James Cornelius Ener

Notes:

He was instead shown as James Monroe Enor [Ener] on the death certificate of daughter Edna Ener Clark.

Family/Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Travis. Mary (daughter of James Cannon Travis and Sophronia Pauline White) was born on 25 Mar 1851 in Texas; died on 17 Dec 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Catherine Leona Frazier on 19 Feb 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Catherine was born on 10 Jun 1894 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hallie Mustain. Hallie was born about 1874 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6XP-DGC
Name: Edna Clark
Death Date: 25 Oct 1949
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 71 years 5 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 May 1879
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James Monroe Enor
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Travis
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Woods Cemetery
Burial Place: Newton Co., Texas
Burial Date: 27 Oct 1949
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223524
Digital Film Number: 4031960
Image Number: 02217
Reference Number: cn50133
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Francis married James Anderson Clark on 7 May 1903 in Sabine County, Texas. James (son of Andrew Clark and Allif Jane Erwin) was born on 5 Apr 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Feb 1971 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 14GB
17-17
Ener, Hamp C Head M W 48 M 40 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Ener, Bessie M Wf F W 24 m 16 Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Bettie M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Dorothea L Dtr F W 2 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Winifred P F W 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Hamp married Bessie "Bess" M. Jones about 1922. Bessie was born on 20 May 1907 in Texas; died on 19 Nov 1990; was buried in Ener Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The son of William Green ENER and Catherine FRAZIER.

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 7, ED 10
Enumerated on April 22, 1930 by Sim McDaniel
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet No. 7B
138-140
Ener, James T. Hd M W 35 M @ 18 Tx Tx La Farmer
Ener, Millie Wife F W 31 M @ 15 Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Lucile, Ab. Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Oralene (sci) Dtr F W 10 W Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Jean Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Ener, Ulene Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx

James married Nettie Melva "Millie" Edgar on 2 Jul 1913 in Sabine County, Texas. Nettie (daughter of Nicholas A. Edgar and Elrena F. McDaniel) was born on 17 Oct 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1990 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married William Tilman "Tim" Edgar, Sr. about 1914 in Texas. William (son of Nicholas A. Edgar and Elrena F. McDaniel) was born on 29 Jun 1895 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jul 1940 in Tyler County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ernest married Bessie Mae Berryman before 1924. Bessie (daughter of Martin Luther Berryman and Charlotte "Lottie" Ludlow) was born on 3 Oct 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Mar 1981 in Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J63H-TFP
Name: Phronia Elizabeth Woods
Death Date: 27 Mar 1975
Death Place: Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1904
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James A. Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Frances Edna Ener
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243828
Digital Film Number: 4167851
Image Number: 100
Reference Number: 61179
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Sophronia married Johnie Willis Crocker on 21 Dec 1921 in Sabine County, Texas. Johnie was born on 1 Nov 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Nov 1990 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Martin Cemetery (Martin's Chapel Cemetery), Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophronia married Raymond Windol Woods on 22 Dec 1934 in Newton County, Texas. Raymond was born on 20 Feb 1911; died on 18 Oct 1988 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Pr 8, Voth
Enumerated April 4, 1930
ED 123-83 SD 27 Sheet 6B
66-118-132
Clark, Clarence A Hd m W 24 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Lumber Mill
Clark, Lollie Wf F W 23 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Virginia F Dtr F W 3 6/12 Tx Tx Tx

Clarence married Lottie Sample on 9 Dec 1924 in Sabine County, Texas. Lottie was born on 8 Mar 1907 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not able to locate a death record on FamilySearch.org

Notes:

He was married first to a woman named Jean. They had one daughter, Carol Dianne CLARK, born ca. 1945 in Los Angeles. He later was married to Thelma WHISENANT, on 23 Jun 1983 in Los Angeles County, California. Thelma appears to have been widowed from a Joseph SCHULTZ.

