Emma Elizabeth Rice

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 13A Stamped 134
206-210
Alford, Mrs. Emma Head W F Apr 1866 33 Wd 4/4 Tx Miss Tx Farmer
Alford, Alif Dtr W F Dec 1891 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Adron Son W M Jun 1892 7 Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Ara Dtr W F July 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Jessie Son W M Dec 1899 2 S Tx Tx Tx

Emma married Jesse Powell Alford on 18 Dec 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Jesse (son of Rev. Needham Bryant Alford and Frances Ann Partin) was born on 18 Dec 1870 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Oct 1898 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sidney Arthur. Sidney was born about 1880 in Texas; died about 1953; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J64T-75T
name: Adron Corbett Alford
death date: 22 Nov 1970
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
race:
death age: 77 years
estimated birth date: 1893
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Jessie P. Alford
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Emma Rice
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2218971
digital film number: 4169217
image number: 1277
reference number: 91250
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Adron Corbett Alford, 1970

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 6 Feb 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 29A
Bayou Road
570-592
Alford, Adrian C Head M W 26 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Alford, Ada A Wf F W 30 M Tx Ga Tx
Alford, Elma A Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Thelma A Dtr F W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 25, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 15A Stamped 37
27-27
Alford, Adron C Head M W 36 M19jTx Tx Tx Farmer
Alford, Ada A Wf F W 40 M 23 Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Elmer A Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Thelma A Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Ada Amanda Conner. Ada (daughter of Leander Jackson Conner and Martha "Marthy" Caroline Smith) was born on 25 May 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Oct 1970 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDNJ-HTL
Name: Arie Frances Clark
Death Date: 23 Jul 1968
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Jul 1895
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jesse Powell Alford
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Emma Rice
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife & Mother
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Jul 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137147
Digital Film Number: 4029823
Image Number: 1506
Reference Number: cn 59074
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Arie married Daniel Wallace Clark on 18 Jul 1914 in Sabine County, Texas. Daniel (son of Paschal Clark and Elizabeth "Betty" C. Wallace) was born on 3 Sep 1890 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Aug 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arie married Thomas Franklin "Frank" Clark about 1936 in Newton County, Texas. Thomas (son of Elias Clark and Mary Josephine Wallace) was born on 18 Jul 1881 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Apr 1962 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows his middle name as Bryant.

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 23, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 2A Stamped 24
17-18
Alford, Jesse B Hd M W 32 M@20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer General Farm
Alford, Verdie R Wf F W 31 M@19 Tx Tx La
Alford, Gweneth R Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Jesse D Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Jesse married Verda Ray Easley about 1918. Verda (daughter of Clementine Millington Easley and Theodocia Abia Montgomery) was born on 17 Jan 1899 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Aug 1986 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married second a McGeorge. Her tombstone was inscribed "Proud Nurse, Loving Mother & Daughter."

Family/Spouse: Rubin Sim McDaniel, Jr.. Rubin (son of Rubin Sim McDaniel, Sr. and Caroline Winifred "Winnie" Broach) was born on 22 Jul 1913 in Six Mile Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Nov 1972 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other possible death date 22 FEB 1940
Information obtained from Barbara Yancey Dore at the Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project from Newton Co., TX Genweb Site and Rootsweb World Connect Database

Not able to locate a death record with either date on FamilySearch.org.

Jessie married Edna Williams on 26 Feb 1940. Edna was born on 2 Nov 1918; died on 23 Jan 1989; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A military marker at his gravesite shows Sgt US Army WW II

The Sabine County Reporter
November 1, 2000, page 19

Corbett Clark

Daniel Corbett Clark, 80, of Pineland died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000, at Lufkin Memorial Specialty Hospital in Lufkin.

Furneral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Rev. Floyd Wright and Vance Vickers officiating. Music was provided by Susie Clark, Christy Allman, and Mike and Jeannie Sanford. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery with the Sabine County VFW Post #10351 officiating.

He was born Nov. 22, 1919, in Sabine County and was the son of the late Daniel Wallace Clark and Arie Alford Clark. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County, where he made Pineland his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and retired from Temple-Inland in 1985 as service superintendent. He was a member of the Baptist Faith.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Reba Boyd Clark, and his brothers, Wayne Clark, Jessie Clark, Basil Clark and James Clark.

