Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Violet Doreen Latham. Violet (daughter of John Henry Latham and Jessie Ethel Tatom) was born on 28 Dec 1921 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Sep 1991 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992 and Book Three "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" also by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1998:

Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Sixth Marine Division December 14, 1941 through October 13, 1945 Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bouganville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Okinawa Offensive Seriously wounded at Okinawa and medically evacuated to the United States Purple Heart.

Obituary

Rufus Maxie McLemore, 87, died Wednesday in the VA Hospital, Houston, TX. Rufus was born in Hemphill to Ira and Alma Bragg McLemore and was a lifetime resident of Hemphill. Rufus left school at an early age to join the CC's. When old enough he joined the Marine Corps and served in WW II. When he returned home he owned and operated McLemore's Garage until retirement.

Rufus is survived by his son Maxie and wife Maryanne McLemore of Victoria, TX, his daughter Charlotte and husband Gene Peters of Cypress, TX, eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Clovis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas. The guest book can be signed or condolences expressed to the family at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(From www.toledochronicle.com)
Also published in the San Augustine Tribune, September 23, 2010, page 10

Rufus married Clovis Lavern Hogan on 25 May 1946. Clovis was born on 9 Apr 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 11 September 1996 page 4 "Back In Time--1991 Five Years Ago"

Working for the MDA telethon were Robert Holcomb, Clovis McLemore, Helen Clemmer, Margie Evanoff, Erma Robert and Jo Stetzel. Patsy Clark was the Sabine County coordinator.

Obituary from www.toledochronicle.com
Also published in the March 17, 2010 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, p. 16 and the San Augustine Tribune, April 1, 2010, p. 11

Clovis Lavern McLemore
April 9, 1927 - March 12, 2010

Clovis Lavern McLemore, 82, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center after an illness. Clovis was born in Hemphill to Henry and Naomi Hogan and had lived in Hemphill most of her life. Clovis attended the Rosevine Church of God and was a member of the Hemphill VFW Ladies Auxillary.

Mrs. McLemore is survived by her husband Rufus McLemore of Hemphill, her daughter Charlotte Peters and husband Gene of Cypress, TX, her son Maxie McLemore and wife Mary Anne of Victoria, TX, eight grand children, seventeen great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. She is also survived by her brother Wilson Hogan of Fort Worth, four sisters, Christine Bass of Diboll, Merline Elrod, Dorothy Chaney, and Patsy Vrooman all of Hemphill.

Visitation will be Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010, from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. Hemphill. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Monday, Mar. 15, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Hemphill Cemetery.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 11B
County Highway East of Hemphill
172-176
Hogan, Henry A. Hd M W 36 M 26 Tx Ns Ga Farm
Hogan, Neoma Wf F W 27 M 17 Tx Ga Ga
Hogan, Chrystine Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Merline Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Clovis Dtr F W 2 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Hery W Son M W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Julia Mother F W 72 Wd 17 Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate showed him as a son of J. B.McGee and Rebecca Jaen MAGEE.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 2
Enumerated 21 and 22 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 4B
73-73
McGee, Joseph Head M W 37 m1 8 La La Miss Farmer
McGee, Lula Wf F W 36 m1 8 3/3 Tx La Tx
McGee, Ermar Dtr F W 7 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Lewis W Son M W 4 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Katie M Dtr F W 1 7/12 S Tx La Tx
Morris, Taylor Brother-in-law M W 48 Wd Tx Ga Tenn
Morris, Leonard S Brother-in-law M W 39 S Tx Ga Tenn

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 5 and 6 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheets 3A and 3B
Hemphill and Fairdale Rd
53-53
McGee, Joseph B Head M W 47 M la La Miss Farmer
McGee, Lula A Wf F W 44 M Tx Ala Ala
McGee, Lewis W Son M W 14 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Katie M Dtr F W 11 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Joseph B Son M W 7 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Norvell Son M W 3 8/12 S Tx La Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated April 26, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 10B
Hemphill Hattons Ferry road
211-214
McGee, Joe B Head M W 57 M 26 Tx La Miss Farmer
McGee, Lula Wf F W 54 M 30 Tx La Tx
McGee, Katie Dtr F W 21 S Tx La Tx Farm Helper
McGee, J B Jr Son M W 18 S Tx La Tx Farm Helper
McGee, Narvel Son M W 15 S Tx La Tx Farm Helper
McGee, James Son m W 9 S Tx La Tx
McGee, Jeanette Dtr F W 9 S Tx La Tx

Joseph married Lula America Morris about 1902. Lula (daughter of Gilbert Morris and Nancy "Ann" C. D. Moorehead) was born on 7 Nov 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Jun 1962; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Nora? on the 1880 census?

Notes:

Married:
At the time of the 1910 census, her two brothers were living with them.

John married Jessie Ethel Tatom. Jessie (daughter of Ivy Tatom and Lennie Maye Partin) was born in Nov 1900 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Apr 1929 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate shows her as a daughter of Ivy TATUM (sic) and Mae TATUM (sic), both born in Hemphill. She died in Child Birth.

Notes:

Excerpted from an undated, unreferenced obituary:

Lifelong resident of Sabine County. Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, for eight years.

Services at First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Rev. Jim Turner, officiated. Buried at Gravel Hill. Graveside Masonic rites conducted by Littleton Fowler Lodge.

Ira married Alma Clara Bragg on 26 Nov 1922. Alma (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 11 Mar 1906 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1985 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]