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Living married Tina Marie White Tina (daughter of Bennie Ray White and Living) was born on 19 Dec 1968 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 6 May 2011 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
May 11, 2011, Page 12

Tina Marie Ebarb

Tina Marie Ebarb, 42, died Friday morning in the San Augustine Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness.

She was born in Jasper to Benny and Marie Scarborough White and has lived in Hemphill all her life. Tina was the business manager for West Sabine I.S.D. in Pineland.

Tina is survived by her husband Johnny Ebarb of Hemphill; her son Jordan Ebarb of Hemphill; two daughters Harlee and Abbee Ebarb both of Hemphill; her granddaughter Kelbie Ebarb of Hemphill; her brother Mike White of Hemphill; and her mother Marie White of Hemphill.

Tina was preceded in death by her father Benny White.

Funeral serivces were held Tuesday, May 10 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Pinehill Cemetery near Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

John married Verna Marie Ferguson before 1961. Verna (daughter of Ivy Manuel Ferguson and Francis Maude "Mollie" Conner) was born on 30 Oct 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jan 2009 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 7 Jan 2009 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, January 8, 2009, Page 6

Verna Marie Ebarb

Graveside services for Verna Marie Ebarb, 79, were held in the Springhill Cemetery on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. She died January 4, 2009, in her home in Hemphill, after an illness.

She was born October 30, 1929, in Sabine County and has lived her all her life. Mrs. Ebarb was a member of the East Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church. She worked privately as a caregiver.

She is survived by her sons: Johnny Ebarb of Hemphill, Joe David Ebarb of Pineland, and Ivy C. Norton of Milton, FL. Four daughters, Linda M. Blanton of Lufkin, Lucy Bolt of Hemphill, Sandra Ellis of Palestine, and Sharon Christian of Pineland. One brother Robert Ferguson of Hemphill, sisters; Patsy Canzoneri of DuPree, WS, Frances Milner of Sugarland, and Dorthy Welch of Houston; twelve grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Rev. I.W. "Buckshot" Ferguson.

Contributions to the Springhill Cemetery Fund, First State Bank, Hemphill, TX 75948, would be appreciated by the family.

Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2009)

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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]

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(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 22, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 1B
Pineland Springhill Road
8-8
Annie S. Ferguson with sons and granddaughter
9-9
Ferguson, Ivy M Head M W 21 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Farm
Ferguson, Francis M Wf F W 17 M 15 Tx Tx Tx
Ferguson, Vumes M Dtr F W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 22, 1040
SD 42-2 ED 202-3
Spring Hill Road
272
Ferguson, Ivy M Head M W 31 M Tx Same Place Farmer Farming
Ferguson, Mollie Wf M (sic) W 27 M Tx Same Place
Ferguson, Verna Dtr F W 10 S Tx Same Place
Ferguson, Wendell Son M W 8 S Tx Same Place
Ferguson, Dorothy Dtr F W 4 S Tx
Ferguson, Robert Son M W 1 S Tx

Ivy married Francis Maude "Mollie" Conner about 1927. Francis (daughter of Robert A. Conner and Ada Francis Crockett) was born about 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 1975 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Francis Mollie Ferguson
death date: 24 Sep 1975
death place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
gender: Female
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death age: 62 years
estimated birth date: 1913
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father's name: Robert Conner
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mother's name: Ada Crocket
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additional relatives: X
film number: 2243834
digital film number: 4167898
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Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Francis Mollie Ferguson, 1975

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)