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Bettye Frances Bragg

Female 1928 - 2012  (83 years)


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  • Name Bettye Frances Bragg  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 10 Oct 1928  Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Aug 2012  Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Bettye Frances Wagstaff, 83, of Bronson, Texas passed away peacefully Sunday morning in the Lufkin Memorial Hospital, Lufkin, TX. Bettye was born in Sabinetown, Texas, to Mack Register and Annie Pearl Barlow Bragg.

      She graduated from Bronson High School in 1945 at age 16 and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Stephen F. Austin State University. She met Robert Harland Wagstaff in Nacogdoches and they were married on August 23, 1946. She, and her husband of 63 years, were employeed by West Sabine ISD for most of their careers and established the Jon Wagstaff Memorial Scholarship for West Sabine graduates.

      Bettye was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son Jon Robert Wagstaff, and her sisters Pat Wright and Jackie Drawhorn. She is survived by her daughter Lou Ann Wagstaff of Whitehouse, Texas; granddaughter Cory and husband Rob Blackmon of Brownsboro, Texas; great grandchildren Caylor, Brock and Tyler Blackmon; a brother-in-law W.E. Wright of Port Neches, Texas; a sister-in-law, Onita Hanna of Jacksonville, Texas; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

      Bettye loved spending time with her family, especially the great grandchildren. She enjoyed genealogy, flower gardening, being with friends, hearing from former students, reading a good book and taking an occasional road trip. She was "young at heart" and her wit and wisdom will be greatly missed by those who loved her.

      Visitation will br from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Texas

      Memorial contributions made to the Jon Wagstaff Memorial Scholarship fund at First Bank and Trust of East Texas, Pineland, Texas 75968, would be greatly appreciated by the family.

      www.starrfuneralhome.com
      A nearly identical obituary was published in the Sabine County Reporter, August 29, 2012, page 14.
    Person ID I2137  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Mack Register Bragg,   b. 27 Nov 1907, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1980, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Annie Pearl Barlow,   b. 7 Sep 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1977, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 16 Oct 1927  [1, 5
    Family ID F1392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Harlon Wagstaff,   b. 9 Oct 1920, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 2008, Newton, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 23 Aug 1946  [4
    • They are the parents of LouAnn and Jon Robert.
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Jon Robert Wagstaff,   b. 31 Jan 1964, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1983, Smith County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    Family ID F1394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Oct 1928 - Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Aug 2012 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S632] Descendants of William Mercer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mbonsal/mercer/william.html.

    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.), January 1, 2009, Page 8 (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. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.