Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman

Notes:

According the 1854 Sabine County Scholastic census, Mrs. Wallice had one daughter, Mary, enrolled in school.

Mary married Thompson "Finn" Wallace before 1845. Thompson was born about 1818 in Mississippi; died between 1851 and 1854 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry Strickland White, Sr after 1852 in Sabine County, Texas. Henry (son of Edward White and Elizabeth Strickland) was born about 1812 in Georgia; died on 10 Feb 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, Elizabeth and Pascal Clark were living next door to her mother, Mary (Vardeman) and step-father, Henry White.

Elizabeth married Paschal Clark in 1867 in Sabine County, Texas. Paschal (son of Elijah Clark and Jane Lagrone) was born on 7 Dec 1844 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Dec 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sophia was listed as a one year old at the time of the 1850 Lawrence County, Mississippi census.

However, she was not listed on Schluter's 1860 transcription of the Sabine County, Texas census. Nor was she listed on Toole's 1870 transcription. She was listed as part of the household in Toole & Speight's 1880 transcription however. Why was she missing from the earlier transcriptions? Perhaps the Joseph, age 12, who was listed only in 1860 actually should have been shown as Sophie. And in 1870, perhaps she was shown as Josephin

Sophie married Franklin L. Chandler on 31 Jul 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Franklin was born in Jan 1838 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Mary Wallice (sic) was enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

At the time of the 1910 census, Josephine was shown as being the mother of 11 children, 10 still living. It therefore appears she was not the mother of three children living with she and Elias at the time of the 1780 census, John (b. 1865) and Sydney Ann (b. 1867) and Felix J. (b. 1868).

At the time of the 1920 Federal census she was living with her youngest daugher and son-in-law, Minnie and Elmer Butler, in San Augustine County.

Her headstone reads: "Come ye blessed - She lived and died a Christian - Beloved - How we miss you."

Obituary follows. Copied from FamilySearch, Public Memory:

In memory of Mrs. Elias Clark, who went away, leaving us for a better world on October 24th 1930. She was born Feb. 23rd 1851. She was married to Elias Clark in 1870. To this union was born eleven children. They are: C.B. Clark, L.T. Clark, J.E. Clark, T.F. Clark, W.E. Clark, Mrs. Agnes Cole, Mrs. Minnie Butler, all of whom are still living. Bruce Clark, Mrs. Anna McLemore, Mrs. Mattie Chandler and Mrs. Ara Anderson, who preceded her in death. There were also three step-children: John Clark, who died in early life, Mrs. J.W. Craig, who is also dead, and Felix Clark, who still survives. She left eighty grandchildren and a host of great grandchildren.
She professed faith in Christ in early life and joined the missionary Baptist Church. She was a charter member the the Antioch Church, and was a faithful and devout Christian.
Dear Mother was kind and true, meeting everyone with a smile. She always bore her trials with patience. It was so hard to give her up, but God's will must be done, not ours. We know it was a joyful hour for her when she heard the Dear Savior saying: "Enter Thou into the joy of the Lord. You have been faithful over a few things and I will make thee ruler over many things."
What more can be said? We know that a life like this can mean only a self sacrifice and loving service with heart and hands. Such a life she performed, not one day but every day, striving to help everyone she could.
Funeral service was held by Eld. E.M. Gentry at Antioch Church and her body was laid to rest in Antioch Cemetery to await the resurrection.
Committee: E.J. McGown, L.H. Chandler and Cora McLemore

Note - This obituary was written in October of 1930 in memory of Mary Josephine Wallace Clark. Antioch Church is the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Sabine County, Texas. The cemetery is Gravel Hill Cemetery adjacent to the church property. A copy of the following poem was written below the obituary.

