Melissa Ella Ferguson

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(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 14A
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
231-233
George and Fanny Conn family
235-237
William and Florence Conn family
236-238
Conn, Malissa E Hd F W 38 Wd 5/4 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Conn, Emma E Dtr F W 10 S Tx Ark Tx Laborer Home Farm\\
Conn, Clarrisa L Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Mary E. Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Edward L Son M W 2 S Tx Ark Tx
Ferguson, Nancy J Mother F W 623 Wd 4/2 Tx Tenn Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 16 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36B
721-704
Conn, Ella M Head F W 49 Wd Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Conn, Lorena C Drt F W 17 S Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
Conn, Mary E Dtr F W 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Edward L Son M W 11 S Tx Ark Tx
Furguson, Nancy J Mother F W 73 Wd Tx Tenn Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Harris County, Part of JP 2, Houston City
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 101-125 SD 26 Sheet 19A
6727-241-283
T/Fenley James E Head M W 34 m 23 Tx Tx Tx Machinist Tool Factory
T/Fenley, Emma Wf F W 30 m 19 Tx Tx Tx
T/Fenley, Corinne Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
T/Fenley, Kathryn Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Ella Mother-in-law F W 58 W 19 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Edward Brother-in-law M W 21 Un Tx Tx Tx Operates rigs Garage Shell

Melissa married Elisha Leonidas Conn about 1890. Elisha (son of Henry Patrick Conn and Clarissa "Clarrisee" Gibson) was born on 15 Dec 1867 in Arkansas; died on 12 Feb 1909 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married James Emmett Fenley on 15 Mar 1919. James was born on 13 Jan 1896 in Swift, Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her tombstone was inscribed "Wife of Finis P. COLLINS - She was the sunshine of our home"

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She buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine County, on on her annotated index to this cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as the wife of H. M. Burkhalter and daughter of Elisha L. Conn and Melissa Ferguson. Kay notes a marriage doate of 19 Dec 1925 to H. M. Burkhalter.

Her headstone reads "She has gone to her home in Heaven and all her afflictions are o'er"

Mary married Henry M. Burkhalter on 19 Dec 1925 in Sabine County, Texas. Henry (son of John H. Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman) was born on 10 Feb 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1974 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Willie Esther Dorsey on 6 Nov 1931. Willie (daughter of Edward Woodland Dorsey and Willie Francis Russell) was born on 16 Dec 1912 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 13 Feb 1995 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J692-DJH
name: Emma Corinne Cook
death date: 18 Jun 1973
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
name of hospital or institution MD Anderson
gender: Female
race:
death age: 52 years
estimated birth date: 1921
birth date: 16 Jan 1921
usual occupation: cashier grocery store
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: James Emmett Fenley
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Emma Conn
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
burial/cremation: Medical Research UT Dental Branch
film number: 2242844
digital film number: 4167900
image number: 575
reference number: 45460
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Emma Corinne Cook, 1973

Notes:

Kevin Ahlhorn emailed, in April 2014, that she was born 26 Oct 1923 and died 4 Sept 1990.

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Obituary
Houston Chronicle (Chron online)

Jeanette Fenley Moore died May 25th, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. Born Eva Jeanette Fenley in Houston on October 24, 1936 to Emma Elizabeth Conn and James Emmett Fenley, she graduated in 1954 from Hemphill High School, Sabine County, Texas. Married in 1961 to John Wright Moore III, she was a beloved English teacher in HISD schools for 37 years.

Preceding her in death were her parents and son, JW Moore IV. She is survived by daughters, Juliette Elizabeth Lofft and Melissa Josephine "Jodi" Moore (Aaron Howell); grandchildren, Frank Eric Cimrhanzel, Aidan Christopher Lofft, Liam Andrew Lofft and Tamsin Elizabeth Moore Howell; brother, James Emmett Fenley; sister, Sally Petrash; extended family and numerous friends.

A memorial service will be held for Jeanette at 11am, Monday, June 3, 2013 at All Saints Catholic Church in Houston. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a memorial gift in Jeanette's honor to the National Kidney Foundation .

Published in Houston Chronicle on June 2, 2013
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 5, 2013, page 14 and June 19, 2013, page 19

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Frances Edwina Hall , 87, of Baytown, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at St. James Nursing Home in Baytown, Texas.

Frances was born on August 15, 1932 in Hemphill, Texas to Edward L Conn and Willie Esther Dorsey. She was a loving mother, wife and homemaker.

She is survived by her son; John E. Hall and wife, Joy of Baytown, Texas, daughter; Charlotte Pool and husband, Ronald of Livingston, Texas, brother; Pat Gilchriest and wife, Ruthann of Nederland, Texas, grandchildren; Adam John Hall and wife, Jennifer of Mount Belleveiu, Texas, Crystila Carol Householder of Baytown, Texas, Ronald Pool III and wife, Angel of Livingston, Texas, Olen Joseph Pool of Livingston, Texas, great grandchildren; Alexa Hall, Kaitlin Hall, Case Householder, Travis Vaughan, Jaxon Householder, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Olen Hall, brother; Mike Gilchriest, great grandchild, Bryce Logan Householder and her parents.

Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2020 with Funeral Services to follow at 11:30 a.m. in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Randy Mills officiating.

Burial will follow service in Gravel Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Adam Hall, Olen Pool, Ronald Pool III, Patrick Gilchriest, Woody Dorsey, and Ronald Pool II serving as pallbearers.

Guestbook can be signed and condolences can be made at www.starrfuneralhome.com

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, Febuary 19, 2020, page 5

Francis married John Olen Hall on 3 Mar 1951. John was born on 9 Nov 1928 in Keithville, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Jul 2014 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 25 Jul 2014 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]