Living

Notes:

According to the Pictorial History of Sabine County, he played football at Hemphill High School circa 1954. Was also on the staff of the school library in 1956.

Keith Fuller, 81, of San Augustine, Texas passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019 at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas.

Keith was born October 1, 1937 in San Antonio, Texas to Joe and Ruth Fuller. He worked as a lineman for Deep East Texas Co-Op in San Augustine before retiring after many years of service.

He is survived by his son, Mike Fuller and wife, LaDonna, of Livingston, Texas and daughter, Martha Mazzella and husband, Mark, of Washington, Texas; brothers, Wayne Fuller and wife, Freddie, of Rosevine, Texas and Tommy and wife, Bonnie, of San Antonio, Texas; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with visitation beginning one hour prior to service. Bro. Floyd Wright will officiate.

Burial will follow service in Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers are S. J. Butler, Floyd Butler, Neil Beall, Harold Horn, David Davidson, and Darrell Turner.

Online book signing and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

Jarvis married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joe had a small dairy in Rosevine, and also sold insurance. He moved to San Antonio for a period of time, where he managed a drive in theatre among other things. He returned to Rosevine after he retired.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Bexar County, JP 8
Enumerated Apr 23, 1940
SD 20 ED 15-53 Sheet 3B
60
Fuller, Joseph Head m W 28 M Tx Bronson, TX Manager Farm
Fuller, Ruth Wf F W 27 M Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Ramona Dtr F W 9 S Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Thomas Son M W 7 S Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Marvin Son M W 4 S Tx
Fuller, Keith Son M W 2 S Tx

Joe married Ruth Beatrice Rainer on 15 Sep 1928 in Sabine County, Texas. Ruth was born on 18 Jun 1912 in Texas; died on 13 Jun 1982 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown both on the SSDI, and the annotated transcription of the Rosevine Cemetery, as Ruth CARTWRIGHT, with her death shown as taking place in June 1982. She had married second Vernice Sanford Cartwright. And although the SSDI has her birthday as June 17, 1912, a photo of her gravestone shows it as June 18, 1912.

Notes:

Billie T. McGown, 93, of Milam, passed away Tuesday morning in Woodville, Texas. B.T. was born near Milam to Perry L. and Vera Williams McGown and has lived there all his life. He married Lonnie Love Walton on March 24, 1938, and they celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary this year. Together they owned and operated B.T. McGown Grocery until retirement. They then continued to raise cattle, planted and harvested a big garden. The highlight of retirement was camping and fishing with family and friends at Harborlight Campground. B.T. was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Geneva and a member of the Sexton Masonic Lodge No. 251 in Milam, Texas.

Mr. McGown is survived by his wife Lonnie McGown, two daughters; Merle Davis and her husband Charles of Woodville, Joyce Lowery and her husband John of Jasper, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. He is also survived by his brother A.P. McGown of Pt. Neches, his sister Rosemary McGee of Lake Jackson, Texas, and his sister-in-law Dorothy McGown of Houston. He was preceded in death by his brother Bruce McGown and his great granddaughter Coleen McInnerney.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, Friday evening, June 27, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the McGown Cemetery, Milam, Texas.

From Starr Funeral Home Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter
July 2, 2014, page 11

Billie married Lonnie Love Walton on 24 Mar 1938. Lonnie was born on 3 Mar 1922 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Oct 2014 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lonnie Love McGown, 92, of Milam, passed away Monday evening in the Dogwood Trails Manor in Woodville, Texas. She was born in Sabine County to J.U. and Fannie Fussell Walton. Lonnie was a member of the Geneva Baptist Church in Geneva, Texas.

Lonnie married Billie T. McGown on March 24th, 1938, and celebrated their 76th anniversary before Billie passed away on June 24, 2014. The four months she lived on this earth without her precious husband, she was looking forward to this day when she would be with him again. Billie had left instructions for their two daughters to take care of their mother, and they were by her side when she left for Heaven to be with their dad.

Lonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Myrtle Walton Poole and her great granddaughter Colleen McInnerney. She is survived by her daughters Merle Davis and her husband Charles of Woodville, Joyce Lowery and her husband John of Jasper, her niece Donna White and her husband Mike of Katy, Texas, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter.

Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. The family will welcome friends in the Chapel one hour before service time. Burial will follow in the McGown Cemetery, Milam, Texas.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, November 5, 2014, Page 9

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, he was living between his older brother William and his wife's parents, John and Jane Fullen.

