Yvonne Bennett

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Obituary

Yvonne Clark Conn

Funeral services for Yvonne Clark Conn, 80, or Bronson were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Coleman Sowell and Bro. Dan H. McClelland officiating. Interment followed at the Bronson Cemetery.

She died Saturday, Oct. 15, 1994, at her residence on Texas Highway 184.

Mrs. Conn was born Feb. 8, 1914, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late WIlliam Earl and Allie Carrie (Wiggins) Bennett. She was a retired merchant as operator of Clarks's Grocery and a member of the Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors: a daughter, Mary Frances Byley of Hemphill; a granddaughter, Kathy Fitzgerald of Hemphill; and a sister, Ethel Ludlow of Pineland.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 19, 1994, page 12

Yvonne married Hollis Burl Clark on 23 Dec 1930. Hollis (son of Jefferson Elias Clark and Alice Leona Chandler) was born on 9 Sep 1903 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Aug 1964 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Hollis was a son of Yvonne's stepfather, Jefferson Elias Clark. John W. Clark indicates they operated a store in Bronson.

1. Mary Frances Clark was born on 27 May 1932 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 2020 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 17 Nov 2020 in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Middle name might be Bertis/Burtis, or possibly Earl (obituary of his daughter, Ethel Ludlow).

(Research):Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Shelby County, JP 3
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD 2 ED 149 Sheet 19A
Stamped 135
306-306
Bennett, William Hd M W 36 M1 10 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Bennett, Allie Wf F W 26 M1 10 4/3 Tx Tx Tn
Bennett, Earl Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Ethel May Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Roy Lee Son M W 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Wiggins, John Nephew M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
307-307
Alexy and Emma Bennett

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 29 Jan 1920
SD 306 ED 173 Sheet 21A Stamped 217
414-414
Bennett, William B Hd M W 45 M Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Bennett, Allie C Wf F W 38 M Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, William Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Bennett, Ethel M. Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Roy Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Evon Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

1930
Unable to locate

William married Allie Carrie Wiggins about 1900 in Texas. Allie was born on 27 Jul 1882 in Texas; died on 16 Sep 1950 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark shows her as the daughter of Wash Wiggins and Mary Frances Eddins, as does Barbara Yancey Dore. Kay Parker McCary noted, on April 25, 2012, that she was buried at Lott Cemetery as Allie Bennett.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN9K-NS9
Name: Allie Bennett Clark
Death Date: 16 Sep 1950
Death Place: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years 1 month 19 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1882
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Wash Wiggins
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mary Eddings
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Lott Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 17 Sep 1950
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074493
Digital Film Number: 4166796
Image Number: 345
Reference Number: N44746
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976