Ira Decherd McAfee was born Feb 11, 1884 at Emmett, or Frost, in Navarro County Texas to Hugh Embury & Elizabeth Rice "Bettie" (Groves) McAfee.  He married Nancy Caroline "Nannie" Ballew, the daughter of Absalom Posey & Partelia Aveline (Coxsey) Ballew.  Nancy was born Dec. 20, 1882 in Fetzerton, Polk Co., TN

Ira, like many of the McAfee family, was musically inclined and helped compose the Hymn "Whiter Than Snow".  Ira and his brother in law, Fred Mitchell (husband if Eva Florence McAfee), ran the Mitchell & McAfee Jewelry Store at 214 South Beaton Street in Corsicana, TX.  He was a life long Methodist. 

Ira and Nancy had nine children:

1. Thelma Annett McAfee b. Feb 9, 1905, d. Oct 8, 1978, married Fred Ware; Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX

2. Vivian Lucile McAfee b. Sept 20, 1906, d 23 October 1979, married James Scott Ferguson (1908-1978)

3. Hugh Decherd McAfee b. 25 February 1908, d 27 January 1988 married to Gladys Barnes (1907-1936) & Hazel Aline White (1908 - 1996)

4. Hester Herbert McAfee b. 6 October 1909, d 2 March 1928

5. Aletha Elizabeth McAfee b. 26 November 1911, d. 11 October 1978, m. William George "Willie" Frost (1903-1983) & O. H. Brandon

6. Helen Verdis McAfee b. 1913 d. 1914;  Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

7. Grace Madelle McAfee b. 14 August 1915, d. 20 April 2004 in Washington State, m. Elfed Haydn Parry on 8 Feb 1943

8.  Ira Dewitt McAfee b. 23 March 1918, d. 10 March 1960. m. Joycelyn E. Swanford; Crown Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

9. Wilton Rexford McAfee b. 13 November 1926 d. 5 January 1934; Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

Nancy died in Los Angeles County, California on Aug 8, 1948.

I am told that Ira was also married Lida, whose last name is unknown to me. 

Ira died in Graham in Young County Texas on Feb 27, 1960. 

Ira and Nancy are buried in the Prairie Grove Cemetery at Emmett, Navarro County Texas.

Prairie Grove Cemetery,
Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

Prairie Grove Cemetery,
Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

I.D. McAfee
CORSICANA, Texas (Sp) --
I.D. McAfee, 76, former Corsicana jeweler, died at his home in Graham Friday. Funeral services were held from the North Corsicana Methodist Church Sunday with burial in the Emmett cemetery. He was a lifelong Methodist. Surviving are his wife of Graham; two sons, H. D. McAfee, Arlington, and I. D. McAfee, Dallas; four daughters, 14 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, four brothers and four sisters.

Notes:

• Death Certificate of Ira Decherd McAfee
• Submitted by Edward L. Williams  ... November 2002