Carrie Lee Webb was born on June 3, 1899, probably in Callahan County, Texas. She was one of the youngest children in the family and her parents had already been married for more than twenty years when they had her.
When she was 25 years old her father passed away. Shortly after that she married Thomas Warren Shields. They both lived in Houston, Texas, where he worked for Shell Oil Company.
In 1966, at the age of 73, Thomas passed away in Houston. The obituary is given below. She lived another decade, but in November of 1976, she too passed away in Houston. Her obituary is also given below.
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Houston Chronicle
Sunday February 20, 1966
Section 3, Page 9
Shields -Thomas Warren Shields, 73, 7717 Adrian died Friday in a Houston
hospital. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Corrie Lee Shields; son, Thomas J. Shields;
sisters, Mrs. W. P. (Onita) Riggs, all of Houston, Mrs. S.P. (Loretta) Garney,
San Antonio, Mrs. Henry J. (Mildred) Murphy, Bellaire; brother, Emmit J.
Shields Suttgart, Ark; three stepgrandchildren. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday Nisay
Chapel. Services 9:45 a.m. Monday Niday Chapel. 10 a.m. St. Christopher's
catholic Church. Burial South park Cemetery. Pallbearers: W.T. Riggs, H.J.
Murphy, Jerry Kilpatrick, E.H. Issacs. Honorary pallbearers: All employees
Shell Oil Company Niday Funeral Home 7718 Bellfort, MI 5-2471
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Houston Chronicle
Tuesday November 30, 1976
Section 4; Page 7
Shields -Carrie Lee Shields, 76, of Houston passed away Sunday November 28,
1976. Survived by son, Thomas J. Shields, Valdez, Alaska; brother John D.
Webb, California; three grandchildren; one greatgrandchild. Services will
be held 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 1, 1976, Niday Broadway Chapel with
Rev. Randall Louvier officiating. Interment South Park Cemetery. Niday Funeral
Home 4136 Broadway, 644-3831.
Thomas Webb (Private)
Kenneth Francis Shields
(died at the age of 15)
Kenneth was born in Houston, Texas, in 1935, and passed
away at the age of 15 in 1950.