George Augustus Collier, Sr.

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

He was born in Louisiana, the son of William Theodore and Louiza Dexter West Collier. He married Gladys Mavor Winn on July 29, 1919.

He served as a naval fireman in World War I on the patrol boat Alcedo, the first American vessel sunk during the war.

He was on watch in the engine room under instructions as machinist mate. When the Alcedo, patroling off the coast of France, was torpedoed by a German submarine, he stopped the main engine and then raised the safety valve on the main engine by the hand gear, despite the fact that he was, by that time, standing in knee-deep water. The ship sank four minutes after being struck and George ended up in the water for 18 hours before he was rescued. He contracted tuburculosis, which ultimately lead to his death on November 8, 1936.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3H2-JQM
name: George A Collier
event: Death
event date: 08 Nov 1936
event place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 04 Jan 1896
birthplace: Mony, Louisiana
father's name: W T Collier
mother's name: Louisa D West
certificate number: 55165
film number: 2117027
digital folder number: 005145550
image number: 02767
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," George A Collier, 1936

George married Gladys Mavor Winn on 29 Jul 1919 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. Gladys was born on 11 Dec 1897 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1993 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
29 May 2002

Class of 1937

Hemphill High School's graduating class of 1937 held a reunion Saturday, April 27. Attending were, from left: Lloyd Salts, Cecil Tucker Hogan, Gweneth Alford Tinsley, Elrod Dent, Dorothy Collier Eddings (sic), Jack Maund and Mabel Maund Sherman.

Sabine County Reporter
Dorothy Eddins
August 22, 2007

Dorothy B. Collier Eddins, 87, of Bronson, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, at her residence.

Mrs. Eddins was born April 16, 1920, in Mooringsport, Louisiana, as a daughter of the late George Augustus and Gladys Mavor Winn Collier. She had lived in Sabine County for the past few years.

Survivors: children, Dorothy Marie Whiteman and Carolyn Faye Smith, both of Bronson, Nancy Drew, of Pineland, and Bobbie Eddins of Center; 14 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, L.C. Eddins.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Watson and Sons Funeral Home chapel in Center with Bro. Royce Robb officiating. Interment followed at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center.

Services were under the direction of Watson and Sons Funeral Home in Center.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)

Family/Spouse: Larkin Chivers "L. C." Eddins, Jr.. Larkin (son of Larkin Chivers Eddins, Sr. and William Hattie Tatum) was born on 28 Aug 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jan 1969 in Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reba married David Eldridge Chance before 1941. David (son of David Dudley Chance and Stella Jane Williams) was born on 5 Jan 1921 in Texas; died on 29 Mar 1992 in Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rita Gean Archer on 9 Mar 1970 in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. Rita was born on 22 May 1943 in Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Aug 1989 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; was buried in Algoma Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Last name shows as EDDINGS on the Texas Birth Index, apparently in error.

Dorothy Marie Whiteman, 82, of Timpson, Texas (formerly of Bronson, Texas) passed away Monday, June 19, 2023 at Pine Grove Nursing Home in Center, Texas.

Dorothy was born in Hemphill, Texas on December 1, 1940 to L. C. Eddins and Dorothy Collier Eddins. She worked in nusing many years as an L.V. N. at Marshall Regional Medical Center.

She is survived by her daughters, Tina Roddy and husband, Richard, of Timpson, Kim Whiteman of Tyler and Stacy Whiteman, also of Tyler; brothers, Bobby Eddins of Center; sisters, Nancy Drew of Center and Faye Smith of Kansas; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Billy Eddins.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 28, 2023, page 4

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Services for Gail Chance were held at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel of Chimes with Rev. Tommy Ham officiating. He was preceded in death by his wife Doris and survived by his brother and sister-in-law, sister, two sons and daughters in law and three grandchildren and a host of family and friends who loved him.

He was a Baptist and a retiree of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He was a big fan of the Texas Rangers baseball team.