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C. A. Beall Sr

Carl Arvid Beall Sr., 96, of Milam died early Thursday, Dec. 22, 1994, at Sabine County Hospital-Hemphill.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the New Hope Baptist Church near Milam with Bro. Dick McLain and Bro. Miton Powell officiating. Interment followed at Vickers Cemetery near Milam.

Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

Beall, born July 16, 1898, in Geneva, had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County, a retired farmer, and a longtime member of New Hope Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the W. R. Blackshear 36th Division of volunteers in Sabine, San Augustine, and Jasper Counties.

Survivors include his wif, Belva Vickers Beall of Milam; a son and daughter-in-law, Neil and Patsy Beall of Milam; two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Dick McLain of Nacogdoches and Ronnie and Bill Greer of Milam; a sister, Elise Cate of Milam; ten grandchildren; 24 (great) grandchildren; and two great (great) grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, C. A. Beall Jr., and a granddaugher, Mary Elise Raiford.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 28, 1994, Page 10

Carl married Addie Belva Vickers. Addie (daughter of Vance Evans Vickers, Sr. and Jo Ann Reeves) was born on 21 Mar 1902 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Oct 1999 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Vickers Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 20, 1999, Page 14

Belva Vickers Beall

Belva Vickers Beall, 97, of Milam died Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999, at her residence on Texas Hwy 87.

Born March 21, 1902, in Milam as a daughter of the late Vance and Jo Ann (Reeves) Vickers, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Beall, a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, was a former school teacher and homemaker.

Survivors: daughters, Shirley McLain of Nacogdoches and Ronnie Greer of Milam, a son, Neil Beall of Milam; ten grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Arvid Beall; a son, Carl Arvid Beall Jr.; amd a grandaughter, Mary Elize Rayford.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church near Milam with Bro. Lou Dane and Bro. Dick McLain officiating. Interment followed at Vicker Cemetery near Milam.

Starr Funeral Home Inc. Hemphill, directors.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)

Vance married Jo Ann Reeves. Jo was born on 22 Feb 1880 in Texas; died on 12 Dec 1969; was buried in Vance E. Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race
Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Jeff J. VICKERS Self M Male W 35 TX Farmer FL AL
Bettie VICKERS Wife M Female W 28 LA Keeps House SC SC
Volney H. VICKERS Son S Male W 8 TX TX LA
Charles A. VICKERS Son S Male W 6 TX TX LA
Abney F. VICKERS Son S Male W 4 TX TX LA
Vance E. VICKERS Son S Male W 1M TX TX LA

Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 4, Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325 NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 239B

Next household is that of Charles M and Mary L. Bennett, the parents of Bettie Bennett Vickers, Jeff's wife.

Joseph married Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" Bennett about 1870 in Louisiana. Sarah (daughter of Charles "Charlie" Milton Bennett, Sr. and Mary Louise Brazeale) was born on 8 Aug 1853 in South Carolina; died on 14 Jan 1930 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Old Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda Davenport shows her as being born in South Carolina instead of Louisiana, as reported on the census.