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Mary Jane Buckley

Female 1936 - 2023  (87 years)


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  • Name Mary Jane Buckley  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 28 Apr 1936  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Jun 2023  Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 10 Jun 2023  Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Mary Jane Townsend, 87, of Pineland, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at Larkspur Nursing Home in Lufkin, Texas after a long illness.

      Mary Jane was born on April 28, 1936 in Pineland, Texas to the late John Dewey Buckley and Eva Josephine Craig Buckley. She attended school in Pineland and worked at several places over her lifetime, including West Sabine High School cafeteria, Temple Lumber Company, Fin & Feather Marina, San Augustine Fiberglass boat plant and Brookshire Brothers gas pumps.

      She loved reading, playing board games, jigsaw puzzles, listening to country music, gardening and canning. She could hum tunes while working that were like the actual songs. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and family.

      Mary Jane is survived by her son, JD Brown and wife, Martha, of Pineland; her daughters, Sandra Crow and husband, Billy John, of Pineland and Nomia Mistretta of Nacogdoches; son-in-law, Earl White; 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 18 great great grandchildren.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Willis Pat Brown, Arvil White, and Roy Townsend; her daughter, Mary Ann (Brown) White; her son, Willis Pat Brown, Jr.; her sisters, Velma Westmoreland, Rosa Breedlove, Lucille Miller and Anne Lou Loper; and her brother, T. J. Buckley.

      Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Friday, June 9, 2023 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

      Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

      Burial will follow services in Little Flock Cemetery.

      Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 14, 2023, Page 4
    Person ID I36138  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2023 

    Father John Dewey Buckley,   b. 12 Mar 1899, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1955, Pasedena, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Eva "Evie" Josephine Craig,   b. Apr 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1974, Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1919 
    Family ID F12676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willis Pat Brown,   b. 30 Dec 1927   d. 4 Nov 1982, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1951  [5
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Brown,   b. 10 May 1951, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 2010, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Willis Pat Brown, Jr.,   b. 16 Nov 1958, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1981, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     5. Living
    Family ID F8075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2010 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Apr 1936 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jun 2023 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 10 Jun 2023 - Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine 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.), Based on the birth index listings of her children (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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.).

    3. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Census Place: , Sabine, Texas; Roll: T627_4132; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 202-3. Transcribed as May (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Census Place: , Sabine, Texas; Roll: T627_4132; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 202-3. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S992] Owens, Connie "Little Flock Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas", (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/cemeteries/little_flock_cemetery.htm).