Notes:

B-1850 Census, Dale Co. Alabama says b-1811.
B-1860 Census, Dale Co., Alabama says b-1815.
B-1870 Census, Dale Co., Alabama says b-1810.
B-1880 Census, Dale Co., Alabama says b -1805.
B-1900 Census, Dale Co., Alabama says b-Dec 1807.
Barnes Cross Roads, E.D. 69, sheet 13, p. 298. Last name-Info from Frank Bishop Lammons, deceased.

Isabella was still living in 1900 in Dale County, Barnes Cross Roads, at age 92, with her son and daughter-in-law,
John and Tabitha Lammons, along with John's twin brother, Daniel.

Family/Spouse: Daniel Lammons. Daniel (son of Duncan Lamon(t) and Unknown Lamon(t)) was born on 27 Feb 1787 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850, 1860 Census of Dale Co. Alabama.
B&D-Info from Frank Bishop Lammons in 1967.

"Duncan, born in 1844, who died in an army hospital in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863 [is] buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery near the hospital."--Frank Bishop Lammons "

James D. Lammons, private, [of Co. E 15th Alabama Inf. Regiment], enlisted Aug 3/62 at Westville, Alabama. Born Ala. Occupation-farmer. Residence Barnes Cross Road. Age 20. Single. Died of Disease, Richmond, Va., 19 Mar 1862-- Historical Roll--near Richmond Va.--3 Jan 65."--SLC #1487288: Alabama Military Records 1861-1865.

[Notice the incompatibility of the dates.]

Notes:

General Notes: B-1850, 1860 census of Dale Co. Alabama. B-1900 Athens, Henderson Co., Texas Census, ED 55, sheet 4, line 70. 1910 At hens, Henderson Co., Texas Census, ED 12, sheet 6A, page 92 /9151. M-SLC #1481017: Henderson
Co. Texas Marriages, Vol. 3, p. 265. D-SLC #1398560: Cemeteries of Henderson Co., Texas, Athens City Cemetery, old cemetery section, p. 17. D-SLC #150 2715:
Probate Minutes of Henderson Co., Texas, Vol M, pp. 354,355. SLC #1502713:
Probate Minutes of Henderson Co., Texas, Vol. J, pp. 390-392, 396. SLC #1502714:
Probate Minutes of Henderson Co., Texas, Vol. K, pp. 129, 130, 167, 184-188. SLC
#1487288: Alabama Military Records--File M.D. Lammons


"Murdock served the last year of the Civil War in Georgia and Carolina (1865) in Company F, 27th Ala. Infantry. He volunteered Jan. 23, 1864 while at Clopton, AL. and was paroled from Greensborough, North Carolina. Served with Gen. Johnson and was in the Battle of Atlanta and Peach Tree Church battle. In 1878 he moved to Athens, Texas. In 1885 he married Texana Richardson in Athens. He became a merchant while in Texas. He and Texana had four children. He died of a heart attack in 1918 in Texas. " --Col. Frank Bishop Lammons

Murdock married Richardson Texana on 9 Dec 1885 in Athens, Henderson, TX. Richardson was born on 23 Oct 1856; died on 10 May 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850, 1860, 1880 Census of Dale Co. Alabama, Barnes Cross Roads. 1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Roads, E.D. 69 Sheet 13, p. 298 1920 Coffee Co., Enterprise Census B&D-"Index to Tomb Inscriptions," Coffee Co. Alabama, p 270, from Huston-Love Memorial Library, Dothan, Alabama, 36302.

Daniel Lammon was a very quiet and lovable redheaded man. Though he had a very slender string bean-type build, he was a very strong man. He was like a helper to our grandfather [John Lammon]. As twins, they went everywhere together. They would go together to the woods to get materials for woodworking. Daniel never married; he lived with grandfather all his life.
--John Allen Byrd

Notes:

General Notes:
B-1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census.
B-1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Newton P.O. Born 1848
B-1870 Dale co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road, p 263. Born 1851
B-1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road. Born 1849
B-1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road, E.D. 69, sheet 13, p. 298, born Dec. 1848. 1920 coffee Co., Enterprise Census says born 1848.
B&D-"Index to Tomb Inscriptions," P. 270, sent from Huston-Love Memorial Library, Dothan, Alabama, 36302.

