Juanita Horton

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
August 13, 2003

Juanita Horton Smith

Juanita Horton Smith, 75, of Pineland did at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 2, 1927, in Bronson as a daughter of the late Anna (CRAIG) and John HORTON and had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors: son, Roy Gene McCROSKEY and wife Debbie of Lufkin, and Mike McCROSKEY and wife Laura and Glenn McCROSKEY and wife Dwanda, all of Sabine County, daughters, Lynda BRIDWELL of Nacogdoches, Colleen ARRANT of Jasper, and Peggy BROOKS and husband Joe of Newton; a brother, Bobby Jim HORTON of Bronson; a sister Ann WRIGHT and husband Theo of Bronson; 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. I.W. FERGUSON and Bro. Fred RANEY officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Juanita married Lee Roy McCroskey before 1945. Lee (son of Olive Robert "Bob" McCroskey and Maudie Alva Roberts) was born on 9 Jan 1914 in Louisiana; died on 27 Feb 1986 in McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Juanita married George Emmett Smith after 1948. George (son of William Robert Smith and Mittie Zerowine McNaughten) was born on 22 Dec 1926 in Texas; died on 4 Jan 2002 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRK-TJM
name: John Horton
death date: 02 Nov 1960
death place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 64 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 30 May 1896
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Will Horton
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Martha Clark
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Retired Tx Forest Service
Veteran? Yes WW I
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Rosevine Cemetery
burial place: Rosevine, Texas
burial date: 03 Nov 1960
additional relatives:
Informant John Horton Jr
film number: 2116619
digital film number: 4166552
image number: 00002042
reference number: 73496
Collection: John Horton, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No. 6
Enumerated April 17 and 18, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 10A Stamped 101
208-217
Horton, John Hd O $250 M W 33 M221 Tx Tx Tx Oiler United Gas Co.
Horton, Anna Wf F W 31 M@20 Tx Tx Tx
Horton, Mattie Ruth Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Horton, John Jr. Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Horton, Bernice Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Horton, Jodie Son m W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Horton, Jaunita Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Horton, Billie Ray Son M W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

John married Anna Craig about 1919. Anna was born on 19 May 1899 in Texas; died on 20 Jun 1945 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Last name appears to actually be CRAIG, despite being listed as CRAGG on her actual death certificate. This is based on the Texas Birth Index listings of her younger children, as well as the Texas Death Certificate of her son, Jodie,and the obituary of her son, Burnice "Monk" Horton.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS1W-RMZ
name: Anna Horton
event: Death
event date: 20 Jun 1945
event place: Rosevine, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Married
birth date: 18 May 1899
birthplace: Sabine,
father's name: Jack Cragg
mother's name: Sarah Cragg
certificate number: 27423
film number: 2137960
digital folder number: 005144853
image number: 03024
Collection: Anna Horton, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"