Eliza Rice

Eliza married William Henry Forse on 7 Aug 1871 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. William (son of John Smith Forse and Melissa Ann Fuller) was born on 22 Jul 1850 in Texas; died before 1934 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Martin Whitehead. William (son of Martin Whitehead and Mary Jane Martin) was born on 16 Aug 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 May 1931; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Onie Sinclare Meador. Onie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Meador, Sr. and Anna Elizabeth "Bettie" Tillman) was born on 6 Jan 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 May 1980 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia Hines. Lydia (daughter of John Marion Hines and Elizabeth Melton) was born after 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 31 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 22A
426-426
Forse, William C Head M W 42 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Forse, Della M Wf F W 37 M Tx Ark Ga
Forse, Mary E Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Forse, Charlie Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Forse, Mabel Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Forse, Elbert B Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Mary Della Elizabeth Crouch. Mary (daughter of George W. Crouch, M. D. and Sarah "Sally" Tucker) was born on 14 Sep 1881 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Mar 1927 in Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lora Lee Warner after 1927. Lora (daughter of Dud Ernest "Dudley" Warner and Sarah Candis Cousins) was born on 25 Jul 1894 in Texas; died on 2 Aug 1983 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alberta Forse. Her nickname was Bertie. She married Unknown Harper. Source Family Interview with Bobby Lee Forse, and Elizabeth C. Lazenby (Great niece).

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Family/Spouse: Emma Williams. Emma was born after 1883; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ronald Barlow, in his "Farm Road 1" column in the May 16, 2018 issue of the Sabine Conty Reporter, page 10, wrote "Horace Homer Forse (1892-1970) lived on Charlie Forse Raod, about 1/2 miile east of railroad. Pless married Addie Sofronia Impson Forse (1896-1985) and is buried in Palinview Cemetery. Horace was a brother to William Charley "Bill" Forse, who married my great-grandmother, Lora Lee Warner Russell, after her husband was murdered in 1920, and his wife died in 1927."

Family/Spouse: Sophronia Adaline "Addie" Impson. Sophronia (daughter of Elias George Impson and Parthenia Carter) was born on 3 Jun 1890 in Arkansas; died on 19 Dec 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
February 21, 2018, Page 7

Track Stars at Pineland High School in 1917

Charlie O. Osborn (1899-1973) and George Burtis Whitehead (1900-1956) the son of William Martin Whitehead and Melissa Alice Forse. George married Eunie Bell Whitehead and is the father of Virginia "Deet" Whitehead White. George died in Arizona from meningitis while working on a pipeline job. The 100-year-old silver trophy cups are still on display at West Sabine High School, and were won at Sabine County Field Days in 1916 and 1917. (includes photo of the two athletes and the trophies).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census

Texas, Sabine County, JP No 2
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 4 A Stamped 49
63-72
Whitehead, Georg B Head M W 29 M 21 Tx Tx TSx Farm General Farm
Whitehead, Eunie B Wf F W 27 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Bertie Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Ollie A Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Clifton Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Douglas Son M W 6/12 Tx Tx Tx
Dickerson, Sid StepSon M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Una "Eunie" Belle Manning before 1930. Una was born on 9 Feb 1902 in Henderson County, Texas; died on 22 Jul 1973 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Verdie Alma Low. Verdie (daughter of Jackson Green Low, Jr. and Hattie Francis Smith) was born on 2 Jun 1910 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Feb 1994 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

County Judge 1941-1949, and again in 1971. (White and Toole, p. 55)

Family/Spouse: Ollie Irene McGown. Ollie (daughter of Andrew Henderson McGown and Vitura Evelyn "Lina" Whitehead) was born on 4 Aug 1906 in Texas; died on 27 Jun 1986; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6SJ-6XJ
Name: Elbert Burton Forse
Event Date: 28 Mar 1975
Event Place: Arlington, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original):
Age (Formatted): 65 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
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Father's Name: W. C. Forse
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GS Film number: 2243707
Digital Folder Number: 4167404
Image Number: 2038
Reference ID: 2064
Collection: Elbert Burton Forse, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

LaNell Bragg, 81, passed away Thursday morning in Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas. Ms. Bragg was born in Bronson, Texas to William and Lora Warner Forse. Nell worked in the cafeteria at the West Sabine I.S.D. She was a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church in the Plainview area. Ms. Bragg will be dearly missed by all her friends and family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother.

She is survived by her sons: Billy John Crow and wife Sandra of Pineland, Jim Crow and wife Brenda of Bronson and Bobby Crow and wife Cathy of Bronson, her 10 grandchildren, her 31 great grandchildren, and her 22 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her son Danny Bragg, and her husband Bill Bragg.

Vistation will be from 5:00 until 9:00PM, Friday, November 13, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. Hemphill, Texas. Funeral service will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in the The Sabine County Reported, November 18, 2015, page 12

Joy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joy married Billy Ray Bragg before 1956. Billy (son of Raymond Ellis "Ray" Bragg and Vera Bell Jones) was born on 10 Feb 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows he was born in Pineland to George Whitehead and Eunice Manning. Informant was Mrs. Martha Whitehead, presumably his wife as he was also shown as married. His occupation was Heavy Equip. Operator, Pipeline, and he died instantly in a two car collision of a crushed head and internal injuries in Batson, Hardin County, Texas. His usual residence was Liberty County, Texas.

Ollie married Carmon Bertis Jacks on 9 Jun 1945. Carmon (son of Thomas Mathias Jacks and Sarah Malinda Welch) was born on 19 Dec 1923 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jul 1994 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 31 Jul 1994 in Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary, copied from his Find A Grave Memorial Page

Charles Douglas Whitehead, age 85 passed away in Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Charles was born in Pineland, Texas to George and Eunnie Manning.

