When Lydia Alce McMillion was born on 20 August 1890, in Calvert, Robertson, Texas, United States, her father, Dr William Adair McMillion MD, was 33 and her mother, Mary Matilda Shook, was 23. She married Robert Benjamin "Ben" Parnell on 25 October 1906, in Falls, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Falls, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 11 March 1967, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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