Joe Walter McEntire

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 3 Apr 1871 - Tennessee
    Christening: 
          Death: 9 Jul 1945 -  ( at age 74) 1 2
         Burial: in Evergreen Cem., Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas
 Cause of Death: 

Parents
         Father: John David McEntire (1844-1892) 3
         Mother: Atlantic Catherine Pinkston (1847-1927) 3

Spouses and Children
1. *Sessel Savannah Ledbetter (23 Oct 1868 - 18 Jun 1943) 1 
       Marriage: 24 Dec 1898 - Ellis Co., Texas 4
       Children:
                1. Raymond Walter McEntire (1900-1959)
                2. Thomas William (Tom) McEntire (1904-1983)

Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1900 Wilbarger Co., Tx, Justice Pct. No. 1, ED 129, Vernon town; June 11; sheet 11
177/180
Walter McEntire 29 Apr 1871 M2 Tn In Tn Day Laborer
Cessel " wife 30 Oct 1869 M2/2/2 Ar Ga Ky
Mattie B. Hinkle stp-dau 15 Jan 1885 S Tx Ar Ar
May " stp-dau 11 Oct 1888 S Tx Ar Ar </pre>

<pre>1910 Tarrant Co., Tx, ED 151, Fort Worth, Ward 12; Apr 18; sheet 4
146/153 2701 McKinley
Walter McIntyre 39 M1/11 Tn In Tn Manager Loan Co.
Sylvana " wife 41 M2/11/5/4 Ar Ga Ky
Raymond " son 10 S Tx Tn Ar
Thome W. " son 5 S Tx Tn Ar
Sallie Ledbetter mo-i-l 60 W/6/2 Ky Ky Ky
Alice Walsford boarder 25 M1/1 </pre>

They own a mortgaged house.

<pre>1920 Tarrant Co., Texas, ED 153, Fort Worth, Ward 13; Jan 12; sheet 17
305/374 513 Sycamore St.
Walter J. McEntire 49 M Tn Mo Tn Labor, Type Writing
Savannah " wife 51 M Ar Ga Ky
Walter " son 19 S Tx Tn Ar
William T. " son 15 S Tx Tn Ar
Sarah Ledbetter mother 70 S Ky Ky Ky </pre>

They rent a home.

<pre>1930 Runnels Co., Texas, ED 200-2, Ballinger; Apr 9; sheet 10
217/276 1003 Tenth St.
Walter J. McIntire 59 M28 Tn Mo Ar yardman, Lumber yard
Sissel S. " wife 61 M17 Ar Ga Ky None
Walter " son 29 M20 Tx Tn Ar Laborer (Odd Jobs)
Sarah Ledbetter mo-i-l 80 M18 Ky Ky Ky None </pre>

They own a home worth $1000, but no radio.

<pre>1940 Runnels Co., Texas, ED 200-2, Ballinger; Apr 24; sheet 16B
329 1003 10th Street
Walter McEntire 69 Tn
Sessel " 71 wife Ar
Tommie " 35 son Tx Tool Dresser/Independently
Inez " 27 d-i-l Tx </pre>

They own a home worth $600. On April 1, 1935 they lived in Ballinger.

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 32082:

Joe W. McEntire, widowed, Ret. Lumber, died July 9, 1945 in Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas at age 74 years 3 months 6 days.
Born: April 3, 1871 in Missouri
Father: McEntire, born in Missouri
Mother: Atlantic Pinkston, born in Missouri
Informant: Thomas McEntire, Ballinger
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger

OBITUARY:

Abilene Reporter News, 10 Jul 1945, page 5:

Joe W. McEntire
Dies at Ballinger

BALLINGER, July 9.-(Spl.)---
Joe W. McEntire, 74-year-old retired lumberman, died Monday afternoon at the home of his son, Tom McEntire, in Ballinger. He had been ill for the past week.
Funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Newby-Davis funeral home, with the Rev. Floyd Johnson of the First Methodist church in Coleman in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
A native of Missouri, McEntire lived in Fort Worth for a number of years, then moved to Balinger in 1926.
He is survived by two sons, Tom of Ballinger and R. W. of Lubbock; a step-daughter, Mrs. W. E. Middleton of Ballinger; and two brothers, W. A. and J. F. of Fort Worth.
Pallbearers at the funeral will be Wilson, Fred, and W. O. Middleton, and Eldred Tinsley, all grandsons of McEntire, Layton Hill and Henry Moody.
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Sources


1 Personal Communication -- Suzanne Price, May 2008.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 55857357.

3 Norman Guiling, Crowley Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas Index, teafor2.com/Crowley_TarCoTX.htm.

4 Ellis County Public Records, Marriage Records, Book J, pg 289. Repository: Ellis County Courthouse, Waxahatchie, Texas.


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