Anna Eliza Huffman

Family/Spouse: Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett. Jesse (son of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey) was born on 2 Jun 1864 in Texas; died on 16 Feb 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An actual copy of her Texas Death Record can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. She is shown as the daugbhter of J. A. Bennett and Anna Huffman, and is listed as widowed, and a housewife and mother. The informant was D. B. Speights, presumably her eldest son. Her first name is shown as Arley, though some other sources show her as Arlis.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Arley married Thomas Green Speights on 12 Jul 1905. Thomas (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson) was born on 15 Feb 1885 in Texas; died about 1933 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Antonio Express
Monday Morning, August 30, 1948
P. A. Bennett Teaches Air Force Technicians
Posey A. Bennett, San Antonio, is now working as a civil service employe on Guam, and is supervisor of an Air Force supply personal training program there in the Marianas Air Material Area.

He is conducting a school to quailify Air Force supply techincians which combines classroom and on-the-job training.

Posey married Belva Clara Brodnax on 17 Jun 1916 in Caldwell County, Texas. Belva (daughter of Paul DeWitte Brodnax, Sr. and Lula Clair Arnold) was born on 2 Mar 1896 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Feb 1969 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; was buried on 10 Feb 1969 in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A copy of her actual Texas Death certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. The informant was C.P. Easley, her husband. Her parents were shown as Archibald Bennett and Anna Huffman, and her occupation was shown as Teacher, Public School. Her residence was listed at Bayou Route, rural Hemphill, Texas. Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote, in his autobiography, that she was his first teacher at the rural Six Mile School in 1921, and that she and her husband, Price, lived in Yellowpine at the time.

Name: Mittie Easley
Death Date: 29 May 1969
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1895
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C.P. Easley
Father's Name: Archibald Bennett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Anna Huffman
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Teacher Public School
Place of Residence: Rural Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Yellowpine Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 29 May 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137443
Digital Film Number: 4030479
Image Number: 1552
Reference Number: cn 35115
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Mittie married Calvin Price Easley on 5 Mar 1917. Calvin (son of Daniel Bush Easley and Julia Ann Edward Travis) was born on 27 May 1887 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She went by her middle name of Blanche.

SSDI:

BLANCHE GROVER 04 Jul 1898 Dec 1986 78639 (Kingsland, Llano, TX ) 78639 (Kingsland, Llano, TX ) 455-60-3173 Texas

Zena married Rufus Markham Grover on 23 Apr 1922. Rufus was born on 2 Aug 1899; died on 24 Sep 1991 in Travis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An actual copy of his Texas Death Certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He was shown as married, a son of Jesse Archibald Bennett and Anna Eliza Huffman. His occupation was shown as Newspaper Distributor. The informant was Mrs. Bertha Bennett.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Bertha Solley. Bertha was born about 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 2005

"On the Bright Side: "I Remember" Part 2"
By Mary Howell

He taught school in Rosevine and served as County School Tax Assessor. Drayton had an uncanny sense of humor and loved to pull pranks on his friends. One time he even master-minded the building and landing of a UFO and even put a letter written in a foreign language in his contraption. He situated it so that his croquet-playing friends would find it. News of Hemphill's UFO spread like wildfire throughout East Texas.

Drayton married Virginia "Virgie" Louise Collier on 10 Dec 1928. Virginia (daughter of Nathan Plympton Collier and Lula Blanche Chambers) was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1986 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Lived one week" (White and Toole)

Family/Spouse: Vallie Jones. Vallie was born after 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was said to be married to a Ruby Jones.

