Andrew Clark

Notes:

Larry Crocker writes that Andrew was listed on the Sabine County Voter Registration list for 1867-1869. It was indicated he lived in Sabine County for 28 years and that he was a native Texan. (Yellowed Pages, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, Winter, 1993). He was a private in Captain R.P. Sibley's Company F, 11th Texas Infantry, having enlisted February 19, 1862.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXFR-VZ7
Name: Andrew Clark
Death Date: 23 Aug 1913
Death Place: Yellowpine, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 1839
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Clark
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Name: Mahaley Graham
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2050996
Digital Film Number: 4165776
Image Number: 1547
Reference Number: 19015
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Information:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine Town Beat 3
Page 16A
HH 460-460
Clark, Andrew 31 M Farmer $1000 $500 Tx
Clark, William A. H. 3 M Tx
Clark, Mahala 60 F Ky

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2, Dist. 84
Page 211C
HH 60-66
Clark, Andrew M 40 Farmer Tx Ky (sic) Ky
Clark, William Henry 12 S Tx Tx Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine, Dist 69, Pr. 7
Page 117A
HH 180-180
Clark, A Hd M Jul 1839 60 Wd Tx Sc Ky Farmer
Clark, Anderson J Son M Apr 1883 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Clark, Lee R Son M Apr 1885 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pct 2, Dist 132
Page 113B
HH 123-123
Clark, Andrew Hd M 71 Wd Tx Sc Ky Farmer
Williams, Maston Son-in-law 29 M 10 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
Williams, Sarah Dtr F 28 M 10 5/5 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Williams, Ellen J G/D F 9 Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Elbert G/S M 7 Tx Tx Tx
Williams, James A G/S M 5 Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Lee G/S M 2 Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Ethel E. G/D F 5/12 Tx Tx Tx

(Transcriptions courtesy of Larry Crocker)

Andrew married Eliza Adeline Cooper about 1866 in Sabine County, Texas. Eliza (daughter of Jonathan Henry "J. H." Cooper and Obediance "Obediah" ???) was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died about 1867; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Allif Jane Erwin on 24 Sep 1880 in Newton County, Texas. Allif was born about 1857 in Jasper County, Texas; died in Oct 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDDG-MH2
Name: William Henry Clark
Death Date: 27 Nov 1950
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 83 years 2 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1867
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Andrew Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: No Data
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 28 Nov 1950
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074549
Digital Film Number: 4166794
Image Number: 831
Reference Number: v X cn 54758
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 2
Enumerated 27 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 7B
118-118
Clark, Joe Head m W 22 M1 8 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
Clark, Vicie Wf F W 25 m1 8 3/3 Tx La Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Nina Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ray Son m W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, William Son m W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
119-119
Bonneau, Amanda (Widow, 68, b. Ala) and daughters
120-120
Clark, Ises head M W 43 m1 17 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
Clark, Winnie Wf F W 38 m1 17 7/7 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Joseph Son m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Jefferson Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Easuel Son m W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Myrtie Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Sudie Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
121-121
Clark, William Head M W 65 m2 1 Tx SC Ky Farmer
Clark, Elizabeth Wf F W 58 m1 1 0/0 La US US
122-122
Clark, Lee Head M W 25 Wd Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Henry Brother M W 43 m1 13 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
Clark, Laura Sister-in-law F W 37 m1 13 6/5 Ark Ala Ala
Clark, Herman Nephew M W 12 S Tx Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Clark, Leoman Nephew M W 10 S Tx Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Clark, Jessie Nephew M W 8 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Cora Niece F W 6 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Vera Niece F W 4 S Tx Tx Ark
123-123
Clark, Andrew Head m W 71 Wd Tx SC Ky Farmer
Williams, Maston Son--n-law M W 29 m1 10 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
Williams Sarah Dtr F W 28 m1 10 5/5 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Home Farm
Williams, Ellen J Grdtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Elbert Grdson M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, James A Grdson M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams Lee Grdson M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Ethel Grddtr F W 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 9 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 5B
102-102
Clark, W. Henry Head M W 52 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Laura Wf F W 47 M Ark Ala Ala
Clark, Herman Son m W 22 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Jessie T Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Vira Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Waldon Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Ark

1930 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 3
Enumerated April 22, 1930
ED 176-4 SD 19 Sheet 8A Stamped 49
169-169
Clark, William H Head m W 63 m 29 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Laura Wf F W 59 M 24 Ark Ala Ala
Clark, Jessie G Son m W 29 S Tx Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Clark, Waldon R Son m W 18 S Tx Tx Ark
174-174
Clark, Amos A Head M W 29 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Common Laborer Gen Farming
Clark, Myrtle Wf F W 23 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
175-176
Cobb, Ezerdel (Ezekiel) Head m W 70 M 21 Tx Miss Miss
Cobb, Rebecca (nee Eaves) Wf F W 60 M 37 La Miss Al
---/176
Clark, William E Son-in-law (lined through) M W 23 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, B. D. Hazel* Daughter (lined through) F W 19 M 16 La Tx La
*John W. Clark shows that William married B D COBB, so they likely are son-in-law & dtr of Ezekiel and Rebecca; with Hazel and Mary, in the next household, being sisters
177-178
Clarke, Nay Head M W 27 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Mary** Wf F W 23 M 20 Tx La La
**She is a daughter of Ezekial and Rebecca Cobb in HH 175-176

