Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Sr.

Notes:

At one time he owned the land where the Jasper County Court House now stands. (White and Toole, p 72).

From FindAGrave:

Thomas E. Wood, Sr. was the son of Charles A. Wood and Elizabeth Muse. His middle name was probably "Edwin" since he is listed by that name in the 1850 census and "Edwine" in the 1860 census. His son, Thomas E. Wood, Jr. went by "Edd."

He married Nancy Meigs Sep 28, 1865 in Jasper Co, TX. They were the parents of four children.

Thomas E. Wood, Sr. died in 1877 at the age of 33 years, leaving his wife, age 29, with four young children to care for. Nancy married second William Wesley "Wes" Dalley on Sep 20, 1879 in Sabine Co, TX. Nancy Dalley is buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine Co, TX.

It is not known where Thomas E. Wood, Sr. is buried. He could be here in the Wood Cemetery near other family members in one of the many unmarked graves, or he could be buried elsewhere in San Augustine or Sabine County. This beautiful spot on the shore of present-day Lake Sam Raburn is a fitting place to honor his short life.

Created by: R Strickland
Record added: Jun 29, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 92757344

Thomas married Nancy Ann Meigs on 28 Sep 1865 in Jasper County, Texas. Nancy was born on 23 Dec 1848 in Alabama; died on 26 Dec 1917 in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

In most records, she went by "Mollie," but her headstone reads, "Molly. Mollie married Louis L. Sanders on 24 Nov 1881 in Sabine Co., TX (Texas Marriages, 1837-1973). He was born 5 Dec 1860 in TX. According to a post on genforum.genealogy.com his middle name was "Lemuel."

Mollie and Louis Sanders had at least five children.

After Molly Wood died, Louis L. Sanders married Arrie (or Arry) J. Letney, Find A Grave 13512932. They had at least one child, Jim Louis Sanders, Find A Grave 13512938. Louis L. Sanders died 5 or 17 May, 1931. Louis and Arry are buried next to each other.

Maintained by: R Strickland
Originally Created by: skyquest
Record added: May 03, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51954961

Mary married Louis L. Sanders on 24 Nov 1881 in Sabine County, Texas. Louis was born on 5 Dec 1860 in Texas; died on 17 May 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood married [second] Priscilla Smith between 1931 and 1940. She was born 1 Oct 1874 in LA (1940 census) or TX (death certificate) and died 16 Oct 1947 in Sabine Co, TX. According to family tradition Jack's family called her "Miss Priscilla." According to her death certificate her name was spelled Pursillar, she was the daughter of John Smith and is buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery (Newton Co., TX). The informant on the death certificate was Jack's daughter, Mrs. W. D. (Hattie) Wood Withers. Masonic symbol on his tombstone.

Created by: skyquest
Record added: May 04, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51983353






(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine, Pr. 4
Enumerated 18 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 77 Sheet 8B
133-133
Loggins, Mary Head W F Mar 1829 71 We 7/3 Tn Tn Va
Wright, Willie Grandson W m Apr 1883 17 S Tx La Tx Farmer
Woods, Charles A. G.son-in-law W m Mar 1869 31 M 10 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Woods, Cordelia G.Dtr W F May 1873 27 M 10 8/4 Tx La Tx
Woods, John E. Gr. Grandson W M Feb 1892 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Woods, Charles W. Gr. Grandson W M Jan 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Woods, Ora Gr. Granddtr W F Mar 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Woods, Herbert W Gr. Grandson W M Nov 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Charles married Larrissa Cordelia "Delia" Wright on 27 Apr 1890 in San Augustine County, Texas. Larrissa was born on 7 May 1873 in Tennessee; died on 8 Oct 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His grave marker reads EDD WOOD, 1873-1917, Gone But Not Forgotten

Thomas married Amelia Melvina "Vinie" Carrico on 21 Dec 1897 in Sabine County, Texas. Amelia (daughter of William David "Dee" Carrico and Mary Charlotte Gary) was born in Sep 1871 in Panola County, Texas; died in 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"No descendants according to estate papers of Hattie Wood Withers. Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX." (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that he was a World War I veterand and a carpenter. (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Ora married Marshall Sidney Carter on 1 Jan 1912 in Texas. Marshall was born on 12 Aug 1894 in Louisiana; died on 1 May 1979 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Laura Buckmaster shows that he married Ella Mae COATS, and has his place of birth as Cumby, Hopkins Couty, Texas.