Bertis married Juanita V. Spurlock about 1932. Juanita was born on 10 Jun 1914 in Browndell, Jasper County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 2009 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 29 Jan 2009 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Crocker shows that she married (1) Elbert Dean SIMMONS, and they were the parents of Marvin Dean (b. 4 Aug 1936 in Newton County) and Betty Jean SIMMONS (b. 14 Sep 1939); (2) Joseph Johnson POLLARD, Jr., and they were the parents of Carolyn Ann POLLARD (born 4 Dec 1947 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas); and (3) John William COTTEN.

Mary "Alif" Cotten, by some, fondly remembered as "Puddin", went to be with Jesus on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the age of one hundred, six months, and one day. She was born on May 14, 1915, in Sabine County to Frances Edward "Edna" Ener and James Anderson Clark.

Mom learned to sew at a very young age and this benefited her greatly throughout her life. She sewed for family, friends, and was a seamstress at a cleaners for part of her working career. Her nieces, Edna Earl and Francis , who grew up with her, shared that she not only made her own clothes but also made theirs as well. I as her youngest daughter always had pretty clothes, bed spreads and curtains, a beautiful wedding gown, and finally, children who always looked adorable in their clothes Grandma made them. This could have been the beginning of always doing for others. While attending and completing high school in Pineland, she enjoyed playing on the basketball team.

Mother lived in Beaumont for most of her adult years and held several jobs as she provided for her three children with support from the family who were always there for each other with love. While working at Montgomery Wards as a receiving clerk, she met and later married John William Cotten in 1954. They were married for thirty-two years before he passed on September 18, 1986. After his death, mother moved to Lumberton just down the street from me, her youngest daughter, where my family enjoyed many happy times and much love and support in sorrowful and difficult times. The legacy that began many years before with Grandma and Grandpa Clark, of family always helping one another, continued on. In her mid-eighties, she moved back to Beaumont living in two retirement homes and finally settling at Serenity Assisted Living where she resided till she went home peacefully.

In honor of my mother, I would like to share her testimony. Around sixty years ago, mother heard a sermon at Central Baptist regarding forgiveness. Even though she was Christian from a very young age, she often felt unworthy to serve in a leadership role in the Christian Community, however this sermon opened her eyes to the Lord's unconditional love and from that day forward, mother was able to forgive herself as well. She then sang in the church choir, became active in the WMU where she served as President for many years, and taught Sunday school classes well into her mid 80's. Upon moving into the various retirement homes and being no longer able to attend her home church services, she read her Bible daily and prayed for family and friends. For those of you who are here today, I truly believe you were in those fervent prayers. In lieu of a commemorative video, my sister and I beseech each of you to picture, remember and reflect on each special memory dear to your hearts. Part of those memories pictured are of mother's love for times spent at Grandpa Clark's, family reunions, holiday gatherings, and especially the many years our brother Marvin and his family from Tennessee spent Christmas's in our home filling it with memories that will always remain in our hearts.

Some of the happiest memories will be of the travels she made throughout the states and Europe with family and friends. Many of us who were close to Mom knew her love and passion for sitting around a table playing games such as Mexican Train, Chicken Foot, Go Fish, with the younger group, Wahoo, and most of all Skip-Bo, which led to her being affectionately known as the "Skip-Bo Queen".

May we honor a long life of one hundred years by carrying on the legacy she made for us which is to live out a strong faith in our Heavenly Father and always praying fervently for one another.

Copied from the Forest Lawn Funeral Home website (Dignity Memorial)
An abbreviated version was published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 9, 2015, Page 10

Notes:

Bettie Mae Ener Busby McGraw, 89, died Wednesday in the Hemphill Care Center. Bettie Mae was born in Yellowpine, Texas, to Hamp C. and Bess Mae Jones Ener. She has lived in Hemphill all her life and was a member of the East Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church.

Mrs. McGraw is survived by her step-sons; Frayne McGraw and his wife Betty of Minden, LA, Terry McGraw of Hemphill, Wade McGraw and his wife Kathy, her step-daughter Christine Johnson and her husband Charles of Stonewall, LA, her brother Winfred P. Ener and his wife Mammie of Hemphill, her sister Dorothy Webb and her husband Thomas of Geneva, eleven grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday, March 21, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Saturday, March 22, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Oakhill Cemetery, Hemphill, Texas.