To that beautiful land we call heaven,
The place where we all want to be
Is a road that leads onward and upward,
And a lone weary traveler we see.
An angel is hastening to open
The pearly gates far and wide,
Bidding this pilgrim welcome,
To the joy on the other side.
Who is the traveler fair angel?
Someone's sister or brother?
Oh, no far greater than these,
'Tis someone's precious mother.
She is a mother old and gray,
And bent with the passing years,
As she toils through sunshine and shadows
And up through the vale of tears.
It has been her lot to be happy.
And then came her saddest hours.
Many a bitter weed she has plucked,
That grew in her lovely flowers.
Oh, dear tired, weary mother,
If we friends and loved ones knew
How thy loving hands have guided us,
And steered us safely through.
author unknown

Mary married Elias Clark about 1870. Elias (son of Elijah Clark and Jane Lagrone) was born on 4 Jan 1843 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jul 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married John Alford about 1894 in Texas. John was born in Dec 1858 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Enumerated 29 and 30 June 1880
Page 18B SD 1 ED 85
179-182
White, Henry S Jr W M 23 Farmer Tx Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 22 Wf Keeping House Tx Ala Miss
White, William C W M 1 Son Texas
180-183
Buckley, William N W M 50 Farmer Ala Ga Ga
Buckley, Ruthy M W F 43 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Buckley, Frances E W F 23 Dtr At Home Tx
Buckley, Nancy E W F 19 Dtr At Home Tx
Buckley, William A W M 17 Son Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Young E W M 14 Son Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Laura E W F 11 Dtr W F 11 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Ruthy O W F 8 Dtr Tx
Buckley, John C W M 6 Son Tx
Buckley, Jefferson B W 1 Son Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93
23-24
White, Henry Head W M Apr 1857 43 M 22 Tx Ga Miss Farmer
White, Mary C Wf W F Dec 1858 41 M 22 8/8 Tx Ala Miss
White, Earnest H Son W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
White, Rutha B Dtr W F Apr 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Mary Dtr W F Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Archie B Son W M Jun 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Minina E Dtr W F May 1893 8 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Jessie A Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Ophilia Dtr W F Jan 1900 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
White, John H Bro W M Apr 1850 50 D La Ga Miss Farm Laborer

Henry married Mary Cordelia "Delia" Buckley on 22 Dec 1877 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born on 10 Dec 1858 in Texas; died on 18 Feb 1930 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to her obituary, Ruth White McLemore "slipped in her home in Hemphill, and fractured her left thigh on June 2nd. She was carried to . . . hospital in Jasper (and then) transferred here to the home of her son, Mr. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, where she passed away on June 11, 1939. She was born December 27, 1859 at Hemphill. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a faithful Christian worker all of her life. She married to J.F. McLemore on December 13, 1883 and was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Six children survive: namely V. E. McLemore, San Augustine; Earnest and Ira McLemore, Miss Mellie McLemore, and Mrs. Herman Commack of Gravel Hill, and Mrs. Mermon Speights of Hemphill. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to relatives, local people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Read, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, Mr and Mrs W.F. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burkhalter, Mrs. Rosalie Polly, W.L. Polly, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Horn, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mitchell, Mrs. E.M. Boyett, Theo Boyett and others."

Melinda McLemore Strong has a maroon and white quilt made by Ruth circa 1880. At Ruth's death, the quilt was passed on to her daughter Millie. Millie added a calico border to the quilt edges which had apparently frayed. At Millie's death, the quilt was passed to her older brother, Vessie McLemore. After Vessie and Nina died, Evon McLemore Tisdale used the quilt. She later gave it to her niece, Melinda McLemore Strong.

(Research):Triphene is a "pseudo-classical" name, often whimsically given to the third child in a family.