William married Laura Angelina Click on 29 Oct 1896 in Sabine County, Texas. Laura (daughter of Joseph Herman Click and Martha "Mattie" Susan Owen) was born on 21 Feb 1871 in Arkansas; died on 19 May 1955 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6HJ-398
Name: Sarah E. Williams
Death Date: 22 Jan 1970
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1882
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Andrew Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218584
Digital Film Number: 4168861
Image Number: 473
Reference Number: 12356
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Sarah married Maston Amos Williams on 18 Jan 1900 in Clarktown Community, Sabine County, Texas. Maston was born on 30 Jun 1881 in Texas; died on 15 May 1950 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for JAMES ANDERSON CLARK

By: Larry Wayne Crocker, Great Grandson

When I was little my great grandfathers house outside of Pineland, Sabine County, Texas did not have running water. There was a dug well outside the back door (off of the kitchen), we used a bucket and rope to get the water out. The well casing was made stones. The outhouse was down by the pond and my great grandfather used old newspapers and magazines as tolit paper, although my mother always brought some from home whenever we went up. The heat during the winter came from a kerosene burning heater in the living room. The front of the house and front porch sat on the ground and the back of the house was about three feet from the ground. His son, Bertis Lee Clark lived just down the highway from him, you could see Uncle Lee's house from my grandfathers yard. I remember that he had sweet gum trees that we would pull the sap off of and chew it like gum. The first thing that he wanted done when we would visit would be for my mother to bake him a peach cobbler. On the front porch was a bucket of water and a dipper along with his straight razer and an old mirror for shaving. I still have the mirror and straight razer in my possession. My great grandfather bought this house and about 11 acres in the fall of 1945 at the age of 62, paying $600.00. Before moving in my great grandfather had the house wired for electricity, this being a first for him. However, there was not enough money for indoor plumbing and would not be until I was in high school in the mid 1960's. The old house was left to my great aunt Alif, great grandpa's youngest daughter and she still owns it today.

In 1936 my great grandfather was a sharecropper and lived in a small house about a half mile north of Yellow Bayou on what is now Texas Farm Road 1414. This place was about 4 miles outside of Burkeville. This is the house that my Cousins Marvin Dean Simmons and Betty Jean Simmons were born. This is where they all lived with my great aunt Alif along with my Aunt Edna Earl Crocker and my father Johnie Crocker, Jr. until the fall of 1940 when the man that owned the property sold it. It was sold to a great uncle of Marvin & Betty's without my great grandfathers knowledge. This forced my great grandfather and his extended family to move about 5 miles away and move by wagon as they had no car or truck. The new place was owned by a man by the name of Ramsey. Both the Ramsey house as well as the old one had no electricity or running water, much less a indoor bath room. At one time during World War II, my grandmother Sophronia along with my aunts, Patsy, Geraldine and Maxine moved into the house with everyone else while my step grandfather Raymond Woods worked in Beaumont in the shipyard. He would ride the bus from Beaumont on Fridays and then return to Beaumont on the bus for work on Monday, a little over a 100 mile trip.

Texas Death Certificate transcription

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6DK-BFM
Name: James Anderson Clark
Death Date: 24 Feb 1971
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1884
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Andrew Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Alif Erwin
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223074
Digital Film Number: 4169364
Image Number: 320
Reference Number: 314
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Information:

1900 Sabine County, Texas Census;
District 69; Precinct 7
Page 117A; HH 180-180
Name Rel Sex Mon. Year Age M/S/W Yrs #C #CL B F M Occ R W S O/R
Clark, A Head M Jul 1839 60 Wd TX SC KY Fmr Y Y Y O
Anderson J. Son M Apr 1883 17 S TX TX TX FL Y N Y
Lee R. Son M Apr 1885 15 S TX TX TX FL Y N Y

1910 Sabine County, Texas Census
HH 104-106; Page 92A; Precinct 1; Dist. 131; Hemphill & Yellow Pine
Road 7
Name Relation Sex Age #yrsM #Children #Children alive Born Fath Moth Occupation
Clark, James A. Head M 27 7 TX TX TX Farmer
Frances E. wife F 30 7 4 4 TX TX TX
Sophrona E. dau F 6 TX TX TX
Clarence A. son M 3 TX TX TX
James E. son M 1 6/12 TX TX TX

1920 Sabine County, Texas Census
HH 530-530; Precinct 2; Dist. 169; Pineland-Brookeland Hwy
Name Relation Own/Rent Age Born Fath Moth Occupation
Clark, James Head R 36 TX TX TX Farmer
Edna wife 39 TX TX TX
Saphronea dau 15 TX TX TX
Clarence son 14 TX TX TX
Hamp son 13 TX TX TX
Jim Jr son 12 TX TX TX
Lee son 9 TX TX TX
Alif dau 4 3/12 TX TX TX

1930 Newton County, Texas Census
HH 55-55; Page 36B, Sheet 3B; Precinct 2
Name Relation Home Radio Farm Sex age age School R/W Self Father Mother
Clark, Jim A Head R Y M 47 20 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Edna F Wife F 50 23 N Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Fronia E Dau F 26 17 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Alif M Dau F 14 Y Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Edna E Gdau F 7 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Johnie Jr Gson M 6 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Eugene Gson M 4 9/12 N TX TX TX
Crocker, Frances B Gdau F 2 11/12 N TX TX TX

(Transcriptions courtesy of Larry Crocker)