Name: Herbert Wesley Wood
Death Date: 03 Oct 1960
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 61 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1898
Birthplace: Pineland, Tx
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Charles A Wood
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: C Wright
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116475
Digital Film Number: 4166567
Image Number: 2743
Reference Number: v X cn 60805
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

When he completed his registration for the draft during the First World War, he indicated he was farming in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas for C. A. Wood, who was also his closest relative.
He was of Medium heighth and slender build, with brown eyes and black hair. FindAGrave shows his parents as Charles Ayers Wood and Larissa Cordelia Wright.

From FindAGrave:

Herbert Wesley Wood, Sr. was a farmer, mill worker, construction worker and master mechanic. He grew up in Pineland, Texas. He and his brothers had a band and played for dances. In Pineland he met and married Ella Mae Coats. They were married in or next to a Model T Ford. Ella Mae said of him that she never knew if she married him or a car! He opened a garage in Pineland. Their son, Herbert, Jr. was born in that town. The family moved to Forest, Nacogdoches and finally settled in Beaumont. He worked at the Buick dealership where his young family lived in an apartment above the garage. Later, he opened a garage on Highland Ave. in the South Park community of Beaumont. His son, Herbert, Jr. later joined him, and the business became Wood and Son Motors. The family was active in the South Park Baptist Church, and part of the close-knit South Park community. He was a quiet man and was dedicated to his family.


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Precinct 6
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 123-79 SD 27 Sheet 6A Stamped 159
Highland Ave
4766-107-121
Wood, Herbert W. Head M W 31 M 22 Tx Tx Tx Mechanic Automobile
Wood, Ella M Wf F W 26 M 18 Miss Miss Miss
Wood, Herbert W Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Miss
Wood, Virginia M Dtr F W 5 2 Tx Tx Miss
Wood, Mary A Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Miss

Herbert married Ella Mae Coats on 18 Mar 1922 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of William Pollock Coats and Lula Virginia Boswell) was born on 13 May 1903 in Richton, Perry County, Mississippi; died on 18 Jan 1997 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont City, Ward 3
Enumerated April 10 and 11, 1930
ED 123-36 SD 27 Sheet 10B
477-187-202
Wood, William T Head M W 27 Married @ 19 Tx Tx Tx Carpenter Oil Refinery
Wood, Annie Wife F W 30 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Wood, Lillian Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Wood, William T. Jr. Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Wood, Wilma (sic) Dtr F W 2 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Sarah Ann "Annie" Morgan about 1922. Sarah (daughter of Jesse James Morgan, Sr. and Julia Ann McLemore) was born on 15 Aug 1899 in Texas; died on 1 Feb 1978 in El Paso County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Laura Buckmaster shows that he married Sybil Pearl COWART. Both are interred at the Wood Cemetery, San Augustine. (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"Married W. D. "Denny" Withers Oct 26, 1926 Jefferson Co, TX. Double Marker, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Love Plot, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX. One child Dennis Frank Withers died in infancy: Aug 20, 1931 TX - Aug 20, 1931 TX. Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper Co, TX. "

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

" Ruth Irene Wood's (1st) marriage was to Jewell Davis Robbins. Jewell Davis Robbins: b Jun 9, 1904 San Augustine Co, TX - Mar 25, 1958 TX. Ruth had no descendants according to estate papers of Hattie Wood Withers. Ruth Irene Wood Robbins 2nd married Charles H. Munson. Charles H. Munson: Aug 21, 1902 - Oct 14, 1981 TX. Double Marker, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Love Plot, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX. "

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"Ernest Albert Wood, Sr. married Lois Orieta Brown (Ref: Death certificate of Ernest, Jr.). She was born in Orange, Orange Co, TX. She is probably the daughter of Ernest R. and Erma Brown (1930 census). 1930 US Census, Precinct 2, Sabine Co, TX. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Meditation, Plot A, Lot 66, Sp 4, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX."

