Merle Chester Deaton

Merle married Ruby K. Kirby on 5 Feb 1914. Ruby was born on 14 Jun 1890 in China, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 May 1967 in Rusk, Cherokee Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Beaumont High School, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1920, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1930, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1935, 1760 Avenue E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1937, 1760 Avenue E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1938, 1760 Avenue E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1940, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1943, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1947, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1950, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Organizations: Abt 1965, Order of Eastern Star, Beaumont Chapter 71, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

schoolteacher at Fletcher Elementary School

She also did a lot of genealogy work on the Moyer and Snider lines, of which were the foundations of my continued research on these families.


Census:
1920 Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
Mille (Merle) C Dester (Deaton) 38 Illinois Illinois New Hampshire
Ruby K Dester (Deaton) 29 Texas MIssissippi Texas
Elizabeth G Dester (Deaton) 3 Texas
Thelma Bena Dester (Deaton) 1 Texas


Census:
1930 Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
1760 Avenue E
Muriel Deaton, 48 age 1st married 32 Illinois Illinois New Hampshire; 5000 home value
Ruby K. 39 age 1st married 23 Texas Mississippi Texas
Elizabeth G. dau 13
Thelma P. dau 11

Residence:
1935 Beaumont City Directory
Deaton Eliz Miss r1760 Avenue E
Deaton, Georgia W. (wid John) r1760 Avenue E
Deaton, Merle C. (Ruby) formn PO h1760 Avenue E.
Deaton, Thelma Miss r1760 Avenue E

Residence:
1937 Beaumont City Directory
Deaton, Eliz Miss r1760 Avenue E.
Deaton Merle C. (Ruby) formn P.O. h1760 Avenue E.
Deaton, Thelma Miss r1760 Avenue E.


Residence:
1738 Beaumont City Directory
Deaton, Elizabeth Miss tchr PS r1760 Avenue E (PS=public school)
Deaton, Merle C (Ruby K) formn PO h1760 Avenue E
Deaton, Thelma Miss student r1760 Avenue E

Residence:
1940 city directory
Moyer Arth L help Business Men's Studio r 1337 Roberts av
Eliz Mrs tchr pennsylvania Av Sch r 2360 Avenue E
Wm A (Rose) ofc sec Mag Pet Co h 1337 Roberts av
(note: the "Robt seaman" is not my dad. There was another Robt Moyer in town that caused some confusion. This year was my dad's senior year at Beaumont High School. He was living at home. By Sept of this year, he had enlisted in the Army. Ruth was married, had her girls and living on Ashley Street.


Residence:
Raymond (Eliz-1) tchr Bmt Hi Sch, 2230 (2360) Ave E
(Wm A not listed)


Residence:
Moyer Arthur L student r 1337 Roberts av
" Raymond L (Eliz) tchr Bmt Bd of Educ h 2360 Av E
" Robert E (Gloria) slsmn Graybar Elec h 1092 Grand av
" Wm (Rosa M) blr hse wkr Mag Pet Co h 133 Roberts av


Residence:
Beaumont City Directory 1950
Moyer, Arthur L appr Enterprise Co r 1337 Roberts Av
Moyer, Eliz Mrs. tchr PS r2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS h2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Robt E (Gloria) lab h2285 Avenue A
Moyer, Wm A (Rose M) opr Mag Pet h1337 Roberts av

Organizations:
Became an Eastern Star, though not sure of exact date or even decade; but sometime after her brother-in-law had become a Mason in about 1958 and an Eastern Star member in about 1962.


Died:
Beaumont Enterprise - December 20, 1998 Obit
Elizabeth Georgia Moyer
Elizabeth Georgia Moyer, 82, of Beaumont died Dec 17 at Lindbergh Nursing Home.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Carroll-Wallace Funeral Directors with burial at Forest Lawn memorial park. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
A native and lifelong resident of Beaumont she was a retired school teacher with BISD.
Survivors include her son, John Raymond Moyer of Beaumont and three grandchildren.