James married Francis Edna Ener on 7 May 1903 in Sabine County, Texas. Francis (daughter of James Cornelius Ener and Mary Elizabeth Travis) was born on 12 May 1879 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Oct 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Crocker shows he was first married to Lue Miller, with no children from this union.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDG1-3JC
Name: Lee Clark
Death Date: 30 Nov 1965
Death Place: Pct. 1, Sabine Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Apr 1885
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Andrew Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Place of Residence: Precinct #1, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Harper Chapel
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 01 Dec 1965
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117867
Digital Film Number: 4028295
Image Number: 2907
Reference Number: Cert # 73030
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 2
Enumerated 27 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 7B
118-118
Clark, Joe Head m W 22 M1 8 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
Clark, Vicie Wf F W 25 m1 8 3/3 Tx La Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Nina Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ray Son m W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, William Son m W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
119-119
Bonneau, Amanda (Widow, 68, b. Ala) and daughters
120-120
Clark, Ises head M W 43 m1 17 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
Clark, Winnie Wf F W 38 m1 17 7/7 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Joseph Son m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Jefferson Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Easuel Son m W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Myrtie Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Sudie Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
121-121
Clark, William Head M W 65 m2 1 Tx SC Ky Farmer
Clark, Elizabeth Wf F W 58 m1 1 0/0 La US US
122-122
Clark, Lee Head M W 25 Wd Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Henry Brother M W 43 m1 13 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
Clark, Laura Sister-in-law F W 37 m1 13 6/5 Ark Ala Ala
Clark, Herman Nephew M W 12 S Tx Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Clark, Leoman Nephew M W 10 S Tx Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Clark, Jessie Nephew M W 8 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Cora Niece F W 6 S Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Vera Niece F W 4 S Tx Tx Ark
123-123
Clark, Andrew Head m W 71 Wd Tx SC Ky Farmer
Williams, Martin Son--n-law M W 29 m1 10 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
Williams Sarah Dtr F W 28 m1 10 5/5 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Home Farm
Williams, Ellen J Grdtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Elbert Grdson M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, James A Grdson M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams Lee Grdson M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Williams, Ethel Grddtr F W 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Police Jury Ward 7
Enumerated 28 and 29 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 48 Sheets 6B and 7A
125-127
Clark, Lee Head M W 34 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Annie Wf F W 22 M La La La
Clark, Lathern Son M W 5 11/12 Tx Tx La
126-127
Clark, E. L. Son M W 4 11/12 S La Tx La
Clark, Odeses Son m W 3 10/12 S La Tx La
Clark, Gladys Dtr F W 5/12 S La Tx La


1930 Census
Sabine County, Texas Census JP 1;
Page 38B; April ?, 1930
930 HH 61-61
Clark, Lee Head; renter age 44 married 27 TX TX TX Farmer
Annie M. wife 33 16 LA LA LA
Lathern K. son 16 TX TX LA Laborer School
Ernest L. son 15 TX TX LA Laborer School
Odessa A. son 13 TX TX LA School
Gladys dau 11 TX TX LA School
Audie dau 8 TX TX LA School

(Courtesy of Larry Crocker)

Robert married Anna "Annie" Margaret Presley on 13 Apr 1913 in Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas. Anna was born on 4 Mar 1897 in Bellwood, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died on 19 Apr 1984 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Laura Mae Mitchell on 1 Jul 1922. Laura was born on 22 May 1902 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 May 1973 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFT3-1NG
Name: Jessie G. Clark
Death Date: 23 Nov 1966
Death Place: Newton, Newton, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1901
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Henry Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Laura Click
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2118467
Digital Film Number: 4027199
Image Number: 3470
Reference Number: 7 3513
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Jessie married Alpha Reda Weeks on 13 Jan 1933. Alpha was born on 12 Oct 1911; died on 17 Oct 1990 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was married first to Samuel Paul WILLIAMS and later to James STARK.

The Sabine County Reporter
September 27, 2000, page 11

Cora Lee Stark

Cora Lee Clark Williams Stark, 97, of Kirbyville died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, at Avalon Place Care Center in Kirbyville.

Mrs. Stark, a native of Yellowpine, had lived in Kirbyville several years.

Surivors: a son, Samuel Lee Williams Sr., of Meadville, Mississippi; seven grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.

Graveside rites were held Sept. 22 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Jasper, directors.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012)

Cora married Samuel Paul Williams on 24 Dec 1919 in Sabine County, Texas. Samuel was born on 2 Apr 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Aug 1973 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family members refer to her instead as Mable Vera...but official records seem to use Vera Mable, so Larry Crocker went with that. She was married twice, to (1) Ira WRIGHT and (2) Thomas Washington CUPIT. John W. Clark shows that she and T. W. Cupit lived at 453 Poke, Houston, Texas. Her FindAGrave memorial page shows a double headstone with Thomas W. Cupit.

Vera married Ira Wright on 25 Jun 1923. Ira (son of Lloyd Singleton Wright and Mary Jane Keller) was born on 23 Dec 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Feb 1942 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a driver for the City Street & Bridge Department.

