Viola McGee

1904 - 1947  (42 years)

• Name	Viola McGee  [1]
  Birth	26 Oct 1904	Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Apr 1947	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry. She was the daughter of Mack McGee and Alice Gentry. She had red hair. She was married to Adam Huffman and then to John Riley Huffman. She was the mother of 10 sons and one daughter. Obituary: Mrs. Viola Huffman, 42, died suddenly Tuesday night, April 15, 1947, at 9 p.m. at her home on the Bronson Highway. Mrs. Huffman was born in Jasper County on October 26, 1924 to Mack and Alice Gentry McGee. She moved to Sabine County approximately 25 years ago and she has lived here since that time. Survivors include her husband, John Riley Huffman of Hemphill; daughter, Mrs. Hazel Retherford of Hemphill; sons, John Henry Huffman, Cecil Bradley Huffman, Bruce Wayne Huffman, Jimmie Roland Huffman and Jerry Lyle Huffman of Hemphill, Paul Huffman of Shreveport, LA, Hal Huffman and Clint Huffman of Waco, TX, and Marcus of the U.S. Navy; her mother, Mrs. Alice Stephens of Kirbyville; three sisters, Mrs. Burns Peveto of Orange, Mrs. Florence Grant of Kirbyville, and Mrs. Ruby Winham of Los Angeles, CA. Services were under the direction of Stringer Funeral Home of Hemphill. Funeral was held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment was in Hemphill Cemetery. (Obituary and personal notes copied from her Find A Grave Memorial Page)
  Person ID	I1748	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Adam Huffman,   b. 22 Dec 1901, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 23 Sep 1940, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Hazel Marie Huffman,   b. 17 Feb 1922, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 8 Sep 2009, Texas (Age 87 years)   2. John Henry Huffman,   b. 2 Dec 1923, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lewis Millard Huffman,   b. 4 Dec 1925, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Sep 1940, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 14 years)   4. James Marcus Huffman,   b. 24 Sep 1927, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 Jan 1948, Sabine County, Texas (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F1179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	John Riley Huffman,   b. 30 Jun 1890, Sabine County, Texas d. 30 Dec 1979, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1942
  Children	1. Jerry Lyle Huffman,   b. 31 Mar 1941, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Jan 2018, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 76 years)   2. Bruce Wayne Huffman,   b. 14 Dec 1943, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 6 Nov 2016, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 72 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F14048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Oct 1904 - Jasper County, Texas Death - 15 Apr 1947 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).