Ola Francis Morrison

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SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 14 March 2001 Obituaries Page 15

Frances Ola Rice

Frances Ola Rice, 89, of Pineland died Monday, March 5, 2001 at Autumn Hills Nursing Home in Friendswood.

Mrs. Rice, born April 27, 1911, in the Remling community as a daughter of the late Minnie Lee (Travis) and Wiley Huiet Morrison Sr., had lived in Pearland eight years and had formerly lived in Nederland. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Silsbee.

Survivors: a daughter, Dorothy Lee Linder of Pearland; brothers, Starlin Morrison of Nederland, James A. "Twister" Morrison of Jasper, and Odie Lee Morrison and W.H. "Jake" Morrison, both of Hemphill; a sister Onie B. Gomer of Pt. Neches; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held March 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 24 Apr 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 14A Stamped 36
6-6
Morrison, Wiley H Head M W 43 M 20 Akr NC Ark Farmer
Morrision, Minnie L Wf F W 46 M 23 Tx Tx Tx
Morrison, Starling G Son m W 20 S Tx Akr Tx Laborer General Farm
Morrison, Ola F Dtr F W 18 S Tx Ark Tx
Morrison, Arlis J Son M W 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Morrison, Arlin P Son M W 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Morrison, Odie L Son M W 9 S Tx Ark Tx
Morrison, Onie B Dtr F W 9 S Tx Ark Tx
Morrison, Wiley H Jr. Son M W 7 S Tx Ark Tx

Wiley + Minnie E. Travis. Minnie (daughter of James Cannon Travis, Sr. and Ella Green Rice) was born in May 1886 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Melinda, Wanted to share this with you, thought it would be of interest to you, here is his line:

1. William Travis and Nancy B. Hurst 2. James Cannon Travis and Sophronia P. White 3. James Cannon Travis, Jr. and Ella Green Rice 4. Minnie L. Travis and Wiley H. Morrison 5. Starlin Green "Cap" Morrison

Here is his obit: SOURCE: Obituary, published in the Beaumont Enterprise, Friday, 1 February 2002 Starlin Green "Cap" Morrison Starlin Morrison, 92, of Nederland died Wednesday January 30, 2002 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas with burial to follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Fairmount, Texas. A gathering of friends will be held Saturday from 4 to 8:00 P.M. at Broussard's Mortuary in Nederland. A native of Hemphill, Texas he had lived in Nederland for 35 years and Kirbyville for 26 years. He was a retired Machinist for Gulf Oil Corporation for 30 years and was a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland and Central Baptist in Kirbyville. Survivors include his daughter and her husband, Lurlene and Travis Alexander of Beaumont, sons and their wives Dwain and Martha Morrison and James W. and Carolyn Morrison all of Nederland, sister Onie B Gomer of Port Neches, brothers and their wives, Odie Lee and Mavis Morrison and Wiley H. "Jake" and Margie Morrison all of Hemphill, 8 Grandchildren and 15 Great Grandchildren. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be the Deacons of the Central Baptist Church in Kirbyville.

Note: His brother, James Arlis died last month and if you need or want his obit I have it also. Let me know.


Take care, Yolanda ypmiller@stx.rr.com or yolandapepper@themillers.com

Melinda, I am glad that you could use the info; here is the other obit, if I don't do it now I will forget. Have a good one. Take care, Yolanda

SOURCE: Obituary, published in the Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday, 5 January 2002 James Arlis "Twister" Morrison James Arlis "Twister" Morrison, 87, of Plum Ridge, formerly of Hemphill, died Jan. 2, 2002 at Timberlake Health and Rehabilitation Center in Jasper, TX. Graveside services were held at 3 PM Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 at Ebenezer Cemetery under the Direction of Forest Oaks Funeral Home in Jasper. A native of Hemphill, Jim was a longtime resident of Plum Ridge and was a retired butcher and a veteran of World War II. Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Laura Coates Morrison and is survived by 3 Step-Sons and their wives; Lee Roy Bronson and wife Billie of Plum Ridge, Billy Wayne Coates and wife Francine of Plum Ridge, and Robert P. Coates and wife Wilma of Lumberton; 1 Sister, Ona B. Gomer of Pt. Neches; 3 Brothers, Starling Morrison of Nederland, Ode Lee Morrison of Hemphill and Jake Morrison also of Hemphill; 11 Grandchildren, 26 Great-Grandchildren and a number of Nieces and Nephews. Funeral services under the Direction of Forest Oaks Funeral Home in Jasper.