Walden married Dessie Marie Weeks on 30 Sep 1933 in Newton County, Texas. Dessie was born on 24 Sep 1916 in Texas; died on 5 Aug 2001 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethyl married Levi Dossy "Levy" Hopson about 1925. Levi was born on 29 Mar 1900 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married Alma Lee Dryden on 2 Oct 1939 in Newton County, Texas. Alma was born on 11 Oct 1921 in Almadane, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Sep 1996 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: I D Hyden. I (son of Marion Francis Hyden and Patsy Mattie Frisby) was born on 12 Feb 1919 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Feb 2005 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Phronia Elizabeth Woods
Death Date: 27 Mar 1975
Death Place: Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1904
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James A. Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Frances Edna Ener
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243828
Digital Film Number: 4167851
Image Number: 100
Reference Number: 61179
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Sophronia married Johnie Willis Crocker on 21 Dec 1921 in Sabine County, Texas. Johnie was born on 1 Nov 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Nov 1990 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Martin Cemetery (Martin's Chapel Cemetery), Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophronia married Raymond Windol Woods on 22 Dec 1934 in Newton County, Texas. Raymond was born on 20 Feb 1911; died on 18 Oct 1988 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Pr 8, Voth
Enumerated April 4, 1930
ED 123-83 SD 27 Sheet 6B
66-118-132
Clark, Clarence A Hd m W 24 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Lumber Mill
Clark, Lollie Wf F W 23 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Virginia F Dtr F W 3 6/12 Tx Tx Tx

Clarence married Lottie Sample on 9 Dec 1924 in Sabine County, Texas. Lottie was born on 8 Mar 1907 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not able to locate a death record on FamilySearch.org

Notes:

He was married first to a woman named Jean. They had one daughter, Carol Dianne CLARK, born ca. 1945 in Los Angeles. He later was married to Thelma WHISENANT, on 23 Jun 1983 in Los Angeles County, California. Thelma appears to have been widowed from a Joseph SCHULTZ.

Bertis married Juanita V. Spurlock about 1932. Juanita was born on 10 Jun 1914 in Browndell, Jasper County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 2009 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 29 Jan 2009 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Crocker shows that she married (1) Elbert Dean SIMMONS, and they were the parents of Marvin Dean (b. 4 Aug 1936 in Newton County) and Betty Jean SIMMONS (b. 14 Sep 1939); (2) Joseph Johnson POLLARD, Jr., and they were the parents of Carolyn Ann POLLARD (born 4 Dec 1947 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas); and (3) John William COTTEN.

Mary "Alif" Cotten, by some, fondly remembered as "Puddin", went to be with Jesus on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the age of one hundred, six months, and one day. She was born on May 14, 1915, in Sabine County to Frances Edward "Edna" Ener and James Anderson Clark.

Mom learned to sew at a very young age and this benefited her greatly throughout her life. She sewed for family, friends, and was a seamstress at a cleaners for part of her working career. Her nieces, Edna Earl and Francis , who grew up with her, shared that she not only made her own clothes but also made theirs as well. I as her youngest daughter always had pretty clothes, bed spreads and curtains, a beautiful wedding gown, and finally, children who always looked adorable in their clothes Grandma made them. This could have been the beginning of always doing for others. While attending and completing high school in Pineland, she enjoyed playing on the basketball team.

Mother lived in Beaumont for most of her adult years and held several jobs as she provided for her three children with support from the family who were always there for each other with love. While working at Montgomery Wards as a receiving clerk, she met and later married John William Cotten in 1954. They were married for thirty-two years before he passed on September 18, 1986. After his death, mother moved to Lumberton just down the street from me, her youngest daughter, where my family enjoyed many happy times and much love and support in sorrowful and difficult times. The legacy that began many years before with Grandma and Grandpa Clark, of family always helping one another, continued on. In her mid-eighties, she moved back to Beaumont living in two retirement homes and finally settling at Serenity Assisted Living where she resided till she went home peacefully.

In honor of my mother, I would like to share her testimony. Around sixty years ago, mother heard a sermon at Central Baptist regarding forgiveness. Even though she was Christian from a very young age, she often felt unworthy to serve in a leadership role in the Christian Community, however this sermon opened her eyes to the Lord's unconditional love and from that day forward, mother was able to forgive herself as well. She then sang in the church choir, became active in the WMU where she served as President for many years, and taught Sunday school classes well into her mid 80's. Upon moving into the various retirement homes and being no longer able to attend her home church services, she read her Bible daily and prayed for family and friends. For those of you who are here today, I truly believe you were in those fervent prayers. In lieu of a commemorative video, my sister and I beseech each of you to picture, remember and reflect on each special memory dear to your hearts. Part of those memories pictured are of mother's love for times spent at Grandpa Clark's, family reunions, holiday gatherings, and especially the many years our brother Marvin and his family from Tennessee spent Christmas's in our home filling it with memories that will always remain in our hearts.

Some of the happiest memories will be of the travels she made throughout the states and Europe with family and friends. Many of us who were close to Mom knew her love and passion for sitting around a table playing games such as Mexican Train, Chicken Foot, Go Fish, with the younger group, Wahoo, and most of all Skip-Bo, which led to her being affectionately known as the "Skip-Bo Queen".

May we honor a long life of one hundred years by carrying on the legacy she made for us which is to live out a strong faith in our Heavenly Father and always praying fervently for one another.

Copied from the Forest Lawn Funeral Home website (Dignity Memorial)
An abbreviated version was published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 9, 2015, Page 10

Notes:

Larry Crocker shows that he married (1) Murrell Margaret FOSTER and they were the parents of Bobbie Murrell (b. 9 Feb 1937, Sabine County), Lathern Paul (b. 14 Jan 1939, Sabine County), Keith Clent (b. 23 Sept 1941, Sabine County), Sue Nell (b. 8 Nov 1942, Sabine County), Jo Ann Reba (b. 15 Feb 1944, Sabine County), and Wanda Gay (b. 30 Nov 1945, Sabine County); (2) Bobbie Lou FULLER and they were the parents of David Wayne (b. 14 Sep 1960, Sabine County); and (3) Naomi Juanita DAVIDSON. His double tombstoen at Harper's Chapel Cemetery is with Naomi J. CLARK, his third wife.

