Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson

1908 - 2006  (97 years)

• Name	Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Pete
  Birth	3 Nov 1908	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Feb 2006	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Sabine County Reporter March 8, 2006 Simon "Pete" Anderson Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson, 97, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born Nov. 3, 1908, in Hemphill as a son of the late Ernest L. and Ara Josephine (Clark) Anderson. He was a fifth generation Texan. On Dec. 30, 1933, he married Rosalie LEZE. They were married for 72 years. He served in the Army during World War II. Pete joined the East Mayfield Baptist Church when he was nine years old. He was a member of Fisher Baptist Church in Fisher, Louisiana. He retired from the Lone Leaf Lumber Company in Fisher. He was a resident of Fisher from 1937 until moving to Hemphill Care Center on Jan. 17, 1998. Survivors: wife, Rosalie Anderson of Hemphill, sister, Vermell BRUST and husband Louis of Hemphill, and a brother, Lonnie G. Anderson and wife Barbara of Gilmer. Funeral services were held March 3 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana. Interment was a Fisher Cemetery in Fisher. Services were under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I5538	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Ernest Lafitte Anderson,   b. 3 Sep 1887, Sabine County, Texas d. 20 Jul 1963, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ara Josephine Clark,   b. 4 Nov 1887, Sabine County, Texas d. 2 Dec 1917, Sabine County, Texas (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1907	Sabine County, Texas   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F2850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosalie Anna Mae Cecille Leze,   b. 16 Jun 1912, Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana d. 12 Apr 2006, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1933	Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F2893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Nov 1908 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 30 Dec 1933 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Death - 28 Feb 2006 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), March 8, 2006 (Reliability: 3). [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!). [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.), Texas, Sabine, JP 1 Enumerated 4 May 1910 SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 13B Hemphill and San Augustine Road 227-229 (Reliability: 3). [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 10, instead lists marriage date as 28 Dec 1907 (Reliability: 3).