Viola McGee

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry.

She was the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry. She had red hair. She was married to Adam Huffman and then to John Riley Huffman. She was the mother of 10 sons and one daughter.

Obituary:

Mrs. Viola Huffman, 42, died suddenly Tuesday night, April 15, 1947, at 9 p.m. at her home on the Bronson Highway.

Mrs. Huffman was born in Jasper County on October 26, 1924 to Mack and Alice Gentry McGee. She moved to Sabine County approximately 25 years ago and she has lived here since that time.

Survivors include her husband, John Riley Huffman of Hemphill; daughter, Mrs. Hazel Retherford of Hemphill; sons, John Henry Huffman, Cecil Bradley Huffman, Bruce Wayne Huffman, Jimmie Roland Huffman and Jerry Lyle Huffman of Hemphill, Paul Huffman of Shreveport, LA, Hal Huffman and Clint Huffman of Waco, TX, and Marcus of the U.S. Navy; her mother, Mrs. Alice Stephens of Kirbyville; three sisters, Mrs. Burns Peveto of Orange, Mrs. Florence Grant of Kirbyville, and Mrs. Ruby Winham of Los Angeles, CA.

Services were under the direction of Stringer Funeral Home of Hemphill. Funeral was held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment was in Hemphill Cemetery.

(Obituary and personal notes copied from her Find A Grave Memorial Page)

Family/Spouse: Adam Huffman. Adam (son of Henry Washington Huffman and Arena "Rena" Walker) was born on 22 Dec 1901 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Sep 1940 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hazel Marie Huffman was born on 17 Feb 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Sep 2009 in Texas.
2. John Henry Huffman was born on 2 Dec 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; and died.
3. Lewis Millard Huffman was born on 4 Dec 1925 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Sep 1940 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
4. James Marcus Huffman was born on 24 Sep 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Jan 1948 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Viola married John Riley Huffman about 1942. John (son of Henry Washington Huffman and Arena "Rena" Walker) was born on 30 Jun 1890 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1979 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jerry Lyle Huffman was born on 31 Mar 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 2018 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Bruce Wayne Huffman was born on 14 Dec 1943 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Nov 2016 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Living