Homer Leon Butler

Notes:

Name: H. L. Butler
Death Date: 21 Nov 1942
Death Place: San Augustine County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 53 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Sep 1889
Birthplace: Pennoley Co.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: R. C. Butler
Father's Birthplace: Pennoley Co.
Mother's Name: Frances Andres
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation: Farming
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill
Burial Place: Gravel Hill, Texas
Burial Date: 22 Nov 1942
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137185
Digital Film Number: 4136000
Image Number: 3262
Reference Number: cn 51055
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 4
Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 4A
58-58
Butler, Robert C Hd M W 40 m1 22 Ga Ga Ga Farmer Farm
Butler, Fannie E Wf F W 39 M1 22 9/8 Miss Ga Ala
Butler, William E Son M W 17 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, Thomas C Son M W 15 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, John E Son M W 13 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, Emma M Dtr F W 11 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, E. V. Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Vera L Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Robert F Son M W 4 S Tx Ga Miss
59-60
Butler, Homer L Hd M W 20 M1 4/12 Tx Ga Miss Farmer Farm
Butler, Mable Wf F W 15 M 4/12 0/0 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Home Farm

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 15A
297-314
Butler, Homer L Hd M W 30 Tx Ga Ark Garage
Butler, Millie B Wf F W 29 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Ina M Dtr F W 6 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Raymond C Son M W 4 10/12 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Finie L Dtr F W 2 8/12 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Johnnie Son M W 2/12 Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Pr 4
Enumerated April 9, 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 2
5-5
Butler, Homer L Hd M W 40 M19 Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Butler, Millie B Wf F W 40 M19 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Ina M Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Butler, Robert C Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Butler, Fanie L Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Butler, Johnie Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Butler, Dewey C Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

According to the obituary of Dollie Butler Ponder, she was born to Homer Leon and Millie Blanch Butler on April 23, 1917...but is not listed with the family as of either the 1920 or 1930 census. Additionally, Dollies obituary says that she was predeceased by one sister and four brothers. It is presumed the sister referred to in the obituary was Ina, which would leave Fanie otherwise unaccounted for. It therefore appears likely, but is not proven, that Dollie and Fannie were actually the same person. The reason for the subsequent name change is not known.

Homer married Mable "Millie" Blanche Huffman on 23 Dec 1909 in Sabine County, Texas. Mable (daughter of Ashley James Huffman and Nancy E. Buckley) was born on 25 Feb 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1946 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Shown as Raymond on the 1920 census?

Notes:

Could she have been listed as Fannie, in error, on the 1930 census?

The Sabine County Reporter
September 2, 2009, Page 9

Dollie B. Ponder

Mrs. Dollie B. Ponder, 92, of San Augustine, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.

Mrs. Ponder was born April 23, 1917, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Homer Leon and Millie Blanch Butler. She was a member of the Antioch Church of Christ and retired after working several years as a clerk at a local business.

Survivors: daughters, Treva Gray of Nacogdoches and Kay Davis and husband Buddy of Broaddus; seven grandchildren, Valarie Harrell and husband Jeff, Christy Wood and husband John, Sabrina Delaney and husband Michael, Molly Brown, Milton Gray Jr., Jason Pike and wife Pam, and Melanie Abshire and husband Percy; eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great granchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Ponder; a grandson, Clark Cortines; her parents; four brothers; and a sister.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Aug. 29, at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Alton B. Shaw, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Interment followed at Antioch Cemetery in San Augustine County.

Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, September 2009)

A nearly identical obituary was also published in the September 3, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

Dollie married Jessie Berry Ponder on 22 Dec 1941. Jessie (son of Berry Ponder and Lillie Eppes) was born on 21 Nov 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 1996 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could he have married Willie Mae Adkins of San Augustine and moved to Galveston?

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows that he was a son of Homer Butler and Millie Huffman, and his surviving spouse was Eloise Lee. He was a pipefitter in the carbide industry, retired. Cemetery was listed as Mt. Zion, with his body removed to Lufkin.