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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Talmadge married Doris Jean Wilkinson on 30 Jun 1956. Doris (daughter of Rev. Johnny Eugene Wilkinson and Letha Mae Mitchell) was born after 1935; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She later maried a Waylon WILLIAMS.

Notes:

Owner of Fuller's Barber Shop, Hemphill, Texas, once operated jointly with this father. (White and Toole, p 75). A digital image of his actual Texas death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that he was a Barber. The informant was Mrs. Jewel Porter, sister.

(Medical):See attached sources.

James married Marie Beckham before 1935. Marie was born on 11 Oct 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Nov 2010 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 1, 2010, page 12

Marie Beckham Welsh, 96, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at her home in the McMahan Chapel community near Geneva after an illness. Mrs. Welsh was orn in the McMahan Chapel community to Dewitt and Emma Horn Beckham and had lived in Sabine County most of her life.

During her second marriage to James Fuller (the local barber in Hemphill), Marie worked for a short period as a DJ in Corpus Christi, where she would play love songs on the local radio station. She was the owner and operator of Marie's Beauty Shop in Hemphill for many years in conjunction with B & W Hardware that she co-owned with her brother.

Later, she established and worked with her third husband, Jimmy Welsh in their lumber and rock mining companies.

Mrs. Welsh is survived by her husband, Jimmy M. Welsh of McMahan Chapel; and her three grandchildren, Jeffrey E. Fuller, Angelia Marie Fuller, and Kimberly Gail Fuller, as well as her great grandson, Jace Talmadge Fuller and nephew, Valton Gayle Beckham.

She was preceded in death by her only child and son, Talmadge Gayle Fuller, who was the most important figure in her life aside from her three grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Nov. 28, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the McMahan Chapel Cemetery.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funerals Home in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2010)

A nearly identical obituary was also in the San Augustine Tribune, December 2, 2010, page 9. In this obituary her date of birth was listed as October 11, 1914.

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Name: Johnny E. Wilkinson
Death Date: 25 Oct 1956
Death Place: Rural 5, Bexar, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 64 years 6 months 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J.G. Wilkinson
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Josephine Malone
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Minister And Insurance
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: San Augustine, Tex.
Burial Place: San Augustine, Tex.
Burial Date: 25 Oct 1956
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114935
Digital Film Number: 4167327
Image Number: 379
Reference Number: 51564
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Johnny married Letha Mae Mitchell on 16 Dec 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas. Letha (daughter of Joe Mitchell and Susan "Sue" Priscilla Drawhorn) was born on 30 Sep 1897 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 7 Oct 1996 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 10 October 1996 page 1

FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY FOR LETHA WILKINSON 99

Funeral services for 99 year old Letha Mitchell Wilkinson will be held today at 2:00 o'clock at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church.

Mrs. Wilkinson died late Monday, at the San Augustine Memorial Medical Center after suffering a heart attack 10 days before. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren celebrated her 99th birthday at her bedside on September 30.

Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J.R. Bob Gwin, Rev. Lous Dane and her son Dr. Milton D. Wilkinson.

Burial will be in the Liberty Hill Cemetery under direction of the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Mrs. Wilkinson was born September 30, 1897, in San Augustine County and has spent most of her life as a resident of the County. She was a daughter of the late Joe and Susan Drawhorn Mitchell. She was a homemaker and enjoyed her gift of "making things grow." She and her sister, the late Della Hines, prided themselves in their gardening success, and she was known throughout the area for her ability to memorize and recite poetry up to a few years ago.

Mrs. Wilkinson was a long time member of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church and was a member of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include daughters, Doris Jean Fuller of Geneva in Sabine County and Tommie Mae Lott Kovar of San Augustine; and son Dr. Milton D. Wilkinson of Center; 12 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Sam Hattman, Clifford McDonald, Roger McGough, John Mitchell, Nay Smith, Rodney Horn.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

An abbreviated version of this obituary was also published in THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, October 16, 1996, page 12

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name: Eugene Wilkinson Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Letha Mitchell Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1917 Marriage Place: San Augustine, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75269-0 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1003682 Reference Number: 341 Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973

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In her weekly Sabine County Reporter column, "On the Bright Side", Mary Howell wrote that she remembered "Clyde and Annie (???) Fuller, who owned and operated a barber and beauty shop on the Hemphill square. Inside the beauty shop was an old fashioned curling apparatus resembling a metal octopus which was used to give permanent waves to ladies. The Fuller home property was located where the modern Ashley Furniture HomeStore now stands. The old water well which was used by the Fullers is now a decorative attraction inside the beautiful store." (Page 4, July 18, 2007).


Note: There appears to be another Clyde Fuller in Sabine County, Texas in 1920. The other Clyde Fuller was born ca 1878 in Illinois.

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 10 Apr 1930
ED 203-2 SD 19 Sheet 3B
North Street
67-79
Fuller, Clyde W Hd O $3000 N W 39 M25 Tx Ga Tx Barber
Fuller, Lula B Wf F W 38 M 23 Tx Ala Ala
Fuller, James W Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Jewel M Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

Clyde married Lulu Benia Pratt on 2 May 1915 in Sabine County, Texas. Lulu (daughter of William Hopkins Pratt and Virginia A. Hayes) was born about 1891 in Alabama; died in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: James Gipson Wilkinson
Death Date: 13 Jul 1956
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: w
Death Age: 87 years 9 months 27 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1868
Birthplace: Clayton, Al
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J.H. Wilkinson
Father's Birthplace: Al
Mother's Name: Sarah Ann Bridger
Mother's Birthplace: Ga
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, TX
Cemetery: Liberty Hill
Burial Place: San Augustine, Tx
Burial Date: 15 Sep 1956
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114768
Digital Film Number: 4165140
Image Number: 1223
Reference Number: 38683
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976





(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Pr 1, San Augustine
Enumerated 13 and 14 June 1900
SD 267 ED 73 Sheet 6A Stamped 168
105-103
Wilkinson, J. G Head M M Sept 1863 37 m 9 Ala Ala Ga Farmer
Wilkinson, E. J Wife W F Nov 1872 M 9 3/3 Tx Unk Unk
Wilkinson, Euguene Son W M Apr 1892 8 Tx Ala Tx
Wilkinson, Minnie Lee Dtr W F Aug 1894 5 S Tx Ala Tx*
Wilkinson, Emma Dtr W F Aug 1898 1 S Tx Ala Tx

*Laura Buckmaster shows her as a daughter of J. G. Wilkinson and Eliza Josephine Malone, and that she married, around 1920, Early William VERDELL of San Augustine County, Texas

James married Eliza Josephine Malone. Eliza was born on 4 Nov 1872 in Texas; died on 26 Oct 1968; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not able to locate her Texas Death Record on FamilySearch.org.

Notes:

Name: Joe Mitchell
Death Date: 04 Mar 1934
Death Place: San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 83 years 2 months 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Jan 1851
Birthplace: Georgia
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J.J. Mitchell
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: City Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 05 Mar 1934
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115988
Digital Film Number: 4165961
Image Number: 1794
Reference Number: cn 14903
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Joe married Susan "Sue" Priscilla Drawhorn. Susan was born on 12 Aug 1856 in Texas; died on 25 May 1921 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]