Reba Jane Arnold

1929 - 2005  (76 years)

• Name	Reba Jane Arnold  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Mar 1929	Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Aug 2005	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter August 17, 2005, Page 14 Reba Hankla Reba Jane Arnold Hankla, 76, of Geneva passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin after a lengthy battle with diabetes. Her families settled in the East Texas area in the early 1800s. Reba was a great historian of Sabine and San Augustine counties. Mrs. Hankla was born March 3, 1928, in Geneva to Dewey and Burlie McGown Arnold. She married Hiram (Coy) Hankla on March 21, 1959 (sic), at McMahan's chapel. Reba was a lifelong Methodist and a descendant of Samuel Doak McMahan. She operated the Geneva Post Office for nearly 20 years. She was widowed early in life and lovingly raised her five children. Her surviving children are Mary Jane Hankla Ryan and husband Bill of Houston, Martha Hankla Pitts and husband Phil of Plano, Sam A. Hankla and his wife Marilyn of Lufkin, Tina Marie Tallachi and husband Ray of Houston, and Jim Ann Hankla of Lufkin. She is also survived by a brother, Thomas H. Arnold and wife Lynn of Nederland; a sister, Bonnie Blackerby and husband Frank of Milam; nine grandchildren, Michael Ryan, Patrick Ryan, Haley Pitts, Caleb Hankla and wife Amanda, Scarlett Hankla, Seth Hankla, Darien Tallachi, Janna Partin, and Colt Partin; one great-grandchild, Lexi Hankla; and sisters-in-law, Ernestine Henry of Nacogdoches, Florine Ramsey of Austin, Allen Hankla of San Augustine, and Janice Daniel of Nederland. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Hankla on May 1, 1960; parents, Burlie and Dewey Arnold, and a brother, Dewey Wilton Arnold. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with the Rev. Robert Gilcrease and Richard Smith officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva. Arrangements were handled by Wyman Roberts Funeral Directors in San Augustine. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2011)
  Person ID	I38189	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Dewey Bronson Arnold,   b. 16 Nov 1897, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 Jan 1984, Sabine County, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Burlie Jane McGown,   b. 9 Aug 1901, Milam, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Sep 1994, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1927	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F11683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hiram Coy "Jim" Hankla,   b. 21 May 1923, Texas d. 1 May 1960, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1949	McMahan's Chapel, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F11684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Mar 1929 - Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Death - 23 Aug 2005 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), August 17, 2005, Page 14 (Reliability: 3). [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.), September 14, 1994, Page 10, obituary of Burlie McGown Arnold (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!!). [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.), September 14, 1994, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).