Lela Bell Smith

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The Sabine County Reporter
February 11, 2009, Page 11

Lela Bell Eddins

Lela Bell Eddins, 92, passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Care Center in San Augustine.

Mrs. Eddins was born Nov. 2, 1916, in Gregg County as a daughter of the late Charlie and Lucy Clegg Smith and had been a longtime resident of the Sabine and San Augustine Counties area. She was a homemaker and a member fo the Order of the Eastern Star and the Baptist Church.

Survivors: sons, Edward McGown and wife Betty of Hemphill and Ellis McGown and wife Linda of San Augustine; daughters, Mary Golden of Lufkin and Katy Newton and husband Wayne of San Augustine; brother, Jim Clegg of Bronson; grandchildren, Shane, Todd, Jimmy, Janiece, Tammy, Chad, Amber, Crystal, Michelle, Georgette, Nikki, and Travis; and numerous great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Eddins; sons, John McGown and George McGown; and a grandson, John Hanks.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. Gordon Simmons officiating. Interment followed at Centerview Cemetery near Pineland.

Pallbearers: Eugene Clegg, Shane McGown, Todd McGown, Jimmy Woods, Weldon Thomas and Tommy Newton.

Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2009)

Lela married Newton Hannibal "Dick" McGown before 1932. Newton (son of James Jefferson "Jeff" McGown and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stroud) was born on 10 May 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Sep 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 23 Sep 1995 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lela married Willis Eddins after 1953. Willis was born on 29 Mar 1914; died in Nov 1977 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward "Pap" Henderson McGown, 83, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 in Longview, Texas after an illness.

Pap was born on December 28, 1937 in Hemphill, Texas to Newton Hannibil McGown and Lela Bell Smith McGown. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a member of Pine Park United Pentecostal Church.

Pap was a member of Pipeliner's Local 798 and spent many years working pipeline's all over the country. He enjoyed traveling for his work and was particularly fond of his time spent in Alaska. After retiring, he spent his time taking care of his cows and fishing out of Indian Mounds area on Toledo Bend Lake. He also loved his grandchildren and spending time with them.

Pap is survived by his wife, Betty Ann McGown of Hemphill; sons, Shane McGown and wife, Lisa, of San Augustine and Todd McGown and wife, Angie, of Hudson; brother, Ellis McGown and wife, Linda, of San Augustine; sisters, Katy Newton and Mary Golden, both of San Augustine; and four grandchildren, Megan, Hallee, Mason, and Taylor.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rex White and Bro. Glen Morton officiating.

Burial will follow services in Meador Cemetery, located of Hwy. 87 North on Meador Cemetery Road in Milam, Texas with Jimmy Hanks, Mason McGown, Sean Griffin, Sean Morgan, Dakota DeWoody, and Zachery Spell serving as pallbearers.

You are invited sign online guest book or leave condolences and memories at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 17, 2021, page 4

Edward married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]