Lois Marie Toone was born in Waco, Texas, the second child of Taze Ezell Toone and Anna Gertrude Sherrard Toone. Her older sister was Frances Evelyn Toone (Austin) and her younger brother was Thomas Edwin Toone.
Lois was raised in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.
When Lois was in High School, her parents were divorced due to stresses of the Great Depression. After graduation from Waxahachie High School, there was no college, only work to help support the family. She moved to Corsicana to join her mother and siblings and began work as a demonstrator for Singer Sewing Machine Co.
While working at Singer, she met James Tinkle West, who was running the City Book Store two doors away from the Singer store.
They were married on March 1, 1941 in her in-laws' home in Corsicana. Shortly after marriage, James was drafted into the U. S. Army Air Corps and Lois followed James, to San Antonio where James was training at both Kelly Field and Randolph Field.
James was transferred as a Link Trainer Instructor to the Independence, Kansas air base, where their twins, Dianne Sharon and Joanne Tinkle were born 29 hours apart. (This space of time was mostly due to the Army obstetrician's inexperience and unfamiliarity with Caesarean sections.
In 1944, Sergeant James T. West was honorably discharged from the Army and the family returned to Corsicana, where they raised their twins and later a third daughter, Bonnie Rebecca.
Lois loved her family and friends and always saw the best in everyone. (Her family called her "Pollyanna") She also loved her church, St. John's Episcopal. She was a gourmet cook and glowed when she entertained her many friends.
As one friend noted at Lois' funeral, "Lois was royalty", meaning she was always a lady.
Lois/Mama/Nana will be forever missed by all who were privileged to know her.
Lois was raised in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.
When Lois was in High School, her parents were divorced due to stresses of the Great Depression. After graduation from Waxahachie High School, there was no college, only work to help support the family. She moved to Corsicana to join her mother and siblings and began work as a demonstrator for Singer Sewing Machine Co.
While working at Singer, she met James Tinkle West, who was running the City Book Store two doors away from the Singer store.
They were married on March 1, 1941 in her in-laws' home in Corsicana. Shortly after marriage, James was drafted into the U. S. Army Air Corps and Lois followed James, to San Antonio where James was training at both Kelly Field and Randolph Field.
James was transferred as a Link Trainer Instructor to the Independence, Kansas air base, where their twins, Dianne Sharon and Joanne Tinkle were born 29 hours apart. (This space of time was mostly due to the Army obstetrician's inexperience and unfamiliarity with Caesarean sections.
In 1944, Sergeant James T. West was honorably discharged from the Army and the family returned to Corsicana, where they raised their twins and later a third daughter, Bonnie Rebecca.
Lois loved her family and friends and always saw the best in everyone. (Her family called her "Pollyanna") She also loved her church, St. John's Episcopal. She was a gourmet cook and glowed when she entertained her many friends.
As one friend noted at Lois' funeral, "Lois was royalty", meaning she was always a lady.
Lois/Mama/Nana will be forever missed by all who were privileged to know her.
Lois Marie Toone was born in Waco, Texas, the second child of Taze Ezell Toone and Anna Gertrude Sherrard Toone. Her older sister was Frances Evelyn Toone (Austin) and her younger brother was Thomas Edwin Toone.
Lois was raised in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.
When Lois was in High School, her parents were divorced due to stresses of the Great Depression. After graduation from Waxahachie High School, there was no college, only work to help support the family. She moved to Corsicana to join her mother and siblings and began work as a demonstrator for Singer Sewing Machine Co.
While working at Singer, she met James Tinkle West, who was running the City Book Store two doors away from the Singer store.
They were married on March 1, 1941 in her in-laws' home in Corsicana. Shortly after marriage, James was drafted into the U. S. Army Air Corps and Lois followed James, to San Antonio where James was training at both Kelly Field and Randolph Field.
James was transferred as a Link Trainer Instructor to the Independence, Kansas air base, where their twins, Dianne Sharon and Joanne Tinkle were born 29 hours apart. (This space of time was mostly due to the Army obstetrician's inexperience and unfamiliarity with Caesarean sections.
In 1944, Sergeant James T. West was honorably discharged from the Army and the family returned to Corsicana, where they raised their twins and later a third daughter, Bonnie Rebecca.
Lois loved her family and friends and always saw the best in everyone. (Her family called her "Pollyanna") She also loved her church, St. John's Episcopal. She was a gourmet cook and glowed when she entertained her many friends.
As one friend noted at Lois' funeral, "Lois was royalty", meaning she was always a lady.
Lois/Mama/Nana will be forever missed by all who were privileged to know her.
Lois was raised in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.
When Lois was in High School, her parents were divorced due to stresses of the Great Depression. After graduation from Waxahachie High School, there was no college, only work to help support the family. She moved to Corsicana to join her mother and siblings and began work as a demonstrator for Singer Sewing Machine Co.
While working at Singer, she met James Tinkle West, who was running the City Book Store two doors away from the Singer store.
They were married on March 1, 1941 in her in-laws' home in Corsicana. Shortly after marriage, James was drafted into the U. S. Army Air Corps and Lois followed James, to San Antonio where James was training at both Kelly Field and Randolph Field.
James was transferred as a Link Trainer Instructor to the Independence, Kansas air base, where their twins, Dianne Sharon and Joanne Tinkle were born 29 hours apart. (This space of time was mostly due to the Army obstetrician's inexperience and unfamiliarity with Caesarean sections.
In 1944, Sergeant James T. West was honorably discharged from the Army and the family returned to Corsicana, where they raised their twins and later a third daughter, Bonnie Rebecca.
Lois loved her family and friends and always saw the best in everyone. (Her family called her "Pollyanna") She also loved her church, St. John's Episcopal. She was a gourmet cook and glowed when she entertained her many friends.
As one friend noted at Lois' funeral, "Lois was royalty", meaning she was always a lady.
Lois/Mama/Nana will be forever missed by all who were privileged to know her.