Obituary
The Sabine County Reporter
April 23, 1997, page 18

Lathern Clark, 83, of Route 4, Hemphill, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday, April 17, 1997, at Sabine County Hospital.

Clark, born Feb. 15, 1997 (sic) in Louisiana, had lived in the Hemphill/Pineland area most of his life and was retired from the timber industry, employed to Temple-Inland Forest Products. He was a member of the East Mayfield Baptist Church and Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge #305 in Hemphill.

Survivors: wife, Naomi J. Clark of Hemphill; sons, Lathern Paul Clark of Bossier City, La., Commissioner Keith C. Clark of Hemphill, and David Wayne Clark of Pasedena; daughters, Bobbie Merrell Herrington of Pineland, Sue Nell Medley of Burkeville, Joanne Harley of Hemphill, and Wanda Hines of Morris Town, Tennessee; sisters, Audie Armstrong and Gladys Boone, both of Hemphill; 23 grandchildren; 41 great grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Riday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howll, Bro. Bob Arthur, and Bro. Cecil Pembleton officiating. Interment was at Harper's Chapel Cemetery near Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Lathern married Murrell Margaret Foster on 4 May 1935. Murrell was born on 25 Sep 1917 in Louisiana; died on 24 Jun 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lathern married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lathern married Naomi Juanita Davidson after 1960. Naomi was born on 29 Mar 1923; died on 11 Dec 1997 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The SSDI shows his last residence as being Burkeville, Newton County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Isa Dora Burleson. Isa was born on 17 Oct 1910 in Peason, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; died on 27 Oct 2004 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Burkeville City Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Odessa married Hazel Boone on 29 Jun 1940 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Hazel (daughter of John H. Boone and Bessie Ritter) was born on 23 Sep 1920 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Nov 2003 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
September 28, 2005, Page 11

Gladys Boone, 86, of Hemphill died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, at her residence.

Mrs. Boone was born Aug. 21, 1919, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Annie (Presley) and Lee Clark and had been a lifelong area resident. She was retired from Holly Farms as a hatchery worker and a member of East Mayfield Baptist Church.

Survivors: daughters, Carldean Buxton of Jasper and Juanita Merchant of Hempill; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, July 2012)

Family/Spouse: Walter Lee Boone. Walter (son of John H. Boone and Bessie Ritter) was born on 15 Sep 1915 in Louisiana; died on 27 Jan 2000; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 31, 2003, Page 16

Audie Inez Armstrong

Audie Inez Armstrong, 82, of Hemphill died at 8:35 a.m Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003 at Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin.

She was born Nov. 17, 1921, as a daughter of the late Annie Margaret (Presley) and Lee Clark and had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County.* Mrs. Armstrong was a retired grader, working with Temple-Inland Forest Products.

Survivors: a grandson, James Foster, Jr. and wife Rachael of Pineland; a great-grandson, Corbin Foster of Pineland; and a great-granddaughter, Chelsey Nichols of Pineland.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Wayne Mote officiating. Interment followed at Harper's Chapel Cemetery, in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, July 2012)

*Virgie Speights, however, noted on April 11, 1963, and "Mrs. Audie Armstrong of Odessa" attended an open house in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clark.

Family/Spouse: Edgar "Dago" Armstrong. Edgar was born about 1921; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 on Ancestry.com shows that he served in the Air Force from 16 Jun 1948 to 30 Sep 1969.

Notes:

Married to a Mr. Sanders. The SSDI shows her last benefits were paid in Montgomery County, although she may have instead lived in Kirbyville.

Notes:

Married a Mr. SEALY.

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that he lived in San Francisco.

Notes:

Myrtle Hyden, 86, of Scrappin Valley, died Friday night in her home. She was born in Yellowpine, Texas, to Dossy Levi and Ethal Evelyn Williams Hopson. Mrs. Hyden has lived in Scrappin Valley all her life and was a full time mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother.

Mrs. Hyden is survived by her sons; Jerry Hyden and his wife Lassie of Jourdanton, TX, James "Bo" Hyden of Town Bluff, TX, William Hyden and his wife Bonnie of Scrappin Valley, Roger Hyden and his wife Frankie of Scrappin Valley, her daughters; Victory Lemoine and her husband Robert of Scrappin Valley, Martha Lakey and her husband Burton of Brookeland, Lydia White and her husband Roy "Skeeter" of Scrappin Valley, Crystal Farmer and her husband Aaron of Many, LA, her brother Ellis Hopson of Jasper, her sisters; Maxine Young of Jasper, Lavon Teague of Splendora, Evelyn Bridgers of Oklahoma, thirty-two grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St, Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Monday, May 5, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Smith-Mason Cemetery, Scrappin Valley, Texas [Actually in Sabine County, on Sandy Creek near Scrappin Valley on old Sabinetown-Brookland Road.

