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Laura Belle Collier

Female 1929 - 2013  (84 years)


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  • Name Laura Belle Collier  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 19 Jul 1929  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Nov 2013  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 15 Nov 2013  Fairview Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Obituary
      Laura Belle Collier Hand
      Mrs. Laura Belle Collier Hand, 84, of Nacogdoches passed away Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hand was born July 19, 1929, in Nacogdoches to parents Alton Terrell Collier and Tommie Inez Walker Collier. She was a 1947 graduate of Nacogdoches High School and also attended Massey Business School. She retired from a longtime, successful career as a customer services supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone. She was a charter member of Nacogdoches Congregational Methodist Church. Mrs. Hand was a member of Nacogdoches Chapter #428 Order of the Eastern Star, having served as Worthy Matron. She was an active member of the Altrusa Club, Telephone Pioneer Club and Business & Professional Women's Club. Her survivors include sons, Jack Hand Jr. and wife, Paula, of Nacogdoches, Jerry Allen Hand and wife, Patti, of Woden, and John Collier Hand and wife, Eva of Hudson; grandchildren, John Hull of Austin, Emily Morris of Austin, Tammy Hand of Hawkins, Jenny Hand of Woden, Wesley Collier Hand and wife, Jennifer, of Nacogdoches, and Rachael Starr Hand of Hudson; great-grandsons, Kaden Walker Hand and Kase Ryan Hand of Woden; and sisters, Lois Marie Carlson and JoAnn Whitehead, both of Nacogdoches. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Jack Hand Sr., on Nov. 6, 2009; and her brothers, Cecil Ensley Collier, Homer Raiford Collier, Lenox Revone Collier and Buford Alton Collier. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel, located at 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches, with the Rev. Bob Whitehead officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Online memories and condolences may be offered at www.CasonMonk-Metcalf.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors.

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    Person ID I34657  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Alton Terrell Collier,   b. 30 Jul 1896, Melrose, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1961, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Tommie Inez Walker,   b. 16 Nov 1899, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1977, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F12044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jack Hand, Sr.,   b. 1 Nov 1921, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 2009, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1953 
    Children 
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    Family ID F10919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 May 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jul 1929 - Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Nov 2013 - Nacogdoches 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.), November 19, 2009, p. 10 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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, Nacogdoches County, Pr. 1 Enumerated April 15, 1930 ED 174-4 SD 12 Sheet 7A Stamped 68 133-135 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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.).