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Mary Leeora <I>Humphrey</I> Gooch

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Mary Leeora Humphrey Gooch

Birth
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Death
9 Feb 1976 (aged 76)
Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
IOOF / Block 49 / Lot 4 / Space 5
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MARY LEEORA HUMPHREY, BORN IN 1900 WAS THE 8TH CHILD OF JOHN HUMPHREY, SR. AND HIS WIFE, NANCY MATLOCK HUMPHREY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN INTO THIS FAMILY WAS ELEVEN, DATING FROM 1886 TO 1910. ONE OF THESE WAS MY FATHER JOHN HUMPHREY, JR.(1908).

MARY LEEORA WAS BORN, RAISED AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ABILENE, TEXAS. SHE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE ABILENE STATE SCHOOL. UNTIL SHE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND, OLIVER HARVEY GOOCH IN 1919. MARY AND OLIVER HAD TWO CHILDREN, LAFAYE GOOOCH BORN IN 1920 AND BETTY JANE GOOCH BORN IN 1925. BETTY DIED IN 1928 OF DIPHTHERIA. MARY LEEORA WAS A HOMEMAKER FOR ALL HER LIFE. IN 1952 SHE BECAME THE DEVOTED CARETAKER OF HER SISTER RUBY AFTER RUBY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 1952.

FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, OLIVER, IN 1974 SHE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER, LA FAYE GOOCH/ DURHAM AND SON-IN-LAW, WYLIE DURHAM, IN TEMPLE, TEXAS. SHE PASSED AWAY THERE IN 1976. SHE WAS RETURNED TO ABILENE FOR BURIAL IN THE GOOCH PLOT, IOOF SECTION OF ABILENE CITY CEMETERY NEXT TO HER HUSBAND. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE SHE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND SHE WAS A VERY HAPPY PERSON.

SHE WAS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, LA FAYE DURHAM, SON-IN-LAW, WYLIE DURHAM, THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND ABOUT 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS AND ALL OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. MARY WAS A DEVOTED PARENT, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND IN THE END SHE WAS A SATISFIED PERSON WITH HER LIFE.

BIO BY RON HUMPHREY
MARY LEEORA HUMPHREY, BORN IN 1900 WAS THE 8TH CHILD OF JOHN HUMPHREY, SR. AND HIS WIFE, NANCY MATLOCK HUMPHREY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN INTO THIS FAMILY WAS ELEVEN, DATING FROM 1886 TO 1910. ONE OF THESE WAS MY FATHER JOHN HUMPHREY, JR.(1908).

MARY LEEORA WAS BORN, RAISED AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ABILENE, TEXAS. SHE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE ABILENE STATE SCHOOL. UNTIL SHE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND, OLIVER HARVEY GOOCH IN 1919. MARY AND OLIVER HAD TWO CHILDREN, LAFAYE GOOOCH BORN IN 1920 AND BETTY JANE GOOCH BORN IN 1925. BETTY DIED IN 1928 OF DIPHTHERIA. MARY LEEORA WAS A HOMEMAKER FOR ALL HER LIFE. IN 1952 SHE BECAME THE DEVOTED CARETAKER OF HER SISTER RUBY AFTER RUBY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 1952.

FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, OLIVER, IN 1974 SHE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER, LA FAYE GOOCH/ DURHAM AND SON-IN-LAW, WYLIE DURHAM, IN TEMPLE, TEXAS. SHE PASSED AWAY THERE IN 1976. SHE WAS RETURNED TO ABILENE FOR BURIAL IN THE GOOCH PLOT, IOOF SECTION OF ABILENE CITY CEMETERY NEXT TO HER HUSBAND. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE SHE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND SHE WAS A VERY HAPPY PERSON.

SHE WAS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, LA FAYE DURHAM, SON-IN-LAW, WYLIE DURHAM, THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND ABOUT 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS AND ALL OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. MARY WAS A DEVOTED PARENT, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND IN THE END SHE WAS A SATISFIED PERSON WITH HER LIFE.

BIO BY RON HUMPHREY

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1900 CENSUS SAYS MARY WAS BORN IN 1899. HEADSTONE SAYS 1900

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