tell on them. When she tasted it, she feared all three would die so she "told Mama" who panicked and cried and poked bread and milk down all of us. I prayed and prayed I wouldn't die and the next day being Sunday I tried to join the church...

Another time in Conroe a mad dog got loose and James, Jr. had to climb a tree until he got out of our yard. Our little doggie had to be tied up and kept that way for days to be sure he didn't get rabies from the mad dog. It was very frightening.

Links:

https://prabook.com/web/quinton.sherrer/3747586

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from James Edward Moore, Jr., 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, Florida 32536 (1996).

"James graduated from Mize, Miss. high school. He attended Junior College of Mississippi (Presbyterian) and graduated from Palmer Junior College (Presbyterian) in DeFuniak Springs and attended Presbyterian College in South Carolina. James got a degree from the University of Texas and Theological
Degree from Austin Presbyterian Seminary.

ANECDOTES - From Daddy Jim's (James E. Moore, Sr's) youth
When he was a senior in high school he borrowed his uncle's Model T car and hit a cow. Demolished the car and landed up in the hospital. (James, Jr., when he was about the same age also had a bad wreck, sending him to the hospital with many injuries). James and Paul earned their college money one summer by peddling some new fangled can openers door to door. They sold like hotcakes, even though it was the Depression. They slept in churches and railroad stations and could usually talk the jail keepers into buying one. Travelled through about three states selling these. James and his brothers sold their family's garden vegetables door to door, using a horse drawn wagon as transportation. Granddaddy Arthur Moore always had a good garden. James worked at J.C. Penney's in South Carolina while in College; at Turner Dept. Store in DeFuniak; and at J.C. Penney's in Austin while attending seminary. He first met Jewett while trying a pair of shoes on her in DeFuniak - she didn't buy them, but he slipped them on her feet, and got a date anyway.
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James married Jewett Bell Lammon on 10 Oct 1931 in Ponce De Leon, Holmes County, Florida. Jewett (daughter of Daniel McColskey Lammon and Beatrice Leonia Bailey) was born on 3 Jun 1910 in Wicksburg, Houston County, Alabama; died on 5 Apr 1983 in Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida; was buried in Destin Memorial Cemetery, Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from James Edward Moore Jr.

Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk wrote the following. Copy obtained courtesy of Granger Bruner, son of Ruth Lammon. -- EBL

"Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk attended Belhaven, Miss, College after graduating from Leon High School (where she was in May Court her senior year). Enrolled at FSU in 1959 and attended two years. Married Peter Paul Hawryluk (a Princeton graduate) on Feb.20, 1960, in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida They moved to Philadelphia for 2-1/2 years and then to Miami. Florida, where Pete was employed as electrical engineer for General Electric. Ann continued her schooling at the University of Miami."

The following account is written by Ann Moore Hawryluk, the daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore:

"Here is a brief history of the Lammon lineage from its first American beginnings. John D. Lammon, (Jewett's first cousin), generously provided this information in January 1999. He has a wealth of knowledge concerning the family history, which was handed down from one generation to another. John D. is a great reference and can be contacted at P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama, 36545. His phone number is (334) 246-4493. His lovely wife is Melanie. He has two sons living in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area who are probably very informed of the family history, as well. Here is my recollection of what he told me and what I already knew of my mother's parents and siblings.

"Sometime during the last quarter of the 18th Century, my great-great-great Grandfather, Duncan Lammon was the first ancestor to reside in America. He was a young man approximately 26 to 28 years old when he committed some infraction in his native country of Scotland. Fearing the King's wrath and possible beheadment, he hid out one night and stowed away on a ship which ultimately brought him to America (specifically North Carolina). Before fleeing Scotland he confided his plan of escape to his parents who admonished him to always remember to name the first born sons in subsequent generations, Duncan, after the King. We don't have a great deal of information about this ancestor other than he married after his arrival in America and had many offspring one of which was his first son, Duncan, who was born in 1792. [Actually, Duncan had an older brother, Daniel, who was born in 1787. - EBL] This second Duncan is my great-great Grandfather. The original Duncan did later learn from his kinsfolk in his native Scotland that the infraction that he perceived to be great enough to merit risking his life to escape to America was later deemed very minor and only a minimum penalty would have applied. The descendents of the original Duncan are scattered throughout the country including factions in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, upper NY State, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Texas.

