Nettie Florence Williams

Notes:

At that time (of the fire of Feb 26, 1918, the Williams) hotel was being managed by County Sheriff Bosco Bright and his wife, Nettie, who was a sister of Sim Williams. They were the parents of Sid Bright. (White and Toole, p 68).

Death Roll
Mrs. Nettie Bright

Hemphill, Dec 5 (spl) - Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Parker were called to Nacogdoches for the funeral of Mrs. Parker's aunt, Mrs. Nettie Bright, 87.

Funeral services were held in Cason and Monk Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Neal Cannon, district superintendent Methodist Conference, officiating. He was assisted by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, pastor of First Methodist Church, Nacogdoches. Burial was in a Nacogdoches cemetery.
Mrs. Bright was a native of Hemphill and member of a prominent pioneer family.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Sue Jameson and Mrs. Verde Arnold of Houston, and Mrs. Hattie Smith and Mrs. Lois Hale of Nacogdoches; two sons, Sid Bright of Natchitoches, La. and Charles Rutledge, Beaumont; one brother, George Williams of Alton; and one sister, Mrs. John Bright of Pasadena and numerous nieces and nephews."

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 12B
Yellowpine and Hemphill Avenue
242-???
Bright, Nettie F Head F W 44 Wd Tx Ga Ga None
Bright, Verdie A Dtr F W 24 S Tx Tx Tx Bookkeeper Lumber Mill
Bright, Sidney W Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Officer County Clerk
Bright, Sue A Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Stenographer County Clerks Office
Bright, Hattie R Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx None
Bright, Charles L Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Bright, Adie L Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Carl Bosco Bright. Carl was born in Sep 1872 in Texas; died on 15 Jan 1918 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Verdie and Sue Bright were rooming together in the First Precinct of Houston, Harris County, Texas, Block 2469, West Grey. Verdie wsa a Clerk for a lumber company and Sue was a stenographer at the Sheriff's office. Verdie later married a Mr. ARNOLD.

Family/Spouse: I. D. Arnold. I. (son of William Carter Arnold and Dollie Went) was born on 26 Aug 1902 in Texas; died on 1 Feb 1995; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Verdie and Sue Bright were rooming together in the First Precinct of Houston, Harris County, Texas, Block 2469, West Grey. Verdie wsa a Clerk for a lumber company and Sue was a stenographer at the Sheriff's office. Sue later married a Mr. JAMESON.

Sue married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Harriet Smith

Harriet Ruth "Hattie" Bright Smith, 99, of Brenham, formerly of Nacogdoches, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002. Dec. 22, 1902, she was born to Carl Bosco and Nettie Florence (Williams) Bright in Geneva, Texas. She married Dr. Clarence Smith in Nacogdoches and he preceded her in death in 1947. Hattie was a school teacher and retired as curator of the Old Stone Fort Museum on Stephen F. Austin State University Campus in Nacogdoches. She graduated from Nacogdoches High School and CIA (College of Industrial Arts ? now Texas Women's University) in Denton, Texas. In 1994, Hattie moved to Brenham to with her sister, Lois Hale, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two other sisters and two brothers and her parents. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Brenham and resided at Trinity Care Center. Survivors include nieces and nephews, Amy and Jim Reeves of Brenham, Harriet and Jimmy Blakey of San Antonio, Charles and Nancy Hale of Houston, Bitty Jacobs of Nacogdoches, Florence Ann and Jim Brake of Nacogdoches, Frank Jameson of Port O'Connor, Peggy Jameson of Houston, Judy Wilson of Houston, Mary Frances and Steve Brown of Natchitoches, La. She is also survived by many great-nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002 at 2 p.m. at Laird-McGill Funeral Home in Nacogdoches. Family will receive friends there following the service. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Trinity Care Center, 400 E. Sayles, Brenham. Local arrangements are in the care of Brenham Memorial Chapel, 2300 Stringer St., Brenham, 836-3611.

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Addie married Joe Dick Hale before 1941. Joe was born on 23 Dec 1913; died on 19 Jan 1995 in Brazos County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]