Gregg Arnold Foster

Carl + Reba Arnold. Reba (daughter of Carroll Lee Arnold and Myrtle Exa Bennett) was born on 16 Nov 1928 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 21 Jun 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reba Arnold Foster

Reba Arnold Foster , 66, of Hemphill died Tuesday, June 20, at her residence on Arnold Street.

Born Nov. 16, 1928, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Myrtle Exa (Bennett) and Carroll Lee Arnold, she was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a member of Hemphill's First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Foster retired in 1983 as a home ecomomics instructor at Hemphill High School.

Survivors: husband, Carl E. Foster of Hemphill; two daughters, Renae' Yeary of Jasper and Kimberly McGee of Hemphill; a son, Kenon Carl Foster of Hemphill; two sisters, Myrline Thomas of Humble and Mattie Paul Green of Richardson; and four grandchildren, Casey Yeary, Cane Yeary, Torry McGee, and Kaleb McGee.

She was preceded in death by a son, Greg Foster.

Funeral services were held 4 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Wendell Ferguson and Bro. John C. Dowden officiating. Interment followed at the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 28, 1995, Page 8

Carroll married Myrtle Exa Bennett about 1923 in Sabine County, Texas. Myrtle (daughter of Robert Emmett Bennett and Phoebe Carbin Paul) was born on 16 Nov 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 May 1996 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that his tombstone was inscribed "Each Duty done, They Rest in Peace," and notes that he was the Son of Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr. & Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey - Double with 2nd w Phoebe Paul Bennett; 1st w Mary Collins [died 1881]. Virgie Speights indicates that he was teacher at Time, Texas. (Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 41).


(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15A Stamped 155
200-200
Bennett, Robert E Head M W May 1885 45 M 19 Tx La SC Farm
Bennett, Phoebe C Wf W F Feby 1863 37 M 19 9/5 La Ala Ms
Bennett, Burton R Son W M Sept 1883 16 S La Tx La Farm Laborer
Bennett, Hattie Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Tx Tx La
Bennett, William R Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Tx La
Bennett, Phoebe A Dtr W F Aug 1894 5 S Tx Tx La
Bennett, Vera J Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Tx Tx La
Bennett, Myrtle E Dtr W F Nov 1899 6/12 S Tx Tx La
Ellis, Cuff Servant B M Sept 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

Robert married Phoebe Carbin Paul on 8 Sep 1881. Phoebe was born on 2 Feb 1863 in Louisiana; died on 10 Feb 1908 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that she was the daughter of Samuel Burton Paul & Mary Caroline Shamburger