Albert Lewis Harper

Notes:

Name Albert Lewis Harper
Event Type Death
Event Date 04 Apr 1976
Event Place Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 03 Sep 1886
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Jesse Harper
Mother's Name Alice Anderson
Certificate Number 32009
GS Film number 2243933
Digital Folder Number 005145760
Image Number 00016



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38B-337 : accessed 20 May 2014), Albert Lewis Harper, 04 Apr 1976; citing certificate number 32009, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243933.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 12B
205-211
Harper, Albert L Hd W 43 M@29 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Harper, Avor A Wf F W 33 M@19 Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Windell H Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Atrell L Dtr F (sic) W 3 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Harper, Jesse L Son M (sic) W 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Albert married Avor A. McFarland about 1917 in Texas. Avor (daughter of Louis P. "L. P." McFarland and Bettie Helen Walker) was born on 6 Feb 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jul 1994 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, August 14, 2008, page 10

Wendell Holmes Harper

Graveside service for Wendell Holmes Harper, 86, of Hemphill, was held at 2 p.m. August 10, 2008 at Harpers Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Floyd Wright officiated. He died August 7, 2008 at his residence in Hemphill.

Wendell Holmes Harper was born in Sabinetown on July 25, 1922. He was a master electrician and served in the Merchant Marinces during WW II. He was a former resident of Houston.

He is survived by his son, Rory Harper of College Station; daughter, Cheryl COLLUM of Bellville; brother, Glen HARPER of Hemphill and sister, Sookie BYRD of Shreveport, LA; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)

A nearly identical obituary was published in the August 13, 2008 issue of the Sabine County Reporter.

Family/Spouse: Maida Inez McDaniel. Maida (daughter of Francis Richmond McDaniel and Louvella "Ella" Impson) was born on 3 Jan 1924 in Texas; died on 28 Sep 1992 in Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jessie "Sookie" Lee Harper Bird, 90, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 in Hillside Nursing Home and Rehab.

Jessie was born August 30, 1929 in Sabine County, Texas to Albert Lewis Harper and Avor McFarland Harper. She worked as a secretary for the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation for many years. She was a member of Harper's Chapel Methodist Church.

Jessie is survived by her son, Larry Jordan and wife, Janet, of Kerrville, Texas; daughter, Deborah Debes of Shreveport, Louisiana; brother, Glenn Harper and wife, Betty, of Hemphill; grandchildren, Heather Jordan, Joshua Jordan, Danyele Sanantonio, and Michael Debes; and eight great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, E.C. Bird; and brothers, Lanis Harper, Wendell Harper, and Atrell Harper.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home and she will be buried in Harper's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Texas.

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

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 1, 2020, Page 4