Shelly Gallier

Paul married Tammy Rene' Connor on 28 Jun 1986 in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Note from Kirby Courts:)
Kirby is the author of this line of the family tree. "I attended St. Anthony Elementary, Pennsylvania Elementary, David Crocket Jr High, Beaumont High School, and South Park High School. I also went to college at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, d 4 years in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s. I worked for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for 32 years where I retired in early 1995."

Died:
James Kirby Courts
OBIT: Beaumont Enterprise
December 13, 1936 - December 25, 2013

James ?Kirby? Courts, 77, of Beaumont, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. He was born on December 13, 1936, in Beaumont, to Mary Bonin Courts and James Cole Courts and was a lifelong resident of the area. Kirby was a Beaumont High School and Lamar University graduate, an Air Force veteran, and retired from Goodyear Chemical as a mechanical engineer.

Kirby is survived by his wife, Camilla Courts; children, Zoe Mayes, Chris Mayes, Susan Davis, Laurie Pink, Lisa Dillon, and Tammy Gallier; siblings, Shirley Burkes, Nancy White, Jerry Courts, Patricia Conley, and Charles Courts; thirteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Anthony Courts.

A gathering of Mr. Court?s family and friends will begin at 11:00 a.m., with his funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 27, 2013, at Broussard?s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont, with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.

James married Ida Mae Haynes [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, 157 E Buford, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1930, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1938, 1737 Sabine Pass Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; and 1938
• Census: 1940, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1947, 510 Shamrock Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

City Directory: 1921, longshoreman, living with parents at 157 E. Buford.
(Notes of Kirby Courts:)
Today is October 12, 1996. Daddy passed away September 4, 1996. I have so many things I want to tell about him that it's all running together.
Coley is a nickname which everyone used when referring to him. Coley was born at the turn of the century before cars and airplanes. As a young man he worked with his father and brothers in the timber industry in the Beaumont area. Daddy d for Socony Vacuum Shipping in the '20s and '30s hauling barges of oil and gas to all the surrounding states. These tugboats were of the sea-going type, very large and expensive. Dad told me of an episode in the 1930s with one of the tugs catching fire. The location of this disaster was in the Louisiana River Bottoms. The boat was completely destroyed and the crew was streanded in the water up to their chins through the whole night. The next day a passing Cajun fisherman picked them up. They wer taken to a small place in the swamp. Dad said they were more worried about losing the boat than anything else.
Coley worked on these boats until the early 1930s when he went to work for Magnolia Petroleum Co.
Daddy met my mother the day she was born. The family story was they lived across the street from Mom's parents at the time of her birth. Daddy was 14 years old at this time. He jokingly asked Grandmother to "save this one for me." Sure e, 18 years later they were married. Mom and Dad were married for 62 years. They had seven children - 4 four boys and 3 girls. Coley loved to hunt and fish whenever possible. Daddy had an outgoing personality and would you you the shirt off his back. He retired in January 1960, Enjoying 36 years of doing what he wanted until his death. Daddy has given all the kids a history lesson of Beaumont during the teens up t the World War II era. I think he enjoyed talking about the "good old days" more than anything else. ( We miss him a lot)

Census:
Buford Street
Henery C Court 75 longshoreman on dock
Lena Court 59
James C Court 27 longshoreman on dock
Barney S Court 19 longshoreman on dock
Kirby Court 34 son single sailor on ship


Residence:
Courts, Jas C (Marie L; 3) emp Mag Pet Co h 1737 Sabine Pass av

Census:
505 Shamrock Sreet
James C Courts 37
Marie L Courts 35
Shirley Courts 4
Kuly Courts 3
Charles E Courts 1
Dumas Bonin 62 Louisiana divorced father in law
Gilder Gantz 50 uncle single Texas
Adam J Bonen 30 Louisiana married brother in law


Residence:
Courts, Jas C (Louise M) wharf tender Mag Pet Co h 510 Shamrock av

James married Mary Louise "Weesie" Bonin on 7 Jul 1934 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Adam Dumas Bonin and Marie Louise Sanche) was born on 19 Jan 1916 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died before 25 Jul 2010 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 26 Jul 2010 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: 1947, 510 Shamrock Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1930, listed in her sister's home at age 15

Census:
9 Jan 1920
Numa Bonin 38 1882 LA carpenter
Louise Bonin 38 1882 LA
Eva Bonin 14 1906
Mathusa Bonin 12 1908
Adam Bonin 9 1911
Anthony Bonin 8 1/12 1911
Louise Bonin 3 1/12
Harry Bonin 1 1/12 1918


Residence:
Courts, Jas C (Louise M) wharf tender Mag Pet Co h 510 Shamrock av

Died:
Mary Louise 'Weesie' Courts: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX) - July 25, 2010
Deceased Name: Mary Louise 'Weesie' Courts
Mary Louise 'Weesie' Courts, 94, of Beaumont, passed away Friday, July 23, 2010, at The Summer Place in Beaumont.

A long time resident of the Beaumont area, she was born January 19, 1916, to Marie Louise Songe Bonin and Dumas Bonin. Our mother married the love of her life; James C. 'Coley' Courts on July 7, 1934, to this marriage seven children were born. Mary enjoyed cooking and entertaining her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of sixty-two years, James C. 'Coley' Courts; sisters; brothers; in-laws; and her grandsons, Lance Harvey and Tim McFarland.

Survivors include her daughters, Shirley Burks, Patricia Conley and Nancy White; sons, Charles Courts, Anthony Courts, Jerry Courts and Kirby Courts; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Her funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 26, 2010, at Broussard's, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont with burial to follow at Magnolia Cemetery. A gathering of her family and friends will begin at 11:00 a.m. Monday prior to the service at Broussard's.

The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the doctors, care givers and Texas Hospice during her stay at Summer Place.

Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society of Southeast Texas, P.O. Box 1629, Beaumont, Texas 77704 or to Southeast Texas Food Bank, P.O. Box 21012, Beaumont, Texas 77705.