Family/Spouse: Rolland Gerald Crouch. Rolland was born on 28 Oct 1910 in Texas; died on 28 Jul 1996 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Park (Forest Park Lawndale) Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

"Died at age 16" (White and Toole)

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

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
July 12, 2006
Hemphilll Elementary School Fifth Grade -1939-1940

Eighteen students from a larger group, pictured, graduated from Hemphill High School's Class of 1946 who recently enjoyed their 60th class reunion. Blake Eddings, Nadine Easley, LaNell Slay, Robert Earl Gray, Gladys Hogue, Wayford Jones, Jack Chisum, Reba Arnold, Lexie Mae Wood, Berintha Maund, Helen Rushing, Evelyn Wright, Dorothy Sterle, Wilma Lawrence, Joe (Gwen/Quinn) McGown, Doris Anderson, Paul Huffman, Eloise Inman, Archie Jones, Vermell Anderson, LaVern Wright, Lois Paudert, Billy Edgar, Sutton Ware, Jessie Lee Harper, Wynell Elliott, Jack Jones, Doris Jennings, Burtis Earl Moore, Hattie Pearl Kelly, Imogene Carlton, Kathryn Curry, Marcus Huffman, Jimmie Procell, Emma Clark Fuller, Marjorie Crawford, Louise Crnkovic, GLORIA SPEIGHTS, and Herman Chop.

Obituary
copied from obits.dignitymemorial.com
Also published in the Houston Chronicle

Gloria Speights McBeth, age 86, of Houston, Texas, passed away on July 29, 2016. The youngest of nine children, she was born in Hemphill, Texas to Tom and Arley Speights on November 17, 1929. She was preceded in death by her parents, all siblings except one dear sister, and her beloved husband, Ted McBeth.

Gloria had a joyful spirit and was rarely without a smile on her face. Her father passed away when she was three-years-old, and Gloria was raised by her mother during the Great Depression. She was voted "Most Popular" and played on the Hemphill High basketball team. She was proud of her Hemphill heritage and returned often for family and school reunions.

As a young career woman, Gloria worked at a bank in downtown Houston in the '50s. It was here where her future husband was encouraged by an aunt to meet a pretty girl she knew at church when he visited from his studies at A&M. She was right. Gloria and Ted were soul mates who held hands every day of their long marriage. Bless you, Aunt Mildred.

Gloria's banking career was put on hold to work at home as a wife and mother to two daughters. She enjoyed entertaining, gardening, cooking, traveling, reading and was an excellent Bridge player. Gloria's greatest joy in life was her family which extended from her husband and two daughters to three grand-daughters and a great grand-son. "Gigi" as she was affectionately known, taught her granddaughters the lost art of cooking and sewing as well as to seek adventures in life. She gave them unconditional love and the most amazing Christmas stockings a child ever knew for which she shopped all year long. Her home was filled with love and endless support, helping them become women of strength and substance. Always stylish, Gloria's inner beauty and loving personality far outweighed the exterior. But outings to Neiman's and Sakowitz with her growing up -with lessons on how to work the sale rack '96 will never be forgotten.

Gloria was also a woman of strong faith, counting bible studies and volunteering at church among life's rewards. She led by example in her endeavors. Perseverance to overcome obstacles included swim lessons as an adult since she wasn't taught as a child. Though she learned to swim, she never took to water. Her aversion to water extended to dietary choices. Seafood was off limits and she often told people she was "allergic" to avoid further questions. This was the one area in which she was known to take license with the truth. She had no known food allergies.

As the wife of a Chemical Engineer, Gloria learned to move from city to city. From Lake Jackson to Odessa to Lake Charles and finally back to Houston, Gloria made each transition as easy as possible for her family. Not one to complain, we never knew West Texas wasn't to her liking until years later. Gloria returned to her banking career upon arrival in Houston in the early '80s when she inquired about a job at her new bank and was hired on the spot. Her financial prowess continued as she enjoyed investing in the stock market with her husband and recently instructed at age 85 that her "bond man" be called from her hospital bed. Her mind was as sharp as her spirited wit.

Gloria is survived by daughters, Patricia Chandler (Robert), Mary McBeth (Jim Crump); granddaughters, Michele Reed, Jillian Pennington, Charlotte Pennington; great-grandson, Cameron Reed, and countless friends whose support is much appreciated. You will be missed, Gigi.

Family/Spouse: Lloyd Theodore "Ted" McBeth. Lloyd was born on 20 Dec 1929 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas; died on 27 Apr 2012 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 2 May 2012 in Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Patsy Ruth Kelley. Patsy was born on 7 Jun 1931 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 11 Apr 2007 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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

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