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Zola Catherine Blevins 1880 - 1978

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• Birth	17 Dec 1880	White Co., Arkansas
  Gender	Female
  _UID	8557954BFB1DDC4998D23537907E01E0BEF5
  Died	18 Jul 1978	White Co., Arkansas
  Buried	Kensett Cemetery, Kensett, White Co., Arkansas
  		Zola Catherine Blevins, James Espy Fondren Status: Located
  Person ID	I4501	A_rey
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	James Washington Blevins,   b. 11 Feb 1859, Arkansas ,   d. 24 Apr 1954, Pasadena, California
  Mother	Lula Lee Price,   b. Abt 1863, Arkansas ,   d. Abt 1891, White Co., AR
  Married	13 Mar 1879	White Co, AR
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	30545C72CA7B304185746AF01A17F4830340
  Family ID	F1750	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Espy Fondren,   b. 10 May 1877, White Co., Arkansas ,   d. 1 Jul 1956, White Co., Arkansas
  Married	1898	White Co., AR
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	EE4C4740E042174E9648493AF1BD3DE87C4D
  Children	1. Lorene Hazel Fondren,   b. 23 Nov 1899, Judsonia, White Co., Arkansas ,   d. 10 Aug 1986, Los Angeles, CA   2. Merle Ann Fondren,   b. 30 Mar 1901, Kensett, White, Arkansas ,   d. 29 Nov 1987, Houston, Harris Co., TX   3. Sybil Lea Fondren,   b. 2 Aug 1902, Kensett, White Co., Arkansas ,   d. 20 Dec 1992, Orange Co., CA   4. James Price Fondren,   b. 14 Dec 1904, Kensett, White, Arkansas ,   d. 14 Nov 1999, Winter Haven, Polk Co., Florida   5. Blevins Robbins Fondren,   b. 14 Jul 1913, Kensett, White, Arkansas ,   d. 3 Jun 1991, Los Angeles County, CA
  Family ID	F1709	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Zola Blevins Fondren
  		Blevins Livery Searcy, White Co., AR circa 1905 From Left to Right: Mr. Ellis in the hack, James Washington Blevins with crutches, his son Henry Everett Blevins, Samuel W. Donaghey then Mr. Ron Ray. The source for these names is Ms. Zola Blevins Fondren. The "Sam" is Samuel W. Donaghey. Sam is the bother of JW Blevins's 2nd wife Nannie Donaghey. Sam and the 3rd Donaghey sibling lived with JW Blevins in 1900. Sam was also referred to and apparently known around town as "Uncle Nunk".
  		James Fondren & Zola Blevins
  		Zola Blevins Fondren
  		Zola Blevins Fondren
  		Pearle Clemments Fondren, Zola Blevins Fondren and Sybil Fondren

  
  

  Histories

  Gresham/Grisham Story circa 1913 By: Alexander Taylor Strange annotated by James Price Fondren 1904 - 1999

  
  

• Notes

  Home in 1910: Kensett, White, Arkansas KENSETT: Mrs. Zola C. Fondren, aged 97, of Houston, Tex., formerly of Kensett, widow of James E. Fondren, died Tuesday. She was a member of Kensett United Methodist Church. Survivors are two sons, James P. Fondren of Sarasota, Fla., and Blevins Fondren of La Canada, Cal.; three daughters, Mrs. Merle Summers of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Lorene Jones of Long Beach, Cal., and Mrs. Sybil Hodges of Los Angeles, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Kensett United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Kensett Cemetery by Daniel Funeral Home of Searcy. (Source: The Arkansas Gazette 7/23/1978; Fondren-Clements Papers; transcribed by Ronald E. Yates 8/23/2009)