"My great-great grandfather, Duncan, as noted, was born in 1792 and was of the first generation with its beginnings here in America. He married a woman named Ann. He settled in Alabama through the most extraordinary circumstance. He was on a wagon train that had stopped for camp in the Ozark area in 1833. On that particular night the " stars fell on Alabama" and it was such a momentous and astonishing event that those who were gathered there were certain that it was surely the second coming of Christ. So bedazzled by the occurrence he decided to settle there considering, I presume, that it had been a sign from God. He and Ann are buried in Ozark, Alabama, at the Post Oak Methodist Cemetery (not to be confused with the Post Oak Baptist Cemetery).

"This second Duncan and his wife Ann had several children. John Duncan Lammon was their first born son though they had daughters preceding him. John Duncan is my great-grandfather and was born in 1839. He and his wife had nine children and, Daniel, my grandfather was their seventh. John Duncan subsequently joined the Confederate Army and was assigned to the 6th Alabama Infantry, in Company B. We do not know his rank. He is buried in the Hartford, Alabama, City Cemetery along with MANY of our Lammon ancestors. There is a very tall monument that marks his grave in that cemetery which my cousin, John D. Lammon, has in recent years had restored (the base had deteriorated).

"My grandfather is Daniel Lammon. He married my grandmother, Beatrice Bailey, and they had four children, Ruth, Inez, D.C., and my mother Jewett, who was the youngest. Ruth was born in 1901; Inez was born in 1905; D.C.'s birth year is uncertain but he is older than Jewett who was born June 3, 1910. Daniel and Beatrice raised their children in the Slocomb, Alabama and Graceville, Florida, areas. Daniel was an accomplished carpenter. He worked at a lumber mill in northwest Florida during part of his life. He also built houses. Daniel Lammon is buried in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He died in the mid-1940's." Ann Moore Hawryluk.
Ibid. Info from son, James Edward Moore Jr., 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, Fl 32536 (1996).

Ruth Lammon wrote the following note. Obtained courtesy of her son, Granger Bruner. -- EBL]

"Jewett is thought to have been named for a Doctor. She and James met while both were living in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and were married in Ponce de Leon, Florida, by Rev. A.M. Moore at the Presbyterian Church on Oct. 10, 1931, before a Saturday night revival congregation as witnesses. No family other than Rev. Moore was present. Spent honeymoon night at Martin Hotel, Dothan, Alabama; Ate their first meal as newlyweds with family members at Aunt Yancie Griffin's in Dothan. Then went by to see Jewett's mother, Mrs. Beatrice Lammon in Slocomb, Alabama, where she was Southeastern Telephone Company Supervisor. Went on to the Cove Hotel in Panama City, Sunday night, Oct. 11, for rest of honeymoon stay.

Children of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore, Sr.

Quinton Inez, March 25, 1933
James Edward, Jr., Oct. 5, 1934
Arthur Bailey, Jan. 11, 1937
Ann Lois, March 20, 1939

Quinton was named for a family friend, Quinton Strickland Smith who was a nurse from Dothan, Alabama, and for Aunt Inez Lammon, her mother's sister. James was named for his daddy and great granddaddy and was called James Edward as his friends called his daddy James or Jim. Arthur was named for his granddaddy Moore (Rev. Arthur Monroe Moore) and for the Bailey family (Jewett's granddaddy was Ben Bailey and her mother's maiden name was Beatrice Bailey Lammon). Ann Lois was named for her daddy's only sister, Anne Lois Moore Buchhorn who resided after her marriage in Texas City, Texas.