"John Lammon was a very tall person, about a foot taller than his twin brother, Daniel. John was a farmer. He was also a very crafty person in the sense that he could make anything with his hands. He made baskets, big cotton baskets for farmers. He trimmed out handles for hammers, axes, picks, hoes, etc., and did a lot of woodwork. Even before he started on a woodworking project he could visualize the end product. He was a very kind and loveable man, and dearly loved his grandchildren." -- John Allen Byrd

Family/Spouse: Betty Tabitha Myers. Betty was born in 1856 in Ozark, Alabama; died on 25 Jul 1921; was buried in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:
B- 1900 Athens, Henderson, Texas Census, ED 55, Sheet 4, line 70, Fam./dwell 75.
SLC #1502713: Henderson Co., Texas Probate Minutes, Book J, pp. 390-392, and 396.
SLC #1502714: Henderson Co., Texas Probate Minutes, Book K, pp. 129,130, 167, and 184-188.
D- Social Security Death Index DP
-Info from Mary Jane Lammons Gould, niece, Athens, Texas, 903-675-3300 (1996).
"The story starts away back in history, as far back as the thirteenth century, when LAUMUN, a Highlander, granted to the monks of PAISLEY, certain lands in KILMUN and KILFINAN in Scotland; The story of the Clan is recorded in "The Lamont Clan, 1235-1935, by Hector MacKechnie, published by Neill and Company, Edinburgh, 1938.
"Our story starts with a boy, DANIEL LAMMONS, born somewhere in North Carolina in the year 1787. Who his parents were, where they lived, and from whence they came we do not know; our guess is that they migrated from Scotland, or Northern Ireland, about 1750, at a time when so many Scotch-Irish came to America. We believe that the family landed at Wilmington, North Carolina, and settled in that area. Two brothers, DANIEL and DUNCAN, married there, raised families, and in 1833 moved to Alabama, stopping for two years in Cherokee County, in the northeastern part of the state; then moving to the southeastern part of Alabama, to settle on farms about five miles northeast of Ozark, the county seat of Dale County. Some of the descendants of both brothers live in that area today. I have visited these descendants in Ozark, in Midland City, and in Coffee Springs, all places within a few miles of the original settlement."

"While living in North Carolina DANIEL, the elder, married Miss ISABELLE MACINNESS (born in 1808). They had four children: DUNCAN, born in 1844, who died in an army hospital in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863 (buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery near the hospital)."

"The second child, MURDOCK DAVIDSON LAMMONS, (my father) born in 1846 who grew to manhood on the family farm, served for sixteen months in General Johnston's army; after the surrender he went back home, to live there as a farmer, and storekeeper until 1873, when greener pastures beckoned him to go westward and settle in Texas. There he met and married my mother, Miss TEXANA RICHARDSON, member of the prominent WILLIAM RICHARDSON family of Henderson County."

"The last children born to DANIEL and ISABELLE were twin boys, DANIEL and JOHN, born November 23, 1848. DANIEL married and raised a family of three children; he died in 1930. His brother John, who never married, died in 1938. [The author, Frank Bishop Lammons has transposed the names. Daniel is the brother that never married. He died in 1927. John married and had a family. He died in 1931. --EBL] my father, MURDOCK, knew very little about the family history except that his grandparents came from Scotland and that his parents came from North Carolina to settle in Ozark some years before his birth. During our childhood we corresponded with our cousins in Alabama; we wished that some day we might visit them. In 1944, during World War II, my sister Texana, living in Houston, met a soldier named Lammons, who lived in Western Florida. He gave her information that resulted in a correspondence with kinfolks. One of the kin was Mr. OMAR BARNES of Ozark, Alabama, the superintendent of Schools there. He had the family bible of his grandfather DUNCAN, who spelled his name LAMMON. Mr. Barnes had a complete history of his family since the birth of DUNCAN in 1792, who was the brother of my grandfather DANIEL LAMMONS."

"Beginning in 1950 I have made several trips to Alabama and Scotland to visit my kin, and to make contacts with the LAMONT CLAN, who live in the Highlands, near Glasgow. The LAMONT ancestral home, TOWARD CASTLE, near Dunoon, was destroyed in 1646, by the CAMPBELL Clan during clan wars. On these trips I became acquainted with many members of the LAMONT Clan and learned our family history."

"The information that I have obtained from the kin in Alabama and Florida, and from the CLAN LAMONT Society and the records in family bibles is contained herein; I record it for the information of our children of today and for
future generations who may be interested in genealogy, and in the story of MURDOCK LAMMONS, his forebears, and his descendants."

--Frank Bishop Lammons
San Antonio, Texas

 
March 1, 1967
"Frank Bishop Lammons and Monteze Williams were married on Aug 22, 1922, Dallas, Texas. No children were born of this marriage. Their last home address was Ranger Creek Road, Boerne, Texas, 32 miles north of San Antonio, Texas. He was educated at Baylor University in Texas and enlisted in the U.S. Army on Feb 25, 1905. Retired as a Col. on Sept 30, 1946. He was a world traveler and later in life he taught at Trinity University at San Antonio. He was a history buff and made his classes at the university lively with his clever yarns of his many travels all over the world. He died of heart attack and was buried in Texas." --author unknown
 

(Following is a letter written to the Clan Lamont Society by Frank Lammons, who was a Clan Lamont chief in 1950)
333 Eleanor Avenue,
San. Antonio, Texas, 78209
December 1965
"Dear Friends, In accordance with an age-old custom, another year has slipped by, and it's now time for me to take pen in hand to write you a Christmas letter, to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and to tell you what I have been doing during the past twelve months."

