1933 - 1994 (61 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Donnie Dean Drawhorn was born on 9 Mar 1933 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Ira Bell Drawhorn, Sr. and Eather Parker); died on 1 Jul 1994 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 2 Jul 1994 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Member of the Bronson High School annual staff circa 1950. ("A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas.")
SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE
7 July 1994
Donnie Dean Drawhorn, 61, of Houston died Friday at Colonial Pines Nursing Home in San Augustine, where he had been a resident for several weeks.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 2, 1994 at 2:00 pm at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine with burial at Rosevine Cemetery in Sabine County.
Services were conducted by Rev. Noel Hammock and Rev. Lou Dane.
Mr. Drawhorn had lived for many years in Houston, where he was an Administrator with the Aldine School System. He was born March 9, 1933 and lived in the Rosevine Community with his parents, Eather Parker Drawhorn and the late Ira Drawhorn. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Drawhorn of Houston; two sons, Donnie Dean Drawhorn II and Derek Dayne Drawhorn, both of Houston; two brothers, I.B Drawhorn Jr of Bronson and Joe Parker of Crystal Beach; three sisters, Eva Mae Springer of Louisiana, Juanita Cartwright of San Antonio and Dorothy Cindric of Canton, Ohio; and his mother, Eather Drawhorn of San Augustine.
Pallbearers were Bob Wagstaff, Winfred Wright, Joe Cindric, Wendell Eddings, Billy Franks and Billy Rae Ware.
A nearly identical obituary was published in the July 6, 1994 issue of the Sabine County Reporter.
Donnie married Shirley Jack "Jackie" Bragg on 15 Aug 1955. Shirley (daughter of Mack Register Bragg and Annie Pearl Barlow) was born on 15 Nov 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 2000 in Spring, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Donnie Dean Drawhorn, II was born on 1 Sep 1959 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 2002 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- Living
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Generation: 2
2. | Ira Bell Drawhorn, Sr. was born on 19 Nov 1896 in Texas; died on 16 Oct 1980 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Private U.S. Army, World War I.
May have been a son of James Willliam Drawhorn I1871-1937) and Mary Amanda "Sis" Johnson.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 6, Bronson
Enumerated April 9 and 10, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 3B
54-56
Drawhorn, I.B. Hd M W 34 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Farmer General Farm
Drawhorn, Rosie Lee Wf F W 29 M 18 Tx Ga Tx
Drawhorn, Irie Belle Dtr F (sic) W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Eva Mae Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Curtis L Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Jeanna (?) Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx (Probably Frankie Juanita Drawhorn??)
Ira married Eather Parker before 1933. Eather was born on 29 Jan 1904 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1995 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Eather Parker was born on 29 Jan 1904 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1995 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
September 6, 1995, Page 10
Eather Drawhorn
Eather Parker Drawhorn, 91, of Rosevine died Saturday, Sept. 2, 1995, at Hines Health Care Center in Pineland.
She was born Jan. 29, 1904, in San Augustine County. Mrs. Drawhorn, a longtime Rosevine resident, was a member of the Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Survivors: a daughter, Dorothy Mae Cindric of Canton, Ohio; a son, Joseph Samuel Parker of Crystal Beach; step-daughters, Eva Mae Stringer of Converse, Louisiana, and Frankie Juanita Cartwright of San Antonio; and a step-son, Ira Bell Drawhorn, Jr. of Bronson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Bell Drawhorn Sr., in 1980.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine, Sabine County.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)
(Research):Census Listings
1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 4B
57-59
Parker, William M Hd M W 53 m1 26 Ala Ga Ga Farmer Farm Own
Parker, Sarah E. Wf F W 43 m1 26 11/9 La La Miss
Parker, Ada Dtr F W 15 S Tx Ala La
Parker, Evie Dtr F W 11 S Tx Ala La
Parker, Melvin Son M W 8 S Tx Ala La
Parker, Ether Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ala La
Parker Minnie Dtr F W 2 S Tx Ala La
Parker, Elisa Son M W 8/12 Tx Ala La
1920 Census
Texas, San Augustin County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 and 6 January 1920
SD 326 ED 194 Sheet 2A
26-26
Adkins, Jessie Hd M W 32 M La La Tx Farmer Gen Farm
Adkins, Sallie Wf 31 M Tx Tx Tx
Adkins, Jethro Son M W 12 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Bertha Dtr F W 10 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Johnson Son M W 8 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Reese Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Francis Dtr F W 3 S Tx La Tx
Adkins, Lewis Son M W 3/12 S Tx La Tx
Parker, Ether Sister-in-law F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Children:
- 1. Donnie Dean Drawhorn was born on 9 Mar 1933 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jul 1994 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 2 Jul 1994 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
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