Sarah Ann "Annie" Morgan

Sarah married William Thomas Wood, Sr. about 1922. William (son of Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood and Larrissa Cordelia "Delia" Wright) was born on 31 Aug 1902 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 1957 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warren Virgil Seymour. Warren was born on 15 Nov 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 7 Nov 2014 in Texas; was buried in Leakey Floral Cemetery, Leakey, Real County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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W. T. "Dub" Wood Jr

Wiliam Thomas "Dub" Wood Jr., 70, of Waco died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1995.

Wood was born Aug. 12, 1924, in Pineland as a son of the late William Thomas Wood and Sarah Ann (Morgan) Wood and had lived in Beaumont several years before moving to Waco a year ago. He was a retired attorney, serving as Assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County in addition to several years in private practive before retiring in 1989. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

He was a former Post Commander of American Legion Post #33, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the the Scottish Rite, and the Methodist church. Wood formerly served as president of the Beaumont Optimist Club.

Survivors: son, Brett Wood of Waco; a brother, Billy Wood of Fayetteville, North Carolina; sisters, Arnell Seymour of Leakey, Wilna Broussard of Grapevine, and Helen Towns of Cloudcraft, New Mexico; and three grandchildren, Brandi Wood, Will Wood, and Michael Wood, all of Waco.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home chapel in Beaumont. Interment followed with 3 p.m. graveside rites at the Wood Cemetery near Pineland.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

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Wilna Wood Broussard came from a long line of Texas families. Her ancestors were some of the first settlers in Texas/Mexico before it became a Republic.

Wilna was born to William T. Wood and Sarah Ann McLemore Morgan in East Texas's Pineland. She had two sisters and three brothers.

Wilna was a painter. She belonged to the China Painters Guild and numerous other art societies. She used oils, pastels and watercolors on canvas. She sold some of her paintings to local art galleries in Oklahoma City and she sold her china painting pieces to boutique shops in the Midwest and Florida.

Wilna attended Beaumont High and then her family moved to Panama City, Florida and Georgia during WWII. Her father was a shipbuilder. Wilna worked for the USO during the war and was a secretary at a military HDQ in Cape Cod, MA for a few years.

After the war she returned to Beaumont where she met and married Weston J. Broussard. They had three daughters. The family lived in Beaumont where Weston was manager of International Cresote and Construction Company until 1968 when he took a job with Kerr McGee Oil Company and became Vice President of Kerr McGee Chemical. The family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri and then to the company's HDQ in Oklahoma City, OK. They lived there until retirement in 1987.

Wilna enjoyed being a homemaker and her china and canvas painting activities. She sold some of her painting to art galleries in OKC. She also enjoyed her activities at the Petroleum Club in OKD, of which she and Weston were members.

In 1987 upon retirement, Wilna and Weston moved to Grapevine, Texas to be near one of their daughters. The whole family enjoyed coming to visit "Meme and Papa" and barbequing and swimming in their backyard pool.

Wilna is preceded in death by her husband Weston, two sisters and two brothers. She has one surviving brother in North Carolina.

Wilna is survived by her daughters Anne (McFadden-Dan) of Iowa; Mary (Decato-Al) of Grapevine; and Jerri (Forrest-John) of Iowa. She has four grandchildren ? Robert, Erin, Brigitte, Cristie and two great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 3:00 pm.

Copied from Find A Grave

Wilna married Weston John Broussard before 1951. Weston was born on 3 Jan 1929 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 19 Apr 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harlon Morris Towns. Harlon was born on 21 Feb 1930 in Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 27 May 2018 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A photos of his military marker can be seen on his Find A Grave memorial page

Engraved as follows

Billy Jack Wood
SFC US Army
Vietnam Bronze Star Medal
Jun 30 1935 Jul 21 2017
To Christ Be The Glory

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]