Copied from Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, March 26, 2014, Page 13

Notes:

Dorothy Lee (Ener) Webb, 90, of Geneva, Texas died early Tuesday morning, January 2, 2018. She spent the last week of her life in a Tyler hospital surrounded by family.

She was born June 30, 1927 at her home in Sabine County to Hamp and Bess Mae Ener. She graduated from Hemphill High School in 1945. During the next year she met and married the love of her life, Thomas Webb. They were married for over 67 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, and growing beautiful flowers. She worked as a teacher's aid at Hemphill Elementary School and retired after 20 years of service. She was a member of Geneva Baptist Church for over 70 years. She served as a teacher, secretary, and treasurer for many years. She always opened her home to the many pastors that served the church.

She is survived by three children and spouses, Ray and Karen Webb of Houston, Kenneth and Teri Webb of Hemphill, and Kathy McGraw of Hemphill. Also, two step-daughters, Tommie Bowen and Bonnie Nulisch of Houston. She was blessed by seven grandchildren: Alicia Jeter, Kurt Webb, Heather Webb, Kenny Webb, Leslie Huval, Tom McGraw, and Lee McGraw. Also, 14 great grandchildren which she enjoyed rocking. She is also survived by one brother, Winfred Ener and wife, Mammie, of Milam.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Thomas Webb; sister, Bettie Mae McGraw; and son-in-law, Wade McGraw.

(Copied from the Starr Funeral Home Website)
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 10, 2018, Page 5

Visitation for Mrs. Webb will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 5, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.

A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 6, 2018 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

Dorothy married Henry Thomas Webb on 21 Sep 1946. Henry was born on 21 Aug 1913 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Apr 2015 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Winfred P. Ener left this world and entered Heaven's Gates on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 while at Shady Shores Nursing Home in Hemphill, Texas. He was 90 years old.

Winfred was born September 20, 1929 in Hemphill, Texas to Hamp and Bess Mae Ener. He attended one room schoolhouses in Sabine County until attending high school in Hemphill.

In 1951, Winfred was drafted into the Army, serving in the Korean War, returning home with a purple heart. He made a living as a truck driver and a cattle rancher. Winfred also preached and pastored churches across Sabine County.

Mr. Ener is preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Esta Fay Ener; second wife, Mammie Ener; and sisters, Bettie Mae McGraw and Dorothy Webb; granddaughter, Ashley Ener; and great granddaughter, Abigale DaMoude.

He is survived by his children, Winfred J. Ener of Austin, Linda Espin and husband, Dennis, of Waco, Patricia Simons and husband, Randy, of Crawford, Sandra Cepak and husband, Mark, of Elm Mott, Joe Ener and wife, Debbie, of Hemphill and Nathan Ener and wife, Tammy, of Hemphill.

Winfred leaves behind twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Kevin Windham and Joe Ener officiating.

Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. prior to service time.

Burial will follow services in Oak Hill Cemetery, 300 Oakhill Rd., Hemphill, Texas.

You may leave condolences and sign memorial book online at starrfuneralhome.com.

Also Published in the Sabine County Reporter, November 6, 2019, Page 7

The Photo of his double headstone, with first wife, Esta Faye, is engraved Rev. Winfred P. ENER, and shows the date of their marriage as 19 Nov 1954.

Winfred married Esta Fay Bass on 19 Nov 1954. Esta was born on 3 Sep 1931; died on 27 Nov 1972; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per her FindAGrave memorial page:

1/m Odis David ("Pete") Odom [1909-1943]
2/m James Bennie ("Bene") Hodges [1913-1953]
3/m James "Esko" Barbee [1901-1973]

Bertice married James Bene Hodges before 1950. James was born on 30 Jul 1913; died on 14 Jan 1953; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jan 1970: Name listed as OSALENE ENER SHEETS; 19 Jan 1989: Name listed as OSALENEE SHEETS ROSE; 11 Jul 1997: Name listed as OSALENE S ROSE Per Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Family/Spouse: Frank Amos Williams. Frank was born on 1 Mar 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Sep 1950 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: G. Fred Sheets. G. was born on 26 Jan 1905; died on 25 Jan 1985; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean McDaniel, age 91 of Kirbyville, Texas passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 at Avalon Place in Kirbyville.

