Mostly Angels in the Sky

Minerva Elsie Handly¹

Family

TMG ID:69201, (2 May 1904 - 11 Jan 1967)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edward Hord Handly¹ B: 12 Mar 1856, D: 24 Oct 1925

Mother*

Jimmie Ann Parker¹ B: 23 Sep 1861, D: 7 Jun 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Minerva Elsie Handly was born on Monday, 2 May 1904, at Missouri^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 11 Jan 1967 at age 62 years, 8 months and 9 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Minerva Elsie Handly was the daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Elsie"²

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Death	Monday, 7 Jun 1943, Minerva Elsie Handly was the informant on the death certtificate for Jimmie Ann Parker.^1,2

Activity

Details

Death

Monday, 7 Jun 1943, Minerva Elsie Handly was the informant on the death certtificate for Jimmie Ann Parker.^1,2

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Jimmye Handly¹

Family

TMG ID:69202, (20 Jan 1906 - 16 Feb 1996)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edward Hord Handly¹ B: 12 Mar 1856, D: 24 Oct 1925

Mother*

Jimmie Ann Parker¹ B: 23 Sep 1861, D: 7 Jun 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Jimmye Handly was born on Saturday, 20 Jan 1906, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Friday, 16 Feb 1996 at Maitland, Orange County, Florida^G, at age 90 years and 27 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Jimmye Handly was the daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 19 Jul 1941, her married name became Mrs. Parker (née Handly).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 19 Jul 1941, Jimmye, age 35 years, 5 months and 29 days, and Harry Field Parker, age 57 years, 6 months and 15 days were married at Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 19 Jul 1941, Jimmye, age 35 years, 5 months and 29 days, and Harry Field Parker, age 57 years, 6 months and 15 days were married at Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Harry Field Parker¹

TMG ID:69203, (4 Jan 1884 - 24 Jun 1972)

Vital Statistics

Born: Harry Field Parker was born on Friday, 4 Jan 1884, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 24 Jun 1972 at Orlando, Orange County, Florida^G, at age 88 years, 5 months and 20 days.¹

Alias(es)

Title: he was also known as Doctor Harry Field Parker.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 19 Jul 1941, Harry, age 57 years, 6 months and 15 days, and Jimmye Handly, age 35 years, 5 months and 29 days, daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 19 Jul 1941, Harry, age 57 years, 6 months and 15 days, and Jimmye Handly, age 35 years, 5 months and 29 days, daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

30 Jul 2019

Ruth Handly¹

Family

TMG ID:69204, (Aug 1895 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edward Hord Handly¹ B: 12 Mar 1856, D: 24 Oct 1925

Mother*

Jimmie Ann Parker¹ B: 23 Sep 1861, D: 7 Jun 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Ruth Handly was born in Aug 1895, at Missouri^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ruth Handly was the daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1914, her married name became Mrs. Lewis (née Handly).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1914, Ruth and Vernon Lewis were married at Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1914, Ruth and Vernon Lewis were married at Missouri^G.¹

Children of: Ruth Handly and Vernon Lewis

Nera Lewis¹ B: c 1915
Mildred Lewis¹ B: c 1916
Margaret Lewis¹ B: c 1917

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Vernon Lewis¹

Family

TMG ID:69205, (c 1895 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Vernon Lewis was born circa 1895, at Iowa^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1914, Vernon and Ruth Handly, daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1914, Vernon and Ruth Handly, daughter of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Missouri^G.¹

Children of: Vernon Lewis and Ruth Handly

Nera Lewis¹ B: c 1915
Mildred Lewis¹ B: c 1916
Margaret Lewis¹ B: c 1917

Newspaper Items & Articles

Tuesday, 18 Nov 1913, Vernon was mentioned in an article about Fredrick William Lewis and Ada Ann (née Jones) Lewis in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: Social and Personal - Entertains for Newly Arrived Relatives
Also mentioned in the article: William Carl Newman Jr., Virginia Adeline Jones, Eugene Oliver Twiss, Ina Hazel Jones, William Garfield Kinney, Frank H. Newman, Hazel Pauline Newman, Ada Lucille Newman, Glen Ella Newman, Ralph Amiel Newman, Lee Clare Newman, Orville Lavann Kinney, Harold Alva Kinney, Preston Garfield Kinney and Ray Frisbee Lewis.²
Saturday, 18 Nov 1933, Vernon was mentioned in an article about Fredrick William Lewis and Ada Ann (née Jones) Lewis in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: Do You Remember?
Also mentioned in the article: Orville Lavan Kinney, William Carl Newman Jr., Virginia Adeline Jones, Eugene Oliver Twiss, Ina Hazel Jones, William Carl Newman, Amelia A. (?), William Garfield Kinney, Frank H. Newman, Hazel Pauline Newman, Ada Lucille Newman, Glen Ella Newman, Ralph Amiel Newman, Lee Clare Newman, Gearold William Kinney, Preston Garfield Kinney and Ray Frisbee Lewis.³

