Delon Davis "Shay" Felts

1915 - 2012  (96 years)

• Name	Delon Davis "Shay" Felts  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Shay
  Birth	12 Sep 1915	Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jan 2012	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Burial	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	Delon Davis "Shay" Felts September 12, 1915 January 28, 2012 Shay Delon Davis Felts, 96, died Saturday morning in the Hemphill Care Center. He was born in Sabinetown, TX, to Walter Elbert and Caroline Gooch Felts. Shay worked for Gulf Oil as a machinist for over 35 years. After retirement he moved back to Hemphill from Port Arthur. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Hemphill Post VFW, and the First United Methodist Church in Hemphill. Mr. Felts is survived by his step-daughter Patsy Reed of Sonoma, AZ, and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wives, Thelma Juanita Duddie Felts and Rebecca Evelyn Felts; two brothers, E.C. Buddy Felts and Benton Peanut Felts; his sisters Eula Wood and Lola Smith. Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00 PM, Monday, January 30, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM Tuesday, January 31, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery. www.starrfuneralhome.com
  Person ID	I14248	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Walter Elbert Felts,   b. Abt 1889, Mississippi d. 20 Nov 1981, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 92 years)
  Mother	Caroline "Lina" Gooch,   b. Abt 1890, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Marriage	10 Apr 1910	Sabine County, Texas   [5]
  Family ID	F5622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thelma Juanita "Duddie" Maund,   b. 14 Dec 1914, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 11 Aug 1980, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Family ID	F5613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Sep 1915 - Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Death - 28 Jan 2012 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), May 1, 1996, Page 18, obituary of Lola B. Smith (Reliability: 3). [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), Thursday, June 7, 2007, obituary of Eula Wood (Reliability: 3). [S199] McDaniel, Robert Cecil THE 1920 POPULATION CENSUS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, He is shown as age 4 (Reliability: 3). [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983, p 72 (Reliability: 3). [S1696] Ancestry.com - Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database online].