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Guy Marcus Hughes was born on 16 Feb 1920 in Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1995 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Guy married Johnnie Mae Speights on 5 Sep 1941. Johnnie (daughter of Mermond Leon Speights and Rutha Elvie McLemore) was born on 6 Feb 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Feb 2007 in Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johnnie Mae Speights was born on 6 Feb 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Mermond Leon Speights and Rutha Elvie McLemore); died on 2 Feb 2007 in Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

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The Sabine County Reporter
February 14, 2007, Page 9

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 in Bossier City. Mrs. Hughes was a beautician for 35 years and a graduate of Guy's Beauty School. Survivors: a daughter, Sharon "Guyann" and husband Wilbur Gayle KEENE; son Mark Mermond HUGHES and wife Cindy FERRAN; grandchildren, Robin KEENE and husband Chuck WILLIAMSON, Brady KEENE and wife Stacy, Benjamin Mark HUGHES, William Maxwell HUGHES, and Andrew Phillip HUGHES; five great-grandchildren; and sisters, Ruth Dorine ROBINSON and Ruby Laverne GELLATLY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. HUGHES; and parents, Ruth Elvie McLEMORE and Mermond Leon SPEIGHTS. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home with Pastor Al Eden officiating. Interment followed at Forest Park West Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Boone Funeral Home Chapel in Shreveport.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2007)

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Mermond Leon Speights was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson); died on 3 Jul 1939 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Mermond married Rutha Elvie McLemore on 22 Dec 1913. Rutha (daughter of John F. "Finn" McLemore and Rutha Triphene White) was born on 4 Dec 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Mar 1980 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rutha Elvie McLemore was born on 4 Dec 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of John F. "Finn" McLemore and Rutha Triphene White); died on 19 Mar 1980 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

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The following obituary appeared in the 27 March 1980 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Ruth Speights

Funeral services for Ruth Elvie Speights, 86, of Pineland were at 2 pm March 20 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

Mrs. Speights died at 12:45 am March 19 in Hines Nursing Home in Pineland.

She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Dorine Robinson of Pineland; Mrs. Laverne Gellatly of Beaumont and Mrs. Johnnie Hughes of Shreveport, La; one sister Mrs. Emma Cammack of Hemphill, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

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Ruth Dorine Speights was born on 26 Nov 1914 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Dec 2007 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas; was buried on 12 Dec 2007 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Ruby Laverne Speights was born on 3 May 1919 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2014 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Johnnie Mae Speights was born on 6 Feb 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Feb 2007 in Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.