Mary "May" Vurla Starnes

1910 - 2007  (96 years)

• Name	Mary "May" Vurla Starnes  [1, 2]
  	Seen in some trees as "Ursula Mae Starnes"--but this is the name from her obituary and more likely to be right.
  Born	3 Dec 1910	Rosie, Independence County, Arkansas, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 May 2007	Merced County, California, USA   [3]
  Obituary	16 May 2007	Merced County, California, USA   [3]
  	\"Mary (Mae) Vurla Cochran was born December 3, 1910 in Rosie, Arkansas to Franklin and Mary Starnes. She married and lived a rural farm life in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Merced just before the outbreak of World War II. She worked in the Oakland shipyards during the war. She worked many subsequent years as a waitress. She was a poet and songwriter. Without a doubt the most important thing in Mae\'s life was her relationship with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She served many years as Sunday School teacher, youth leader, choir member, and church board member. One of her last ministries was conducting regular worship services at local convalescent hospitals before she herself became a resident at La Sierra. She was preceded in death by brothers Raymond, Bill, Paul, and John Starnes and sisters Eulaela Haskins and Vola Cook. She is survived by her sister Joyce DeBoard of Merced, daughter Dorothy Harvey of Merced, son William Barefield of Bellvue, Washington, four grandchildren (William and David Barefield and Joyce Henke and Dixie Sweigard), and nine great grandchildren. Mae passed away peacefully May 14, 2007. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., May 26, 2006 at First Assembly of God, 1320 Yosemite Parkway, Merced. Arrangements are under the direction of Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home. Published in Merced Sun Star on May 16, 2007\"
  Person ID	I7299	Full
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	J. F. "Frank" Starnes,   b. Abt 1862, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Louise Deboard,   b. Abt 1879, Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1967, Merced County, California, USA  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1897	Clay County, Arkansas, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rife Barefield
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy Jean Barefield
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S5495] 1920 U.S. census, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Sadie township, enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 6B (penned), p. 236b (stamped), dwelling 99, family 112, Mary Starnes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1488. [S5503] Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, birth certificate no. 16510 (1933), Dorthy [sic] Jean Barefield ; ?Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935,? digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 September 2018); citing Texas State Board of Health, Austin. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9THZ-GJ7. [S5505] \"Mary Cochran (1910-2007),\" Legacy.com (http://www.legacy.com : accessed 28 September 2018); obituary, transcription, citing the Merced Sun Star (Merced, Cal.), 16 May 2007. [Paid for 24-hour access.]. [S366] DeBoard, Mary - Census (dau of Ivy) 1910 Independence AR, (1910 U.S. census, Independence County, Arkansas, population schedule, Rosie township, ED 39, sheet 3A, dwelling 37, family 37, J.F. Starnes household: digital image by subscription, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» ( : accessed 18 Oct 2007); from National Archives microform T624, roll 52.). [S206] WorldConnect - "Debord surname (various spellings)", Hurshel Debord, (Copyright © 1998-2006, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Author email: hldebord@sbcglobal.net. This file updated 23 Aug 2006.), entry for Mary Louise DeBoard, born 6 March 1879, Missouri. (Reliability: 4), 15 Jun 2008.