Lula Virginia Boswell

Notes:

White and Toole show her first name as Virginia, but other sources indicate she was known by Lula. FindAGrave shows her as Lula Virginia Boswell, a daughter of James Boswell (1831-1884) and Mary Elizabeth Page (1839-1890).

Texas Death Record
Name: Lula Coats
Death Date: 30 Jul 1952
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 81 years 8 months 27 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1870
Birthplace: ...Ewanee, Mississippi
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: no record
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: no record
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Cemetery: Pineland Jackson
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 31 Jul 1952
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2075088
Digital Film Number: 4167316
Image Number: 1443
Reference Number: cn 34519
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976



(Research):
Census Listings:

COULD this be Lula with her family in 1870? This would be possible ONLY if the date of birth shown on her Texas Death Certificate, 3 Nov 1870, is incorrect. The Elalia Boswell below was born in February 1870.

1870 Federal Census
Mississippi, Lauderdals County, P.O. Meridan
Enumeratd 30 July 1870
Page 97 Stamped 69
460-460
Boswell, Samuel M 45 M W Farmer $750 Ala
Boswell, Hannah 38 F W Keeping Hopuse Ala
Boswell, Horace 17 M W Farm Laborer Miss
Boswell, Kinsey A 15 A W Farm Laborer Miss
Boswell, Buena A 13 F W Miss
Boswell, Leonora J 11 F W Miss
Boswell, Ida J 9 F W Miss
Boswell, Rufus M 6 M W Miss
Boswell, Lorenzo 4 M W Miss
Boswell. Alonso A 3 F W Miss
Boswell, Ulalia 4/12 F W Miss Feb





(Medical):See attached sources.

Lula married William Pollock Coats about 1887. William was born on 25 Feb 1868 in Alabama; died on 12 Feb 1934 in Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed on the 1910 census, but present in 1900? Was he accidentally shown as Frank L, age 18 (born ca 1892) in 1910?

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Name: Fred Lee Coats
Event: Death
Event Date: 29 Jan 1967
Event Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1892
Birthplace:
Father's Name: William P Coats
Mother's Name: Lula Boswell
Certificate Number: 05374
Film Number: 2138240
Digital Folder Number: 005144738
Image Number: 03365
Collection: Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Mary Lou Simmons. Mary was born on 22 Dec 1890 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas; died on 3 Jun 1976 in Smith County, Texas; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Houston County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: William Emmitt Coats, Sr.
Death Date: 04 Aug 1969
Death Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1896
Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha Coats
Father's Name: William Pollock Coats
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lula Boswell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Driller
Informant: Mrs. Martha Coats
Place of Residence: Troup, Smith, Texas
Cemetery: Whitehouse Cemetery
Burial Place: Whitehouse, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Aug 1969
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218108
Digital Film Number: 4030538
Image Number: 2672
Reference Number: cn 59823
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Franklin Twp
Enumerated April 3, 1930
ED 9-47 SD 1 Sheet 3A Stamped 52
3227-44-52
Coats, W. Emmett Head M W 32 M 23 Miss Miss Miss Driller Oil Co
Coats, Martha Wf F W 37 M 25 Tx Tx La
Coats, William Son M W 7 S Tx Miss Tx
Coats, James Son M W 5 S Tx Miss Tx
Coats, Forrest Son M W 4 S La Miss Tx
Coats, Lela Dtr F W 2 S La Miss Tx

1940 Census
Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Ward 4
Enumerated June 5, 1950
SD 9 ED 9-88a Sheet 6A
116-0-1000
Coats, William E Head M W 44 M Miss San Augustine Tx Driller Oil Co
Coats, Martha Wf F W 46 M Tx San Augustine Tx
Coats, William E Jr Son M W 16 S Tx San Augustine Tx
Coats, James Son M W 15 S Tx San Augustine Tx
Coats, Forrest Son M W13 S La San Augustine Tx
Coats, Lela Dtr F W 11 S La San Augustine Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Martha Elizabeth May. Martha was born on 11 Jan 1894 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 24 Oct 1982 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alpha Elizabeth Byrd. Alpha was born on 11 Mar 1901 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas; died on 13 Sep 1973 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Carroll Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the owner of the Smart Shop Dress Shop in Jasper, Texas.

Family/Spouse: John Goodrich Davidson. John (son of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born on 24 Dec 1886 in Texas; died on 11 May 1948 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susie married Frank Bonner Braswell on 3 Apr 1935 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Frank was born on 9 Aug 1903 in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas; died on 25 May 1973 in Galveston County, Texas; was buried in Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Ella Mae Coats was born in in Richton, Mississippi. She was the fifth of seven children. At the turn of the last century, Richton was a busy mill town, and her father worked at the mill.

At about 1908, the family moved to Texas settling west of Houston. They later moved to Forest, Texas, west of Nacogdoches. Here the family learned to farm, and her brothers worked in the saw mill.

