Effie Irene Churchman

Irene, Jerry Lee, and Athan Woods	Irene and Jerry (1940)**	Irene Woods in 1945
**On the back of the middle picture, Irene wrote "made your clothes every stitch by hand - so cute - borrowed the shoes you have on to take picture in".

• Sex: F
• Born: January 26, 1912 in Franklin County, Texas
• Died: November 19, 1989 in Redding, California
• Buried: In Marysville, California
• Notes: Effie Irene's nickname was Sis or Sissie. She grew up and went to school in Bogata, Texas. Irene met and married Athan Woods in Texas. Shortly after they married, they moved to California to join her sisters. She and Athan lived in Arboga and worked in the hops fields. After Jerry was born, then moved to Olivehurst, California. During World War II, Athan and J.L. Nelson (Irene's brother-in-law) worked in the shipyards of San Francisco. In 1945 Irene divorced Athan and bought a house in Linda. She worked in Delmonte Cannery for a while, and later worked for the Almaden Prune Growing Association. When Irene turned 62 years old, she retired and became quite active in her church.

Father: John Blackburn Churchman, b. January 3, 1875 in Jefferson County, Tennessee

Mother: Vinnie Clevenger, b. May 8, 1881 in Morristown, Tennessee -- d. June 10, 1943 in Red River County, Texas -- buried in the Bogata Cemetery, Bogata, Texas -- daughter of George Henry Clevenger and Mahala D. Clark

Family 1: Athan Woods, b. December 30, 1906 in Oklahoma-Texas area -- d. December, 1978 in Yuba City, California

• Married:

1. Jerry Lee Woods, b. November 29, 1939

Sources:

1. Interview with Ruby Churchman
2. Death information from Jerry Lee Woods
3. Interview with Jerry Lee Woods
4. Pictures contributed by Jerry Lee Woods