Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Great-grandfather of Elizabeth Daniell SMITH born 27 December 2001. (Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002).

Leroy married Florence Sybil Smith. Florence (daughter of Rev. William Edward Smith and Minnie Mozelle McDaniel) was born on 4 Oct 1918 in Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 2013 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary

Sybil Smith, 94, passed away on January 9 , 2013 at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill, Texas. She was born on October 4, 1918 in Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas to William and Minnie McDaniel Smith.

Sybil grew up in Fairdale, TX. which is now under Toledo Bend Lake. Her Great-Grandfather, Levi McDaniel came to Texas from South Carolina pre 1840. Sybil married Leroy Smith May 12, 1940 in Hemphill, Sabine County, TX. They were happily married for 42 years and two months. Sybil was a member of East Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church, and her husband Leroy served as a Deacon there for many years before his death. She enjoyed gardening, and was very talented at piecing quilt tops together and hand embroidering them. She loved sewing, reading, crafts, teaching vacation bible school and other church functions. She also loved to cook big Sunday dinners for her children and grandchildren; which usually included homemade chicken and dumplings and her hand battered crispy fried chicken and a table full of fresh garden vegetables from her garden. She was at her happiest when she was able to care for her family in some way.

Sybil and her husband Leroy Smith opened Smith Auto Supply in Hemphill in1961. When her oldest son Roy returned from Vietnam in 1968 he joined the business and became the owner/operator after the death of his father Leroy in 1982. Sybil was preceded in death by her husband; Leroy Smith in 1982; her parents: William and Minnie McDaniel Smith. She was also preceded in death by her brothers and sisters: Noble Smith, Hillery Smith, Ferrell Smith, Will Smith, Lula Smith and Verna Smith Perkins.

Sybil is survived by son Roy G. Smith and wife JoAnne of Hemphill,TX.; daughter Virginia Langford and husband Walter; son Larry P. Smith and wife Wanda all of Nacogdoches, TX.; her grandchildren; Jessica S. Meeks, Michael Smith, Jason Smith, Marty Aparicio, Eddie Marshall and Sheila Marshall; her great-grandchildren; Luke, Chloe, Daniel, Elizabeth, Alex, Tony, Jami, Courtney and Rachel; and two great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill January 12, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.. A visitation will be held at Starr Funeral Home January 12, 2012 from 12:00 to 2:00. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery in Hemphill.

Courtesy of Starr Funeral Home
Also published in THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, January 16, 2013, Page 12


(Research):

Great-grandmother of Elizabeth Daniell SMITH born 27 December 2001. (Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002).

Notes:

Per the SSDI:

DELBERT W GOYNES 22 Aug 1921 05 Oct 1990 (not specified) (none specified) 449-28-8806 Texas

His FindAGrave memorial page notes he served in the US Army WWII Sgt. The page links him to Bob Goynes (1887-1974) and Susie Jackson Goynes (1897-1974).

Delbert married Martha Geraldine "Gerri" Ferguson. Martha (daughter of James Calvin Ferguson and Reta Ashby) was born on 20 Dec 1928 in Memphis, Hall County, Texas; died on 20 Jul 2019 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Macune Baptist Church Cemetery, Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martha Geraldine "Gerry" Goynes, 90, of Rosevine, Texas passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Sabine County Hospital.

Gerry was born in Memphis, Texas on December 20, 1928 to James Calvin and Rita Ferguson. She had been a resident of Sabine County since 1963 and always considered it her home. She was a homemaker and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a faithful member of Rosevine United Pentecostal Church and she loved the get together's with her family and singing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Goynes; her son, Bobby Goynes, and her granddaught, Jennifer Booker.

She is survived by her daughters, Jo Anne Smith and husband, Roy, of Hemphill, Peggy Goynes of Hemphill, and Lisa Goynes of Rosevine; daughter-in-law, Novis Goynes of Hemphill; brother, Bruce Ferguson and wife, Carol, of Rosevine; sisters, Margaret Oliver of San Augustine, Edna Cook of Silsbee, and Myrtle Boyd of Falls Church, Virginia; a host of nieces and nephews; 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.

Memorial services will begin at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 26, 2019 in Rosevine United Pentecostal Church, 8285 Gravel Hill Rd., Bronson, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Gordon Simmons officiating.

Burial will follow services in McCune Cemetery, 376 FM 705, San Augustine, Texas.

We invite you to leave online condolences and sign memorial book at starrfuneralhome.com.

(Research):Said to have later married a WEATHERFORD. The 2017 obituary of her brother, Eugene, lists her as "Geraldine Weatherford of Rosevine."

Grandmother of Stephanie STRICKLAND who married Dale WILKERSON on 31 March 2001 (Engagement announcement in the Sabine County Reporter 21 Feb 2001)

Great-grandmother of Elizabeth Daniell SMITH born 27 December 2001. (Birth Annoucement in the Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002).

Great-grandmother of of Logan Blake WILKERSON born 27 Mar 2002 (Sabine County Reporter, 24 April 2002).