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Nina Vera McVay (Lester)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States
Death: December 10, 1993 (95)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Allen Lester, Sr. and Sallie Elizabeth Riddle
Wife of William Henry McVay
Sister of Lake Erie Lester; James Pearl Lester; Edd Horace Lester; Lennie May Webb and Thomas Mansfield Lester
Half sister of James Allen "Tucker" Lester, Jr.

Occupation: hat designer, department store
Managed by: Amy Nordahl Cote
Last Updated:

About Nina Vera McVay

Nina L McVay SHREVEPORT, LA

Graveside services for Nina L. McVay, 95, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 13, 1993 at Forest Park Cemetery under the direction of Wellman Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. William F. Mayo of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. McVay died Friday, December 10, 1993 following a lengthy illness. She was a native of Oak Grove, LA and resided in Shreveport since 1920. She was a member of First United Methodist Church since 1921 and a past member of the Eastern Star. She is survived by Mrs. Lennie Cooper and husband, C.B. of Shreveport, LA; and a host of other nieces and nephews.

Sunday, December 12, 1993

The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana · Page 30

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/217830751/

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Her nieces and nephews knew her as "Auntie," emphasis on the second syllable.

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1900 US Census, Wards 3-5, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States

James A Luster Head M 38 Louisiana, parents b. TN, GA, farmer

Lizzie S Luster Wife F 35 Louisiana, both parents b. LA

James P Luster Son M 12 Louisiana, both parents b. LA, at school

Eddie Luster Son M 10 Louisiana, both parents b. LA, at school

Linnie May Luster Daughter F 8 Louisiana, both parents b. LA, at school

Thomas M Luster Son M 6 Louisiana, both parents b. LA

Nina Vera Luster Daughter F 2 Louisiana, both parents b. LA

Joseph W Webb Hired man M 20 Mississippi, parents b. MS, GA, farm laborer

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPN-YLP


1920 US Census, Shreveport Precinct 7, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

Joe E Weble Head Male 39 Louisiana

Leucy M Weble Wife Female 27 Louisiana

Joe E Weble Jr. Son Male 0 Louisiana

Niver V Lestter Sister-in-law Female 22 Louisiana

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQX-W2B


Marriage license #570443

27 July 1921, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Parties:

LESTER, NINA

MCVAY, W H

See https://www.laclerksportal.org/


1930 US Census, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

Lennie M Webb Head F 34 Louisiana, parents b. LA, TX

Joe W Webb Son M 10 Louisiana, both parents b. LA

William H Mcvay Boarder M 42 Alabama, both parents b. United States switchman, railroad

Nina Mcvay Boarder F 30 Louisiana, parents b. LA, TX

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTB-PN9

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1940 US Census, Area B, Shreveport, Police Jury Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

Lennie May Webb Head F 46 Louisiana saleslady, R-ready-to-wear

Joe William Webb Son M 21 Louisiana shipping clerk, dimestore

William H Mc Vay Brother-in-law M 53 Alabama Foreman, Track, steam railroad

Nina Vera Mc Vay Sister F 41 Louisiana

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPN-JQY

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Nina Vera McVay's Timeline

1897
December 14, 1897
Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States
1993
December 10, 1993
Age 95
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States