Lela Bell Smith

1916 - 2009  (92 years)

• Name	Lela Bell Smith  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Nov 1916	Gregg County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Feb 2009	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter February 11, 2009, Page 11 Lela Bell Eddins Lela Bell Eddins, 92, passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Care Center in San Augustine. Mrs. Eddins was born Nov. 2, 1916, in Gregg County as a daughter of the late Charlie and Lucy Clegg Smith and had been a longtime resident of the Sabine and San Augustine Counties area. She was a homemaker and a member fo the Order of the Eastern Star and the Baptist Church. Survivors: sons, Edward McGown and wife Betty of Hemphill and Ellis McGown and wife Linda of San Augustine; daughters, Mary Golden of Lufkin and Katy Newton and husband Wayne of San Augustine; brother, Jim Clegg of Bronson; grandchildren, Shane, Todd, Jimmy, Janiece, Tammy, Chad, Amber, Crystal, Michelle, Georgette, Nikki, and Travis; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Eddins; sons, John McGown and George McGown; and a grandson, John Hanks. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. Gordon Simmons officiating. Interment followed at Centerview Cemetery near Pineland. Pallbearers: Eugene Clegg, Shane McGown, Todd McGown, Jimmy Woods, Weldon Thomas and Tommy Newton. Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2009)
  Person ID	I8337	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Newton Hannibal "Dick" McGown,   b. 10 May 1907, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 Sep 1995, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1932
  Children	1. Edward Henderson "Pap" McGown,   b. 28 Dec 1937, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 8 Feb 2021, Longview, Gregg County, Texas (Age 83 years)   2. George W. McGown,   b. 26 Oct 1942, Texas d. 17 Apr 2004, Texas (Age 61 years)   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F3910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Willis Eddins,   b. 29 Mar 1914   d. Nov 1977, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1953  [1]
  Family ID	F7623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Nov 1916 - Gregg County, Texas Death - 2 Feb 2009 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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.), February 11, 2009, Page 11 (Reliability: 3). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Liberty County, JP 7 Enumerated April 10, 1940 SD 42-2 SD 146-14 Sheet 4B 89 (Reliability: 3).