Jewett was outstanding in speech recitations while in Graceville, Florida, high school. She was a cheerleader and seldom missed a sports event. Once the football coach admonished her brother, D.C. Lammon, about not playing well and said if he didn't improve his game he was going to send Jewett into the game in his place. D.C. played so hard he broke his ankle but he wouldn't come out of the game until it was over. Jewett graduated from Graceville High School in 1929. She then worked for the Southeastern Telephone Co, in Hartford and Samson, Alabama, and in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She became supervisor over 7 exchanges but had to resign when she married (company policy).

When James and Jewett married they lived in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, where James entered an unsuccessful race for tax assessor. He went then to Austin, Tex., to enter the University of Texas and Jewett went home to her mother's in Slocomb, Alabama, to await the arrival of their first child. Quinton was born March 25, 1933 and her daddy didn't get to see her until she was about three months old, when his school semester ended and he returned to Florida and Alabama. Beatrice Lammon, Jewett's mother, died two weeks later on June 22, 1933.

In August of 1933, Jewett, James and the five month old baby Quinton went by train to Austin, Texas. The train had to be ferried across the Mississippi River at New Orleans. They were in Austin from August 1933 to the Spring of 1935. James, Jr. was born in Austin on Oct 5, 1934. James, Sr. got a degree from the University of Texas and Theological Degree from Austin Presbyterian Seminary.

The family then moved to Irving, Texas, where he took his first pastorate at $110 a month. They moved next to Falfurris, Texas over the Christmas holidays of 1936. A few weeks later, on Jan 11, 1937, Arthur Bailey was born at home, weighing 12 pounds Ann Lois was born in a hospital in Alice, Texas by Cesarean section, March 20, 1939, while the family was living in Falfurris. The family now moved to Conroe, Texas, in 1939 and stayed until 1943. The Presbyterian congregation met at the high school for worship and at the Moore home for various Sunday school classes until the new church was constructed. Ann was the first baby baptized as a Presbyterian in Montgomery County, Texas.

The next move took the Moore family to Big Spring in West Texas in March of 1943. They remained until Christmas 1945. James was pastor of First Presbyterian. Jewett and the children spent part of 1946 in DeFuniak Springs, with Jewett's sister Ruth; and part of 1947 in Miami Springs with her other sister Inez. [because James wanted to divorce Jewett - per Quin Moore Sherrer. - EBL]. Jewett and the children went back to DeFuniak for 4 years, where Jewett managed the DeFuniak Hotel for sister Ruth. They moved to Tallahassee next, where Jewett bought the Monroe Inn in 1951. While at the Monroe Inn, Jewett was up at 5 a.m. every day - to get breakfast going and lunch underway. She fed many college students, construction men, and state employees at noon and dinner hour. She usually had 25 to 40 boarders. Meals were served family style for 50 cents. Later prices went up to 75 cents per meal and room and board varied from $12.50 a week to $17.50, depending on private bath. Many of the college boys who lived with her, or just ate with her daily, adopted her as their "second mother."

While in Tallahassee she launched all 4 children at Florida State University and, in time, the three oldest graduated from there, with Ann having completed 2 years. She got her degree from the University of North Florida after her children were born. In 1954 the Lammon sisters had jointly purchased Silver Sands Cottages, Destin, Florida, and in 1959 Jewett moved to Destin to manage the Cottages which she had purchased two years previously from the other sisters (Inez and Ruth).

James continued to live in Texas and lived in Austin and Dallas while employed by the University of Texas Extension Division*

When Jewett was 10 years old, in the 4th grade, she was looking out of the second story of the new school one afternoon just before it was time for school to end. Actually she'd walked to the window to spit out of it - which was against the rules. But she looked down and saw old man McKeever coming out of the basement. He was acting a bit wild so she called Radius Wadford over to look at Mr. McKeever. Moments later fire broke out from the basement. Inez and Ruth were on first floor and saw smoke before those on 2nd floor knew of it. Kids ran out of the building.

