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Cleo	1. Crystal STRALEY (b. 8 Feb 1889, TX; d. 4 Nov 1973, Lamesa, DawsCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 53115024, TX) m. Cletus Orlando LAWLER "Cleo" (b. 18 Feb 1883, AL; d. 25 July 1966, DawsCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 73021182, TX)    Parents: Alonzo Judson LAWLER / Mary Elizabeth ALSABROOK "Molly" Grandchildren:   1. Charles Judson LAWLER (b. 10 June 1905, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 13 Dec 1964, Big Spring, HowaCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 146719936, TX) m. Oma Lena MEDLIN (b. Feb 1910, Stanton, MartCtyTX; d. 29 June 1994, Lamesa, DawsCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 146719919, TX) on 16 Feb 1938, DawsCtyTX    Parents: James Marion MEDLIN / Dora Pearl COFFEE; 2nd Husband: Wiley S. ARMSTRONG (m. 1975)   2. Orval Clements LAWLER b. 7 Oct 1907, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 6 Feb 1972, Big Spring, HowaCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 62876010, TX) m. Alice MOORE (b. 4 Jan 1911, Comanche, ComaCtyTX; d. 29 Aug, 1995, StepCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 148215784, TX)    Parents: Winfield Scott MOORE / Sarah Eugenia BINGHAM   3. Ray Dee LAWLER (b. 1 Jan 1909, TX; d. Feb 1982, Story, IA; Find-A-Grave 148306101, TX) m. Jessie Arlene HUMPHREYS (b. 17 June 1913, Lamesa, DawsCtyTX; d. 16 Mar 1990)    Parents: Russell A. HUMPHREYS / Elizabeth M. RAINER, 2nd husband: Mr. LILGE   4. Mary Gwendolyn LAWLER "Gwen" (b. 20 Dec, 1911, TX, d. 13 Feb 1997, HoodCtyTX 1; Find-A-Grave 22784138, TX) m. Cully Bright OAKES (b. 2 Sep, 1892, Bluff Dale, EratCtyTX; d. 26 Nov 1956, Granbury, HoodCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 22784150, TX)    Parents: George Washington OAKES / Rachel Isabell KELLY   5. Cleo Fay LAWLER "Toots" (b. 21 Apr 1915, TX, d. 11 Aug 1999; Find-A-Grave 22677822, TX) m. Murry Kirtley BROOKS "Red" (b. 21 May 1915, DawsCtyTX; d. 16 Dec 1990, TomGCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 22677787, TX) on 15 Sep 1939   Parents: William Cradic BROOKS "WIllie" / Floy Mae CONKLIN   6. John Straley LAWLER (b. 23 Mar 1917, CallCtyTX; d. 12 Aug 1986, Lamesa, DawsCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 138346874, TX) m. Mary Frances FOWLER (b. 17 Nov 1924, Bomarton, BaylCtyTX; d. 26 May 1993, Lubbock, LubbCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 143942905, TX) on 29 Sep 1949, DawsCtyTX    Parents: Herschel O. FOWLER / Margaret Elizabeth ARNOLD (SPEARS) "Maggie"   7. Doris Laverne LAWLER (b. 25 June 1921, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 25 July 1921, 1988; Find-A-Grave 110915876, TX) m. John Durwood KIRTLEY (b. 18 Apr 1917, Cleburne, JohnCtyTX; d. 10 Jan 1968, Forth Worth, TarrCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 84985464, TX)    Parents: Fielding Lowrey KIRTLEY / Nell GUIHER     Notes: Crystal's obituary, Big Spring Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 19 LAMESA - Last rights for Mrs. Chrystal Lawler, 84, San Angelo, were held at 2 p.m. today in Branon Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Purkaple, First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Lamesa Memorial Park. Mrs. Lawler, a former 51-year resident of Dawson County, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday in a San Angelo hospital.  She had lived in San Angelo the past 18 months. She was a Baptist. Survivors include:  three daughters, Mrs. C. B. Oakes, Bluff Dale, Mrs. M. K. Brooks, Veribest, and Mrs. Doris Kirtley, Fort Worth; a son, John Lawler, Lamesa; three sisters, Mrs. John Windham, Midland, Mrs. Tom McIntyre, Ralls, and Mrs. Leslie Davis, Lampasas; two brothers, Charles Straley, Oplin, and H. B. Straley, Lampasas; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.   John D. Kirtley was a PFC in 39th Infantry, REGT 9 Division during World War II.   From 1910 US Census for Justice Precinct 4, ColeCtyTX: Family 192   Name Rel. Race Sex Age Mar.Stat BirthPlace FatherBPlace MotherBPlace Occ. Cleo O. Lawler Self W M 27 M AL AL GA   Chrystal C. Lawler Wife W F 21 M TX TX TX   Charles J. Lawler Son W M 5 S TX AL TX   Orval C. Lawler Son W M 2 S TX AL TX   Ray Lawler Son W M 8 Mo. S TX AL TX     From 1930 US Census for O'Donnell, LynnCtyTX: Family 39   Name Rel. Race Sex Est.DOB Age Mar.Stat BirthPlace FatherBPlace MotherBPlace Cleo O. Lawler Head W M 1883 47 M AL AL GA Crystal C. Lawler Wife W F 1889 41 M TX TX TX Charles J. Lawler Son W M 1906 24 S TX AL TX Ray D. Lawler Son W M 1910 20 S TX AL TX Gwendolyn Lawler Dau W F 1912 18 S TX AL TX Cleo F. Lawler Dau W F 1916 14 S TX AL TX John S. Lawler Son W M 1917 13 S TX AL TX Laverne Lawler Dau W F 1921 9 S TX AL TX
	2. Infant Son (b. 8 Feb 1890; d. 9 Feb 1890; Find-A-Grave 47502875, TX)   Notes: Lived only one day.
	3. Charles Dean STRALEY (b. 19 Jan 1891, TX; d. 11 June 1979, TX) m. Annie Laura Windham "Lollie"    Parents: Tom WINDHAM/Laura Lou JONES Grandchildren: 1. Frankie Lee STRALEY (b. 1915, TX) m. Jack HANCOCK   2. Elsie Louise STRALEY (b. 1920, TX) m. E. Earl DURHAM   3. Charley Tom STRALEY (b. 1923, TX) m. Peggy E. SANSOM     Notes: Charley's grandchildren (unanimously loved him as a Texas legend and their wonderful grandfather. THey all referred to him as "Daddy Straley".
	4. Ada STRALEY (b. 10 Oct 1893; d. 4 Jan 1990, age 96; Find-A-Grave 26785935, TX) m. Tom Stewart MCINTYRE (b. 13 May 1889, Falls, CallCtyTX; d. 18 Sep 1958, Ralls, CrosCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 26785601, TX)    Parents: John Hardwick MCINTYRE / Mollie Elizabeth GOTT Grandchildren:   1. Thomas Stewart MCINTYRE Jr. "Tom" (b. 20 July 1915, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 7 Dec 1966, SanMCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 18133404) m. Marjorie Lovella STRANGE (b. 9 June 1925, Ralls, CrosCtyTX; d. 10 Feb 2008, Springdale, WashCtyAR; Find-A-Grave 96994428, AR)    Parents: William STRANGE / Lillie A. O'NEAL   2. Harold Bland MCINTYRE (b. 24 May 1917, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 13 Feb 2008, TX; Find-A-Grave 24673614, TX) m1. Mary Lou STRANGE (d. 19 Feb 2008) m2. Private   3. Margaret Lurlyne MCINTYRE "Margaret" (b. 11 Oct, 1923, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 1 Mar 2003) m1. Grover JOHNSON "Johnnie" m2. Mr. HEATH     Notes: Tom McIntyre Jr. was a 2nd Lt. at Fort Hood during World War II.  He was was later killed in a car accident. Marjorie and Mary Lou Strange were sisters.   From 1920 US Census for CallCtyTX:   Name Rel Sex Race Est.DOB Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Tom S. McIntyre Self M W 1889 31 M TX AL TX Ada McIntyre Wife W F 1893 27 M TX TX TX Tom S. McIntyre Son W M 1916 4 S TX TX TX Harold B. McIntyre Son W M 1918 2 S TX TX TX

