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Frances Blanche Finley

Female 1913 - 2008  (95 years)


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  • Name Frances Blanche Finley  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 17 Jan 1913  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 31 Jan 2008  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Charter Member of the JFG Chapter of the DRT. Avid genealogist and historian, with many publications regarding Sabine County history and genealogy.


      Back in Time
      January 7, 1998, Page 4
      1988 Ten Years Ago

      Sabine County Chamber of Commerce announced the recipients of several awards which would be presented at the annual banquet. The Citizen of the Year award went to Blanche Toole.

      Sabine County Reporter
      April 16, 1997, Page 4

      Back in Time
      1996 One Year Ago
      Blanche Toole of Hemphill received the DRT Star Award. The award was presented to her by Martha Vickers at the James Frederick Gomer Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas meeting. The award honors individuals who have put forth great efforts for the DRT cause and preservation of Texas history.




      Sabine County Reporter
      February 6, 2008

      Blanche Toole

      Blanche Toole, 95, of Hemphill died January 31, 2008 at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine.

      She and her husband, Comet Toole, were long time residents of Hemphill and were owners of the old Plymouth Dealership in Hemphill for many years.

      She is survived by three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and one son-in-law,

      Funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill.

      Interment will follow in Meador Cemetery in Milam.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
    Person ID I7088  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John William Finley,   b. 4 Apr 1889   d. 19 May 1964 (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Effie Beatrice Williams,   b. 16 Sep 1892   d. 5 Oct 1979 (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1910  [1
    Family ID F3468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Comet Donald Toole,   b. 19 May 1910, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1971, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1934 
    Children 
     1. Donna Ruth Toole,   b. 7 Sep 1937, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 2005, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F3466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jan 1913 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Jan 2008 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S932] McCary, Mackie & Kay "Meador Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    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.), February 6, 2008 (Reliability: 3).