Bronson Cooper King

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Name: Bronson Cooper King
Death Date: 05 May 1968
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
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Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1903
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Father's Name: Jesse King
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Mother's Name: Texassa Mcclanahan
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Film Number: 2137029
Digital Film Number: 4029811
Image Number: 565
Reference Number: 37649
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In his "FM 1...From One End to the Other" series, Ronald Barlow writes that "Bronson Cooper King (1902-1968) was the first baby boy born in Bronson. Dr. Cooper delivered him. (Nicknames-Part II, The Sabine County Reporter, April 4, 2018, Page 5"

Bronson married Marie Patterson before 1926. Marie (daughter of Walter G. Patterson and Pattie May White) was born about 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
April 6, 2011, Page 11

Mrs. Inez Sparks was born January 31, 1926 in Hemphill, Texas, to Bronson and Marie (Patterson) King. She entered into rest on March 30, 2011 in a Tyler Hospital.

She was retired from San Augustine ISD where she had worked for many years as a teachers aid. She was a member of the Bridge Club and a member of First United Methodist Church in San Augustine.

She is survived by her son H.B. Sparks and his wife Charlotte of Center; daughter Debra Adkins of Tenaha; grandchildren Ashley Golden and D.D., Hillary Sparks, Tanya Byley, Clifton Byley and Amanda, Winter Ogeda, Tiffany Anderson, Timothy; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters Charlotte Walker and Trent of Lufkin; sisters-in-law Betty Jean Cartwright, Frances Maxwell, Claudine Selden, Agnes Sparks; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents; husband Hugh Sparks.

Funeral services will be Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. in Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Sara Barbaree and Bro. Jim Moss officiating and burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday April 2, 2011 from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Anna married Hugh Bernice Sparks, Sr. before 1952. Hugh (son of Ernest Richard Sparks and Audra "Audrie" Eva Ford) was born on 27 Aug 1920 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 31 Jul 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 2 Aug 1994 in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charlotte Jean King Walker born August 25,1927 in Hemphill, TX to Bronson Carver and Marie Patterson King. Passed from this life Saturday October 11, 2014.

Survivors: Son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Patty Walker; Daughter and son-in- law, An and Jack Sweeny Granddaughters and husbands; Jennifer and Chris Hill; Sara and Charlie Hill; Great-grand children; Price, Walker, Lucy, Charlotte, Ella, and Preston Hill Sister-in-law Mary Francis Walker Sedwick; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. "Trent" Walker and her sister, Inez King Sparks.

Graveside services were held at 2:00PM, Sunday, October, 12, 2014, in the Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

"Our family will be forever grateful for the loving care given our Granny at the Lottie Temple Unit of Pinecrest over these last years. Their kindness, compassion and love sustained our entire family through this terrible journey named Alzheimer's."

Memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church, P.O.Box 287, Hemphill, Texas 75948, would be greatly appreciated by the family.

(Research):
Could she have married Ben Smith Jr. and been the mother of Susan Paige Smith Padgett (dec 1947-Feb 2013).

Susan Paige Padgett, 65, died in Lufkin Memorial Hospital, February 9, 2013. She was born to Ben Smith Jr. and Charlotte King, December 12, 1947. Raised in Pineland she had lived in Lufkin for 37 years.

Susan was survived by her husband, Bryan Padgett, of Lufkin; her son, Kevin Woods of Bronson; her daughter, Kim Woods of Lufkin; one brother, Ben Smith of Jasper; one sister Libi Smith of Dallas; and three grandchildren, Aaron Woods, Sydney Woods, and Kelsey Woods.

She was preceded in death by her brother Terry Smith and her sister Cindy Smith.

Visitation will be from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday evening, February 10, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 11, 2013, at Starr Funeral home Chapel, with gravesides services to follow at St. Augustine Cemetery in San Augustine Texas.

Charlotte married Charles Latrent "Trent" "C. L." Walker about 1951. Charles (son of John B. "J. B." Walker and Bessie Lee Stringer) was born on 20 Oct 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Aug 2013 in Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]