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Viola McGee

Female 1904 - 1947  (42 years)


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  • Name Viola McGee  [1
    Born 26 Oct 1904  Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Apr 1947  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry.

      She was the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry. She had red hair. She was married to Adam Huffman and then to John Riley Huffman. She was the mother of 10 sons and one daughter.

      Obituary:

      Mrs. Viola Huffman, 42, died suddenly Tuesday night, April 15, 1947, at 9 p.m. at her home on the Bronson Highway.

      Mrs. Huffman was born in Jasper County on October 26, 1924 to Mack and Alice Gentry McGee. She moved to Sabine County approximately 25 years ago and she has lived here since that time.

      Survivors include her husband, John Riley Huffman of Hemphill; daughter, Mrs. Hazel Retherford of Hemphill; sons, John Henry Huffman, Cecil Bradley Huffman, Bruce Wayne Huffman, Jimmie Roland Huffman and Jerry Lyle Huffman of Hemphill, Paul Huffman of Shreveport, LA, Hal Huffman and Clint Huffman of Waco, TX, and Marcus of the U.S. Navy; her mother, Mrs. Alice Stephens of Kirbyville; three sisters, Mrs. Burns Peveto of Orange, Mrs. Florence Grant of Kirbyville, and Mrs. Ruby Winham of Los Angeles, CA.

      Services were under the direction of Stringer Funeral Home of Hemphill. Funeral was held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment was in Hemphill Cemetery.

      (Obituary and personal notes copied from her Find A Grave Memorial Page)
    Person ID I1748  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2018 

    Family 1 Adam Huffman,   b. 22 Dec 1901, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1940, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hazel Marie Huffman,   b. 17 Feb 1922, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 2009, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     2. John Henry Huffman,   b. 2 Dec 1923, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lewis Millard Huffman,   b. 4 Dec 1925, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1940, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     4. James Marcus Huffman,   b. 24 Sep 1927, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1948, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2009 
    Family ID F1179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Riley Huffman,   b. 30 Jun 1890, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1979, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married Abt 1942 
    Children 
     1. Jerry Lyle Huffman,   b. 31 Mar 1941, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 2018, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Bruce Wayne Huffman,   b. 14 Dec 1943, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 2016, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Living
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F14048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Oct 1904 - Jasper County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Apr 1947 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).