Eighth Generation  

72. Ernest Boswell DORR was born on 13 Sep 1908 in McAlster, OK and died on 13 Apr 1998 in Norman, OK at age 89.

Ernest married Emma Francile JONES on 6 Dec 1941 in McAlster, OK. Emma was born on 31 May 1916 in Muskogee, OK.

Children from this marriage were:

   125    i. Albert Ernest DORR was born on 21 Dec 1942 in McAlster, OK.

Albert married Debra Lynn STAVISKY on 13 Nov 1971. Debra was born on 23 Jun 1950.

   126    ii. Sandra Sue DORR was born on 29 Feb 1944 in Wichita, KS.

Sandra married Edwin Keith NEWSOM on 10 Sep 1988. Edwin was born on 18 May 1935.

Sandra next married Eugene Cameron BECK.

Sandra next married Douglas LAONTAIN.

   127    iii. Kay DORR was born on 11 Apr 1946 in Wichita, KS.

Kay married Robert Louis NOVELLO on 8 Apr 1988. Robert was born on 23 Jan 1943.

73. Dorothy May DORR was born on 6 Sep 1912 in McAlster, OK and died on 18 Jul 1988 in Oklahoma City, OK at age 75.

Dorothy married Jack Dimitri MOORE on 6 Jan 1930 in Weeoka, OK. Jack was born on 4 Apr 1908 in Joplin, Mo and died on 12 Jun 1965 in Oklahoma City, OK at age 57.

Children from this marriage were:

   128    i. Rae Donna MOORE was born 21 Feeb 1935 in McAlster, OK.

Rae married Dick Sterling JONES. Dick was born on 21 Feb 1935 in McAlster, OK.

   129    ii. Winston Ellsworth MOORE was born on 22 Dec 1939 in Oklahoma City, OK.

Winston married Joan SHEPPARD.

Winston next married Donna MURRAY.

   130    iii. Wendell Leon MOORE was born on 13 Jul 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK.

Wendell married Helen Jean PRICE.

74. Albert Edward DORR was born on 3 Sep 1918 in Macon, Fayette Co., TN, died on 13 Jul 1995 in Oklahoma City, OK at age 76, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK.

The following was written by Dad in 1988.

My father was killed at the 2nd Street hill in McAlester six months before I was born. My mother moved to Macon, Tennessee where I was born on September 3, 1918. When I was three months old we moved back to McAlester. My brother, Ernest B., was ten years older than me, and my sister Dorothy was six years older.

Mother bought a nineteen-room house and took in roomers and boarders. We were across the street from the fire station and I was the mascot of the fire department in my younger years. I went to McAlester elementary, junior high and high schools. I worked for four years during high school at Dixieana Creamery and Bender Drug as a soda jerk. I graduated from McAlester High School in 1936.

Mother and I moved to Stillwater, rented a house and took in roomers and boarders. I worked my first year at Kennicutt Drug and enrolled in Electrical Engineering. The second year I was flunking in twelve hours of EE and was kicked out for the semester. Electrical Engineering was just not for me so I enrolled in Mechanical Engineering and made the Dean's Honor Roll. I pledged Acacia Fraternity, where I became social chairman, vice president and in my fourth year, president of my fraternity and also president of the Inter-Fraternity Council. During these years, I worked as fountain manager of the Midwest Creamery.

At the 1938 Acacia Christmas party I met Maxyne Zerby, who was dating my best friend Bus Walker. During the summer of 1939 I began dating Maxyne and we had a wonderful courtship. On June 1, 1940 at 9:00 PM we were married in Mr. and Mrs. Zerby's home by a blind Methodist preacher. Thirza Murphy, Ernest B. Dorr and Maxyne's brother Don Perry were present. We drove to Oklahoma City in my brother's car and arrived at the Biltmore Hotel. We spent two days at $4 .00 per day in Room 1707. We continued working and going to school and in January 1942 I graduated.

Maxyne was pregnant at the time and didn't get to graduate. On February 15, 1942 Edward Max was born at Stillwater Hospital with brain damage that caused cerebral palsy, although it took two years before a doctor told us what was wrong.

