Willie Orma Boyett

1903 - 1985  (81 years)

• Name	Willie Orma Boyett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	29 Oct 1903	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Oct 1985	Austin, Travis County, Texas   [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	Junction Cemetery, Junction, Kimble County, Texas   [5]
  Notes	Willie was married first to Titus Coon, who was the father of her only child, daughter Bobbie. He left the family when Bobbie was born, leaving sole responsibility for raising their chid with Willie. Both Bobbie Louise, still just a toddler, and Willie's widowed mother, Clarissa Conn Boyett, died within a few days of each other from pneumonia in March, 1935. Willie had been caring for them both. Martha White, a niece of Willie's wrote that "Apparently Bobbie was a beloved, vivacious child adored by the whole community. Willie had saved the dress "they tore off my baby" when she was ill...and all the sympathy notes. There is a lovely story I never heard--until Mom [Annie Lora Boyett White] was in the nursing home and had dementia--and it was at a sermon Jackson [Boyett, Marti's cousin] gave. When Grandmother (who also was beloved and a popular member of the Junction community) and Bobbie died in the same week...it was rough in so many ways. She (Clarissa) had cooked for prisoners in the jail, as Ernest was sheriff then. One was financial. Times had been very, very hard for a long time and our family was poor...Anyway, Ernest went to the funeral home to make arrangements to try to pay for the funerals and was told there was no bill. What? Yes, the community thought so highly of him, Grandmother, Bobbie and the family that they had all contributed and paid off the two funerals. So, there are deep, abiding and loving roots with our family in Junction. All are buried in the Junction cemetery. Later in her live, Willie worked for the State and also worked at times at the Capitol. Her husband, Sox [Hoy Reginald Smith], worked and retired from the Texas General Land Office. The following biography, from FindAGrave, was also prepared by Martha White Willie Orma Boyett was born to Robert and Clarissa Boyett in Sabine County, Texas on October 17, 1903. Mrs. Smith's first marriage to Titus Coon in East Texas produced one adorable child - a daughter named Bobbie Louise Coon - who passed away at age 4 of pneumonia - three days before Willie's own mother died of the same in Junction, Texas in 1935. Willie never got over the loss of her precious girl. Willie remarried Hoy Reginald "Sox" Smith in Kimble County, Junction, Texas, on Christmas Day 1939. Willie and Sox were married for 39 years until his death in January 1979. Wille is buried in Junction by her daughter, Bobbie Coon, her Mother Clarissa Conn Boyett and her husband, Hoy R. "Sox" Smith. Mrs. Smith loved to cook, can, garden and sew. She was always helping out others whether sending over food or making baby clothes for families who could not afford to buy any. She was a loving daughter, wife, sister and aunt. She is greatly missed.
  Person ID	I36168	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert Edgar Boyett,   b. 14 Dec 1870, Arkansas d. 30 Apr 1927, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Clarissa L. Abi Conn,   b. 22 Jul 1877, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 Mar 1935, Junction, Kimble County, Texas (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1893	Sabine County, Texas   [7, 8, 9]
  	In her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows that they were also the parents of Wyatt BOYETT (1905-1906). This is a possiblity, as he would fit in the gap between their children Willie Orma (b. 1903) and Ernest Jackson (b. 1906). The 1910 census enumeration shows that Clarissa was the mother of six children in total, only five still living. Her living children were Emma (already married to Leonard Cordray), Aaron, Willie O., Ernest, and Vida. Robert Goodrich, born and died in 1902 was known to be deceased. Therefore, unless the census was in error, she could not have also been the mother of Wyatt. Additionally, in March 2013 Clarissa's granddaughter, Martha White emailed that "Sadly, there was once a page from the family bible but it was long ago lost and was in bad shape. I know that no one ever said Grandmother had anything but 9 children. My Mother [Annie Lora Boyett White] being her 9th and last child. Two did die very young, Robert Goodrich [and later] Oren Washington. I do not remember seeing a Wyatt on the bible list. An additional child...say Wyatt...would have given Grandmother 10 children in her life and to my knowledge that is just incorrect. Also, in the past decades there were trips by my Uncle Ernest to east Texas and his wife photographed graves -- he never mentioned a Wyatt or brought back a picture of that grave. Years and years ago I did do a family tree, when Ernest Sr., Aunt Willie were still living...they all looked at it and never mentioned a Wyatt. So I do believe that is an error. Aunt Willie also helped a woman out of CA who was writing a book, and she never mentioned a Wyatt either." It is likely that Wyatt Boyett, attributed by Kay Parker McCary to Robert Edgar and Clarissa Boyett was more likely a son of John Oliver Boyett and Mattie Conn, and therefore not a sibling, but rather a double first cousin to the children born to Robert and Clarissa.
  Family ID	F11213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel Titus Coon, Sr.,   b. 15 Feb 1907, Cass County, Texas d. 19 Aug 1974, Jasper County, Texas (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1929  [4]
  Children	1. Bobbie Louise Coon,   b. 22 Sep 1930, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas d. 4 Mar 1935, Junction, Kimble County, Texas (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F12795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Hoy "Sox" Reginald Smith,   b. 17 Nov 1902, Texas d. 28 Jan 1979, Travis County, Texas (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1939	Junction, Kimble County, Texas
  Family ID	F12797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Oct 1903 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 25 Dec 1939 - Junction, Kimble County, Texas Death - 17 Oct 1985 - Austin, Travis County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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