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Verlyn Wright

Female 1925 - 2017  (91 years)


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  • Name Verlyn Wright  [1, 2
    Birth 15 May 1925  Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Jan 2017  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • James P. Lee stated that "Miss Bill Baber" was a techer in Wiergate. "Newton County Nuggets (Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, 1986).

      Obituary per her FindAGrave memorial page:

      Verlyn "Maw-Maw" Wright Baber, 91, of Beaumont, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas. She was born on May 15, 1925, in Bronson, Texas, to Luther and Julia Wright. She worked for Southwestern Bell as a phone operator for many years, and was a faithful member of North End Baptist Church.

      If you missed a holiday or birthday, you always received a heart felt card in the mail. Maw Maw always put her family first. She was the quintosential mother and grandmother and she will never be replaced.

      She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sarah Stafford; step-son, Billy Baber and his wife, Judy; grandchildren, Grace Baber, Anna Baber Childs and her husband, Patrick; Ellen Baber, David Baber and his fianc?e, Pam Causey; Sherri Baber Sherwin and her husband, Jon; great-grandchildren, Taylor Grace Hughes, Stafford Wayne Baber, Matthew Sherwin, and Nathan Sherwin; sister, Helen Minnis; several nieces and nephews; and many dear close friends.

      She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Virgie; brother, Winfred; her loving husband of sixty-five years, Bill Baber, Jr.; son, Kenneth Wayne Baber; and her adopted son, Larry Stafford.

      Services for Mrs. Baber are pending under the direction of Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.
    Person ID I41469  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 

    Father Luther Lee Wright,   b. 1 Oct 1904, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1963, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Julia Ellen Parmer,   b. 20 Feb 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 2000 (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1924  [3
    Family ID F12463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bill "Paw Paw" Baber, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1919, Blox, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 2008, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1944  [2
    Children 
     1. Kenneth Wayne Baber,   b. 25 Dec 1944, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1979 (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F12464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 May 1925 - Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Jan 2017 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [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.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 6 Enumerated April 26, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 12A Steep Creek Road (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.), Memorial ID 174763092 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S51] McCary, Kay P. "Rosevine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.