Eloise Abilene Kilburn

1915 - 1998  (82 years)

• Name	Eloise Abilene Kilburn  [1, 2]
  Born	22 Sep 1915	Texas   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Jan 1998	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	At the time of the 1930 census, Abilene and her sister Elna Kilburn were living in Shelby County with their mother, Bessie Kilburn, and step-grandmother, Martha McKinzie. Also living in the home were 26 year old Carmina Alford and 16 year old Tommie Chambless. In the BACK IN TIME column of the January 12, 2000 edition of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, it is noted that "Twenty years ago" in 1980, the Sabine County Extension Homemakers Club Council organized and its first officers were elected at a meeting at the First Methodist Church. Officers included Abilene WHITE, council delagate..... The Sabine County Reporter January 7, 1998, Page 10 Abilene White Eloise Abilene White, 82. of Route 1, Pineland, died early Saturday, January 3, 1998. Mrs. White was born Sept. 22, 1915, in Shelby County as a daughter of the late Lee and Bessie Kilburn and had resided on FM 2024 in Sabine County several years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors: a daughter, Neve Alexander of Jasper, a son, Benny White of Hemphill; a sister, Elna Sanford of Hemphill; eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbane, W. E. "Bill" White in 1976 ans a son, Commissioner Kenneth E. White in 1993. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Ronnie Whittle of Silsbee, a former pastor of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM 2024 in Sabine County. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)
  Person ID	I1481	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2022

  
  

  Family	William "Bill" Eldridge White,   b. 5 May 1914, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 16 Aug 1976, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Infant Son White,   b. 8 Oct 1936, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Abt 1936, Sabine County, Texas   2. Don Lee White,   b. 8 Sep 1937, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 1 Mar 1938, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 0 years)   3. Kenneth Eugene White,   b. 19 Jul 1938, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 30 Nov 1993  (Age 55 years)   4. Neva Jean White,   b. 10 Dec 1940, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 6 Jan 2022, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas  (Age 81 years)   5. Bennie Ray White,   b. 30 Jun 1944, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 25 Apr 2008, Nacogdoches County, Texas  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F1020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Sep 1915 - Texas Died - 3 Jan 1998 - Sabine County, Texas Buried - - Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S334] Rootsweb, Texas Death Records, 1964 thru 1998. [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.), January 7, 1998, Page 10 (Reliability: 3). [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE.