Stephen Chance

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, PO Newton
Enumerated 6 July 1860
Page 44
290-290
Stephen Chance 37 M Farmer $--- $100 Miss
Malinda Chance 21 F Tx
Mary J. Chance 4 F La
William B. Chance 2 F (sic) La
Eli E. Chance 4/12 F (sic) Tx
291-291
Wm. Chance 40 M Farmer $--- $500 Miss
Anna Chance 34 F Miss
Eli Chance 16 M Domestic La
Robert Chance 14 M La
Susan Chance 12 F La
Lydia Chance 9 F La
William Chance 8 M La
Mary Chance 7 F La
John Chance 6 M La
James B Chance 4 M Tx
Julia A Chance 1 F Tx

1870 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, P O San Augustine
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Page 21 Stamped 53
131-131
Chance, Stephen 43 M W Farming $1000? (ditto of amt from another family) $500 La
Chance, Malinda 33 F W Keep House Tex
Chance, Mary J. 14 F W La
Chance, Wm. 12 M W Work on Farm La
Chance, Eliza 10 M W Work on Farm Tx
Chance, Daniel 8 M W Tx
Chance, Drew 4 M W Tx
Chance, Milton R M W Tx
Chance, James 2 M W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, San Augustine County,
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 20D SD 1 ED 80
172-172
Chance, Stephen W M 48 Farmer La Ga La
Chance, Daniel W M 17 Son At School Tx La La
Chance, Drewry W M 14 Son At School Tx La La
Chance, Milton W M 14 Son At School Tx La La
Chance, James W M 9 Son At School Tx La La
Chance, Laura W F 8 Dtr At School Tx La La
Chance, Lonnie W F 4 Dtr At Home Tx La La

1900 Census
Texas, Shelby County, Pr 3
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 8 ED 88 Sheet 1A Stamped 117
9-9
Chance, Stephen Head W M Jan 1828 72 M 19 La La ??? Farmer
Chance, Martha Wf W F Oct 1858 41 M 19 7/7 Tx Ga Ohio
Chance, Annie Dtr W F Nov 1882 17 S Tx La Tx
Chance, Sarrah Dtr W F Sept 1884 15 S Tx La Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Stephen Son W M Oct 1886 15 S Tx La Tx
Chance, Dodie Dtr W F Aug 1888 11 S Tx La Tx
Chance, Samie Son W M Mar 1891 9 S Tx La Tx
Chance, Amie? Dtr W F Feb 1894 6 S Tx La Tx

Stephen married Malinda Eaves on 7 Dec 1854 in San Augustine County, Texas. Malinda was born between 1836 and 1839 in Texas; died in Jan 1880 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Martha Ann "Annie" Whitten about 1881. Martha was born in Oct 1858 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May

(Research):On census records shown as Eli, Female, in 1860 and Eliza, Male, in 1870.

Dale Rubel shows his full name as Elijah E. Chance, and that he married Nannie ADAMS.

There was also an E. A. Chance who married R. A. Williams 29 Aug 1879 in Sabine County.

Notes:

His middle name is shown as James by Dale Rubel and others, but it is shown as Allen on the deathcertificates of his sons David and Aris.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=susanrubel&id=I30



(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Shelby County, Precinct 3
Enumerated 8 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 88 Sheet 8A Stamped 124
113-117
Chance, Daniel Head M M Sept 1862 37 M 10 Tx La La Farmer
Chance, Nancie Wf W F Dec 1870 29 M 10 4/4 La Ala La [First wife, Nancy Currie]
Chance, Oler Son (sic) M (sic) Nov 1890 9 S Tx Tx La
Chance, David Son M Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx La
Chance, Elzie Son M Jan 1895 S Tx Tx La
Chance, Isire Dtr F Feb 1898 2 S Tx Tx La

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 23 and 25 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 6A Stamped 112
95-95
Chance, James and Lizzie and family
96-96
Chance, Dan Head m W 46 m2 1 Tx Tx La Farmer
Chance, Nancy Wf F W 31 m1 1 1/1 Tx Ala La [Second wife, Nancy GRANT?-per death certificate of son, Vessie R. Chance]
Chance, Ola Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, David Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Elzie Dtr (sic) F (sic) W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Irena Dtr F W 12 S Tx T Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Roy Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Leo Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Velma Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 12 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 6A
Milam and Geneva Road
116-117
Chance, Nancy Head F W 41 Wd Tx Ga La Farmer
Chance, Velma C Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Vessie R Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Aris L Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Barksdale, Mindy F Sister F W 43 Wed Tx Tx Tx

Daniel married Nancy Curry on 17 Jan 1890. Nancy was born in Dec 1870 in Louisiana; died after 1904 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Nancy Caldonia Grant on 23 Dec 1908 in Sabine County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of William J. Grant and Caroline Smith) was born on 19 Nov 1878 in Texas; died on 28 Apr 1946 in Orange, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was he the Drue Chance who married Willie RINES on 2 Aug 1888 in Shelby County, TX?

