Jessie Curtis Flowers

Family/Spouse: Mollie McKenzie. Mollie was born on 18 Nov 1894; died on 12 Dec 1971; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her headstone, photo of which is shown on her FindAGrave memorial page created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace , is engraved "Our Mother Hazel Frances McCroskey Winkler Feb 28, 1919-Dec 25, 1990...."

Hazel married Fred David McCroskey, Sr. before 1941. Fred (son of Olive Robert "Bob" McCroskey and Maudie Alva Roberts) was born on 26 Jan 1911 in Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana; died on 28 Jun 1966 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dixie Huffman died Saturday, May 21, 1994 at her home in Hemphill, Texas. She was born at Tebo, Texas in San Augustine County on April 5, 1923. She was the fifth of six children born to Jesse Curtis and Mollie McKensey Flowers.

She attended Rosevine High School and married Jesse Jones Huffman, Jr. on August 16, 1942. They had two children, Jason and Ramona.

She was a member of Eastern Star for 42 years. As a charter member of Deer Park Chapter #063, she held many positions. When she and Jesse retired to Sabine County, she moved her membership to Hemphill Chapter #375. She devoted her life to volunteer work and was proud of being a Pink Lady.

In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by five grandchildren; a sister, Lucille Eberian of San Augustine and two brothers, Carl J. "Buck" Flowers of Johnson City and Jolly Flowers of Beaumont, as well as a host of other relatives and many, many friends.

She will always be remembered as a kind and gracious woman, a devoted wife and mother and a loyal friend. She had the knack of making everyone feel welcome.

Copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by "Texas Heart"

Dixie married Jesse Jones Huffman, Jr. on 16 Aug 1942. Jesse (son of Jesse Jones Huffman, Sr. and Thelma Odessa Pate) was born on 7 Oct 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Mar 2017 in Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name Fred David Mccroskey
Event Type Death
Event Date 21 Jan 1967
Event Place Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 03 Sep 1945
Birthplace:
Father's Name Fred D Mccroskey
Mother's Name Hazel Flowers
Informant Robert McCroskey (brother)
Certificate Number 03971
GS Film number 2138240
Digital Folder Number 005144738
Image Number 01843

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K78Y-WML : accessed 11 Mar 2014), Fred David Mccroskey, 1967.

At the time of his death he was employed by Oiler Mar-Len Construction Co. He was electrocuted on the job when a crane on drag line came in contact with a power line.

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Her headstone, photo of which is shown on her FindAGrave memorial page created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, is engraved "Our Mother, Charlesy Ann McCroskey-Beck, June 5, 1947-August 29, 1986, Gone but not Forgotten." On the Texas Birth Index listings for her children, Barbara and David, she is shown as Cheryl Ann McCroskey Beck.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, shows a photo of his military marker, which was engraved with a cross and "Cecil Bennie McCroskey, US Army, Vietnam, Mar 30, 1949-Dec 31, 1991."