The following obituary was published regarding the death of Joseph Fuller:

Funeral services for Joseph Thomas Fuller, 81, were held at the Church of God at Rosevine, Thursday, November 30 at 2:00 o'clock. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grover Eddings, in Rosevine on Tuesday, November 28 at 7:00 pm after a prolonged illness.

Services were conducted by Rev. C.S. Singleton officiating and assisted by Rev. Clarence Howell. Burial was in the Rosevine cemetery under the direction of the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Mr. Fuller moved to Texas at the age of two. He was born at Malvern, Arkansas November 4, 1869. He was married to Alice Pointer March 27, 1917. He had been a member of the Church of God for the past 37 years.

Surviving are: wife, Mrs. Alice Fuller; four daughters: Mrs. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, Mrs. Grover Eddings of Rosevine. Mrs. O.H. Williams of East Bernard, Mrs. W.D. Cousins of Sarepta, LA; two step daughters Mrs. Denton Kerr of Houston, Mrs. Hamp Woods of San Augustine; three sons L.A. of Hemphill, Herman of Rosevine and J.S. of San Antonio, five step-sons: Enlow Birdwell of San Augustine, Estes Birdwell of Chinquapin, Oscar Birdwell of San Augustine, W.M. Pointer of Big Lake and M.B. Pointer of Corpus Christi; 23 grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, 29 step grandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Dale Tisdale, Buddy Pointer, Fred Ellison, Elo Finderson, Henry Marshburn and Louis McDonald.

(Research):
Census Information:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 6B
99-99
Fuller, Joseph Head W M Sept 1870 29 M 11 Ark Ark Ark Farmer
Fuller, Ola Wf W F Feb 1874 26 m 11 7/6 Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Alonzo Son W M July 1890 9 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Nina Dau W F Nov 1891 8 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Price Son W M Feb 1894 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Brooks Son W M Mar 1895 5 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Ethel Dau W F Feb 1897 3 Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Bertha Dau W F Feb 1900 5/12 Tx Ark Tx

1910 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct No. 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910 Fred Berryman
SD 2, ED 122, Stamped 148
215-215
Fuller, Joe T Head M W 40 M2 0 Ark Ga Ga Farming
Fuller, Blanche Wife F W 28 M2 0 4/4 Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Alonzo A Son M W 19 S Tx Ark Tx Farming At home
Fuller, Price J Son M W 17 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, John B Son M W 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Ethel Dtr F W 13 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Bertha Dtr F W 10 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Tera M Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Herman Son M W 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Birdwell, Vertie O Step Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Oscar E Step Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct 6
Enumerated 2 January 1920 by Jesse L. Mosley
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
3-3
Fuller, Joseph Hd M W 50 M Ark Ga Ga Farmer
Fuller, Alice J Wife F W 35 M Tx Tenn Tex
Fuller, Bertha L Dtr F W 19 S Tx Ark Tx Teacher
Fuller, Tera M Str F W 12 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Herman J Son M W 16 Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
Fuller, Jos S Son M W 8 S Tx Akr Tx
Pointer, Edna A StepDtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Pointer, Mannie Stepson M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):arteriosclerosis, Rheumatoid arhritis

Joseph married Blanche Henley on 18 Mar 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Blanche was born on 16 Aug 1881 in Texas; died on 28 May 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was married first to a Birdwell, and was later the second wife of Joseph Fuller. They had two children together, and sadly Blanche died of tuberculosis some five years after her second marriage. Her stepsons, Price and Brooks, died of this as well. Her step-daughter, Ethel was also infected, and was confined to a tuberculosis santitarium in the Dallas area as a young woman. Ethel survived, however, living into her eighties.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage information from

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/marriages/Bibens-Bryley.pdf

Said to be recorded in the San Augustine County, Texas Marriage Book 4, Page 401

Notes:

At his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, their is also a photo of his military marker, showing he served as a Private, US Army, World War I.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 5A
State Highway 21-Kings Highway
96-107
McGown, Perry L Head M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Vivian Wf F W 28 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Billie T Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Arthur Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Bruce Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
97-108
McGown, Eugene Head M W 31 M 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Monnie Wf F W 32 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Leo Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
---/109
Parks, Holman Boarder M Neb 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer
Parks, Felix Boarder M Neb 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer

Perry married Vera Vivian Williams. Vera was born on 27 Dec 1901 in Texas; died on 31 Jul 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as Vera V in 1940.