"My activities have been confined to the San Antonio area, as well as elsewhere. Last Christmas, after mailing you a Christmas letter, I took a train trip from that Texas town on the Rio Grande, known so well by thousands of TV listeners (so often the hottest town in the United States)--Presidio, Texas--to the Gulf of Lower California to a port named Popolobampo, hard by Los Mochis. It is a thrilling train ride over a recently constructed track laid across and through the Sierra Madre Mountains, built by Swiss engineers, with seventy-odd tunnels that were necessary in order to cross the rough mountain chain. The trip was made in comfortable Pullman cars, with a modern diner. I was entertained in modern hotels in Los Mochis and Chihuahua City at most reasonable prices."
"Early in June I boarded the good old Queen Mary bound for Europe. For the next sixty days I traveled over five thousand miles by sight-seeing buses from London to Greece, via Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Holland, and finally a swing into Scotland to visit the Highlands and my kin there; then I flew to New York and went on to Chautauqua, New York, to join my sister at that most interesting institution for the remainder of the summer."
"Now I am traveling southwards to spend Christmas holidays in Old Mexico (for the fourth consecutive year). My first stop will be in the quaint colonial town of San Miguel de Allende (200 miles north of Mexico City), a place where life moves slowly, where no one hurries or drops off with heart trouble. After a short stay, I'll move on to the best-illuminated city for a holiday week I have yet seen. Our Mexican neighbors spend the Holy Week celebrating the birth of the Savior, not in the revelries incident to the arrival of Santa Claus. They do a magnificent job of it If you want to take part in a colorful, lively Christmas week then travel down to Mexico, mix with the people in their celebration, and spend a few days in the great world city of Mexico"
"I am enjoying another year of teaching history of the United States to interested citizens (and foreigners) who want to know about the story of this country. Teaching helps me to keep fit mentally (at least, I think it does), and it keeps me busy for a good part of the year."
"This is the report I have to make to you about my activities for 1965. I manage to keep well and happy, although I have to admit that I am aging, but slowly. I wish you all a very merry holiday season, with high hopes that you will keep fit and happy during 1966; and that we will all be around next season to send love and best wishes and et cetera and so forth and cheerios to each other once again Adios, and good luck, always,
FRANK B. LAMMONS"

Franklin married Monteze Z Williams on 22 Aug 1922 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Monteze was born on 23 May 1893 in Alabama; died on 15 Aug 1949 in Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: B&D- SLC #1398560 Cemeteries of Henderson Co., Texas, old cemetery section, p. 17.

Notes:

Harry Lammons, of Wills Point, native of Athens and resident of this town for many years, died of a heart attack Tuesday morning at 12:30 o'clock in a local hospital.

Mr. Lammons was born in Athens on August 4, 1891, and operated a drugstore here for about twenty-five years. He resided in Athens until 1940, when he moved to Mt. Pleasant to work for the Hinson Pharmacy as a druggist. He went to Wills Point from Mt. Pleasant and resided in that town until his death.

Mr. Lammons was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Lammons of Athens. He was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges. He was married to Miss Mattie Spencer of Athens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Spencer, on February 2, 1912 in Athens.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Lammons; one son, Pete Lammons of Grapeland; one daughter, Mrs. Jake Gould of Blessing; one brother, Col. Frank B. Lammons of Camp Pickett, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Black and Miss Tex Lammons of Houston, and five grandsons.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jarred I. Cartlidge, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Corsicana, and the Rev. S.H. Maples, pastor of the local church officiating. Burial was in the City cemetery. Hassell and Foster Funeral Home of Palestine was in charge.

The funeral was held on what would have been Mr. and Mrs. Lammons' thirty-second wedding anniversary.

Pallbearers were: Johnson Cone of Palestine, Edwin McCain, Jack Anderson and Lloyd Hurley of Wills Point,and Winfield Stirman, Will Paul Jones, Joe Lamb, Page Spradling, Bennett Smith and Owen Killingsworth of Athens.

Published in the Athens Review February 3, 1944

General Notes:
B-1900 Athens, Henderson co., Texas Census, ED 55, sheet 4, line 70.
B-SLC #1398560: Cemeteries of Henderson Co., Texas, p. 39.
M-SLC #1481020: Henderson Co., Texas Marriages, Vol. 8, p. 260 1910 Athens, Henderson Co., Texas, ED 12, sheet 6A, page 92/9151.
Probates: ibid.

Harry married Mattie Belle Spencer on 2 Feb 1912 in Athens, Henderson, Texas. Mattie was born on 8 Oct 1893; died on 27 Oct 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

B-1900 Athens, Henderson Co. Texas Census, ED 55, sheet 4, line 70. Probates: ibid.
DP-Info from Mary Jane Gould. M-source unknown.

