Mary Elizabeth Brown

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Her FindAGrave memorial page is linked to pages of her parents, Martin John Brown (1810-1899) and Theresa Haines (1814-1896).

Family/Spouse: Thomas B. Watson. Thomas (son of Michael Watson and Pensy Elizabeth Raiford) was born on 29 Nov 1825 in Georgia; died on 2 Dec 1896; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave Memorial Page:

Mrs. Anna Mary Dent was born at Hemphill, Sabine County, February 1st,1869 and died at her home in Hemphill June 27,1949 at 7:30 p.m. She was 80 years 4 months and 27 days old She was the daughter of Thomas Barden Watson and Mary E. Watson, old-time residents of Hemphill. She united with the Methodist church when she was a young girl and had been a member since that time.

She was married to John T. Dent of Milam March 3,1898 and moved to Milam where she resided for a number of years. She taught in the schools of Sabine County before her marriage. She was assistant teacher in the Hemphill school several terms. Her husband preceded her in death over 32 years ago.

She was the mother of three children, Mrs. D. A. Sibley of San Augustine, Ray Dent and Miss Mary Dent of Hemphill all of whom survive. She is also survived by one grand-daughter, Miss Dorris Ann Sibley of San Augustine, 5 step-children, Rev. I. O. Dent, J. T. Dent, Mrs. Ettie Finley and Mrs. Annie Williams of Henderson and R. H. Dent of Hemphill. A number of step-grandchildren and step great great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Davidson of Pasadena and Miss Evie Watson of Nacogdoches, one brother, Dr. C. A. Watson of Ballenger.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Milam Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. Rev. Alverson Fanks pastor of McMahans Chapel Methodist church and Rev. Clarence Howell pastor of the Baptist church at Hemphill conducted the services. Interment was in the cemetery at Milam. Pallbearers were: L. E. Busby, Ramsey Smith, Lee Robbins, Brad Carter, Oscar Pate and V. B. Elliott.Out of town relatives here for the funeral were: Rev. and Mrs. I. O. Dent., J. T. Dent and Mrs. Ettie Finley of Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dent and daughter, Mrds. John Rahar and Children. Mr and Mrs I. O. Dent and Miss Myrta Watson of Beaumont, Mr and Mrs Wilson Dent and Miss Laverne Halbert of Dallas. Rev and Mrs. Dal McGaughey of Pasadena, Mrs. Willie Dent and Mrs. Dessie Halbert of Milam and Russell Watson of Geneva.

Anna married John Turner Dent on 3 Mar 1898. John (son of Richard Hezekiah Dent and Elizabeth Walker) was born on 24 Sep 1847 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died on 27 Oct 1916 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Weldon McDaniel states her parents were John T. and Anna M. Watson Dent.

Lou married David Angelo Sibley on 4 Sep 1920 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. David (son of Robert William Sibley and Hanna Irena "Rena" McNaughten) was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1983; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:

Funeral services for Mary Lizzie Dent, 76, of Hemphill were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Starr Funeral Home with burial in Milam Cemetery. Miss Dent died at 1:15 a.m. Thursday at San Augustine Memorial Hospital. She was a retired postal clerk in Hemphill. Survivors include a brother, Ray Dent of Hemphill, a sister, Lou Ella Sibley of San Augustine; and a number of nieces and nephews.

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Mrs. Dorris Ann Sibley Baggett, age 88, of San Augustine, passed from this life on Wednesday morning, October 17, 2012, in San Augustine.

Dorris was born to Lou Ella (Dent) Sibley and David Sibley on February 7, 1924, in Houston, Texas. She was employed by the Deep East Texas Electric Co-op in San Augustine for many years, and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter, and the White Rock Missionary Baptist Church in San Augustine County, Texas.

Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday on October 20, 2012, in the Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County. Inturnment will be in the Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the the White Rock Baptist Fellowship Hall from 12:30 until 1:30 P.M. before the service on Saturday.

Those who are left to cherish her memory include: Daughters, Jeanette Smith and her husband, Randy of San Augustine; Wanda Allen of Austin; Grandchildren, Jason Allen, Katherine Allen, Scotty Neal, and Nathan Neal; Great-Grandchildren, Avery Neal, Maggie Neal, Cary Hanzel, and Megan Thornton; Great-Great Grandchild, Jaxson Hanzel

She is preceded in death by her parents, Lou Ella and David Sibley, along with her husband, El Ray Baggett.

Courtesy Wyman Roberts Funeral Home
A slightly modified version of this obituary was in The Sabine County Reporter, October 23, 2012, page 10A

Family/Spouse: El Ray Baggett. El was born on 15 Feb 1925 in Texas; died on 20 Nov 1984 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]