Lela Mae (Anderson) Bullington (1916 - 2007)

Born 14 Dec 1916 in Lamar, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Raymond Bullington — married 5 May 1940 (to 25 Sep 1987) in Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States

Died 29 Nov 2007 at age 90 in Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States

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Biography

The early years

Lela Anderson was born on the 14th of December 1916 in Lamar, Texas to Wyley Anderson and Zelpha Roberts. The siblings would be:

• Elmer Talmage Anderson (1915-2000)^[1][2][3]
• Lela Mae Anderson (1916-2007)^[3]
• Wesley D Anderson (1918-1980))^[4][3]
• Eva Lucille Anderson (1920-2004)^[3]
• Jesse Cleo Anderson (1922-2003)^[3]
• Doris Adalene Anderson(1924-2011)^[3]
• Living Anderson ^[3]
• Helen Lorraine Anderson(1929-2007)^[3]
• Geneva Ruth Anderson (1921-2011)^[5]
• Living Anderson
• Living Anderson
• Glenna Marie Anderson (1940-2004)^[6][7]

Family Life

She would marry Raymond Bullington on the 5th of May 1940 in Hug. Choctaw, Oklahoma and they would have:

• Nancy Bullington(1944-2011)
• David Bullington(1946-1998)
• Sheila Bullington(1956-1991)

Through the years

In 1930^[3]

in 1959 she was living at 805 W Sherman road in Paris, Texas^[8]

Between 1996 -2002 she lived at 640 S Oakland Avenue in Tyler, Texas^[9]

Death

She died the 29th of November 2007 in Tyler, Smith, Texas^[10] and she would be buried in the Tyler Memorial Park and Cemetery in Tyler, Smith, Texas^[6]

Her obituary would read:^[11]

Graveside services for Lela Bullington, 90, Tyler, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyler Memorial Park with the Rev. James Cheatham officiating under direction of Tyler Memorial Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bullington died Nov. 29, 2007, in Tyler.

She was born Dec. 14, 1916, in Lamar County to Wylie Elmer and Zelpha Roberts Anderson. She had resided in Tyler 65 years and was a clothing department store manager and a member of Central Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Eugene Bullington; daughter Shelia Bussell; son, David Bullington; brothers, Elmer "Red" Anderson and Wesley Dee Anderson; and sisters, Eva Lucille Nash, Jessie Cleo Anderson, Helen Lorene Northam and Glenna Marie Harrell.

Survivors include daughter, Nancy Cleburne, Lake Dallas; brother, Roger Wayne "Cotton" Anderson, Paris; sisters, Doris Addlene Ritch, Las Vegas, Nev., Cora Jo deTirado, Caracas, Venezuela, and Geneva Ruth Phillips, Artesia, N.M.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on Dec. 1, 2007

Sources

1. ↑ Elmer's WWII Draft Card
2. ↑ Elmer's U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Lamar, Texas; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 2342102
4. ↑ Wesley's U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
5. ↑ Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 for Geneva Ruth Anderson 349115
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #191731529 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2018), memorial page for Lela Anderson Bullington (14 Dec 1916–29 Nov 2007), Find A Grave Memorial no. 191731529, citing Tyler Memorial Park and Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Kristina Wheeler (contributor 49355154) .
7. ↑ Glenna's U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
8. ↑ Paris, Texas, City Directory 1959 page 127
9. ↑ Tyler Address Directory
10. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
11. ↑ Tyler Morning Telegraph on Dec. 1, 2007