The Lucas/ Lacross Family of California:Information about Velma Louise Edwards
Velma Louise Edwards (b. August 25, 1917, d. April 03, 1990)
Notes for Velma Louise Edwards:
[Kane.FTW]
Notes for VELMA LOUISE EDWARDS:
Velma Louise Edwards was the eighth child of William and Mary Tice Edwards.
She married Tommy Samuel Arnold in 1934 in Hollis, Oklahoma. Either due to
Tommy's failure to support the family or other causes, they were seperated by
1942. Velma went to Salem, Oregon either with or somehow became associated
with
Claude Kane about that same time. Velma and Claude had their first child
together in 1943. I don't know wheather Tommy and Velma were divorced at this
time or not. I have a copy somewhere around here of their divorce and will
search it out in the next couple of days.
The information supplied here is from a printout supplied by Patrica
Branigan, who has done the TICE genealogy in 1992. Pat lives in the Ft. Worth
Area. All information on the KANE connection is from this printout. The TICE
connection continued thru the marriage of my Mother, Minnie Arnold Turner to
Johnnie Tice , the son of William Tice and Callie Wilson Tice. William Tice
was
the brother of Mary Tice Edwards.
Velma's parents lived for many years in the 300 block of West Jones St.. They
quilted in the living room using a rope and pulley arrangement to raise the
quilt when not working on it. I remember that both of them were in real poor
health for years before they passed away.
The last time I remember seeing Dickie Lee was when he was staying with the
Edwards in about 1952 at Christmas time. I was on Leave from the U.S. A.F.
with
my wife, Jackie and Dickie came up to see me.
Children of TOMMIE ARNOLD and VELMA EDWARDS
are:
i. RICHARD LEE6 ARNOLD, b. December 17, 1935, HOLLIS, Harmon Co.,
OK.; m. PEGGY BRUNER, Abt. 1967, Oregon; b.
August 30, 1944, Irwin Co., Ga..
Notes for RICHARD LEE ARNOLD:
Information on Richard Lee Arnold after his departure from Okla. in appx.
1940, furnishaed by Peggy Otto in Jan. 2001.
ii. GLENDA JOLENE ARNOLD,
b. September 30, 1937, HOLLIS, Harmon Co., OK..
Notes for GLENDA JOLENE ARNOLD:
Jolene was the second and last child of Tommy and Velma Edwards Arnold. She
went with her mother in the early 1940's to Salem, Oregon. I have pictures of
her at about one and two years old. In the later one she is shown with Lois
Marie Turner, the daughter of Addie Edwards Turner. I was only some 1o or 12
years old when they left Hollis, Okla. and have very little memory of her..
Endnotes
1. Obit for Tommy Arnold, Hollis News Feb. 26, 1998 pg.3, Tommy died Friday,
Feb. 20, at Harmon Memorial Hospital. Graveside services were held Monday at
11
AM, Feb. 23. at Mc Knight Cemetery.
2. Arnold, Tommy Samuel death record, SSDI, SS# 445-09-9760, last address ,
Altus, Ok..
3. Kane, Velma Edwards death record, SSDI, SS#560-28-8534 issued in
Ca.
4. Velma was baptized in September, 1929 at the First Baptist Church in Hollis, OK
by J.W. Wilcox, Jr Pastor
----- Original Message -----
From:
Jason &
Lisa
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 1:52
PM
Subject: Velma Edwards Kane
More About Velma Louise Edwards:
Baptism: September 1929, First Baptist Church, Hollis , OK.102
Social Security Number: SSDI, SS#560-28-8534.102
More About Velma Louise Edwards and Tommie Samuel Arnold:
Marriage: March 28, 1934, Hollis, Harmon, OK.102
More About Velma Louise Edwards and Claude Stanley Kane:
Marriage: September 16, 1940, Vancouver, WA.102
Children of Velma Louise Edwards and Tommie Samuel Arnold are:
- +Richard Lee Arnold, b. December 17, 1935, Hollis, Harmon, OK102, d. February 20, 1998, Hollis, Harmon, OK102.
- +Glenda Jolene Arnold.
Children of Velma Louise Edwards and Claude Stanley Kane are: