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Wendell Holmes Harper

Male 1922 - 2008  (86 years)


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  • Name Wendell Holmes Harper  [1, 2, 3
    Born 25 Jul 1922  Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Aug 2008  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • San Augustine Tribune
      Thursday, August 14, 2008, page 10

      Wendell Holmes Harper

      Graveside service for Wendell Holmes Harper, 86, of Hemphill, was held at 2 p.m. August 10, 2008 at Harpers Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Floyd Wright officiated. He died August 7, 2008 at his residence in Hemphill.

      Wendell Holmes Harper was born in Sabinetown on July 25, 1922. He was a master electrician and served in the Merchant Marinces during WW II. He was a former resident of Houston.

      He is survived by his son, Rory Harper of College Station; daughter, Cheryl COLLUM of Bellville; brother, Glen HARPER of Hemphill and sister, Sookie BYRD of Shreveport, LA; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

      Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)

      A nearly identical obituary was published in the August 13, 2008 issue of the Sabine County Reporter.
    Person ID I16024  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Albert Lewis Harper,   b. 3 Sep 1886, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1976, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Avor A. McFarland,   b. 6 Feb 1897, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1994, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married Abt 1917  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maida Inez McDaniel,   b. 3 Jan 1924, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1992, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F3584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Jul 1922 - Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Aug 2008 - 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. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), Thursday, August 14, 2008, page 10 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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.), July 13, 1994, Page 7 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.).