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Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson

Male 1908 - 2006  (97 years)


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  • Name Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Pete 
    Birth 3 Nov 1908  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Feb 2006  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Sabine County Reporter
      March 8, 2006

      Simon "Pete" Anderson

      Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson, 97, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born Nov. 3, 1908, in Hemphill as a son of the late Ernest L. and Ara Josephine (Clark) Anderson. He was a fifth generation Texan. On Dec. 30, 1933, he married Rosalie LEZE. They were married for 72 years. He served in the Army during World War II.

      Pete joined the East Mayfield Baptist Church when he was nine years old. He was a member of Fisher Baptist Church in Fisher, Louisiana. He retired from the Lone Leaf Lumber Company in Fisher. He was a resident of Fisher from 1937 until moving to Hemphill Care Center on Jan. 17, 1998. Survivors: wife, Rosalie Anderson of Hemphill, sister, Vermell BRUST and husband Louis of Hemphill, and a brother, Lonnie G. Anderson and wife Barbara of Gilmer. Funeral services were held March 3 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana. Interment was a Fisher Cemetery in Fisher. Services were under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I5538  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Ernest Lafitte Anderson,   b. 3 Sep 1887, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1963, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Ara Josephine Clark,   b. 4 Nov 1887, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1917, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 29 Dec 1907  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F2850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosalie Anna Mae Cecille Leze,   b. 16 Jun 1912, Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 2006, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1933  Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Nov 1908 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Dec 1933 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Feb 2006 - Beaumont, Jefferson 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.), March 8, 2006 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    3. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine, JP 1 Enumerated 4 May 1910 SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 13B Hemphill and San Augustine Road 227-229 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 10, instead lists marriage date as 28 Dec 1907 (Reliability: 3).