http://genforum.genealogy.com/chance/messages/629.html


If so, then they appear to have been the parents of:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDX9-YPF
Name: James Stephen Chance
Death Date: 11 Feb 1961
Death Place: Vidor, Orange, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1889
Birthplace: Tyler County, Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Drew Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Willie Ellen
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Lumber Grader
Place of Residence: Vidor, Orange, Texas
Cemetery: Restlawn Memorial Park
Burial Place: Vidor, Orange, Texas
Burial Date: 13 Feb 1961
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116710
Digital Film Number: 4166565
Image Number: 768
Reference Number: cn 10936
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDPD-3B6
Name: Melton Chance
Death Date: 15 Sep 1939
Death Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 73 years 6 months 19 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1866
Birthplace: San Augustine Co.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha Elizabeth Chance
Father's Name: Steve Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Brookeland, Texas
Cemetery: Brookeland
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 16 Sep 1939
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2118304
Digital Film Number: 4030443
Image Number: 3435
Reference Number: cn 43713
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 4A Stamped 110
64-64
Click, J. H. Head W M Dec 1832 67 M 39 Ala NC NC Farmer
Click, Martha S Wf W F Mch 1835 65 M 39 7/6 Ala Va NC
Click, Huldie W F Jan 1877 23 S Tx Ala Ala Farm Laborer
65-65
Chance, M C Head W M Jan 1866 34 M 8 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Chance, Martha E Wf W F July 1864 M 8 2/2 Tx Ala Ala
66-66
Click, J. M. and Laura W and family

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 133 Sheet 5A
79-84
Chance, Melton C Head M W 47 m1 19 Tx US Tx Laborer Lumber Mill
Chance, Martha E Wf F W 45 M1 19 3/1 Ala Ala Ala
Chance, Jewel Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Ala
Click, Jos. Father-in-law M W 76 M1 49 Ala US US
Click, Martha Mother-in-law F W 75 m1 49 Ala Va NC
Click, Hulda Sister-in-law F W 34 S Tx Ala Ala

Melton married Martha Elizabeth "Betty" Click on 14 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Joseph Herman Click and Martha "Mattie" Susan Owen) was born in Jul 1864 in Alabama; died on 28 Jun 1960 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDDW-THX
Name: James C. Chance
Death Date: 25 Jan 1934
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years 7 months 26 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 May 1868
Birthplace: Shelby Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Chance
Father's Name: Stephen Chance
Father's Birthplace: Ga.
Mother's Name: Caroline Smith [sic-this appears to have been his mother-in-law vs. mother]
Mother's Birthplace: Ga.
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Burkeville, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Burkville
Burial Date: 26 Jan 1934
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115948
Digital Film Number: 4165921
Image Number: 3255
Reference Number: v X cn 3103
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 2
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 6B
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
105-105
Chance, J. C. Head W May 1870 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Chance, Lizzie Wf W F Dec 1874 25 M 8 4/4 Tx Ala La
Chance, Daniel L Son W M Aug 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Elvie Dtr W F July 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Odor Dtr W F July 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Lonnie Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 23 and 25 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 6A Stamped 112
95-95
Chance, James C Head m W 39 M1 17 Tx Tx La Farmer
Chance, Lizzie Wf F W 35 m1 17 9/7 Tx Ala La
Chance, Dannie Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Elva Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Oda Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, Lonnie Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Chance, N/Worthn S0n M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Earl Son m W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Trudie Dtr F W 1 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
96-96
Daniel and Nancy CHANCE family

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 6 and 7 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 4A Stamped 135
72-72
Chance, James C Head M W 50 M Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Chance, Lizzie E Wf F W 46 M Tx Ala La
Chance, Lonnie Son M W 20 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
Chance, Worthy Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Earl Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Trudie Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Bertice Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Eva Dtr F W 4 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Viola Dtr F W 2 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 2
Enumerated 15 Apr 1930
ED 176-2 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 29
88-90
Chance, James Head M W 59 M 22 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Chance, Lizzie E Wf F W 55 M 17 Tx Ala La
Chance, Loveda Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Eva L Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Viola M Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Bertis H Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

James married Mary Emily Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grant on 1 Sep 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of William J. Grant and Caroline Smith) was born on 28 Dec 1874 in Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Nov 1936 in Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Henry Crowell on 10 Mar 1900 in Sabine County, Texas. Henry was born in Mar 1845 in Mississippi; died on 11 Oct 1931 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lonnie married Ora Spurlock before 1922. Ora was born about 1900 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J63S-F29
Name: Sarah Lee Glover
Death Date: 21 Feb 1965
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Sep 1884
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Steve Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Annie Whitton
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Bethel Chapel Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 23 Feb 1965
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117700
Digital Film Number: 4028304
Image Number: 0002655
Reference Number: CN11527
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Sarah married John Benjamin "Ben" Glover about 1905. John was born on 29 Apr 1886 in Louisiana; died on 25 Jan 1971 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Jodie?

Notes:

Appears to be a son of Stephen Chance by his second marriage to Martha Annie Whitton.

Notes from Linda Fuller at the Chance Family Genealogy Forum from 2006 and 2007.

