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Houston Cecil Chance

Male 1937 - 2016  (78 years)


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  • Name Houston Cecil Chance  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 16 Aug 1937  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Jan 2016  Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Obituary of Cecil Chance

      Mr. Cecil Chance, age 78, of San Augustine, passed from this life Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in Lufkin.

      Cecil was born August 16, 1937, in Sabine County, Texas, to Vera Inez (Phillips) Chance and Sam Houston Chance. He served in the United States Army. In San Augustine, he owned and operated the San Augustine Fiberglass Raycraft Boat Plant for 37 years. He was a charter member of the Rotary Club and a member of the Broaddus School Board. He married the love of his life, Ora Lee (Watson) Chance on September 29, 1962, and was a member of San Augustine Church of Christ.

      Those who are left to cherish his memory include, his beloved wife of 53 years, Ora Lee Chance of San Augustine; Sons, Stephen Cecil Chance and his wife, Michelle of Lufkin and Jeremy Scott Chance of Lufkin; His Brother, Ernest Clifton Chance and his wife, Brenda of Nederland; Sister, Brenda Faye Poston and her husband, Ken of Vidor; His beloved grandchildren, Joshua Stephen Chance; Jordan Taylor Chance; Kelley Ryan Chance; Brittany Elizabeth Scott and William Michael Chance; His great-grandchild, Briley Elizabeth Scott, along with numerous nephews and nieces cousins and friends.

      He is preceded in death by his parents, Vera and Sam Chance; Sister, Ruby Force; Brother, Sam Alfred Chance; 2 nephews, Kevin Poston and Andrews Alfred Chance.

      Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Reagan McClenny and Cliff Durham officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens in San Augustine County, Texas. Visitation will be Thursday, January 7, 2016 in the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972.

      Serving as Pallbearers will include, Kelly Chance; Larry Jackson; Randy Forse, David Noble, Michael "J.J." Garrett and Dan Fussell.

      Copied from the Wyman Roberts Website
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 13, 2016, Page 10
    Person ID I46383  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 

    Father Sam Houston Chance,   b. 28 Aug 1913, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1967, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Vera Inez Phillips,   b. 9 Oct 1915, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1995 (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F6144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
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    Family ID F13812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Aug 1937 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jan 2016 - Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, 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.).

    2. [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 13, 2016, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).

    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.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 6 Enumerated Apr 16, 1940 SD 42-2 SD 202-9 Sheet 7B Part of old Milam and Bronson Road 153 R (Reliability: 3).