"In 1916 she married Edward Carroll and he died Nov. 1926. The only child born of this marriage died in infancy. Mary Elizabeth Lammons Carroll married George Black in 1938 and two years later divorced him and she remained living in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston, teaching music almost until her death. "

--Author unknown.

Mary married Edward Auriett Carroll in 1916 in Athens, Henderson, Texas. Edward was born on 27 Feb 1890 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas; died in Nov 1926 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Athens, Henderson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George Black in 1938 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: B-1900 Athens, Henderson, Texas Census, ED 55, Sheet 4, line 70. Probates: ibid. 1910 Athens, Henderson, Texas Census, ED 12, SD 3, p 92/9151.

"Her mother died when she was young and she was raised by relatives, some of whom were Richardsons. She worked in a bank in Athens and Houston. "

--Author unknown.

Notes:

General Notes:
B-1880 Alabama Soundex, Vol 7, E.D. 66, sheet 4, line 33.

Notes:

Robert Elmer Byrd, nephew of John Monroe, said that John Monroe Lammons:

"Was well educated and read books all the time.
Was superintendent of public education in Geneva County (Alabama) at the age of 27.
Was a hotel manager in Wichita, Kansas.
Lived in Elba, Alabama at one time.
Left Alabama around 1920 or before.
Went to Kansas City, Missouri.
That Monroe's first wife died before he left Alabama."

[On this last point, Robert Elmer wasn't aware of Cleola Brackin, Monroe's wife before he married Annie Mell Simmons. So Monroe's first two wives had died before he left Alabama. Cleola died 3 months after their
marriage. She was only 16 years of age when she died.
-- Elmer Burns Lammon]

Birth:
Birthplace information from Kathryn Anne Watts.

John married Cleola Brackin on 3 Sep 1902 in Geneva County, Alabama. Cleola was born on 24 Apr 1887; died on 29 Jan 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Annie Mell Simmons on 3 May 1905 in Geneva County, Alabama. Annie was born in 1887 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama; died on 28 Sep 1915 in Elba, Coffee County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Aurelia Isadore Perry on 4 Dec 1918 in Germantown, Shelby, Tennessee. Aurelia (daughter of Jesse Toliver Perry and Willie Bettie Walker) was born on 20 Jul 1902 in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi; died on 13 Feb 1981 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

B&D - Daughter, Gladys Byrd Martin, Rt #1 Box 227, Coffee Springs, AL 36318 (1996).

BP Info from Robert Elmer Byrd, son, 1517 Grove St., Valdosta, GA 31601.

Elizabeth married James Ira Robert Byrd in 1905 in Dale County, Alabama. James (son of Nathan Curtis Byrd and Ellie Fair Harper) was born on 19 Dec 1879 in Coffee County, Alabama; died on 19 Dec 1962 in Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from niece, Gladys Martin, Rt#1 Box 227, Coffee Springs, Alabama 36318. Info from son, Judge Hickman Bartlett, Rt #1, Midland City, Alabama 36350.

Notie married Judge Porter Bartlett on 15 Dec 1907 in Dale County, Alabama. Judge (son of John Bartlett and Dela Potts) was born on 22 Jun 1887; died on 15 Dec 1907 in Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
B-SLC #1481001: Henderson Co. Probate Birth Records, Vol P C 1, p. 390.

Peter married Frances Marie Thompson in 1937 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Frances (daughter of John Sheppard Thompson and Frances Fern Walker) was born on 15 Feb 1916 in Waurika, Jefferson County, Alabama; died on 22 Jan 2002 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas; was buried in Jacksonville City Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Jane sent me a lovely little book (just a loan for a week), covered in tartan plaid, "The Clans and Tartans of Scotland" by Robert Bain, Foreword by His Grace THE DUKE OF MONTROSE. Published by Collins, London & Glasgow, Aug 1938. This book has a history of Highland Scotland plus a picture of every Clan tartan and each clan history.

?-- Celeste Lammon Barrus

"Mary Jane Gould is fondly called the "Pope of St. Matthias" by parishioners. From the day she joined St. Matthias in the early 1950s, Mary Jane was "front and center," not only in the pew in which she and her husband Jake chose to sit every Sunday but in her total immersion in St. Matthias' activities. She actively served in the Altar Guild, in the New Church Building Committee, and in the Woman's Guild. She organized those who spent hours creating the needlepoint altar-rail kneeling pads and actually did one herself. She was the instigator and the backbone of the Smorgasbord, the annual luncheon just before Lent which offers the community a "taste" of the cuisine produced by the great cooks of St. Matthias. Above all else, she exemplifies the meaning of Christian love and spirit and inspires all who know her. This book is a small recognition for all she has been to us and the community to which she has contributed so much."

From an article about Mary Jane, sent to me by her son Robert. -- Elmer Burns Lammon

Birth:
SLC #1481001: Henderson Co. Probate Birth Records, Vol. 4, p. 112.