Posted by Linda Fuller, 4 Jan 2006

actually I'm interested in any information you may have about Sam Chance. What do you know about his relationship with Stephen Chance. My research indicates that he was Stephen's son by a second marriage. Sam Chance is my husband's grandfather.

Response from Dale Rubel, 5 Jan 2006

Linda, Carol Daugherty is my sister-in-law. I have info on Stephen Chance and Malinda Eaves, I don't show a Samuel Chance as a child. I also do not show another spouse for Stephen just Malinda. Maybe I've missed something??

Subsequent response from Linda Fuller, 6 Jan 2006

In the 1900 Shelby County, Texas Census, Stephen Chance, b: Jan 1828 in Louisiana appears with Wife Martha, b: Oct 1848 in Texas. They have Children Annie Nov 1882, Sarah Sept 1884, Stephan Oct 1887, Jodie Aug 1888, Sannie (hard to read but is listed as son b: March 1891) Amie Feb 1894. All the children listed born in Texas.

Now I have Sam Chance being born in March of 1889 but he could neither read nor write and as you probably know you the dates listed on Census are not chisled in stone. Many times they are off by more than a few years.

I have checked the records at Austin College and can not find a record of Stephen and Martha's marriage. I have checked San Augustine, Shelby and Sabine Counties. I have also checked the Counties in Louisiana that Stephen's family originated in. But, the birth date for Stephen is correct and he was a widower on the 1880 census. Plus he had land in both San Augustine and Shelby counties. This would make all of these children a second family with a second wife if this is indeed the same Stephen Chance. This is why I think Sam was the son of Stephen and Martha.

Now there was also a Sam Chance born in August 1891 in Louisiana living in East Feliciana Louisiana with his parents Henry and Ella Chance. I suppose there is a chance this could be my Sam, but I have found that on the Census there is more apt to be a mistake on the year of birth than on the month for some reason.

In the posting from Carol Daugherty at the very end, she states that she has more information on Sam and Houston. That is what caught my eye and why I posted my message. I would love to find out what information she might have, as Sam has been somewhat of a brick wall for me.

Additional information posted by Linda Fuller, 17 July 2007


Dale, I have received copies of a Preemption Deed for Stephen Chance dated May 26 1877 in which he buys 160 acres of land situated in both San Augustine and Shelby Counties. I also have a copy of a Warranty Deed dated May 1st 1889. On the first there is no listing of a wife, on the second his wife is listed as both Martha Chance and M.A.C. Chance. These deeds are for the same property. I have so far been unable to find any more information on Martha other than on the 1900 census for Shelby County. When I enlarged the census, it was plain that the name I thought might be Sam was Sami. I still think this is my Sam Chance married to Mineola McDaniel. Stephen was listed on the 1900 census for Shelby county with a second family and wife Martha. Would be glad to share information. You can email me direct if you want to.

llfuller@swbell.net

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 25 and 26 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 6B
101-101
Chance, Sam Head M W 19 m1 O Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Chance, Ola Wife F W 17 m1 0 Tx Tx Tx

Sam married Minnie Ola McDaniel about 1910. Minnie (daughter of Rev. Levi Lafayette McDaniel and Lydia Ann Elizabeth Smith) was born on 24 Apr 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Oct 1947 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leola married Miles Watson McDaniel about 1910. Miles (son of Simeon "Sim" Albert McDaniel and Drucilla Caroline Ferguson) was born on 8 May 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Nov 1982 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/JNSX-ZQB
Name: David Dudley Chance
Death Date: 17 Dec 1935
Death Place: Pre. 7, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 43 years 1 month 19 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1892
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Stella Chance
Father's Name: Daniel Allen Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nancy Curay
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116749
Digital Film Number: 4166581
Image Number: 2735
Reference Number: cn71789
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 6 and 7 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 4A Stamped 135
69-69
Chance, David D Head M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Chance, Stella Wf F W 22 M Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Ola Dtr F W 4 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Niva Dtr F W 2 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated Apr 25 and 26, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 10A Stamped 120
Hemphill-H??? Ferry
199-202
Chance, David D Head M W 37 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Merchant Retail
Chance, Stella Wf F W 31 M 14 Tx Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Nova Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Eldridge Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

David married Stella Jane Williams on 10 Nov 1912. Stella was born on 30 Apr 1897 in Texas; died on 11 Oct 1971 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDBS-DH1
Name: Elza Joseph Chance
Death Date: 04 Nov 1961
Death Place: Prct 2, Houston, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1895
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1861
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Dan Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Forrest Service
Place of Residence: Prct #2, Houston, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Nov 1961
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116857
Digital Film Number: 4166611
Image Number: 967
Reference Number: cn 65433
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 9A Stamped 119
Enumerated April 24, 1930
Hemphill -Totton's Ferry Road
163-166
Chance, Elzie J Head M W 35 m 18 Tx Tx Tx None
Chance, Martha Wf F W 37 m 20 Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Lewis Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Ruby Lee Dtr F W 4 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Opal Dtr F W 1 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Elizabeth Mother-in-law F W 72 Wd 18 Tx Mo La

