GENERATION
2. LEONARD ROY STEVENSON
(1)(2)
(3)(4)
was born on 14 Apr 1914 in near Hall Summit, La..(1) He died on 18 May 1958
in the Veterans Hospital, Shreveport, La. He was buried on 21 May 1958 in Forest Park Cem. Shreveport, La.. He was baptized 1948 in Calion Baptist Church, Calion Ark.. He was an upholsterer.
He married Mary Lou Womack, the daughter of Watson Womack and Louiza Elizabeth Myers Henson.
Mary Lou was 15, & Roy was 18.
Roy met Mary Lou Womack at a "country" dance where her father was playing the fiddle, and Mary Lou was singing. When they got to the dance Mary Lou soon noticed the very handsom, over six foot tall, black haired, blue eyed, dark complexioned Stevenson boy; and he could hardly miss her red hair! She whispered to her mother Lular, "Mama, there's the man I'm going to marry!" They all laughed, but soon enough that's exactly what happened!
Not only was he very handson, Roy was a soft spoken person, very seldom raising his voice. When he had to correct his children, he would just point his finger at them, and that was all he needed to do. Why we obeyed, I have no idea! Never in our lives did he ever spank any of us, that I remember. He was very loving to all of his family, and people that he was close to. He was an exceptionally honest person, never touching anything that did not belong to him. He had no use for anyone that was not honest as well. He held his word, and others words, as the upmost truth. If anyone ever broke their word with him, he would quitely, but absolutely, want nothing else to do with them. Usually, they would never know why! Roy loved to laugh, and had a good sence of humor. And Lord, did he love little babies. All of his children and grandchildren cut their teeth chewing on his thumb!
All of the grandchildren of Roy have really enjoyed hearing the story of his and Mary Lou's courtship, because Mary Lou's mother or one of her brothers accompanied them on every single date, often sitting in the rumble seat of Roy's borrowed car! They married at Hall Summit La. Roy had many occupations during the Depression years that followed. They lived with her parents for several years, anywhere there was work. They were living just outside of Longview, Texas, beside the Womack's house, in a tent with board floors and boards part way up the walls when Billy Roy was born. They moved to Shreveport about 1936. Roy worked as a welder and then learned the upholstering trade which he followed all of his life. Roy's brother Rex was an upholsterer also, as was Mary Lou's brother George Womack. Roy served in WWII although he never served overseas. In 1949 the family moved to Calion, Arkansas, where his brother Reggie was then living. Also in Calion was Roy's uncle Adrian Rowell. The children all went to school in nearby Norphlet Ark. Anyone who has grown up in a small town (population less than 600!) knows what fun these four have now when they get together. The moment always arrives when one of them says "Do you remember when ________?" and off they go! Halloweens when roads were blocked off and toilets turned over, girl friends, boy friends, deer hunting expeditions, water melon stealing (with several close calls!) The very same things every child who grew up in a small town remembers. Roy's children are exceptionall close, emotionally and geographically, three of them live in the same area near Keithville, La. and Pete, who lives in Corpus Christi, Tex. visits frequently. Any occasion (or none at all!) is the excuse for a family barbecue and volley ball game, which more often than not includes three generations of Roy's descendants with a few assorted nieces, nephews etc. thrown in for good measure. He was married to MARY LOU WOMACK on 11 Sep 1932 in HALL SUMMIT, LA..(3) My family was living on 80th St. in Shreveport, La. when I was born. We moved to Calion Arkansas when I was 18 mo. old, living there until 1958. After Daddy passed away, Mama, Sid, and I moved back to Shreveport. Pete joined the Navy, and at that time, Billy and Nell were living in Lafayette, La. They moved back to Shreveport soon after. Pete married a girl from Corpus Christi, Tx. where he was stationed. After getting out of the Navy, he made Corpus his home.
3. MARY LOU WOMACK Mary Lou was born on 22 Feb 1917 in near Hall Summit, La.. She died on 7 Oct 1995 in Shreveport, La.. She was buried on 10 Oct 1995 in Forest Park Cem., Shreveport, La..
Mary Lou was a vivacious, fun loving red head who was always either talking or laughing. She was really beautiful in her youth. Her red hair, with no freckles, made her stand out in
a crowd. She loved music and loved to pick a guitar and sing. She sang at every "county dance" within 100 miles of her home. He father played the fiddle, her brother, George, played the guitar, and sang harmony with Mary Lou. One night around the late 1920's a man came up and told her he would give her a $20.00 bill if she would sing "Red River Valley" one more time. I asked her if she did it, and she answered, "You better bet I did!! $20.00 was a LOT of money at that time"! During the early 1930's the Womack's had their own live county muic show on a radio station in Longview, Tx. Mary
Lou always said she could have been a country music star if she had had a manager. But she chose to have her "babies" instead. She sings now to her great grandchildren and her hair is no longer red but she still loves to talk and laugh! She had always been an emotional person quick to laugh or cry. Her
grandchildren love to tease her. They are all called "her babies" even though some of them are over thirty years old. I can never remember a time when she wasn't cooking and feeding kids. Every child within "smelling range" knew when she baked cupcakes and I have seen her mix them up in a
dishpan so every "young'un" that showed up would get enough. Not only her young'uns but all of the neighbors too. Mary Lou's house was the one on the block that every child in the neighborhood played at. Her flowers never grew, because they were always trampled down and the tree limbs pointed down
instead of up, because they always had children climbing or swinging on them. Her yard is where the forts and clubhouses and playhouses were built. Her flowers didn't grow, but her "young'uns" sure did! Her house was always the
first stop for any relatives or neighbors who had heard a new joke, had a sick child or needed a shoulder to cry on. After Roy died, Mary Lou moved back to Shreveport, La. where most of her family lived. She went to work at Big Chain Cafeteria, which was a part of a big grocery store. The other employees soon learned that she loved to laugh. Her manager would say, he always knew where Mary Lou was, if you listened for a minute, you would be able to hear her "laughing"!!
Someone was always telling her a joke just to hear her laugh. Her coffee pot was always on the stove......... Mary Lou passed away on 7 Oct. 1995 at home in her sleep.
Children were:
i. BILLY
ROY STEVENSON Billy Roy married SHIRLEY LYNELLE COWAN,
Billy and Nell have four daughters.
1- Melanie Ann Stevenson
mar: William Earl Walls
ch: 1- William Brian Walls
2- Jason Eugene Walls
2- Debra Jean Stevenson
mar: Terry Paul Hearn
ch: 1- Sarah Elizabeth Hearn
2- Terry Paul Hearn
3- Terri Lynn Stevenson
4- Beverly Louise Stevenson
ii. PHILIP
BURT "PETE" STEVENSON
Pete married Sandra Millican He made
his home in Corpus Christi after getting out of the service.
Ch: 1- Debrah Lee Stevenson
2- Philip Burt "Bub" Stevenson
After his divorce from Sandy, he then married Linda.
iii.
SIDNEY EARL STEVENSON Sidney married 1st: Louise Marie Allend
ch: 1- Karen Louise Stevenson
2- Troy Kevin Stevenson
3- Michael Tod Stevenson
mar. 2nd: Jeanet Maxine Bounds Kirby
ch: 1- Leonard Roy Stevenson
2- Jeffery Stevenson
3- Jennifer Wraythene Stevenson
1 iv.
MARTHA LOUISE STEVENSON.
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