Lavinia Wall

Lavinia married Joseph Turner Montgomery on 30 Sep 1819 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Joseph was born on 22 Mar 1780 in Mississippi; died on 15 Nov 1870 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to tradition passed down by Lona Mae Duggan Gordan, it is believe that Pleasant killed a man in Sabine Parish and fled to Texas. He was on the third ward on patrol guard duty in Sabine Parish to stop 'agitators' from inciting insurrection among the slaves in the Parish. His written duties included visiting slave quarters and beating with a whip any slaves without passes. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 81-82).

Pleasant married Lucretia C. Holden on 6 Jan 1848. Lucretia (daughter of Thomas Holden, Jr. and Elizabeth Flannigan) was born about 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 2 Sep 1854 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pleasant married Caroline Augusta Carter after 1855. Caroline (daughter of William Carter and Susannah Williams) was born before 1835 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathan Cook. Nathan (son of Rev. William Cook and Temperance Morris) was born on 25 Dec 1809 in Georgia; died on 17 Aug 1881 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Never married. Theodore was a corporal in the CSA, and his first battle was Bull Run. He died after a slight bullet wound in June 1862 in Charlottesville, Virginia General Hospital. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

Notes:

He served several terms as sheriff of Sabine Parish and went to Sabine County, Texas one time for 4 years so he would not be reelected. He was bonded as coroner in January, 1852. He bought 639 acres of Rio Hondo land, but when he couldn't make the payments, he released the land back in 1856. In 1857, property he owned consisting of "a female slave named Lett, about 16, and her one month old child, together with two horses and one yoke of oxen" were sold at a Sheriff's sale to satisfy a $1497 debt to his wife. They were seperated, amd Mary was suing to recover money from her mothers succession used by her said husband. Enlisted in the CSA with his brothers in New Orleans in 1862. They later transferred to Co B, 17th Infantry. Vincent was not captured at the Siege of Vicksburg and was paroled at Natchitoches at the close of the war.(Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 11 Sept 1850, stamped 122
265-267
Vincent Montgomery 23 M Farmer La
Mary Montgomery 17 F La
Sarah Montgomery 2 F La
266-267
Marion F. Carter 24 M Farmer 3000 Miss
Julia Carter 22 F Miss
Horatio Carter 15 M Miss
Mary Carter 12 F Miss
Jensey Carter 11 F Miss
Clarence Carter 2 M La
John Carter 1 M La

1880 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 2, Toro
Enumerated 16 June 1880
Page 22 SD 2 ED 46
63-65
Montgomery, V. A. W M 52 Farmer La Ms Tenn
Montgomery, Mary E. W F 48 W Keeping House La Ala Ala
Montgomery, G. E. W M 14 Son Work at Home Farm La La La
Montgomery, Zoe A. W F 8 Str La La La
64-66
Barr A A W M 29 Farmer La Vermont Pa
Barr, L B. W F 17 Keeping House La La La

Vincent married Mary Eliza Gandy on 11 Nov 1847 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born about 1833 in Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1905 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Cook on 17 Feb 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. William (son of Rev. William Cook and Temperance Morris) was born in Aug 1825 in Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1860 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He appears to have been named in honor of Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), a prominent Baptist Missionary to Burma

Enlisted in the CSA with his brother Theodore Wall in New Orleans in 1862. After the fall of New Orleans they transferred to Co. B., 17th Louisiana Infantry. A.J. was captured and paroled in the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. He was paroled at Natchitoches at the close of the war. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

Adoniram married Laura Georgetta Mabry on 24 Jun 1863 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Laura was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of the 1860 census, she was living with her grandparents, J.T. and Levina Montgomery, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Elizabeth was said to have hidden under her bed as the Union army ransaked their plantation. A marriage bond was also issued for Elizabeth Montgomery and Jefferson Langham August 12, 1867 in Sabine Parish. It is unclear if this marriage ever took place or even if this is the same Elizabeth Montgomery. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 82).

Elizabeth married William Hansford Addison on 8 Jan 1868 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. William was born about 1839 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Daniel Watkins Carroll on 27 Jul 1875 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Daniel was born about 1853 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married James Archibald Summers on 18 Feb 1886 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. James was born before 1848; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of the 1860 census, she was living with her grandparents, J.T. and Levina Montgomery, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Notes:

As of the 1860 census, she was living with her grandparents, J.T. and Levina Montgomery, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

She was said to have married James VALLEE.

Lucretia married William Self on 31 Mar 1869 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. William was born before 1854; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Drucilla married Bird Elbert Stroud about 1869. Bird was born in May 1847 in Louisiana; was buried in Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MG-YVR
name: William Marris Cook
event: Death
event date: 15 Jun 1940
event place: Center, Shelby, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 02 Jan 1854
birthplace: , Louisiana
father's name: C C (sic) Cook
birthplace Ala
mother's name: Elvira
birthplace Ala
Informant W. S. Beckham
burial Fairview Cemetery
certificate number: 30031
film number: 2118553
digital folder number: 005144965
image number: 03047
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," William Marris Cook, 1940

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 3
Enumerated 30 Jun 1880
Page 22 SD 2 ED 46 Stamped 250A
41-42
Cook, Nathan W M 70 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Cook, Jane W F W F 48 Wf Keeping House Tx Ga La
42-43
Watkins, Nory W M 26 Laborer Tx Tx Miss
Watkins, Mary W F 25 W Keepin House La La La
43-44
Cook, Morris W M 26 Farmer La Ga La
Cook, Amanda W F 22 Wf Keeping House La Mo Tx
Cook. Lilly P W F 5 Dt La La La
Cook, Joy Foster W F 4 Dtr La La La
Cook, Luly May W F 2 Dtr La La La
Cook, Nathan C W M 7/12 Son La La La

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward Three, Negreet
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 90 Sheet 11B
188-193
Cook, William Head W M Jany 1854 46 M 26 La Ala Ga Farmer
Cook, Amandy W Wf W F Feby 1858 42 M 26 13/12 La Mo Tx
Cook, Lilie Pearl Dtr W F Nov 1874 25 S La La La
Cook, Joy Foster Dtr W F Jun 1876 23 S La La La
Cook, Nathan C Son W M Dec 1879 20 S La La La Farm Laborer
Cook, William A Son W M Dec 1881 18 S La La La Farm Laborer
Cook, James M Son W M Sept 1885 14 S La La La Farm Laborer
Cook, Elvira J Dtr W F Apr 1887 13 S La La La
Cook, Cecil M Son W M Aug 1889 10 S La La La Farm Laborer
Cook, Henry E Son W M June? 1892 7 S La La La
Cook, Vessie V Dtr W F Oct 1894 5 S La La La
Cook, Loyd S Son W M July 1896 3 S La La La
Cook, Bertie M Dtr W F Marh 1900 2/12 S La La La
Cook (sic), Jane Mother-in-Law W F Nov 1830 69 Wd 3/1 Tx Ga Tn