Family/Spouse: Martha Adeline Smith. Martha (daughter of James Enoch Franklin Asbury Smith and Elizabeth Ann Dainwood) was born on 28 Jul 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Nov 1948 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal Census brothers Roy and Leo were boarders at a hotel run by Frank and Mary Morrison on Browndell Road in Jasper County, Texas. Roy was 18, and Leo 16, both single, and both employed as laborers at a saw mill, as were most the other boarders. He must have married soon after this, as by 1930 he was farming, with his younger half-brother Vessie in Sabine County, and shown as married for 10 years.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 202-5 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 65
Farming community located 5 to 7 miles northeast of Brookeland on
Grodes? S. Distr Road
6-6
Chance, Roy J Head M W 29 M 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Chance, Alma E Wf F W 27 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Murlene Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, James D Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Mona [Nora?] Dtr F W 4 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Edna Dtr F W 2 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Truitt J Son M W 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chance, Vessie R Brother M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

James married Alma Evelene Hyden on 8 May 1920. Alma (daughter of James S. Hyden and Elizabeth Easley) was born on 20 Jan 1903 in Texas; died on 14 May 1978 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal Census brothers Roy and Leo were boarders at a hotel run by Frank and Mary Morrison on Browndell Road in Jasper County, Texas. Roy was 18, and Leo 16, both single, and both employed as laborers at a saw mill, as were most the other boarders.

His death certificate, shows him as the son of Dan Chance and Nancy Currie. The informant was his widow, Jewel.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDVJ-425
Name: Leo Edgar Chance
Death Date: 05 Jan 1935
Death Place: Precinct 1, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: w
Death Age: 30 years 5 months 18 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1904
Birthplace: Shelby Co, Tex
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Dan Chance
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Nancy Currie
Mother's Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Bayou, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Jan 1935
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116252
Digital Film Number: 4030349
Image Number: 3445
Reference Number: 4414
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated Apr. 24 and 25, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 9B
174-177
Chance, Leo E. Hd M W 25 M@19 Tx Tx Tx Foreman railroad track
Chance, Jewell Wf F W 22 M@16 Tx Tx tx
Chance, Harvel Son M W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Leo married Jewel Fanny Smith before 1928. Jewel (daughter of Joseph Adair Smith, Jr. and Martha "Mattie" Jane McDaniel) was born on 23 Jul 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Oct 1995 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by Barbara Yancey Dore to have married Gordon Barker Berryman, a son of Fred Berryman and Ardalie Finley/Findley.

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, he was living with his older half brother, Roy Chance, in Sabine County. They were both farming in northeast of Brookeland.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD6T-CXP
Name: Vessie Ray Chance
Death Date: 14 Sep 1956
Death Place: Orange, Orange, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 45 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1910
Birthplace: Fairdale, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Danial Chance
Father's Birthplace: La.
Mother's Name: Nancy Grant
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Orange, Orange, Texas
Cemetery: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Burial Place: Orange, Texas
Burial Date: 16 Sep 1956
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114934
Digital Film Number: 4032108
Image Number: 2037
Reference Number: v X cn 49751
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Mae Bell Ferguson. Mae (daughter of Albert Franklin Ferguson and Emma S. Low) was born about 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jun 2004 in Vidor, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Texas Birth certificate for him, also on Family Search, shows his middle name as Lavelle. His parents were listed as Daniel Allen Chance and Nancy Caldonia Grant.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J635-HZ5
Name: Aris Lavell Chance
Death Date: 19 Jun 1976
Death Place: Orange, Orange, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 63 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1913
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Evelyn Chance
Father's Name: Daniel Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nancy Grant
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243937
Digital Film Number: 4168240
Image Number: 2182
Reference Number: 2052
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Aris married Evelyn Lucille Hamilton before 1937. Evelyn was born before 1917; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6SP-XJK
Name: Jewel Lena Kelley
Death Date: 01 Aug 1974
Death Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 72 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1902
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Oscar Kelley
Father's Name: Melton Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Betty Click
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243325
Digital Film Number: 4167681
Image Number: 2125
Reference Number: 60775
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Jewel married Oscar Lafate Kelley about 1920. Oscar (son of Valentine T. Kelley and Frances Levina Travis) was born on 16 Sep 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Aug 1980 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Danny Lee Chance
Death Date: 12 Apr 1968
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Aug 1893
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jim Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grant
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer-Rancher
Place of Residence: Geneva, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Myrtle Springs
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 12 Apr 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137026
Digital Film Number: 4029708
Image Number: 3468
Reference Number: 30255
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Eugenia "Genie" M. Strother. Eugenia was born on 29 Oct 1893; died on 26 Oct 1978; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Elva Gipson
Death Date: 08 Apr 1948
Death Place: Precinct 1, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: w
Death Age: 53 years 8 months 19 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1894
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jim Chance
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Lizzie Grant
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 09 Apr 1948
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218863
Digital Film Number: 4031443
Image Number: 2047
Reference Number: cn 18569
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Dan Henry Gipson. Dan was born on 7 Dec 1892; died on 8 Aug 1956; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: William Lonnie Chance
Death Date: 07 Aug 1970
Death Place: Newton, Newton Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1899
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jim Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grant
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218859
Digital Film Number: 4169073
Image Number: 3386
Reference Number:
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

As of the 1930 census, the was a inmate of the Abilene State Hospital in Taylor County, Texas. He was listed as Male, White, age 29, Single and born in Texas, with both parents being born in Texas as well.