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S1550] Article: Social and Personal, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 18 Nov 1913, Page Three, Volume: 23 Issue: 212. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S2194] Article: Do You Remember?, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 18 Nov 1933, Page Four. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nera Lewis¹

Family

TMG ID:69206, (c 1915 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Vernon Lewis¹ B: c 1895

Mother*

Ruth Handly¹ B: Aug 1895

Vital Statistics

Born: Nera Lewis was born circa 1915, at Missouri^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nera Lewis was the daughter of: Vernon Lewis and Ruth Handly.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mildred Lewis¹

Family

TMG ID:69207, (c 1916 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Vernon Lewis¹ B: c 1895

Mother*

Ruth Handly¹ B: Aug 1895

Vital Statistics

Born: Mildred Lewis was born circa 1916, at Missouri^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mildred Lewis was the daughter of: Vernon Lewis and Ruth Handly.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Lewis¹

Family

TMG ID:69208, (c 1917 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Vernon Lewis¹ B: c 1895

Mother*

Ruth Handly¹ B: Aug 1895

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Lewis was born circa 1917, at Missouri^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Margaret Lewis was the daughter of: Vernon Lewis and Ruth Handly.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Edward Hord Handly Jr.¹

Family

TMG ID:69209, (7 Jul 1897 - 3 Jun 1984)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edward Hord Handly¹ B: 12 Mar 1856, D: 24 Oct 1925

Mother*

Jimmie Ann Parker¹ B: 23 Sep 1861, D: 7 Jun 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Edward Hord Handly Jr. was born on Wednesday, 7 Jul 1897, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 3 Jun 1984 at Johnson County, Missouri^G, at age 86 years, 10 months and 27 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edward Hord Handly Jr. was the son of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1921, Edward, age 23 years, and Katherine L. Young, age 22 years were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1921, Edward, age 23 years, and Katherine L. Young, age 22 years were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Child of: Edward Hord Handly Jr. and Katherine L. Young

Lynn Young Handly¹ B: 16 Apr 1925, D: 22 Jun 1991

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Katherine L. Young¹

Family

TMG ID:69210, (7 Jun 1898 - 6 Dec 1980)

Vital Statistics

Born: Katherine L. Young was born on Tuesday, 7 Jun 1898, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 6 Dec 1980 at Johnson County, Missouri^G, at age 82 years, 5 months and 29 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1921, her married name became Mrs. Handly (née Young).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1921, Katherine, age 22 years, and Edward Hord Handly Jr., age 23 years, son of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1921, Katherine, age 22 years, and Edward Hord Handly Jr., age 23 years, son of: Edward Hord Handly and Jimmie Ann Parker, were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Child of: Katherine L. Young and Edward Hord Handly Jr.

Lynn Young Handly¹ B: 16 Apr 1925, D: 22 Jun 1991

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Lynn Young Handly¹

Family

TMG ID:69211, (16 Apr 1925 - 22 Jun 1991)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edward Hord Handly Jr.¹ B: 7 Jul 1897, D: 3 Jun 1984

Mother*

Katherine L. Young¹ B: 7 Jun 1898, D: 6 Dec 1980

Vital Statistics

Born: Lynn Young Handly was born on Thursday, 16 Apr 1925, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 22 Jun 1991 at Johnson County, Missouri^G, at age 66 years, 2 months and 6 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Lynn Young Handly was the son of: Edward Hord Handly Jr. and Katherine L. Young.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1949, Lynn, age 23 years, and Mary Catherine Green were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1949, Lynn, age 23 years, and Mary Catherine Green were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary Catherine Green¹

TMG ID:69212, (c 1927 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Catherine Green was born circa 1927.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1949, her married name became Mrs. Handly (née Green).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1949, Mary and Lynn Young Handly, age 23 years, son of: Edward Hord Handly Jr. and Katherine L. Young, were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1949, Mary and Lynn Young Handly, age 23 years, son of: Edward Hord Handly Jr. and Katherine L. Young, were married at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

James Young Neale¹

Family

TMG ID:69213, (28 Jul 1858 - 8 Mar 1944)

