Vursey Liddy Burkhalter

1902 - 1995  (92 years)

• Name	Vursey Liddy Burkhalter  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Jul 1902	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Feb 1995	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 3]
  Notes	Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of John Henry Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman. The Sabine County Reporter March 8, 1995, Page 8 Vursey Bragg Vursey Burkhalter Bragg, 92, of Route 2, Bronson died at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center. Mrs. Bragg was born July 7, 1902, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late John and Anna (Hoffman) Burkhalter and was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. She was a homemaker and member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church at Gravelhill. She is survived by a daughter, Hazel McNaughten of Sabine County. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Wendell Ferguson officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)
  Person ID	I30086	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John H. Burkhalter,   b. 24 Aug 1877, Texas d. 1 Aug 1910, Texas (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Anna L. Huffman,   b. Jan 1880, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	29 Dec 1898	Sabine County, Texas   [5]
  Family ID	F9693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Cary Bragg,   b. 3 Sep 1896, Texas d. 12 Mar 1972, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1918  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Elton Randal Bragg,   b. Bef 1921, Sabine County, Texas d. 14 Aug 1987, Hardin County, Texas (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Hazel Lavina Bragg,   b. 13 Jan 1922, Sabine County, Texas d. 12 Jan 2023, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 100 years)
  Family ID	F9691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Jul 1902 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 28 Feb 1995 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Bragg, Vursey (Burkhalter) ca 1927, with daughter Hazel and son Elton Vursey with her children, ca 1927, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

• Sources

  [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S632] Descendants of William Mercer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mbonsal/mercer/william.html. [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.), March 8, 1995, Page 8 (Reliability: 3). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine, JP 4 Enumerated 11 May 1910 SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 15B 228-233 (Reliability: 3). [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!!).