Ocie Inez Felts

1905 - 2005  (100 years)

• Name	Ocie Inez Felts  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Jan 1905	Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Nov 2005	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Notes	Sabine County Reporter December 7, 2005 Ocie Felts Gomer Ocie Felts Gomer was born Jan. 21, 1905, at Sabinetown, Sabine County. She died on Nov. 27, 2005, at San Augustine. Ocie was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson FELTS and Mattie Bell BURKETT FELTS. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley S. GOMER Sr.; her daughter, Helen Gomer SCHLUTER; her parents; and 11 brothers and sisters. Ocie is survived by her two sons, Edgar R. "Bill" GOMER and wife Mae of Salt Lake City, Utah and Stanley S. GOMER Jr. and wife Wanda of Burleson, nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews in Sabine County and elsewhere. Stanley and Ocie were married Dec. 23, 1922, at Hemphill and went to California by train where Stanley was employed by a nursery and Ocie was employed as a cook for the work crew. Later Stanley found employment with the U.S. Post Office in Los Angeles and transferred to Ft. Worth in 1925. They made the trip from California in a Model T Ford, camping out each night with infant daughter, Helen. The trip took three weeks. They lived in Fort Worth until retirement and in 1962 moved back to Sabine County to live on Toledo Bend Lake. Stanley died in 1986 and Ocie continued to live by the lake until she suffered a heart attack and she then moved to Hemphill Care Center and from there to Trinity Rehab and Retirement Community in San Augustine. Ocie was a loving mother and grandmother. She was very independent and self-sufficient, a good fisherman, and a really good cook. She will be missed. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill.
  Person ID	I13014	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson Felts,   b. 14 Jul 1863, Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi d. 17 Apr 1948, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Martha "Mattie" Bell Burkett,   b. 5 Apr 1867, Simpson County, Mississippi d. 3 Mar 1955, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	At the time of the 1920 Sabine County, Texas census, Thomas and Martha Felts had eight children living at home with them, ranging from 32 year old William to 9 year old Robert. They lived next door to 31 year old Walter Felts. He is assumed to be their son based in their last name, their proximity, his age and place of birth, and the place of birth of his parents per the census records. This is based solely on census information, and has not yet been verified based on other records. Additionally, 27 year old Virgil D. Felts (Household #345-365) and 27 year old Clarence E. Felts (Household #358-378) are also assumed to be sons based on their last name, ages, place of birth and the places of births of their parents. This also is based soley on census records. Helen Gomer Schluter, a granddaughter, self-published a book titled "The Thomas Jefferson Felts Family of Mississippi and Sabine County, Texas, Including the Burkett and Polk Families" in June 1988.
  Family ID	F2900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stanley Sheldon Gomer,   b. 26 Nov 1902, Texas d. 19 Feb 1986, Tarrant County, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1922	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Children	1. Helen Louise Gomer,   b. 12 Mar 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California d. 27 Jul 2002, Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas (Age 78 years)   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F5290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Jan 1905 - Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 23 Dec 1922 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Death - 27 Nov 2005 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S199] McDaniel, Robert Cecil THE 1920 POPULATION CENSUS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, p 66 (Reliability: 3). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Enumerated 20 and 21 Apr 1910 SD 2 ED 131 Sheets 4B bottom and 5A Top Hemphill and Sabine Town Road 66-68 (Reliability: 3).