Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly

1930 - 2012  (82 years)

• Name	Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Merle
  Birth	13 May 1930	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Dec 2012	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [2, 4]
  Burial	21 Dec 2012	New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002 Class of 1948 Members of the class of 1948 attending the (Hemphill High School) reunion included, from left, front; Joann (Hendrix) Alford, Bennie Jean (Chambers) Henderson and Thelma (Bass) Henderson; and back: Elaine (Erwin) Hamilton, Jackie Harris, Merle (Gellatly) Huff, Billie Sue (Ziefler) Chambers, Raymond Mattox and Kathleen (Crowell) Zachery. Obituary Merle Gellatly Huff, 82, of Milam, died Wednesday evening in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. She was born in Sabine County to Don and Bena Harris Gellatly and has lived in Sabine County all her life. Mrs. Huff was a farmer and rancher and attended the Riverside Church near Milam. She is survived by her sons; David Huff of Milam, Ted Huff and his wife Janie of Laurel, Mississippi, Tommy Huff and his wife Ashley of Henderson, her daughter Susan Sheard and her husband Ray of Milam, grandchildren; Rylie, Poppy, David and Rachel, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Claudia Polley of Sexton and Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine. Visitation will be from 5:30PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery near Milam. http://www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1881157&fh_id=12228 Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 26, 2012, page 7
  Person ID	I1591	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly,   b. 21 Jun 1898, Texas d. 19 Sep 1976, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Bena Norine Harris,   b. 24 Jul 1901, Texas d. 5 Jan 2000, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1918  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Oscar Thomas Huff,   b. 17 Oct 1921   d. 11 Jul 2001, Sabine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1949  [7]
  Children	1. David Alan Huff,   b. 17 Jul 1952, Shelby County, Texas d. 18 Feb 2021, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 68 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F1101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 May 1930 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 19 Dec 2012 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Burial - 21 Dec 2012 - New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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