Jessie Miles Drawhorn

Family/Spouse: Rosa Anna Wright. Rosa (daughter of Lloyd Singleton Wright and Mary Jane Keller) was born on 28 Mar 1882 in Texas; died on 23 Mar 1965; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jessie married Rosa Paralee Loggins on 18 Dec 1881. Rosa was born on 21 Mar 1867; died on 9 Jun 1899; was buried in Chinquapin Cemetery (Loggins Family Burial Ground), Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Macajah "Cager" Wright. Thomas (son of Lloyd Singleton Wright and Mary Jane Keller) was born on 18 Jul 1878 in Texas; died on 30 Jun 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDPT-9PJ
name: Luther Lee Wright
death date: 17 Jun 1963
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 58 years 8 months 16 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 01 Oct 1904
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Thomas Wright
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mattie Drawhorn
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Highway Worker
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Rosevine
burial place: Rosevine, Texas
burial date: 18 Jun 1963
Informant: Mrs. Julia Wright
additional relatives:
film number: 2117288
digital film number: 4028547
image number: 2405
reference number: cn40236
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Luther Lee Wright, 1963

Obituary
(Transcribed from undated, unreferenced clipping on his FindAGrave memorial page)

Luther Wright Dies; Rites Set
Funeral is Today at 4 For Resident of Rosevine

San Augustine, Jun 17 Spl

Funeral Services for Luther Lee Wright, 58, of the Rosevine Community, 12 miles south of San Augustine, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Rosevine Baptist Church.

The Rev. Clarence Howell will officiate. Assisting will be the Rev. Noel Hammock. Burial will be in the Rosevine Cemtery. The Wyman Roberts Funeral Home of San Augustine is in charge of arrangements.

Graveside Rites

The Bronson Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Wright was a member, will conduct graveside rites.

Mr. Wright died at 8 a.m. Monday in San Augustine Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

Native of Rosevine

He was an employee of the Texas Highway Department in Sabine County. He was born in the Rosevine Community, Oct. 1, 1904 and was a Baptist.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia Wright, Rosevine; three daughters, Mrs. Vergie Lee Roberts, Houston, Mrs. Verlyn Baber, Beaumont, and Mrs. Helen Bigley, Kingsville; one son, Winfred Wright, Rosevine; two sisters, Mrs. Madie Jordan, Beaumont, and Mrs. Hazel Sowell, Nacogdoches; two brothers, Arthur Wright, Beaumont, and Leon Wright, Houston; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated April 26, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 12A
Steep Creek Road
O $900
Wright, Luther Head M W 34 M 7 Tx Same Place Farmer
Wright, Julia Wf F W 32 M 6 Tx Same Place
Wright, Virgie Dtr F W 16 S Tx Same Place Student Public School
Wright, Verlene Dtr F W 14 S Tx Same Place Student Public School
Wright, Helen Dtr F W 13 Tx Same Place
Wright, Winifred Son M W 5 S Same Place

Luther married Julia Ellen Parmer before 1924. Julia was born on 20 Feb 1908 in Texas; died on 30 Jul 2000; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: R. D. Jordan. R. (son of John Henry Jordan and Lillie Pearl Forse) was born on 29 Mar 1904 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Oct 1957 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her name on the SSDI is shown as Virgie L. COX, she was married to E. J. Cox according to the obituary of her step-father, Herman Fuller.

On trhe US Social Security Applications and Claim Index, she listed her parents as Luther L Wright and Julia E Parmer.

Notes:

James P. Lee stated that "Miss Bill Baber" was a techer in Wiergate. "Newton County Nuggets (Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, 1986).

Obituary per her FindAGrave memorial page:

Verlyn "Maw-Maw" Wright Baber, 91, of Beaumont, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas. She was born on May 15, 1925, in Bronson, Texas, to Luther and Julia Wright. She worked for Southwestern Bell as a phone operator for many years, and was a faithful member of North End Baptist Church.

