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Charles "Connie" Conway Brown

Female 1911 - 2012  (101 years)


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  • Name Charles "Connie" Conway Brown  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Connie 
    Birth 2 Apr 1911  Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 Aug 2012  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      April 22, 2009, Page 8

      Ninety-Eighth Birthday

      Ms. Connie White celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday last Sunday with her family and friends. Ms. White turned 98 on April 2. She would like to thank everyone for the cards, beautiful plants, and especially al the friends that came by to visit and share this special time with her. She had one person come all the way from Fort Smith, Arkansas just to help her celebrated. Her four daughters, are Linda Horton of Hemphill, Billy Ruth Ferguson of Pineland, Betty Webb of Center and Johnnie Mae Smith of Milam . She has nine children and 19 great-grandchildren. Grandchildren at her celebration included Darren Webb, Shelia Woods, Angie Fuller, Robert Ferguson, Randy Smith, Kenneth Ferguson, Barry Webb and Eric Williams.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

      Obituary

      Connie White, 101, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center. Ms. Connie was born in Vivian, LA, to John Henry and Margaret Spradley Brown. She moved to Hemphill 90 years ago where she was a homemaker and a seamstress. Ms. Connie's pride and joy was her flower garden which she maintained by herself until she was ninety-six years old. She was a member of the First Church of God in Hemphill, TX.

      She is survived by three daughters; Johnnie Smith and her husband Millard of Milam, Betty Webb and her husband Steve of Center, and Linda Horton and her husband Joe of Hemphill, nine grand children, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter Billie Ruth Ferguson.

      Visitation will be from 4:30PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, August 26, 2012 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 4:00PM, Monday, August 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

      from the Starr Funeral Home website

      A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 29, 2012, page 14

    Person ID I14771  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Henry Brown,   b. Jul 1871, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1937, Longview, Gregg County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley,   b. 30 Jan 1875, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1912, Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1897 
    Family ID F5781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carter Arnold White,   b. 29 Nov 1908, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1957, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1933 
    Children 
     1. Billie Ruth White,   b. 25 Nov 1933, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 2011, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Johnnie Mae White,   b. 30 Apr 1937, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 2017, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Betty Jo White,   b. 19 Jul 1940, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 2020, Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Living
    Family ID F3652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Apr 1911 - Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Aug 2012 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE.

    2. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 65 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S65] McCary, Kay P. "Spring Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    4. [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.), August 29, 2012, page 14 (Reliability: 3).