Surivivors: a sister, Geraldine McKinley of Arlington; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Pallbearers were Ross Vickers, Bob Neal, Bill Whittington, Tom Clark, Joe Daw, Bruce White and Pat McKinley. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Sabine County VFW Post #10351.

Memorials may be made to Memorial Speciality Hospital, P. O. Box 1447, Lufkin, TX 75902.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012)

Family/Spouse: Reba Julia Tucker. Reba was born on 4 Aug 1910; died on 8 Feb 1990; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 1994, Page 6

Allen Basil Clark

Funeral services for Allen Basil Clark, 68, who resided on Barber Street in Hemphill, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday August 7, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard Bass officiating. Interment followed in the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Born April 13, 1926 (sic), in Sabine County as a son of the late Daniel Clark and Arie (Alford) Clark, he was a longtime resident of Hemphill. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired tool and die maker for General Motors.

Survivors: four sons, Tom Clark of Waco, Joe Clark of Arlington, Milton Clark of Pt. Neches, and Allen B. Clark Jr. of Indianapolis, Indiana; a sister, Geraldine McKenely of Arlington; and two brothers, James Clark of Houston and Corbet Clark of Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Note: the SSDI instead shows his DOB as 13 Apr 1927. His son, Allen Clark, Jr. verified that 1927 was correct.

Allen married Lillian Lorraine Jones on 5 Jun 1948 in Smith County, Texas. Lillian was born on 13 May 1926; died on 22 May 1982 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 26, 1997, Page 10

James Edward Clark

James Edward Clark, 67, of Houton, died Tuesday, March 18, 1997, at his residence.

Clark was born May 8, 1929, in Hemphill as a son of the late Daniel and Arie (Alford) Clark and was a roughneck.tool pusher in the oil field industry. He had formerly lived in Pineland before moving to Houston 41 years ago. He was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church and a U. S. Army Veteran.

Survivors: a son, James Daniel Clark of Houston; two daugthers, Ann COZART of Houston and Sande NUGENT of Clarksville, Tennessee; a brother, Corbet Clark of Pineland; a sister, Geraldine McKINLEY of Arlington; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held March 21 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Richard Bass officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

James married Ercel Annice Cannon before 1953. Ercel (daughter of Jason Nathaniel "J N" Cannon and Bessie Register) was born on 16 Apr 1930 in Wichita County, Texas; died on 12 Feb 2002 in Cumberland Furnace, Dickson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 1, 1995, Page 10

J. D. Alford

Jessie (sic) Donald "J.D." Alford, 66, of West Orange died Tuesday, Feb. 21, at a Beaumont hospital.

Alford was born Jan. 4, 1929, in Sabine County and had lived in Orange County since 1948, where he was retired from E. I. DuPont's Sabine River Works as a storekeeper, and was a member of the McDonald Memorial Baptist Church and Madison Masonic Lodge #126. Alford had formerly served as mayor and a city council member of West Orange.

Survivors: wife, Joanna Alford of West Orange; daughters, Judy Schahn of St. Louis, Missouri, and Kay Jones of Tyler; sons, Joe Alford of West Orange and Brent Alford of Denton; a sister, Gweneth Tinsley of Buna; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at Claybar Funeral Home's chapel, Orange, with Bro. Joe Orr officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, West Orange.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Jesse married Joann Hendrix about 1948. Joann was born on 10 Nov 1929 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 21 Nov 2021 in Tomball, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, West Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
January 16, 2008
Obituaries, Page 9

Kay Frances Clark Boudreaux

Kay Clark Boudreaux, 67, died January 4, 2008, at her residence in Hemphill.

Kay was born on December 12, 1940 in Hemphill and was a lifelong resident. Kay graduated from Hemphill High School in 1959 and attended business school in Arlington. She was a secretary for Hemphill I.S.D. for 38 years and was a member of East Mayfield Baptist Church in Hemphill.