Because it was discovered so soon it did little damage. But someone had put shavings in the basement and set them on fire. All evidence pointed to Mr. McKeever. Jewett and Radius had to go with a schoolteacher to testify at McKeever's trial in Marianna. Jewett's mother had packed her a sack lunch and told her to eat it. The others went to a cafe to eat lunch but Jewett had to eat her lunch alone - she didn't have the money and she had to do what her mother had told her. As it turned out she was paid $3.25 for testifying. Mr. McKeever was acquitted - thought to be a bit touched. But Jewett had gotten to ride all the way from Graceville to Marianna in a very fine automobile and had a day off from school to boot. But was she scared. Not half as scared as the schoolteacher who had to testify, too, she says.
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Notes:

Divorced:
James Edward Moore wanted a divorce from Jewett Bell Lammon to marry again. Jewett raised their four children.

Notes:

1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., p. 12, house 106.
1900 Geneva Co., Wright Creek Census, E.D. 72, sheet 26, dwelling 449.
Info via phone from John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 (1996) and from Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, Fl 32579.
1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census, Wicksburg, Prict. #1, E.D. 131, sheet 7, p. 0615. MSLC #1290911 Geneva Co., Alabama Marriage Index A-Z, 1898-1979, Vol. L to Z White Males.

Daniel McColskey Lammon was educated at Macon Business College (Georgia) for two years where he studied mathematics and surveying. He returned to Alabama and married Beatrice and went into the sawmill business with his father and brothers in Whittaker, Alabama. They then moved the sawmill to Bonifay, Florida where their first child, Ruth, was born. Daniel was an excellent carpenter and constructed three homes for his family. He could entirely design and build houses. He was a bookkeeper and general manager of the Brewton Bargain House (Alabama) for a while. He later bought that business and moved it. He traveled in later years but maintained a more-or-less permanent residence in Graceville, Florida his last 20 years. He died of cancer in Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami on Jan. 22, 1945. He was buried in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, where his daughter, Ruth Lammon Bruner, lived. He was affectionately known as "Papa" to his children and five grandchildren.

--Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff

All of the following are from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, courtesy of her son Granger:

.... was in partnership in the sawmill and monument business. Then at age 3 weeks, moved by horse and buggy to Brewton, Ala. Furniture was shipped by railroad. Her father went to work as a "lumber tallier". Her mother taught kindergarten school until 1907 when they moved to a farm. Grandma Bailey gave Beatrice as her inheritance in Wicksburg, Ala* some seven miles from Slocomb. Ruth was first educated at home by her mother."

"In the winter of 1907 my mother, father and sister Inez and myself moved from Castleberry Ala. to Wicksburg, Ala., a small crossroad village. We came by train to Slocomb, Ala. and were met by my Grandmother's (Bailey) team of horses and carried out to her Plantation about eight miles north of that saw mill town and spent several weeks with her while my grandmother and father got things in shape for us to move into a long house with stickin-dirt chimney. The house had three rooms and a small porch. Within two years we had one of the finest houses in the community--a two-story home our father built.

Daniel married Beatrice Leonia Bailey on 4 Apr 1900 in Geneva County, Alabama, and was divorced about 1925. Beatrice (daughter of Benjamin Walter Bailey and Jospehene Saphrony Casey) was born on 1 Feb 1880 in Dale County, Alabama; died on 23 Jun 1933 in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama; was buried on 24 Jun 1933 in Newton, Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following is taken from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, via her son Granger:

"Beatrice, oldest of 7 children born to Josephene and Benjamin Bailey, was born in Dale Co., Ozark, Ala. She was educated in Ozark, Ala., where she lived with her favorite aunt, Mrs. Sara Casey Carrol. She was known as "the belle of Ozark" when she graduated in 1898. She taught school near Dothan, Ala. one year. She married Daniel McColskey Lammon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lammon
of Whittaker, Ala. on April 4, 1900 in Geneva County, Ala. Her wedding dress was green velvet with matching plaid taffeta featuring mutton leg sleeves. She was an excellent seamstress and sewed for many relatives. She played the piano but her main talent was elocution.