Funeral services will be 2pm Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Adams EE Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

Burial at Kirbyville Cemetery.

Born November 23, 1923 in the Fairdale community in Sabine County, she had lived in Kirbyville since 1945 where she and her husband operated a dairy, then a General Store and later became a Real Estate agent. She also served on the Kirbyville City Council.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie McDaniel.

Survivors include her children, Mary Horn and Leonard of Jasper, Diann Kole of Houston and Kathy Dawson of Tyler, Texas, 6 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.

(Copied from her Find A Grave Memorial Page)

Family/Spouse: Willie Lee McDaniel. Willie (son of Martin Ross McDaniel and Mary Margaret Gaskin) was born on 10 Jun 1917 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Dec 2002 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

KATHRYN EULENE'S OBITUARY

Kathryn Eulene Procella was born March 1, 1926 to Tom and Melva Ener in the community of Fairdale and went to her Heavenly home on February 3, 2020.

Eulene grew up in the Fairdale community. On November 7, 1947, she married the love of her life, Eugene Procella. From this union was born three children, Sharon, Joe, and Debbie. Eulene was a loving wife to her husband and a loving mother to her children. She was a sweet Christian lady who loved the Lord with all her heart. There is no doubt that she is walking the streets of gold right now.

Eulene is predeceased by her son, Joe, her parents, and three sisters, Lucille, Osalene, and Jean.

Eulene is survived by her loving husband of 73 years, Eugene; daughters, Sharon Hough and husband, Robert, of Nacogdoches, Debbie Williams and husband, Marty, of Brazoria, and daughter-in-law, Vickey Procella of Hemphill. She is also survived by six grandchildren and their spouses, Rob and Rebecca Hough of Longview, Bryan and Katie Hough of Dallas, Eric and Lana Procella of Hemphill, Andrea and Eric Heslip of Hemphill, Holly and Sam Soderman of Pearland, and Marci and Jason Reyes of Lake Jackson. She is further survived by 18 great grandchildren.

Eulene was an inspiration to all who knew her. She was a sweet, gentle woman of grace, beauty, elegance, and wisdom. She will be greatly missed.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 6, 2020 will funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m. in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas with Rev. Michael Procella officiating.

Burial will follow service in Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Eric Procella, Eric Heslip, Rob Hough, Bryan Hough, Jason Reyes, Sam Soderman, Bobby Hough, Bret Procella and Kyle Soderman serving as pallbearers and Robert Hough, Marty Williams, and Hollis Twine serving as honorary pallbearers.

Guest book can be signed and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.


(Downloaded from The Starr Funeral Home website)
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 12, 2020, Page 5

Kathryn married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):The Sabine County Reporter
February 7, 1996, Page 14

Willard Coleman Edgar

Willard Coleman Edgar, 79, of Tyler died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at East Texas Medical Centery in Tyler.

Edgar, a native of Sabine County, had lived in Tyler for four years, moving there from Amarillo. He was a retired accountant with P&S Rice Mills.

Survivors: a daugher, Patsy DRANE of Tyler; son Don Ham of Amarillo; brothers, Dempsey Edgar and Wayne Edgar, both of Hemphill, Tim Edgar of Beaumont, Truett Edgar of Lumberton, a sister, Billie Williams of Lumberton, six grandchildren, and 14 great-granchildren.

Graveside rites were held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Forest Park Lawndale's Lake of the Wood Chapel in Houston. Arrangements were handled by Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

Willard married Hildred Mae Gielen before 1940. Hildred was born on 14 Dec 1916 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; died on 15 Oct 1963 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 10, 2002, Page 13

J. D. "Dempsey" Edgar

J. D. "Dempsey" Edgar, 83, of Hemphill died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 2002, at his residence.

He was born Jan. 15, 1919, in the Remling community as a son of the late Gertrude Edith (Ener) and William Tilmon Edgar and was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II. Edgar, a retired sales manager from the lumber industry, had lived in Hemphill for the past 29 years, moving from Bon Wier. He was a member of Hemphill's First Baptist Church.