Copied from Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, May 7, 2014, Page 13

Family/Spouse: R V Hyden. R (son of Marion Francis Hyden and Patsy Mattie Frisby) was born on 29 May 1903 in Texas; died on 13 Dec 1994; was buried in Smith-Mason (Deas-Mason-Smith) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Avil Leona Payne. Avil was born on 22 Jul 1931 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1998 in Newton, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1996 obituary of her mother, Alma Lee Williams, she was listed as Melba STANGE of Brookeland.

The Sabine County Reporter
December 29, 2010, page 16

Melba Laverne Medley

Melba Laverne Medley, 70, died suddenly in her home in Brookeland Saturday night, December 25, 2010. She was born in Kirbyville to Clarence Cledoth and Alma Lee Dryden Williams and had lived in Brookeland for 32 years, moving there from Jasper.

Mrs. Medley is survived by sons, Glenn Smith and Jerry Keith Smith, both of Brookeland, Robert Lee Medley of Bryan, and Stephen Medley of Alabama; daughter, Melba Alicia Medley of Victoria; brother, James Cledoth Williams of Jasper, sisters, Marjorie Y'Barbo of Kirbyville, Linda Whitton of Jasper, Brenda Ward of of Buna and Jo Ann Williams of Cushing. She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Medley was preceded in death by sons, Clyde Cledoth Smith and Joseph Edward Medley.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 28 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill. Burial followed in the Weeks Chapel Cemetery in Newton County.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

Note: A page 1 article, titled "Christmas Day Tragedy," noted that Medley, who was disabled and relied on a wheelchair for mobility, died in a house fire. Firefighters believe the fire may have begun in the living room, where numerous space heaters were located.

Melba married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melba married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1996 obituary of her mother, she was listed as "Alma Louise MARTIN of Evadale."

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, he and his oldest sister, Edna Earl, were living with their maternal grandparents, James and Frances Clark, in Newton County, Texas.


Larry Crocker writes that: "My dad was born on a cotton farm just outside of Warton, Wharton County, Texas. His name at birth was Johnie Junior Crocker. The family made one crop there and then moved back to Pineland where my grandfather Johnie Willis Crocker went to work for the saw mill in Pineland. They lived in a company owned house in Pineland until In 1928 when my grandparents separated and my grandmother and the kids moved in with my great grandfather and great grandmother, James Anderson Clark and Frances Edna Ener, and their children then living at home, Jimmy, Dixie, Lee and Alif. In October of 1929 they moved to Simmonsville in Newton County, Texas.

In 1934 my grandmother, Sophronia Elizabeth Clark married Raymond W. Woods and my dad went to live with them. They moved several times and in 1940 my dad went back to live with my great grandparents until he joined the Army Air Corp in 1941and was sent to San Antonio for his training. Upon joining the service he was told that his name could not be Johnie Junior, but Johnie Crocker, Jr. He tells that the reason that he joined the service was because he had whipped his grandfather, James Anderson Clark's mule Kit (Marvin Dean Simmons mentions Kit in his book "As Remembered") and his grandfather said that he was going to whip him just like he had whipped the mule, therefore he ran away and joined the service. After finishing in San Antonio he was sent to Las Vegas Nevada and this is where he was when the Jap's bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He eventually ended up in the Philippines where he flew on C47's & C46's helping to evacuate the field wounded back to station hospitals. In 1945 he was sent back to the states and finally wound up back in San Antonio where he was eventually discharged into the Army Reserves.

Upon leaving San Antonio he went to Voth, Texas (just outside of Beaumont) where my grandmother and step grandfather then lived. He was later called back into the service during the Korean Conflict and during this time we lived in Joplin, Missouri for a while and also in Little Rock, Arkansas, both at bases where he was stationed. I have a copy of his discharge after Korea, it was filed in Jefferson County, Texas. The 1947 Beaumont, Jefferson County, City Directory shows my dad living at 2065 North Lawrence Way and working as a salesman for the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company. This was the home of his sister, Frances Reeves and her husband Elmo Reeves. The 1949 City Directory shows my dad as John Crocker, Jr. an office secretary (at the Teamsters Union) and living at 2065 North Lawrence Way. This must have been a hold over from the 1948 City Directory, of which I do not have a copy, since he and my mom married on August 30, 1947. My mom is shown as living at 2274 St. Helena, our home in Multimax Village. This is the first place that I remember as a small child. The directory shows that she was a typist for Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. The 1950 City Directory shows my dad as a "Driver" and him and my mom still living at 2274 St. Helena. At this time my dad was a truck driver for Younger Brothers of Nederland, Texas and according to his Report of Separation From The Armed Services Of The United States of record in the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas he was a Gas Delivery Man. The separation report shows that he was a Corporal and was appointed to this position on August 1, 1948. It shows that he was called back from inactive duty on October 14, 1950 from Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas and was released from active duty on August 6, 1951 from Camp Crowder, Missouri. The report shows his total time in the service as being 10 years 6 months and 2 days. The date of birth shown on the separation report is November 24, 1922, which is in error. A copy of the separation report is in his scrapbook and a certified copy is in my hard copy file. The 1960 City Directory shows my dad as an operator for Texas US Chemical Company and his home address as 4430 El Paso.

ACTIVITY DURING WWII MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 409. SERVED AS A TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE WITH THE 801ST MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION SQUADRON WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCE. PICKED UP WOUNDED FROM THE FIELD HOSPITALS IN C-47 AND C-46 AIRCRAFT. SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 4, 1941 UNTIL JANUARY 3, 1946. RECEIVED AN ARMY AIR FORCE CREW MEMBER BADGE, 3 OVERSEAS LAPEL BUTTONS, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, ONE SERVICE STRIPE, VICTORY RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, ASIATIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SEVEN BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, AND 3 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE WESTERN PACIFIC; AIR COMBAT BORNEO; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, NEW GUINEA; SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES; LUZON; RYUKYUS.