The family later moved to Pineland. She graduated from Pineland High School. She married Herbert Wood, a mill worker and mechanic that lived on a farm nearby. They were married March 18, 1922 in or beside a Ford Model T. She said that she never knew for sure if she married him or the car! Herbert was a self-taught mechanic and opened a garage in Pineland. Herbert, Jr. was born in Pineland. They moved to Nacogdoches where Herbert, Sr. helped build dormitories at Stephen F. Austin Univ.

In about 1925, the family moved to Beaumont. Herbert worked as a mechanic at the Buick dealership. Herbert later opened a garage on Highland Ave in the South Park community. She attended South Park Baptist Church, and her children graduated from South Park schools.

In the mid 1960s She moved to Jasper where she lived near her sister, Susie. Later she moved to Hemphill. She spent the last years of her life in Beaumont.

Ella Mae attended Tyler Business College. She valued education, expected much from her children, and gave them much responsibility. Her faith was important part of her life.

Ella Mae, or Nannie, as her grandchildren called her, was gregarious, fearless, and could talk to anyone. She loved to travel. She had a green thumb, loved roses, and kept a flower garden or had potted plants wherever she lived.

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(Research):Not listed with her family at the time of the 1910 census, but present as age 16 and single in 1920. Was she inadvertanly omitted in 1910, or living elsewhere?

Ella married Herbert Wesley Wood, Sr. on 18 Mar 1922 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Herbert (son of Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood and Larrissa Cordelia "Delia" Wright) was born on 30 Nov 1898 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Oct 1960 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She taught school for many years in Hemphill. (White and Toole, p 49).

Lula married Hilery Windom Smith on 1 Apr 1926. Hilery (son of Rev. William Edward Smith and Minnie Mozelle McDaniel) was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Feb 1977 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: James Drebon Coats Sr.
Death Date: 12 Dec 1974
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Usual Residence: 970 Boyd Beaumont TX
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 62 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1912
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William P. Coats
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lula Boswell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Mechanic Automobile
Informant: Carl Nicholas
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243526
Digital Film Number: 4170166
Image Number: 2825
Reference Number: 98248
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont, JP 1
Enumerated April 6, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 123-49 Sheet 18A
Block 692
995-346-R-18.50
Coats, James D head M W 27 M Tx Same Place Mechanic Garage
Coats, Dru Elaine Wf F W 21 M Tx Same Place



(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Dru Elaine Sheffield. Dru was born about 1919 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a James Walter Coats, born in 1925, that died in 2009 in Fresno, California. Could be the same individual, but not known with certainty.

Notes:

The military marker at his gravesite is marked with a cross and inscribed:

Forrest W. Coats
Texas TEC5 473 AAA AW BN CAC
World War II
June 16, 1926 Dec 21, 1963

His double headstone with Margie is incribed with a Masonic symbol

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Name: Forrest W Coats
Death Date: 21 Dec 1963
Death Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 37 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1926
Birthplace: Sheveport, La
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W E Coats
Father's Birthplace: Sr
Mother's Name: Martha May
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff, Law Enforcement
Place of Residence: Whitehouse, Smith, Texas
Cemetery: Whitehouse
Burial Place: Smith County, Texas
Burial Date: 23 Dec 1963
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117356
Digital Film Number: 4028315
Image Number: 1966
Reference Number: cn 80127
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Margie M. Causey. Margie (daughter of John Sidney Causey, Sr. and Nettie Anna Bragg) was born on 4 Jan 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 1983 in Smith County, Texas; was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Clifton "Wig" Barrett. Charles was born on 28 Aug 1924 in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas; died on 4 Jan 2007 in Texas; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Titus County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

A retired CRNA (nurse anesthetist) and a resident of Thibodaux, Basil Arthur Coats died at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in Baton Rouge from complications due to surgery. He was 88 and a native of Shelbyville, Texas. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and received a Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Dad survived three months in the Buchenwald concentration camp and five months in Stalag Luft 3 prisoner of war camp in Germany. Arrangements entrusted to Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Gertrude L. Coats; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kelli and Jimmy Thompson, of Alvin, Texas, and Karen and Lakshman Velupillai, of Baton Rouge; two sons and daughters-in-law, Paul R. and Peggy Coats, of Patterson, and R. Morris and Lisa Coats, of Thibodaux; 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers.

He loved his God, his family and his country. He was a Masonic lodge member for 60 years. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in anesthesiology. He loved fishing and woodworking. He also loved visiting with family and friends and never knew a stranger. He wrote poetry. Special thanks to Mary Ambeau (My Mary), his caregiver in his last months. He loved much and was much loved.

Obituary published in The Advocate on 4/5/2008.

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

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
September 26, 2007, Page 14

Jonnye Sue Davidson Martindale, 83, of Jasper died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.

