James Ralph Harper, Sr

1924 - 1994  (69 years)

• Name	James Ralph Harper
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	10 Nov 1924	Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Oct 1994	Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas
  Burial	Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	James Ralph Harper James Ralph "Jim" Harper Sr., 69, of Kirbyville died Friday, Oct. 7, 1994, at his residence. Funeral services were held at the Stringer Funeral Home chapel in Kirbyville. Interment followed at Harper's Chapel Cemetery near Hemphill. Harper was a native of the Sabinetown community in Sabine County. He had lived in Kirbyville several years and was retired from the U.S. Navy and the Texas Forest Service. Survivors: Grace G. Harper of Kirbyville; daughters, Grace Elaine Vance of Midway and Lois Wynette Sowell of Jasper: a son, James Ralph Harper Jr. of Escondido, California; sister, Sallie Mae Tortoris of Kirbyville and Emmalou Hawthorne of Silsbee; and nine grandchildren. Published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 20, 1994, page 14
  Person ID	I48889	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Harper,   b. 17 Jun 1877, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 24 Nov 1970, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Martha Emma Smith,   b. 11 Aug 1883, Sabine County, Texas d. 24 Apr 1954, Sabine County, Texas (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1900
  	Virgie Speights shows them as the parents of "Mrs. Winnie Williams of Hemphill, Mrs. Mollie Jordan of Orange, A.J. Harper, Mrs. Pauline Bishop of San Antonio, Mrs. Sally Tortories of Port Arthur, J. R. Harper of Vallejo, California; Charles A. Harper of Nederland, and Mrs. Emma Lou Hawthorne of Silsbee. There are 28 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren." (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 69).
  Family ID	F5277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 10 Nov 1924 - Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Death - 7 Oct 1994 - Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas Burial - - Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth