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Betty Sue Corley

Female 1935 - 2013  (77 years)


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  • Name Betty Sue Corley  [1, 2
    Born 18 Dec 1935  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 May 2013  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Betty Sue Speight, 77, died Friday afternoon, May 3, 2013, in the Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill Texas. She was born to Charles C. Corley and Willie Mae Burk Corley on Dec 18, 1935, in San Augustine Texas. She lived her life in the Sabine County and San Augustine County areas, was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill, and a caretaker in the Home Health industry.

      She was survived by her son Kendall Speight and wife Melissa of Corpus Christi; her daughter Joan Keeling, of Hemphill; her three brothers, Lee Corley and wife Leta of Hemphill, Robert Corley and wife Mary of Tyler, Larry Corley and wife Rachel of Tyler, and Arthur Corley and wife Ruth of Bryan; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her husband K. I. Speight, and son Johnny Speight.

      Visitation will be from 5:00 pm. until 8:00 pm. Sunday evening, May 5, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 12:00 noon, Monday, May 6, 2013, at the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, with burial to follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

      Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, page 16, May 8, 2013
    Person ID I43040  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2020 

    Father Charles "Charlie" Clarence Corley, Sr.,   b. 17 Sep 1883, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1971, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Willie Mae Burk,   b. 14 Jan 1901, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1997, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married Y  [3
    Family ID F12617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kenneth Ivan Speight,   b. 13 Aug 1930, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 2010, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Y  [4
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2020 
    Family ID F14312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Dec 1935 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 May 2013 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), San Augustine, Texas; Roll: T627_4132; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 203-8. (Reliability: 3).

    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.), page 16, May 8, 2013 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 6274963 (Reliability: 3).