1910 Census
Texas, Shelby County, Precinct 1, Center
Enumerated 16 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 144 Sheet 2B
Kitchin Avenue
35-43
Cook, William M Head M W 56 m 36 La ga Unk Farmer
Cook, Amanda W Wf W F W 52 m1 36 13/12 La Mo Tx
Cook, Cecil M Son M W 20 S La La La
Cook, Henry E Son M W 17 S La La La
Cook, Vessie V Dtr F W 15 S La La La
Cook, Loyd S Son M W 13 S La La La
Cook, Bertie M Dtr F W 10 S La La La
Cook, Elvira J Dtr F W 22 S La La La
Benjoine Richard M W 45 M Ga Ga Ga Laborer Odd Jobs

William married Amanda W. Campbell about 1874 in Louisiana. Amanda (daughter of Christopher Columbus Campbell and Jane Watkins) was born on 1 Feb 1858 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 21 Jun 1934 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Casagranda shows that she married Burrell Kendrick Ford, and had nine children.

Sarah married Alanson B. Lance Raines on 21 Jul 1869 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Alanson (son of Isaac Raines and Sabina Barr) was born on 8 Nov 1846 in Louisiana; died on 21 Oct 1928 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pisgah Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luna married Anderson A. Barr on 3 Jun 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Anderson was born on 2 Jul 1851 in Louisiana; died on 9 Nov 1899 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Little Flock Cemetery, Toro, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Vincent Montgomery and Elisia Gandy.

Theodocia married Clementine Millington Easley on 17 Oct 1877 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Clementine (son of Clementine Watterson Easley and Elizabeth Jane White) was born on 23 Feb 1853 in Spring Hill Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Mar 1930 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Watterson Easley. William (son of Clementine Watterson Easley and Elizabeth Jane White) was born about 1855 in Texas; died about 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maude married Jefferson Davis Woods about 1882. Jefferson (son of Allen J. Woods and Eliza Curtis) was born on 4 Mar 1863 in Texas; died on 27 Apr 1945 in Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died young? Not on 1880 census with the rest of his family.

Notes:

Not listed with his mother and stepfather as the time of the 1880 Sabine Parish census.

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFNH-Q2Q
Name: Vivian Addison Lyttleton
Death Date: 12 Jan 1968
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 95 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1872
Birthplace: Negreet, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Hansford Addison
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Montgomery
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Bookkeeping
Place of Residence: Marshall, Harris, Texas
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Burial Place: Marshall, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Jan 1968
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2138887
Digital Film Number: 4027197
Image Number: 494
Reference Number: 03885
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDKP-FNL
Name: Laura Carroll Mcpherson
Death Date: 26 Nov 1964
Death Place: Precinct 2, Gregg, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 86 years 8 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1878
Birthplace: Robeline, Louisiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Dan Carroll
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Montgomery
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Homemaker
Place of Residence: Longview, Gregg, Texas
Cemetery: Restland Cemetery
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 27 Nov 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117651
Digital Film Number: 4005457
Image Number: 1789
Reference Number: cn 70333
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6X2-L3K
Name: Berry Watson Carroll
Death Date: 01 Oct 1949
Death Place: Longview, Gregg, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years 7 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Dec 1880
Birthplace: Negreet, La.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Daniel Carroll
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Montgomery
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Surveyor
Place of Residence: Longview
Cemetery: Marshall Cemetery
Burial Place: Marshall, Texas
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2223524
Digital Film Number: 4031960
Image Number: 311
Reference Number: cn48379
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Said to have married Henry Christopher VOGEL of Sabine Parish.

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MM58-VYF/p1
Name: Lillie Pearl Loving
Death Date: 19 Aug 1951
Death Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 May 1875
Birthplace: La.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. M. Cook
Father's Birthplace: La.
Mother's Name: Amanda Campbell
Mother's Birthplace: La.
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery: Fairview
Burial Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Burial Date: 20 Aug 1951
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074868
Digital Film Number: 4167146
Image Number: 804
Reference Number: 49042
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMLN-75J/p1
Name: Nathan Columbus Cook
Death Date: 04 Dec 1966
Death Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Dec 1879
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William M. Cook
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Amanda Campbell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery
Burial Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Dec 1966
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2118468
Digital Film Number: 4027202
Image Number: 499
Reference Number: cn 83981
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MM2F-43T/p1
Name: William Mabry Cook
Death Date: 20 Oct 1959
Death Place: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 77 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1881
Birthplace: Louisiana
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Morris Cook
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Amanda Campbell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Clerk
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Center, Texas
Burial Date: 20 Oct 1959
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115953
Digital Film Number: 4165963
Image Number: 00003359
Reference Number: cn 54294
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMGL-YDN/p1
Name: Elvira Jane Beckham
Death Date: 03 Mar 1967
Death Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1887
Birthplace: Many, La.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W.M. Cook
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Manda Campbell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery: Oaklawn Memorial Park
Burial Place: Center, Texas
Burial Date: 04 Mar 1967
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2138495
Digital Film Number: 4027135
Image Number: 1331
Reference Number: cn19622
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 2, Toro
Enumerated 7 June 1900
SD 4 ED 89 Sheet 4A Stamped 23
60-61
Barr, Nancy Hd W F July 1861 38 W 10 n5/3 La La Miss Farming
Barr, Wade StepSon W M Aug 1881 18 S La La La Farming
Barr, Alpheus StepSon W M Jan 1893 (sic) 16 S La La La Farm
ing
Barr, Lee StepSon W M Sept 1895 (sic) 14 S La La La Farming
Barr, Annie E Dtr W F May 1891 9 S La La La
Barr, James Son W F July 1895 4 S La La La
Barr, Mabel Dtr W F Jun 1897 S La La La
Ritter, Mallie Sister W Jan 1856 43 S La La La

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976m sghiws that he was the son of Alanson Barr and Luna Montgomery, and a retired carpenter.

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 2, Toro
Enumerated 7 June 1900
SD 4 ED 89 Sheet 4A Stamped 23
60-61
Barr, Nancy Hd W F July 1861 38 W 10 n5/3 La La Miss Farming
Barr, Wade StepSon W M Aug 1881 18 S La La La Farming
Barr, Alpheus StepSon W M Jan 1893 (sic) 16 S La La La Farm
ing
Barr, Lee StepSon W M Sept 1895 (sic) 14 S La La La Farming
Barr, Annie E Dtr W F May 1891 9 S La La La
Barr, James Son W F July 1895 4 S La La La
Barr, Mabel Dtr W F Jun 1897 S La La La
Ritter, Mallie Sister W Jan 1856 43 S La La La

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 1
Enumerated 27 April 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 9A Stamped 94
Hemphill and Brookeland Road
141-143
Barr, Alpheus A Hd M W 25 M1 1 La La La Farmer
Barr, Mary A Wf F W 19 M1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Barr, Joseph L Son M W 11/12 S Tx La Tx
Whittlesey, Cannon T Brother-in-law M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer

(Medical):See attached sources.

