Eloise Abilene Kilburn

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, Abilene and her sister Elna Kilburn were living in Shelby County with their mother, Bessie Kilburn, and step-grandmother, Martha McKinzie. Also living in the home were 26 year old Carmina Alford and 16 year old Tommie Chambless.

In the BACK IN TIME column of the January 12, 2000 edition of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, it is noted that "Twenty years ago" in 1980, the Sabine County Extension Homemakers Club Council organized and its first officers were elected at a meeting at the First Methodist Church. Officers included Abilene WHITE, council delagate.....

The Sabine County Reporter
January 7, 1998, Page 10

Abilene White

Eloise Abilene White, 82. of Route 1, Pineland, died early Saturday, January 3, 1998.

Mrs. White was born Sept. 22, 1915, in Shelby County as a daughter of the late Lee and Bessie Kilburn and had resided on FM 2024 in Sabine County several years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors: a daughter, Neve Alexander of Jasper, a son, Benny White of Hemphill; a sister, Elna Sanford of Hemphill; eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbane, W. E. "Bill" White in 1976 ans a son, Commissioner Kenneth E. White in 1993.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Ronnie Whittle of Silsbee, a former pastor of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM 2024 in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Family/Spouse: William "Bill" Eldridge White. William (son of Benjamin Harrison "Harry" White and Cora Nevada Griffin) was born on 5 May 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Aug 1976 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Infant Son White was born on 8 Oct 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1936 in Sabine County, Texas.
2. Don Lee White was born on 8 Sep 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Mar 1938 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Kenneth Eugene White was born on 19 Jul 1938 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Nov 1993.
4. Neva Jean White was born on 10 Dec 1940 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Jan 2022 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
5. Bennie Ray White was born on 30 Jun 1944 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Apr 2008 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 27 Apr 2008 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.