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Willie Esther Dorsey

Female 1912 - 1995  (82 years)


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  • Name Willie Esther Dorsey  [1
    Birth 16 Dec 1912  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Feb 1995  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 13 Feb 1995  Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Obituary

      Esther Gilchriest

      Esther Dorsey Gilchriest, 82, of Beaumont died Friday, Feb. 10, 1995, at Beaumont Regional Medical Center in Beaumont.

      Born Dec 16, 1912, in Milam as a daughter of the late Edward and Willie (Russell) Dorsey, she had lived in Beaumont the past 13 years and was a member of the Baptist Church and the Rebekar Jasmine #17 and Python Systers.

      Survivors: daughter, Edwina Conn Hall of Milam; two sons, Mike Gilchriest of Milam and Pat Gilchriest of Beaumont; sisters, Virgie Dorsey Parrish of Geneva and Wilna Dorsey Horn of Beaumont; brother E. W. Dorsey of Milam; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

      Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Rev. Ralph Martin and Rev. Horace Dickerson officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County.

      Pallbearers: Mike Gilchriest, Dwayne Buckley, James Roy Boyett, John E. Hall, Travis Dorsey, and David Parrish. Honorary pallbearers; James E. Dorsey, Gerald Buckley, Kenneth Horn, Woody Dorsey, Benji Dorsey, and Ronald Lee Pool III.

      Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8
    Person ID I41276  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2023 

    Father Edward Woodland Dorsey,   b. 13 Sep 1874, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1951, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Willie Francis Russell,   b. 4 Dec 1882, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1972, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F11932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edward Leonidas Conn,   b. 1 Apr 1908, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1932 (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1931  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Francis Edwina Conn,   b. 16 Aug 1932, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 2020, Baytown, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F12419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2012 

    Family 2 Bert Gilchriest,   b. 25 Apr 1910   d. 21 Dec 1979 (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1946  [5
    Children 
     1. Michael Bert Gilchriest,   b. 24 Jan 1946, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 2019, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F12436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 May 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Dec 1912 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Feb 1995 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 Feb 1995 - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), # 81584012 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/), # 81584012 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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.), # 81558723 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [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.), # 81584007 (Reliability: 3).