I started to work with Phillips Petroleum Company and we moved to Oklahoma City on September 23, 1943. Dana Michael was born and a month later we moved to Wichita, where I worked as a power plant engineer for Beech Aircraft. After eleven months of this, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy with the rank of Ensign and went to Officer's Candidate School for two months at Hollywood Beach, Florida. Maxyne, Ed and Dana moved in with her folks at Perry. I was assigned to LST 817 for duty in the Pacific.

Before I left my ship pulled in to New Orleans where Maxyne came down and spent a week with me. My ship then went through the Panama Canal and up the West Coast to Seattle. Maxyne came out and spent about a month with me as I went through firefighter and navigation schools. The next eighteen months were spent in action, where I was a navigator on the 817.

All through college, Phillips and Beech I was a 35mm photographer where I made pretty good extra money. So when my ship left Seattle, I bought all the development and enlarging needs and set up in my stateroom. My only major encounter was Okinawa, where 1400 ships and troops stormed the island. I was discharged in March 1946 with the rank of Lt. (jg).

While I was away Maxyne got her degree in Art. I came back to Oklahoma City and went to work as a mechanical engineer with OG&E. We bought our first house at 2401 NE 27th. It was a two-bedroom with built-in garage, which we later turned into a den and still later built a double garage. Later we built a 20"x16" den on the back.

On May 20, 1947 our third son Patrick B. was born. During this time I continued my photo business as well as a company called Cleaning Contractors, Inc., which specialized in washing walls and ceilings and cleaning kitchen grease ducts for restaurants.

In March 1948 I left OG&E and took a job as engineer with an air conditioning distributor and contractor named C. Robert Ingram Inc. The second year I was made sales manager and had a pleasant life until November 1953, when Lewis H. Carter, Sr. and I left Ingram and started Comfort Inc. We subleased from Ingram the first year and the second year had a 10,000 square foot building built at 1808 West Main, where we stayed for ten years. At the end of this period we build a 20,000 square foot building at 100 NE 34th and later added another 15,000 square feet. We worked hard and put in many long days and weeks. Our business was very successful and we had a very good reputation. We were both distributors for Chrysler Airtemp air conditioning and mechanical contractors.

On April 25, 1952 our fourth son, Jon Real Dorr, was born and on November 5, 1954 our fifth son, Kent Anthony Dorr, was born. In November 1958 we moved into our custom-built home in Wildewood, where we had six bedrooms, a swimming pool and paddle tennis court. We lived here happily until March 1970, when we moved into our custom-built 3500 square foot house in Lansbrook.

I always loved the water and boats, so in 1964 I bought a Lightning 19-foot centerboard sailboat. Maxyne didn't like jumping over the centerboard so the second year I traded it for an Aurora, a 21-foot keelboat, and joined the Oklahoma City Boat Club on Lake Hefner. I loved racing and won many trophies. As the Boat Club members began getting younger and I became older, I sold my boat to Ed and retired from sailing after about seventeen years.

At the end of 1979 I sold my Comfort Inc. interest to Carter. Although I retired, I kept my office in our building at 100 NE 34th where I come each day from 11:00 until 4:00, mainly to get away from the house, be around people and keep books on C&D Investments Company, which Carter and I started about 1961. During this time we owned two post offices in small towns, a 40-unit apartment house and about eight oil and gas wells. We still have the Comfort building, which pays Carter and me about $25,000 a year each. This also gives me time to read the Wall Street Journal and several trade and investment magazines.

It is now 1988 and I am seventy years old and have enjoyed a very full family life and have a wonderful wife and a bunch of kids and grandkids.

For more information see "Tales of the Al Dorr Family."

Albert married Maxyne C. ZERBY, daughter of Percy Brandon ZERBY and Ora Cecilia MILLION, on 1 Jun 1940 in Stillwater, OK. Maxyne was born on 11 Jun 1919 in Supply, OK, died on 30 Sep 2007 in Stillwater, OK at age 88, and was buried on 6 Oct 2007 in Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, OK.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 131    i. Edward Max DORR was born on 15 Feb 1942 in Stillwater, OK.

+ 132    ii. Dana Michael DORR was born on 23 Sep 1943 in Oklahoma City, OK.

+ 133    iii. Patrick B. DORR was born on 20 May 1947 in Oklahoma City, OK.