Mary married Jake Gould on 30 Dec 1935 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas. Jake (son of Chester Blaine Gould and Fannie Belle Montgomery) was born on 1 Jun 1912 in Hamilton County, Texas; died on 8 Apr 1999 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas; was buried in Ahtens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from Robert Elmer Byrd, 1517 Grove St., Valdosta, Georgia 31601.

Family/Spouse: Frances Marrity. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from Robert Elmer Byrd, 1517 Grove St., Valdosta, Georgia 31601.

SSN: 547-12-6857

Family/Spouse: Teresa A Unknown. Teresa was born on 8 Dec 1913; died on 23 Jul 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"George Mell Lammons died from burns at age 3."
-- Info from Kathryn Anne Watts.

Notes:

Buried:
From www.findagrave.com:

Plot: Good Shepherd, Lot 184, Space B1

Betty married Hillary Gobin Watts, Jr on 6 Jun 1942 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Hillary was born on 29 Dec 1918 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; died on 13 May 1978 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
In 1944, Perry Lammons died in an airplane accident.

Notes:

Note from James, himself:
James Monroe Lammons
Military Service - (World War II, 1942 - 1946), USMC Regular, South Pacific & China, decorated.
Education - BS University of Kansas, MS University of Wichita, PhD Michigan State University.
Retired Explorationist (World-wide), Standard Oil of New Jersey and Texaco, Inc.
Past times - Geological exploration, Gulf of Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia & Turkey.

Note from niece, Kathryn Watts:
Yes, Uncle Jim is an paleontologist. I believe he received his PhD from the University of Michigan. As a child, I remember him studying in grandma's dark basement. He had all kinds of rocks and things. It was spooky for a little girl. (But fun too!)

Died:
JAMES MONROE LAMMONS (1924-2008) Dr. James Monroe Lammons (Jim), 84, resident of Houston, Texas, died unexpectedly on October 25th, 2008.

He is survived by Herminia, his wife of 55 years; children Linda Smock and husband Ron of Albuquerque, New Mexico, James G. Lammons and wife Debra of The Woodlands, Texas, and John T. Lammons and wife Maura of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Sean and Adam Smock, Noah and Leah McCann, Nathaniel Lammons, Elle and Mia Lammons. He is also survived by his sister Mary Jane Jacobs, and many dear nephews and nieces. Jim was preceded in death by his parents John Monroe Lammons and Aurelia Isadora Perry; brothers Perry, John and Charles; sisters Betty and Margaret; son James Alexander. Jim was born October 6, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri.

He and his brother Perry joined the Marine Corps immediately after high school graduation at the ages of 17 and 18 respectively. They remained together through boot camp, radio school, and training at Cherry Point, NC. They were separated in 1943 when Jim joined VMSB 331 in the Marshall Islands. He returned stateside in 1944, shortly before Perry's death.

Jim finished his enlistment in 1946 after serving with VMSB 244 in northern China. Dr. Lammons earned his BS from Kansas University, his MS in Geology from Wichita State University, and his PHD in Micropaleontology from Michigan State University. His travels took him to Venezuela where he lost his heart to Herminia Sanchez. While keeping a home base in Wichita, KS, Jim and Herminia lived abroad in South America and the Caribbean for most of his career in the oil industry. Jim specialized in oil and gas exploration primarily in the Amazon Basin. In more recent years, he worked as an independent oil and gas consultant concentrating primarily on the US Gulf Coast.

Jim died suddenly, while visiting his daughter in New Mexico, a few days before he and Herminia were due to return home. His last remaining days were spent enjoying the beautiful mountains of New Mexico, admiring the brilliant fall foliage, visiting with family and friends, and watching the World Series. Dr. Lammons' family and friends feel very blessed to have had such an exceptional man in their lives. He always placed family first. Above all, he taught by example, to delight in the world around us and to love and respect each other regardless of background or beliefs. He was a devoted husband, father, brother, and friend. Rosary and Mass will be offered at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, 7810 Cypresswood Dr., Spring, TX, 77379, on November the 9th from 7:30-8:30pm (Rosary) and November the 10th at 1:00pm (Mass). Internment will be at the Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston, TX 77038, immediately following the Mass.

Published in Houston Chronicle on Nov. 5, 2008 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=119766629#sthash.uOMbPg76.dpuf

James married Hermania Del Carmen Sanchez on 8 Aug 1953 in Tucupido, Estado Guarico, Venezuela. Hermania (daughter of Julio Cesar Sanchez and Josephina Cerizola) was born on 27 Nov 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From DeGusipe Funeral Home Website (http://www.degusipefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Lammonsjacobs/#!/Obituary)

Obituary for Mary Jane Lammons Jacobs
Mary Jane Lammons Jacobs
November 29, 1926 ~ March 26, 2011
84 Glorious Years! A Hawaiian girl at heart.

Born Mary Jane Lammons on November 29, 1926, to John and Aurelia Lammons in Kansas City, Missouri.

