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Doris Aileen Stewart

Female 1927 - 2015  (88 years)


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  • Name Doris Aileen Stewart  [1, 2
    Birth 18 Mar 1927  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 Nov 2015  Tyler, Smith County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      October 22, 1997, Page 7

      Class of 1944

      Hemphill's Class of 1944 recently held a reunion at the home of Phillip and Loretta Sterle in Hemphill. Shown are, from left: Claudine Gellaty Polley, Philip Sterle, Onie Bell Grim Williams, Doris Stewart Walts, Eugene Procella, Margie Watson Nellus, LaTrent Walker, Melba Rue Isom Byley, Charlotta Kign Walker, Bertie Scott, Helen Strickland Murray, Betty Mae Ener McGraw and Patsy Pickley Becka. The Class of '44 donated $100 from their treasury to the J. R. Huffman Public Library.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

      Obituary

      Doris Stewart Waits, 88, died at 5:45 p.m. on November 25, 2015 at Briarcliff Health Center in Tyler, Texas. She was born on March 18, 1927 in Milam, Texas, Sabine County, to the late Thomas Grady Stewart and Abbie Bragg Stewart. She graduated from Hemphill High School in 1944, and she married Fredrick Nelson Waits on January 23, 1947. They were married for 59 years, until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Waits settled in Tyler, Texas, where Mr. Waits, known as the "Singer Sewing Machine Man," worked for over 50 years. Mrs. Waits completed courses to become a Licensed Vocational Nurse. She worked as a nurse for over 20 years, primarily working with dialysis patients in Tyler, Texas.

      Mrs. Waits was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Taking care of her family and friends was the joy of her life, but she also loved to be active. Her many hobbies included photography, gardening, genealogy, sewing, quilting, painting, and bird watching. She loved to travel and visited many places around the world such as England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, Israel, and Italy. Mrs. Waits was a professional artist in Tyler, as well as a long-time member of the Tyler Art League. She won awards for her art, often painting landscapes of the Texas Hill Country. Mrs. Waits became a Master Gardner later in life and was an active member of the Smith County Master Gardeners Association. Above all else, Mrs. Waits was a devoted Christian, sharing the love of Christ not only by what she said but how she lived. She was an active member of Southern Oaks Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas. Mrs. Waits was an exceedingly kind, funny, and generous person. She will be dearly missed.

      Survivors include her son, David Russell Waits and wife Nancy of Tyler, and granddaughter Bethany Waits of Tyler, as well as a multitude of other family members and friends. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nurses, aids, and staff at Briarcliff Health Center.

      Mrs. Waits was preceded in death by her son, Ralph Arlen Waits and her husband, Fredrick Nelson Waits.

      Visitation will be 11:00AM to 2:00 PM. on Monday, November 30, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral service will be at 2:00PM, Monday, November 30, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dewey Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery.

      Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
      Also publised in The Sabine County Reporter, December 2, 2015, Page 12
    Person ID I1543  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2022 

    Father Thomas Grady Stewart,   b. 21 Sep 1895, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1975, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Abbie Tabitha Bragg,   b. 16 Nov 1898, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 2002, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 103 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jan 1919  [3
    Family ID F1072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Mar 1927 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Nov 2015 - Tyler, Smith County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 4 Enumerated April 29, 1930 ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 11A Stamped 82 218-225 (Reliability: 3).

    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.), December 2, 2015, Page 12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.).