Irene Elizabeth Mathews

Notes:

Her application for a Social Security account, completed on August 5, 1965, stated that she was the daughter of Liddie E. HEGLAR [shown instead as Hagler on her actual death certificate] and Reece J. MATHEWS, and that she was born in Shelby County, Texas on June 25, 1900. At the time she completed the application, her address was P.O. Box 29, San Augustine, Texas 75972. Her Texas Death Certificate showed that her usual address was 104 Montgomery Street in San Augustine, and that she had lived in San Augustine her entire life. The informant was Hazel Bellestri, daughter.

Family/Spouse: A. R. "Pete" Wych. A. was born on 7 Dec 1898 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1941 in Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 22 Mar 1941 in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
February 1, 1995, Page 10

Aron Samuel Wych

A Mass of Christian burial for Aron Samuel Wych, 67, of Lumberton was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1995, at Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Lumberton. Interment was at Hooks Cemetery in Kountze. Arrangements were handled by Broussard's Mortuary, Beaumont.

He died Monday, Jan. 23, 1995, at a Beaumont hospital.

Wych was a native of Patroon and had lived in Lumberton 26 years. He was a contractor.

Survivors: wife, Amrmelia Wych of Lumberton; daughters, Janice Morris, Greta Wych, and Joan Garza, all of Lumberton, Connie Thompson of Spring, and Mary K. Lovell of Beaumont; a son, Aron Richard Wych of Lumberton; sisters, Hazel Bellestri of San Augustine and Billie Monceaux of Beaumont; a brother, Herbert T. "Pit" Wych of Hemphill; and 12 grandchildren.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2009)

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The Sabine County Reporter
January 28, 2009, Page 11
February 4, 2009, Page 11 (with photo)

Herbert Terry "Pit" Wych

Herbert Terry "Pit" Wych, 76, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 in the Hospice of the Pines, Lufkin. Wych was born on Dec. 24, 1932, in Shelby County. He has lived most of his life in Hemphill coming from San Augustine. He worked as a connector for the Iron Workers Union Local 125 in Beaumont and worked all over the U.S. and other countries suspending bridges and large building and commercial construction primarily working on the installation of the "red iron," the first steel to go up in a structure.

Wych was in the U.S. Army at the conclusion of the Korean Conflict. His love of life, second only to his family, was rodeoing, especially "bull dogging." He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hemphill, the Gideons, and Masonic Lodge.

Wych is survived by his wife, Carolyn Minton Wych of Hemphill; son, Mark Wych and wife Amy of Huntington; daughter, Terre McLemore and husband Randy of Nacogdoches; sister, Billie Monceaux and husband Brad of Beaumont; and sister-in-law, Armella Wych of Lumberton. Also four grandchildren; Hillary and Sara McLemore and Natalie and Ruth Wych.

Visitation was from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. in Hemphill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (today), Jan. 28, in the First Baptist Church in Hemphill with burial following in the Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Services under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

A nearly identical obituary was in the January 29, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2009)

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

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]