Survivors: wife, Letitia Edgar of Hemphill; sons, George D. Edgar of Hemphill, Jack William Edgar of El Paso, and Wayne Smith of Midlothian; daughters, Ruth Ann Walker of El Paso and Letitia Ann Brittain of Dallas, brothers, W. Tim Edgar of Beaumont, Truitt Edgar of Vidor, and Tommy Edgar of Lumberton; a sister, Billie Jean Veal of Kountze; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. at Hemphill with Bro. Bob Guin, Bro. Fred Raney and Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Memorials may be made to Lakes Areas Hospice at 254 Ethel Street, Jasper, TX 75951.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2010)

Jack married Georgia Alline Jordan before 1939. Georgia was born on 21 Nov 1922 in Kountze, Hardin County, Texas; died on 8 Sep 1968 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in McKinney Cemetery, Hardin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Letitia Emadine Skinnell on 23 Feb 1976 in Sabine County, Texas. Letitia was born on 18 Sep 1923 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; died on 8 Feb 2010 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried on 12 Feb 2010 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Laura Buckmaster shows that he married Lois Marie Lane on 5 Oct 1940. They had three children.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, he and his oldest sister, Edna Earl, were living with their maternal grandparents, James and Frances Clark, in Newton County, Texas.


Larry Crocker writes that: "My dad was born on a cotton farm just outside of Warton, Wharton County, Texas. His name at birth was Johnie Junior Crocker. The family made one crop there and then moved back to Pineland where my grandfather Johnie Willis Crocker went to work for the saw mill in Pineland. They lived in a company owned house in Pineland until In 1928 when my grandparents separated and my grandmother and the kids moved in with my great grandfather and great grandmother, James Anderson Clark and Frances Edna Ener, and their children then living at home, Jimmy, Dixie, Lee and Alif. In October of 1929 they moved to Simmonsville in Newton County, Texas.

In 1934 my grandmother, Sophronia Elizabeth Clark married Raymond W. Woods and my dad went to live with them. They moved several times and in 1940 my dad went back to live with my great grandparents until he joined the Army Air Corp in 1941and was sent to San Antonio for his training. Upon joining the service he was told that his name could not be Johnie Junior, but Johnie Crocker, Jr. He tells that the reason that he joined the service was because he had whipped his grandfather, James Anderson Clark's mule Kit (Marvin Dean Simmons mentions Kit in his book "As Remembered") and his grandfather said that he was going to whip him just like he had whipped the mule, therefore he ran away and joined the service. After finishing in San Antonio he was sent to Las Vegas Nevada and this is where he was when the Jap's bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He eventually ended up in the Philippines where he flew on C47's & C46's helping to evacuate the field wounded back to station hospitals. In 1945 he was sent back to the states and finally wound up back in San Antonio where he was eventually discharged into the Army Reserves.

Upon leaving San Antonio he went to Voth, Texas (just outside of Beaumont) where my grandmother and step grandfather then lived. He was later called back into the service during the Korean Conflict and during this time we lived in Joplin, Missouri for a while and also in Little Rock, Arkansas, both at bases where he was stationed. I have a copy of his discharge after Korea, it was filed in Jefferson County, Texas. The 1947 Beaumont, Jefferson County, City Directory shows my dad living at 2065 North Lawrence Way and working as a salesman for the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company. This was the home of his sister, Frances Reeves and her husband Elmo Reeves. The 1949 City Directory shows my dad as John Crocker, Jr. an office secretary (at the Teamsters Union) and living at 2065 North Lawrence Way. This must have been a hold over from the 1948 City Directory, of which I do not have a copy, since he and my mom married on August 30, 1947. My mom is shown as living at 2274 St. Helena, our home in Multimax Village. This is the first place that I remember as a small child. The directory shows that she was a typist for Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. The 1950 City Directory shows my dad as a "Driver" and him and my mom still living at 2274 St. Helena. At this time my dad was a truck driver for Younger Brothers of Nederland, Texas and according to his Report of Separation From The Armed Services Of The United States of record in the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas he was a Gas Delivery Man. The separation report shows that he was a Corporal and was appointed to this position on August 1, 1948. It shows that he was called back from inactive duty on October 14, 1950 from Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas and was released from active duty on August 6, 1951 from Camp Crowder, Missouri. The report shows his total time in the service as being 10 years 6 months and 2 days. The date of birth shown on the separation report is November 24, 1922, which is in error. A copy of the separation report is in his scrapbook and a certified copy is in my hard copy file. The 1960 City Directory shows my dad as an operator for Texas US Chemical Company and his home address as 4430 El Paso.