Family/Spouse: Inez Elizabeth Edgar. Inez (daughter of Alfred Andrew Jackson Edgar and Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth Hargrove) was born on 19 Mar 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1993 in Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Loveda Chance
Event: Birth
Event Date: 29 Nov 1910
Event Place: Fairdale, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father: Jim Chance
Mother: Lizzie Grant
Certificate Number: 41217
Digital Folder Number: 4112533
Image Number: 00727
Collection: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Notes:

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Name: Chance
Event: Birth
Event Date: 12 Jun 1913
Event Place: Fairdale, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father: Jim Chance
Mother: Grant
Certificate Number: 19971
Digital Folder Number: 004141605
Image Number: 00327
Collection: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Notes:

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Name: Eva Lanell Chance
Event: Birth
Event Date: 30 May 1915
Event Place: Fairdale, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father: James C Chance
Mother: Emily Elizabeth Grant
Certificate Number: 19994
Digital Folder Number: 004228701
Image Number: 00679
Collection: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Notes:

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Name: Viola Chance
Event: Birth
Event Date: 21 Aug 1917
Event Place: Fairdale, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father: James Chance
Mother: Lizzie Grant
Certificate Number: 36564
Digital Folder Number: 004501004
Image Number: 00114
Collection: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Notes:

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Name: Samuel Edward Crowell
Death Date: 11 Jan 1941
Death Place: Precinct No. 7, Sabine County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 40 years 2 months
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1900
Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name: May Bravon Crowell [Kay Parker McCary shows her as May BROWN]
Father's Name: Henry Crowell
Father's Birthplace: La.
Mother's Name: Laura Chance
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Fairdale, Tex.
Burial Date: 12 Jan 1941
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2138245
Digital Film Number: 4030500
Image Number: 354
Reference Number: cn 4925
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated May 7, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-11 Sheet 11A
192
Crowell, Perry S Head M W 32 M no 8 Tx Same House Farmer
Crowell, Emily L Wf W F 27 M no 8 Tx Same House
Crowell, Rayford E Son M W 3 S no 0 Tx

Family/Spouse: Emily Lucille Mitchell. Emily was born on 14 Feb 1913 in Texas; died on 5 Oct 1989; was buried in Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could this be her on the SSDI?

Mattie E. Wilson
SSN: 459-56-1434
Last Residence: 75948 Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States of America
Born: 21 Oct 1910
Died: 18 Jan 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (1953)

Notes:

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Name: Bertha Lee Payne
Death Date: 06 Mar 1954
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 42 years 5 months 15 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1911
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sam Chance
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Meneola Mc Daniels
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Mar 1954
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114149
Digital Film Number: 4165602
Image Number: 363
Reference Number: cn 19538
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: James Edgar Payne. James was born on 24 Sep 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 1965 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Name: Sam Houston Chance
Death Date: 13 Dec 1967
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: w
Death Age: 54 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1913
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Vera Chance
Father's Name: Sam Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Minnie Ola Mcdaniel
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Laborer, Lumber
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Rosevine Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 15 Dec 1967
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2138823
Digital Film Number: 4027200
Image Number: 1196
Reference Number: 82864
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated Apr 16, 1940
SD 42-2 SD 202-9 Sheet 7B
Part of old Milam and Bronson Road
153 R
Chance, Houston Head M W 25 M No 5 Tx Same Place Farmer Farming
Chance, Vera Wf F W 24 M No 2 Tx Housewife at home
Chance, Rubye Dtr F W 8 S Yes 1 La
Chance, Cecil Son M W 2 S Tx
Chance, Alfred Son M W 1 S Tx
Chance, Clifton Son M W 3/12 S Tx

Family/Spouse: Vera Inez Phillips. Vera was born on 9 Oct 1915 in Texas; died on 3 May 1995; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lillian married Donley Emboden "Don" Fuller on 13 Oct 1932 in San Augustine County, Texas. Donley (son of Charles H. Fuller and Ella McClendon) was born on 26 Jan 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 May 1974 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Evelyn Brooks. Evelyn was born on 20 May 1932 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 11 Feb 2017 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown as Beatrice Weaver of Hemphill in the 2014 obituary of her sister, Mildred Hooks.

Beatrice Rogers Weaver, 96, of Hemphill and a forty-five year resident of Lumberton passed from this life to meet her Savior on Tuesday January 17, 2017 in Hemphill, Texas.

