John Riley Huffman

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He was one of 16 children of Henry Washington Huffman and Arena Battle Walker. He married Vernon L Boyd and they had five children. Later he married Viola McGee and they had three more children.

Obituary:
Funeral services for John Riley Huffman, 89, of Hemphill were held December 31, 1979 at Starr Funeral Home with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

He died at 1 a.m. Sunday at his home after an illness.

A lifelong resident of Sabine County, he was a saw sharpener.

Survivors include three daughters, Melbalene Beall of Longview, Maybelle Latimer of Houston and Pat Smith of Sugarland; five sons, Roy E. Huffman of Tucson, AZ, Norman E. Huffman of Longview, Jerry Lyle Huffman of Center and Bruce Huffman and Jimmy Huffman, both of Hemphill; two sisters, Eve Smith of Hemphill and Alice Click of Mobile, AL; a brother, Otis Huffman of Zwolle, LA,; grandchildren; great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

(Information above copied from his Find A Grave Memorial Page)

John married Vernon Laurie Boyd before 1914. Vernon was born about 1899; died about 1947 in New Mexico; was buried in Mountainair Cemetery, Mountainair, Torrance County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Viola McGee about 1942. Viola was born on 26 Oct 1904 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1947 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maybelle H. Latimer, age 97, of Houston, passed away on Friday, the 10th of February 2012.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from four o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock in the evening on Monday, the 13th of February, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

An interment service is to be conducted at three o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 14th of February, at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, 13001 Katy Freeway in Houston.

Find A Grave links her to spouse, Grady L. Latimer (1908-1976)

(Copied from her Find A Grave Memorial page)

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Melbaline Beall

Melbaline Beall, 76, of Longview died Saturday, Feb. 11, 1995, in Longview.

She was born Dec. 13, 1916, in Hemphill and had been a resident of Longview since the 1940s. She and her husband operated Beall's TV Service in Longview and she was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Beall was also retired from Longview ISD as cafeteria manager for Valley View and G.K. Foster campuses.

Survivors: son, Michael D. Beall of Garland; daughters Patricia Brewton and Susan Craig, both of Longview; brothers Roy E. Huffman of Tucson, Arizona and Norman E. Huffman of Longview; sisters, Maybelle Latimer of Houston and Pat Smith of Sugarland; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Whitner C. Beall, and a daughter, Sylvia A. Robb.

Graveside rites were held Tuesday at Memory Park Mausoleum in Longview with Rev. Charles Hughes officiating. Services were handled by LeRoy Rader Funeral Home Inc. in Longview.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Longview.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

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His Find A Grave memorial page links him to spouse, Barbara Leed Lauderdale (1925-2016).

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Her Find A Grave Memorial Page shows her as Patricia Huffman SMITH.

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A memorial service was held for Norman Earl Huffman on Sunday, February 8, 2004 at Cross Roads United Methodist Church in Kilgore, Texas.

Mr. Huffman died February 4, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Hemphill, Texas on January 27, 1928 to John Riley Huffman and Vernon Boyd Huffman.

He was a lifelong cowboy with a love for horses and a retired welder.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Roy Huffman; a sister, Melbaline Beall and a daughter, Nena Huffman Fanning.

Among his survivors are three sons, Don Huffman of Dallas, Lucas Huffman of Longview and Tim Smith of Kilgore; a daughter, Judy Smith-Rowe of Longview; brothers, Jerry Huffman of Bronson and Jimmy Huffman and Bruce Huffman of Hemphill; sisters, Pat Smith and Maybelle Latimer, both of Houston and many other relatives and friends.

(Copied from his Find A Grave Memorial Page)

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Jerry Lyle Huffman, Sr. age 76, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Monday, January 1, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Jerry was born in Hemphill on March 31, 1941 to John Riley and Viola McGee Huffman. He attended school in Hemphill and graduated from Hemphill High School in 1959.

He married Carolyn Faye Eddins in 1960 and had three children. Following a divorce, he married Robbie Curry.

Jerry drove a truck for Texaco for 17 years before moving in the Texaco office in Belaire where he stayed until his retirement. He traveled a lot with his work but came back home as much as he could. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sam Rayburn, Texas.

Jerry loved hunting and was a car enthusiast, having raced cars in his younger years. He was also a member of the Houston Gun Collectors Association.

He is survived by his wife, Robbie Huffman, of Hemphill, Texas; sons, Jerry Lyle Huffman, Jr. and John Lance Huffman, both of Houston; daughter, Joy Lynn Reavis and husband, Philip, of Osawatomie, Kansas; three granddaughters, Aleshia Huffman and Matt Wimpee of Nacogdoches, Texas and Jamie Reavis and Joanna Reavis, both of Osawatomie, Kansas; two great grandsons, Max and Patrick Wimpee of Nacogdoches, Texas; brother, Jimmy Huffman and wife, June, of Hemphill; step-children, Sharon Worsham of Logansport, Louisiana, Ricky Curry, Vernice Green and Theresa Womack and husband Horace, all of Mansfield, Louisiana and Rocky Curry and wife, Kerin, of Logansport, Louisiana, sister-in-law, Melba Caro of Lubbock, Texas, mother of his children, Faye Smith, a host of grandchildren, nieces and nephews and very special friends Bob and Gladys Giddens of Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, ten brothers, four sisters and one step-son.

Visitation will be held from 6~8pm Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street in Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2018 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Hurst and Rev. Vernese Green officiating.

Burial will follow in Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

(Copied from his Find A Grave Memorial Page)

Obituary also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 10, 2018, Page 5