 

Notes:

Charles Clement Straley was born in Adamsville, Lampasas County, Texas. Maggie was born in Fannin, Texas. She died at Davis Ranch, Lampasas, Texas. Charles died at the age of 42. The story, as often told to me by my mother, Elsie Straley Durham, and her father, C.D. "Daddy" Straley, was that Charlie took a trip into town, and he was gone for several days, if not weeks. During his absence, a new barbed wire fence was constructed. Charlie returned alone one night, of course , unaware of the new fence. He rode full speed into it, which threw him from his horse and killed him instantly.  That event left his wife, Maggie, a young widow with three children. As fate would have it, Charlie's brother, John H. Straley, experienced a similar tragedy earlier that May when his own wife, Addie, died (in childbirth as the story goes). Whether it was a pre-arranged agreement between brothers to care for the other's family in event of tragedy, simple convenience, we will never know, however, soon after Charlie's death, John H. and Maggie exchanged wedding vows. The couple would go on to have more children. So, from these circumstances, my grand father had brothers, sisters, half-brothers, half-sisters, and step-brothers and -sisters, who were also his first cousins!   Charles C. Straley is buried in Silver Valley Cemetery, ColeCtyTX.  Maggie is buried in Oplin Cemetery, CallCtyTX (Maggie's obituary), with her second husband John H. Straley.   Page Sources: Texas Deaths, 1964 - 1998 online.   ModLog: Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes 11/10/2018 Ancestry.com Updated parents of many of the spouses.

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