Rutha married John F. "Finn" McLemore on 11 Dec 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. John (son of John M. McLemore and Sarah Morgan) was born on 28 Dec 1853 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 12 Feb 1924 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Jefferson Humpreys on 22 Sep 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Thomas (son of Uriah Humpreys and Elizabeth Hughes) was born on 18 Sep 1854 in Mississippi; died on 14 May 1938 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in May 1938 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD25-HBF
Name: Ruth Aurelia Clark
Death Date: 06 Mar 1965
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 94 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Sep 1870
Birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Pascal Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Betty Wallace
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Centerveiw Cemetery
Burial Place: Bronson, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Mar 1965
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117753
Digital Film Number: 4028298
Image Number: 2128
Reference Number: cn 24558
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Ruth married James Seborn "Cebe" "Sebe" Clark on 14 Apr 1907 in Sabine County, Texas. James (son of Franklin Joel Clark and Martha Callahan) was born on 9 Jun 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Dec 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6JW-4JN
Name: Jane Ida Burkhalter
Death Date: 1967
Death Place: Newton, Newton, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 94 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Jan 1872
Birthplace: Sabine Co, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Pascal Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Betty Wallace
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Home Maker
Place of Residence: Newton, Newton, Texas
Cemetery: Newton City Cemetery
Burial Place: Newton , Texas
Burial Date: 1967
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2138240
Digital Film Number: 4027223
Image Number: 2792
Reference Number: Cn04869
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Jane married Jefferson Lee Burkhalter on 16 Dec 1893 in Sabine County, Texas. Jefferson (son of James Daniel Burkhalter and Frances Elizabeth Deloach) was born on 5 Oct 1870 in Texas; died on 22 Dec 1948 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 13B
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
224-226
Clark, Elias E Head M W 31 S Tx Tx Ms Farmer
Clark, Elizabeth l Mothr F W 63 Wd 11/7 Miss Miss Miss
Clark, Allen J Brother m W 28 S Tx Tx Miss Laborer
225-227
Henry P and Frances Conn
226-228
Clark, James S Hd M W 49 m2 3 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Clark, Ruth C Wf F W 33 m1 3 2/2 Tx Tx Miss
Clark, John W Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Auresia Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Minneloa Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Elias married Emma Jacks on 29 Sep 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Emma (daughter of Bradford Kemp Jacks and Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson) was born in Jul 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6PX-P8K
Name: Allen J. Clark
Death Date: 11 Nov 1957
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 76 years 6 months 19 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1881
Birthplace: Cravel Hill, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Paschal Clark
Father's Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Mother's Name: Betty Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Occupation: Farmer Retired
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Pineland (sic), Texas Cemetery
Burial Place: Pineland, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Nov 1957
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135923
Digital Film Number: 4163661
Image Number: 3316
Reference Number: 62345
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 13B
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
224-226
Clark, Elias E Head M W 31 S Tx Tx Ms Farmer
Clark, Elizabeth l Mothr F W 63 Wd 11/7 Miss Miss Miss
Clark, Allen J Brother m W 28 S Tx Tx Miss Laborer
225-227
Henry P and Frances Conn
226-228
Clark, James S Hd M W 49 m2 3 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Clark, Ruth C Wf F W 33 m1 3 2/2 Tx Tx Miss
Clark, John W Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Auresia Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Minneloa Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 2
Enumerated 29 Jan 1920
SD 327 ED 169 Shee 24B
505-505
Clark, Allen Head m W 38 M Tx Ga Ala Farmer
Clark, Cora Wf F W 25 M Tx La Tx
Clark, Velma Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Maudie Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ora Dtr F W 4 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Evaline Dtr F W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 2
Enumerated April 18, 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 5A
83-95
Zeagler, Robert L Hd M W 27 M 26 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Zeagler, Maudie L Wf F W 16 M 16 Tx Tx La
84-96
Clark, Allen J Head M W 48 Tx Tx Miss Farmer
Clark, Cora A Wife F W 35 La La La
Clark, Ora Dtr F W 14 Tx Tx La
Clark, Evelyn M Dtr F W 12 Tx Tx La

