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The Sabine County Reporter
April 30, 2008
Page 13

Benny Ray White

Benny Ray White, 63, of Hemphill, died Friday April 25, 2008 at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital.

He was born June 30, 1944 in Pineland to William E. White and Abilene Kilburn. He was a lifetime resident of Hemphill and was a welder. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors: wife, Marie White of Hemphill; son, Mike White of Hemphill; daughter, Tina Ebarb and husband Johnny of Hemphill; sister, Neva Alexander of Jasper; and five grandchildren, Jordan, Harlee and Abbee Ebarb and Brittany and Morgan White.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 27 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill with Rev. Glenn Morton and Rev. Vance Purtell officiating.

Interment followed in Pinehill Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2008)

Bennie + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + Eloise Abilene Kilburn. Eloise was born on 22 Sep 1915 in Texas; died on 3 Jan 1998 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1930 census, Abilene and her sister Elna Kilburn were living in Shelby County with their mother, Bessie Kilburn, and step-grandmother, Martha McKinzie. Also living in the home were 26 year old Carmina Alford and 16 year old Tommie Chambless.

In the BACK IN TIME column of the January 12, 2000 edition of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, it is noted that "Twenty years ago" in 1980, the Sabine County Extension Homemakers Club Council organized and its first officers were elected at a meeting at the First Methodist Church. Officers included Abilene WHITE, council delagate.....

The Sabine County Reporter
January 7, 1998, Page 10

Abilene White

Eloise Abilene White, 82. of Route 1, Pineland, died early Saturday, January 3, 1998.

Mrs. White was born Sept. 22, 1915, in Shelby County as a daughter of the late Lee and Bessie Kilburn and had resided on FM 2024 in Sabine County several years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors: a daughter, Neve Alexander of Jasper, a son, Benny White of Hemphill; a sister, Elna Sanford of Hemphill; eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbane, W. E. "Bill" White in 1976 ans a son, Commissioner Kenneth E. White in 1993.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Ronnie Whittle of Silsbee, a former pastor of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM 2024 in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)