Beatrice was born on September 3, 1920 in Sabine County, Texas to the late Miles Watson McDaniel and Ola McDaniel. She was preceded in death by her first husband; Coy Rogers, her daughter; Wanda Faye Harvill, her second husband; Houston Weaver, two brothers; Gay McDaniel, Wayne McDaniel, three sisters; Winnie Smith, Gladys Willis, and Mildred Hooks.

She is survived by her son; Robbie Coy Rogers, step-children, Houston Weaver, Jr., Donald Weaver, Carol Nichols, Linda Ross, grandchildren; Angie Harvill, Ashley Fiello, Justin Rogers, and several great grandchildren along with numerous nieces and nephews.

She enjoyed crocheting, playing dominoes, and traveling. Beatrice was a faithful, longtime and founding member of Crestwood Baptist Church in Lumberton, Texas and in 2010 upon her move to Hemphill, Texas she became a member of the First Baptist Church.

Visitation will be held on Saturday January 21, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until the Celebration of Life service at 3:00 p.m. at the Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Hemphill Care Center P.O. Box 1527, 2000 Highway 83 West, Hemphill, Texas, 75948 in honor of Mrs. Weaver.

Obituary downloaded from http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 25, 2017, Page 10

Family/Spouse: Coy Roby Rogers. Coy (son of William Roy Rogers and Mary Genie McDaniel) was born about 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mildred Inez Hooks, 85, of Hemhill, passed away Wednesday afternoon in the Lufkin Memorial Hospital, Lufkin, Texas. Mildred was born in Fairdale, Texas, to Miles W. and Ola Chance McDaniel. She was formerly a resident of Crockett, Texas, where she belonged to the First United Methodist Church and worked as an office clerk in the human resources insurance department.

Mrs. Hooks is survived by her husband Farrel S. Hooks of Hemphill, her sister Beatrice Weaver of Hemphill, numerous nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, and great grand nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM, Friday, October 10, 2014, in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Six Mile Community, Hemphill, Texas.

Copied from Starr Funeral Home
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 15, 2014, Page 12

Notes:

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Name: Miles Wayne Mcdaniel
Event: Birth
Event Date: 21 Jan 1932
Event Place: Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Father: Miles W Mcdaniel
Mother: Ala Chance
Certificate Number:
Collection: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Miles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Reba Nell Collier before 1941. Reba (daughter of George Augustus Collier, Sr. and Gladys Mavor Winn) was born on 28 Sep 1921 in Harrison County, Texas; died in Oct 1986 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to be the daughter of Elza Joseph Smith and Mattie Smith, based on her year of birth. The other Ruby Chance, a daughter of John Nelon Chance and Virgie Wallace Smith, was older, born ca 1917, as per the 1930 census.

Ruby married Mitchell Talmadge "Mutt" White before 1947. Mitchell (son of Robert Warren White and Florence Beatrice Carrico) was born on 15 Dec 1918 in Texas; died on 19 Sep 1968 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruby married William B. Brown on 25 Apr 1969 in Sabine County, Texas. William was born about 1916; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Military Marker PFC US Amry WW II

Family/Spouse: Nelda Mae Kelly. Nelda was born on 13 Dec 1928 in Florida; died on 20 Sep 2018 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Military Marker, US Army Korea.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Enman Lowe. George (son of Man I. Lowe and Molly Iris Kincel) was born on 26 Jun 1944 in Scrappin Valley Community, Wiergate, Newton County, Texas; died on 14 May 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Frisby Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1930 census shows him as Harvel, though his birth index listing instead showed his middle name as Howell.

Notes:

He has a military marker, inscribed "A3C US Air Force Korea."

FindACase cites a ruling relating to the City of Orange, Appellant v. Doyle Ray Chance et al, appellees (06/25/59), the three appellees being former employees of the City of Orange, Doyle Ray Chance being an employee of the Fire Department. The suit related to accumulated sick leave.

Notes:

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Name: Bryan Kermit Chance
Death Date: 19 Oct 1976
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 41 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Feb 1935
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Vessie R Chance
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mae Bell Ferguson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243980
Digital Film Number: 4005494
Image Number: 03036
Reference Number: 75842
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

She shares a double headstone with Curtis Lane at the Hemphill Cemetery.

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave Memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace:

Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Jewell Kelley White, 86, of Granbury, Texas formerly of Nacogdoches will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011, at 11:00 am at Laird Funeral Home with Rev. Ferrar Bentley officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park.

Mrs. White was born on March 4, 1925, in Browndel, Texas to the late Oscar L. and Jewell Chance Kelley. She passed away on July 21, 2011, in Granbury, Texas.

Evelyn was raised in Sabine County, Texas. She and her family moved to Nacogdoches in the 1940s. She enjoyed sewing dresses, clothes and quilting as well as watching Dancing with the Stars. Evelyn was a very private but generous person. She was an excellent wife and mother and would help anyone in need. She worked all her life and took care of her family.

