1906 - 1997 (90 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Drayton Bennett Speights was born on 15 Aug 1906 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; died in Mar 1997 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 2005
"On the Bright Side: "I Remember" Part 2"
By Mary Howell
He taught school in Rosevine and served as County School Tax Assessor. Drayton had an uncanny sense of humor and loved to pull pranks on his friends. One time he even master-minded the building and landing of a UFO and even put a letter written in a foreign language in his contraption. He situated it so that his croquet-playing friends would find it. News of Hemphill's UFO spread like wildfire throughout East Texas.
Drayton married Virginia "Virgie" Louise Collier on 10 Dec 1928. Virginia (daughter of Nathan Plympton Collier and Lula Blanche Chambers) was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1986 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Drayton Bennett Speights, Jr. was born on 23 Sep 1928 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Jun 1979 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- 3. Baby Girl Speights was born on 11 Apr 1930 in Dallas County, Texas; died about 1930 in Dallas County, Texas.
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- 8. Mary Elizabeth Speights was born on 11 Jun 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jun 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 2
8. | Mary Elizabeth Speights (1.Drayton1) was born on 11 Jun 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jun 1949 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. |
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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