Margaret Thelma Kitchens was born on August 15, 1901, in Waldo, Columbia, Arkansas. She was the daughter of James Monroe Kitchens and Margarette Franklin Sherrill, who had six other children. She grew up in Magnolia, Arkansas, where she lived until 1924. On December 24 of that year, she married Harvey Buell Loomis, a man from Columbia, Arkansas. They moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Margaret Thelma did not have any children of her own. She witnessed the deaths of both her parents in the 1930s. She died on October 29, 1952, in Texarkana, Texas, at the age of 51. She was buried in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas.
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1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Ancestry Record 7884 #196015154
1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T625_59; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 84 Ancestry Record 6061 #2032158
1930 United States Federal Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2339819 Ancestry Record 6224 #86893558
1940 United States Federal Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00154; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 46-12 Ancestry Record 2442 #103286400
1950 United States Federal Census: United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: 6165; Sheet Number: 25; Enumeration District: 46-31 Ancestry Record 62308 #31424197
Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1922: Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates; Year: 1901 Ancestry Record 61774 #637337
Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records. Ancestry Record 2548 #3183086
Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1972: Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Certificates; Year: 1924; Film: #1 Ancestry Record 61775 #90213711
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982: Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982 Ancestry Record 2272 #21655915
Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146569024/thelma-loomis: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Thelma Kitchens Loomis (15 Aug 1901–29 Oct 1952), Find A Grave: Memorial #146569024, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, USA; Maintained by KindredWhispers (contributor 46986453).
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