Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 14B
192-192
Bragg, Henry Head W M May 1859 41 m 18 Fl Va Unk Farmer
Bragg, Lorana Wf W F May 1867 33 m 18 8/8 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Mary E Dtr W F Mar 1885 15 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Charles H Son W M Aug 1886 13 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Ola Dtr W F Feb 1888 12 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Sudie Dtr W F Oct 1889 10 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, William Son W M Nov 1891 8 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Sarah Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Cary Son W M Spet 1896 3 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Zilla Dtr W F Aug 1899 9/12 S Tx Fl Tx

Henry married Lorena Lord on 10 Aug 1882. Lorena (daughter of Greenberry William Lord and Martha Chambers) was born on 17 May 1867 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1956 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mary Frances Williams
Death Date: 24 Aug 1948
Death Place: Shelby County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 63 years 4 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1885
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Malcalm Bragg
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lorena Lord
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housekeeper
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery: Bickley Cem.
Burial Place: Texas
Burial Date: 26 Aug 1948
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2223117
Digital Film Number: 4031762
Image Number: 1031
Reference Number: cn 85958
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Mary married John Thomas Williams on 18 May 1902 in Texas. John was born on 7 Jul 1866 in Georgia; died on 28 Mar 1939; was buried in Bickley Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Mercer indicates that he died young.

Minnie married Clifford Joshua Watson on 1 Sep 1912. Clifford was born on 30 Jun 1887; died on 4 Dec 1972 in Bellville, Austin County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sudie married John O. Russell on 13 Dec 1908. John was born about 1883; died about 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was said to be married to Allie Lee Russell and Tallie Morrison.

Name: Jessie William Bragg
Death Date: 08 Jan 1975
Death Place: Smithville, Bastrop, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 83 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1892
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1891
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Mack Henry Bragg
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lorene Lord
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Carpenter Construction
Informant: Mrs. C. F. Williams, Sr.
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: Odd Fellow Cemetery
Burial Place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243526
Digital Film Number: 4170166
Image Number: 3153
Reference Number: 00071
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Name: Sarah Lorene Cole
Death Date: 30 Dec 1973
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1898
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Mack Bragg
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lorene Lord
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: housewife
Informant: James Mack Cole, son
Place of Residence: Rt. 3, Kirbyville, Texas
Cemetery: Bean Cemetery
Burial Place: Kirbyville
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2242950
Digital Film Number: 4169260
Image Number: 3466
Reference Number: cn 95790
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
8

(Medical):See attached sources.

Sarah married James Meredith Cole on 5 Mar 1919. James was born on 22 Sep 1887 in Louisiana; died on 24 Dec 1952 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Bean Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Henry Cary Bragg
Death Date: 12 Mar 1972
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Sep 1896
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Max Bragg
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lorena Loard
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223830
Digital Film Number: 4005478
Image Number: 02719
Reference Number: 37355
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 1B
14-17
Burkhalter, Henry M Hd M W 24 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Hattie P Wf F W 19 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
15-18
Bragg, Cary H Hd M W 32 M 21 Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Vursey L Wf F W 27 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Eldon R Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Hazel L Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
16-19
Bragg, Lorena Hd F W 64 Wd 16 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Ray E Son M W 26 S Tx Fl Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Henry married Vursey Liddy Burkhalter on 10 Dec 1918. Vursey (daughter of John H. Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman) was born on 7 Jul 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The SSDI shows her DOB as 22 Aug 1899, whereas Kay Parker McCary's transcription of the Low's Chapel Cemetery shows her DOB 22 July 1899

Zella married Joe Gomer on 24 Jun 1916. Joe (son of Augustus Cawhorn "A. C." Gomer and Rosanna "Rosie" Lord) was born on 6 Apr 1896 in Texas; died on 22 Jun 1975 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Vera Bell Jones in May 1931. Vera (daughter of Emanuel "Manuel" Jones and Noda "Nodie" Maybell Milstead) was born on 24 Jan 1913 in Texas; died on 22 May 1951; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alma married Ira Henry Strickland White McLemore on 26 Nov 1922. Ira (son of John F. "Finn" McLemore and Rutha Triphene White) was born on 29 Jan 1896 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jul 1970 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 12, 1996, Page 12

Fay Watson Turner

Fay Watson Turner, 83, of Hemphill died at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 1996, at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born May 22, 1913, in Remlig, as a daughter of the late Clifford J. and Minnie Ola (Bragg) Watson. She was a former longtime resident of Beaumont, where she was a member of the Calvary Baptist Chruch and retired from Citizens National Bank, before moving to Hemphill in 1990.