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"(Twin) Feb 8, 1915 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX - Jul 4, 1994 Pomona, Los Angeles Co, CA. (TX Birth Index, SS Death Index, CA Death Index Esther Ann Williams) City matches estate papers information. Burial unknown."

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows her as Ola.

Name Nona Olar Gray
Event Type Death
Event Date 12 Mar 1941
Event Place Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 24 Sep 1898
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name T E Wood
Mother's Name Vina Carrico
Certificate Number 13782
GS Film number 2138478
Digital Folder Number 005145837
Image Number 02467

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3D4-C4Y : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Nona Olar Gray, 12 Mar 1941; citing certificate number 13782, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138478.

Family/Spouse: Tom Gray. Tom was born about 1894; died about 1961; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ethyl M. Beauchamp. Ethyl (daughter of George L. Beauchamp and Irene Cyndonia Mears) was born on 9 Sep 1902 in Florida; died on 19 Jan 1987 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Bessie Beatrice Jacks
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Nov 1973
Event Place Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 20 Nov 1902
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Ed Wood
Mother's Name Melvinia Carrico
Informant Mrs. Ethel Droptini (Daughter)
Certificate Number 102911
GS Film number 2242963
Digital Folder Number 005145939
Image Number 00330

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K36T-9VP : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Bessie Beatrice Jacks, 29 Nov 1973; citing certificate number 102911, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2242963.

Bessie married Marion George Jacks on 19 Nov 1921. Marion (son of Jesse Andrew Jacks and Stella Mays) was born on 16 Dec 1902 in Texas; died on 12 Feb 1953 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Levi Elmer Wood
Event Type Death
Event Date 05 Nov 1973
Event Place Kountze, Hardin, Texas, United States
Occupation Logger Retired Lumber
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 05 Mar 1904
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Ed Wood
Mother's Name Vinie Carrico
Informant Mrs. Lettie Wood-wife
Certificate Number 84735
GS Film number 2242947
Digital Folder Number 005145896
Image Number 02616

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K36W-5DJ : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Levi Elmer Wood, 05 Nov 1973; citing certificate number 84735, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2242947.

Family/Spouse: Lettie Mae McEwin. Lettie was born on 18 Aug 1910 in Houston County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 1981 in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eula Mae Felts. Eula (daughter of Walter Elbert Felts and Caroline "Lina" Gooch) was born on 22 Jun 1911 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jun 2007 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine 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.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86347143

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.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32103871

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]

Family/Spouse: Warren Virgil Seymour. Warren was born on 15 Nov 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 7 Nov 2014 in Texas; was buried in Leakey Floral Cemetery, Leakey, Real County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

W. T. "Dub" Wood Jr

Wiliam Thomas "Dub" Wood Jr., 70, of Waco died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1995.

Wood was born Aug. 12, 1924, in Pineland as a son of the late William Thomas Wood and Sarah Ann (Morgan) Wood and had lived in Beaumont several years before moving to Waco a year ago. He was a retired attorney, serving as Assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County in addition to several years in private practive before retiring in 1989. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

He was a former Post Commander of American Legion Post #33, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the the Scottish Rite, and the Methodist church. Wood formerly served as president of the Beaumont Optimist Club.

Survivors: son, Brett Wood of Waco; a brother, Billy Wood of Fayetteville, North Carolina; sisters, Arnell Seymour of Leakey, Wilna Broussard of Grapevine, and Helen Towns of Cloudcraft, New Mexico; and three grandchildren, Brandi Wood, Will Wood, and Michael Wood, all of Waco.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home chapel in Beaumont. Interment followed with 3 p.m. graveside rites at the Wood Cemetery near Pineland.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

Notes:

Wilna Wood Broussard came from a long line of Texas families. Her ancestors were some of the first settlers in Texas/Mexico before it became a Republic.

