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Duverne Elizabeth Birdwell

Female 1928 - 1996  (67 years)


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  • Name Duverne Elizabeth Birdwell  [1, 2
    Born 30 Jan 1928  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Jan 1996  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      January 24, 1996, page 12

      Elvie Wilson

      Duvergn Elizabeth Birdwell Wills, 67, of Rosevine died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996 at Medical Center Hospital in Nacogdoches.

      A longtime resident of Sabine County, she was born Jan. 30, 1928, in San Augustine County. She was a member of Rosevine Missionary Baptist Church and a homemaker.

      Survivors: sons, John Keith Falkenberry of Woodville and Miles Falkenberry of Willis; two sisters, Izora PETERSON of Dobbin and Billie CAIN of Caldwell; seven grandchidlren and three great-grandchildren.

      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill, Bro. Milton Powell officiating. Interment followed at Low's Chapel Cemetery in Sabine County.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)



      San Augustine Tribune
      Thursday, March 15, 2007

      The Graduating Class of 1945-presented a check for $1,250 to the San Augustine Garden Club Courthouse Restoration Project. The Class of 1945 presentation (was) in memory of deceased members whose names will be entered into the "Restoration Memory Book" and available for viewing. The memorial includes members of the class: Jewel Dean WHITEHEAD Duncan, LaVern CONN Lister, Duverne BIRDWELL Falkenberry, Myrtle WALTON Poole, Irion BATE, Herbert WOODS, Laurie "Boo" MATHEWS, Haven EVETT, Kenneth HALBERT, Charles WITHERS, Willie Bue EPPS Byley, Nelwyn CARTER, Kathryn HANKS Perry, Alice Joy WILLIAMS Gallo, Pay HENRY Fussell, Mary Beth ALLEN Walker, and Class Sponsors Bruce GOLDMAN and Brooksie HOLT Kennever. Pictured were Marie ISENBLITTER Smith and Agnes WILLIAMS Sparks representing the class of 1945, (with the check they presented) to Sharon POLLARD, President of the San Augustine Garden Club and Carolyn LADNER, Treasurer. Back row, members of the S.A. Gardn Club: Kathie HALEY; Mary Jean HALEY, Betty OGLESBEE, Project Chairman, and McXie MARTIN, all members of hte Courthouse Restoration Committe Project.
    Person ID I26297  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Estes James Birdwell,   b. 25 Mar 1903, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1978, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Lessie Leola Kerr,   b. 3 Sep 1906, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1973, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1923  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage information from

      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/marriages/Bibens-Bryley.pdf

      Said to be recorded in the San Augustine County, Texas Marriage Book 6, Page 148


      It appears they had a fourth daughter, as shown on the Texas Birth Index as follows:

      22 Apr 1933 Female San Augustine E J Birdwell Lessie Kerr

      There infant daughter MAY have died young, as a third child is not shown by Barbara Yancey Dore on her Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom.
    Family ID F8711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederick M. Falkenberry,   b. 3 May 1925,   d. 27 Jun 2004, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Bef 1951 
    Children 
     1. John Keith Falkenberry,   b. 6 Dec 1946,   d. 28 Nov 2008, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Living
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2007 
    Family ID F9292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Jan 1928 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Jan 1996 - Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, San Augustine County, JP Number 4 Enumerated April 20, 1930 by Hoy H. Begley ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 9B (Reliability: 3).

    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.), January 24, 1996, page 12 (Reliability: 3).