Family/Spouse: Cora L. Bloodsworth. Cora (daughter of William Jefferson "Jeff" Bloodsworth and Ellen Jane Dainwood) was born on 2 Aug 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1941 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6HB-XSX
Name: Annie Elizabeth Sunderland
Death Date: 26 Dec 1969
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1881
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Pascal Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Betty Wallace
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218604
Digital Film Number: 4168894
Image Number: 277
Reference Number: 90561
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Albert E. Sunderland. Albert was born on 1 May 1863; died on 14 Sep 1929; was buried in Tebo Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he was a resident of Hemphill, Texas and employed as a laborer at a Saw Mill in Hemphill, Mr. H. M. Maund being shown as his employer. He indicated he was married, tall, slender, with blue eyes and sandy hair.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1, Hemphill City
West Street
Enumerated 17 Apr 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 8A Stamped 22
Clark, Daniel W Head M W 39 M@23 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Sawmill
Clark, Ara F Wife F W 33 M@18 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Jesse L Son M W 12 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Corbitt Son M W 10 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Geraldine Dtr F W 6 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Basil Son M W 3 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, James Son M W 11/12 Tx Tx Tx

Daniel married Arie Frances Alford on 18 Jul 1914 in Sabine County, Texas. Arie (daughter of Jesse Powell Alford and Emma Elizabeth Rice) was born on 1 Jul 1895 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1968 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married James Seborn "Cebe" "Sebe" Clark on 23 Mar 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. James (son of Franklin Joel Clark and Martha Callahan) was born on 9 Jun 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Dec 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDR3-TXT
Name: Colistis Bryant Clark
Death Date: 04 Feb 1947
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 76 years 7 months 16 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Jun 1870
Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: E. Clark
Father's Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Mother's Name: Josephen Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Occupation: Law Inforcement
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Feb 1947
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218566
Digital Film Number: 4031921
Image Number: 1777
Reference Number: cn8510
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 6
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 6A
91-91
Clark, Bryant Head W M Jun 1870 29 M 9 Tx Tx Miss Farmer
Clark, Abi Wf W F Sept 1873 26 M 9 2/2 Tx La Miss
Clark, Emma Dau W F Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Curtis Son W M Aug 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx

Colistis married Anna Abigail "Abi" Anderson on 20 Nov 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Anna (daughter of John Simon Anderson and Martha Ann "Mattie" Conn) was born on 28 Sep 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Apr 1924 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as a son of Elias Clark and Mary Josephine Wallace by Kay Parker McCary on her transcription and annotation of the Gravel Hill Cemetery. Kathie Duty, a granddaughter, notes that he was a foundry worker in Lufkin, not a barber as shown on the record below.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6GL-JG9
Name: Levi Thompson Clark
Death Date: 18 Apr 1956
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 84 years 5 months 5 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1871
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Josephine Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Retired Barber [SIC]
Place of Residence: Rosevine, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 20 Apr 1956
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114669
Digital Film Number: 4165422
Image Number: 1043
Reference Number: cn 21783
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Angelina county, JP 1
Enunerated 26 and 27 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 2 Sheet 8B
Lufkin and Alto Road
149-149
Clark, Lee T. Head m W 48 M Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Adell E Wf F W 43 M Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Sanford H Son M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Labor Box Factory
Clark, Alton O Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ivie O Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Mary C Dtr F W 2 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Johnie SoninLaw m W 35 M Tx La Tx Agent Insurance
Lawrence, Arlie A Dtr F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Selma L Grddtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Jay S Jr Grdson M W 3 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Elaine Grdtr F W 1 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx
150-150
Head of home was Missouri Lawrence, Female, 56, Widowed

1930 Census
Texas, Angelina, JP #1
Enumerated April 5 and 6, 1930
ED 3-9 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 140
93-98
Lawrence, J. S. Head M W 46 M 26 Tx Tx Tx Proprietor Nursery
Lawrence, Arley H Wf F W 36 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Selma Louise Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, J.S. Jr. Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Arley E Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, James Lee Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Lawrence, Carolyn Dtr F W 1 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
94-99
Clark, Thompson head M W 58 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Machine Factory
Clark, Emma A Wf F W 53 M 16 Tx Tx Ark
Clark, Aldon Son m W 25 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Machine Factory
Clark, Mary Katherine Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx

Levi married Emma Adell Cartwright on 15 Nov 1892. Emma (daughter of Sanford Holman Cartwright and Sarah "Sallie" Catherine Click) was born on 10 Sep 1876 in Texas; died on 24 Jan 1939 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Henrietta Fuller after 1939. Henrietta was born on 20 Sep 1881 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jul 1966 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophia married Thomas Eugene McLemore on 5 Jan 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Thomas (son of John M. McLemore and Sarah Ann E. Boyett) was born on 15 Jan 1861 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 17 Dec 1923 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married Hollis Lawson Chandler on 20 Dec 1894. Hollis (son of Franklin L. Chandler and Louisa "Lou" Phillips) was born on 9 Nov 1874 in Tennessee; died on 2 Feb 1949 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDB1-P3P
Name: Jefferson E. Clark
Death Date: 18 Sep 1948
Death Place: Silsbee, Hardin Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 69 years 7 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1879
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name: Josephine Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Near Bronson, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Sep 1948
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218965
Digital Film Number: 4031448
Image Number: 2636
Reference Number: cn 39155
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):


Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheets 2B and 3A
34-35
Clark, Elias Head m W Jan 1845 57 M 30 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
Clark, Mary Wf W F Feb 1851 49 M 30 11/10 Tx Miss Miss
Clark, Thos F Son W M July 1881 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Elijah W Son W M Oct 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Ara J Dtr W F Nov 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Agnes E Dtr W F Nov 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Minnie S Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Edward Nephew W M Jan 1879 21 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
35-36
Clark, Jeff E Head W M Jan 1879 21 S Tx Tx La Farm Laborer
Clark, Allice Wf W F Mar 1879 21 M 1 1/1 Tx --- ---
Clark, Jefferson H Son W M Dec 1899 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
36-37
McLemore, Thos Head W M Jan 1863 37 M 9 Tx Nc Nc Farmer
McLemore, Sopha Wf W F Mar 1876 24 M 9 4/4 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, John E Son W M aug 1892 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Myrtie Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Fannie B Dtr W F Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Maggie Dtr W F Nov 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
not located

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JU 6
Enumerated 21 and 22 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheets 17B and 18A
351-351
Clark, Jefferson E Head M W 40 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer General
Clark, Alice L Wf F W 40 M Tx Tx Ill None
Clark, Harmon J Son M W 20 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Levy H Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Hollis B Son m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Winnie Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Bouron E Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ruby M Dtr F W 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated April 5 and 6, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 1B
21-22
Clark, Jeff Head O 1500 M W 51 M 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Allie Wf F W 47 m 18 Tx Tx Tx (Second wife)
Clark, Jack Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Evon Stepdau F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Orvard Stepdon M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

Jefferson married Alice Leona Chandler before 1900. Alice (daughter of Franklin L. Chandler and Louisa "Lou" Phillips) was born on 13 Mar 1879 in Tennessee; died on 23 Apr 1924 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jefferson married Allie Carrie Wiggins about 1928. Allie was born on 27 Jul 1882 in Texas; died on 16 Sep 1950 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes that he 1st Married 30 Dec 1900 Mary May Conn, 2nd Married Ara Frances "Arie" Alford buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, SCT.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD6P-5DX
Name: T. Frank Clark
Death Date: 01 Apr 1962
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1881
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine Wallace
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Ice & Cafe Bus.-Retd.
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravehill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 02 Apr 1962
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116969
Digital Film Number: 4028438
Image Number: 892
Reference Number: v X cn 25572
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 14A
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
231-233
Conn George F. Head M W 53 M2 24 La Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Fanny M Wf F W 54 m1 24 1/1 Ala Ala Ala
Conn, John A Son m W 23 S Tx La Ala Laborer Home Farm
Isom Robert L Uncle m W 74 S Ala SC SC Laborer Home Farm
Humphreys, Ara E Lodger F W 13 S Tx Miss Tx
232-234
Nathan and Mimie Boyett
233-235
Jefferson and Jemie I Burkhalter
234-236
Clark, Thomas F Hd M W 28 m1 9 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Maggie m Wf F W 26 m1 9 5/3 Tx La Tx
Clark, Lula J Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Elma F Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Virgie M Dtr F W 1 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Ssbine County, JP 1, East Mayfield Town
Enumerated 3 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 2B
Hemphill and Bronson Road
15-34-37
Clark, Thomas F Head M W 38 M Tx Tx Tx Dariyman Private Estate
Clark, Maggie M Wf F W 36 M Tx La Tx
Clark, Lula J Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Elmer F Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Virgie M Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Anderson, Simon E Nephew M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield Town
Enumerated 4 Apr 1930
ED 242-1 SD 19 Sheet 2A
262-26-29
Clark, Thomas F. Head M W 47 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Deliveryman Ice Factory
Clark, Maggie M Wf F W 46 m 19 Tx Miss Tx
Clark, Elmer F Son M W 23 S Tx Tx Tx Operator Filling Station
Clark, Virgie M. Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Laundress at home
Anderson, Simon E Nephew M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Delivery man General Store