Wilna was born to William T. Wood and Sarah Ann McLemore Morgan in East Texas's Pineland. She had two sisters and three brothers.

Wilna was a painter. She belonged to the China Painters Guild and numerous other art societies. She used oils, pastels and watercolors on canvas. She sold some of her paintings to local art galleries in Oklahoma City and she sold her china painting pieces to boutique shops in the Midwest and Florida.

Wilna attended Beaumont High and then her family moved to Panama City, Florida and Georgia during WWII. Her father was a shipbuilder. Wilna worked for the USO during the war and was a secretary at a military HDQ in Cape Cod, MA for a few years.

After the war she returned to Beaumont where she met and married Weston J. Broussard. They had three daughters. The family lived in Beaumont where Weston was manager of International Cresote and Construction Company until 1968 when he took a job with Kerr McGee Oil Company and became Vice President of Kerr McGee Chemical. The family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri and then to the company's HDQ in Oklahoma City, OK. They lived there until retirement in 1987.

Wilna enjoyed being a homemaker and her china and canvas painting activities. She sold some of her painting to art galleries in OKC. She also enjoyed her activities at the Petroleum Club in OKD, of which she and Weston were members.

In 1987 upon retirement, Wilna and Weston moved to Grapevine, Texas to be near one of their daughters. The whole family enjoyed coming to visit "Meme and Papa" and barbequing and swimming in their backyard pool.

Wilna is preceded in death by her husband Weston, two sisters and two brothers. She has one surviving brother in North Carolina.

Wilna is survived by her daughters Anne (McFadden-Dan) of Iowa; Mary (Decato-Al) of Grapevine; and Jerri (Forrest-John) of Iowa. She has four grandchildren ? Robert, Erin, Brigitte, Cristie and two great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 3:00 pm.

Copied from Find A Grave

Wilna married Weston John Broussard before 1951. Weston was born on 3 Jan 1929 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 19 Apr 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harlon Morris Towns. Harlon was born on 21 Feb 1930 in Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 27 May 2018 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A photos of his military marker can be seen on his Find A Grave memorial page

Engraved as follows

Billy Jack Wood
SFC US Army
Vietnam Bronze Star Medal
Jun 30 1935 Jul 21 2017
To Christ Be The Glory

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Onderdonck. Mary was born on 30 Jun 1937 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 2003 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Etta Geraldine Smith. Etta was born on 5 Dec 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jun 2015 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wilma Lavern Halbert. Wilma (daughter of William T. "Willie" Halbert and Dessie L. Dent) was born on 23 Nov 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Apr 2010 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows he was a self employed Log Hauler. He died of a crushed chest and neck fracture after a tree feel and struck him in his back.

Marvin married Elease Tatom before 1951. Elease (daughter of Aubry Elmon Tatom and Winnie Marie McDaniel) was born on 15 Jan 1930 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Jan 2023 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 20 Jan 2023 in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Ethel Droptini Lewis, 90, of Pineland, Texas passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022 at Legacies Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hemphill.

Ethel was born in Sabine County on May 6, 1931 to Marion George Jacks and Bessie Wood Jacks. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and was retired from the United States Postal Service where she had served as Post Master in Pineland for many, many years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pineland and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Ethel is survived by her son, Edward Droptini and wife, Brenda, of Covington, LA; brother, Marion C. "Dick" Jacks and wife Sara of Carthage; grandchildren, Shelly Cody and husband, Jeff, of Denham Springs, LA and Brad Droptini of Pineland; great grandchildren, Callie Cody and Cora Cody and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Edward Droptini and Otis Beau Lewis; sisters, Gwendolyn Jacks and Florence McClelland and brothers, Hollis E. "Buddy" Jacks, Lewis Edwin "L. E." Jacks, George Clinton "Hawk" Jacks, Lloyd Jacks, Marvin Edward Jacks and Volley Marvin "Biddy" Jacks.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Pat Jacks officiating.