+ 134    iv. Jon Real DORR was born on 25 Apr 1952 in Oklahoma City, OK.

+ 135    v. Kent Anthony DORR was born on 5 Nov 1954 in Oklahoma City, OK.

75. Gladys Grace HAY was born on 24 Nov 1905, died on 20 Sep 1957 in Panola Co., MS at age 51, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

Gladys married Arnold BONNER.

The child from this marriage was:

   136    i. Arnold Hay BONNER .

77. Henry Roscoe FREEMAN was born on 7 Sep 1898, died on 9 Nov 1973 in Panola Co., MS at age 75, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

No Proof That He Was The Son Of Roscoe And Jenny Dorr Freeman, But Highly Likely As He Is Buried With Them & Apparently Named For His Father.

Henry married Mary E. CHARLEY. Mary was born on 3 Nov 1901, died on 26 Oct 1960 at age 58, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

   137    i. N.F.I.

78. Jennie Louise FREEMAN was born on 28 Nov 1909 and died on 18 Jul 1993 in Clarksdale, MS at age 83.

Melissa Deming <mmdeming@bellsouth.net>, To: Jo Helmers, December 16, 2002: It was wonderful to hear from you. I enjoyed reading Ed Dorr's webpages. I sent the website address on to my father, who lives in Oxford, Mississippi. His mother was Jennie Louise Freeman (Murphree-Tripp), daughter of Jennie Dorr, a daughter of Narcissus Dorr. His address is <CarlMurphree@aol.com>.

Jennie married Harley Price TRIPP Dr. after 1958. Harley was born on 9 Aug 1903 in Slagle, Polk Co., MO and died on 24 Sep 1984 in Oxford, MS at age 81.

The child from this marriage was:

   138    i. No Known ISSUE .

Jennie next married Carl MURPHREE on an unknown date.

The child from this marriage was:

   139    i. Melissa MURPHREE .

Melissa married ? DEMING.

79. Milton Dorr TROTTER was born on 8 Nov 1905, died on 31 Mar 1978 at age 72, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

Milton married Pattie Love LAMB on 23 Jun 1929. Pattie was born on 14 Apr 1905, died in 1996 at age 91, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 140    i. Barbara Dean TROTTER was born on 4 Apr 1931 and died on 24 Mar 1971 at age 39.

81. Robert Edwin "Snooks" TROTTER was born on 3 Dec 1909 in Panola Co., MS, died on 18 Dec 1974 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS at age 65, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

Robert married Virginia Ann CARTER, daughter of James CARTER and Emily GOODNIGHT, on 28 Jul 1929 in Senatobia, Tate Co., MS. Virginia was born on 2 Sep 1910 in Panola Co., MS, died in Jun 1980 in Memphis, TN at age 69, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

   141    i. James Edwin "Jimmy" TROTTER was born on 10 Oct 1939 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS and died on 6 Jul 1994 in Batesville, MS at age 54.

James married Sara Jane O'NEILL on 26 Aug 1962 in Marks, Quitman Co., MS. Sara was born on 16 Feb 1939 in Longtown, MS.

82. Annie Louise "May" TROTTER was born on 20 Dec 1912 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS and died on 24 Mar 1979 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS at age 66.

Annie married Thomas Venson "Dick" DIXON on 27 Aug 1931. Thomas was born on 6 Nov 1906 in Senatobia, Tate Co., MS and died on 27 May 1980 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS at age 73.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 142    i. Joyce Anne "Jo" DIXON .

+ 143    ii. James Robert "Bud" DIXON .

+ 144    iii. Carolyn Marie DIXON .

   145    iv. Thomas Venson "Dickie" DIXON Jr.

+ 146    v. Henry Wayne "Hal" DIXON .

+ 147    vi. Henry Wayne DIXON .

83. Bennie Belle TROTTER was born on 23 Jun 1914, died on 28 Jan 1966 at age 51, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

Bennie married Jeff Davis LANE. Jeff was born on 14 May 1910, died on 15 Jun 1952 at age 42, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

   148    i. No ISSUE .

87. Frances TROTTER .

Frances married Amos Harrison TERRELL. Amos was born on 12 Mar 1918 in Panola Co., MS and died on 3 Aug 2001 in Methodist North Hospital at age 83.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 149    i. Amos Harrison TERRELL Jr.

+ 150    ii. Katherine Lorena TERRELL .

   151    iii. John TERRELL .

88. Kathryn TROTTER was born in 1911, died in 1971 in Panola Co., MS at age 60, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

Kathryn married Alfred Preston RIALES. Alfred was born in 1909, died in 1953 in Panola Co., MS at age 44, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 152    i. Mary Louise RIALES .

+ 153    ii. James RIALES .

+ 154    iii. Robert Leslie RIALES .

+ 155    iv. Kenneth RIALES .

   156    v. Fred RIALES .

Fred married Maggie ROBINSON.

+ 157    vi. Wanda RIALES .

94. Nellie Katherine DORR .

Nellie married Cecil NEAL.

The child from this marriage was:

   158    i. Susan NEAL .

96. Leonard Ira DORR Jr.

Twin of Irene

Leonard married Virginia VALENTINE. Virginia was born in Terry, MS.

Children from this marriage were:

   159    i. Norman DORR .

+ 160    ii. Rosannia DORR .

   161    iii. Ginny Sue DORR .

97. Emily Josephine DORR was born on 27 Sep 1907 and died on 1 Sep 1992 in Panola Co., MS at age 84.

Emily married James Shelby DETTOR Sr., son of Charlie DETTOR and Martha WOODS. James was born on 4 Dec 1902 in Panola Co., MS and died on 25 Oct 1979 in Panola Co., MS at age 76.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 162    i. James Shelby DETTOR Jr. was born on 27 Feb 1932.

+ 163    ii. Gerald Eugene "Jerry" DETTOR was born on 21 May 1933.

+ 164    iii. Mary Helen DETTOR was born on 25 Jun 1935.

98. Anna Ouida DORR was born on 11 Apr 1909 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS and died on 19 Aug 1999 in Titusville, FL at age 90.

5th Of 14 Children

Anna married James Floyd "Jack" MIZELL. James was born on 24 Oct 1905 and died on 8 Jul 1973 at age 67.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 165    i. Marilyn MIZELL .

+ 166    ii. Betty Gail MIZELL .

+ 167    iii. James Floyd MIZELL Jr. was born about 1931 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS and died on 7 May 1999 in Titusville, FL about age 68.

99. Robert Franklin SORRELLS was born on 2 Aug 1899 in Panola Co., MS and died in 1979 in Pine Bluff, AR at age 80.

There is a question which wife was the mother of his children

Robert married Patty JOHNSON.

Robert next married Mildred ?.

Children from this marriage were:

   168    i. Gayle SORRELLS .

   169    ii. Judy SORRELLS .

   170    iii. Alice SORRELLS .

100. Byrd Carlton SORRELLS Sr was born on 27 Apr 1903 in Pleasant Grove, Panola Co., MS and died on 5 Jun 1972 in Greenville, Washington Co., MS at age 69.

Byrd married Arminda Gertrude HUFFMAN on 28 Feb 1926 in Marks, Quitman Co., MS.

Children from this marriage were:

   171    i. Lila Maude SORRELLS was born on 8 Dec 1927 in Sledge, Panola Co., MS, died on 14 Feb 1930 in Panola Co., MS at age 2, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.

+ 172    ii. Byrd Carlton SORRELLS Jr was born on 26 Nov 1930 in Senatobia, Tate Co., MS.

101. Harry Evans SORRELLS was born on 25 Jan 1905 in Panola Co., MS and died in 1984 in Cleveland, Bolivar Co., MS at age 79.

All the children but Jefferson were given to me by Louise Cline - apparently she did not know Jefferson since he died young.

Harry married Gladys (charley) SHORLEY.

Children from this marriage were:

   173    i. Jefferson SORRELLS .

   174    ii. John Carlton SORRELLS .

   175    iii. Harriett SORRELLS .

   176    iv. Daughter SORRELLS .

102. Maudie Valeria SORRELLS was born on 18 Apr 1907 in Panola Co., MS and died in Memphis, TN.

Maudie married Fernando Woody LODEN II, son of Vera HOPE, on 23 Jun 1926. Fernando died on 18 Oct 1973.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 177    i. Fernando Wooden LODEN III was born on 16 Sep 1928.

