Individual Details

Nancy Jane "Cricket" Hollis

(28 Sep 1911 - 6 Jan 2001)

Nancy Jane "Cricket" Hollis Lee was the fourteenth and final child of Siamon Samuel Hollis and Frances Ella Mericle Hollis. She was born September 28, 1911 in Trevat, Texas. The nickname Cricket was bestowed on her by her older brothers who remarked that their small, premature sister looked like a cricket. She married John Edward Lee on October 29, 1927. She was especially close to her mother since she was the baby and her mother often lived with her after she married. Nancy and John had nine children: Bobbie J., Cole Edward, Mavis Frances, Shirley Louise, Lillian Jane, William Siamon, Wilna Jolene, Violet Lynn and Bennie Dean. Cricket was a very caring and kind Christian lady. She was well loved and very popular with all her many family members, everyone always wanted to go to Cricket's. She died January 6, 2001 in Lufkin, Texas.

Events

Birth28 Sep 1911Trevat, Trinity County, Texas
Death6 Jan 2001Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
BurialBennett Cemetery, Apple Springs, Trinity County, Texas

Families

FatherSimon Samuel Hollis (1866 - 1918)
MotherFrances Ella Maricle (1871 - 1943)
SiblingWilliam Allen Hollis (1886 - 1887)
SiblingRaymond Melvin Hollis (1888 - 1937)
SiblingAngenette Hollis (1889 - 1976)
SiblingEmma Lou Hollis (1892 - 1931)
SiblingMervin Hollis (1894 - 1940)
SiblingViola Hollis (1895 - )
SiblingSimmie H. Hollis (1897 - 1898)
SiblingMary H. Hollis (1898 - 1899)
SiblingHarvey Henry Hollis (1900 - 1932)
SiblingBessie May Hollis (1902 - 1947)
SiblingMinnie Margret Hollis (1904 - 1907)
SiblingSilous Hollis (1906 - 1939)
SiblingSamuel J. Hollis (1910 - 1910)

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