Letitia Emadine Skinnell

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The Sabine County Reporter
February 17, 2010, Page 11

Letitia Emadine Edgar

Letitia Emadine Edgar Skinnell Edgar, 86, died Monday, Feb. 8. 2010, in the Baylor Hospital in Dallas. She was born on Sept. 18, 1923 in Marshall. Mrs. Edgar lived most of her life in Sabine County.

She is survived by sons, Jack Edgar and wife, Juanita of El Paso, and George Edgar and wife Sharon of Hemphill; daughters, Letitia Ann Britain of Rockwall, and Ruth Walker and husband Bob of El Paso; 13 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands J. W. Smith and J. D. "Dempsey" Edgar; son Rear Admiral Robert Wayne Smith, grandson, Darren Edgar, and granddaughter, Kim Sanders.

Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 12, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Oakhill Cemetery, Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online obituary and register books posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2010)

Letitia married James William Smith before 1945. James was born on 22 Aug 1917 in Louisiana; died on 9 Jul 1967 in Carthage, Panola County, Texas; was buried in Algoma Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rear Admiral Robert Wayne Smith was born on 22 Feb 1945 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 2007 in Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas; was buried on 15 Feb 2007 in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
2. Living

Letitia married James Weldon Fuller on 2 Jan 1972 in Sabine County, Texas. James (son of Clyde Webster Fuller and Lulu Benia Pratt) was born on 25 Jan 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jul 1973 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Letitia married Jack Dempsey "J. D." "Dempsey" Edgar on 23 Feb 1976 in Sabine County, Texas. Jack (son of William Tilman "Tim" Edgar, Sr. and Gertrude Edith Ener) was born on 15 Jan 1919 in Remling, Jasper County, Texas; died on 7 Apr 2002 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]