She was born Feb. 27, 1924, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Susie Argenta Coats Davidson and John Goodrich Davidson. She was a devoted wife and mother, supporting her family in all aspects of their lives.

Survivors, her son, George Michael Martindale; two daughters, Diane Williford and Mary Lindsey; her sister, Mary Jo Woods; grandchildren, Michelle Martindale Rodriguez, Lori Williford McCray, Julie Williford Carrell, Jennie Williford Holloway, Jessica Williford Merritt, and Tonya Grochoske Lillig; step-grandchildren, Kelly Cole and Kevin Edward Lindsey; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Virgil Martindale.

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 24, at the First Baptist Church of Jasper. Interment followed at Little Hope Cemetery near Jasper.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Jasper, Building Fund, 314 N. Main, Jasper, TX 75951 or the March of Dimes, Attn: DRFR 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605.

Services were under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)

Jonnye married Virgil Martindale before 1945. Virgil was born on 17 Jul 1919 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 19 Aug 1992 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Little Hope Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 15, 2010, page 12

Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr.

Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr., 87, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, in Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine after an illness. Wood was born in Pineland to Herbert and Ella Mae Coats Wood.

He had lived near Hemphill since 1982 coming from Beaumont where he was owner and operator of Wood and Son Motors. Wood was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He was also a member of the Gideons, Rotary Club, Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge #305 Shrine, and a Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Hemphill.

He is survived by his wife, Lorene Boyett Wood of Hemphill; son, Terry and wife Cindy Wood of Beaumont; daughter, Robin and husband Kelly Powell of Sour Lake; and sister, Virginia Christopher of Boerne. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Dec. 12, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Weaver Cemetery in Mayflower community.

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

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2010)

A similiar obituary was published in the San Augustine Tribune on December 16, 2010.

Herbert married Frances Lorene Boyett on 16 Jul 1949 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. Frances (daughter of Hamp Hansford Boyett and Mittie Weaver) was born on 3 Nov 1927 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Weaver Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Mary Ann Strickland was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1928 to Ella Mae and Herbert W. Wood, Jr. She was the third of four surviving children. She lived in the South Park community in Beaumont and was a member of South Park Baptist Church.

Mary Ann attended Lamar University, the University of Texas and graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.A. in chemistry in 1949. While at Sam Houston, she met her future husband, Robert L. Strickland, at the Baptist Student Union. After graduating, she taught high school in Devers, TX. She was 20 when she began teaching. After they married, they attended Southern Seminary in Ky. They returned to Texas to start a family.

After Bob contracted polio in 1953, she resumed her teaching career. She was the family breadwinner and cared for her husband until his death in 1988. She taught elementary school in Dallas and Spring Branch, high school math in Houston. She eared a M.S. in Library Science and worked as a librarian in junior and senior high schools in Houston.

Mary Ann was active in her church. At Southland and Gulf Meadows Baptist churches in Houston, she served as Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher, committee member and librarian. Mary Ann had the gift of hospitality. She "adopted" several co-workers, students and church members.

In 1996, she moved to Austin where she was a member of Bannockburn Baptist Church. She kept a prayer journal for her Sunday School Class.

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Family/Spouse: Robert "Bob" Lackey Strickland. Robert was born on 26 Nov 1922 in Tyrone, Texas County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Dec 1988 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Jerry passed away at her home.

Born and raised in Beaumont, she graduated from South Park High School in 1947. She graduated from The University of Texas in 1951 and worked for the State of Texas briefly before beginning a career in teaching and education administration.

She was awarded a Master's Degree from Lamar University in 1963 and a PhD from Texas A&M in 1982. During her career, she taught elementary school, junior high school math, high school math, education courses offered at Lamar, and was a principal at Brice Elementary in Mount Pleasant, Texas before her retirement in 1991.

She was active at First United Methodist Church most of her life and participated in numerous professional and community service organizations. She had many hobbies, including reading, cooking, gardening, and traveling.

Preceded in death by her husband, Doyle Slover Tierce survivors include her children, Virginia Ellen Wallace and her husband James Weldon Wallace and Paul Wood Tierce and his wife Amber White Tierce; grandchildren Paula Lynn Wallace, James Sterling Wallace and his wife Amanda Gardner Wallace and Michael Todd Wallace; brother Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr. and his wife Lorene Boyette Wood, sisters Virginia Wood Christopher, and Mary Ann Wood Strickland.

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Family/Spouse: Doyle Slover Tierce. Doyle was born on 10 Dec 1920 in Lockney, Floyd County, Texas; died on 9 Nov 2002 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Beth is a charter member of the JFG Chapter of the DRT. (White and Toole, p 49).

Mary married John Robert Parker on 3 Sep 1948. John was born on 10 Oct 1930 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Oct 2006 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]