Her Dad was in the hotel restaurant business and her Mom was a homemaker and "Gold Star Mother." Brothers Jim and Perry served in World War II and, tragically, they would lose Perry in an aircraft accident in the Hawaiian Islands.

Mom married William Paul Jacobs in 1945 and later that year gave birth to Patty Lee, their first of eight children. To follow were Karen Lynn, Deborah Ann (whom they lost shortly afterwards), Sally Ann, Paula Sue, William Perry, Kathryn Jean and John Paul.

Mom's husband (our Dad) was a career Air Force officer (Colonel) and jet pilot. This meant untold moves during this time, all the while Mom packing, unpacking and making each house a home. Mom kept us all well fed with her home cooking, nourished our souls with love and affection and preached to each tolerance, gratefulness and the Golden Rule "¦"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Mom always had an artistic and creative bent to her but it wasn't until we were stationed in Hawaii in 1966-1972 that Mom picked up a paintbrush and put oil to canvas. She was part owner in the Kahala Mall Co-op Art Gallery and became quite well known and successful, not only for her oil works but for other mediums as well such as black sand portraits.

This artistic side to her took a turn when we moved to Longwood in 1972. Mom would channel her creativity in decorating her home with the many knick knacks she would collect and display throughout. It was nice to grow up in the house decorated like she did. It reflected the many sides of her. As one of her best friend's Madeleine said of her, "She was an artist who depicted the beauty of life through her art."

Mom began to work with old time friend Alice Miller, with whom she knew from Hawaii during the last years of being Air Force career wives. Alice and Bob moved here in early 1972 and us shortly afterwards. Alice opened Alice Miller Interiors and invited Mom to be a part of what would become a highly sought after, award winning group of very talented interior designers. During this time Mom once again put paintbrush to canvas but now signed her creations "BiGass' - an inside joke and play on the painter Edgar DeGas'.

Mom was very talented in her work, but what shone through with whom she worked and met was her kindness, understanding and love. Mom was non-judgmental and accepted and loved you for who you were. All who met Mom loved and adored her so. Mom loved working there, however it was her co-workers, who were her friends, that she loved and was the true reason she worked there every day"¦"¦Alice, Kathy, Jerry, Hank, Steve, Brian, Jimmy, Butch, Gill, Alberto, Christina, Lynn, Angela, Raif, Laura, Beverly, Lee, Ann, John, Pauline and Lynn. She truly loved them all. Mom worked there until 2004 when she retired to take care of our Dad until his passing later that year. They were married 59 years!

After her retirement Mom stayed busy with her home, crosswords she loved (NOT SODOKU!), walking, picking flowers, visiting her dear friends Irmgard and Madeleine and especially talking with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mom's grandchildren are Heather, Jason, Alisha, Jessica, Jacob, Chris, Jason, Malia and Nick. Great Grandchildren included Katie, Mikee and Jedadiah. Tragically, we would lose Patty and Billy's son Jason in 1988 at age 13 and then sadly their daughter Jessica 20 years later in 2008. It was during these times Mom's strength of support and love helped guide not only Patty and Billy through these terrible times, but all of us as well. She was more than our Mom, Tutu, Toots and Great Tutu"¦.she was a friend and confidant. And she loved dearly her sons-in-law: Billy, Bruce, Fred, Mike and Brent. As Billy said, "She was the coolest woman." She was the Mother-in-law you WANTED to move in and not leave!

Mom's zest for life and her "Go for it!" attitude helped her battle the health issues she would encounter. Never one to complain, she would say "things could always be worse". Forever looking on the bright side of life she was and is a source of inspiration for all who knew and loved her. We all are the better because of her.

To know Mom you also had to know that (besides you and us) she LOVED mice, shells, wood, reading, candles, the Geico gecko ("he's so cute!"), flowers (particularly red hibiscus which she would pick every day and put next to Jason and Jessica's pictures), anything made from ��" or the color of ��" turquoise, anything miniature, handmade things, her pets (dogs, cats, and a white rat named Charlene), pictures of all children, anything Hawaiian, and of course, Hawaii. Nature was her favorite medium.

For 38 years she lived at her home in Longwood surrounded by many neighbors she called friends. Blessed that she had friends in Sandy and Mike and their grandson Jeffrey, Joan, John and Dottie, Robin and Mike, Irmgard, Uwe and Mark and especially his daughter Marika were close to her heart. And then there was Madeleine, her soul sister, and Ron. Madeleine would often say that our Mom changed her life for the better. She is who she is now thanks to her. Mom would finally accept this gracious compliment after many years. Madeleine said of her we all learned many life lessons from this special woman. No truer words were ever spoken. We thank God that he chose her for our Mother. We thank all her friends for their support. We thank you Mom for always believing in all of us, for the unconditional love and support you showed each of us and how you taught us to be thankful for what we have and to look on the brighter side of life, to have enthusiasm and to remember to laugh.

If we neglected to mention your name, just please know that if you knew our Mom, you were already her friend"¦..

