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Note: On 1910 census, Jefferson, Marion Co., Texas. Richard D. and wife Mattie were living with his parents.
Letter from Judy Courts Armstrong, 11416 Kenner Rd., Beaumont, Texas 77705; phone 409-796-1132 (Nov. 3, 1998) to Hophopdian@@aol.com, Diane Grother (wife of John), 1718 Rustic Park, Dr., Kingwood, Texas 77339 (March 17, 2000) Dee Parker died in 1922 after a fight in the oil fields in Vivan, La. He was shot by another oilfield worker. In 1924, Lilly May also died. Dee's widow, Mattie, and Lilly's widower Edgar married. Mattie was the only grandmother I ever knew. She had raised my father because he was only 6 years old when his mother, Lilly, died.
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