W.
S.
Collier Family
Texas
Walter
Smith
Collier
b. Aug 9, 1894 Glenoby, Fentras Co., Tenn.
d. Dec 11, 1973 Goldsboro, N. Carolina
1m. Mabel
Clara
Thomas 17 Mar 1915
b. May 30, 1894 San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX
d. 20 Jun 1971 Dallas, TX
(divorced 12/13/1937 Dallas, TX)
2m. Lilly
Marguerite
Snipes 2 Feb 1946 NC
b. 21Aug 1906 Goldsboro, NC
d. 17 Dec 1988 Goldsboro, NC
(no children)
his father - Thomas Anderson Collier
his mother - Mary "Mollie" Octavia Terry
| children with Mable Thomas |
| Melba Elizabeth Collier |
b. 27 Apr 1916 Brownwood, Brown Co., TX |
d. 4 Oct 2002 Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home,
Clifton, TX |
m. Sylvestor Nicalie
"Buck"
Johnson
13 Jan 1940 (divorced 7 Jun 1963 Bosque Co., TX) -2
children |
| Walter Grant Collier |
b. 1 Sep 1921 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX |
d.
|
m. Madge Teresa Womack (d.21 Sep 1996) |
| Carroll Loyd Collier
|
b.18 Mar 1923 Dallas, Dallas Co., Tx |
d. |
m. Mildred Louise
Ferguson
(b.
12 May 1927 Dallas, TX) parents - Alexander and Lillian
(Stream)
Ferguson
|
| Edith Lorene Collier |
b. 9 Sept 1925 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX |
d. |
m. R. H. Petty (divorced 25 Jun 1972)
b. 16 Nov 1925 d. 13 Aug 1977
|
Walter Smith Collier was a first cousin
of
Forrest Kirkland. Walter had studied with Forrest
Kirkland
perhaps in Memphis, Tennessee. He moved to Dallas, TX. by
1920.
1920- Walter S. Collier, (27) is in Dallas
with his wife, Mabel,(30) and
their daughter, Melba (3.5 yrs). He lists his occupation as
bookkeeper
for
Western Union. [US census]
1930 - US Census, Dallas, Dallas Co.,
Texas.
[enum. Dist. 57-78, sheet 244] They
seem to be living at 2706 S. Marsallis Ave., There
is an
inconsistency in this record with Walter saying he is born in
Tenn.
while the children's father is born in Texas.
Collier,
Walter
head
owner
m
w 37 mar at
22yrs Tennessee
Texas
Arkansas
clerk Western Union
"
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Mabel
wife
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40
mar at 25yrs
Texas
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Alabama
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13
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Grant
son
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8
s
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Collier ,
Edith
dau
f
w
6
s
Texas
Texas
Texas
They live in Dallas where all the
children
attended school and graduated. Carroll Collier eventually goes
to work
for and apprentices with Forrest Kirkland as a commercial
artist. After
Forrest's death in 1942 Carroll continued his career as an
illustrator
in Dallas.
Edith Collier and Roy Kirkland, Forrest's
son, go to movies together while she is in high school.
sources:
DeArmond-Huskey, Rebecca. Beyond
Batholomew, The Portland Area History,1996, DeArmond-
Huskey &
Friends of Portland History. 1054 Osment Bluff;Wilmar, AR 71675
Petty, Edith Lorene Collier. records of
"edithpetty@mindspring.com"
Gallery Shoal Creek, biography 2004, web site
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