Lela Franks

Lela married Loyd Proctor Beasley on 3 Oct 1904 in Center, Shelby County, Texas. Loyd was born on 20 Feb 1883 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 1 May 1973 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Longview Morning Journal, in January 1976, had an article describing the Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, which in 1938 helped turn electricity into a reality to hunderes of East Texans in the rural areas of the Piney Woods. On December 16 the first lines were energized. President Roosevelt had promised America "electricity so cheap that it would not be above the means of even the most common family." East Texans, especially R. N. Stripling, T. A. Hargis, and D. N. BEASLEY jumped aboard that drame and were determined to place the rural East Texas family in an enlightened world.....the first pole was set near the first Methodist Church in Shelby County at Shelbyville, Texas in July, 1938. (From the book by Newton County Historical Committee, , "Glimpses of Newton County History," (Nortex Press, Burnet, Texas, c. 1982), pp. 185-186).

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Virgie Speights refers to her as "Mrs. Lavada CARROLL of Pasedena."

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His actual Texas death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths 1890-1976, showed he was a REA Power Use Electrical Advisor, and was the son of L. P. Beasley and Lola (sic) Franks. He was also shown as a veteran of WWII. The informant was his wife, Mrs. Paul Beasley.

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Lewis Weldon Beasley, age 94, of San Augustine, passed from this life Monday, June 13, 2016, in Lufkin.

Weldon was born to Lela (Franks) Beasley and Lloyd Procter Beasley on December 27, 1921, in Sabine County, Texas. He was a lineman for the Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative till the mid 1960's, afterwards he went into Business as a Electrical Contractor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine.

He is survived by, Sons, Michael Weldon Beasley and his wife, Pam of Flint and Larry Charles Beasley and his wife, Karen of San Augustine; His beloved 7 grandchildren; 12 Great-Grandchildren along with a host of other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his daughter, Carol Ann (Beasley) Smith, and his beloved wife, Helen Ann (Withers) Beasley.

Copied from www.dailynewsandmore.com
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 22, 2016, Page 10

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The Sabine County Reporter
May 25, 2011, Page 2011

Mildred Marie Travis, 86, died in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine after an illness. Mildred was born in Hemphill to Lloyd and Lela Franks Beasley and has lived here most of her life. Mrs. Travis was manager of the Hemphill Nutrition Center for twenty-two years and a member of the Camp Springs Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband Jesse Travis, Jr. of Hemphill, three sons; Phillip Earl Travis and his wife Martha of Hemphill, Clifford Kent Travis and his wife Sandra of Hemphill, and Charles Kirk Travis and his wife Wendy of Virginia, seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She is also survived by two brothers; Harold Dean Beasley and Weldon Beasley both of San Augustine.

Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Saturday, May 21, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, May 22, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Yellowpine Cemetery.

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www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries

Mildred married Jesse Marion Travis, Jr. on 28 Nov 1942. Jesse (son of Jesse Marion Travis, Sr. and Lillian Pearl Seals) was born on 6 Jul 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Nov 2014 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary

?b?Charles Kirk Travis
?/b?( November 18, 1949 - March 01, 2019 )
Charles "Kirk" Travis, 69, passed from this life on Friday, March 1, 2019 at his home in Largo, Fl with his wife of 23 years, Wendy Daigle Travis, and his son, Joshua Daigle, of Fredericksburg, Virginia at his side. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Mildred and Jessie Travis and grew up in east Texas where he enjoyed baseball, fishing, and family.
Kirk served his country with the United States Air Force and was a retired/disabled veteran. He loved cooking and fishing but his greatest love was music. He had a great love for the Lord throughout his life and was blessed with an extraordinary talent for music and an amazing voice that he used to glorify the Savior and touch many lives. He began singing as a young boy with his identical twin brother, Kent, and after retiring from the Air Force he spent many years playing and singing southern gospel music, despite suffering from heart and kidney disease. Among the groups he played with throughout the years were The Sounds of Victory of East Texas, the Jubillaires of Winter Haven, Fl, and the Troubadors of Largo, Fl.
?u? ?/u?He is survived by his wife, Wendy Travis, and son, Joshua Daigle, of Virginia; son, James Travis; daughter, Charlie Howard; older brother, Phillip Travis; twin brother Kent Travis, all of Texas; four grandchildren, Chrissy White, Savannah Daigle, Makenna Daigle, and Jaxon Daigle; two great grandsons, along with nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by one grandson, J.T. White of Texas.
Kirk was a gentle soul who touched many with his music. He will be greatly missed but is surely now at home with the Lord and singing in that heavenly choir.
It was Kirk's wish to be cremated. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m. at Teakwood Village Park, 800 North Missouri Ave. Largo, FL in the Aloha building. Interment will be held at 1:00 p.m. on March 25, 2019 at Bay Pines National Cemetery, 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL. To honor Kirk's memory, donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, Shriner's Hospital, or the charity of your choice.
A memorial service will also be held at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill, Texas Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Copied from Starr Funeral Home. Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 6, 2019, page 8

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]