Charles "Connie" Conway Brown

1911 - 2012  (101 years)

• Name	Charles "Connie" Conway Brown  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Nickname	Connie
  Birth	2 Apr 1911	Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Aug 2012	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [4]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter April 22, 2009, Page 8 Ninety-Eighth Birthday Ms. Connie White celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday last Sunday with her family and friends. Ms. White turned 98 on April 2. She would like to thank everyone for the cards, beautiful plants, and especially al the friends that came by to visit and share this special time with her. She had one person come all the way from Fort Smith, Arkansas just to help her celebrated. Her four daughters, are Linda Horton of Hemphill, Billy Ruth Ferguson of Pineland, Betty Webb of Center and Johnnie Mae Smith of Milam . She has nine children and 19 great-grandchildren. Grandchildren at her celebration included Darren Webb, Shelia Woods, Angie Fuller, Robert Ferguson, Randy Smith, Kenneth Ferguson, Barry Webb and Eric Williams. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009) Obituary Connie White, 101, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center. Ms. Connie was born in Vivian, LA, to John Henry and Margaret Spradley Brown. She moved to Hemphill 90 years ago where she was a homemaker and a seamstress. Ms. Connie's pride and joy was her flower garden which she maintained by herself until she was ninety-six years old. She was a member of the First Church of God in Hemphill, TX. She is survived by three daughters; Johnnie Smith and her husband Millard of Milam, Betty Webb and her husband Steve of Center, and Linda Horton and her husband Joe of Hemphill, nine grand children, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter Billie Ruth Ferguson. Visitation will be from 4:30PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, August 26, 2012 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 4:00PM, Monday, August 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill. from the Starr Funeral Home website A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 29, 2012, page 14
  Person ID	I14771	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Henry Brown,   b. Jul 1871, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi d. 15 Sep 1937, Longview, Gregg County, Texas (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley,   b. 30 Jan 1875, Texas d. 5 Jun 1912, Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1897
  Family ID	F5781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carter Arnold White,   b. 29 Nov 1908, Sabine County, Texas d. 3 Jun 1957, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1933
  Children	1. Billie Ruth White,   b. 25 Nov 1933, Sabine County, Texas d. 14 Nov 2011, Milam, Sabine County, Texas (Age 77 years)   2. Johnnie Mae White,   b. 30 Apr 1937, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 31 Mar 2017, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 79 years)   3. Betty Jo White,   b. 19 Jul 1940, Sabine County, Texas d. 20 Nov 2020, Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 80 years)   4. Living
  Family ID	F3652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Apr 1911 - Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Death - 24 Aug 2012 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 65 (Reliability: 3). [S65] McCary, Kay P. "Spring Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), August 29, 2012, page 14 (Reliability: 3).