Billie Ruth White

1933 - 2011  (77 years)

• Name	Billie Ruth White  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	25 Nov 1933	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Nov 2011	Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [3, 5]
  Burial	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [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 d. 3 Jun 1957, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Charles "Connie" Conway Brown,   b. 2 Apr 1911, Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana d. 24 Aug 2012, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (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 d. 16 Jan 2002, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1953	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [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		Birth - 25 Nov 1933 - Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 21 Feb 1953 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Death - 14 Nov 2011 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 65 (Reliability: 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). [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). [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). [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.). [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).