Alpheus married Mary Abbie Whittlesey about 1909. Mary (daughter of Luther Cogswell Whittlesey and Sophronia Lee Travis) was born on 22 Aug 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 2, Toro
Enumerated 7 June 1900
SD 4 ED 89 Sheet 4A Stamped 23
60-61
Barr, Nancy Hd W F July 1861 38 W 10 n5/3 La La Miss Farming
Barr, Wade StepSon W M Aug 1881 18 S La La La Farming
Barr, Alpheus StepSon W M Jan 1893 (sic) 16 S La La La Farm
ing
Barr, Lee StepSon W M Sept 1895 (sic) 14 S La La La Farming
Barr, Annie E Dtr W F May 1891 9 S La La La
Barr, James Son W F July 1895 4 S La La La
Barr, Mabel Dtr W F Jun 1897 S La La La
Ritter, Mallie Sister W Jan 1856 43 S La La La

Maud married Warner Conner on 4 Aug 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Warner (son of Frederick M. "Fed" Conner and Nancy Pauline Travis) was born on 29 Sep 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Aug 1948 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Drew married Mary A. Beckcom about 1906. Mary (daughter of Simon A. Beckcom and Sarah Elizabeth Arthur) was born on 10 Sep 1887 in Texas; died on 14 Feb 1923; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Cook Rice. Walter (son of Matthias J. Rice and Millbury Cook) was born on 22 Oct 1877 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1938; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Dallas Commodore Rains before 1906. Dallas was born about 1884 in Louisiana; died in 1971 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Coleman married Mattie Ellen Beckcom on 28 Aug 1910. Mattie (daughter of Sherwood LaBorn Beckcom and Mary Virginia Duke) was born on 18 Mar 1894 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Sep 1968 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER December 20, 2000

Back In Time 1965 Thirty Five Years Ago

Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Easley celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their home.

Joseph married Ella Mae Rice on 19 Dec 1915 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of Marion Joseph Rice and Caroline Elzary McNaughten) was born on 10 Feb 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1988 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also shown as Verna Alpha, and nicknamed "Doll."

Alpha married Claude L. Huff on 12 Jan 1913 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Claude was born on 12 Jan 1889 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas; died on 13 May 1976 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After Theodocia died, her children from both marriages went to live with their grandmother, Theodocia Montgomery Easley, and their uncle, Cecil Clarence Easley. (Source: 1930 Census).

Family/Spouse: Ira F. Toole. Ira (son of James Oswell Toole and Emily Elizabeth Pratt) was born on 1 Dec 1891 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Nov 1923 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bert Raymond Mason. Bert was born on 19 Mar 1895 in Winona, Shannon County, Missouri; died on 16 Jan 1953 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cyril married Eva Moselle Thomas before 1930. Eva was born before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, his mother and four of his nieces and nephews (children of his deceased sister Theodocia), were living with him.

Pam Boyer shows him as married to Eualie Pate, and that they were the parents of Cecil Virginia and Betty Jane Easley. If Pam is correct, it appears that he married sometime very soon after the 1930 census, and no wife are children are listed on either the 1920 or 1930 census. As his date of death is shown by Pam as 1936, his children would have been very young at the time of his death.

Name: Cecil Clarence Easley
Death Date: 20 Sep 1936
Death Place: Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 40 years 1 month 16 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1896
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eulaly Pate
Father's Name: C. M. Easley
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Theodosia Montgomery
Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Hemphill, Tex.
Burial Date: 21 Sep 1936
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117124
Digital Film Number: 4166733
Image Number: 3272
Reference Number: v X cn 72990
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas,Sabine County, Precinct 1

Easley, Cecil C Head O M W 33 Texas Texas Louisiana Laborer General Farm
" , Theodocia A Mother F W 74 Louisiana Lousiana Louisiana
Toole, James W Nephew M W 15 Texas Texas Texas
Mayson, Raymon Nephew M W 11Texas Texas Texas
" , Dorothy L Niece F W 9 Texas Texas Texas
" , Hellen R Niece F W 7 Texas Texas Texas

Cecil married Eulalia Pate before 1932. Eulalia (daughter of Wilber Frank Pate and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooper) was born on 25 Aug 1911; died on 17 Jul 1977; was buried in Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Verda married Jesse B. Alford about 1918. Jesse (son of Jesse Powell Alford and Emma Elizabeth Rice) was born on 30 Dec 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1974 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marshall Benton Sibley. Marshall was born on 4 Dec 1873 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marietta Williams. Marietta was born after 1879; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eula married Dallas Commodore Rains on 3 Nov 1907 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Dallas was born about 1884 in Louisiana; died in 1971 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Faye Woods Pratt
Death Date 01 Sep 1966
Death Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender Female
Race W
Death Age 73 years
Estimated Birth Date
Birth Date 23 May 1893
Birthplace Tx
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name
Father's Name Jeff D Woods
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name Blanch Montgomery
Mother's Birthplace
Occupation
Place of Residence
Cemetery
Burial Place
Burial Date
Additional Relatives
Film Number 2118408
Digital Film Number 4027203
Image Number 2609
Reference Number v X cn 69020


(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Audrey Grimm Pratt. Audrey (son of George Edward Pratt and Sarah "Sallie" Gellatly) was born on 1 Sep 1896 in Texas; died on 14 Feb 1949 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3CM-YV9
name: Bertice Eldridge Conner
event: Death
event date: 19 Dec 1958
event place: Center, Shelby, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 31 Oct 1905
birthplace: , Texas
occupation logging cont. logging
father's name: Warner C Conner
mother's name: Maude Easley
certificate number: 71311
film number: 2115624
digital folder number: 005145573
image number: 01255
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Bertice Eldridge Conner, 1958

Mary married Louis Floyd Kelley on 4 Jul 1926 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Louis was born on 6 Dec 1901 in Anderson County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a Dawson.

Notes:

Name: Drew A. Easley, Jr.
Death Date: 25 Dec 1961
Death Place: San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 49 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 07 Jun 1912
Birthplace: Hemphill, Tx
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Drew A. Easley, Sr.
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Backcom
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Service Station
Place of Residence: San Antonio, Bexar, TX
Cemetery: Roselawn Memorial Park
Burial Place: San Antonio, Tx
Burial Date: 26 Dec 1961
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116858
Digital Film Number: 4166719
Image Number: 823
Reference Number: v X cn 68590
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Drew married Merle Todd in 1932 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Merle was born before 1912; died in 1936 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Drew married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Richard Stockwell. William was born before 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A digital image of his actual Texas death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that he was a self employed claims adjuster. The informant was Sally Easley. He was shown as a veteran of World War II.

Clement married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Tommy C. Corley.

