Individual Details

Ollie Mae Stevens

(9 Oct 1903 - 12 Sep 1946)



1930 Census. Greeley, Oklahoma Co, OK, Hh 633
Samuel French, 23, married first time at 18, b. OK, Mechanic
Ollie, wife, 25, married first time at 17 (since she is older than Samuel - this, too, suggests a second marriage for Ollie - she would have married in 1922, likely to a Seabolt), b. OK
Wanetta Seabolt, dau, age 7 (stepdaughter?), b. OK

1940 Census. Greeley Twp, Oklahoma Co, OK. Hh 10
Mackey Camp Raod
Samuel J. French, 33, b. OK as was the whole family, Repairman, Oil Production
Olie M., wife, 37
Donald J., son, 9
Ernest E., son, 8
Leo R., son, 5
Samuel J. Jr., son, 3
Juanita Seabolt, stepdaughter, 18


Texas Death Certificate #71018
Ollie Mae French died 12 Sep 1946 in Odessa, Ector Co, TX. Her residence was 811 N. Jefferson St. She had lived in Odessa about two years. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis. Born 9 Oct 1903 in Oklahoma, she was a month short of age 43 when she died. She was married. Her father listed as G. W. Stevens, born Arkansas - her mother unknown. Sam J. Trener was the informant. Buried in Fanshawe, OK, 13 Sep 1946.

Unidentified newspaper clipping
Mrs. French Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Ollie Mae French, 45, died Thursday after a long illness at her home, 811 Jefferson St.
Mrs. French, the wife of Sam French, employee of L. C. Jones Trucking Company was bor in Oklahoma, in 1903. she was married to French in 1925 and they have lived in Odessa for four years.
She is survived by her husband; four sons, Donald J., Earnest E., Leo Ray and Samuel Jr., all of Odessa; three brothers, Roy, Charles and Nealie Stevens; and three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Bailey of Marion, NC; Mrs. Emmie seabolt, Odessa, and Mrs. Ester Cureton, Gladewater.
Mrs. French's body will be carried overland to Fanshawe, Okla. for burial.

Events

Birth9 Oct 1903Oklahoma
Marriage1925Samuel Joseph French
Death12 Sep 1946Odessa, Ector County, Texas

Families

SpouseSamuel Joseph French (1906 - 1956)
ChildDonald J French (1930 - 1987)
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ChildLeo Ray French (1935 - 1982)
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ChildJuanita S Seabolt (1921 - 1983)
FatherGeorge Washington Stevens (1855 - )
MotherMartha Jane Haggard (1870 - 1920)
SiblingMattie Stevens (1889 - 1960)
SiblingParthena Stevens (1890 - )
SiblingJames Leroy Stevens (1892 - 1976)
SiblingEthel Stevens (1895 - 1977)
SiblingJoseph Cornelius Stevens (1898 - 1978)
SiblingEmma Carolyn Stevens (1900 - 1999)
SiblingWilliam Charles Stevens (1904 - 1974)
SiblingEsther Sarah Stevens (1907 - 1959)
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