Lydia Buna Gray

Lydia married Thomas Benton McNaughten after 1930. Thomas (son of William Jesse McNaughten and Georgia Ella Beckcom) was born on 14 Nov 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Oct 1976 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a 1952 graduate of Hemphill High School. In 2014, he celebrated his 52 graduation anniversary and reunion at Holly Park on Oct 18, 2014. A photo of this reunion was in the November 5, 2014 Sabitn County Reporter, page 6, and others pictured were Jack Taylor, Terrell Gaskins, Lonnie Melton, Charles Huff, Janice Maxey, Robert McDaniel, Tony Morris, Oweda Clark Boyd and Gerald Glover.

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James "Joe" Wendell McNaughten, age 87, of Milam, Texas passed away on June 3, 2024, in Legacies Nursing and Rehab, Hemphill, Texas. He was born on September 23, 1936, in Milam, Texas, to Benton and Lydia Buna Gray McNaughten. Joe served in the Army during the Korean War and was a dedicated Maintenance Superintendent at Temple-Inland for 42 years.

Joe was a longtime Mason and Shriner and was a member of Sexton Lodge #251 in Milam, Texas. He was also a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Milam where he served as a deacon. Active in his community, Joe served many years on the Sabine County Hospital Board and was also a member of the Pineland Volunteer Fire Department. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and working on things in his spare time.

He is survived by his wife of almost 40 years, Montez McNaughten, and leaves behind a legacy through his daughters Konnie Kay Long and husband, Randy, of Brookeland, Mary Ann Oliver and husband, Craig, of Pataskala, Ohio, Lydia Darlene Turner of Jasper, and Stacie Annette McNaughten of Pearland; step-son, Lee Edward Waller (Rusty) and wife, Sharon, of San Antonio; step-daughters, Karen Jean Johnson and husband, Glenn, of Lufkin and Kimberly Ann Elliott of Nacogdoches; sisters, Mary Joyce O'Riley of Silsbee, Shirley Parks and husband, Stephen of San Antonio, Helen Forman of Marshall and Betty Turley of Longview; 17 beloved grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Benton and Lydia McNaughten; granddaughter, Leslie Kay Brown; grandson, Timothy Joe Turner; stepdaughter, Mary Kathleen Goodwin; and brother, Benny Lewis McNaughten and his half-sister, Lois Anderson and her husband, Roy Anderson.

Joe will be remembered at visitation on Thursday, June 6, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m., officiated by Bro. Mike Tieman and Bro. Floyd Wright.

Burial will take place at Bethany Memorial Gardens in Milam, Texas with Cory Castillo, Aiden Gilbert, Brad Goodwyn, J. B. Goodwyn, Jacob Elliott Jayce Murray and Jared Waller serving as pallbearers.

Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas, is assisting with the arrangements.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com, downloaded from that website

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 5, 2024, Page 4