Family/Spouse: Robert Carroll Corley. Robert was born on 12 Oct 1902 in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas; died about 1991; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Easley
Death Date: 25 Aug 1911
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 1 month
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1911
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Coleman Easley
Father's Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Mother's Name: Matie Beckcom
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2050512
Digital Film Number: 4165861
Image Number: 1826
Reference Number: 18524
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Her headstone was inscribed "Sister."

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
October 27, 2004

Mary Pauline Butler Kelley

Mary Pauline Butler Kelley, 90, of Hemphill died at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004 at Hemphill Care Center. Born May 28, 1914, as a daughter of the late Mattie (BECKCOM) and Coleman EASLEY, Mrs. Kelley was a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County. She was a member of First Baptist Church and worked as a custodian for Hemphill Independent School District. Survivors: a son, James Bobby BUTLER of Hemphill, daughters, Linda KELLEY of Hemphill, Mary Virginia BUTLER of Brookeland, and Terry Stewart GANDY of Channelview; a step-son, Charlie KELLEY of Bonham; step-daughters, Dovie BROWN and Louise WRIGHT, both of Hemphill, and Myrtle HOGUE of Pineland; sisters, Nina LINDSEY of Pineland and Faye HOUSE of Hemphill; 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great granchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Floyd Wright and Bro. Vance Purtell officiating. Interment followed at Springhill cemetery west of Hemphill. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. of Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Mary married Jessie Marlin Butler on 10 Dec 1935. Jessie (son of Henry Clark Butler and Annie Blaine Smith) was born on 14 Jul 1912 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 6 Jun 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George Washington Kelley before 1955. George was born on 8 Apr 1905; died on 1 Jun 1957; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Alice Verdell Butler on 28 Nov 1936. Alice (daughter of Henry Clark Butler and Annie Blaine Smith) was born on 14 Sep 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 22 Nov 2011 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Rosevult Kermit Easley
Death Date: 05 Jan 1955
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 36 years 8 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Coleman V. Easley
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mattie E. Beckham
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Lumber Mill Emp.
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Spinghill
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 06 Jan 1955
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114331
Digital Film Number: 4165421
Image Number: 895
Reference Number: FN 4213
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Roosevelt married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
March 24, 2004

Neva Busick

Neva Busick, 83, died early Friday, March 19, 2004, at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill. Mrs. Busick was born Dec. 26 (sic), 1920, in Hemphill as a daughter of Coleman and Mattie (Beckom) Easley. She was a member of the Fredonia Hill Baptist Church and had lived in Nacogdoches for several years. Survivors: a son, Clay Allan Busick of Nacogdoches; sisters Faye HOUSE and Pauline KELLY, both of Hemphill, and Nina LINDSEY of Pineland, and one grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clay Busick. Funeral services were held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Carson, Monk & Metcalf Funeral Directors Sunset Chapel in Nacogdoches with Dr. Johnny Dammon of Fredonia Hill Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at Sunset Memorial Park in Nacogdoches.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Neva married Clay Albert Busick on 10 Jul 1943. Clay (son of George C. Busick and Cecil Wright) was born on 23 Oct 1920 in Lawrence County, Arkansas; died on 13 Jun 1974 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
July 27, 2006

Nina Easley Lindsey

Funeral services for Nina Easley Lindsey, 85, of Pineland were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 23, 2006 at First Baptist Church in Pineland. Burial followed at Springhill Cemetery. Bro. Gordon KNIGHT and Bro. Vance PURTELL officiated. She died July 21 at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill.

Nina Easley Lindsey was born in Hemphill on December 12 (sic), 1920 to Coleman Easley and Mattie BECOM. She was a homemaker and a babysitter and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pineland.

She is survived by her sons, Coleman Lindsey and wife, Kathy and Claude Lindsey and wife Martha, all of San Augustine; daughter, Carolyn BENNETT and husband, Cotton of Japser; sister Faye HOUSE of Hemphill; 15 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Nina married Cecil Claude Lindsey on 17 Aug 1940. Cecil was born on 12 Jun 1917 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Oct 2006 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 30, 2002, Page 17

C.W. "Weldon" Easley

C.W. "Weldon" Easley, 80, of Jasper died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Easley was a native of Sabine County and had lived in Jasper several years. He was a U.S. Army Air Force Veteran of World War II and a longtime member of First Baptist Church. Survivors: wife of 51 year, Iris Easley of Jasper; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Karen Easley of Silsbee; a step-son, Ron Miller of Houston; sisters, Pauline Butler and Faye House both of Hemphill, Neva Busick of Pineland; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home chapel in Jasper. Interment followed at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Jasper. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church's Building Fund, 314 N. Main St., Jasper, TX 75951.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Coleman married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Coleman married Alice Jean Busick in 1945. Alice (daughter of George C. Busick and Cecil Wright) was born about 1925 in Lawrence County, Arkansas; died on 6 May 1950 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Coleman married Iris McGraw about 1951. Iris was born on 11 May 1931 in Newton County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 2011, page 14

Fay Carmon House, 86, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine after an illiness.

She was born in Hemphill to Coleman and Mattie Beckcom Easley and had lived in Sabine County all of her life. Mrs. House was a homemaker and a member of the Bethel Chapel Baptist Church in Pineland.

She is survived by her daughter June Fuller of Rosevine; her son Marcus Paul Warner and his wife Ann of Columbus; her daughter-in-law Janet Warner of San Augustine; and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. House was preceded in death by her sons, Tommy and Robert Warner.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Aug. 7, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Magnolia Springs Cemetery near Bronson.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

Fay married Thomas Burl Warner, Sr. on 20 Jul 1945. Thomas was born on 6 Dec 1912; died on 6 May 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as "Imo G" on the 1930 census.

Verda married Herbert Ottis Ladner about 1937. Herbert (son of John R. Ladner and Mary Lenora Burr) was born on 23 Nov 1915; died on 14 May 2000; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
February 9, 2011, Page 16

Dorothy Maxine Ladner, 92, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, after an illness in the Hemphill Care Center.

She was born in Hemphill to Joseph D. and Ella May Rice Easley and has lived here all her life. Mrs. Ladner was a member of the Camp Springs Missionary Baptist Church.

She is survived by her son, Leonard Ladner of Hemphill; sisters, Nadine Gary of Hemphill and Della Sue Barrett of Mobile, AL. She is also survived by nine grnadchildren and a number of great grandchildren. Mrs. Ladner was preceded in deah by her husband, Clarence Robert Ladner and her son, Jimmy Roy Ladner.

Funeral servives were held Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Oakhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

Serviced were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Family/Spouse: Clarence Robert Ladner. Clarence (son of John R. Ladner and Mary Lenora Burr) was born on 26 Jan 1918; died on 15 Apr 1983 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Served in World War II."