Charles has been part of the Sabine County Community all of his life. He worked as a produce manager for Dues Minimax. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas. He will be missed dearly by his family and friends. He is a loving husband, brother, grandfather, great grandfather and god father.

He is survived by his wife Betty Whitehead of Center, his sisters: Ollie Bell Jordan, Virginia White and Gloria Whitehead, his grandchildren: Shawanna Burns, Kali Whitehead, Chad Whitehead and Shannon Whitehead, his numerous great grandchildren and his god daughter Lana Bueche.

He is preceded in death by his son Doug Whitehead and his daughter Kathy Whitehead.

Visitation will be from 5~9pm, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral service will be at 10am Thursday, November 12, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County..

Notes:

Her Texas Birth Certificate lists her parents as George Burtis Whitehead and Una Belle Mannings, her father born in Sabine Co, Texas and her mother in Henderson Co, Texas. Both were residents of Pineland, Texas at the time of her birth. She was the fifth child born alive to her mother, and also the fifth child still living.

Obituary

Alice Virginia White, 89, of Hemphill, Texas passed in the arms of Jesus Thursday, May 27, 2021 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Virginia, or as she was fondly called, Deet by her family and friends, was born on May 16, 1932 in Pineland, Texas to George Burtis Whitehead and Eunie Bell Manning Whitehead. She was born into a large family of hardworking parents near the end of the great depression. She and her brothers and sisters attended Bethel Baptist Missionary Church while growing up.

Virginia was a 1950 graduate of Pineland High School. Shortly after graduation, she met and married Cecil Forest White (Dink). They were married for 25 years before his death in 1974. After his death, she stopped being a housewife and began her career. She worked as a secretary for Starr Funeral Home for 40 years before retiring in 2020. In her many years of work, she cared deeply for the members of her community and would try to help them in way she could.

Virginia is survived by her three daughters and their families who adored her; Charlotte White of Orange, Sharon White of Center, and Sandy Perkins and husband, Jay, of Hemphill; her grandchildren who lovingly called her Nanny, Shannon Lane of Lake Jackson, Nick Lane and wife, Theresa, of Orange, Sharisse McAdams and husband, Josh, of Center, Jake Perkins and wife, Grace, of Hemphill, Jeremy Daniels of Beaumont, and Ashton Childress and husband, Cody, of Hemphill; great grandchildren, Shalynn & Kolby, Ty'Teirra, Alyx, Embry, Aryn, Sullivan, Layla and Haze; and great great grandson, Elijah; sisters, Ollie Bell Jordan of Pineland and Gloria (Buckie) Whitehead of Carthage; and numerous much loved nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Eunie Whitehead; husband, C. F. (Dink) White; brothers, Sid Dickerson, Burtis Whitehead, Clifton (Giddern) Whitehead, Charles (Beedlow)Whitehead, Larry Whitehead and Harold Whitehead and sisters, Gladys Whitehead and Nelda Lou Whitehead.

Her family will welcome friends and family for visitation from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright and Bro. Curtis White officiating.

Burial will follow services in Pine Hill Cemetery with her grandsons, Jake Perkins, Jeremy Daniels, Josh McAdams, Cody Childress, Alyx Perkins and Embry Perkins; and son-in-law, Jay Perkins serving as pallbearers and Nick Lane as honorary pallbearer.

You are invited to leave condolences and sign guest book online at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 2, 2021, page 4

Alice married Cecil Forrest White on 30 Sep 1950. Cecil (son of Robert Warren White and Florence Beatrice Carrico) was born on 15 Apr 1924 in Texas; died on 17 Oct 1974 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 7, 1996, Page 12

C. M. "Jack" Forse

Charles M. "Jack" Forse, 68, of Farmington, New Mexico, died July 21, 1996 in Farmington.

Forse was born Feb. 12, 1928 in Sabine County as the eldest son of the late Judge Charlie and Ollie M. Forse, longtime residents of Sabine County and the Plainview Community. He was a graduate of Pineland High School and received M.S. and B.A. degrees from Sam Houston State University. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Korean War veteran.

Forse, who had lived in the Farmington area for several years, was retired having served as a teacher, school administrator, businessman, and pipeline inspection engineer.

Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte and David Barker of Thibodaux, Louisiana and Billie Joyce and Robert Beddingfield of Hockley, Texas; step-sons, Mike Liles and David Liles, both of Putnam, Texas; brothers, Forrest K. Forse and wife Shelba of Orange and W. Howard Forse of Abilene; sisters, Marilyn Allen and husband Ted of Katy and Alice Rhodes and husband Joe of Arlington; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Liles Forse.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 1996, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Claude DeCelle officiating. Interment followed in Plainview Cemetery, Section II, near Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

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

Notes:

Name: Danny Ray Bragg Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1956 Gender: Male Birth County: Sabine Father's Name: Billy Ray Bragg Mother's Name: Joy Lanell Force Roll Number: 1956_0002

The Sabine County Reporter
April 6, 2011, Page 11

Danny Ray Bragg, Sr.

Danny Ray Bragg, Sr., 54, died suddenly in Nashville, TN, Friday, April 1, 2011.
He was born in Hemphill to Billy Ray and LaNell Forse Bragg. He had lived his life in Hemphill and was the owner/operator of the NAPA Auto Parts Store on the square in Hemphill.

He is survived by his mother, LaNell Bragg of Bronson; son, Danny Ray Bragg, Jr. of Hemphill; brothers, Billy Crow and his wife Sandra, Jim Crow and his wife Brenda, and Bob Crow and his wife Cathy, all of Bronson. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

Bragg was preceded in death by his father, Billy Ray Bragg.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 5, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Plainview Cemetery near Bronson.

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

Danny married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]