Burial will follow services in Pineland Cemetery with Brad Droptini, Jeffy Cody, Andrew Droptini, Larry Parrie, Janet Conway and Stanley Jacks serving as pallbearers.

Condolences and memories can be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 23, 2022, page 8

Ethel married Edward Droptini on 9 Jun 1951. Edward was born on 27 May 1918 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Dec 1980 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charter member of the James F. Gomer Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Texas. (White and Toole, p 73).

Obituary

Florence Beatrice McClelland
September 29, 1933 - January 29, 2021

Florence Beatrice McClelland, 87, of Wier Gate, Texas (formerly of Sabine County) passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 (sic) in Hemphill Care Center.

Florence was born on January 29, 1933 in Hemphill, Texas to Marion Jacks and Bessie Wood Jacks. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of the Baptist faith. She worked for many years as a hairdresser.

Florence was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Eausel V. McClelland; her husband of 8 years, Cleburne D. Wells; and her son, Steve McClelland.

She is survived by her son, Forrest McClelland and wife, Lynne, of Hemphill; her niece, Sonya Strickland and husband, Mike, of Hemphill; six grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home.

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

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

Florence married Easuel Vernon McClelland on 9 May 1951. Easuel (son of William Daniel Walter McClelland and Philonia Lucresia Campbell) was born on 3 Feb 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 2001 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Also appeared in the Sabine County Reporter
March 15, 2006

Hollis E. Jacks

Funeral Services for Hollis E. Jacks, 69, of Broaddus were held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Burial followed at Jacks Cemetery in Pineland. Rev. Pat Jacks officiated. He died March 8 at his residence in Broaddus.

Hollis E. Jacks was born in Sabine County on February 27, 1937 to Marion Jack and Bessie Woods Jacks. He was a heavy equipment operator for the timber industry.

He is survived by his wife, Eunice Jacks of Broaddus; brothers, Marion "Dick" Jacks of Tatum and Lloyd Jacks of Center; sisters Ethel LEWIS of Pineland and Florence WELLS and Gwen REYNOLDS, both of Hemphill; grandchildren Zachary JACKS and Eric Wayne JACKS. Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill were in charge of arrangements.

The Sabine County Reporter also indicated he had been nicknamed "Buddy" and that he had lived in Broaddus for the past 23 years.

Family/Spouse: Eunice Lee McDaniel. Eunice (daughter of Neal Elarce McDaniel and Thelma McKey) was born on 29 Apr 1941 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 12 Sep 2015 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Marion "Dick" Cauzell Jacks, 81, of Pineland, Texas passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023 at his residence surrounded by his loved ones.

Dick was born on July 18, 1941 in Hemphill, Texas to Marion George Jacks and Bessie Beatrice Wood. He worked as an operator in the oil field industry and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Dick enjoyed a hard day's work and if he ever started whistling the tune of "Blueberry Hill", everyone better be ready to work. He loved his family, spending time with his grandchildren, and talking with his friends.

He is survived by his wife, Sarah Jacks of Pineland; sons, Richard "Ricky" Jacks and wife, Kim of Tatum, Texas, and Larry Thomas Jacks and wife, Kelli of Carthage, Texas; twelve grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; and special friends, Metra Webb and Vincent Martinez.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion and Bessie Jacks; and daughter, Dianne Jacks (Wellborn); six brothers and three sisters.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 22, 2023 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Best and Bro. Pat Jacks officiating.

Burial will follow services in Jacks Cemetery in Pineland, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Jacob Rivers, Justin Wellborn, Jacob Wellborn, Larry Jacks, Jr. , Trent Jordan and Stanley Jacks serving as pallbearers.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, May 24, 2023, page 4

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

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The Toledo Chronicle
Published ? Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Gwendolyn Jacks Collins passed away October 14, 2010, at home. She was born in Sabine County to Marion and Bessie Woods Jacks and has lived in Sabine County all her life.

