Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 12, 1996, Page 10

C. A. "Buddy" Nethery

C. A. "Buddy" Nethery, 85, of Milam died Friday, June 7, 1996, at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.

Born Dec. 14, 1910, as a son of the late Charles A. and Amanda (Speights) Nethery, he had been a lifelong resident of Milam. Nethery was a merchant, having operated Nethery & Son General Merchandise in Milam for 54 years. He was also a member of the Bethany Baptist Church.

Survivors: wife, Bernice SELF Nethery of Milam; daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Tom PAYNE of Caldwell and Janet and Him OLIVE of Pineland; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Susan Nethery of Milam and Ken and Laura Nethery of Bellingham, Massachusetts; a sister, Margurite EDDINGS of Hemphill; brothers, Wendell Nethery of Milam and Loy Nethery of Beaumont; 14 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Louie Self, Bro. Robert Shaddock, and Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Milam Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Charles married Bernice Edell Self before 1939. Bernice was born on 17 May 1919; died on 7 Sep 2005 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Edith Wesley Halbert. Edith (daughter of Levi Thompson Halbert and Mary Ann Armstrong) was born on 31 Aug 1915 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Nov 1978; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The September 20, 2006 "Sabine County Reporter" had a picture of the Milam, Texas, First Grade through High School--Spring 1927. An Edith Halbert was pictured. It is not known what grade she was in, or if indeed it was the same Edith Halbert. The photo was submitted to the "Sabine County Reporter" by Robert E. "Ted" Finley of Van Nuys, California.

A photo of her was posted by her son, Raymond Mill's, to "Hemphill High School Memorials" on Facebook. The printed capiton read "Edith (Halbert) Mills---Class of 1933. Daughter of Levi and Mary Ann (Armstrong) Halbert; B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; teacher, Hemphll school for 20 years; retired 1978; died 1978."

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2

"Milam Cemetery receives marker"

The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....

Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:

"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.

Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."

(Research):

Census Listings:

Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr 4
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A
Stamped 129
5-5
Nethery, Charles Head W M Apr 1860 40 M 15 Tx Tx Tx Merchant & Farmer
Nethery, Amanda Wf W F Oct 1867 32 M 15 7/6 Tx Miss Tx
Nethery, Clyde S Son W M Mch 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Drayton I Son M S Dec 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Carrie A Dtr W F Jany 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Eva A Dtr W F Jun 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Charles I Son W M Mar 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, William O Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Arnold, Frank Boarder W M Sept 1875 24 S Tx Tx

Charles married Amanda Fitzellen Speights on 14 Nov 1884 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Amanda (daughter of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Rebecca Frances Halbert) was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Amanda Nethery
Death Date: 14 Nov 1931
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age:
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1866
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J. Speights
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Rebecca Halbert
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135733
Digital Film Number: 4166746
Image Number: 2951
Reference Number: RN 53248-20
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
The June 13, 2006 issue of the Sabine County Reporter featured the "All Things Historical" column by Bob Bowman titled "Nethery's Store." The oldest continually operated business in Sabine County, Nethery's was begun by C. A. Nethery, who came to Milam from Patroon as a young man. He and is wife, Amanda built a home on Main street and later opened a general store and saloon. The first store was burned during a snowstorm in 1913, but a new store was quickly built. The "new" store is still standing. After his father's death in 1942, C.A. "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. operated the store until his death. His nephew's, Gene and Doule Nethery kept the store open until 2000, selling hardware and providing a place for local dominoe players to meet. It is currently operated by Ellen Melton, Laura Tichnell, and Susan Nethery as an antique store.

Notes:

Name: Levi Tompkins Halbert
Death Date: 10 Dec 1967
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: w
Death Age: 93 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Mar 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. W. Halbert
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Allen
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Joel Halbert Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Dec 1967
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2138823
Digital Film Number: 4027200
Image Number: 1191
Reference Number: 82860
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Levi married Mary Ann Armstrong on 13 Nov 1895 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary was born on 4 Dec 1875 in Alabama; died on 13 May 1958 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Virgie Speights noted she was "also a member of early East Texas pioneer families who came from Georgia."

Name: Mary Ann Halbert
Death Date: 13 May 1958
Death Place: Sabine County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 83 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1875
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Armstrong
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Sabine County, Texas
Cemetery: Halbert Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 14 May 1958
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115364
Digital Film Number: 4163860
Image Number: 593
Reference Number: cn 29848
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976