Elizabeth married Raymond Lee Moyer before 1940 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Raymond (son of William Arthur* Moyer and Rosa Mae* Snider) was born on 5 Oct 1913 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois; died on 5 Aug 1988 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 8 Aug 1988 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Austin, Travis Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
1940 Austin, Jefferson Co, Texas
Orvan V Jones 23 Cherokee Co, Texas
Thelma Jones 21 Jefferson Co, Texas
Normankirly Jones 3/12

Thelma married Judge Orvan B. Jones about 1938, and was divorced before 1971. Orvan was born on 29 Mar 1917 in Oklahoma; died on 2 Feb 1990 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas; was buried in Atoy Cem, Rusk, Cherokee Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thelma married Ball before 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1943, 2230 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1947, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1950, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Education: 1959, Beaumont High School, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: Aug 2002; research

Notes:

Birth:
Texas Birth Index
Name: John Raymond Moyer
Date of Birth: 15 Mar 1942
Gender: Male
Birth County: Jefferson
Father's Name: R L Moyer
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Deaton
Roll Number: 1942_0007


Residence:
1937 city directory:
Moyer Raymond L r 723 Fulton av
" Robt E r 725 Fulton av
" Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co r 725 Fulton av

Residence:
Beaumont City Directory 1950
Moyer, Arthur L appr Enterprise Co r 1337 Roberts Av
Moyer, Eliz Mrs. tchr PS r2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS h2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Robt E (Gloria) lab h2285 Avenue A
Moyer, Wm A (Rose M) opr Mag Pet h1337 Roberts av

Other-Begin:
John communicated with someone on genealogy, emailing quite a bit of what his mother had researched; and those emails were susbequently posted within the confines of that tree at Rootsweb.

Died:
Name: John R. Moyer
SSN: 455-64-7745
Last Residence: 77706 Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Born: 15 Mar 1942
Died: 29 Sep 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (1956)

John married Betty Jo Uhlig [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jill A Davy on 24 Nov 1998 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Jill was born on 21 Aug 1945; died on 21 Aug 2004 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1947, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1950, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Education: 1958, Crockett Junior High School, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1958, 2360 Ave E, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Organizations: Abt 1962, Rainbow Girls, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Education: 31 May 1962, Beaumont High School, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Birth:
Texas Birth Index
Name: Lynda Elizabeth Moyer
Date of Birth: 12 Sep 1944
Gender: Female
Birth County: Jefferson
Father's Name: Raymond Lee Moyer
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Deaton
Roll Number: 1944_0008


Residence:
1937 city directory:
Moyer Raymond L r 723 Fulton av
" Robt E r 725 Fulton av
" Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co r 725 Fulton av

Residence:
Beaumont City Directory 1950
Moyer, Arthur L appr Enterprise Co r 1337 Roberts Av
Moyer, Eliz Mrs. tchr PS r2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS h2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Robt E (Gloria) lab h2285 Avenue A
Moyer, Wm A (Rose M) opr Mag Pet h1337 Roberts av

Organizations:
She entered the Rainbow Girls but not sure of the year. Assuming it was around the time she was maybe 16.


Died:
killed in automobile accident on high school graduation night.
Obit:
Beaumont Enterprise May 31, 1962

Lynda Moyer's Funeral Rites are Today at 2
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in Carroll-Wallace Funeral Home Chapel here for Lynda Elizabeth Moyer, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Moyer, 2360 Avenue E, who was fatally injured early eesterday after the auto in which she was a passenger struck a utility pole.
The Rev. Walker McPherson, pastor of the North End Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will include Pat Summerville, Gid Graham, Bill Marlow, Roland Bryam, Arnold Whedbee and Pat Vietch.
The girl, who had received her high school diploma from Beaumont High earlier in the evening, died in the emergency room of Baptist Hospital. The accident occurred about 4:30 a.m. at Washington and Fourth.
Officers identified the driver of the car as Harry L. Harville, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Harvill, 405 Chaison, who told police the auto's steering mechanism would not respond.
The teenagers were reportedly en route to the Moyer home, retuurning from a graduation dance and movie, and a breakfast after graduation exercises.
Young Harvill was awarded the 1962 McGraw-Hill National Merit Scholarship and was one of six top honor grads in the senior graduation class.
Miss Moyer was a member of the North End Methodist Church, the church choir, the band orchestra at Beaumont High School, the Rainbow Girls, and the Latin Club.
Besides her parents, survivors include a brother, John Raymond Moyer, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Moyer 1237 Roberts and Mrs. Runy Deaton of Rusk.
____

Notes:

Birth:
Name Norman Kirby Jones
Date of Birth 31 Dec 1939
Gender Male
Birth County Travis
Father's Name Orvan B Jones
Mother's Name Thelma Pearl Deaton
Roll number 1939_0004

Nicholas married Anna Valerevna [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]