Mary married William Paul Jacobs on 13 Jan 1945 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. William (son of William Wesley Jacobs and Mabel Salome Smith) was born on 14 Feb 1922 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Info from Gladys Martin, sister.

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Info from Gladys Martin

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D - died at age 2. Info from Gladys Martin, Rt#1 Box 227, Coffee Springs, Alabama (1996)
BP - Info from Robert Elmer Byrd, brother.

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Elmer attended welding trade school in Gadsden, Alabama, finishing in April 1937. He got a job with Dorsey Trailers in Elba, Alabama making, 25 cents an hour. His paycheck was $10 a week and his board cost him $6 a week. As soon as he saved up enough money, he went to Florida and got a job making 45 cents an hour plus board. He welded on barges, storage tanks, and ships. During World War II, he was a welder in the Charleston Navy Yard, repairing damaged Navy ships. Later, he worked in paper mills for 25 years, welding high pressure tubing in boilers. Elmer retired with 44 years experience as a welder. When I interviewed him, Elmer displayed an excellent memory, recalling details of experiences from his youth - at age 91!

-- Elmer Burns Lammon.

From McClane Funeral Services website (http://www.mclanefuneralservices.com/obituary/Elmer-Robert-Byrd/Valdosta-GA/944005)

Elmer Robert Byrd, 100, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness.

He was born March 5, 1911 in New Brockton, AL, a son of the late James Robert and Elizabeth Lammons Byrd. For twenty-five years he was employed as a Welder at Owens Illinois, retiring in 1976. He loved fishing and traveling. Mr. Byrd was a member of the First Baptist Church, Valdosta, a former member of Lee Street Baptist Church, and a member of St. John the Baptist Masonic Lodge #184.

He is survived by three sons, Robert Morris Byrd and wife Marie of Opelika, AL, James Arthur Byrd and wife Vickie of Lake Park, and Jerry Nichols Byrd of Valdosta; three grandsons, Duke Byrd and wife Tara of Birmingham, AL, David Byrd and wife Collette of Auburn, AL, and Jamie Byrd and wife Renee of Lake Park; two granddaughters, Joanna Phelps and husband Dan of Lake Park, and Emily Byrd of Lake Park; three great-grandchildren, Hannah Phelps, Bray Phelps, and Aden Byrd; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Emma Lee Nichols Byrd, four sisters and one brother.

Funeral Services for Mr. Byrd will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2011, in the Chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with Dr. Phil West, Rev. Mac Weaver, and Rev. Eldridge Lyons officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. this evening (Friday) at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers please consider contributions to Hospice of South Georgia, 2263 Pineview Drive Valdosta, GA 31602. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home. - See more at: http://www.mclanefuneralservices.com/obituary/Elmer-Robert-Byrd/Valdosta-GA/944005#sthash.FPKWZkxU.dpuf

1920 Coffee Co., Alabama Census,Clintonville, Subdistrict : New Brockton B-Info from sister, Gladys Martin, Rt#1 Box 227, Coffee Springs, Alabama. Info from self.

Note from the author (Elmer Burns Lammon), based upon a telephone interview April, 2002.

Robert married Emma Lee Nichols on 5 Oct 1940 in Donaldsonville, Seminole County, Georgia. Emma was born on 30 Jul 1921 in Seminole County, Gerogia; died on 5 Jun 2005 in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia; was buried in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William F Frill. William was born on 12 Sep 1911; died on 3 Jun 2003 in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary from the Orlando Sentinel on Nov. 13, 2006:

CRABTREE, MRS. MILDRED BYRD, age 89, of Orlando passed away Friday November 10, 2006. Visitation services will be held Monday November 13 from 4-7PM at First Baptist Church of Pine Castle 1001 Hoffner Avenue. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday November 10 at 11AM at First Baptist Church of Pine Castle with Pastor Wm. Burkhalter officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Crabtree was bom January 1, 1917 in New Brockton, Alabama and moved to Orlando in 1968 from Homestead, FL. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Pine Castle. She taught Sunday School for 25 years, was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels for 18 years, and was a member of Campers on Missions Organization for 15 years. Mildred is survived by her husband of almost 70 years, Horace "Jack" Crabtree; daughters, Jacquelyn Evans and husband Jerry of Mobile, AL; Judi Flannery of Silver City, NM; Debra Fain and husband Richard of Middleburg, FL; Barbara Aubrey and husband Rusty of Homestead, FL; brothers, Elmer and John Byrd both of Valdosta, GA; sister, Mary Hinson of Geneva, AL; nine Grandchildren 13.5 Great Grandchildren. Services entrusted to DOVE FUNERAL
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on Nov. 13, 2006 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?n=mildred-byrd-crabtree&pid=19917350#sthash.vTUvXkMZ.dpuf

Family/Spouse: Horace Jackson Crabtree. Horace was born on 7 Dec 1918; died on 14 Feb 2015; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Valdosta Daily Times
Issue: June 7, 2007
Obituaries for Thursday, June 7, 2007

VALDOSTA

John Allen Byrd

John Allen Byrd, 87, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at home. He was born on July 20, 1919, in New Brockton, Ala., to the late James B. and Elizabeth Lamons (sic Lammons) Byrd.

