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Bertha LaVerne Droddy

Female 1939 - 2016  (77 years)


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  • Name Bertha LaVerne Droddy  [1
    Birth 7 Aug 1939  Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Aug 2016  [1
    Burial McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • LaVerne Harris, 77, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016. LaVerne was born to Roy E. Droddy and Martha Marie Copeland Droddy on August 7, 1939 in Jefferson Texas. A lifetime resident of the Sabine and San Augustine County areas, LaVerne graduated from Bronson High School and later attended Stephen F. Austin University where she graduated fifth in her class; she had a Master's Degree in English, A Bachelor's Degree in Music, and was certified to teach German. She was employed as a teacher by West Sabine and San Augustine High Schools as well as Angelina College in Jasper.


      She is survived by her two sons, Robert Noble Harris Jr. and wife Stacy of Geneva, and Roy Joe Harris and wife Mary of Geneva; one daughter, Angela Marnette Harris of Geneva; six grandchildren, Holli LeAnn Harris, Hannah Leigh Johnson, Robert Noble Harris III, Virginia LaVerne Harris, Sarah Elizabeth Harris, and Roy Joe Harris Jr.; and two great grandchildren, Makenna Len Harris-Wallace and Scarlett Jane Harris.


      Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, Saturday, August 13, 2016, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Sunday, August 14, 2016, in the McMahon Chapel. Burial will follow in the McMahon Chapel Cemetery.

      Ladies are encouraged to wear hats to the service in honor of LaVerne.

      Copied from www.dailynewsandmore.com website
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 17, 2016, Page 10
    Person ID I46833  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 

    Family Robert Noble Harris, Sr.,   b. 22 Dec 1932, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 2016, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Angela Marnette Harris,   b. 1 Oct 1971, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 2021, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F13984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Aug 1939 - Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), August 17, 2016, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).