+ 178    ii. James Pope LODEN was born on 14 Dec 1930.

103. Blanche Lee SORRELLS was born on 5 Sep 1908.

Blanche married J. D. MONTEITH. J. was born on 6 Apr 1892 in Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 179    i. Wanda Lee MONTEITH .

Blanche next married Elliott KIZER on 29 Apr 1927.

104. John Curtis Kyle SORRELLS was born on 4 Apr 1910 in Panola Co., MS and died on 18 Dec 1979 in New Iberia, LA at age 69.

John married DeLila Pauline HUFFMAN.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 180    i. John Curtis Kyle SORRELLS Jr. was born on 7 Dec 1938 in Greenville, Washington Co., MS.

John next married Mamie NORRIS.

The child from this marriage was:

   181    i. Linda SORRELLS .

108. David Lee CLINE was born on 13 Dec 1924 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS and died on 21 Feb 1996 in Panola Co., MS at age 71.

Attended Mississippi State University where was editor of "The Reveille", Student Body President, and ATO President. Who's Who Among Students in Colleges and Universities.

David married Elizabeth "Betty" Jane ALLEN, daughter of Howard ALLEN and Elma HENNINGTON, on 11 Feb 1946. Elizabeth was born on 13 Sep 1926 in Jackson, MS and died on 9 Nov 1995 in Memphis, TN at age 69.

Children from this marriage were:

   182    i. David Allen CLINE was born in Greenwood, MS.

+ 183    ii. Caroline Dorr CLINE was born in Hattisburg, MS.

111. Lucy Josephine "Jo" TROTTER was born about 1906 and died on 10 Jan 1998 in Clinton, MS about age 92.

Lucy married Howard E. SPELL.

The child from this marriage was:

   184    i. William H. SPELL Sr.

112. Luther Audley DORR was born on 12 Jun 1901, died on 7 Apr 1984 at age 82, and was buried in Forrest Memorial Cemetery, East of Batesville.

Luther married Lillian JOHNS.

Children from this marriage were:

   185    i. Luther Max DORR .

+ 186    ii. Linda Joyce DORR was born on 23 Mar 1936.

   187    iii. Bettye Loyce DORR was born on 23 Mar 1946.

113. Virginia DORR .

Virginia married Harold YOUNG.

Children from this marriage were:

   188    i. Sonny YOUNG .

   189    ii. Bobby YOUNG .

   190    iii. Jim YOUNG .

   191    iv. Lee YOUNG .

   192    v. Marjorie YOUNG .

114. Jack DORR .

Jack married Mary GILHARDT.

Children from this marriage were:

   193    i. Boots DORR .

   194    ii. Buddy DORR .

115. Mary Agnis DORR .

Mary married Spencer WOODS. Spencer was born on 2 Jul 1912, died on 25 Jun 1986 at age 73, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

The child from this marriage was:

   195    i. Mary Glynn WOODS .

121. William DORR was born on 13 Nov 1924.

William married Marie STEWART.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 196    i. Bill DORR .

   197    ii. Jimmy DORR .

122. Reid DORR was born on 13 Nov 1927.

Reid married Joan HERRING, daughter of Samuel HERRING and Olive BELL. Joan was born on 11 Jan 1927 in Courtland, MS and died on 28 Dec 1997 in Memphis, TN at age 70.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 198    i. Mary Jo DORR .

   199    ii. Libby DORR .

Libby married Bill LOTT.

+ 200    iii. Pat DORR .

+ 201    iv. Michael Irving "Mike" DORR Sr. was born on 26 Jan 1960 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS.

124. Ellen DORR was born about 1920, died on 2 Dec 1997 in Germantown about age 77, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Collierville, MS.

Ellen married Thomas Franklin "Frank" WOOTEN Sr. Thomas was born about 1919, died on 23 Dec 1999 in Collierville, TN about age 80, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Collierville, MS.

Children from this marriage were:

   202    i. Mary Ellen WOOTEN .

Mary married ? COUNCE.

   203    ii. Thomas Franklin "Tommy" WOOTEN Jr.

   204    iii. David Eugene WOOTEN .