Survivors: two sisters, Sybil Irene Burcalow of Hemphill and Margie Nelius of Bellville.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Bob Arthur officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Notes:

BURCALOW, SYBIL I 07 Jun 1917 14 Mar 2002 (V) 84 75948 (Hemphill, Sabine, TX) (none specified) Texas 462-36-4331

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 1997, Page 7

Class of 1944

Hemphill's Class of 1944 recently held a reunion at the home of Phillip and Loretta Sterle in Hemphill. Shown are, from left: Claudine Gellaty Polley, Philip Sterle, Onie Bell Grim Williams, Doris Stewart Walts, Eugene Procella, Margie Watson Neilus, LaTrent Walker, Melba Rue Isom Byley, Charlotta Kign Walker, Bertie Scott, Helen Strickland Murray, Betty Mae Ener McGraw and Patsy Pickley Becka. The Class of '44 donated $100 from their treasury to the J. R. Huffman Public Library.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Elton married Selma Mozelle Boyett before 1944. Selma (daughter of Hamp Hansford Boyett and Mittie Weaver) was born on 21 Nov 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1994 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 27 Oct 1994 in Weaver Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
January 11, 2012, Page 5

90th Birthday
Friends and relatives are welcome to attend the 90th birthday celebration of Hazel Bragg-Hoffman-McNaughter. The reception will be held in the fellowship hall of Hemphill Baptist Church, on Jan. 14th from 2 to 4 p.m.. No gifts, please.

Obituary

Hazel Bragg Hoffman McNaughten, 100, of Hemphill, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at Legacies Nursing and Rehab in Hemphill, Texas.

Haze was born on January 13, 1922 in Sabine County, Texas to Henry Cary Bragg and Vursey Burkhalter Bragg. A quiet and gentle lady with a funny and quick wit to those who knew her well. She loved her garden and flowers and keeping the best kept home and yard in the county.

She is survived by a family that dearly loves her; Daughters, Vickie Burcia and Lavina Gibson; granddaughters, April Loggins and husband, Chuck and Kim Walker; grandsons, David Brucia and wife, Evette, Byron Brucia and wife, Melissa, and Charles Gibson; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by husbands, W.L. Hoffman and Vay P. McNaughten; and son-in-law, Buddy Brucia and Charles Gibson.

Funeral Services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at Rosevine United Pentecostal Church in Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Gordon Simmons and Bro. Mark Green officiating.


Visitation will begin one hour prior to service time.

Burial will follow in Gravelhill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Chuck Loggins, Kyle Loggins, David Brucia, Ellis McGown, Charles Gibson, Jerry Fleming, Chaisen Brucia, and Chaston Coon. Serving as honorary pallbearer is, Cole Loggins.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 18, 2023, page 4

Hazel married Word Lee Hoffman before 1945. Word was born on 29 Apr 1914 in Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 4 Jul 1971 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hazel married Voy Price McNaughten on 13 Mar 1987 in Sabine County, Texas. Voy (son of Price Braxton McNaughten and Nettie Inez Thompson) was born on 13 Jun 1918 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Nov 1994 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 11 Nov 1994 in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 19, 2008, Page 11

Willie Dean Harley

Willie Dean Harley, 75, of Pineland, died Nov. 11, 2008 at her residence.

Mrs. Harley was born Sept. 28, 1933 in Sabine County to Raymond Ellis Bragg and Vera Bell Jones Bragg and had lived in Pineland her entire life. She was a homemaker and a member of Strickland Crossing Church of God.

Survivors: sons, Lonnie Ray Harley, Tommy Glen Harley, and Randy Lee Harley, all of Pineland; daughter, Kay Welch of Pineland; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Nov. 14 at Strickland Crossing Church of God with Bro. Charles Moody and Bro. Vance Purtell officiating. Interment followed in Plainview Cemetery.

