Don Gilbert Rash

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The Sabine County Reporter
September 25, 2013, Page 7

'58 Reunion
The 1958 graduating class of Hemphill High School met on Sept. 14, 2013, at the Hemphill Garden Club Centery for their 55th reunion. The food was catered by Mary Kay's Restaurant in San Augustine. Sammie Stewart graciously hoted the reunion. Those in attendance....: Weldon Elliott, Glenn McCroskey, John Anderson, Glyn Smith, Dr. B. H. McDaniel, Jimmy Tompkins, June (Pete) Cordray, Charles Spears, Clara Howell Murphy, Sammie Smith Stewart, Dr. Ronald Toole, Earl Graham, Mayor Robert Hamilton, Paul Harvey, Sonia Dunn Butler, Wanda Dickerson Wall, Iva Dell Boyette (sic) Bush, Don Gilbert Rash and LeGail Peyton Moody.

Obituary

Don Gilbert Rash, 79, of Many, Louisiana, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Toledo Retirement and Rehabilitation Center of Zwolle, Louisiana.

Don Gilbert was born in Hemphill, Texas on July 25, 1939 to Frank and Velma Smith Rash. He was a United States Army Veteran having served in Germany and later he worked as a Civil Engineer in the construction field. He enjoyed fishing and hunting.

Don Gilbert is survived by his wife of 41 years, Marcia Rash of Many, Louisiana; children, Gilbert Dean Rash and wife, Sherry, Kimberly Kay Blanchette and husband, Ronnie, Leslie Diane Sullivan and husband, Rick, Rory Lance Rash and wife, Michelle, and Lanona Chandler and husband, Cliff; 17 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and sister, Ginger Rash White.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Velma Rash; brother, Bobby Lynn Rash; and step-sons, Edgar Jerrell Savell and Roger Dale Savell.

Visitation for Don Gilbert will begin at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Pendleton Assembly of God, 14152 Texas Hwy, Many, LA 71449 with Rev. Daniel Davis and Mr. Cal Goss officiating.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Pendleton Assembly of God under the direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill, Texas.

Burial will follow services in Pendleton Assembly of God Cemetery.

Online condolences and book signing can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 18, 2018, Page 10

Notes:

Listed as Judge Frank Rash on his Find A Grave Memorial page, with the scales of justice engraved on his grave marker.

His memorial page also links him to his parents, Frank T. Rash (1878-1947) and Mary Lavonia Curry Rash (1877-1947), who have memorial pages on Find A Grave as well.

Frank married Velma Smith. Velma (daughter of Eben B. "Ebb" Smith and Lula Pearl Ferguson) was born on 5 Oct 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Oct 2000 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Information:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine, Hemphill Town, Pr 1
Enumerated April 15, 1980 by Lula W. Toole
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 6B
#127-152
Smith, Ebb B Hd $2000 M W 56 M@25 Tx England TS Merchant General Store
Smith, Lula Wife F W 43 M@22 Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Dalton Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Velma Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx

HH#128 Smith, Eugene & Lockie
HH#129 Smith, Alfred & Eve

Eben married Lula Pearl Ferguson about 1909. Lula (daughter of Robert Turner Ferguson and Frances Jane Gomer) was born about 1887 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 2005
From "I Remember" by Mary Howell

I remember Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith who had a grocery store in what is called Beanville. I remember going to his store on Saturday nights to get a Dixie cup of ice cream. Several of Mr. E.B. children and grandchildren followed in their father's footsteps and became store owners. Duvergn CORDRAY, Shine Smith, Velma RASH and Alfred Smith all ran local mom and pop businesses.

Henry married Mary Ann Morris before 1868. Mary (daughter of Shadrach H. Morris and Mary "Polly" Sarah Nelson) was born on 18 Feb 1836 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married 1st a Roberts (sic) and 2nd Henry Smith. (White and Toole, p 63).

On the 1880 Sabine County census, a Robert Patrick, step-son, is listed in the household as well. (White and Toole, p 33).

Peggy Choate emailed, in February 2012, that " . Mary Ann was married first to Henry Patrick and they had 3 children: Ida Alice, Henry Hood and Robert Patrick. He died after the 3rd child was born. After Henry Patrick, died Mary Morris married Henry Smith. She then became know as Grandma Smith. She was present at my father's birth in Zwolle Louisiana in 1922. Present were Mary Ann Morris Patrick Smith, her daugheter Ida Alice Patrick Burns, granddaughter Mary Annie Burns Henderson and gtgranddaughter Martha Henderson McCormick and baby Hugh McCormick (my Dad). It seems that the women of that family are long lived."



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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat No. 1, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 28 Jun 1870
Page 6
Smith, Henry 42 M W Teacher 500 200 England
Smith, Mary A 29 M W Keeping House La
Smith (sic), Ida Alice 8 F W La
Smith (sic), Henry H 6 M W Tx
Smith (sic), Robert L 5 M W Tx
Smith, Margaret 2 F W La
Smith, Simon W 1 M W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
Page 8 SD 1 ED 85
73-74
Smith, Henry W M 53 School Teacher England England England
Smith, Mary Ann W F 40 Wf Keeping House LA Tn NC
Smith, Margarett W F 11 Dtr At Home Tx
Smith, Morris W M 6 S Tx
Smith, Fountain W M 5 Son Tx
Smith, Eben W M 2 Son Tx
Patrick, Robert L W M 14 Stepson Tx

Robert married Frances Jane Gomer. Frances (daughter of Augustus C. Gomer and Margaret Ann Low) was born on 24 Dec 1863 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]