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Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly

Female 1930 - 2012  (82 years)


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  1. 1.  Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly was born on 13 May 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Dec 2012 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 2012 in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002

    Class of 1948 Members of the class of 1948 attending the (Hemphill High School) reunion included, from left, front; Joann (Hendrix) Alford, Bennie Jean (Chambers) Henderson and Thelma (Bass) Henderson; and back: Elaine (Erwin) Hamilton, Jackie Harris, Merle (Gellatly) Huff, Billie Sue (Ziefler) Chambers, Raymond Mattox and Kathleen (Crowell) Zachery.

    Obituary

    Merle Gellatly Huff, 82, of Milam, died Wednesday evening in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. She was born in Sabine County to Don and Bena Harris Gellatly and has lived in Sabine County all her life. Mrs. Huff was a farmer and rancher and attended the Riverside Church near Milam.

    She is survived by her sons; David Huff of Milam, Ted Huff and his wife Janie of Laurel, Mississippi, Tommy Huff and his wife Ashley of Henderson, her daughter Susan Sheard and her husband Ray of Milam, grandchildren; Rylie, Poppy, David and Rachel, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Claudia Polley of Sexton and Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine.

    Visitation will be from 5:30PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery near Milam.

    http://www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1881157&fh_id=12228

    Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 26, 2012, page 7

    Billie married Oscar Thomas Huff on 15 Mar 1949. Oscar was born on 17 Oct 1921; died on 11 Jul 2001 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. David Alan Huff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1952 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Alan Huff Descendancy chart to this point (1.Billie1) was born on 17 Jul 1952 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    David Alan Huff, 68, of Milam, Texas passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill, Texas.

    David was born on July 17, 1952 in Center, Texas to Oscar Thomas Huff and Billie Merle Gellatly Huff. He attended school at Hemphill ISD and later served in the United States Air Force. He worked in the construction business.

    He is survived by his son, David Alan Huff, Jr.; daughter, Rachel; brothers, Ted Huff of Mississippi and Tommy Huff of Henderson; and sister, Susan Sheard of Milam.

    Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill.

    Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 3, 2021, page 4


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