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Bessie Lou Coussons

Female 1930 - 2006  (75 years)


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  • Name Bessie Lou Coussons  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 15 Aug 1930  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Feb 2006  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial 15 Feb 2006  Chumley Cemetery, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • San Augustine Tribune
      Thursday, February 16, 2006
      Bessie Lou Coussons Neal

      Funeral services for Bessie Lou Coussons Neal, 75, of San Augustine were held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at First Baptist Church in San Augustine. Burial followed in the Chumley Cemetery in San Augustine County. Bro. Mike BELGRAD and Bro. Buddy PRATT officiated. She was a retired school teacher and a member of White Rock Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters, Josette Neal NEWBERRY of Austin, Sue Neal BENTON and husband, Kevin, of Nacogdoches, and Carol Neal CARTWRIGHT of San Augustine, son Pete GARRETT; sister, Peggy DUKE of Hemphill, brother, Sammy COUSSONS and wife, Louise, of Nacogdoches; sisters-in-law, Lorraine COUSSONS of Nacogdoches and Freddie COUSSONS of Houston; and seven grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the White Rock Baptist Church or the Bessie Neal Scholarship Fund at Texas Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 639, San Augustine, Texas 75972. Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine was in charge of arrangements.

      A nearly identical obituary was published in the February 15, 2006 Sabine County Reporter.
    Person ID I24116  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father William Ersell Coussons,   b. 3 Jul 1898, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1960, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Novie Ada Pratt,   b. 18 Sep 1902, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1970 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Family ID F3447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joe Bennie Neal,   b. 11 Nov 1929, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1999, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Y  [5
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F11575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Aug 1930 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Feb 2006 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 15 Feb 2006 - Chumley Cemetery, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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, February 16, 2006 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill. JP 1 Enumerated April 5, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-1 Sheet 2A 26 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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.).

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

    5. [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 8, 1999, Page 13 (Reliability: 3).