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Ruby Elaine Harris

Female 1917 - 2007  (90 years)


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  • Name Ruby Elaine Harris  [1
    Birth 30 Jul 1917  Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Oct 2007  Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Shown in the 1963 obituary of her half sister, Abbie Thelma Nethery, as "sister....Mrs Elaine Brown, Bronson."

      Elaine Brown

      Funeral services for Elaine Brown, 90, of San Augustine were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in San Augustine. Rev. Mike Hunter and Rev. Buddy Pratt officiated.

      Elaine Brown was born July 30, 1917 in the Isla Community in Sabine County to Robert and Abby Ola Mason Harris. She entered into rest October 1, 2007 in Lufkin. Mrs. Brown was the youngest of 11 children and the last surviving member. She was a retired health care giver as well as beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church and had resided in San Augustine since 1964.

      Mrs. Brown leaves a wonderful legacy of dedication to family, caring for everyone else, and her love of God. She enjoyed cooking, flowers, football and gospel music. Elaine was a beautiful, loving and giving person. Her radiating smile and presence will leave an irreplaceable void in our lives.

      The family wishes to extend a special thanks to all of Mrs. Brown's nurses and caregivers at El Camino House in San Augustine. The love and compassion shown for their mother has been beyond reproach these past three years.

      She is survived by her her son, Charles Dale Brown and wife, Wanda of Longview; daughter, Ann Brown Watson of Lufkin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Brown Metteauer and husband Richard of Nacogdoches; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Hoy Brown; sons, Arlis Ray Brown and Ricky Paul Brown, and son-in-law, Dr. William E. Watson.

      Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine was in charge of arrangements.

      Published in the San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, October 4, 2007

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)
    Person ID I1602  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2024 

    Father Robert Earl Harris,   b. 11 Aug 1868, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1934, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Abbie Ola Mason,   b. 28 Nov 1875, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1918 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jul 1915  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F1108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hoy Brown,   b. 28 Mar 1913, Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1995, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jul 1934 
    Family ID F14733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Jul 1917 - Isla, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Oct 2007 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    2. [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.), # 25744530 (Reliability: 3).