Name: Donald Preston Easley
Death Date: 03 Jul 1946
Death Place: Precinct #1, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 25 years 4 months 29 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1921
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph Donald Easley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ella Mae Rice
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 03 Jul 1946
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218379
Digital Film Number: 4030562
Image Number: 866
Reference Number: cn 33628
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER
May 8, 2002

CLASS OF 1946

Hemphill High School's classes of 1946, 1947 and 1948 met on April 20 at The Garden Center in Hemphill for their 56th, 55th and 54th reunions. Shown are, from left, front: Vermell (Anderson) Brust, Dorothy (Sterle) Vaughn and Berintha (Mound) Bradley; center: LaNell (Slay) Short, Nadine (EASLEY) Gary, LaNorma (Cordray) Easley and Mildred (McDaniel) Hooks; and back; Laura (McGraw) Ezernack, Jimmy Procel, Dorothy (Stewart) Birdwell, Lois (Paudert) Crnkovic, Sutton Ware, Dorothy Jean (Bennett) McCoy, Louise (Crnkovic) Pate and Lorene (Boyett) Wood.

The Sabine County Reporter
October 8, 1996, page 4
Back in Time
Thirty Years Ago-1966
Mrs. O. L. Gary, chairman of the Hemphill PTA announced that Mrs. Bettie Ray's room had won the annual membership contest for the PTA members. The class received free theatre tickets given by Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Alford, owners of Sabine Theatre.

Obituary

Gladys Nadine Gary, 92, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 at Hillside Nursing Home and Rehabilitation in Hemphill.

Nadine was born November 14, 1928 in Hemphill to Joseph Donald Easley and Ella Mae Rice Easley. She was a graduate of Hemphill High School and a lifelong resident of Sabine County. She resided for a few years in Port Arthur where she met and married her husband of 69 years, Lindy Gary, and had her three daughters. After moving back to Hemphill, their son was born.

Nadine worked for many years in the community. She was a secretary for Vickers Chevrolet and James Young Chevrolet, a rural route mail carrier, worked for the District Clerk's office and served as Sabine County Clerk. Her best job was that of a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a former Hemphill Band Boosters President and a member of the Gideon's Auxiliary and a member of Camp Springs and Brookeland Baptist Churches.

Nadine is survived by her daughters Freda Chambers and husband, Billy, of Nacogdoches, Vicki Beall and husband, Carl, of Hemphill, and Greta Woods and husband, Al, of Pineland; son, Malcom Gary of Hemphill; sister, Della Sue Barrett and husband, John, of Mobile, Alabama; grandchildren Chris Chambers, Michelle Chambers, Courtney Thomas, Cassie Rappollee, Carl Beall, Jr., Joshua Woods, Ashley Cook, Logan Gary and Cody Ebarb; and 24 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Ella Easley; her husband, Lindy Gary; brother, Donald Preston Easley; and sisters, Imogene Ladner and Dorothy Maxine Ladner.

A visitation of family and friends will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin a 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 12, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating.

Burial will follow services in Springhill Cemetery with Chris Chambers, Carl Beall, Jr., Logan Gary, Joshua Woods, Tanner Harris, Justin Cook and Cole Rappolee serving as pallbearers.

Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Gladys married Olen Lindy Gary on 11 Sep 1948 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Olen was born on 23 Jul 1928 in Landhill Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Dec 2017 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rodney married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, he was listed in Bexar County, Texas, JP No. 6, Military Reservation, Kelly Field. He was shown as Male, White, age 22, born in Texas, residence in 1935 Harris County. His occupation was that of a soldier in the US Army.

Obituary

CMSGT, Jerald C. Huff went to meet his Lord on July 18, 2012 at the age of 94. He was born in Hemphill, TX on January 4, 1918 to Claude and Alpha Huff. Mr. Huff served 30 years in the Air Force and retired in San Antonio. He was an avid fisherman and hunter, followed the Texas Sports Teams, loved music and enjoyed time with family and friends. He was preceded in death by son, Jerald C. Huff, Jr., parents Claude & Alpha Huff, 3 brothers, Rodney, Jack & Kenneth Huff, 1 sister Marjorie Huff. Mr. Huff is survived by his wife of 71 years, Mary Irene Huff, daughter Pamela Boyer, son-in-law Michael Boyer and many loving nieces and nephews and other extended family.

Jerald married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Myra Lee Bivins on 27 Dec 1945 in Liberty, Liberty County, Texas. Myra was born on 7 Feb 1927 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; died on 8 Aug 1998 in Camp County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificated shows that he was retired military, and his surviving spouse was Wanda Jean Van Horn. He was a resident of San Antonio at the time of his death, living at 13818 Wood Breeza Avenue, 78217.

Notes:

Name Dorothy Luvenia Mason
Event Type Death
Event Date 31 Dec 1935
Event Place , Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 23 Nov 1920
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name Bert Mason
Mother's Name Theo Pauline Easley
Certificate Number 71641
GS Film number 2116749
Digital Folder Number 005145520
Image Number 02571

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HW-J79 : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Dorothy Luvenia Mason, 31 Dec 1935; citing certificate number 71641, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116749.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Bettie June Williams, age 86, a longtime resident of the Hemphill, Texas, area, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021, at her son's residence in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

She was born September 6, 1934, in Sabine County, Texas. She was married to the late Don "Dink" Williams and they were longtime residents of Lumberton, Texas, before returning to their native Sabine County a number of years ago living in the Beechwood/Fairmount area near Toledo Bend. Bettie had a servant's heart and it showed in many aspects of her life. She retired from Hemphill Care Center as a medication aide. As a veteran's wife, she was a longtime active member of the Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion, O.P. Pate Memorial Post #197. Bettie was a Christian lady and was a dedicated member of churches in her communities, most recently Yellowpine-Macedonia Baptist Church while health permitted.

Her survivors include a son, Alan Williams and wife Rebekah; grandchildren, James and Krystal Whatley, Nathaniel Ryan Whatley, Megan Williams and Glen Channey, Mycah and Juan Esparza, Manda and Tyler Reese, and Nico Pittman; great-grandchildren, Shaelyn, Luke, and Chasten Whatley, Nathan and Nicole Miller, Lyla and Landon Reese, and Cesia and Candace Esparza; her sister, Cecile Virginia Easley Paterson; and her niece, Deborah Lynn Benton and husband Kenneth David Benton, along with their children, Lauren Benton and David Benton.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Don "Dink" Williams, on April 8, 2021; daughter, Donna Elizabeth Duplechin, on July 13, 1996; father, Cecil Clarence Easley, on September 20, 1936; mother, Eulalie Pate Coleman, on July 17, 1977; and step-father, Albert F. Coleman, on October 13, 1976.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, July 19, 2021, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, located at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Yellowpine-Macedonia Baptist Church, located at intersection of Hwy. 87 and FM 2343 in Yellowpine Community south of Hemphill, Texas, with Bro. T.A. Lane officiating.

