~Texas Birth Index- 1918~
~Grace Lucile Mendenhall- 7th Cousin, 4x Removed
Grace was born on August 1, 1919 in El Paso, Texas to Paul Mendenhall (1892-1972) and Essie Harrison (1895-1942). She had one sister- Essie Pauline (Pauline for short) (1921-2011).
(pictured left is 16 year old Grace, yearbook photo from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas).
At the age of 19, on September 19, 1938, Grace married Marshall Wooten Alexander (1915-1985) in San Antonio, Texas. They had one daughter together before divorcing before 1942- Bonnie Grace Alexander (1941-1997).
~Raymond Orville Mendenhall- 6th Cousin, 4x Removed
Raymond was born on Valentines Day, February 14, 1919 in Bowie, Texas to James Victor Mendenhall (1892-1940) and Mary Jane Hinton (1889-1927). He had 6 siblings: Clarence, James, Larena, Eunice, Earl and Ruby.
Raymond married Ann Opal "Annie" Cox (1906-1989) and they had one son: Earl Ray Mendenhall, born in 1945.
At the age of 40, Raymond died of a coronary thrombosis due to coronary arteriosclerosis. He is buried beside his wife Annie in the Springtown Cemetery in Springtown, Texas. 
~Helen Margie Mendenhall- 8th Cousin, 4x Removed
Marjorie was born on July 16, 1919 in Electra, Texas to Dale Lambert Mendenhall (1899-1977) and Leila May Lawler (b. 1902). I couldn't find any siblings.
Marjorie married twice. First, on August 7, 1937 to Donald William Duncan (1913-1983) in Los Angeles County, California. By 1939, they were divorced. On July 31, 1939, Marjorie married second to Jesse Wilson Crownover (1913-1969). I couldn't find any children born to either marriage.
I was able to find this gravesite from Ancestry.com....the dates match, but they were married for such a short time, I don't know why they'd be buried together? I feel like something is off with the research found- will have to come back to it later with fresh eyes.
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| Gravestone of Marjorie and Donald Duncan Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia, California |
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