Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameWaldo McLaurin 
Birth21 Sep 1892, DeKalb, Kemper Co MS
Death4 Dec 1945, O’Donnell, Lynn Co TX Age: 53
Spouses
1Blanche Madeline Cathey , 2C2R
, 2C2RBirth20 Dec 1896, Van Buren, Crawford Co AR
Death17 Apr 1944, O’Donnell, Lynn Co TX Age: 47
FatherThomas Erastus Cathey (1860-1941)
MotherMollie M. Winfrey (1865-1937)
ChildrenCharles Cathey (1930-1978)
Notes for Waldo McLaurin
1940 Census of O’Donnell, Lynn Co TX
Household Members Age Relationship
Waldo McLauren 46 Head
Blanche McLauren 40 Wife
Waldo McLauren Jr 14 Son
Charles McLauren 9 Son
Toma Cathey 80 Father-in-law
Lynn County Pioneer Is Buried Wednesday4158
O'DONNELL, Dec. 5. (Special) — Funeral services were conductec at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the O'Donnell First Methodist church for Waldo McLaurin, 53, pioneer Lynn county resident who died Tuesday. Rev. E. H. Crandall, pastor, officiated and burial was in O'Donnell cemetery.
McLaurin had been ill several months. Mrs. McLaurin died in May, 1944.
McLaurin came to Lynn county in 1903 as a boy. Old-timers here recalled that his father plowed a straight furrow from his house to the old T-Bar school so that the children could follow it to school as there were no fences in the county at that time.
McLaurin, owner of considerable Lynn county land, served as county commissioner from 1930 to 1942.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Middleton, jr.. of O'Donnell; two sons, Waldo (Tech) McLaurin, jr.. former Golden Gloves champion now in the Navy, and Charles, a student at Schreiner institute, Kerrville; one brother, Joe of O'Donnell and a sister, Mrs John Etter, also of O'Donnell. Two other sisters residing elsewhere survive him also.
Household Members Age Relationship
Waldo McLauren 46 Head
Blanche McLauren 40 Wife
Waldo McLauren Jr 14 Son
Charles McLauren 9 Son
Toma Cathey 80 Father-in-law
Lynn County Pioneer Is Buried Wednesday4158
O'DONNELL, Dec. 5. (Special) — Funeral services were conductec at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the O'Donnell First Methodist church for Waldo McLaurin, 53, pioneer Lynn county resident who died Tuesday. Rev. E. H. Crandall, pastor, officiated and burial was in O'Donnell cemetery.
McLaurin had been ill several months. Mrs. McLaurin died in May, 1944.
McLaurin came to Lynn county in 1903 as a boy. Old-timers here recalled that his father plowed a straight furrow from his house to the old T-Bar school so that the children could follow it to school as there were no fences in the county at that time.
McLaurin, owner of considerable Lynn county land, served as county commissioner from 1930 to 1942.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Middleton, jr.. of O'Donnell; two sons, Waldo (Tech) McLaurin, jr.. former Golden Gloves champion now in the Navy, and Charles, a student at Schreiner institute, Kerrville; one brother, Joe of O'Donnell and a sister, Mrs John Etter, also of O'Donnell. Two other sisters residing elsewhere survive him also.