Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameSHAVER, Emma Jeanne 
Birth Date5 Aug 1925
Birth PlaceKnox County, Texas
Death Date2 Jan 2017 Age: 91
Death PlaceEl Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Misc. Notes
Jeanne Shaver Lair died at age 91 in El Paso, Texas on January 2, 2017.
Emma Jeanne Lillian Shaver was born in Knox County, Texas on August 5, 1925. Her beloved parents were Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Anderson and Edward Braxton Shaver. She graduated from West Texas State in 1945, and she earned her master’s degree from North Texas State in library science in the 1960s. She married Thomas Howard Lair on Sept. 7, 1945. She was a lifelong citizen of Canyon, the librarian at Rex Reeves/Oscar Hinger elementary school for 12 years, and a longtime member of the First Methodist Church.
Jeanne is survived by her four children, Andrea Jennings (Ernest) of Coppell, Thomas Gould Lair (Carol) of Canyon, Jennifer Halpin (Mike) of El Paso, and Ed Shaver Lair (Lisa) of Southlake.
She also leaves behind nine granddaughters, Reagan Garrison, Erin Vickery, Leah Lair Phipps, Evan-Shay Lair, Calla Gemmill, Hilary Halpin, Natalie Lair Smith, Jordan Prochaska, and Madison Shay Lair.
Jeanne has thirteen great-grandchildren, Molly and Graham Garrison (in Granbury) Lair and Lake Vickery (in Colleyville), Farrah Phipps, Emma and Kyra Lair, Tommy Inthachack, and Jalen Johnson (in Canyon), Nola and Ryla Gemmill (in Abilene), and Parker and August Smith (in El Paso).
Emma Jeanne Lillian Shaver was born in Knox County, Texas on August 5, 1925. Her beloved parents were Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Anderson and Edward Braxton Shaver. She graduated from West Texas State in 1945, and she earned her master’s degree from North Texas State in library science in the 1960s. She married Thomas Howard Lair on Sept. 7, 1945. She was a lifelong citizen of Canyon, the librarian at Rex Reeves/Oscar Hinger elementary school for 12 years, and a longtime member of the First Methodist Church.
Jeanne is survived by her four children, Andrea Jennings (Ernest) of Coppell, Thomas Gould Lair (Carol) of Canyon, Jennifer Halpin (Mike) of El Paso, and Ed Shaver Lair (Lisa) of Southlake.
She also leaves behind nine granddaughters, Reagan Garrison, Erin Vickery, Leah Lair Phipps, Evan-Shay Lair, Calla Gemmill, Hilary Halpin, Natalie Lair Smith, Jordan Prochaska, and Madison Shay Lair.
Jeanne has thirteen great-grandchildren, Molly and Graham Garrison (in Granbury) Lair and Lake Vickery (in Colleyville), Farrah Phipps, Emma and Kyra Lair, Tommy Inthachack, and Jalen Johnson (in Canyon), Nola and Ryla Gemmill (in Abilene), and Parker and August Smith (in El Paso).
Spouses
1LAIR, Thomas Howard , GGGG Grandson
, GGGG GrandsonBirth Date27 Nov 1917
Birth PlaceAmarillo, Potter County, Texas
Death Date9 Mar 1985 Age: 67
Death PlaceAmarillo, Potter County, Texas
FlagsServed in the Military, World War II
FatherLAIR, Thomas Gould (1889-1965)
MotherAVENT, Gladys Pearl (1893-1981)
Misc. Notes
U.S. Army Lieutenant Thomas Lair was a Prisoner of War in Germany from October 14, 1943, until May 31, 1945. He was a pilot of a B-17 bomber and was able to bail out after the plane was hit..