ACTIVITY DURING WWII MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 409. SERVED AS A TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE WITH THE 801ST MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION SQUADRON WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCE. PICKED UP WOUNDED FROM THE FIELD HOSPITALS IN C-47 AND C-46 AIRCRAFT. SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 4, 1941 UNTIL JANUARY 3, 1946. RECEIVED AN ARMY AIR FORCE CREW MEMBER BADGE, 3 OVERSEAS LAPEL BUTTONS, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, ONE SERVICE STRIPE, VICTORY RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, ASIATIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SEVEN BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, AND 3 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE WESTERN PACIFIC; AIR COMBAT BORNEO; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, NEW GUINEA; SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES; LUZON; RYUKYUS.

From the Beaumont Enterprise, 26 April 2006

Johnie Crocker, Jr.

Johnie Crocker, Jr., fondly and lovingly known as Pops, Papaw and Uncle Boe, departed this life on April 23, 2006 in Beaumont, Texas, he was born November 24, 1923 to Johnie Willis Crocker and Sophronia Elizabeth Clark in Wharton County, Texas and was a Fourth Generation Texan. Johnie lived in Burkeville, Texas, during his school years and attended Burkeville schools. He married the former Kathryn Jane Cherry, daughter of Charlie B. Cherry and Nettie Jewel Williams, August 30, 1947 in Beaumont, Texas.

Johnie made his profession of faith and was saved in about 1936 at the age of 13. It was in a small place called Simmonsville, Texas, with a one-room schoolhouse and a one-room Baptist Church, which were one and the same. He was baptized in Little Cow Creek nearby. The church had a preacher who came about every 4th Sunday. Johnie was saved in a 5th Sunday meeting. It was like a revival with a dinner on the grounds. Johnie has been a Baptist ever since. Johnie was a member of West End Baptist Church in Beaumont.

Johnie served as a Medical Technician with the 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron with the 5th Army Air Corps during World War II from 1941 to 1946 stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Johnie also served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1951. He retired from Ameripol Synpol, formerly Texas U.S. Chemical Company in Port Neches, Texas in 1983 as General Shift Foreman with 31 ? years of service. The saddest day of Johnie's life was April 5th, 1975, when his son "Andy" died at the age of 23.

For the next 15 years after his retirement Johnie traveled all across the United States and Canada with his wife in their motor homes. Visitation for family and friends will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Services will be held at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Beaumont with Rev. Robert Carter and Rev. Parks Walker officiating at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 27th, 2006 with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Johnie was preceded in death by his parents, Step-father Raymond Windol Woods, Step-mother Lillie Mae Cunningham Crocker, Mother-In-Law Nettie Jewel Williams and Father-In-Law Charlie B. Cherry, Grandfather James Anderson "Jim" Clark and Grandmother Frances Edna Ener (both of who helped raise him) his son James Andrew "Andy" Crocker, Brother In-Laws, Elmo Leo Reeves, Raymond Edward Buck, Allen Dempsy "Al" Barnard, Clayton Eugene Conner, Vertis Howard "Doll" Conner, James Wesley "Jimmy" Gorrell and Joseph Jessie Geer, Sr., and Nephews Michael Ray Buck, Ronald Craig Gorrell and Robert Edward Geer.

