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Earnest Clifton "Buddy" Felts

Male 1913 - 2002  (88 years)


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  • Name Earnest Clifton "Buddy" Felts  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Buddy 
    Birth 8 Jun 1913  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Mar 2002  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  [3
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      27 March 2002

      Earnest C. "Buddy" Felts

      Services for Earnest C. "Buddy" Felts, 88, of Hemphill were held at 10 am Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at the Starr Funeral Home chapel in Hemphill with Pastor Sherry Z. Crenshaw and Pastor Fred Raney officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

      Felts was born June 8, 1913 in Sabine County and died at 2 am Sunday March 24, 2002 in Hemphill.

      He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a member of the Free Methodist Church. He was a retired truck drive for J.O. Toole.

      Survivors: wife, Dorothy Felts of Hemphill; sons and daughters-in-law , Ronnie and Ona Felts of Hemphill, Larry and Frances Felts of Lufkin, and Davis and Connie Felts of Hemphill; daughters and son-in-law, Janie* and Jimmy Emiston of Tyler and Vickie Felts** of Hemphill; a brother, Davis D. "Shay" Felts of Hemphill; sister, Eula Wood of Hemphill; 15 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.

      Starr Funeral Home Inc., Hemphill, directors.

      In White & Toole's, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, Davis Felts was not listed as a son of Earnest and Dorothy. However, Earnest's obituary (above) lists "son and daughter-in-law Davis and Connie Felts of Hemphill."

      *In White & Toole's, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, Carolyn Janie Felts was shown as married to Jimmie Strickland, and as the mother of Jimmy Strickland, Jr. She appears to have been remarried.

      ** In White & Toole's, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, Vicky Juanita Felts is shown as married to Reggie Cordray and as the mother of Todd and Timothy Cordray. She appears to have taken back her maiden name prior to his death.
    Person ID I14249  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Walter Elbert Felts,   b. Abt 1889, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1981, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Mother Caroline "Lina" Gooch,   b. Abt 1890, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1910  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy Jean Maund,   b. 22 Oct 1923, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 2009, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Carolyn Jane "Janie" Felts,   b. 17 Mar 1944, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 2004, Flint, Smith County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F5614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jun 1913 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Mar 2002 - 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. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [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.), May 1, 1996, Page 18, obituary of Lola B. Smith (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.), 27 March 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983, p 72 (Reliability: 3).