Father*

Thomas Neale²

Vital Statistics

Born: James Young Neale was born on Wednesday, 28 Jul 1858, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 8 Mar 1944 at Appleton City, Saint Clair County, Missouri^G, at age 85 years, 7 months and 9 days. Details as recorded: 01:30 PM Cause of Death: heart failure cystitis Due to: hypertrophic prostate and fracture of femur intertrochanteric which occurred 10 Oct 1943 Death Certificate ID: 11921. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Robert Francis Neale.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Young Neale was the son of: Thomas Neale.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 24 Sep 1884, James, age 26 years, 1 month and 27 days, and Mary Scofield Springer, age 18 years, 9 months and 9 days, daughter of: Pettis Valanie Springer and Elizabeth Ann Alkire, were married at Saint Clair County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 24 Sep 1884, James, age 26 years, 1 month and 27 days, and Mary Scofield Springer, age 18 years, 9 months and 9 days, daughter of: Pettis Valanie Springer and Elizabeth Ann Alkire, were married at Saint Clair County, Missouri^G.¹

Children of: James Young Neale and Mary Scofield Springer

Archie Dupree Neale+¹ B: 30 Apr 1887, D: 18 Sep 1956
Leslie James Neale+¹ B: 1 Nov 1888, D: 26 Dec 1936
Paul Calmese Neale¹ B: 28 Feb 1891, D: Jan 1975
Lewis Springer Neale+¹ B: 22 Mar 1893, D: 20 Jun 1954
John Parker Neale³ B: 12 Aug 1895
Herbert Samuel Neale¹ B: 4 May 1899, D: 16 Jun 1993
Robert Francis Neale¹ B: 19 Jun 1903, D: 26 Nov 1995
Rollie Lee Neale¹ B: 31 Jul 1908, D: 29 May 1980

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

22 Feb 2013

Archie Dupree Neale¹

Family

TMG ID:69214, (30 Apr 1887 - 18 Sep 1956)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

James Young Neale¹ B: 28 Jul 1858, D: 8 Mar 1944

Mother*

Mary Scofield Springer¹ B: 15 Dec 1865, D: 2 Mar 1948

Vital Statistics

Born: Archie Dupree Neale was born on Saturday, 30 Apr 1887, at Appleton City, Saint Clair County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 18 Sep 1956 at 10132 Golf Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G, at age 69 years, 4 months and 19 days. Details as recorded: 09:00 PM Cause of Death: coronary occlusion for 24 hours Due to: coronary sclerosis and angina attacks for 3 years Death Certificate ID: 31083. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Veda Griffith Cooper.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Archie Dupree Neale was the son of: James Young Neale and Mary Scofield Springer.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Arch D.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 25 Jan 1911, Archie, age 23 years, 8 months and 26 days, and Veda Griffith Cooper, age 18 years, 2 months and 25 days, daughter of: William F. Cooper and Ella Hall, were married at Windsor, Henry County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 25 Jan 1911, Archie, age 23 years, 8 months and 26 days, and Veda Griffith Cooper, age 18 years, 2 months and 25 days, daughter of: William F. Cooper and Ella Hall, were married at Windsor, Henry County, Missouri^G.¹

Children of: Archie Dupree Neale and Veda Griffith Cooper

Maurice Cooper Neale¹ B: 20 Mar 1912, D: 19 Feb 2002
Ernest M. Neale¹ B: 24 Oct 1913, D: 30 Jun 1991

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Sep 1956	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G	owned and operated gun shop²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Sep 1956

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G

owned and operated gun shop²

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

22 Feb 2013

Veda Griffith Cooper^1,2

Family

TMG ID:69215, (31 Oct 1892 - 18 Dec 1965)

Father*

William F. Cooper²

Mother*

Ella Hall²

Vital Statistics

Born: Veda Griffith Cooper was born on Monday, 31 Oct 1892, at Windsor, Henry County, Missouri^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 18 Dec 1965 at Independence Sanitarium and Hospital, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri^G, at age 73 years, 1 month and 18 days. Details as recorded: 08:20 PM Cause of Death: cerebral thrombosis and paralysis for 3 weeks Due to: arteriosclerosis Due to terminal broncho pneumoia Other: degenerative myocarditis - diabetes mellitus Death Certificate ID: 65-048367. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Ernest M. Neale.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Veda Griffith Cooper was the daughter of: William F. Cooper and Ella Hall.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 25 Jan 1911, her married name became Mrs. Neale (née Griffin).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 25 Jan 1911, Veda, age 18 years, 2 months and 25 days, and Archie Dupree Neale, age 23 years, 8 months and 26 days, son of: James Young Neale and Mary Scofield Springer, were married at Windsor, Henry County, Missouri^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 25 Jan 1911, Veda, age 18 years, 2 months and 25 days, and Archie Dupree Neale, age 23 years, 8 months and 26 days, son of: James Young Neale and Mary Scofield Springer, were married at Windsor, Henry County, Missouri^G.¹

