Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
4. | Easuel Vernon McClelland was born on 3 Feb 1926 in Sabine County, Texas (son of William Daniel Walter McClelland and Philonia Lucresia Campbell); died on 28 Jun 2001 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
A veteran of the Korean War. (White and Toole, p 73). On his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Darla Halley, it is noted that his military marker was inscribed "S Sgt U.S. Air Force Korea"
Easuel married Florence Beatrice Jacks on 9 May 1951. Florence (daughter of Marion George Jacks and Bessie Beatrice Wood) was born on 29 Sep 1933 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Florence Beatrice Jacks was born on 29 Sep 1933 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Marion George Jacks and Bessie Beatrice Wood); died on 29 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Charter member of the James F. Gomer Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Texas. (White and Toole, p 73).
Obituary
Florence Beatrice McClelland
September 29, 1933 - January 29, 2021
Florence Beatrice McClelland, 87, of Wier Gate, Texas (formerly of Sabine County) passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 (sic) in Hemphill Care Center.
Florence was born on January 29, 1933 in Hemphill, Texas to Marion Jacks and Bessie Wood Jacks. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of the Baptist faith. She worked for many years as a hairdresser.
Florence was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Eausel V. McClelland; her husband of 8 years, Cleburne D. Wells; and her son, Steve McClelland.
She is survived by her son, Forrest McClelland and wife, Lynne, of Hemphill; her niece, Sonya Strickland and husband, Mike, of Hemphill; six grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.
Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home.
Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.
Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 3, 2021, page 4
Children:
- Steve McClelland was born on 21 Apr 1952 in Bexar County, Texas; died on 22 Nov 2019 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas.
- 2. Living
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6. | Benny Ray Bragg, Sr. was born on 1 May 1936 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (son of Chester Lee Bragg and Addie Byrl White); died on 24 Jul 2018 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Benny Ray Bragg, Sr., 82, of Shelbyville, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at his residence.
Benny Ray was born May 1, 1936 in Hemphill, Texas to Chester Lee Bragg and Addie Byrl White Bragg. He was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of Rosevine Church of God. He was a fishing guide on Toledo Bend Lake mainly out of Holly Park Marina. He liked carpentry and building and he loved to deer hunt.
Benny is survived by his wife, Barbara Bragg of Shelbyville, Texas; sons, Benny Ray Bragg, Jr. and wife, Patricia, of Many, Louisiana and Marcus Paul Bragg and wife, Mary, of Mesa, Arizona; daughters, Shelia Gail Hall and husband, Gary, of Shelbyville, Texas, Sherri Jo Dover and husband, Dennis, also of Shelbyville, Shirley Ann Cahanin of Many, Louisiana, and Trina Carol Banaszak and husband, August, of Little Rock, Arkansas; sisters, Paula June Britt and Julie Ann Huff and husband, Dale, all of Milam, Texas; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2018 in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.
Serving as pallbearers are Dennis Dover, Gary Hall, August Banaszak, Daniel Hall, Jason Williams, Kaleb Campbell, and Jordon Williams.
Online book signing and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.
Copied form the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published August 1, 2018, page 8, in The Sabine County Reporter
Benny married Barbara Fay Ferrell on 1 Dec 1957. Barbara was born on 1 Feb 1939; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Barbara Fay Ferrell was born on 1 Feb 1939; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
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9. | Philonia Lucresia Campbell was born on 9 Mar 1889 in Louisiana (daughter of William Edwin Campbell and St. Helena "Lena" Travis); died on 24 Jul 1958 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 25 Jul 1958 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMRS-5XB/p1
Name: Pailonia L. Mcclelland
Death Date: 24 Jul 1958
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 69 years 4 months 15 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Mar 1889
Birthplace: Louisiana
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W.E. Campbell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lena Travis
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County Texas
Burial Date: 25 Jul 1958
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115550
Digital Film Number: 4167329
Image Number: 1929
Reference Number: 41341
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Children:
- 4. Easuel Vernon McClelland was born on 3 Feb 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 2001 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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10. | Marion George Jacks was born on 16 Dec 1902 in Texas (son of Jesse Andrew Jacks and Stella Mays); died on 12 Feb 1953 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
He was a pulp wood trucker. He died as a result of an auto accident.
