Julius Preston Alford

Notes:

In her sketch about Lee Smith of Sabine County, Virgie Speights notes that one of his teachers at the one room log school at Beach Grove was J. P Alford, who taught alongside Miss Belle Smith, Clint Arthur, and Miss Mattine Hines. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 26).

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name: J. Preston Alford
death date: 21 Sep 1962
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 89 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 21 Jan 1873
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Burtis Alford
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Lizzie Collier
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer
place of residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Hemphill
burial place: Hemphill, Texas
burial date: 22 Sep 1962
additional relatives:
film number: 2117116
digital film number: 4028546
image number: 2828
reference number: cn 58153
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," J. Preston Alford, 1962

Julius married Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams on 21 Sep 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha was born on 26 Jan 1879 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 May 1972 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the mother of Willard and G. A. Neal of Hemphill.

Family/Spouse: Austin Neal. Austin was born about 1891 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerard married Pauline Lemmie Gooch before 1950. Pauline (daughter of Robert Lawrence Gooch and Ida Youngblood) was born on 11 Aug 1925 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Dec 2010 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Tommy Lynn Neal, 73, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Tommy was born in Hemphill on February 4, 1950 to G. A. "PeeWee" Neal and Pauline Gooch Neal. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a member of First Baptist Church in Pineland. He worked for many years as City Manager for the City of Hemphill and later as City Manager for the City of Kirbyville. He also spent a few years working for J & D Construction.

Tommy enjoyed fishing and hunting and was a charter member of Pines Hunting Club, where he was a member for over 40 years.

He is survived by his brother, Bob Neal and wife, Charlene, of Hemphill; nephews and nieces, Bobby and Tami Neal, Josh and Teresa Neal, and Jessica and Kyle Conn; and great nephews and nieces, Trey Neal, Travis Neal, Katie Neal, Kacie Neal, Trent Neal, Kylie Conn and Jake Conn.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, 2023 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Visitation will begin 30 minutes prior to service.

Burial will follow services in Springhill Cemetery with Bobby Neal, Josh Neal, Trey Neal, Travis Neal, Trent Neal and Jake Conn serving as pallbearers.

Instead of flowers, Tommy's family asks that donations instead be made to the Springhill Cemetery account at BOM Bank.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 21, 2023, Page 4