Children born of their marriage:
Ruth Beatrice Aug. 2, 1901
Inez Roberta Aug. 5, 1905
Daniel Casey April 16, 1908
Jewett Bell June 3, 1910

Beatrice died in Slocomb, Ala. on June 22, 1933 and was buried in Newton, Ala. beside her grandmother Malisia Cauley Bailey. Her marriage to Daniel had ended in divorce about 1925. She had suffered a heart condition the last 20 years of her life. She worked for the Southeastern Telephone Company, keeping the switchboard in her own home. She was known as "Central" to her customers.

Parents of Beatrice Leonia Bailey:

Josephene Saphrony Casey
Born Aug. 20, 1863
Died Sept. 18, 1949

Benjamin Walter Bailey
Born: Jan 20, 1857
Died Dec.1938

Josephene Casey was the baby of 12 children born to Nancy Norris Cox Casey and Lemuel Casey She was born on the West Fork of Choctawhatchee River in Alabama. She was a very popular young lady and known as one of the prettiest in the county, She was more or less self-educated as schools were open only three months of the year. She read a lot and was the last to sit down at spelling bees and candy pulls. She was only 15 when she married the dashing young playboy Ben Bailey and because she was recovering from typhoid fever she had to use crutches to be married. She and Ben were married at midnight as it took Ben two trips to the county seat to get a license - the first trip he was told to go get family permission for 15-year-old Josephene to marry. So he had to make another trip back to the County Seat with relatives to sign for Josey's marriage. By then it was midnight so with family members present the two were married. They had seven children in 14 years, one of whom died of diphtheria. Their oldest was Beatrice Leonia, mother of Ruth, Inez, Jewett and D.C. Lammon. By the time Josey was 36 her first grandchild, Ruth was born.

Ben Bailey's parents were Malisia Caulay and John L. Bailey who moved from Newton, Georgia, to Newton, Alabama. Ben attended Newton Academy where he studied surveying. Ben had a general store in Wicksburg, Alabama, but went bankrupt in 1895 because his bookkeeper, Mr. Whittaker misappropriated funds. So all the farmlands belonging to Josey and Ben had to be sold. Soon thereafter Casey's three brothers from Ozark, Alabama, Dan, Bill and Charlie Casey came to A1abama and re-bought the bankrupt farmlands for her and made her a free-dealer. Ben was a traveler, an adventurer. He would make a good crop, sell it and take the money and go as far away as it would take him. He once bought 1/3 interest in a railroad company. His system of living seemed based on "drink, talk, and go."

He once went to Mexico and, upon flashing big money around, was robbed of it and even the clothes he had just washed and hung on the line. As a result he stayed in a Mexico jail, waiting for his letter to reach Josephene back in Alabama - and her return letter with money to get him out - to reach Mexico. In the 1905's transportation was slow so it took communications a long time. Josephene sent him money when she finally heard from him but it has been said he walked out one day without paying his jail bond and made his way to the United States and back to Alabama. When he came back he brought a bottle of boll weevils from Texas with him. Josephene seemed to be the backbone that kept the family together. She would oversee the farmlands and handle all the business angles, as she was a very shrewd businesswoman. Ben idolized her and always called her his "Miss Josey. " All of her grandchildren and great grandchildren lovingly called her "Grandma Bailey." Their children were Beatrice, Hershel, Sabie, Rollin, Rudet, and Yancie.

She was blind the last years of her life.

Notes:

Divorced:
I found this note on www.findagrave.com:

"A divorced woman, Beatrice worked as a telephone operator."