Vada
Ora
Wells
Born in Caldwell Co., Lockhart, TX
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Daniel Wells
and Mollie Ora Magee
Sister of
Lena Mae Wells
Wife of
Merrell Russell Herring
— married
1 Jan 1930 in Corpus Christi, TX
Wife of
Robert Warren Pitts
— married
5 Apr 1950 in Raymondville, Willacy, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1930s - unknown)], Eileen (Herring) Cobb and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 97
in Mount Pleasant, TX
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2016
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Biography
Buried 6 Oct 2008. Coopers Chapel Cemetery, Titus Co., TX.
Event: Find A Grave Memorial #75970176
Note: from: Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2008 Last modified: Monday, October 6, 2008 10:56 AM CDT.
Vada Wells Herring Pitts, 97, of Mount Pleasant and formerly of Raymondville, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Mount Pleasant.
A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at Coopers Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home. Mrs. Pitts was born on Dec. 29, 1910 in Lockhart, the daughter of J. D. and Ora Wells. After graduating from Robstown High School she married M. R. Herring. He was later killed in a private plane crash in 1947. She married Robert Pitts in 1950. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Russell and Barbara Herring of Clint, Eileen (Herring) and Jerry Cobb of Kerrville, and Beverly (Herring) and Tracy Finigan of Cookville; 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by both her husbands; a grandson, Danny Herring; her parents; and a sister, Lena Mae LeGrand.
Sources
- Source: S352 1940 Willacy Co, TX census
- Source: S377 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Publication: www.familysearch.org
- Source: S410 1930 Nueces Co., TX census
- Source: S571 1920 Jackson Co, TX Census
- Source: S74 Russell Daniel Herring Birth Certificate
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vada by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vada:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vada by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vada:
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~0.78%
Dee (Faver) Sharp
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888057 [compare], Ancestry member delobar1
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~0.78%
Elmer Magee :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member elmer_l_magee
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