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Vernon "Sister" Tatom

Female 1919 - 2000  (81 years)


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  • Name Vernon "Sister" Tatom  [1
    Nickname Sister 
    Birth 23 Jul 1919  Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Dec 2000  Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER December 20, 2000

      Vernon "Sister" Tatom DuBose, 81, of Pineland died suddenly Thursday, Dec 14, 2000, and was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:01 om at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.

      Mrs. DuBose was born July 23, 1919 as the youngest child of the late Harriet Adelia (White) and Will Tatom. The house in which she was born, located on Tatom road near Pineland, remained her home her entire life. She was a homemaker and member of the former One Hill United Methodist Church. Mrs. DuBose had served as an election worker in Sabine County.

      She was married April 17, 1957, to Cleatis Harvey DuBose and he preceded her in death on July 29, 1986. She was also preceded in death by her parents and all brothers and sisters.

      Survivors, a son, Samuel Cleatis DuBose of Pineland, a daughter, Martha Beth Lane and her husband Tracy Albert "T.A." Lane, of Pineland; and a host of nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services were held at 11 am Saturday at Bethel Chapel Baptist Church in Pineland with Bro. Willard Anderson, pastor of China United Methodist Church of China, Texas, and Bro. Ben Gibbs, Bethel Chapel's pastor, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

      Nephews were pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Active pallbearers included Charles Craddock, Harvey DuBose, Gene Duckett, Charles Tatom, Doyle Tatom, Eugene Tatom, Gerald Tatom, Lynn Tatom, and Norbit Tatom.

      Memorial contributions may be made to Pine Hill Cemetery Foundation, c/o Elease Barrow, RR 1, Box 172, Pineland, TX 75968; or M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Memorials, P.O. Box 297153, Houston, TX 77297, with notation of memorial to Vernon DuBose.

      Starr Funeral Home Inc. of Hemphill, directors.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I7533  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Samuel Willie Tatom,   b. 20 Mar 1874, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1967, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Harriet Adelia "Delia" White,   b. 19 Dec 1874, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1955, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1896  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cleatis Harvey DuBose,   b. Bef 1919   d. 29 Jul 1986 (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Marriage 17 Apr 1957 
    Family ID F3650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jul 1919 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Dec 2000 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Tatom, Delia (White) and children
    Tatom, Delia (White) and children
    A photo of Delia and some of her children from the 1920's

  • Sources 
    1. [S594] Davenport, Linda King-Family Researcher (dlkkport@hotmail.com) Emails, Family Group Sheets, Descendancy Trees, etc.

    2. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983, 37 (Reliability: 3).