Children of: Veda Griffith Cooper and Archie Dupree Neale

Maurice Cooper Neale¹ B: 20 Mar 1912, D: 19 Feb 2002
Ernest M. Neale¹ B: 24 Oct 1913, D: 30 Jun 1991

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Death	Tuesday, 18 Sep 1956, Veda Griffith Cooper was the informant on the death certtificate for Archie Dupree Neale.^1,2

Activity

Details

Death

Tuesday, 18 Sep 1956, Veda Griffith Cooper was the informant on the death certtificate for Archie Dupree Neale.^1,2

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

22 May 2016

Maurice Cooper Neale¹

Family

TMG ID:69216, (20 Mar 1912 - 19 Feb 2002)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Archie Dupree Neale¹ B: 30 Apr 1887, D: 18 Sep 1956

Mother*

Veda Griffith Cooper¹ B: 31 Oct 1892, D: 18 Dec 1965

Vital Statistics

Born: Maurice Cooper Neale was born on Wednesday, 20 Mar 1912, at Johnson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 19 Feb 2002 at Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas^G, at age 89 years, 10 months and 30 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Maurice Cooper Neale was the son of: Archie Dupree Neale and Veda Griffith Cooper.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 5 Jun 1938, Maurice, age 26 years, 2 months and 16 days, and Harriet Jane Wetz, age 22 years, 9 months and 20 days were married at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Harriet Jane Wetz¹

TMG ID:69217, (16 Aug 1915 - 5 Feb 1995)

Vital Statistics

Born: Harriet Jane Wetz was born on Monday, 16 Aug 1915, at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 5 Feb 1995 at Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas^G, at age 79 years, 5 months and 20 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 5 Jun 1938, her married name became Mrs. Neale (née Wetz).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 5 Jun 1938, Harriet, age 22 years, 9 months and 20 days, and Maurice Cooper Neale, age 26 years, 2 months and 16 days, son of: Archie Dupree Neale and Veda Griffith Cooper, were married at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ernest M. Neale¹

Family

TMG ID:69218, (24 Oct 1913 - 30 Jun 1991)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Archie Dupree Neale¹ B: 30 Apr 1887, D: 18 Sep 1956

Mother*

Veda Griffith Cooper¹ B: 31 Oct 1892, D: 18 Dec 1965

Vital Statistics

Born: Ernest M. Neale was born on Friday, 24 Oct 1913, at Missouri^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 30 Jun 1991 at Jackson County, Missouri^G, at age 77 years, 8 months and 6 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ernest M. Neale was the son of: Archie Dupree Neale and Veda Griffith Cooper.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ernest and Marcella (?) were married.¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity

Details

Death

Saturday, 18 Dec 1965, Ernest M. Neale was the informant on the death certtificate for Veda Griffith Cooper.^1,2

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Marcella (?)¹

TMG ID:69219, (c 1916 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Marcella (?) was born circa 1916.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Neale.

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Marcella and Ernest M. Neale, son of: Archie Dupree Neale and Veda Griffith Cooper, were married.¹

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Leslie James Neale¹

Family

TMG ID:69220, (1 Nov 1888 - 26 Dec 1936)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

James Young Neale¹ B: 28 Jul 1858, D: 8 Mar 1944

Mother*

Mary Scofield Springer¹ B: 15 Dec 1865, D: 2 Mar 1948

Vital Statistics

Born: Leslie James Neale was born on Thursday, 1 Nov 1888, at Appleton City, Saint Clair County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 26 Dec 1936 at Appleton City, Saint Clair County, Missouri^G, at age 48 years, 1 month and 25 days. Details as recorded: 10:20 PM Cause of Death: uremia Due to: chronic nephritis for 1 year Death Certificate ID: 45967. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Gladys Ellen Waters.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Leslie James Neale was the son of: James Young Neale and Mary Scofield Springer.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr. on Monday, 22 Jan 1923¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 26 Aug 1919, Leslie, age 30 years, 9 months and 25 days, and Gladys Ellen Waters, age 19 years, 2 months and 4 days, daughter of: Daniel W. Waters and Lucy Mae (?), were married at Missouri^G.¹

Children of: Leslie James Neale and Gladys Ellen Waters

Mary Mae Neale¹ B: 5 Jun 1920, D: Dec 1994
Leslie James Neale II+¹ B: 22 Jan 1923, D: Jan 1981

Citations

[S778] Martin Sterling Giesing, online http://tinyurl.com/jxbd738, Martin Sterling Giesing (69061) (e-mail address), updated as of 17 Apr 2009.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

21 Jul 2019

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

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— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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