Evelyn is survived by two daughters, Lisa Littlefield of Arlington, Texas and Virginia Cox and husband, Jim of Trinity, Texas; one son, John White and wife, Gail of Nacogdoches; two brothers, Bobby Kelley and wife, Monika of Granbury, Texas and Edwin Kelley and wife, Beverly of Longview, Texas; one sister, Nancy Womack of Bronson, Texas; three sisters-in-law, Martha Kelley of Katy, Texas, Avis Kelley of Katy, Texas and Lula Rose Kelley of Houston, Texas; one brother-in-law, Hershel Lawson of Jasper, Texas; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other extended family and good friends.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by sisters, Maxine Lane, Frankie Coan, Shirley Jones, Jackie Robinson and Ida Nell Lawson; and brothers, Melton T., Oscar "Buddy", William "Billy Joe and W.H. Kelley.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Lambret, Buck Lee, Jerry Don Fultz, A.R. Armstrong, James Griffis and Dr. Nick Schwedock.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Nacogdoches Senior Center, 621 Harris St., Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2011, from 5-7 pm at Laird Funeral Home.

There was also a link to the memorial page for husband John Erol White (FAG#119114985).

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Elizabeth Hunkele.

Shirley Ruth Jones, our beloved Mom and Maw Maw, passed away Feb. 26, 2010. She was born Dec. 2, 1935 in Sabine County, Texas to Jewel and Oscar Kelley.

Shirley was a retired beautician. She worked at North Main Beauty Shop. Ms. Jones then owned and operated Shirl's Beauty Box for many years until she retired. She loved spending time with family and friends, especially her grandkids.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers; four sisters; and her husband and love of her life, Marlin Royce Jones.

She is survived by sons, Thomas David Maxwell and wife Christine, Rickey Dale Maxwell and wife Wanda, Gary Lynn Maxwell and wife Faye, and Donald Ray Maxwell and wife Stacey; sisters, Evelyn White and Nancy Womack; brothers, Bobby Kelley and Ed Kelley; special sister-in-law, Patsy Cummings; 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous other family and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Galbreaith-Pickard Funeral Chapel with interment in Greenwood Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Galbreaith-Pickard is in charge of arrangements.
Galbreaith-Pickard Funeral Chapel
913 N. Elm, Weatherford, TX 76086
(817) 594-2747

Notes:

Her last name at death was Pulsifer.

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Kay Parker McCary, and also publised in the Sabine County Reporter on August 13, 2014, page 12:

Mrs. Nancy May Womack, age 74, of the Rosevine Community in Sabine County, passed from this life on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, in Lufkin.

Nancy was born to Jewell (Chance) Kelley and Oscar E. Kelley on March 5, 1940, in Hemphill, Texas. She was retired from Temple Inland in Pineland, Texas, and was a member of the Rosevine Missionary Baptist Church in Rosevine.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2014, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with interment following in the Chapel Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County. Bro. Cliff Durham will officate. Visitation will be Friday evening, August 8, 2014, from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Those who are left to cherish her memory include, Daughters, Elizabeth Pugh of Texas City; Granddaughters, Marlayna Pugh of Texas City; Michaela Pugh, and Makenna Pugh, and Grandson, Matthew Pugh; 2 Step-grandchildren, Dennis Womack of Spring, Texas and Kathy Birdwell of Jacksonville, Texas; Brother, Edwin Kelley and his wife, Beverly of Longview.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Carl Womack, and Parents, Oscar E. Kelley, and Jewell (Chance) Kelley; Brothers, Oscar "Buddy"; Metlon "M.T"; William "Billy"; Walter "W.H." and Bobby Kelley; Sisters, Evelyn; Shirley; Jackie; Frankie; Maxine; and Ida. Numberous Sister-in-laws, and Nieces and Nephews, and Brother-in-law.

Notes:

Obituary, as copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:

Funeral services for Ida Nell Lawson, 65, of Jasper will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home Chapel in Jasper, with burial to follow at Jacks Cemetery in Pineland.

Ida died October 18, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A former resident of San Augustine, she had lived in Jasper since 1962 and was a member of the The Jasper Assembly of God Church. Survivors include her husband Hershel F. Lawson of Jasper; sons Aubrey Lawson of Mabank, TX. and Sydney Allen Syd Lawson & wife Dianne of Honey Island, TX.; daughter Sheila Lawson White of Jasper; three brothers, Bill Kelley of Katy, Bobby R. Kelley of Grandbury & Edwin L. Kelley of Longview; three sisters, Evelyn White of Nacogdoches, Shirley Jones of Weatherford and Nancy Womack of Bronson; six grandchildren, Justin Allen Lawson, Tyler Stephen Lawson, Chelsea Fayth White, Justin Lee Young, Russell Wayne Young & Brandi Dunam; and five great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation or the Diabetes Association.
Published in The Beaumont Enterprise on 10/20/2007.

Notes:

Ruby Othell Forse, 82, of Pineland, died Friday evening in the Sabine County Hospital. She was born in Louisiana, but grew up in Rosevine, Texas. Ruby moved to New Mexico in 1960. She was a registered nurse and a member of Grace Baptist Church in Milan, NM. In 2002 she moved back home to Sabine County.