Thomas married Mary May "Maggie" Conn on 30 Dec 1900 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of George Franklin "Frank" Conn and Lucinda "Lula" C. Watson) was born on 19 Sep 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Nov 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Arie Frances Alford about 1936 in Newton County, Texas. Arie (daughter of Jesse Powell Alford and Emma Elizabeth Rice) was born on 1 Jul 1895 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1968 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a farmer working for himself in Hemphill, Texas, and he listed his nearest relatives as his wife, Delia Clark. He was medium in heighth, slender, and had blue eyes and brown hair.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDFG-5N5
Name: E. Wallace Clark
Death Date: 10 Sep 1962
Death Place: Pasadena, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 78 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1883
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elijah Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired
Place of Residence: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Cemetery: Brookside Mem. Park
Burial Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Sep 1962
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117116
Digital Film Number: 4028546
Image Number: 0875
Reference Number: 56248
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1A Stamped 85
San Augustine and Hemphill Road
1-1
Thomas E and Sophia A (Clark) McLemore
2-2
Cole, Walter P M W 22 m1 1 La Ark La Farmer
Cole, Agnes E Wf F W 20 m1 1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Cole, Ralph E Son M W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
3-3
Clark, Elias W Head M W 26 m1 6 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Cordelia Wf F W 26 m1 6 4/4 Tx Ark Tn
Clark, Myrtle I Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ellis M Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina J Dtr F W 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Anna B Dtr F W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
4-4
Clark, Elias Head M W 67 m2 41 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
Clark, Mary J Wf F W 59 m1 41 11/10 Tx Miss Miss
Clark, Minnie S Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Humphreys, Thos L Nephew m W 15 S Tx Ark Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 16B
Milam and Hemphill Road
330-348
Clark, Elias W Head M W 36 M Tx Tx Tx Retail Merchant Groceries
Clark, Delia Wf F W 36 M Tx Tx Tn
Clark, Myrtle I Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ellis Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Beatrice Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina Dtr F W 9 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Lucille Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Bertie Dtr F W 4 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield Town
Enumerated 4 Apr 1930
ED 242-1 SD 19 Sheet 2A
261-25-28
Clark, Elias W Head M W 46 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Delivery Ice Lumber Mill
Clark, Delia Wf F W 47 M 20 Tx Tx Tn
Clark, Beatrice A Dtr F W 20 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina J Dtr F W 20 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Thelma L. Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Bertie L. Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx

Elijah married Cordelia "Delia" Chandler on 20 Dec 1903 in Harris County, Texas. Cordelia (daughter of Franklin L. Chandler and Louisa "Lou" Phillips) was born on 16 Feb 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could she and Agnes Elizabeth be twins? The 1910 census shows both of them as age 12, born in November 1887. However, the Texas Death Certificate for Agnes instead lists Agnes as being born in November 1890.

Her tombstone was inscribed "Wife of E.L. Anderson-She was too good too gentle and fair to dwell in this cold world of care."