Committal service and interment will follow at Centerview Cemetery, located at 1000 Centerview Road in Pineland, Texas.

Visit www.WymanRobertsFuneralHome.com for memories and condolences.

Arrangements are under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine, Texas.

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Family/Spouse: Don Douglas "Dink" Williams. Don was born on 20 Oct 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Apr 2021 in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia; was buried on 15 Apr 2021 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 1, 1995, Page 10

J. D. Alford

Jessie (sic) Donald "J.D." Alford, 66, of West Orange died Tuesday, Feb. 21, at a Beaumont hospital.

Alford was born Jan. 4, 1929, in Sabine County and had lived in Orange County since 1948, where he was retired from E. I. DuPont's Sabine River Works as a storekeeper, and was a member of the McDonald Memorial Baptist Church and Madison Masonic Lodge #126. Alford had formerly served as mayor and a city council member of West Orange.

Survivors: wife, Joanna Alford of West Orange; daughters, Judy Schahn of St. Louis, Missouri, and Kay Jones of Tyler; sons, Joe Alford of West Orange and Brent Alford of Denton; a sister, Gweneth Tinsley of Buna; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at Claybar Funeral Home's chapel, Orange, with Bro. Joe Orr officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, West Orange.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Jesse married Joann Hendrix about 1948. Joann was born on 10 Nov 1929 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 21 Nov 2021 in Tomball, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, West Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eula married Cicero Caswell Merritt on 6 Jun 1924 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Cicero (son of Edmon Columbus Merritt and Alice Ann Mary Howard) was born on 30 Aug 1897 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Jul 1972 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A. M. Rains

A. M. Rains, 83, of Woodville died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at Tyler County Hospital in Woodville.

Rains was a native of Hemphill and had lived in Kirbyville and Woodville several years. He was a retired self-employed carpenter.

Survivors: wife, Lucille Rains of Woodville; daughters, Penny Haffa of Woodville, Billie Adams of Buna, and Dorothy Comte of Needville; a son, Jerry Rains of Woodville; a sister, Gladys Corley of Pt. Arthur; 18 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday at Riley Funeral Home's chapel in Woodville. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetey in Woodville.

Publisheed in The Sabine County Reporter, April 26, 1995, page 12

Notes:

Name: Geraldine Pratt Leighton
Death Date: 29 Mar 1973
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 58 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1915
Birth Date: Feb 15, 1915
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Audrey Pratt
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fay Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Audrey Dean Leighton
Occupation: Nurse, Medical
Place of Residence: Parker Blvd, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemeterey
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2242621
Digital Film Number: 4167715
Image Number: 1758
Reference Number: 23512
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Morgan Barry Leighton. Morgan was born on 6 Jan 1901 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Aug 1962 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 23, 2011, Page 14

James Bobby Butler, 70, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hemphill and had lived most of his life here.

Butler was a welder and a supervisor in construction of commercial buildings and structures.

He is survived by sons, James Bobby Butler, Jr. of Cneter and Marlin Butler and wife Brittany of Nacogdoches; daughters, Brandi Meck of Gary; granchildren, Wendy, Crystal, Madi, Dakoda and Erin; and six great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters, Virginia Butler of Brookeland, Terry Gandy of Channelview, Linda Kelley, Myrtle Hogue, and Louise Wright, all of Hemphill.

He was preceded in death by his father, Marlin Butler; and mother, Pauline Easley Kelley.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, March 22, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Notes:

Frances June Hamilton, 74, of Hemphill, passed away Saturday night in the CHI St. Luke's Hospital in Lufkin, Texas. Frances was born in Hemphill to Joseph Montgomery and Verdell Butler Easley. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and has lived in Hemphill all her life. Frances is also a member of the First Baptist Church in Hemphill.

She is survived by her husband Robert Hamilton of Hemphill, her son Joe Hamilton and wife Stacy of Hemphill, her daughters; Debra Parks and husband Gary of Hemphill, Tina Adair and husband Tracy of Center, Shannon Bishop and husband Eric of Hemphill. Frances is also survived by her grandchildren; Michael, Robyn, Kelsey, Brian, Brandi, Matthew, Robert, Kimberly, Gavin, Brady, Joesiah and Jaxson, and her great grandchildren; Henley, Ryleigh Jo, Caydin and Cambri.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, Monday, September 21, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Tuesday, September 22, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Springhill Cemetery.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 23, 2015, Page 12

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
July 28, 2004

Thomas Burl Warner, Jr.

Thomas Burl Warner, Jr., 55, of San Augustine died Saturday, July 24, 2004, at his residence. Warner was born Aug. 19, 1948 in Jasper and was a longtime resident of the San Augustine area. He was a member of the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church and was employed in the wood products industry. Survivors: wife Janet Coulter Warner of San Augustine; mother Faye Easley Warner House of Hemphill; a sister June Fuller of Rosevine; and brothers, Robert Warner of Houston and Marcus Paul Warner of Columbus. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. Skipper Eberlan officiating. Interment followed at Old Salem Cemetery, in Shelby County

Thomas married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Jimmy Roy Ladner

Funeral services for Jimmy Roy Ladner, 62, of Hemphill will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 17, 2006 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Burial will follow in Oakhill Cemetery. Bro. Bob Gwin will officiate. He died March 13 at his residence.

Jimmy Roy Ladner was born January 16, 1944 in Hemphill to Clarence Ladner and Dorothy Easley Ladner. He was a welder and a member of Camp Springs Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ladner of Hemphill; mother, Dorothy Easley Ladner of Hemphill; sons John Ladner and wife, Michelle of Florida, Robert Ladner and wife Linda, and Edwin Frazier and wife, Rachael all of Hemphill, Jimmy Wayne Ladner of Louisiana, Jimmy Ozan and wife, Dana of Bronson and Bobby Ozan and wife, Kim of Milam; daughters, Louise JACOBS and husband Bo of Hemphill and Alice MAIL and husband, Roy of Montana; brother Leonard Ladner and wife, Charlotte of Hemphill and 14 grandchildren. Starr Funeral Home, Inc. in Hemphill is in charge of arrangements.

A nearly identical obituary was in the March 22, 2006 Sabine County Reporter.

Jimmy married Mary Wanda Ebarb after 1975. Mary was born on 6 Apr 1944 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jun 2010 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jimmy married Shirley Ruth Craft before 1968. Shirley (daughter of Cleo Milburn Craft and Bernice Latham) was born on 27 Nov 1948 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Dec 2016 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joe Alford, a small-town lawyer known for valuing people more than money, died May 26, 2016 at the age of 67.

His wife of 46 years, Charlotte, was with him at his death and as he went through months of cancer treatments.

In an age of lawyers advertising on billboards and television, Joe didn't even have a sign on his Orange office. People found him, often by referral. His law office for nearly 35 years was a small old building across the street from the Orange County Courthouse. In recent years he added a front porch with rocking chairs. Dozens of people tell stories of how he never sent them a bill for his work.

