Leon Chambers

1919 - 2000  (80 years)

• Name	Leon Chambers  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	21 Aug 1919	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jul 2000	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 4, 6]
  Burial	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 6]
  Notes	The San Augustine Tribune Thursday, July 13, 2000, page 5 Leon Chambers, 80, of Bronson died July 4 at Lufkin Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at Gravelhill Cemetery. A native of Sabine County, he lived in Bronson most of his life and was retired from Tennessee Gas Company. He was also a World War II U. S. Army veteran. Survivors include his daughter Althea Odom of Bronson; brother N. B. "Buster" Chambers of Hemphill; sister Bennie Jean Henderson of League City, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2012)
  Person ID	I30103	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Dermont Chambers,   b. 25 Jul 1897, Texas d. 9 Jul 1953, Sabine County, Texas (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Horton,   b. 5 Sep 1900, Texas d. 8 Nov 1996 (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1919	Texas
  Family ID	F11921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nobie Lee Conn,   b. 14 Apr 1924, Sabine County, Texas d. 2 May 1998, Gravel Hill Community, Sabine County, Texas (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F9698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Aug 1919 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 4 Jul 2000 - 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [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.), May 6, 1998, page 14, obituary of Nobie Lee Chambers (Reliability: 3). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.). [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.). [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 6 Enumerated 15 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 13 A 253-253 (Reliability: 3). [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, July 13, 2000, page 5 (Reliability: 3). [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/, instead shows year of birth as 1918 (Reliability: 3).