Minnie Ola Bragg

Minnie married Clifford Joshua Watson on 1 Sep 1912. Clifford was born on 30 Jun 1887; died on 4 Dec 1972 in Bellville, Austin County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 12, 1996, Page 12

Fay Watson Turner

Fay Watson Turner, 83, of Hemphill died at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 1996, at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born May 22, 1913, in Remlig, as a daughter of the late Clifford J. and Minnie Ola (Bragg) Watson. She was a former longtime resident of Beaumont, where she was a member of the Calvary Baptist Chruch and retired from Citizens National Bank, before moving to Hemphill in 1990.

Survivors: two sisters, Sybil Irene Burcalow of Hemphill and Margie Nelius of Bellville.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Bob Arthur officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

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BURCALOW, SYBIL I 07 Jun 1917 14 Mar 2002 (V) 84 75948 (Hemphill, Sabine, TX) (none specified) Texas 462-36-4331

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 1997, Page 7

Class of 1944

Hemphill's Class of 1944 recently held a reunion at the home of Phillip and Loretta Sterle in Hemphill. Shown are, from left: Claudine Gellaty Polley, Philip Sterle, Onie Bell Grim Williams, Doris Stewart Walts, Eugene Procella, Margie Watson Neilus, LaTrent Walker, Melba Rue Isom Byley, Charlotta Kign Walker, Bertie Scott, Helen Strickland Murray, Betty Mae Ener McGraw and Patsy Pickley Becka. The Class of '44 donated $100 from their treasury to the J. R. Huffman Public Library.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)