Velma's father died before she was born and her grand-parents reared her as their own child. It is not known what happened to Velma's mother and why she did not raise her.

1920 - US Census - Kiowa Township, Roger Mills, Oklahoma

Household .......Role ..................Sex .....Age Birthplace

Moses Wright ...Head ................Male ....60 ..Tennessee

Ellen Wright .....Wife ..................Female 56 ..Tennessee

Thomas Wright Son ...................Male ....22 ..Texas

Etta Wright .......Daughter ..........Female 17 ..Texas

Ollie Wright ......Son ...................Male ....14 ..Oklahoma

Kate B Wright ...Daughter ..........Female 11 ..Oklahoma

Alta Terry ..........Daughter ..........Female 19 ..Texas

Velma Terry ......Granddaughter Female 3 ....Oklahoma

Lela Terry ..........Granddaughter Female 2 ....Oklahoma

1930 - US Census -

Velma married first Emery Ackley. Velma and her aunt, Katie Wright, married the brothers, Emery and Walker Ackley.

3 May 1940 - US Census - Barnitz Township, Custer, Oklahoma

Household ...........Role .........Sex .....Age Birthplace

Emery Ackley .......Head .......Male ....25 ..Oklahoma

Velma Lee Ackley Wife .........Female 24 ..Oklahoma

Floretta Jo Ackley Daughter Female 3 ....Oklahoma

3 April 1950 - US Census - Barnitz Township, Custer, Oklahoma

Household .........Role .........Sex .....Age Birthplace

Emery C Ackley ..Head .......Male ....35 ..Oklahoma

Velma L Ackley ...Wife .........Female 34 ..Oklahoma

Floretta J Ackley Daughter Female 13 ..Oklahoma

Mary K Ackley .....Daughter Female 7 ....Oklahoma

J. T. Ackley ..........Son ..........Male ....2 ....Oklahoma

The Hammon Advocate, Thursday, August 30, 1951 pg 2 col. 4

Messrs. and Mmes. Reed Ackley, Buford, W. T. Walker, Cloyd Cribbs, and Mrs. Emery Ackley attended the funeral of Orville(sic) Walker Saturday at Butler. Mr. Walker was a brother of Mrs. Flora Ackley.

After the death of Emery she married second Robert Linville son of John Linville and Mattie Boulware.

In June 1962 Velma was living in/near Hammon, Oklahoma.

The Elk City Daily News, Monday, August 2, 1982 pg 2

Mrs. Ackley

Dies Saturday

HAMMON - Funeral services for Mrs. Velma Lee Ackley, 66, of Hammon, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the first Baptist Church in Hammon with Rev. Bart Montgomery of Highland Baptist Church, Albuquerque, N. M., officiating, and assisted by Rev. J. C. Neal of the First Baptist Church of Hammon.

Mrs. Ackley died Saturday, July 31, at Hillcrest Hospital in Oklahoma City.

She was born near Kiowa Oct., 29, 1915 and attended Kiowa country school and grew up in that area. She was married to Emeroy(sic) C. Ackley July 12, 1936 in Strong City. The couple made their home in Hammon and raised four children there. She was a cook for the Hammon schools for many years and was employed there at the time of her death. She was a member of the Hammon First Baptist Church and attended to the church nursery for several years. She was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 261 of Butler.

Burial will be at Red Hill Cemetery south of Hammon under the direction of Stanley Lee Funeral Home Clinton.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Doyel(sic) (Loretta(sic) Jo) Seright of Oklahoma City; Mrs. Leon (Mary Katherine) Gilliland of Cheyenne; Mrs. Sidney (Seb) (Alta Ann) Bergeron of Gray, La.; one son, James Theodore (J.T.) Ackley of Sayre; one sister(sic, should be aunt), Mrs. Katie Lee Ackley Keirsey(sic) of Live Oak, Calif.; six grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step-great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions can be made to the diabetic fund of the Oklahoma Research Foundation. Friends may call at the funeral home until 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The Cheyenne Star, Thursday, August 5, 1982, pg 10

Velma Lee Ackley

Services Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Velma Lee Ackley, 66, of Hammon, OK were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1982. Services were at the First Baptist Church of Hammon officiated by Rev. Bart Montgomery of the Highland Baptist Church of Albuquerque, N.M. and assisted by Rev. J.C. Neil of the First Baptist Church of Hammon.

Mrs. Ackley died very unexpectedly Saturday, July 31, 1982 at Hillcrest Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK.

Velma was born near Kiowa, OK Oct. 29, 1915 and attended Kiowa Country School and grew to womanhood in that area. She was married to the late Emery C. Ackley on July 12, 1936 in Strong City, OK. The couple made their home in Hammon, OK area and raised their four children there. Mrs. Ackley cooked for the Hammon Public Schools for many years and was employed there at the time of her death.

Mrs. Ackley was a very faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Hammon and attended to the Church nursery for several years. She was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge #261 of Butler.

Burial was in the Red Hill Cemetery south of Hammon, OK under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home of Clinton, OK.

Survivors include three daughters: Mrs. Doyle (Floretta Jo) Seright, OKC, OK; Mrs. Leon (Mary Katherine) Gilliland, Cheyenne, OK; Mrs. Sidney (Seb) (Alta Ann) Bergeron, Gray, LA; one son James Theodore (J.T.) Ackley, Sayre, OK; one sister:(sic) Mrs. Kattie B. Ackley (Keirsey), Live Oak, CA.

She is also survived by six grandchildren: Katherine Ann Dearman, OKC, OK; David Andrew Seright, OKC, OK; Leanonna Kaye Gilliland, Cheyenne, OK; Jodi Michelle Ackley, Sayre, OK; Kristy Lynn Ackley, Sayre, OK; Dustin Paul Bergeron, Gray, LA; two step grandchildren: Charles Ross Gilliland, Tulsa, OK; Suzie Gilliland Conley, OKC, OK; two step great grandchildren: Angie Gilliland, KS; Brandy Conley, OKC, OK.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Diebetic(sic) Fund of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

Note: The obituaries for Robert Linville and Velma Wright make no note of any second marriage to each other. However, both their spouses did die at about the same time making a marriage between them possible in or after 1957 and there is a 1962 marriage record in Roger Mills County. Page 208 in the Glen Crane's book on the Roger Mills County cemeteries shows Velma Wright was buried as an Ackley but also shows her second husband to be Robert Linville.