Esta Mae (Fulcher) Leonard (1914 - 1988)

Born 9 Sep 1914 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Woodrow Worth Leonard — married 5 Feb 1936 in Texas

Died 18 Oct 1988 at age 74 in San Angelo, Tom Green Co, Texas

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Biography

Esta Mae Fulcher was born on September 9, 1914, in Runnels County, Texas. She was the daughter of Charlie Manuel Fulcher and his wife Lidie Ellen Wimberley Fulcher. Her maternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Wimberley and Fanny B. Tanner Wimberley. Her great-grandparents were Pleasant Wimberley and Amanda Julian Jackson Wimberley.

Esta was the first-born of her parents' five children. All five children were girls, and two died as infants while the family was living in Runnels County. At some time after 1930, Charlie and Lidie and their three daughters moved to Tom Green County.

When she was about 21, Esta married 22-year-old Woodrow "Woody" Worth Leonard. The couple had three sons, Charles D., James and David Neal Leonard.

Esta died on October 18, 1988, in San Angelo, Tom Green County. She was survived by her husband and three sons. She was buried in Fairmount Cemetery. Her sisters Charlotte "Pete" Fulcher Rogers and Doris "Dot" Gwen Fulcher Wood are also buried in Fairmount Cemetery not far from Esta.

Burial

Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43564245/esta-mae-leonard: accessed 12 January 2024), memorial page for Esta Mae Fulcher Leonard (9 Sep 1914–18 Oct 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #43564245, citing Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Harold Wood, Jr (contributor 48094012).

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL36-99B : Mon Oct 30 12:52:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Fulcher and Charley Fulcher, 09 Sep 1914.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9N-4HK : Fri Dec 08 01:46:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Charlie Fulcher and Lida Fulcher, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HJDG-Z2M : Thu Oct 05 03:53:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Charlie Fulcher and Lidia E Fulcher, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRN-M8V : Tue Nov 28 13:47:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Woodrow W Leonard and Esta Leonard, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X26-N2TT : Fri Oct 06 22:44:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Woodrow W Leonard and Esta F Leonard, 6 April 1950.

• "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ8S-HKH : 24 May 2014), Esta Leonard, 18 Oct 1988; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Tom Green, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWF-TDG9 : 10 February 2023), Esta Fulcher Leonard, .