Gwen was survived by her daughter Sonya Strickland, of Hemphill; two brothers, Lloyd Jacks of Center, Marion "Dick" Jacks of Carthage; two sisters, Ethel Droptini Louis of Pineland, Florence McClelland Wells of Hemphill; five grandchildren, Sean and Tanya Ebbert, Gary Stewart, Michael and Jesse Strickland; four great grandchildren, Amber Humphrey, Kayla Ryland, Logan and Cameron Strickland.

Funeral Services will be at 2:00 pm, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX.

Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, October 20, 2010, Page 13 and the San Augustine Tribune, October 21, 2010, Page 10

Earle married Marcy Elvin Collins before 1962. Marcy was born on 14 Nov 1926 in Texas; died in Mar 1975 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]

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San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, June 25, 2009, Page 8

Vilas "Boog" Wood

Funeral services for Vilas "Boog" Wood, 74, of San Augustine, will be held at 10:00 a.m., today, June 25, 2009 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Ausgustine in San Augustine with Bro. Buddy Pratt and Bro. Bob Gwinn officiating. He died in San Augustine on June 2, 2009.

Vilas "Boog" Wood was born in Hemphill on January 29, 1935 to Luther Wood and Eula Felts. He is a retired mechanic for Tyson Food, he worked there for 50 years. He served in the U. S. Army and was a member of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Lynda Wood of San Augustine; sons, Ricky Wood and wife Connie of Humble and Greg Wood and wife Felica of San Augustine; daughters, Shelley Dailey and husband Richard and Rebecca Wood Whitton, all of San Augustine; eight grandchildren; brother Mike Wood of Hemphill and sister Lexie "Sis" McCarter of Tyler.

Condolences can be offered at Wyman Roberts website. Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine was in charge of the arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

A similiar obituary was in the July 1 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, but this subsequent obituary listed his eight grandchildren by name: Scott Whitton, Reed Dailey, Krissy Wood, Chelsea Wood, Zackary Dailey, Catherine Whitton, Daniel Wood, and Rachel Wood.

Vilas married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Everest Luther "Dee" Wood, Sr.

Everest Luther "Dee" Wood, Sr., 68, of Hemphill died Monday, May 21, 2007 at his residence.

He was born July 13, 1938 to Luther Wood and Eula Mae Felts and had lived in Hemphill his entire life. He was in maintenance at Temple-Inland and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors: wife, Ruby Wood of Hemphill, mother Eula Wood of Hemphill; sons, Everest "Dickie" L. Wood and wife, Lisa, of Friendswood, John C. Webb and wife, Gail of Bronson, Thomas M. Webb and wife, Debbie of Deweyville, and Carl M. Webb, Jr. of Hemphill; daughter Cindy A. Ponder of Hemphill; brothers, Vilas "Boog" Wood of San Augustine, and Mike Wood of Hemphill; sister, Lexie McCarter of Tyler; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday, May 24 from 4 to 9 p.m.

Funeral services will be held May 25 at 10 a.m. at Starr Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Raney officiating. Interment will be in Gravelhill Cemetery.

Everest married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Michael Wayne Wood, 67, passed away in his home, Wednesday, July 20,2016.Michael was born in Hemphill, Texas, to Luther Leroy and Eula Mae Felts Wood.He was a life long resident of Hemphill and graduated from Hemphill High School. He was in the United States Marine Corp and served in the Vietnam War. He worked as a Lathe Technician for Temple Inland.

He is survived by his son Michael Thomas Wood and wife Nacole of Hemphill, his daughter Amy Whiteside and husband Michael of Hemphill, his sister Lexie "Sis" McCarter of Tyler, and his 10 grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife Sue Ann Wood.

Visitation will be from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, Friday, July 22,2016, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. Hemphill, Texas. Graveside services will be at 10:00AM, Saturday, July 23,2016, in the Harper Chapel Cemetery.

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Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, July 27, 2016, Page 10

Michael married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sue Ann Bolton. Sue (daughter of William Alton Bolton and Bonnie Sue Womack) was born on 24 Jan 1952 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 2016 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]