He considered working as legal counsel for public entities a donation to the community. At times he turned down offers of pay raises from the entities. He was the original attorney for the Orange County Appraisal District, dating back to 1979 and continued in the position until his death.

He was the City Attorney for the City of West Orange and previously was the Municipal Judge. In addition, he represented the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD and the Mauriceville Municipal Utility District. He had once been counsel for the West Orange-Cove CISD and advised the Deweyville ISD for more than 20 years.

His legal work including representing criminals on trial for capital murder and elderly widows probating wills. He handled divorces, name changes and adoptions. Every client found a shoulder to cry on, sympathy and a lifelong friend.

Even though he represented the accused in the courtroom, law enforcement officers respected him because he showed them respect.

Joe was born in Port Arthur to J.D. and Joann Alford.

He grew up in West Orange and was a 1967 graduate of the old West Orange High School. He and Charlotte Duhon began dating when they were in high school and married in 1970.

He worked his way through Lamar University as an orderly at Orange Memorial Hospital in the days before hazmat medicine. If a patient came in bleeding, the orderlies went home with blood on their clothes. It didn't matter to him. Helping came first.

The experience made him want to go into hospital administration. But his grandfather in Hemphill, Judge Beauchamp, talked him into studying law. That influence affected generations of people in Orange County who turned to him for advice and help.

Joe is a graduate of the University of Houston's Bates School of Law. He and Charlotte worked to pay for his studies.

After graduating and passing the bar, he returned to Orange and became a prosecutor in the office of then-District Attorney Sharon Bearden. He later left for a private practice with Wayne Peveto, who at the time was also the state representative for the county. Joe later went into his own practice.

He loved books, music and baseball cards. State District Judge Dennis Powell said Joe always pursued knowledge and the meaning of life. Besides keeping up with the latest legal case law, Joe could polish off two or more books a week. He was always ahead of the musical trends and recommended artists before they became famous. His expertise on baseball cards, along with his collection, was legendary.

He also loved the game of baseball. He coached youth baseball for his son and in recent years coached his great-nephews and nieces in the sport. As a surprise to many, he even ventured into coaching youth soccer. One of his last joys in life was seeing his three-year-old grandson Ronan slug a baseball off a tee.

Joe and Charlotte followed the West Orange-Stark Mustangs and have been football season ticket-holders in the same seats for 40 years.

Funeral services will be at 1pm Monday, May 29, 2016 at First United Methodist Church, 502 North Sixth Street in downtown Orange.

A visitation will begin at 11am before the funeral.

Entombment will follow at Saint Mary's Cemetery on Meeks Drive.

Pallbearers will be Wade Smith, Ed Smith, Rex Peveto, Eric Peveto, Barry Jones and Brent Alford.

Honorary pallbearers are Sharon Bearden and retired State District Judge Pat Clark.

His survivors, besides his wife, are his mother, Joann Alford of West Orange, son Joseph of Los Angeles and daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Sam Watters of Orange, along with grandson Ronan Watters. Also surviving are sisters, Judy Sher of St. Louis and Kay Jones and husband Barry of Tyler, Texas, plus brother, Brent Alford and wife Michelle of Fort Worth. Also, sister-in-law Juanita Smith of Orange and numerous nieces and nephews, Jami Nemec, Kara and Scott James, Derek and Sarah Jones, Lindsey and Jonathan Bolton, Josh Alford, Holden Alford, Wade and Julie Smith and Ed and Kathy Smith.

Notes:

Audrey Dean Leighton was valedictorian and Jerry Morris McDowell salutatorian of Hemphill High School Graduating Class of 1968. (Back in Time, 1968, published in the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER May 6, 1998, page 4).

Sabine County Reporter
July 6, 2005

Audrey Dean Leighton

Audrey Dean Leighton, 55, of Hemphill died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin. He was born Feb. 15, 1950 as a son of the late Geraldine (Pratt) and Morgan Barry Leighton and was a lifelong resident of Hemphill, graduating from Hemphill High School as valedictorian in 1968. He was a global twirler and entertainer. Survivors: a great-aunt, Wilma LOGAN of Hemphill; second cousins, Lloyd Eldon PRATT, Jr. of Harlingen and Patsy Clapp SMITH of Beaumont; and numerours third and fourth cousins. A memorial service will be held 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Hemphill City Park overlooking the Pratt House. Arrangements are being handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

Friends remember, plan memorial for 'The Twirler,' an East Texas fixture who marched to his own beat

By EMILY TARAVELLA, Cox East Texas

Sunday, June 26, 2005

HEMPHILL - He was the valedictorian of his graduating class. He played the saxophone and was drum major of his high school band. A child of privilege, he was a descendant of one of his hometown's most prominent families.Some considered him to be a parapsychologist and a fortune teller. His closest friends say he was "complex" and "multi-faceted." But when Audrey Dean Leighton died a week ago today, most knew him simply as "The Twirler."

With his long beard, short shorts, tall boots, brightly colored shirts and hats, Leighton stood out against the backdrop of the small East Texas towns and cities where he was often sighted toting his trademark baton. Lufkin, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and others may have tried to claim him as a "town character" all their own, but Hemphill was Audrey Dean's home. It is where he was born, and - for all practical purposes - it is where he died.

A group of women gathered Wednesday afternoon in Hemphill at Pace Creek, an upscale gift shop and plant nursery, to plan Leighton's memorial service. At first glance they appeared an unlikely group of peers for an eccentric, 55-year-old hitch-hiking twirler. But as they shared their fondest memories of the things he said and did, it became clear: These women not only accepted Audrey Dean Leighton, they loved him. Shirley Winslow knew him the longest. "I remember when he was just a little kid twirling his baton," she said. "I watched him grow up."

As Kathy DeKerlegand passed around a file folder containing photographs of Audrey Dean, the women smiled at the images: first a pleasantly plump baby, then a young child with striking eyes and finally a handsome teen wearing a graduation gown. Other photographs featured Leighton as a young man. Eight-by-ten glossies showed him performing on stage; snapshots showed him marching in parades, high-kicking as he twirled his baton. This is how the women will remember their friend - not as he looked in his hospital bed a few days ago, communicating only with blinks and nods. "He died of bone cancer," they said, adding that, "He may have also had a heat stroke."

The folder full of Leighton's pictures also contained his hot-pink business card that reads, "Audrey Dean Leighton, Global Twirler," and the e-mail address, "Twirlerextraordinaire@hotmail.com."
After Leighton graduated from high school and attended the University of Texas and other colleges, he began marching in parades and performing for small audiences who would drop coins or dollar bills in a jar. He was as comfortable twirling on the sidewalks of New Orleans, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington and New York as he was in East Texas. His "international tour" included France, Spain, Italy and Sweden. On each of his sojourns (paid for with money from his trust fund), Leighton sent postcards home to his friends in Hemphill. He addressed them to entire groups of people, leaving the decision to the postmaster as to which post office box the card should actually be delivered.

