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Lela Bell Smith

Female 1916 - 2009  (92 years)


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  • Name Lela Bell Smith  [1, 2
    Birth 2 Nov 1916  Gregg County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Feb 2009  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      February 11, 2009, Page 11

      Lela Bell Eddins

      Lela Bell Eddins, 92, passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Care Center in San Augustine.

      Mrs. Eddins was born Nov. 2, 1916, in Gregg County as a daughter of the late Charlie and Lucy Clegg Smith and had been a longtime resident of the Sabine and San Augustine Counties area. She was a homemaker and a member fo the Order of the Eastern Star and the Baptist Church.

      Survivors: sons, Edward McGown and wife Betty of Hemphill and Ellis McGown and wife Linda of San Augustine; daughters, Mary Golden of Lufkin and Katy Newton and husband Wayne of San Augustine; brother, Jim Clegg of Bronson; grandchildren, Shane, Todd, Jimmy, Janiece, Tammy, Chad, Amber, Crystal, Michelle, Georgette, Nikki, and Travis; and numerous great-grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Eddins; sons, John McGown and George McGown; and a grandson, John Hanks.

      Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. Gordon Simmons officiating. Interment followed at Centerview Cemetery near Pineland.

      Pallbearers: Eugene Clegg, Shane McGown, Todd McGown, Jimmy Woods, Weldon Thomas and Tommy Newton.

      Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2009)
    Person ID I8337  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2022 

    Family 1 Newton Hannibal "Dick" McGown,   b. 10 May 1907, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1995, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1932 
    Children 
     1. Edward Henderson "Pap" McGown,   b. 28 Dec 1937, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 2021, Longview, Gregg County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. George W. McGown,   b. 26 Oct 1942, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 2004, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F3910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2009 

    Family 2 Willis Eddins,   b. 29 Mar 1914   d. Nov 1977, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1953  [1
    Family ID F7623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Nov 1916 - Gregg 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.), February 11, 2009, Page 11 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Liberty County, JP 7 Enumerated April 10, 1940 SD 42-2 SD 146-14 Sheet 4B 89 (Reliability: 3).