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Donald Melvin Latham

Male 1947 - 2018  (70 years)


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  • Name Donald Melvin Latham  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 17 Jun 1947  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Apr 2018  Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial 5 Apr 2018  Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • Donald Melvin Latham, 70, of Pineland, Texas passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at his residence.

      Donald was born June 17, 1947 in Hemphill, Texas to Charley and Mona Easley Latham. He was a United States Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. Later he worked as a truck driver for Jimmy Huffman Logging. He and his wife, Dorothy Trotter Latham married November 26, 1968 in Milton, Louisiana and went on to have four children. Donald holds the Sam Rayburn lake record for the biggest Opelousas catfish ever caught on that lake.

      Donald is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dorothy Latham; his sons, Donny Latham and wife, Dion, of Pineland, Texas and J.R. Latham and wife, Candace, of San Augustine, Texas; his daughters, Debbie Jacks and husband, Lee, of Pineland, Texas and Betty Austin and husband, Keith, of Brookeland, Texas; brother, Ronnie Latham and wife, Judy, of Lufkin, Texas; sisters, Elna Faye Kincel of Hemphill, Texas, Dorothy Bayless and husband, Gary, of Pineland, Texas, Christine Jacks of Lufkin, Texas, and Margie Gayle Williams of Broaddus, Texas; 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, Charley and Mona Latham; brother, Gerald Latham, and sisters, Willma Jean Dickerson, Barbara Ann Bragg, and Marcille Latham.


      Visitation for Donald will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2018 and until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.

      Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Lott Cemetery.


      Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.
      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, April 11, 2018, Page 10
    Person ID I28767  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2021 

    Father Charley Melvin Latham,   b. 22 Feb 1914   d. 15 May 2008 (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Mona Leafye Easley,   b. 14 Oct 1920, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1990 (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Family ID F9303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jun 1947 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Apr 2018 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Apr 2018 - Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    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.), Memorial ID 188519294 (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.), April 11, 2018, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.).