Ara married Ernest Lafitte Anderson on 29 Dec 1907 in Sabine County, Texas. Ernest (son of John Simon Anderson and Martha Ann "Mattie" Conn) was born on 3 Sep 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jul 1963 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could she and Ara Josephine be twins? The 1910 census shows both of them as age 12, born in November 1887.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDFS-243
Name: Agnes Elizabeth Cole
Death Date: 17 Aug 1966
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 75 years 8 months 22 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1890
Birthplace: Sabine Co, Tx
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine Wallace
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2118373
Digital Film Number: 4030074
Image Number: 768
Reference Number: cn 53606
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Agnes married Providence Walter Cole on 20 Dec 1908 in Sabine County, Texas. Providence (son of Providence W. Cole and Eliza J. Ellis) was born about 1888 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Minnie S. Butler
Death Date: 23 Nov 1951
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 6 months
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 May 1894
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mary Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: Little Flack
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Nov 1951
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074927
Digital Film Number: 4167284
Image Number: 2523
Reference Number: cn66906
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Minnie married William Elmer Butler on 25 Dec 1913. William (son of Robert Curry Butler and Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews) was born on 17 May 1892 in Texas; died on 30 Aug 1963 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Eula Burkhalter
Death Date: 15 Jul 1970
Death Place: Crockett, Houston, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 72 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1898
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Alford
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ann White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218906
Digital Film Number: 4169090
Image Number: 2521
Reference Number: 65348
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Lonzie Lewis Burkhalter. Lonzie (son of John H. Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman) was born on 9 Dec 1899 in Texas; died on 18 Feb 1965 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha May Davidson on 11 Dec 1899 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born about 1880 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1920, he was living in the home of his widowed mother and younger brother.

His Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, indicates that he was a retired merchant.

Name: Henry Ernest White
Death Date: 05 Feb 1960
Death Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 78 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry Strickland White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cordelia Delia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Merchant
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Feb 1960
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116165
Digital Film Number: 4135999
Image Number: 1053
Reference Number: cn 11826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 6A Stamped 28
63-66
White, Henry E Head M W 48 M 23 Tx Tx Tx Grader Man State Highway
White, Sarah E Wf F W 42 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
White. Lillian A Dtr F W 24 S Tx Tx Tx Stenographer Chevrolet Co
White, Sibyl E. Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
White, Buna E Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Henry married Sarah Evelyn "Evie" Boyd on 30 Nov 1904. Sarah (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 31 Aug 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Dec 1967 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Nina White Davidson
Death Date: 06 Nov 1960
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 76 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1884
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry S. White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife & Mother
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill
Burial Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Burial Date: 08 Nov 1960
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116618
Digital Film Number: 4166556
Image Number: 41
Reference Number: 68134
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Rutha married Richard Franklin Davidson on 28 Dec 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Richard (son of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born in Apr 1882 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mary Ella White
Death Date: 17 Sep 1969
Death Place: Hemphill, Precinct #1, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 81 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1888
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218188
Digital Film Number: 4168796
Image Number: 85
Reference Number: 67375
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Kay Parker McCary, in her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, indicates she shares a double marker with her sister, Olive.


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Notes:

In 1920, twenty-nine year old Archie was a farmer and the head of household of a family of nine, including his widowed mother, 2 sisters, 2 brothers, a sister-in-law and three nieces. By 1930, he was listed as married for 4 years, and his brother Arlis was living with him.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Arlis married Susie Hortense Casparis before 1936. Susie was born about 1911 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Olyve Ophelia White
Death Date: 16 Jul 1975
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1900
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243828
Digital Film Number: 4167851
Image Number: 95
Reference Number: 61174
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Kay Parker McCary, in her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, indicates she shares a double marker with her sister, Ella.

Notes:

Vessie McLemore grew up on his parent's farm in the first precinct of Sabine County. The adjoining farm was owned by his Uncle, Henry Strickland White, Jr. The 1900 census indicates that Vessie, who was 15, could read and write, and that he has attended three months of school that year, as had his brothers Rufus and Earnest. His daughter Evon has a class picture of Vessie from around this period. Evon said that Vessie didn't have much of a formal education, and probably stopped attending school altogether around this time. Vessie's wife, Nina, told her granddaughter Melinda that he even taught school for a time, however Evon doubts that this was so. The 1940 Federal Census indicates he had graduated from the Seventh Grade. His wife, Nina, had made it through only Six years of schooling.

