Robert LeaMond Tune was the son of Robert William Tune and his second wife Aletha Mae Stafford Tune of Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas. I'm uncertain how Daddy got the nickname "Hooker", but it likely had something to do with fishing or his baseball pitching.
Y-DNA testing done in June 2017 has now shown a match with a descendant of the Toone family from Belton, Leicestershire County, England & a son of our father Robert LeaMond Tune & wife Betty Clark Tune.
LeaMond married Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie on October 23, 1945 in Red Oak, Texas. They had two daughters, Gloria Jeanne and Lou Ann and two sons, Robert Clark and Robert LeaMond Jr., all of Ovilla.
He served in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class in the U. S. Navy.
LeaMond worked with his father as a barber and then went on to work for Ling-Temco-Vought in the designing department. He left LTV and later began his own business, Tune's Trophies located in Ovilla. He and and his wife ran a successful business designing and building sports trophies for many years.
He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed life and loved to go fishing at any given moment. He was a great baseball player, had an offer from a minor league, which he turned down to be with his family. He taught me to play baseball as well as any of the local boys in Ovilla.
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Wednesday 7 November 1973
Page 8, column 5
"R. L. Tune Rites Slated"
"OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas.
Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas.
Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie.
He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Jeanne McPherson and Mrs. Lou Ann Jones, both of Dallas; two sons, Clark and Robert Tune, both of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter."
Rest in peace. I miss you Daddy. Love, Gloria Jeanne
Y-DNA testing done in June 2017 has now shown a match with a descendant of the Toone family from Belton, Leicestershire County, England & a son of our father Robert LeaMond Tune & wife Betty Clark Tune.
LeaMond married Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie on October 23, 1945 in Red Oak, Texas. They had two daughters, Gloria Jeanne and Lou Ann and two sons, Robert Clark and Robert LeaMond Jr., all of Ovilla.
He served in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class in the U. S. Navy.
LeaMond worked with his father as a barber and then went on to work for Ling-Temco-Vought in the designing department. He left LTV and later began his own business, Tune's Trophies located in Ovilla. He and and his wife ran a successful business designing and building sports trophies for many years.
He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed life and loved to go fishing at any given moment. He was a great baseball player, had an offer from a minor league, which he turned down to be with his family. He taught me to play baseball as well as any of the local boys in Ovilla.
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Wednesday 7 November 1973
Page 8, column 5
"R. L. Tune Rites Slated"
"OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas.
Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas.
Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie.
He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Jeanne McPherson and Mrs. Lou Ann Jones, both of Dallas; two sons, Clark and Robert Tune, both of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter."
Rest in peace. I miss you Daddy. Love, Gloria Jeanne
Robert LeaMond Tune was the son of Robert William Tune and his second wife Aletha Mae Stafford Tune of Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas. I'm uncertain how Daddy got the nickname "Hooker", but it likely had something to do with fishing or his baseball pitching.
Y-DNA testing done in June 2017 has now shown a match with a descendant of the Toone family from Belton, Leicestershire County, England & a son of our father Robert LeaMond Tune & wife Betty Clark Tune.
LeaMond married Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie on October 23, 1945 in Red Oak, Texas. They had two daughters, Gloria Jeanne and Lou Ann and two sons, Robert Clark and Robert LeaMond Jr., all of Ovilla.
He served in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class in the U. S. Navy.
LeaMond worked with his father as a barber and then went on to work for Ling-Temco-Vought in the designing department. He left LTV and later began his own business, Tune's Trophies located in Ovilla. He and and his wife ran a successful business designing and building sports trophies for many years.
He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed life and loved to go fishing at any given moment. He was a great baseball player, had an offer from a minor league, which he turned down to be with his family. He taught me to play baseball as well as any of the local boys in Ovilla.
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Wednesday 7 November 1973
Page 8, column 5
"R. L. Tune Rites Slated"
"OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas.
Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas.
Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie.
He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Jeanne McPherson and Mrs. Lou Ann Jones, both of Dallas; two sons, Clark and Robert Tune, both of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter."
Rest in peace. I miss you Daddy. Love, Gloria Jeanne
Y-DNA testing done in June 2017 has now shown a match with a descendant of the Toone family from Belton, Leicestershire County, England & a son of our father Robert LeaMond Tune & wife Betty Clark Tune.
LeaMond married Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie on October 23, 1945 in Red Oak, Texas. They had two daughters, Gloria Jeanne and Lou Ann and two sons, Robert Clark and Robert LeaMond Jr., all of Ovilla.
He served in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class in the U. S. Navy.
LeaMond worked with his father as a barber and then went on to work for Ling-Temco-Vought in the designing department. He left LTV and later began his own business, Tune's Trophies located in Ovilla. He and and his wife ran a successful business designing and building sports trophies for many years.
He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed life and loved to go fishing at any given moment. He was a great baseball player, had an offer from a minor league, which he turned down to be with his family. He taught me to play baseball as well as any of the local boys in Ovilla.
Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Wednesday 7 November 1973
Page 8, column 5
"R. L. Tune Rites Slated"
"OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas.
Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas.
Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie.
He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Jeanne McPherson and Mrs. Lou Ann Jones, both of Dallas; two sons, Clark and Robert Tune, both of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter."
Rest in peace. I miss you Daddy. Love, Gloria Jeanne
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