Wendell Holmes Harper

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, August 14, 2008, page 10

Wendell Holmes Harper

Graveside service for Wendell Holmes Harper, 86, of Hemphill, was held at 2 p.m. August 10, 2008 at Harpers Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Floyd Wright officiated. He died August 7, 2008 at his residence in Hemphill.

Wendell Holmes Harper was born in Sabinetown on July 25, 1922. He was a master electrician and served in the Merchant Marinces during WW II. He was a former resident of Houston.

He is survived by his son, Rory Harper of College Station; daughter, Cheryl COLLUM of Bellville; brother, Glen HARPER of Hemphill and sister, Sookie BYRD of Shreveport, LA; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)

A nearly identical obituary was published in the August 13, 2008 issue of the Sabine County Reporter.

Family/Spouse: Maida Inez McDaniel. Maida (daughter of Francis Richmond McDaniel and Louvella "Ella" Impson) was born on 3 Jan 1924 in Texas; died on 28 Sep 1992 in Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Name Albert Lewis Harper
Event Type Death
Event Date 04 Apr 1976
Event Place Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 03 Sep 1886
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Jesse Harper
Mother's Name Alice Anderson
Certificate Number 32009
GS Film number 2243933
Digital Folder Number 005145760
Image Number 00016



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38B-337 : accessed 20 May 2014), Albert Lewis Harper, 04 Apr 1976; citing certificate number 32009, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243933.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 12B
205-211
Harper, Albert L Hd W 43 M@29 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Harper, Avor A Wf F W 33 M@19 Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Windell H Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Atrell L Dtr F (sic) W 3 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Jesse L Son M (sic) W 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Albert married Avor A. McFarland about 1917 in Texas. Avor (daughter of Louis P. "L. P." McFarland and Bettie Helen Walker) was born on 6 Feb 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jul 1994 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
July 13, 1994, Page 7

Avor Harper

Funeral services for Mrs. Avor Harper, 97, of Hemphill were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Harper's Chapel Cemetery in Sabine County.

She died at 10:40 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 1994, at Medical Center in Nacogdoches.

Born Feb. 6, 1897, in Sabine County, Mrs. Harper was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a member of the Baptist church and a retired homemaker.

Survivors: a daughter, Jessie Lee "Sookie" Bird of Hemphill; three sons, Wendell Harper, Atrell Harper, and Glenn Harper, all of Hemphill; a sister-in-law, May McFarland of Monroe, Louisiana; ten grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Notes:

His widowed mother, Mary, was living with him at the time of the 1900 census. Shelia Evans shows him as a son of George W. and Mary McFarland. She further shows George born on 25 Jan 1809 in Haywood County, NC.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 2
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 5A Stamped 111
81-81
McFarland, L P Head W M July 1852 47 M 10 Miss Miss La Farmer
McFarland, Bettie Wf W F Sept 1871 28 M 10 6/5 Miss Ga Ga
McFarland, Banister T Son W M July 1891 9 La Miss Miss
McFarland, Bailey M Son W M Apr 1893 7 S La Miss Miss
McFarland, James A Son W M Feb 1895 S La Miss Miss
McFarland, Avery A Dtr W F Feb 1897 3 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Pearson Son W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Mary Mother W F Oct 1811 88 Wd 1/1 La Scotland SC

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 2
Enumerated 16 - 18 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 2A Stamped 108
24-24
McFarland, Lewis P Head W M 54 M1 21 Miss Miss La Farmer
McFarland, Bettie H Wf W F 38 M 1 10/9 Miss Ga Ga
McFarland, Thomas B Son W M 18 S La Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McFarland, Bailey Son W M 17 S La Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McFarland, James A Son W M 15 S La Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McFarland, Aver A Dtr W F 13 S Tx Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McFarland, Pierce L Son W M 11 S Tx Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McFarland, Jahugh [???] D Son m W 8 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Leander C Son M W 6 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Chester A Son M W 3 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Jake S Son m W 9/12 S Tx Miss Miss

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 17 Jun 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 10B
Fm 198-198
McFarland, Lewis P Head M W 65 M Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McFarland, Bettie Wf F W 48 M Miss Ala Ala
McFarland, T. Banister Son M W 28 S La Miss Miss Engineer Grist Mill
McFarland, James Son M W 25 S La Miss Miss Farm Laborer Workign Out
McFarland, Conner Son M W 16 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Chester Son M W 14 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Jacob So Son m W 11 S Tx Miss Miss
McFarland, Ruth Dtr F W8 S Tx Miss Miss

Louis married Bettie Helen Walker about 1890. Bettie (daughter of John Bailey Walker and Sarah Adeline Davis) was born in Sep 1871 in Mississippi; died about 1950 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1930, she was living in the home of her son Chester, and in 1940 with daughter Ruth.

John married Sarah Adeline Davis on 14 Jul 1857. Sarah was born about 1842; died on 4 May 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]