Services under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2008)

A nearly identical obituary was published in the November 20, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

Willie married Bro. Lonnie B. Harley before 1951. Lonnie (son of William Alvin Harley and Minnie Bell McClelland) was born on 8 Oct 1929 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Sep 1995 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 22 Sep 1995 in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Joy LaNell Forse before 1956. Joy (daughter of William Charles "Charley" Forse and Lora Lee Warner) was born on 6 Nov 1934 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Nov 2015 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Manuel Odale Bragg
Date of Birth: 13 Aug 1938
Gender: Male
Birth County: Sabine
Mother's Name: Vera Belle Jones
Roll Number: 1938_0001

Double tombstone with Barbara A. Bragg (4 May 1943-29 Mar 1999).

Manuel married Barbara Ann Latham before 1971. Barbara (daughter of Charley Melvin Latham and Mona Leafye Easley) was born on 4 May 1943 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; died on 29 Mar 1999; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992 and Book Three "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" also by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1998:

Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Sixth Marine Division December 14, 1941 through October 13, 1945 Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bouganville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Okinawa Offensive Seriously wounded at Okinawa and medically evacuated to the United States Purple Heart.

Obituary

Rufus Maxie McLemore, 87, died Wednesday in the VA Hospital, Houston, TX. Rufus was born in Hemphill to Ira and Alma Bragg McLemore and was a lifetime resident of Hemphill. Rufus left school at an early age to join the CC's. When old enough he joined the Marine Corps and served in WW II. When he returned home he owned and operated McLemore's Garage until retirement.

Rufus is survived by his son Maxie and wife Maryanne McLemore of Victoria, TX, his daughter Charlotte and husband Gene Peters of Cypress, TX, eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Clovis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas. The guest book can be signed or condolences expressed to the family at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(From www.toledochronicle.com)
Also published in the San Augustine Tribune, September 23, 2010, page 10

Rufus married Clovis Lavern Hogan on 25 May 1946. Clovis was born on 9 Apr 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tom McLemore recalls that Roland served both in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and as a Marine. He died of Meningitis, most probably while serving as a Marine.

One internet tree, unsourced, shows that he died in Colorado.

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County" by Robert Cecil McDaniel:

World War II veteren. Navy. April 23, 1945 through July 30, 1946,


THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, October 11, 2000, Page 13, Obituaries

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore, 72, of Hemphill died Thursday, October 5, 2000, at Hemphill Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hemphill.

McLemore, born Jan. 17, 1928, in Bronson as a son of the late Ira and Alma (Bragg) McLemore, had lived in Hemphill several years and was the owner of an asphalt paving company. He was a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, and Shriners. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a World War II veteran.

Survivors: wife, Elouise McLemore of Hemphill; son and daughter-in-law Randy and Terre McLemore of Nacogdoches;a brother, Rufus McLemore of Hemphill; and two granchildren, Hillary McLemore and Sara McLemore of Nacogdoches.

Funeral services were held Oct. 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. I.W. Ferguson, pastor of Johnson Missionary Baptish Church, officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Ernest married Elouise Elizabeth Armstrong on 31 Dec 1947. Elouise (daughter of William Rudolph Armstrong and Lottie Lee Dickerson) was born on 25 Jan 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 2012 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City 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]

Notes:

Name: Danny Ray Bragg Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1956 Gender: Male Birth County: Sabine Father's Name: Billy Ray Bragg Mother's Name: Joy Lanell Force Roll Number: 1956_0002

The Sabine County Reporter
April 6, 2011, Page 11

Danny Ray Bragg, Sr.

Danny Ray Bragg, Sr., 54, died suddenly in Nashville, TN, Friday, April 1, 2011.
He was born in Hemphill to Billy Ray and LaNell Forse Bragg. He had lived his life in Hemphill and was the owner/operator of the NAPA Auto Parts Store on the square in Hemphill.

He is survived by his mother, LaNell Bragg of Bronson; son, Danny Ray Bragg, Jr. of Hemphill; brothers, Billy Crow and his wife Sandra, Jim Crow and his wife Brenda, and Bob Crow and his wife Cathy, all of Bronson. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

Bragg was preceded in death by his father, Billy Ray Bragg.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 5, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Plainview Cemetery near Bronson.

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

Danny 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]