Ethel Lea Sears 
Ethel Lea was born on August 26th, 1896 in Rusk Co., TX.1 Ethel Lea's father was Owen Turner, Jr. Sears. Her paternal grandparents were Owen Turner, Sr. Sears and Elizabeth M. Rush. She had a brother named James Owen. She was the younger of the two children. She died at the age of 90 on May 20th, 1987 in Rusk Co., TX. She was buried in King Cemetery, Mt. Enterprise, Rusk Co., TX.1 1 General Notes
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Obituary 1987: Services held for Mrs. Ethel Sears Lee
Services for Mrs. Ethel Sears Lee, 90, of the Sulphur Springs community
were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the Missionary Baptist Church
in Sulphur Springs with the Revs. Darrell Owens and James Walters
officiating. Burial was in King Cemetery at Mt. Enterprise under the
direction of Crawford-a-Crim Funeral Home. Mrs. Lee died at 9:35
Wednesday morning May 20 in Southwood Convalescent Center after a lengthy
illness. She was born Aug. 26, 1896 in Rusk County of which she was a
lifelong resident. She was a homemaker and a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church in Sulpur Springs. Mrs. Lee was the widow of J. T.
(Tommy) Lee. She is survived by two daughters, Mahdeen Craycraft of Mt.
Enterprise and Fredia Shumate of Corpus Christi; two sons, Neal Lee of
Corpus Christi and Chester Lee of Mt. Enterprise; 11 grandchildren and 14
great grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandsons, Vince Lee, "Bubba" Lee,
Scott Lee, "Butch" Lee, Joe Shumate and Bob Shumate.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1735 in VA d.~ 1784 in Orange Co., NC
- b.~ 1763 in VA ? d.Bet 1827 and 1830 in Newton Co., GA
- b.~ 1736 in ? d. in NC
- b.~ 1791 in NC d.< 1860 in ?
- b. in ? d. in ?
- b.~ 1765 in ? d.< 1818 in ?
- b. in ? d. in ?
- b.23 Sep 1821 in GA d.10 May 1885 in Panola Co., TX
- b.~ 1810 in VA d. in AL
- b.~ 1869 in Coosa Co., AL d. in TX
- b. in ? d. in ?
- b.06 May 1827 in GA d.08 Aug 1903 in Panola Co., TX
- b.26 Aug 1896 in Rusk Co., TX d.20 May 1987 in Rusk Co., TX
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Ethel Lea and John Thomas were married in a religious ceremony on November 5th, 1916 in TX.1 They had two sons and two daughters, named Neal, Living, Mahdeen and Fredia.
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Children
Mahdeen Lee
Mahdeen was born on March 5th, 1922 in TX.1 She died at the age of 70 on July 6th, 1992 in Nacogdoches, TX.1
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