When he returned home, Audrey Dean twirled privately for his friends, in their homes or yards. Ten years ago Leighton settled in his family's old home place in Hemphill, The Pratt House. The Pratt House was built in 1908 at the town's most visible intersection by George Edward "Ed" Pratt - the son of Civil War veteran Hampton Pratt. The 7,000-square-foot building has "Greek Revival design influences with Victorian detailing," according to the Sabine County Historical Foundation's Web site. Galleries sweep across the entire front facade, and a two-story portico, gabled dormers and a central hall on each floor are among the home's distinguishing features, the Web site says.

Thirty years ago Leighton's friend Mary Ann McDaniel would visit the The Pratt House to provide home health care for his three aging aunts. "That was back when Audrey Dean spent most of his time traveling," McDaniel said. "He would come in from time to time, but we didn't see as much of him back then." When Leighton returned to the house 10 years ago, it was empty. The three aunts had moved into a nursing home, and for years Audrey Dean entertained them there with his twirling. Eventually, two of the aunts died. A third aunt is still alive today, but Audrey Dean stopped twirling for her when she stopped remembering who he was.

DeKerlegand said visiting Audrey Dean at The Pratt House "was like visiting the theater." "He would sit at the dining table and speak to the (dead) members of his family as if they were really there," she said.

DeKerlegand's mother, Edna Campbell, said she remembers the first time she went inside the house. Although the house had grown shabby from years of neglect, the antiques and crystal inside it took her breath away. Leighton occupied a single room upstairs that had previously belonged to his mother.

When the other heirs to the Pratt estate decided to sell the house to First Baptist Church in the late 1990s, Leighton had no choice but to move. The church planned to demolish the house to make way for a new family life center. But townspeople rallied, and eventually they raised enough money to move the house to a place where it would be safe. Restoration efforts are ongoing, but after the house was moved Leighton never cared to go back inside.

DeKerlegand and Campbell helped Audrey Dean pack his few personal effects when he left the house for good. Everything he owned fit in a wooden trunk that Campbell allowed him to keep in her living room.

Although he never returned to The Pratt House, Audrey Dean would often sit cross-legged on the floor of the Pace Creek gift shop and tell McDaniel and another friend, Donna Alexander, stories about the things that had happened within the home's walls over the last century. The women took careful notes and asked permission to preserve his stories on audio or videotapes. Leighton did not want to be recorded.

"Sometimes he would tell us he had been 'communing with the dead' at the cemetery," Alexander said. "He would visit his relatives' graves, and he would tell us, 'Those Pratts are as tight-lipped in death as they were in life.'" Audrey Dean promised that if he ran across any forgotten Pratt money, he would give it to the historical foundation for the restoration efforts.

After he lost the house, he often slept at the Super 8 motel in Hemphill. He was also known to frequent the San Augustine Inn, and one of Jasper's bed-and-breakfasts. When traveling through Houston he preferred to sleep under a certain tree, using his backpack as a pillow. He had no permanent residence.

Although he had a driver's license, Audrey Dean usually hitched a ride with his friends. Alexander remembers giving him a ride to San Augustine, on her way to market in Dallas. "As he got out of the car, he told me to be careful," she said. "He warned me that there are lot of 'weirdos' out there, and not to give rides to anyone I didn't know."

Some may have been startled by his unusual appearance, but McDaniel said anyone who took the time to talk to him could immediately sense that he was harmless.

When McDaniel's cousin, a Dallas socialite, met Leighton for the first time, she was enamored of his twirling ability. "She had been a twirler in college," McDaniel said. "They went out in the yard and twirled together for hours." Time passed, and McDaniel's cousin was riding through the streets of Dallas with her "socialite friends," McDaniel said. "When they got to a stop light, some of the ladies started locking their doors and pointing to a man on the sidewalk," McDaniel said. "My cousin looked out, and who was it but Audrey Dean - right there in downtown Dallas."

The Twirler was liable to be sighted any place at any time, according to his friends. DeKerlegand was friends with Leighton for years before she learned that her brother had been giving him rides in Marshall. As the women laughed about their memories, the conversation turned to Leighton's last days.

On June 1, he returned from a trip to Nacogdoches with an upset stomach. Alexander gave him a ride to the Super 8, and he told her he thought he had a stomach virus. When the hotel management hadn't seen any sign of him three days later, they called his friend Donna Wilkerson and asked her to check on him. "I knocked on the door and told him I was coming in," Wilkerson said. "He was coherent to some extent, but he couldn't walk. I told the hotel to call an ambulance." Leighton died in a Lufkin hospital two weeks later. He had just enough money remaining in his trust fund to cover the cost of his cremation. "He told us he didn't want his ashes in one place," DeKerlegand said. "He wanted them spread."

Leighton's parents divorced when he was a baby, and his father was "never in the picture." At the time of his death, Leighton's only family ties were two distant cousins and one aunt.

Although his cousins currently possess his ashes, Audrey Dean's friends are hopeful that they will be allowed to spread them, as he requested. The friends said they would like to take a few of his ashes with them when they go on trips to different states and countries. They also hope to keep a few of his ashes in an urn in his upstairs bedroom at the Pratt House. They hope to make his old room a place people can visit to remember the man who added so much color to the East Texas landscape.

"We have his hats, his boots and his batons," DeKerlegand said. "We also have his journal, but it is filled with his most personal and innermost thoughts. I hope it is something I can share some day, but now is not the time."

McDaniel said she'll never forget the last time she saw Audrey Dean, at the end of May. "He was in the bank parking lot," she said. "I had heard through the small-town grapevine that Audrey Dean had become a Christian. I asked him if it was true that he had made a profession of faith."
He said that it was.

"Oh my goodness, you're my brother in Christ!" McDaniel remembers telling Leighton. He responded, "It sure looks that way." McDaniel was preparing to leave for a mission trip in Africa, the last time she saw Leighton. Because "you never know what might happen," she had prepared her will. She remembers telling Leighton, "If I don't see you again ..." and him finishing her sentence for her, "... I'll see you in glory."

"He was telling me good-bye," McDaniel said. "Without even knowing it, that was our goodbye. It was the end of a 30-year friendship." The Twirler's friends said they accepted him just as he was, because he accepted them just as they were.

"He had a gentle, gentle spirit," McDaniel said. "And everyone wanted his beautiful legs."

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 24 February 2000

Brenda Fuller Webb

Brenda Fuller Webb, 28, of Rosevine died February 17 at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at Rosevine Cemetery. A native of Rosevine, she was a beautician. Survivors include her husband, John Webb of Rosevine; parents, David and June Fuller of Rosevine; brother Jamey Fuller of Rosevine; sister, Susan Hendrix of Rosevine; and grandparents, Fay and Tom House of Springhill.

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