She is survived by her daughter, Gina White and husband Bruce of Hemphill; two sons, Alex Boudreaux and Trent Boudreaux and wife, Tiffany, all of Hemphill; two sisters, Juanice Vickers and husband Vance of The Woodlands and Tommie Hawkins and husband Kenneth of Lufkin; seven grandchildren, Alisha, Zachary, Cole, Daniel, Colby, Harley and Baby Tristan.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Edna Williams Clark.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Monday, January 7, 2008, in the Starr Funeral Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill. Interment followed in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Zachary White, Colby Boudreaux, Bryan Brown, Ross Vickers, Joe Daw, Gerald Williams, and Zachary Moody-McGee. Honorary pallbearers were Daniel Wood and Cole Boudreaux.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to East Mayfield Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)

Kay married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joe Alford, a small-town lawyer known for valuing people more than money, died May 26, 2016 at the age of 67.

His wife of 46 years, Charlotte, was with him at his death and as he went through months of cancer treatments.

In an age of lawyers advertising on billboards and television, Joe didn't even have a sign on his Orange office. People found him, often by referral. His law office for nearly 35 years was a small old building across the street from the Orange County Courthouse. In recent years he added a front porch with rocking chairs. Dozens of people tell stories of how he never sent them a bill for his work.

He considered working as legal counsel for public entities a donation to the community. At times he turned down offers of pay raises from the entities. He was the original attorney for the Orange County Appraisal District, dating back to 1979 and continued in the position until his death.

He was the City Attorney for the City of West Orange and previously was the Municipal Judge. In addition, he represented the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD and the Mauriceville Municipal Utility District. He had once been counsel for the West Orange-Cove CISD and advised the Deweyville ISD for more than 20 years.

His legal work including representing criminals on trial for capital murder and elderly widows probating wills. He handled divorces, name changes and adoptions. Every client found a shoulder to cry on, sympathy and a lifelong friend.

Even though he represented the accused in the courtroom, law enforcement officers respected him because he showed them respect.

Joe was born in Port Arthur to J.D. and Joann Alford.

He grew up in West Orange and was a 1967 graduate of the old West Orange High School. He and Charlotte Duhon began dating when they were in high school and married in 1970.

He worked his way through Lamar University as an orderly at Orange Memorial Hospital in the days before hazmat medicine. If a patient came in bleeding, the orderlies went home with blood on their clothes. It didn't matter to him. Helping came first.

The experience made him want to go into hospital administration. But his grandfather in Hemphill, Judge Beauchamp, talked him into studying law. That influence affected generations of people in Orange County who turned to him for advice and help.

Joe is a graduate of the University of Houston's Bates School of Law. He and Charlotte worked to pay for his studies.

After graduating and passing the bar, he returned to Orange and became a prosecutor in the office of then-District Attorney Sharon Bearden. He later left for a private practice with Wayne Peveto, who at the time was also the state representative for the county. Joe later went into his own practice.

He loved books, music and baseball cards. State District Judge Dennis Powell said Joe always pursued knowledge and the meaning of life. Besides keeping up with the latest legal case law, Joe could polish off two or more books a week. He was always ahead of the musical trends and recommended artists before they became famous. His expertise on baseball cards, along with his collection, was legendary.

He also loved the game of baseball. He coached youth baseball for his son and in recent years coached his great-nephews and nieces in the sport. As a surprise to many, he even ventured into coaching youth soccer. One of his last joys in life was seeing his three-year-old grandson Ronan slug a baseball off a tee.

Joe and Charlotte followed the West Orange-Stark Mustangs and have been football season ticket-holders in the same seats for 40 years.

Funeral services will be at 1pm Monday, May 29, 2016 at First United Methodist Church, 502 North Sixth Street in downtown Orange.

A visitation will begin at 11am before the funeral.

Entombment will follow at Saint Mary's Cemetery on Meeks Drive.

Pallbearers will be Wade Smith, Ed Smith, Rex Peveto, Eric Peveto, Barry Jones and Brent Alford.

Honorary pallbearers are Sharon Bearden and retired State District Judge Pat Clark.

His survivors, besides his wife, are his mother, Joann Alford of West Orange, son Joseph of Los Angeles and daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Sam Watters of Orange, along with grandson Ronan Watters. Also surviving are sisters, Judy Sher of St. Louis and Kay Jones and husband Barry of Tyler, Texas, plus brother, Brent Alford and wife Michelle of Fort Worth. Also, sister-in-law Juanita Smith of Orange and numerous nieces and nephews, Jami Nemec, Kara and Scott James, Derek and Sarah Jones, Lindsey and Jonathan Bolton, Josh Alford, Holden Alford, Wade and Julie Smith and Ed and Kathy Smith.