Sue Ann Vickers

Notes:

ue Ann "Susie" Clark, 71, of Milam, Texas passed away Monday, October 3, 2022 in Lufkin, Texas.

Susie was born in Hemphill, Texas on August 14, 1951 to Ross Evans Vickers and Blanche Paunee Lord Vickers. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of The Refuge Church. She had worked Deep East Texas Electric Coop for 42 years.

She graduated from Hemphill High School where she served as drum major and flutist for the Hornet Band. She continued her love of music by singing and playing her flute in church. After high school, she attended Kilgore College and was a member of the Kilgore band. She loved watching Hemphill Hornet Football on Friday nights, and if she wasn't in the stands watching, you better believe she was listening on the radio. She was a talented artist who enjoyed drawing and painting and she also loved to sew and do cross stitch.

Susie is survived by her husband of 45 years, Jimmy Clark of Milam; son, Matt Clark and wife, Katherine, of New Braunfels; daughter, Stacy Horne and husband, Jacob, of San Augustine; brother, Vance Vickers and wife, Juanice, of Montgomery; sister, Betsy Cox and husband, George, of Milam; and grandchildren, William Horne, Dakota Horne and Harper Horne.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ross and Paunee Vickers; her brother and sister-in-law, Jimmy and Martha Vickers; and niece, Crystal Vickers.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2022 in The Refuge Church of Milam, 200 Texas 87 S, Milam, TX 75959 under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. George Ross officiating.

Burial will follow services in Vance E. Vickers Cemetery, Milam, Texas with Mike Vickers, Vance Evans Vickers, Cooper Terry, Brian Cox, Shane Allman, Ross Vickers, Joe Daw and Aaron Tolleson serving as pallbearers.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations instead be made to Vickers Cemetery Fund, The Refuge building fund, or the Joe W. Elliott Hospitality House.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 12, 2022, page 4

Ross married Blanche Paunee Lord before 1943. Blanche (daughter of William Jackson Lord and Ida Clara Neal) was born on 25 Oct 1915; died on 14 Aug 1993; was buried in Vance E. Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Nia Gray, she is shown as a daughter of William Jackson LORD (1877-1943) and Ida Clara NEAL (1886-1982). Ida Neal is in turn shown, by Linda Davenport, as a daughter of Joseph Bennett Neal and Martha Emma Vickers.

Vance married Jo Ann Reeves. Jo was born on 22 Feb 1880 in Texas; died on 12 Dec 1969; was buried in Vance E. Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ida Clara Neal. Ida (daughter of Joseph Bennett Neal and Martha Emma Vickers) was born on 21 Oct 1886 in Texas, United States; died on 22 Dec 1982; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race
Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Jeff J. VICKERS Self M Male W 35 TX Farmer FL AL
Bettie VICKERS Wife M Female W 28 LA Keeps House SC SC
Volney H. VICKERS Son S Male W 8 TX TX LA
Charles A. VICKERS Son S Male W 6 TX TX LA
Abney F. VICKERS Son S Male W 4 TX TX LA
Vance E. VICKERS Son S Male W 1M TX TX LA

Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 4, Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325 NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 239B

Next household is that of Charles M and Mary L. Bennett, the parents of Bettie Bennett Vickers, Jeff's wife.

Joseph married Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" Bennett about 1870 in Louisiana. Sarah (daughter of Charles "Charlie" Milton Bennett, Sr. and Mary Louise Brazeale) was born on 8 Aug 1853 in South Carolina; died on 14 Jan 1930 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Old Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda Davenport shows her as being born in South Carolina instead of Louisiana, as reported on the census.

Notes:

Shown as Joel? on the 1870 Sabine County Census. Dale Rubel shows that he married first Martha Vickers, a daughter of Austin Vickers and Susannah Halbert. Bridgett Kearney also shows multiple marriages, first to Martha Emma Vickers/Halbert Mason, a daughter of James "Gov" Mason Sr and Susannah Halbert (note differing parentage...not proven by census records, plus her DOB per Bridgett was five years prior to the marriage of her purported parents)...second to Anna FRANKLIN and third to Alice Leona Moran.

Joseph married Martha Emma Vickers. Martha (daughter of Austin J. Vickers and Susannah "Susan" Halbert) was born on 20 Oct 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 May 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]