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- Aletha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Alethea
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Alethea
English: a learned coinage, not found before the 17th century. Itrepresents the Greek word aletheia truth, and seems to have arisen as aresult of the Puritan enthusiasm for using terms for abstract virtues asfemale names. See also Althea.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Mae
English: variant spelling of May, possibly influenced by Maeve. It hasbeen most notably borne by the American film actress Mae West(1892–1980), whose prominent bust led to her name being given, by membersof the RAF, to a type of inflatable life-jacket used in the Second WorldWar. This spelling is now no longer much used.
May
English: pet form of both Margaret and Mary. The popularity of this name,which was at its height in the early 20th century, has been reinforced bythe fact that it fits into the series of month names with April and June,and also belongs to the group of flower names, being another word for thehawthorn, whose white flowers blossom in May. It has been out of fashionfor a time.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Stafford
English: habitational name from any of the various places in England socalled, which do not all share the same etymology. The county seat ofStaffordshire (which is probably the main source of the surname) is namedfrom Old English stæð ‘landing place’ + ford ‘ford’. Examples in Devonseem to have as their first element Old English stan ‘stone’, and one inSussex is probably named with Old English steor ‘steer’, ‘bullock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19-508137-4
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Aletha Mae Stafford Tune was the daughter of Benjamin J. and SarahDelores Penn Stafford of Cedar Hill, Texas. Letha's mother died when shewas two and Letha was raised by her grandparents, John Wesley andBeatrice Trees Penn of Silverton, Briscoe County, Texas. Her "Mammy"Beatrice died when she was twelve and Letha set up housekeeping for herfather Bennie and brother Charlie "Red" at that time.
Letha married Robert William Tune of Ovilla on November 22, 1925. Theyhad one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a stillborn baby daughter."Kelly", as Letha dubbed her husband, and she ran a barber and drycleaning business in Ovilla for many years. She was a lifelong member ofthe Ovilla Methodist Church. Letha was an excellent seamtress, could sewanything without a pattern. She saved the flour sacks for my sister and Ito pick from and would make us the cutest sundresses from them. She couldmake anything from "scratch". Some of her homemade lye soap was purchasedfor use as a prop in the movie "Places of the Heart". Her life lessonswith her grandmother taught her to be self sufficient, strong of faith,hard working and a loving woman. May you rest in peace Granny Letha. Iwill love you always! Gloria Jeanne
Biography submitted by granddaughter, Gloria Jeanne Tune
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Autobiography of Aletha Mae Stafford Tune
"Letha Stafford Tune was born on the Bryant Place located on Joe WilsonRoad, now a part of Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas."
Source: Family record by Letha Stafford Tune
Ovilla, Texas History Book, page 220
Compiled by the Ovilla Historical Society
Published and printed by the Taylor Publishing Company
Dallas, Texas
1996
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Letha Tune
Name: Letha Tune
Death Date: 25 Feb 1999
Death County: Ellis
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Departmentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDepartment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
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