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Lura Smithson

Female 1894 - 1997  (102 years)

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  1. 1.  Lura SmithsonLura Smithson was born on 20 Dec 1894 in Nocoma, Montague County, Texas; died on 24 Aug 1997 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico; was buried on 27 Aug 1997 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Lura Graves Labrier, 102, died August 24, 1997, in Clayton

    Funeral services were to be held at 10.00 a.m. Wednesday this morning) August 27, at the First Baptist Church in Clayton, with Reverend Billy Rammage, pastor, officiating. Burial was to follow in Clayton Memorial Cemetery.

    Pallbearers were Lonnie Roberts, Ethan Labrier, Lewis Williams, Paul Williams, Lewie Gibbs, and Paul Riley.

    Honorary pallbearers were James Schrock, Pete Davis, and Buddy Lovin.

    Lura was born in Nocoma, Montague County, Texas, on December 20, 1894,to Joseph Chadwell Smithson and Lillie Lura (Stout)Smithson. She was the oldest of seven children.

    The family moved to Clayton,New Mexico, in 1918. Lura had a job at the First National Bank when she arrived, and later worked at Isaacs Hardware Store, the M. G. Tixier Clothing Store and as the Clayton City Clerk for two years.

    Lura had been a resident of Salida del Sol Nursing Home sinceDecember, 1990. She was a homemaker, business woman, ranch woman, and could ride a horse with the best of cowgirls, She loved her yard and garden, and excelled in raising beautiful roses and other flowers. Lura furnished flowers for her church as well as sharing with friends. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, having been
    saved at an early age. Lura also belonged to numerous civic organizations.

    Lura was preceded in death by one son, Harold Porter McCuistion; one stepson, Robert Dee Graves, whom she raised; and by her parents, four sisters and one brother. Lura is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth "Betty" Pepper of Clayton; two step daughters, Leona Armijo of Montezuma, New Mexico, and Imogene Francis of Glendale, Arizona; one step daughter-in-law, Jo Graves of Grants, New Mexico; one brother, Malcolm Smithson of Clayton; two granddaughters. Peggy Bolivar of Plantation, Florida, and Audrey Lea Best of Norman, Oklahoma; and many step-grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

    Published in the "Union County Leader" Clayton, New Mexico, August 27, 1997.

    Family/Spouse: William T. Porter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harold Porter McCuistion  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1917 in Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas; died on 20 Oct 1979 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.

    Lura married Oscar Ward McCuistion on 15 Jun 1924. Oscar (son of Benjamin Franklin McCuistion and Rebecca McClintock) was born on 9 Oct 1848 in Ray County, Missouri; died on 5 Feb 1938 in Union County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harold Porter McCuistion  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1917 in Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas; died on 20 Oct 1979 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.
    2. 3. Elizabeth W. McCuistion  Descendancy chart to this point

    Lura married James Lindon Graves on 4 Apr 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Lura married Derville D. Labrier on 26 Apr 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold Porter McCuistionHarold Porter McCuistion Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lura1) was born on 9 Oct 1917 in Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas; died on 20 Oct 1979 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.

    Notes:

    Harold was raised by Oscar McCuistion, and took his last name.

    Harold married Evelyn Miller on 4 Aug 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harold married Leah H. Emory on 24 Sep 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Harold married Mildred E. Dorizz on 30 Mar 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Phillis Wingert McEwen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth W. McCuistionElizabeth W. McCuistion Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lura1)

    Elizabeth married L. G. Howard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Audrey Lee Howard  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Marva Gene Howard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Sep 1949; died on 16 Sep 1949; was buried in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.

    Elizabeth married Joseph Wallace Pepper [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Audrey Lee HowardAudrey Lee Howard Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.Lura1)

    Family/Spouse: Best. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Marva Gene HowardMarva Gene Howard Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.Lura1) was born on 13 Sep 1949; died on 16 Sep 1949; was buried in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.