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Allene Whitton

Female 1919 - 2012  (92 years)


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  1. 1.  Allene Whitton was born on 10 Nov 1919 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 8 May 2012 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas.

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    The Sabine County Reporter
    May 16, 2012, Page 14

    Allene Whitton Hankla

    Mrs. Allene (Whitton) Hankla, 92, originally from San Augustine, and had prior lived in California, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Houston.

    Mrs. Hankla was born to Nannie (Williard) Whitton and Columbus Lee Whitton on Nov. 10, 1919, in San Augustine County, TX. She and her late husband, Randolph Hankla, Sr., made their home in California for many years before retiring and coming back to her native state of Texas. She was employed as a college administrator, where she also was an educator, where she taught as a teacher, counselor, and served as a Night Dean for Santa Rosa Jr. College, and she was a member of the Eastern Star, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Daughters of the Republic (DAR), Daughters of the Nile, California Teachers Association, and the NEA, and a member of the Methodist Church.

    Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Jean Ferraro officiating. Interment followed in the Liberty Hill Cemetery.

    Those who are survived by her include: son, Randal (Randy) Hankla of Houston; grandson, Marcus Ramirez of Houston; Granddaughter, Ryanne Allen Hankla of San Antonio; sister, Rosa Lee Ambrose of San Augustine; along with numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.

    She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Randolph Hankla, Sr.; and sisters, Mildred Smith and Harlowe Johnson.

    In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials be made to the Randolph and Allene Hankla Scholarship Program at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches.

    Family/Spouse: Randolph Allen Hankla. Randolph (son of Samuel Flournoy Hankla and Lula Elma Smith) was born on 22 Aug 1914 in Texas; died on 6 May 2002 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]