Ovella BUCKNER

1916 - 2017  (101 years)

• Name	Ovella BUCKNER
  Birth	16 Feb 1916	Caldwell County, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	3 Feb 1920	Lytton Springs, Caldwell, Texas, USA   [3]
  Census	5 Apr 1930	Caldwell County, Texas, USA   [2]
  	Justice Precinct 4, Dale and Taylorsville Road
  Residence	11 Feb 2016	Harwood, Gonzales, Texas, USA   [4]
  Religion	Christian
  Death	1 Apr 2017  [1]
  Burial	3 Apr 2017	Harwood Cemetery, Harwood, Gonzales, Texas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I28027	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Ervin Bill BUCKNER,   b. 29 Jun 1887, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, USA d. 4 Apr 1962, Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Kate NECESSARY,   b. 12 Jan 1886, Elm Grove, Caldwell, Texas, USA d. 16 Jul 1975, Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1906  [5]
  Family ID	F19241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Newton Louis TUMLINSON,   b. 14 Mar 1914, Texas, USA d. 12 Jan 1996, Gonzales County, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Caldwell County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Clyde Newton TUMLINSON,   b. 16 Jun 1944, Matagorda County, Texas, USA d. 11 Feb 2016 (Age 71 years) + 4. Living
  Family ID	F18896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2018

  
  

• Photos

  Ovella Buckner Tumlinson and Bernice Bell Tumlinson Ovella (l) and Bernice (r)

  
  

• Notes

  “Ovella was born and raised in Caldwell County.  After marrying, she and Newton often moved where workers were needed in the South Texas Oil Fields.  Ovella was a hard working woman, working in the fields picking and chopping cotton or working in the corn fields and having to rush in to prepare dinner for her family was simply part of her daily life, she never complained.  Living and caring for her family with limited means was never a burden to Ovella, she always kept her family well fed and loved.  She adored her family and cherished her many grandchildren and generations of great-grandchildren.  Ovella was a sweet, loving and kind woman.  Her Christian faith was undeniable as she walked through a life besieged by two world wars, the trials of the great depression, the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf wars and the wars on terror all the while joyful of God’s love and the opportunities to worship Him.   As time might permit; Ovella enjoyed playing dominoes, quilting and helping in the garden.  She was a firm but devoted mother as she obediently led her children close to the Lord.  If she wasn’t nourishing their souls with the word of God then she was nourishing their bodies with her home cooking with memories of her corn patties or corn cakes and her magnificent fried chicken lingering still.  Through her life she had experienced many pleasurable and sorrowful periods of time.  Still at 101 years of age, her health declining and the hands that had worked the fields, fed her family and clasped together in countless prayers now withering away; her voice still had enough strength to nightly sing ‘How Great Thou Art’ as she sang praises to God before lying down to sleep.” [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3021] Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, Inc., In Memory of Ovella Buckner Tumlinson. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Caldwell County, Texas, ED 13, p. 2B, line 93. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Caldwell County, Texas, ED 61, p. 16A, line 16. [S104] Monday, February 15, 2016. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Caldwell County, Texas, ED 33, p. 25A, lines 3-4.