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Smith, Vonnie Lee

Smith, Vonnie Lee[1]

Female 1909 - 2010  (101 years)

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  • Name Smith, Vonnie Lee 
    Born 27 Aug 1909  At Home - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #61594076
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Nov 2010  Emeritus at Sherwood Place - Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Nov 2010  Pyote Cemetery - Pyote, Ward County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #61594076
    Vonnie Lee Smith (1909-2010) (Pyote Cemetery - Pyote, Ward County, Texas, USA)    		 Vonnie Lee Smith (1909-2010) (Pyote Cemetery - Pyote, Ward County, Texas, USA)
    Person ID I500006  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Smith, Perry Spurgeon,   b. 17 Aug 1878, At Home - Creagleville Community near Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1957, At Home - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Rainey, Theo Docia,   b. 7 Sep 1885, At Home - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1970, Azle Community Hospital - Azle, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1904  In a buggy on a road - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Married by Rev. James W. Saucier in the middle of a road in Van Zandt County whilst in a buggy.
    Family ID F500004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Coursey, Olen David (Jack),   b. 30 Oct 1908, At Home - Martin's Mill, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1967, Ward County Memorial Hospital - Monahans, Ward County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [2] 
    Married 16 Sep 1927  At the Home of Justice of the Peace for Van Zandt County Precinct 6 Jeremiah Frank Walters - Colfax, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    • License is from Henderson County, Texas.
    Children 
     1. Coursey, Leta Von,   b. 18 Mar 1929, At Home - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 2005, Carlsbad Medical Center - Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Coursey, Lois Dee
     3. Coursey, Perry David,   b. 10 Apr 1934, At Home - Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 2014, Covenant Medical Center - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Coursey, Mary Delilah
     5. Coursey, Rowland Harold
     6. Coursey, Olen Max
    Documents
    COC Tree-0004-ML-0003    		COC Tree-0004-ML-0003
    COC Tree-0004-OB-0004    		COC Tree-0004-OB-0004
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F500003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Vonnie Lee Smith and Olen David Coursey (1950s)    		Vonnie Lee Smith and Olen David Coursey (1950s)
    Vonnie Lee Smith and Olen David Coursey (1950s)    		Vonnie Lee Smith and Olen David Coursey (1950s)

  • Notes 

    • Obituary


       


      ODESSA


      Vonnie Lee Coursey passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at Sherwood Place of Odessa at the age of 101.


      She was born on August 27, 1909, in Edgewood, TX to Perry and Docia (Rainey) Smith.  She was the postmaster in Pyote, Texas for thirty years, retiring in 1988.  She was Methodist.


      She is survived by her children, sons, Perry Coursey of Lubbock, Harold Coursey of Odessa and Max Coursey of Houston; daughters, Lois Holt of Odessa and Mary Downing of Clifton; 15 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great- grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.  What a legacy!


      Her parents, Perry and Docia Smith; husband, Olen Coursey; daughter, Leta V. Russell; granddaughters, Donna Kirk and LaNeta Windham; and great-grandson, Jason Windham, precede her in death.


      Family visitation at Acres West Funeral Chapel will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, November 14, 2010.  Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, November 15, 2010, at the Pyote Community Church in Pyote, TX, officiated by Bro. Bill Campbell, assisted by Pastor Ryan Dennis.  Interment will follow at the Pyote Cemetery.  Pallbearers will all be grandsons. Arrangements are entrusted to Acres West Funeral Chapel and online condolences may be sent at acreswestfuneral.com.


      In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Coursey's name may be made to the Pyote Community Church.


       


      Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, TX) on November 14, 2010.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Burial - Vonnie Lee Coursey (Smith), Jack Roberts (Contributor ID#47159901), (Findagrave.com) (Reliability: 4).
      ODESSA Vonnie Lee Coursey passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at Sherwood Place of Odessa at the age of 101.

      She was born on August 27, 1909, in Edgewood, TX to Perry and Docia (Rainey) Smith. She was the postmaster in Pyote, Texas for thirty years, retiring in 1988. She was Methodist.

      She is survived by her children, sons, Perry Coursey of Lubbock, Harold Coursey of Odessa and Max Coursey of Houston; daughters, Lois Holt of Odessa and Mary Downing of Clifton; 15 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great- grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. What a legacy!

      Her parents, Perry and Docia Smith; husband, Olen Coursey; daughter, Leta V. Russell; granddaughters, Donna Kirk and LaNeta Windham; and great-grandson, Jason Windham, precede her in death.

      Family visitation at Acres West Funeral Chapel will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, November 15, 2010, at the Pyote Community Church in Pyote, TX, officiated by Bro. Bill Campbell, assisted by Pastor Ryan Dennis. Interment will follow at the Pyote Cemetery. Pallbearers will all be grandsons. Arrangements are entrusted to Acres West Funeral Chapel and online condolences may be sent at acreswestfuneral.com.

      In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Coursey's name may be made to the Pyote Community Church.
      Published in Odessa American on November 14, 2010

      Burial:
      Pyote Cemetery
      Ward County
      Texas, USA

    2. [S45] Obituary - Olen David Coursey, The Monahans News, (The Monahans News) (Reliability: 4), 18 Sep 1967.
      From THE MONAHANS (Tex.) NEWS, September 18, 1967-9:

      JACK COURSEY RITES TO BE HELD TODAY

      O. D.(Jack) Coursey, 58, of Pyote, died at 8:10 p.m. Friday in Ward Memorial Hospital after a two-year illness.
      He was bom Oct. 30, 1908 in Canton and had been a Pyote resident 22 years. He was a mechanic and a Methodist.
      Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Pyote Methodist Church with burial in Pyote
      Cemetery directed by Hammond Funeral Home.
      Mr. Coursey was married Sept. 16, 1927 in Colfax to Mrs. Vonnie L. Smith.
      Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Leta Russell of Hobbs. N. M., Mrs. Lois Holt of Odessa, and Mrs. Mary Downing of Painesville, Ohio; and three sons, Perry Coursey of Spearman, Roland Coursey of Odessa and Olen Max Coursey of Pyote; four brothers, John Coursey of Big Spring, Kenneth, Lloyd, and Leon
      Coursey, all of Dallas; a sister, Mrs. Elaine Connell of Dallas; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.