James married Ella Green Rice on 10 Nov 1879 in Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of Matthias J. Rice and Millbury Cook) was born on 10 Dec 1861 in Mississippi; died after 2 Aug 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was known by his middle name, Cannon. He may have been married previously to an Elizabeth, also from Mississippi.

According to the MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS, (James) Cannon and Sophronia (White) Travis were among the 11 founding members of the church. Sophronia was admitted by voucher on September 7, 1857 from W. C. Southwell, Missionary East Texas, as was her husband, Cannon Travis. Fellowship was withdrawn from Cannon Travis on November 10, 1860, and restored September 24, 1864. In June 1884, "charges having been preferred against Bro. Cannon Travis for unchristian conduct & said charges as alleged being Sustained, it was ordered that the Church withdraw fellowship from him & it is further ordered that his name be erased from the Church Book."

Note: Children's names and birthdates are based on a transcription of the 1870 census. The actual 1870 and 1880 census microfilm's should be carefully checked. The 1880 extract seems to have several glaring discrencies in names and dates. Blanche Toole speculates that perhaps the census taker knew Cannon and his family, and completed the information from (faulty) memory instead of by actually interviewing the family. Also, Charlie White lists a child named Jann White, born ca 1868 per the 1870 census who is not listed on either transcription of the census. Perhaps this is Martha Jane White.

Military Service Co. D 1 Tex HV Arty CSA (Courtesy of Tony Pickett)

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Jules Hurst writes that "I understand that Cannon died in Texas of cancer of the eye."

James married Sophronia Pauline White on 5 Dec 1850 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Sophronia (daughter of Edward White and Elizabeth Strickland) was born in Nov 1833 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sophronia was born during an auspicious month. On November 13, 1833, between midnight and dawn, thousands of meteors showered the sky over North America. To the native peoples of the land, it appeared that the stars were falling out of the heavens. Some thought it was the judgment day. Others called it "The Night the Stars Fell".

A young girl who was a slave at the time of the event said "Somebody in the quarters started yellin' in the middle of the night to come out and to look up at the sky. We went outside and there they was a fallin' everywhere! Big stars coming down real close to the groun' and just before they hit the ground they would burn up! We was all scared. Some O'the folks was screamin' and some was prayin' we all made so much noise, the white folk came out to see what was happenin'. They looked up and then they got scared too."

The celestial phenomenon called "the most impressive and awesome display ever recorded" was, in fact, the Leonids meteor shower seen in one of its most impressive years. Viewers witnessed 50,000 to 150,000 meteors per hour, only equaled by the November 17, 1966 display, when the Leonid shower brought 150,000 meteors per hour. Debris from the comet Temple-Tuttle that orbits the sun every 33 years causes the shower.

She was born and raised in Amite County, Mississippi, and can be found on the 1850 census with her parents. Sometime after that, the family moved to Sabine County, Texas.

After her husband's death, she lived with her oldest son, William Hardy Travis. She can be found living with he and his wife, Grace Ener, at the time of the 1900 and 1910 Sabine County census.

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A grave marker, photo shown on his FindAGrave memorial page, is inscribed "Matthias Rice Pvt Co F 11 Texas Infantry Confederate States Army Jan 15, 1832 Feb 16 1918" His memorial page is linked to his parents, Joseph and Catherine (Melton) Rice, as well as to his wife, Milbury Cook. The couple is also linked to four of their children. His wife's headstone shows him as "M. J. Rice"

Matthias married Millbury Cook on 7 Jan 1856 in Sabine County, Texas. Millbury (daughter of Greenberry Morris Cook and Rebecca Low) was born on 13 Sep 1835 in Texas; died on 14 Jun 1908 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]