Vera Lucille Roots

1920 - 2011  (91 years)

• Name	Vera Lucille Roots
  Born	16 Jan 1920	Liberal, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Died	19 Apr 2011  [2]
  Buried	Llano Cemetery, Randall County, Texas   [3]
  Person ID	I49296	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	James Gibson "J. G." Roots,   b. 17 Feb 1879, Illinois ,   d. 16 Mar 1969  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Sarah May Ogle,   b. 23 May 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Feb 1959, Sherman County, Texas  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2128	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Raymond Lee Bentley,   b. 28 Dec 1911,   d. 4 Apr 1986  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1943	Clovis, New Mexico
  Children	1. Keith Bentley + 2. Judy Bentley + 3. Dianne Bentley
  Family ID	F18305	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1930 - Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma Married - 1943 - Clovis, New Mexico Buried - - Llano Cemetery, Randall County, Texas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 174.

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1930. Name Vera Roots Event Type Census Event Year 1930 Event Place Texhoma, Texas, Oklahoma, United States Gender Female Age 10 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter Birth Year (Estimated) 1920 Birthplace Kansas Father's Birthplace Illinois Mother's Birthplace Tennessee HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE I G Roots Head M 51 Illinois Madeline Roots Daughter F 17 Arkansas May Roots Wife F 43 Tennessee B G Roots Father M 80 Illinois Dorothy Roots Daughter F 15 Oklahoma Vera Roots Daughter F 10 Kansas [S142] Newspaper Article, Amarillo Golbe News (TX), 21 Apr 2011. Vera Bentley , 91, of Amarillo died Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Trinity Fellowship Church North Ministry Center with the Rev. Philip Thurmond, pastor, and the Rev. Donnie Lane, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St. Mrs. Bentley was born Jan. 16, 1920, in Liberal, Kan. to J. G. and May Roots. She graduated from Texhoma High School in 1938 and married R. L. Bentley in 1943 in Clovis, N.M. He preceded her in death in 1986. Vera was a longtime member at both San Jacinto Baptist Church and Paramount Baptist Church. She loved the Lord and studying scripture and was always very involved in church activities and Bible study. She had lived at Ware Living Center for 15 years. She loved flower gardening and making and decorating birthday and wedding cakes for family and friends. She had a great sense of humor and loved spending time with her family. She was dearly loved and will be deeply missed. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Madeline Sellars; a brother, James Roots; and a son-in-law, Mark Fuller, in 2004. Survivors include a son, Keith Bentley of San Diego; two daughters, Judy Fuller of Amarillo and Dianne Thurmond and husband Philip of Pittsfield, Mass.; a sister, Dororthy Johnson of Guymon, Okla,; seven grandchildren, Paul Thurmond of Manchester, N.H., Tiffany Thurmond of Burleson, Dustin Fuller and Shanda Lane and husband Donnie, all of Amarillo, Keisha Carpenter and husband Chad and Brett Bentley , all of San Diego, and Crystal Bushey and husband Jason of Pittsfield; and 10 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Citychurch, 205 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Sign the online guest book at www.lagroneblackburnshaw.com. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 40141483).