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Allen Basil Clark, Sr.

Male 1927 - 1994  (67 years)


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  • Name Allen Basil Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 13 Apr 1927  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Aug 1994  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Buried 7 Aug 1994  Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      August 10, 1994, Page 6

      Allen Basil Clark

      Funeral services for Allen Basil Clark, 68, who resided on Barber Street in Hemphill, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday August 7, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard Bass officiating. Interment followed in the Hemphill City Cemetery.

      Born April 13, 1926 (sic), in Sabine County as a son of the late Daniel Clark and Arie (Alford) Clark, he was a longtime resident of Hemphill. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired tool and die maker for General Motors.

      Survivors: four sons, Tom Clark of Waco, Joe Clark of Arlington, Milton Clark of Pt. Neches, and Allen B. Clark Jr. of Indianapolis, Indiana; a sister, Geraldine McKenely of Arlington; and two brothers, James Clark of Houston and Corbet Clark of Pineland.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

      Note: the SSDI instead shows his DOB as 13 Apr 1927. His son, Allen Clark, Jr. verified that 1927 was correct.
    Person ID I21863  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2023 

    Father Daniel Wallace Clark,   b. 3 Sep 1890, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1931, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Arie Frances Alford,   b. 1 Jul 1895, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1968, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1914  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F10442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillian Lorraine Jones,   b. 13 May 1926,   d. 22 May 1982, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1948  Smith County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • John W. Clark wrote, in error, that they had only one child, A. B. Clark Jr.
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2023 
    Family ID F10544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Apr 1927 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Jun 1948 - Smith County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Aug 1994 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Aug 1994 - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), August 10, 1994, Page 6 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    3. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 11 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    6. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 10 (Reliability: 3).