Individual Details

Lela Valdine Ward

(22 Jul 1913 - 9 Jul 2002)

daughter of John Kemper Ward and Eunice Frances Smith she married Jay Chester Voyles 13 Jan 1930 Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico

Amarillo Globe-News, July 11, 2002

Lela Voyles

VEGA - Lela Voyles, 88, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, in Hereford.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. James Peach, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vega by Vega Funeral Home.

Mrs. Voyles was born in Sidney, on July 22, 1913. She was a homemaker and worked in the Vega Library and Vega School. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jay Voyles; and four sons, John David Voyles, Bobby Jack Voyles, Dickey Ray Voyles and Billy Dean Voyles.

Survivors include a son, James Voyles and wife, Esta, of Canyon; four grandsons, Bruce Voyles, Mike Voyles, David Loyd and Cody Voyles; five granddaughters, Becky Gross, Dee Dee Hutcherson, Cindi Riccardi, Susan Centefonti and Maria Lewis; 15 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 414, Vega, TX 79092.

The body will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family will receive friends at 9 a.m. Friday at the fellowship hall in First Baptist Church.

Events

Birth22 Jul 1913Sidney, Comanche, Anderson, Texas, United States
Residence1920Sidney, Comanche, Texas, United States
Residence1930Precinct 2, Oldham, Texas
Marriage13 Jan 1930Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, United States - Jay Chester Voyles
Residence1935Same Place
Residence1940Justice Precinct 3, Vega, Oldham, Texas
Death9 Jul 2002Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States

Families

SpouseJay Chester Voyles (1909 - 1983)
ChildJohn D. Voyles (1931 - )
ChildJames L. Voyles (1932 - )
ChildBobby J. Voyles (1934 - )
ChildDickey R. Voyles (1936 - )
FatherJohn Kemper Ward (1888 - )
MotherEunice Frances Smith (1891 - )