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Faye Marie McGown

Female 1928 - 2009  (81 years)


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  • Name Faye Marie McGown  [1, 2
    Birth 4 Jan 1928  Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Jun 2009  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial 20 Jun 2009  Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Not listed with her parents and siblings at the time of the 1940 federal census, when she would have been 12. Can be found with them in 1930, however.

      The Sabine County Reporter
      June 24, 2009, Page 16

      Faye Marie Gray

      Faye Marie Gray, 81, of Hemphill, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill.

      She was born Jan. 4, 1928 in Bronson to Eugene and Essie Mae Horton McGown.

      Mrs. Gray was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Bonami Baptist Church in Kirbyville.

      Survivors: sons, Larry D. Gray and wife, Becky of Buna and Wayne Gray of Silsbee; daughters, Betty Spears and husband, Roy L. Spears, and Hattie Spears and husband Wayne Spears, all of Hemphill; sister, Barbara Dickerson and husband, Doyle of Bronson; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur L. Gray; sons, Joe Gray; Leroy Gray, Larry Gray, and Roy Lee Gray; and sister, Mozell Conn Burkett.

      Funeral services were held Saturday, June 20 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Elzey Kelly and Bro. Wayne Mote officiating. Interment followed at Bronson Cemetery.

      Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)
    Person ID I34367  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Eugene G. McGown,   b. 9 Aug 1903, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1983, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Essie Mae Horton,   b. 5 Aug 1909, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1992, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1928 
    Family ID F10876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arthur Lee Gray,   b. 29 Jan 1908   d. 9 Dec 1970, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1951  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Leroy Gray,   b. 14 Aug 1954, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 2005 (Age 50 years)
     3. Joe Lynn Gray,   b. 3 May 1957, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1989 (Age 31 years)
     4. Living
     5. Living
     6. Living
    Family ID F10878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jan 1928 - Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Jun 2009 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 20 Jun 2009 - Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), June 24, 2009, Page 16 (Reliability: 3).

    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.), # 56824563 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).