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Velma Lee Clark

Female 1912 - 2008  (96 years)


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  • Name Velma Lee Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 12 Oct 1912  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Nov 2008  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      November 19, 2008, Page 11

      Velma Lee Clark Whitehead

      Velma Lee Clark Whitehead of Pineland went to be with her Lord Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. She was the oldest of four daughters born to Cora and Allen J. Clark.

      Mrs. Whitehead had lived in Pineland for most of her life. She was a faithful member of the Church of Christ. She will always be remembered as a loving, hard working mother faithfully devoted to husband and children, and as a wonderful cook.

      Survivors: son, Royce J. Whitehead and wife, Betty of Lumberton; daughters, Joyce M. Duval and Mary B. Alford of Mid-County; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

      She was preced in death by her husband, Dallas Whitehead; daughter, Bobbie Kirkland and her husband, Glenn Kirkland; daughter Donna L. Jones; son-in-law, Billy Duval; grandson, Kenneth Whitehead and wife Betty; and a great-grandson, Curtis Cuccia, Jr.

      Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 15 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby South officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Pineland.

      Services under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2008)

      A nearly identical obituary was published in the November 20, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.
    Person ID I32886  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Allen J. Clark,   b. 22 Apr 1881, Gravel Hill Community, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1957, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Cora L. Bloodsworth,   b. 2 Aug 1894, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1941, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married Y  [3
    Family ID F10498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dallas Langston Whitehead,   b. 6 Apr 1908,   d. 6 Dec 1975, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1930  [6, 7
    Children 
     1. Donna Lee Whitehead,   b. 26 Mar 1931, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1998, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Bobbie Lucille Whitehead,   b. 24 Jun 1932, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 2006, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Royce Joe Whitehead,   b. 22 Jan 1935, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2013 
    Family ID F10499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Oct 1912 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Nov 2008 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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!!).

    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.), November 19, 2008, Page 11 (Reliability: 3).

    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. [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, Pr 2 Enumerated 29 Jan 1920 SD 327 ED 169 Shee 24B 505-505 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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.).

    6. [S1678] Wagstaff, Bettye Bragg "Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead; Martin-Whitehead), Sabine County, Texas", (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/108-010902-Pleasant_Grove_Cem.htm).

    7. [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, he shows date of marriage as 14 April 1931, however as this was after the birth of their eldest child, it might be in error (Reliability: 3).