Johnie is survived by his wife of 58 years, Kathryn Jane Cherry Crocker, sons, Larry Wayne Crocker and his wife Dorothy Therese Jorden, Johnie Dale Crocker, Sr. and his wife Judy Diane Nusom. Grandchildren, Jamie Lynn Crocker, Jennifer LeAnn Crocker, Stacie Ann Crocker and her husband Michael John "Mike" Brumley, Sr., Johnie Dale "JD" Crocker, Jr. and his wife Fallon Christina Locke and Sara Amanda Crocker and her husband Roderick Louis "Rod" Tate. Great Grandchildren Samuel Ethan Brumley, Jacob Vaughn Brumley, Michael John Brumley, Jr., Leo Alexander Brumley, Alyssa Diane Crocker, Johnie Matthew "JC" Crocker and Charles Andrew "Andy" Crocker Polasek, Step-Great Grandson Kenneth Tate. Sisters, Edna Earl Crocker Buck, Frances Belle Crocker Reeves, Patricia Elizabeth Woods Barnard, Geraldine Woods Conner, Maxine Woods Conner and Joyce Lyrlene Crocker Geer. Brothers Elton Eugene Crocker and his wife Patricia Ann Platt and James Harold Crocker and wife Nina Beth Poindexter. Sisters-in-law, Mildred Agnes Cherry and her husband Dalton Davis, Nelwyn Elaine Cherry and her husband John Edward Rutledge, Mae Alice Rosalee Cherry Gorrell and Brother-In-Law Charles Leon Cherry and his wife Nancy Cobb. Aunts, Fannie Arlo Crocker Arwell and Mary Alif Clark Cotten. He is also survived by 31 Nieces and Nephews, 31 Great Nieces and Nephews and 10 Great Great Nieces and Nephews and numerous cousins and friends all of whom will miss him and love him always. Pallbearers will be Danny Conner, Jamie Conner, David Crocker, Kenneth Crocker, Mark Gorrell, Terry Gorrell, Dwight "D.D." Rutledge, and Kenneth "Kenny" Rutledge. Honorary pallbearers are Michael John "Mike" Brumley, Sr., Roderick "Rod" Tate, Kenneth Tate, Raymond Allen "Pete" Barnard, Donnie Reeves, Jimmy Reeves, Danny Fontenot, and Matthew "Matt" Cobb.

The family wishes to thank Southern Care Hospice for all their loving care in our time of need. Those wishing to make charitable donations may make them to the Southern Care Hospice 3965 Phelan Blvd. Suite 108 Beaumont, TX 77707, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Grand Central Station P.O. Box 4777 New York, NY 10163, or a charity of your choice. 4955 Pine Street Beaumont, TX 77703 (409) 892-5912"

(Research):

Census Information:

1930 Newton County, Texas Census; HH 55-55; Page 36B, Sheet 3B; Precinct 2
Name Relation Home Radio Farm Sex age age School R/W Self Father Mother
Clark, Jim A Head R Y M 47 20 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Edna F Wife F 50 23 N Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Fronia E Dau F 26 17 N Y TX TX TX
Clark, Alif M Dau F 14 Y Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Edna E Gdau F 7 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Johnie Jr Gson M 6 Y TX TX TX
Crocker, Eugene Gson M 4 9/12 N TX TX TX
Crocker, Frances B Gdau F 2 11/12 N TX TX TX

(Courtesy of Larry Crocker)

Johnie 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]

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

Notes:

His mother's obituary shows him as "son, James Jerry Clark, Sr. and his wife Nell of Henderson, TN."

Obituary:

CLARK, James J., 83, of Spring Hill, Florida, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at his home.

Born February 14, 1935 in Pineland, Texas, he came to this area two years ago from Henderson, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy and was a maintenance supervisor for a brewery. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

He is preceded in death by his son, Jerry Clark. He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Nell; daughter and son-in-law: Cheryl Spraberry & Bud Randolph of Spring Hill, Florida; sister, Linda Holzmueller; granddaughters, Rachel (James) McCommon and Ashlee Spraberry of Spring Hill, Florida.

Posted by Ronald Barlow to the Facebook Group "Farm Road 1- From one end to the other."
Originally posted on the Merritt Funeral Home website.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]