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San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Page 10

Robert Earl McElroy, Sr.

Graveside services for Robert Earl McElroy, Sr. 67, of Elkhart were held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 10, 2007 in Elkhart.

Robert Earl McElroy, Sr., was born in San Augustine County on August 10, 1939. He was a retired school teacher and coach.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria Pratt McElroy of Elkhart; sons, Bobby McElroy of Garrison and Greg McElroy and wife, Jennifer of Hallsville; daughter, YaLinda Upchurch of Elkhart; brother, Charles McElrory of Hallsville; sisters, Sally Masters of Dallas; Freddie Sue Lewis of San Augustine and Melba Lynn Lowman of Donna and five grandchildren
Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

The Sabine County Reporter August 15 issue had a nearly identical obituary, adding only that the interment took place at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. Jay Tullos and Jerry Fountain officiating, and that the names of Robert's grandchildren were Ashley McElroy, Hope Upchurch, Rowdy Upchurch, Kaitlyn McElroy, and Madison McElroy, according to the Sabine County Reporter.

Robert + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Melba Nell Mitchell about 1940 in San Augustine, Texas. Melba was born on 11 Jul 1920 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Feb 1997 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE Thursday, December 18, 2003

OZRO LEE PRATT

Ozro Lee Pratt, 90, of Geneva died at 7 p.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at Memorial Medical Center in San Augustine. He was born December 29, 1912, in Sabine County as a son of the late Mary Elizabeth (Cooper) and Hampton Lee Pratt and was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. Pratt was a retired truck driver for Holly Farms and a member of Geneva Baptist Church. Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and J.C. CLICK of Geneva and Gloria and Robert McELROY of Elkhart; seven grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Francis Pratt, who died November 23, 2003. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 5, 2003 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home, Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Eddis SMITH and Bro. Buddy PRATT officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery.

A nearly identical obituary was published in the December 10, 2003 Sabine County Reporter. The only added fact was that Orzo and Francis also had four great-great grandchildren.

Ozro married Clara Francis Adkins about 1933. Clara (daughter of Jesse Marion Adkins and Sara "Sallie" Elizabeth Parker) was born on 29 Nov 1916 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Nov 2003 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sabine County Reporter

Francis Pratt

Francis Pratt, 86, of Geneva died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. Mrs. Pratt was born Nov. 29, 1916, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Sarah PARKER and Jesse ADKINS and was a retired sales clerk. She was a longtime member of Geneva Baptist Church. Survivors: husband, Orzo PRATT of Geneva; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and J.C. CLICK of Geneva and Gloria and Robert McELROY of Elkhart; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Eddis SMITH and Bro. Buddy PRATT officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Howell married Dora Lavinia Lane on 24 Dec 1903 in Sabine County, Texas. Dora (daughter of Zeramia Williams Eddy Lane and Nancy Elizabeth Powell) was born on 18 Apr 1886 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Feb 1982 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DOB may be in error, as Everett Reese Pratt, said to be his younger brother is said to be born in November 1872, 4 months after Hampton's birth.

Or could this be the Hampton Pratt that was the husband of Mollie BECKHAM and father of Hampton Lee Pratt born ca 1892?

Could he instead be a son of Drayton Pratt and Mary Benena Low?

Hampton married Mary E. Cooper on 10 Oct 1899. Mary (daughter of Sgt. William H. Cooper and Arletha L. "Lethia" Harris) was born on 23 Mar 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Oct 1940 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD26-4SW
name: Mary Elizabeth Pratt
death date: 17 Oct 1940
death place: Prec 4, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 66 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 23 Mar 1874
birthplace: Sabine Co., Tx
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: W. H. Coofee
father's birthplace: Il
mother's name: Arletha Harris
mother's birthplace: Al
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, TX
cemetery:
burial place: Hemphill, Tx
burial date: 18 Oct 1940
additional relatives: X
film number: 2138120
digital film number: 4030496
image number: 329
reference number: cn47712
Collection: Mary Elizabeth Pratt, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

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He was a son of Tilman Jr. and Molly Adkins. His grandparents, Tilman Sr. and Mandy Spangler Adkins, came to Louisiana from Macon, Georgia and Mississippi. They all moved to Texas in 1896 to the Rosevine community where he attended Goat Hill school with the late John Minton as teacher.

He registered for the draft in San Augustine County, and indicated he was a tenant on the F. D. Lewis place, supporting a wife and 5 children. He was tall, slender, with gray eyes and light hair.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 and 6 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 194 Sheets 2A and 2B
26-26
Adkins, Jessie Head M W 32 M La La Tx Farmer
Adkins, Sallie Wf F W 31 M Tx Tx Tx
Adkins, Jethro Son M W 12 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Bertha Dtr F W 10 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Johnson Son M w 8 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Reese Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Francis Dtr F W 3 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Lewis Son M W 2/12 S Tx La Tx
Parker, Ether Sister-in-law F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 8
Enumerated April 26, 1920
ED 202-11 SD 19 Sheet 7A
Highway Hemphill to San Augustine
144-152
Adkins, Jessie Head M W 42 M17 La La LaFarmer
Adkins, Sallie Wf F W 42 M17 Tx Ga La
Adkins, Reese W Son M W 16 S Tx La Tx Farm Labor
Adkins, Francis Dtr F W 13 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Louis Son M W 10 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Edward T Son m W 8 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Willie M Dtr F W 6 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Wenford Son M W 4 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Cordell A Son M W 1 5/12 S Tx La Tx
Parker, Ether Sister-in-law F W 26 S Tx Tx Tx

Jesse married Sara "Sallie" Elizabeth Parker on 3 Jul 1904 in Sabine County, Texas. Sara was born about 1888 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Nov 1966 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of Tommy and Ellen Armstrong Parker. She attended school at Mt. Nebo and Goat Hill.

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Married:
Their wedding was at the home of her parents, with Preacher Martin, a hard-shell Baptist Minister officiating. There was a big crowd. The wedding supper was in her parents' home....and dinner at the home of the grooms' parents. Mrs. Adkins added that there were lots of watermelons, which they spent the day eating. The groom was 17 and his bride was only 16 years of age.

Their sixtieth wedding anniversary celebration was hosted by their seven (surviving) children: Jimmerson Adkins of Pineland, Mrs. Ozro Pratt of Hemphill, Louis Adkins of Rosevine, Mrs. Johnnie Butler of Alta Loma, Wendford Adkins of Pearland, and Cordell Adkins of Jasper. Members of the family, including children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, attended church services Sunday making a total of 45 in all.

"The Adkinses are a young-looking, young-acting couple in excellent health, he gardens and she takes care of her house, fills her freezer and then cans about 200 jars of food each year...He and a neighbor, Mrs. W. C. Boyd, share a garden...Mr. and Mrs. Adkins also lived in Jasper, and in Jackson County, Oklahoma, always being engaged in farming and ranching and retiring in 1960."

Besides their two daughters and five sons, the Adkinses boast 47 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.

(Excerpted from Virgie Speight's "Vignettes of Pioneer Families" column published July 9, 1964, on the occasion of their sixtieth wedding anniversary).