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Duvergn F. Smith

Female 1914 - 2007  (92 years)


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  • Name Duvergn F. Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 20 Sep 1914  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Feb 2007  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      March 7, 2007, Page 11

      Duvergn Smith Cordray

      Duvergn Smith Cordray, 92, of Hemphill died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill. Mrs. Cordray was born Sept. 20, 1914, in Sabine County and was a lifelong resident of the county. She was the owner and operator of Cordray's Grocery for 45 years. She enjoyed singing in the choir, working in the yard with her flowers, and visiting her friends and the sick. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her parents, E.B. (Ebb) and Lula P. (Ferguson) SMITH; husband, Joe CORDRAY, SR.; son Joe Cordray, Jr.; brothers, Alfred SMITH and Shine (Dalton) SMITH; and sisters, Susie McDANIEL and Velma RASH. Survivors: daughter, Betty Cordray BOYD and husband Carlos BOYD of Pineland; grandchildren, Tina CROCKER of Owasso, Oklahoma, and Brian BOYD of Lufkin; and great-grandchildren, Clay CROCKER and Colton CROCKER, both of Owasso. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 1, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. I.W. Ferguson and Bro. T.A. Lane officiating. A poem was read by Pat CUNNINGHAM and interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Nolan FERGUSON, Lloyd CONN, Rodney CROCKER, Clay CROCKER, Colton CROCKER, Brian BOYD, and Thomas CORDRAY. Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I12938  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Eben B. "Ebb" Smith,   b. Abt 1878, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1964 (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Lula Pearl Ferguson,   b. Abt 1887, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1909 
    • Sabine County Reporter
      August 10, 2005
      From "I Remember" by Mary Howell

      I remember Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith who had a grocery store in what is called Beanville. I remember going to his store on Saturday nights to get a Dixie cup of ice cream. Several of Mr. E.B. children and grandchildren followed in their father's footsteps and became store owners. Duvergn CORDRAY, Shine Smith, Velma RASH and Alfred Smith all ran local mom and pop businesses.
    Family ID F3661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joe Briant Cordray,   b. 18 Oct 1905, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1966, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. Joe Briant Cordray, Jr.,   b. 29 Apr 1935, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1971, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F9244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Sep 1914 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Feb 2007 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S110] Gomer, Robert Austin MEMORIES OF SABINE COUNTY (c. Helen Gomer Schluter, 1967).

    2. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 33 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), March 7, 2007, Page 11 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 17 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    6. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.).