Marion married Bessie Beatrice Wood on 19 Nov 1921. Bessie (daughter of Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Jr. and Amelia Melvina "Vinie" Carrico) was born on 20 Nov 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Nov 1973 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Bessie Beatrice Wood was born on 20 Nov 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Jr. and Amelia Melvina "Vinie" Carrico); died on 29 Nov 1973 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Name Bessie Beatrice Jacks
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Nov 1973
Event Place Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 20 Nov 1902
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Ed Wood
Mother's Name Melvinia Carrico
Informant Mrs. Ethel Droptini (Daughter)
Certificate Number 102911
GS Film number 2242963
Digital Folder Number 005145939
Image Number 00330
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K36T-9VP : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Bessie Beatrice Jacks, 29 Nov 1973; citing certificate number 102911, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2242963.
Children:
- L. E. Jacks was born about 1923 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1993.
- George Clinton "Mark" Jacks was born on 20 Nov 1924 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Feb 2000 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Volley Marvin "Biddie" Jacks was born on 23 Mar 1927 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Nov 1960 in Sabine County, Texas.
- Marvin Edward Jacks was born on 6 Apr 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Apr 1962 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Ethel Marie Jacks was born on 6 May 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Feb 2022 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- 5. Florence Beatrice Jacks was born on 29 Sep 1933 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Hollis Elmore "Buddy" Jacks was born on 27 Feb 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Mar 2006 in Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Lloyd D. Jacks was born on 14 May 1939 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Feb 2015.
- Marion "Dick" Cauzell Jacks was born on 18 Jul 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 May 2023 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 22 May 2023 in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Earle Gwendolyn "Gwen" Jacks was born in Apr 1944 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Oct 2010 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
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12. | Chester Lee Bragg was born on 16 Aug 1905 in Patroon, Shelby County, Texas (son of James Richard "Dick" Bragg and Martha "Mattie" Jane Harrison); died on 28 Jun 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
July 5, 1995, Page 8
Chester Lee Bragg, 89, of Route 1, Hemphill, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.
Born Aug. 16, 1905, in Patroon as a son of the late Richard and Mattie (Harrison) Bragg, he had been a longtime resident of Sabine County. Bragg was a self employed farmer and member of the Bethany Baptist Church in Milam.
Survivors: wife, Addie Byrl (White) Bragg of Hemphill; two daughters, Julia Ann Goodale of Pineland and Paula Jane Britt of Hemphill; a son, Benny Ray Bragg of Hemphill; a sister, Elvie Wilson of Hemphill; 14 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; and five great-greant grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Robert Shaddock and Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Meador Cemetery in Milam.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)
The death certificate of his infant daughter, Gloria Lee Bragg, instead shows his place of birth as Isla in Sabine County.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 22 Apr 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 7B
145-158
Bragg, R. Carson Head M W 36 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Bragg, Ada Wf F W 32 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Evon Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Alton Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
146-159
Bragg, James R. Head M W 56 M 22 Tx Fl Fl Farmer
Bragg, Martha J Wf F W 53 M 19 Tx Miss Tx
Bragg, Mattie C. Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Elvada Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
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Bragg, Chester L Head M W 24 m 22 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Bragg, Addie B Wf F W 18 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Chester + Addie Byrl White. Addie (daughter of Benjamin Meador White and Alabama Williams) was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Dec 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Addie Byrl White was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Benjamin Meador White and Alabama Williams); died on 13 Dec 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
December 17, 2003
Addie Bragg
Addie Bragg, 91, of Route 1, Hemphill, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Hemphill Care Center. Mrs. Bragg was born Feb. 2, 1912, and had been a longtime resident of Sabine County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors: a son, Benny Bragg of Shelbyville; daughters, Julie HUFF and Paula BRITT, both of Sabine County; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard LUM officiating. Interment followed at Meador Cemetery in Milam.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
Children:
- Living
- Gloria Lee Bragg was born on 8 Jan 1934 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1934 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- 6. Benny Ray Bragg, Sr. was born on 1 May 1936 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jul 2018 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Living
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