Living

Living married Living [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:

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]