Lester Lee DUMOND6,1,2,3,5,4,4,7

20th Jan 19151,2,3,4 - 11th Nov 19982,5,4,4

Life History

20th Jan 1915	Born in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,2,3,4
23rd Dec 1933	Married Billie Shaw GOSSOM in Arkansas County, Arkansas.19,4
30th Sep 1934	Birth of daughter Louie Mae DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,8
1st Jul 1936	Birth of son Walter Lee DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.9
24th Sep 1938	Birth of son John DeWayne DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.4
1st Nov 1938	Death of son John DeWayne DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.4
5th Apr 1940	Birth of daughter Delores DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,9,10
19th Jun 1942	Birth of daughter Beulah Ann DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.11,12
about 1944	Birth of daughter Billie Ruth DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas
28th Dec 1946	Birth of daughter Katie Lu DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.12,13,14,4
4th Jan 1949	Birth of son Lester Ray DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.9,15,12
1st May 1950	Birth of son David Richard DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.16,17,18,4
7th Jul 1989	Death of son David Richard DUMOND in Traskwood, Grant, Arkansas.16,17,4,4
11th Nov 1998	Died in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.2,5,4,4
13th Nov 1998	Buried in DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas.5,4

Notes

1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 3 February, LaGrue Township, District 12, page 12A, Hse #247, Fam #257
Dumond, Lewis J Head Rents farm M W 33 AR AR AR Farmer [b abt 1887]
Dumond, Katie Wife F W 33 AR AR AR [b abt 1887]
Dumond, Lester Son M W 5 AR AR AR [b abt 1915]

Jacques L'Heureux, who has compiled extensive information on the Dumond lineage, provides the names of Lester's wife and family (though he lacks birth details and other vital statistics)..

Lester Lee DUMOND
Father: John Lewis DUMOND
Mother: Katie WATKINS
Spouse: Billie GOSSOM
Children:
Louie Mae DUMOND
Walter Lee DUMOND
Delores DUMOND
Buelah Ann DUMOND
Billie Ruth DUMOND
Katie Lou DUMOND
Lester Ray DUMOND
David Richard DUMOND
-- L'Heureux, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lheureux/lh1/d0018/g0000045.html#I116198

Another family researcher, for the Byers lineage, also includes this famliy, and provides several of the missing details. Note that L'Heureux has four children not listed by the Byers Family list.

Billie S Gossom
Birth 3 October 1918, Death 7 February 2005 in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Parents Elijah Lewis Gossom b 1885
Lula 1893-1980
Spouse Lester Lee Dumond 1915-1998
Children:
Buelah [Beulah] Ann Dumond
David Richard Dumond
John DeWayne Dumond
Louie Mae Dumond
Katie Lou Dumond b 1946
-- Byers, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8967591/person/1381079314?ssrc=&ftm=1

Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
Volume #0001, Certificate 00068
Lester Dumond
Spouse: Billie Gossom
License 23 Dec 1933 Arkansas County

1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 26 April, LaGrue Township, District 1-17, page 16A, Vitteton Rd to Sunny Side Rd, Hse #294, Rents $8
Dumond, Lester Head M W 26 Grade 8 b Ark same place in 1935 Farm Laborer
Dumond, Billie Gossom Wife F W 23 Grade H-2 b Ark same place in 1935
Dumond, Louie Mae Dau F W 5 Single b Ark same place in 1935
Dumond, Walter Lee Son M W 3 b Ark
Dumond, Delores Dau F W 0months Single b Ark

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published Lester Lee's Obituary. A summary is online at RootsWeb:

DuMond, Lester Lee d. 11/11/98 DeWitt; Aged 83
Survivors: Sons, Walter DuMond, Lester DuMond
Daughters, Louie May Burnett, Katie Steiner, Delores Padgett, Ethel Ann Robinson, Ruth Cunningham
Brothers, Chester DuMond, J L DuMond
Sisters, Pauline O'Dell, Elizabeth Huckaby, Aline DuMond
Interment DeWitt Cemetery
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 13 November 1998
-- Obituary Listings, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ouisersplace/gindex/obitmch.htm

Lester Lee Dumond
Birth Jan 20, 1915 Arkansas County, Arkansas
Death Nov 11, 1998 De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Parents:
John Louis Dumond (1887 - 1926)
Katie Watkins Dumond (1887 - 1972)
Spouse Billie Shaw Gossom DuMond Rawls (1918 - 2005)
Children:
Louie Mae Dumond Ryan Burnett (1934 - 2003)
Katy Lu DuMond Steiner (1946 - 2007)
Lester Ray DuMond (1949 - 2012)
David Richard DuMond (1950 - 1989)
Siblings:
Chester Carleece Dumond (1906 - 1999)
Sarah H. DuMond Clark (1913 - 1983)
Leta Aline Dumond (1917 - 2001)
Lloyd Thrace Dumond (1922 - 1994)
John Lincoln Dumond (1926 - 2001)
Burial De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by easttator Mar 15, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #86826553, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8682655

Sources

1. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 26 April, LaGrue Township, District 1-17, page 16A, Vitteton Rd to Sunny Side Rd, Hse #294, Rents $8
2. Social Security Death Index
- Lester L Dumond
3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 3 February, LaGrue Township, District 12, page 12A, Hse #247, Fam #257
4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
5. Obituary of Lester Lee Dumond, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , 13 Nov 1998
- Name: Name: http://victorian.fortunecity.com/canterbury/478/obitdo.htm;;
6. RootsWeb -- Heureux Genealogy
- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lheureux/lh1/d0008/g0000006.html#I116184
7. Ancestry Messaging
8. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
9. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
10. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
11. Obituaries from Texas
12. Social Security Death Index
13. Ancestry Trees
- Byers, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8967591/person/1381079314?ssrc=&ftm=1
14. Obituary of Katie Lu Dumond Stenier, The Mississippi Press, 25 February 2007
15. Obituary of Lester Ray DuMond, Stuttgart Daily Leader, 27 February 2012
16. Ancestry Trees
- Du Mond Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12953529/person/-151115545?ssrc=&ftm=1
17. Gravestone of David Richard and Jerri A Dumond, Traskwood Cemetery, Traskwood, Saline, Arkansas
18. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
19. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Volume #0001, Certificate 00068