Dempsey Daniel McClelland

Notes:

The Texas Birth Index shows him as a son of A. D. McClelland and Clara Harley

Obituary

Dempsey Daniel McClelland, 82, died Wednesday morning in the Shady Acres Nursing Home in Newton. He was born in Sabine County to Archie and Clara Harley McClelland. Dempsey worked in the logging industry and lived in Pineland and attended the Strickland Crossing Church of God.

He is survived by his sons Dee Royce McClelland and his wife Cindy of Bronson, Dempsey Lynn McClelland and his wife Debra of Bronson, Manuel Gale McClelland and his wife Brenda of Hemphill, his daughters Sonjal Woods and her husband Mark of Bronson, Penny Coulter and her husband Jed of San Augustine, Jamie McClelland of Pineland, and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother Donald McClelland of Hemphill and his sister Bertie Mae Harrison of Bronson. Dempsey was preceded in death by his wife Lougena McClelland.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery

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Also published in the Sabine County Reporter on September 26, 2012, page 9

Dempsey married Lougena Jones before 1951. Lougena (daughter of Emanuel "Manuel" Jones and Noda "Nodie" Maybell Milstead) was born on 22 May 1933 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Oct 2011 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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Dempsey Lynn McClelland, 70, of Bronson, Texas, passed away on March 4, 2024, in Tyler, Texas. He was born on December 17, 1953, in Nacogdoches, Texas, to Dempsey Daniel McClelland and Lougena Jones McClelland. Lynn was a lifetime resident of Bronson, Texas, and worked in construction as a Crane Operator for many years.

In his free time, Lynn loved working in his yard, keeping everything neat and clean. He enjoyed mowing and gardening, tending to flowers, watching birds, and his pine trees. He also had a passion for fishing and hunting, motorcycles, cars, and especially cherished his '81 Corvette. Lynn was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Highlands, Texas.

Lynn will be dearly missed and is survived by his loving wife of 21 years, Debra McClelland of Bronson, daughters, April McClelland of Highlands, Natasha McClelland of Lumberton, Texas, stepson, David Counts of Arkansas, stepdaughter, Brandy Yancy of Arkansas, brothers, Dee Royce McClelland of Bronson and Gale McClelland and wife, Brenda, of Hemphill, sisters, Penny Coulter and husband, Jed, of San Augustine, and Jamie Ann McClelland of Pineland, grandchildren, Terry McCannless, Ivey Yancey, Morgan McClelland, Kaelynn Smith and husband, Kane, Aubree Larson, and Wesley Knight, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dempsey and Lougena McClelland, and sister, Sonjal Woods.

Visitation will take place from 4:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas

The funeral service will commence at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 8, 2024, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Curtis James White and Rocky White officiating.

Burial will follow services in Plainview Cemetery with Randy Janik, Travis Black, Carlton Ashton, Brian Nixon, Waylon Symmank and Heston Krumnow serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer is Ron Istre.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 13, 2024, Page 4

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Sonjal McClelland Woods of Pineland died Friday December 20, 2019 at her residence. She was born May 5, 1956 in Hemphill, Texas and was 63 years of age.

She was a nurse's aid and is survived by her son Jaison Auclair of Orange, daughters Chana Piletere of Sulphur, LA, and Teri Woods of Bronson, brothers Dee Royce McClelland and wife Cindy of Bronson, Dempsey Lynn McClelland and wife Debra and Manuel McClelland and wife Brenda both of Hemphill, sisters Penny Coulter and husband Jed of San Augustine and Jamie McClelland of Pineland, grandchildren Laci, Deane, Autumn, Isabelle, Jaden and Lazarus, great grandchildren Blake, Brooklyn and Aurora and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Dempsey and Lougena Jones McClelland, her husband Mark Woods and great granddaughter Brittany.

Mrs. McClelland's visitation will be Sunday December 22, from 5 til 8 pm at Starr Funeral Home with the funeral service at 2:00 pm Monday December 23, 2019 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Plainview cemetery near Pineland. Guest book may be signed and condolences may be left at www.starrfuneralhome.com

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 25, 2019, page 5

Sonjal married Mark Donald Woods on 13 May 1989 in Orange County, Texas. Mark was born on 26 Apr 1965 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 12 Apr 2013 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Allison Cemetery, Warren, Tyler County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]