Mrs. Forse is survived by her husband Charles Edward Forse of Pineland, her sons; Randy Forse of Rosevine, Jimmy Forse of Pineland, her daughter Vera Catron and her husband Tim of Rosevine, her grandsons; Damon and James Anderson, her brothers; Alfred Chance and his wife Carol Ann of Center, TX, Cecil Chance and his wife Ora Lee of San Augustine, Clifton Chance and his wife Brenda of Nederland, her sister Brenda Poston and her husband Ken of Vidor, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, Monday, June 23, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Texas.

From Starr Funeral Home

Family/Spouse: Charles Edward Forse. Charles (son of Beamon Strong Forse and Velma McDaniel) was born on 24 Aug 1932 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 3 Dec 2014 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary of Cecil Chance

Mr. Cecil Chance, age 78, of San Augustine, passed from this life Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in Lufkin.

Cecil was born August 16, 1937, in Sabine County, Texas, to Vera Inez (Phillips) Chance and Sam Houston Chance. He served in the United States Army. In San Augustine, he owned and operated the San Augustine Fiberglass Raycraft Boat Plant for 37 years. He was a charter member of the Rotary Club and a member of the Broaddus School Board. He married the love of his life, Ora Lee (Watson) Chance on September 29, 1962, and was a member of San Augustine Church of Christ.

Those who are left to cherish his memory include, his beloved wife of 53 years, Ora Lee Chance of San Augustine; Sons, Stephen Cecil Chance and his wife, Michelle of Lufkin and Jeremy Scott Chance of Lufkin; His Brother, Ernest Clifton Chance and his wife, Brenda of Nederland; Sister, Brenda Faye Poston and her husband, Ken of Vidor; His beloved grandchildren, Joshua Stephen Chance; Jordan Taylor Chance; Kelley Ryan Chance; Brittany Elizabeth Scott and William Michael Chance; His great-grandchild, Briley Elizabeth Scott, along with numerous nephews and nieces cousins and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Vera and Sam Chance; Sister, Ruby Force; Brother, Sam Alfred Chance; 2 nephews, Kevin Poston and Andrews Alfred Chance.

Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Reagan McClenny and Cliff Durham officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens in San Augustine County, Texas. Visitation will be Thursday, January 7, 2016 in the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972.

Serving as Pallbearers will include, Kelly Chance; Larry Jackson; Randy Forse, David Noble, Michael "J.J." Garrett and Dan Fussell.

Copied from the Wyman Roberts Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 13, 2016, Page 10

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary, as copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jeff N April Alexander

Sam Alfred "Al" Chance, 75, of Center, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015 in Nacogdoches.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral service, beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Mr. Chance was born February 15, 1939 in the Rosevine Community of Sabine County to Sam Houston Chance and Vera Phillips Chance. He retired from Education after forty-five years of service. Mr. Chance was Superintendent at Center ISD for twenty-five years and previously served as a Teacher and Assistant Principal at Orange ISD, Superintendent at Brady ISD, Principal at Drippings Springs ISD and Principal and Superintendent at Premont ISD. He was a member of Rotary Club and First Baptist Church in Center.

He is survived by
Wife: Carole Ann Chance of Center

Sons:
Brent Chance of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Chris Chance and wife, Jennifer, of Woodway, Texas

Granddaughters:
Madeline Chance
Josephine Chance

Brothers:
Cecil Chance and wife, Ora Lee, of Broadus
Clifton Chance of Nederland

Sister: Brenda Posten and husband, Ken, of Vidor

Uncle: Thomas Phillips of Garland

Numerous niece, nephews, other relatives and friends

Preceded in death by
Son: Andrew Alfred "Andy" Chance
Parents: Sam Houston Chance and Vera Phillips Chance

Pallbearers will be Rayford Copelin, Bob Reeves, James Bible, Robert McCarson, Buster Bounds and David Chadwick. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Keith Miller, Dr. Danny Paul Windham, Joe West, Dr. Hughes, Kenneth Wilson, Dr. Dixon Golden and Dr. Singson.

Notes:

Only his sex and date of birth are shown on the Texas Birth Index, no name is listed.

Sabine County Reporter
December 22, 1999, Page 10

Robert E. "Bob" Fuller, Sr., 65, of Bleakwood died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999 at his residence. Fuller, a native of Bronson, was a retired truck driver. Survivors: wife, Rose Fuller, of Bleakwood; daughter Carolyn Fuller Sanders of Bleakwood; sons Robert Earl "Bobby" Fuller, Jr. of Kirbyville, Kenneth Wayne Fuller of North Carolina, and Willie Joe Fuller of Fred; brothers, Holly Fuller of Shelbyville, Charlie Fuller of Cleveland, and Arthur Fuller and Charles Fuller, both of Houston; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Dec. 14 at the Stringer Funeral Home chapel in Kirbyville. Interment followed at Trout Creek Cemetery in Newton County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Robert married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Linda 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]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]