Vernon "Sister" Tatom

1919 - 2000  (81 years)

• Name	Vernon "Sister" Tatom  [1]
  Nickname	Sister
  Birth	23 Jul 1919	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Dec 2000	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER December 20, 2000 Vernon "Sister" Tatom DuBose, 81, of Pineland died suddenly Thursday, Dec 14, 2000, and was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:01 om at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill. Mrs. DuBose was born July 23, 1919 as the youngest child of the late Harriet Adelia (White) and Will Tatom. The house in which she was born, located on Tatom road near Pineland, remained her home her entire life. She was a homemaker and member of the former One Hill United Methodist Church. Mrs. DuBose had served as an election worker in Sabine County. She was married April 17, 1957, to Cleatis Harvey DuBose and he preceded her in death on July 29, 1986. She was also preceded in death by her parents and all brothers and sisters. Survivors, a son, Samuel Cleatis DuBose of Pineland, a daughter, Martha Beth Lane and her husband Tracy Albert "T.A." Lane, of Pineland; and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 am Saturday at Bethel Chapel Baptist Church in Pineland with Bro. Willard Anderson, pastor of China United Methodist Church of China, Texas, and Bro. Ben Gibbs, Bethel Chapel's pastor, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County. Nephews were pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Active pallbearers included Charles Craddock, Harvey DuBose, Gene Duckett, Charles Tatom, Doyle Tatom, Eugene Tatom, Gerald Tatom, Lynn Tatom, and Norbit Tatom. Memorial contributions may be made to Pine Hill Cemetery Foundation, c/o Elease Barrow, RR 1, Box 172, Pineland, TX 75968; or M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Memorials, P.O. Box 297153, Houston, TX 77297, with notation of memorial to Vernon DuBose. Starr Funeral Home Inc. of Hemphill, directors. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I7533	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Willie Tatom,   b. 20 Mar 1874, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Mar 1967, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Harriet Adelia "Delia" White,   b. 19 Dec 1874, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 6 Mar 1955, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1896	Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cleatis Harvey DuBose,   b. Bef 1919   d. 29 Jul 1986 (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1957
  Family ID	F3650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Jul 1919 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Death - 14 Dec 2000 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Tatom, Delia (White) and children A photo of Delia and some of her children from the 1920's

  
  

• Sources

  [S594] Davenport, Linda King-Family Researcher (dlkkport@hotmail.com) Emails, Family Group Sheets, Descendancy Trees, etc. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983, 37 (Reliability: 3).