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Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly

Female 1930 - 2012  (82 years)


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  • Name Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Merle 
    Born 13 May 1930  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Dec 2012  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried 21 Dec 2012  New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002

      Class of 1948 Members of the class of 1948 attending the (Hemphill High School) reunion included, from left, front; Joann (Hendrix) Alford, Bennie Jean (Chambers) Henderson and Thelma (Bass) Henderson; and back: Elaine (Erwin) Hamilton, Jackie Harris, Merle (Gellatly) Huff, Billie Sue (Ziefler) Chambers, Raymond Mattox and Kathleen (Crowell) Zachery.

      Obituary

      Merle Gellatly Huff, 82, of Milam, died Wednesday evening in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. She was born in Sabine County to Don and Bena Harris Gellatly and has lived in Sabine County all her life. Mrs. Huff was a farmer and rancher and attended the Riverside Church near Milam.

      She is survived by her sons; David Huff of Milam, Ted Huff and his wife Janie of Laurel, Mississippi, Tommy Huff and his wife Ashley of Henderson, her daughter Susan Sheard and her husband Ray of Milam, grandchildren; Rylie, Poppy, David and Rachel, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Claudia Polley of Sexton and Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine.

      Visitation will be from 5:30PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery near Milam.

      http://www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1881157&fh_id=12228

      Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 26, 2012, page 7

    Person ID I1591  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly,   b. 21 Jun 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1976, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Bena Norine Harris,   b. 24 Jul 1901, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 2000, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married Abt 1918  [5, 6
    Family ID F285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oscar Thomas Huff,   b. 17 Oct 1921,   d. 11 Jul 2001, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1949  [7
    Children 
     1. David Alan Huff,   b. 17 Jul 1952, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 2021, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F1101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 May 1930 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Dec 2012 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 21 Dec 2012 - New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    2. [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.), December 26, 2012, page 7 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 13824789 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.), # 13824789 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S928] McCary, Mackie & Kay "New Hope Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    6. [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 12, 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 13824790 (Reliability: 3).