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Ovie Pearl Whittlesey

Female 1931 - 2020  (89 years)


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  • Name Ovie Pearl Whittlesey  [1
    Birth 17 Jan 1931  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Nov 2020  Huntsville, Walker County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 5 Dec 2020  Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ovie Whittlesey Desadier, 89, of Huntsville, Texas (formerly of Hemphill) passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 in Conroe Regional Hospital.

      Ovie was born in Hemphill, Texas on January 17, 1931 to Luther Jack Whittlesey and Eva Bethel Smith Whittlesey. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Hemphill High School graduating class of 1948 where she had been chosen most beautiful by her classmates. She had been very active in the church she attended and also helped with decorations at Camp Peniel Church Camp.

      Ovie had many interests, including floral arranging, gardening, stained glass, decorating and oil painting, to name a few. She thoroughly enjoyed her hobbies and her church activities.

      She will be missed.

      Ovie is survived by her son, Chris Desadier and wife, Velda, of Conroe; daughter, Gale Sanchez of Hemphill; brother, Joe Lynn Whittlesey and wife, Bonnie, of Hemphill; and grandchildren, Shawna Sanchez of Dripping Springs and Spenser Desadier, Rebecca Desadier, Bucky Desidier, and Timothy Desadier, all of Conroe.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Bluford Desadier; one brother, two sisters, and her parents.

      Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

      Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. prior to service.

      Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com

      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 9, 2020
    Person ID I15892  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Luther Joseph "Jack" Whittlesey,   b. 30 Oct 1887, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1975, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Eva Bethel Smith,   b. 9 Jan 1894, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1914  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Photos
    Whittlesey, Jack and Bethel (Smith) family, 1916
    Whittlesey, Jack and Bethel (Smith) family, 1916
    Jack and Bethel with their eldest child, Joseph Truett Whittlesey, Sabine County, Texas
    Family ID F3517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bluford Earl Desadier,   b. 3 Jan 1926, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 2008, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1953 
    • Their children are Gale, who married Richard W. Sanchez and Christopher Earl, who married Velda D. Frank.
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F6103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jan 1931 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Nov 2020 - Huntsville, Walker County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Dec 2020 - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.).

    2. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983).