Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jerry Aron Collins, 67, of Hemphill, passed away Monday morning in his home. He was born in Center, Texas, to Aaron and Ora Phillips Collins. Jerry was a U.S. Army veteran in the Vietnam war, afterwards he received his associates degree and worked for the Vidor State Bank as senior vice-president. Later he owned and operated a convience store in Mauriceville. Jerry was active in the YMBL and the VFW in Vidor. He moved back to Hemphill ten years ago and was a member of the Free Methodist Church in Hemphill.

Jerry is survived by his sons Aron Collins and his wife Linnann of College Station, Michael Collins of the Baytown area, his granddaughter Grace Collins of College Station, his step-mother Chris Collins of Hemphill, his sisters; Jean Easley, Lillian Collins, Kay Collins of Hemphill, Vada Payne of Silsbee, Debbie Lane of Pineland. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Linda Collins.

Cremation will be under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00PM, Saturday, December 13, 2014, in the Free Methodist Church, Hwy 87 South, Hemphill, Texas. A lunch will follow services at the church

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 3, 2014, Page 7

Jerry married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Gayre V Gooch
Death Date: 07 Sep 1961
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 54 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1906
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W L Gooch
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Amanda Hammock
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 09 Sep 1961
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116792
Digital Film Number: 4166598
Image Number: 3419
Reference Number: v X cn 54215
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Gayre + Myrtle Lee Clemons. Myrtle was born on 22 Sep 1911 in Texas; died on 22 Jan 1990 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the death of her first husband in 1961 it appears that Myrtle married second, in 1968, William E. Craig. However both the SSDI and Texas Index list her as Myrtle Gooch.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont, Ward 2, ED 17
ED 123-17 SD 27 Sheet 6B
South St
2210-126-133
Clemons, John T Head M W 46 M 25 Tx Miss Miss Engineer Railway
Clemons, Kate I Wf F W 38 M 17 Tx Miss Ada
Clemons, Myrtle L Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Clemons, Marie P Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Amanda Belzora Hammock on 29 Apr 1900 in Sabine County, Texas. Amanda was born in May 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Columbus Washington Hammock and Amanda Belzora Hoard.

Notes:

Married:
Robert Cecil McDaniel writes that he and his wife lived in the Six Mile Community of Sabine County, and that they were the parents of 6 children.