From the Beaumont Enterprise, 26 April 2006

Johnie Crocker, Jr.

Johnie Crocker, Jr., fondly and lovingly known as Pops, Papaw and Uncle Boe, departed this life on April 23, 2006 in Beaumont, Texas, he was born November 24, 1923 to Johnie Willis Crocker and Sophronia Elizabeth Clark in Wharton County, Texas and was a Fourth Generation Texan. Johnie lived in Burkeville, Texas, during his school years and attended Burkeville schools. He married the former Kathryn Jane Cherry, daughter of Charlie B. Cherry and Nettie Jewel Williams, August 30, 1947 in Beaumont, Texas.

Johnie made his profession of faith and was saved in about 1936 at the age of 13. It was in a small place called Simmonsville, Texas, with a one-room schoolhouse and a one-room Baptist Church, which were one and the same. He was baptized in Little Cow Creek nearby. The church had a preacher who came about every 4th Sunday. Johnie was saved in a 5th Sunday meeting. It was like a revival with a dinner on the grounds. Johnie has been a Baptist ever since. Johnie was a member of West End Baptist Church in Beaumont.

Johnie served as a Medical Technician with the 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron with the 5th Army Air Corps during World War II from 1941 to 1946 stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Johnie also served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1951. He retired from Ameripol Synpol, formerly Texas U.S. Chemical Company in Port Neches, Texas in 1983 as General Shift Foreman with 31 ? years of service. The saddest day of Johnie's life was April 5th, 1975, when his son "Andy" died at the age of 23.

For the next 15 years after his retirement Johnie traveled all across the United States and Canada with his wife in their motor homes. Visitation for family and friends will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Services will be held at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Beaumont with Rev. Robert Carter and Rev. Parks Walker officiating at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 27th, 2006 with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Johnie was preceded in death by his parents, Step-father Raymond Windol Woods, Step-mother Lillie Mae Cunningham Crocker, Mother-In-Law Nettie Jewel Williams and Father-In-Law Charlie B. Cherry, Grandfather James Anderson "Jim" Clark and Grandmother Frances Edna Ener (both of who helped raise him) his son James Andrew "Andy" Crocker, Brother In-Laws, Elmo Leo Reeves, Raymond Edward Buck, Allen Dempsy "Al" Barnard, Clayton Eugene Conner, Vertis Howard "Doll" Conner, James Wesley "Jimmy" Gorrell and Joseph Jessie Geer, Sr., and Nephews Michael Ray Buck, Ronald Craig Gorrell and Robert Edward Geer.

Johnie is survived by his wife of 58 years, Kathryn Jane Cherry Crocker, sons, Larry Wayne Crocker and his wife Dorothy Therese Jorden, Johnie Dale Crocker, Sr. and his wife Judy Diane Nusom. Grandchildren, Jamie Lynn Crocker, Jennifer LeAnn Crocker, Stacie Ann Crocker and her husband Michael John "Mike" Brumley, Sr., Johnie Dale "JD" Crocker, Jr. and his wife Fallon Christina Locke and Sara Amanda Crocker and her husband Roderick Louis "Rod" Tate. Great Grandchildren Samuel Ethan Brumley, Jacob Vaughn Brumley, Michael John Brumley, Jr., Leo Alexander Brumley, Alyssa Diane Crocker, Johnie Matthew "JC" Crocker and Charles Andrew "Andy" Crocker Polasek, Step-Great Grandson Kenneth Tate. Sisters, Edna Earl Crocker Buck, Frances Belle Crocker Reeves, Patricia Elizabeth Woods Barnard, Geraldine Woods Conner, Maxine Woods Conner and Joyce Lyrlene Crocker Geer. Brothers Elton Eugene Crocker and his wife Patricia Ann Platt and James Harold Crocker and wife Nina Beth Poindexter. Sisters-in-law, Mildred Agnes Cherry and her husband Dalton Davis, Nelwyn Elaine Cherry and her husband John Edward Rutledge, Mae Alice Rosalee Cherry Gorrell and Brother-In-Law Charles Leon Cherry and his wife Nancy Cobb. Aunts, Fannie Arlo Crocker Arwell and Mary Alif Clark Cotten. He is also survived by 31 Nieces and Nephews, 31 Great Nieces and Nephews and 10 Great Great Nieces and Nephews and numerous cousins and friends all of whom will miss him and love him always. Pallbearers will be Danny Conner, Jamie Conner, David Crocker, Kenneth Crocker, Mark Gorrell, Terry Gorrell, Dwight "D.D." Rutledge, and Kenneth "Kenny" Rutledge. Honorary pallbearers are Michael John "Mike" Brumley, Sr., Roderick "Rod" Tate, Kenneth Tate, Raymond Allen "Pete" Barnard, Donnie Reeves, Jimmy Reeves, Danny Fontenot, and Matthew "Matt" Cobb.

