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Bessie Mae McDaniel

Female 1909 - 2004  (94 years)


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  • Name Bessie Mae McDaniel  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 3 Dec 1909  Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Jul 2004  Liberty, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • Instead shown as Ella on the 1910 census.

      Sabine County Reporter
      July 21, 2004

      Bessie Mae McDaniel Kelley

      Bessie Mae McDaniel Kelley, 94, of Liberty died Thursday, July 15, 2004. Mrs. Kelley was born Dec. 3, 1909, in the Fairdale community of Sabine County as a daughter of the late Ella Louella (Impson) and Francis Richmond McDaniel. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1939 with an Associate's Degree in Education. Early career experiences included teaching eight grades in a one-room school house. She was an active Christian and served in various capacities including teaching in Baptist Churches throughout her life. Survivors: son and daughter-in-law D. Duane Kelley and Wanda Kelley of Liberty; daughter and son-in-law, Ella Mae and Robert HOLBROOK of Granbury; sisters Sarah HUDDLESTON of Granbury and Cleo HILL of Tyler; four grandchildren, Van Kelley and wife Sue of Brookings, South Dakota, Carolyn Kelley FRANKS and husband Watson of Vidor, Janey Kelley ROSS and husband Phil of Lake Jackson, and Mark HOLBROOK and wife Catherine of Granbury; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great granchild. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.V. Kelley, brother R. L. McDaniel, and sisters, Edna WHITE, Winnie TATOM, Velma FORSE, Madge McDANIEL and Maida HARPER. Graveside rites were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM 2024 in Sabine County following 10 a.m. services at the chapel of Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Beaumont. Forest Lawn Funeral Home of Beaumont, directors.
    Person ID I7369  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Francis Richmond McDaniel,   b. 25 Aug 1879, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1967, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Louvella "Ella" Impson,   b. 21 Jan 1885, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1970, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 4 Aug 1904  [5
    Family ID F337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Van "J. V." Kelley,   b. 14 Dec 1909, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1992, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Y  [2
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2011 
    Family ID F3582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Dec 1909 - Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Jul 2004 - Liberty, Liberty County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983).

    2. [S1038] McCary, Kay P. "Pine Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    3. [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 7 Enumerated 6 and 7 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 4A 65-65 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.).

    5. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 65 (Reliability: 3).