Jewell Faye Carr, daughter of Alva W Carr and Mamie G Sanders
Parents confirmed, per childhood census and obituary.
Birth: Jul. 19, 1918, per cemetery headstone
Birthplace: Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, per death record
DEATH
Death: Feb. 7, 2002, per cemetery headstone
Deathplace: Edgecliff Village, implied by her obituary
Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Note: Edgecliff Village is a town in Tarrant Co. Texas, but also considered a suburb of Fort Worth.
Death Record [from photocopy]
Name: Jewell Faye LeFevre
Maiden: Carr
Birth: Jul 19, 1918
Birth Place: Walnut Springs, Texas
Death: February 07, 2002
Death Place: 6012 Ed Coady Rd, Edgecliff Village, Tarrant, TX 76134
Residence: same
Education: highest grade - 11
SS No: 457-28-9503
Surviving Spouse: Lawrence O LeFevre
Informant: Mr. Lawrence LeFevre - Husband
Address of Informant: same
Cause of Death: Metastatic colon cancer
Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas
Plot: Section 28, Lot 36, Space 5
Burial Date: February 11, 2002
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Jewell F. Lefevre
SSN: 457-28-9503
Last Residence: 76134 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Born: 19 Jul 1918
Last Benefit: 76134, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States of America
Died: 7 Feb 2002
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)
BURIAL
Find A Grave Memorial# 6179516 (headstone pictured)
Headstone: Jewell LeFevre Taylor
Birth: Jul. 19, 1918
Death: Feb. 7, 2002
Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 28, Lot 36, Space 5
Maintained by: Charles Beavers
Originally Created by: DonZas
Record added: Feb 13, 2002
Note: shares headstone with 2nd husband.
OBITUARY
Published in the Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) February 10, 2002.
Jewell Faye LeFevre, 83, a homemaker, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002. Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Westcliff United Methodist Church, 4833 Selkirk Dr. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Laurel Land Funeral Home. Pallbearers: Will be her grandsons, Alan Beavers, Chris Taylor and Ben Taylor, grandson-in-law Tim Adcox; great-grandson, Jason Willimon; and nephew, Ray Frazier. Memorials: Those desiring, in lieu of flowers may make memorial contributions to Community Hospice of Texas; or Westcliff United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Jewell was born July 19, 1918 in Walnut Springs, Bosque County, Texas to Alva and Mamie Carr. She was a lifelong member of Texas Garden Clubs, life member of National Council of State Garden Clubs; master judge of the Fort Worth Council of Nationally Accredited Flower Show Judges. Jewell was a longtime Methodist and member of the Women's Society of Christian Service and current member of Westcliff United Methodist, formerly of Ash Crescent and Grace Methodist churches in Fort Worth. Survivors: Husband, Orval LeFevre of Edgecliff Village; sons and daughter-in-law, Charles and Laurel Beavers of Arlington and Leddie and Linda Taylor of Carrollton; granddaughter and husband, Lori and Tim Adcox; grandsons, David Beavers, Alan Beavers and Ben Taylor; grandson and wife, Chris and Danika Taylor; great-grandson and wife, Jason and Kimie Willimon; great-grandsons, Thomas Adcox and Dawson Taylor; great-great-granddaughter, Piper Willimon; three sisters, Dorothy Patton, Sue Kirk and Billie Snelson; and many nieces and nephews.
MARRIAGE
1st Marriage:
Source: Charles W Beavers has original marriage license. (not photocopy)
Marriage of Wilson Lorraine Beavers and Jewell Faye Carr.
Hill County Texas Marriage License
Groom: W. L. Beavers
Bride: Miss Jewell Faye Carr
License Date: 03 Oct 1936
Marriage Date: 04 Oct 1936
Witness Date: 08 Oct 1936
Marriage Location: implies Hillsboro Texas
Officiated by: Rev. E.O. Stewart, Paster of Walnut St. Baptist Church, Hillsboro TX
Returned and filed: 8 Oct 1936, recorded in Book 22, page 517 (or 317)
Notes:
Wilson Lorraine Beavers, son of Jud Ruffus Beavers and Katie Barnett
2nd Marriage:
Source: Leddie C Taylor has original marriage license. (not photocopy)
Groom: Lester Alexander Taylor
Bride: Jewell Faye Carr (widow of Beavers)
Married: 3 Mar 1946, Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Notes:
Lester Alexander Taylor, son of John Wesley Taylor and Margaret Hobbs
3rd Marriage:
Ancestry.com, Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
Name: Lawrence Orval Lefevre
Age: 52
Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1968
Marriage Place: Tarrant, Texas, USA
Spouse: Jewell Faye Carr
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 49
Notes:
Lawrence Orval LeFevre, son of Claude Elmer Lefevre and Delia Lee Elrod
Charles W Beavers has original marriage license. (not photocopy)
CENSUS / TIMELINE
1920 Census: Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, family#305
Street: Avenue A
Alva W Carr ............ 30 ... TX,AL,AL ... teamster at Oil Co.
Mamie G Carr ........ 30 ... TX,MO,AR
Eunice E Carr ........... 6 ... TX,TX,TX
Ancel E Carr ............. 5 ... TX,TX,TX
Ima L Carr ................ 3 ... TX,TX,TX
Jewel F Carr .............. 1 ... TX,TX,TX <----------
Jewel E Sanders .... 23 ... TX,MO,AR ... bro-in-law, storeroom clerk at R.R. Shop
1942: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, ancestry.com:
Beavers, Jewell, clk r654 S Henderson
Carr, Dorothy, elev opr r654 S Henderson
Carr, Talma S, clk r654 S Henderson
Notes:
Dorothy and Talma are sisters of Jewell.
A total of 16 people at this address; assume it was an apartment complex
1943: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, ancestry.com:
Beavers, Jewel (wid Wilson L; 1) cash r1109 Hurley av
Frazier, Fadus (Eunice) mach h1109 Hurley av
Hodge, Glen (Bernice M) r1109 Hurley av
Notes:
Eunice Frazier is sister of Jewell.
I cannot identify Glen & Bernice Hodge.
1945: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, ancestry.com:
Beavers, Jewell, clk h2530 College av
Carr, T Sue, opr SWBTCo r2530 College av
Notes:
Sue is Talma Sue, the sister of Jewell
1946: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory,
Beavers, Jewell Mrs beauty opr r3021 S Jennings av
1946: marriage of Jewell, to 2nd husband Lester A Taylor
1947: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory,
Taylor, Lester A (Jewel) store hlpr T&Pry h815 Moreland
1947: birth of child
1949: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory,
Taylor, Lester A (Jewel) clk h3720 El Campo av
Notes: Jewell's sister Sue & husband, are shown at this address in 1950.
Sue & Marion were living in garage apartment, behind the house on El Campo.
1959: "Mrs. Jewel Taylor of Forth Worth", (per father's obituary)
1964: death of 2nd husband, Lester A Taylor, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX
1964 residence: 4535 Calmont, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
1968: marriage of Jewell, to 3rd husband Lawrence Orval LeFevre, Ft Worth
Residence after marriage: 4033 Acacia St, Fort Worth, TX 76109
1984: living in Fort Worth, Texas, (per mother's obituary), "Jewel LeFevre"
2002: death of Jewell, Edgecliff Village, Tarrant, TX
Residence at death: 6012 Ed Coady Rd, Fort Worth, TX, 76134-2503.
2004: death of 3rd husband, Lawrence Orval LeFevre, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX
Sources
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jewell by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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