The family wishes to thank Southern Care Hospice for all their loving care in our time of need. Those wishing to make charitable donations may make them to the Southern Care Hospice 3965 Phelan Blvd. Suite 108 Beaumont, TX 77707, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Grand Central Station P.O. Box 4777 New York, NY 10163, or a charity of your choice. 4955 Pine Street Beaumont, TX 77703 (409) 892-5912"

(Research):

Census Information:

1930 Newton County, Texas Census; HH 55-55; Page 36B, Sheet 3B; Precinct 2
Name Relation Home Radio Farm Sex age age School R/W Self Father Mother
Clark, Jim A Head R Y M 47 20 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Edna F Wife F 50 23 N Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Fronia E Dau F 26 17 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Alif M Dau F 14 Y Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Edna E Gdau F 7 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Johnie Jr Gson M 6 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Eugene Gson M 4 9/12 N TX TX TX
Crocker, Frances B Gdau F 2 11/12 N TX TX TX

(Courtesy of Larry Crocker)

Johnie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Notes:

His mother's obituary shows him as "son, James Jerry Clark, Sr. and his wife Nell of Henderson, TN."

Obituary:

CLARK, James J., 83, of Spring Hill, Florida, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at his home.

Born February 14, 1935 in Pineland, Texas, he came to this area two years ago from Henderson, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy and was a maintenance supervisor for a brewery. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

He is preceded in death by his son, Jerry Clark. He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Nell; daughter and son-in-law: Cheryl Spraberry & Bud Randolph of Spring Hill, Florida; sister, Linda Holzmueller; granddaughters, Rachel (James) McCommon and Ashlee Spraberry of Spring Hill, Florida.

Posted by Ronald Barlow to the Facebook Group "Farm Road 1- From one end to the other."
Originally posted on the Merritt Funeral Home website.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bobbie Murrell Herrington of Pineland, Texas died Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Hospice in the Pines in Lufkin, TX.

She was born February 9, 1937 in Hemphill, Texas and was 80 years of age. She was a housewife and mother.

There will be visitation Monday 6pm till 8 pm at Starr Funeral Home and her funeral service will be 2:00 PM Tuesday at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Pineland, Cemetery.

She is survived by her son James Robert Herrington and wife, Mary Ann, and son, Samuel Ray Herrington, both of Pineland; daughter, Linda Dale and husband, Randy, of Alexandria, LA, daughter-in-law Carla Herrington of Lufkin, brother, Paul Clark and wife, Bonnie, of Bossier City, LA, sisters Sue Medley of Jacksonville, TX, Joann Harley of Hemphill and Wanda Hines of San Augustine, Texas; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Herrington, son, Ronny Herrington and brother, Keith Clark.

(Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website)
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, November 23, 2017, Page 10

Bobbie married Charles Elra Herrington before 1958. Charles was born on 12 Apr 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Jun 2007 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Keith Clark was noted as being District Director of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge No. 305 in the October 9, 1996 issue of THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER. FindAGrave and the SSDI both list his date of birth as 23 Sep 1940.


The Sabine County Reporter
November 9, 2011, Page 11

Keith Clent Clark, 71, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, in the Woodland Heights Hospital in Lufkin.

Clark was born in Hemphill to Lathern and Murrell Foster Clark and was a lifetime resident of Sabine County. He was serving as a Sabine County Commissioner at the time of his death. He is also a member of the Sexton Masonic Lodge #251, Eastern Star, Sons of the Republic of Texas and the First Baptist Church in Hemphill.

He is survived by his wife Louise Clark of Hemphill, daughter Becky Nix of Hemphill, three sons; Dennis Clark of Mont Belvieu, Jeff Clark and his wife Elaine of Crosby, and Brian Clark and his wife Amber of Mont Belvieu, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother Paul Clark and his wife Bonnie of Bossier City, LA and four sisters; Bobbie Herrington of Pineland, Sue Nell Medley of Jacksonville, JoAnn Harley of Pineland and Wanda Hines of Morristown, TN.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Masonic graveside services followed in the Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

Keith married Naomi Louise Davis on 19 Jul 1958 in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Naomi was born on 6 Jul 1943 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; died on 20 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reba Joann Clark Harley, 77, of Pineland, Texas passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Houston Methodist Hospital.

Joann was born on February 15, 1944 in Sabine County to Lathern Clark and Murrell Foster Clark. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and she was a health care worker before her retirement. She was a member of the Church of God and the Hemphill Chapter of the Eastern Star. She was a loving mother who enjoyed spending her time with her children and grandchildren.

Joann is survived by her daughter, Renee' Russell and husband, Mark, of Pineland; sons, Stanley Harley and wife, Rhonda, of Angleton, Kelvin Harley and wife, Tori, of Hemphill, and Brent Harley and wife, Erica, of Angelton; brothers, David Clark and wife, Lisa, of Dayton and Paul Clark of Bossier City; sister, Wanda Hines of San Augustine; special cousin, Patty Helmer; Ashley Short, who was like child of her own; twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Bobbie Herrington, Sue Medley and Keith Clark.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 13, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 14, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Burial will follow services in Bronson Cemetery with her grandsons, Dustin Parrish, Colton Harley, Dylan Harley, Trevor Harley, Justin Russell, and Kade Harley serving as pallbearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Marty Griffin and Jason Morris.

Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 18, 2021, page 8

Reba married Leonard D. Harley before 1966. Leonard (son of William Alvin Harley and Minnie Bell McClelland) was born on 19 Jul 1944 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Feb 1996 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown as Julia Ann Armstrong on her listing on the Texas Birth Index, born to Audie Inez Clark, with the name of her father not listed. On the birth index listing of her son, she is shown as Judy Ann Armstrong.

Julia married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]