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Arnette Bickley Elliott

Female 1933 - 2019  (86 years)


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  • Name Arnette Bickley Elliott  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 27 May 1933  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Dec 2019  Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Virgie Speights refers to her as "Mrs. Arnette Merritt of Dallas."

      Obituary

      Arnette Elliott Merritt, 86, of San Augustine, Texas (formerly of Hemphill) passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019 in CHI Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, Texas.

      Arnette was born May 27, 1933 in Hemphill, Texas to Von Bergen Elliott and Minnie Bickley Elliott. She was a teacher for many years before retiring from San Augustine ISD. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill.

      She is survived by her son, Carl Merritt of Dallas, Texas and her daughter, Claire Gurley of Bangkok, Thailand.

      Cremation arrangements are being handled by Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas.

      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 1, 2020, Page 5
    Person ID I41684  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2020 

    Father Von Bergen Elliott,   b. 17 Jan 1896, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1985, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Minnie Mae Bickley,   b. 13 Jan 1904, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1986, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1924  [2, 5
    • Virgie Speights, in a column dated November 14, 1968, writes about the Von B. Elliott family, on the occasion of their retirement and liquidation of the stock of their former retail store which they had operated for 30 years under the motto "A Fine Store in a Fine Town." She noted that both were lifelong residents of the area, members of pioneer families, and always active in every phase of life in the community. Both were active in chruch, school and civic affairs, and were members of the United First Methodist Church of Hemphill.The Elliott children were well-supervised, well disciplined, with no thought of permissiveness in their up-bringing, and expected to do their best at whatever they undertook. All four were honor students in school, and all completed college educations. The Elliott's have ten grandchildren, "two granddaughter and eight skinny grandsons."
    Family ID F12515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 May 1933 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Dec 2019 - Lufkin, Angelina 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.).

    2. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 91 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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.), January 1, 2020, Page 5 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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 205812971 (Reliability: 3).

    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.), Memorial ID 54292707 (Reliability: 3).