Mr. Byrd was retired from Owens-Illinois, was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and a member of St. John the Baptist Masonic Lodge No. 184. During the WWII, he was employed by the U.S. Navy at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for a period of 30 months where his services contributed to the mission of the Pacific Naval Base in support of the U.S. Fleet.

Survivors include his wife, Edna M. Byrd; a daughter, Rebecca Barnes; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Reese Adams Fletcher and Walter Fletcher; great-grandchildren, John Riccio Green, Marianne Green and Catherine Green; one brother, Elmer Byrd, all of Valdosta; one sister, Mary Hinson of Alabama. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Byrd; and sisters, Gladys Martin, Bertha Frill and Mildred Crabtree.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2007, at Redland Baptist Church with the Rev. Jay Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites at the graveside. The family will receive friends on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. ? Carson McLane Funeral Home.

John married Edna Reese Murdock on 5 Jun 1945 in Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama. Edna (daughter of Edward Henry Murdock and Eva Edna Hinson) was born on 8 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary's Obituary:

Mrs. Mary Alice Byrd Hinson passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, at Twin Magnolias Assisted Living in Abbeville, following a brief illness. She was 86.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dale Morgan officiating. Burial will follow at Eden Baptist Church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Geneva, Thursday, Nov. 1, from 6 until 8 p.m.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Eden Baptist Church cemetery fund or Covenant Hospice, 2855 Ross Clark Circle, Suite 110, Dothan, AL.
Mrs. Hinson was born March 3, 1921, in Coffee County to the late Robert (Bob) and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Byrd. She was a faithful member and pianist at Eden Baptist Church for many years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who always had a kind word for everyone she met. She was a giver; no one ever left her home empty handed or hungry.
Mrs. Hinson retired from Phillips Van Heusen in Geneva where she worked for 25 years. After retirement, she enjoyed keeping house, gardening, annual trips with her husband and son, and visiting her children, grandchildren and friends.
The family wishes to thank Darden Kirby and the wonderful staff and residents at Twin Magnolias Assisted Living in Abbeville who made her last two years especially happy and the compassionate staff of Covenant Hospice who comforted and cared for her during her final illness.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hinson was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Hermon E. Hinson; four sisters, Thelma Byrd, Bertha Frill, Gladys Martin and Mildred Crabtree, as well as three brothers, John A. Byrd and two who died in infancy.
Those left to cherish her memory include her son and daughter-in-law, Ellis and Shirley Hinson, Eufaula; her daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Eugene Carter, Dothan; two granddaughters, Angie (Chris) Bizot, and Tracie (John Charles) Jackle, Marietta, Ga.; three grandsons, Jason (Shanna) Carter, Auburn, Gregory (Julie) Hinson, Tuscaloosa, Jeremy (Courtney) Carter, Dothan; ten great-grandchildren, Savanah and Evan Jackle, Ellie and Sam Bizot, John Thomas and Jake Carter, Andrew, Adam and Abbie Hinson and Lauren Hutton Carter; one brother, Elmer Byrd, Valdosta, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva, (334) 684-9999, is in charge of arrangements. To sign a guest register, visit www.sorrellsfuneralhomes.com..
Published in Dothan Eagle on October 31, 2007

Mary married Herman Edwin Hinson on 17 Dec 1938. Herman was born on 13 Aug 1918; died on 16 Jul 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From www.findagrave.com

Gladys was the daughter of James Robert Byrd & Elizabeth Annie Lammons. Married Barney Lee Martin on Oct. 19, 1940

Obituary:
Mrs. Gladys B. Martin, of 4395 Co. Rd. 21, Coffee Springs, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2004, at her home following an extended illness. She was 81. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, at Eden Baptist Church on Co. Rd. 65, Coffee Springs, with Rev. Dale Morgan and Rev. Robert Beasley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva directing. Mrs. Martin will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. The family will receive friends Monday, January 26, from 6 until 8 pm at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Eden Baptist Church or Wiregrass Hospice, 557 Glover Avenue, Enterprise, AL 36330. Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva.

Gladys married Barney Lee Martin on 19 Oct 1940 in Samson, Geneva County, Alabama. Barney was born on 31 May 1917; died on 30 Jan 2007. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gussie married Herley Clayton Benefield on 5 Jan 1930. Herley was born on 26 Jan 1906; died on 10 May 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judge married Marjorie Riley on 30 Nov 1951 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama. Marjorie was born on 9 Oct 1916 in Echo, Dale County, AL; died on 21 Mar 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notie married Royce Pascal Leonard in 1943. Royce was born on 19 Aug 1922; died on 7 Dec 2011 in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, Georgia; was buried in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]