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Billie Ruth White

Female 1933 - 2011  (77 years)


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  • Name Billie Ruth White  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 25 Nov 1933  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Nov 2011  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Burial Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Notes 
    • Obituary|
      Billie Ruth Ferguson
      (November 25, 1933 - November 14, 2011)

      Billie Ruth Ferguson, 77, died in her residence in Milam after an illness. She was born in Hemphill to Carter Arnold and Connie Brown White. Billie Ruth lived in Crockett from 1969 until 1984 when she moved to Jasper. In 2005 she moved back to Hemphill and was a member of the Hemphill Church of God.

      She is survived by her mother Connie White of Hemphill, her sons Kenneth Alvin Ferguson and his wife Donna of Milam, Robert Arnold Ferguson and his wife Raven of Jasper, and Ronald E. Ferguson and his wife Julie of Dallas, her sisters Johnnie Mae Smith and her husband Millard of Milam, Betty Jo Webb and her husband Stevie of Center, and Linda Gail Horton and her husband Joe of Hemphill. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Nikki [Ferguson of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho], Zack, and Katy [Ferguson of Jasper].

      Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

      http://www.starrfuneralhome.com

      A more detailed version of this obituary was in the November 16, 2011 issue of the Sabine County Reporter on page 15. It noted, among other things, that she was the eldes daughter of Arnold and Connie White and was raised in the Pine Park community of Sabine County, and they were members of the Church of God in Hemphill. She attended both Bronson and Hemphill High Schools, graduating from Hemphill in 1951, and was married to Alvin Ferguson on Feb. 21, 1953 in Hemphill. They delivered and raised their three sons in Hemphill, moving to Crockett, Texas in 1970, where she worked as a seamstress at Alee Work Clothes. She and Alvin retired to Jasper, and following his death and the circumstances of "Hurricane Rita" she moved back to her hometown to be near her mother and sisters, and doing what she enjoyed most, attending church, gardening, and spending time with family and friends. She often visited relatives in both Sabine County and Lake Charles, LA.
    Person ID I14772  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2016 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Charles "Connie" Conway Brown,   b. 2 Apr 1911, Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 2012, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1933 
    Family ID F3652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alvin Eldridge Ferguson,   b. 26 Nov 1931, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 2002, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1953  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    • Their children were Kenneth, Robert and Ronald. (White and Toole, p 65).
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F5782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Nov 1933 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Feb 1953 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Nov 2011 - Milam, 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. [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. [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.), November 16, 2011, page 15 (Reliability: 3).

    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, obituary of Connie White (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 60026193 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    7. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 38856673 (Reliability: 3).