If you missed a holiday or birthday, you always received a heart felt card in the mail. Maw Maw always put her family first. She was the quintosential mother and grandmother and she will never be replaced.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sarah Stafford; step-son, Billy Baber and his wife, Judy; grandchildren, Grace Baber, Anna Baber Childs and her husband, Patrick; Ellen Baber, David Baber and his fianc?e, Pam Causey; Sherri Baber Sherwin and her husband, Jon; great-grandchildren, Taylor Grace Hughes, Stafford Wayne Baber, Matthew Sherwin, and Nathan Sherwin; sister, Helen Minnis; several nieces and nephews; and many dear close friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Virgie; brother, Winfred; her loving husband of sixty-five years, Bill Baber, Jr.; son, Kenneth Wayne Baber; and her adopted son, Larry Stafford.

Services for Mrs. Baber are pending under the direction of Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.

Verlyn married Bill "Paw Paw" Baber, Jr. before 1944. Bill was born on 1 Jul 1919 in Blox, Jasper County, Texas; died on 28 May 2008 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was listed in 2019 and in 2020 as "Helen Minnis of Rosevine"---surviving her daughter Rose Nell Beard and her son Larry Horn.

Obituary

Helen Louise Minnis, 94, of Rosevine, Texas passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 in Hemphill Care Center.

Helen was born on December 10, 1926 in Rosevine, Texas to Luther Wright and Julia Drawhorn [???, other sources show PARMER] Wright. She had been a resident of Rosevine during her early years and then again in her retirement. She lived in the Houston and the Kingsville area through most of her working years. She was certified in credit and operating systems for Goodyear. She had worked as a secretary in the medical field and specifically enjoyed her work at Dr. Haley's office. She always said that she loved to work.

She was a member of the Rosevine Baptist Church. She loved the Lord and her church. She enjoyed and found beauty in all things - people, flowers, clothes, fingernails, hair, and makeup. She loved gardening, canning, and taking care of her place with her husband, Lyman. She missed him everyday since his passing and longed to be with him again.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Vic Sowell and wife, Barbara, of Palestine, Teresa Boyett and husband, Kelley of Hemphill, Lora Horn of Tyler, Kurt Horn of California, Lisa Williams of Tyler, and Lynna Tomlin and husband, Paul, of Henderson; great grandchildren, Krystle, James, Tara, Tessa, Thomas and wife, Faith, Conner, Jace, Cameron, Cori, Rileigh, and Elijah; and great-great grandchildren, Raina, Zerenity, Benjamin, Gavin, Theodore, Devin, and Elli.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2021 in Rosevine Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Floyd Wright and Bro. Cliff Durham officiating.

Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

Helen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Henry Enlow Horn on 1 Aug 1942 in Jefferson County, Texas. Henry (son of Clyde Pascal Horn and Dollie Becton) was born on 25 May 1922 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 2004 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Winfred E. Wright, Sr. age 79, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Winfred was born October 31, 1934 in Bronson,Texas to Luther Wright and Julia Parmer Wright.

He was a resident of this area for 54 years and a retired Jefferson Chemical Lab Technician. He was a member of First United Methodist Church Port Neches and was also a Mason.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 2pm at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches with Judge Brad Burnett officiating.

Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park.

Winfred was preceded in death by his wife, Pat Wright, sister, Virgie Cox and son? in-law, Riley Burnett.

Surviving relatives include his daughters, Belinda Foulk and husband Bill, Betsy Burnett, son, Winfred E. "Rusty" Wright, Jr. and wife Sylvia all of Port Neches, Texas, sister, Helen Minnis of Rosevine, Texas, Verlyn Baber of Beaumont, Texas, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Levingston Funeral Home.

Family/Spouse: Mack "Pat" Eloise Bragg. Mack (daughter of Mack Register Bragg and Annie Pearl Barlow) was born on 7 Jan 1933 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Apr 2004 in Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]