When Vessie was 22, he married Nina Fuller,who was 16. On the 1910 Sabine County census they were shown living on a home farm in precinct six, near both Joe Fuller (Nina's father) and John and Jane Fullen (her mother's parents). Nina was shown as being the mother of two children, neither of them living. Nina's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and her next three babies died shortly after they were born. Her first child lived only 10 weeks. Evon said that Nina and Vessie's baby slept in their bed with them, as was the custom of the time. One morning when they woke up, the baby was dead. Tera Fuller, Nina's sister, reported that Nina always worried that she had somehow accidentally caused the babies death, maybe by rolling over it. Evon conjectured that the baby probably died of SIDS, which her mother had never heard of. The second baby lived only a day. In 1911, they had a third baby which also lived only one day. The three babies are buried side by side.

In 1913, Nina and Vessie's son Percy was born. Over the next six years, the McLemore's had three more children, daughter Evon and sons' Earl and Ray. Vessie owned a store in Steep Creek, a sawmill village eight miles south of San Augustine. He also raised cattle. He regularly published a small advertisement in the 1918 Sabine County newspaper, offering a reward for any stray cattle returned to him. His brand was VM on the hip. He later adopted the "Running M" as his brand. Evon remembers her father buying a Brahma Bull, in an effort to improve his herd. Most of the ranchers in Sabine County didn't fence in their cattle, they allowed them to freely roam about to forage for food. Evon remembers people being afraid of the "Brimmer." He wasn't a particularly mean bull, he was just so different from the east texas scrub cattle that everyone raised. Tom McLemore, Evon Tisdale and Melinda Strong had a conversation in November, 2002 with Vance Hargrove that came around to the subject of Vessie's missing cattle. Vance was a neighbor of the McLemore's when they lived in Bronson, and a good friend of Percy's. He said that Vessie asked he and Percy one day to go looking for several cattle that were missing. They found evidence that some of the laborers in the nearby saw mills had been poaching from Vessie's herd. They told Vessie they had found cattle bones in the yards of some of the workers, workers who looked to be half-starved. Vessie said they probably were half-starved, and told the boys not to report their findings to the sheriff.

A son of Enlow Birdwell relayed a similar story to Tom McLemore in September, 2007, at the funeral of Lynn McLemore. He recalled that Enlow had killed one of Vessie's cows and was taking it home to feed his family. He was caught in the act by Vessie. He confessed to what he had done, and said that he was only doing so because his family had done without for a long time, and were starving. Vessie told him to take the beef home and use it as he intended, but added, "let this be the last one of my cows that you steal." It was. When times became more prosperous, Enlow began raising a small herd of cattle of his own. He went to Vessie to borrow some money to get a start. Vessie gave him one of his checkbooks, and told him to simply use it as he needed, he trusted Enlow and knew together they could keep an accurate accounting of what he borrowed. Enlow often told his family that Vessie was the one who helped him get a start in life, and that he especially valued the trust he showed in him.

Vessie's older children attended their primary grades in Sabine County, but had to commute to San Augustine for High School. Evon says that during the winter, she and her brothers boarded with the family of Dr. Davis, who lived nearby the school. In the late 1920s, the family moved to San Augustine. Evon remembers that her mother suffered another devasting miscarriage, which nearly killed her. A few years later, Nina's youngest children were born, son Tommy in 1931 and son Lynn in 1933. They lived in a house Vessie renovated just off Main Street, and had a small home farm. Evon remembers her father first built a garage, and they slept and cooked in this until he had finished with the house. Their home was still standing in 1997. Even the roof is the same one Vessie laid. It is now the second house on the left, on present day Whitton street. It is a block away from the local elementary school. Tom remembers an indigent Civil War veteran, in his late eighties, who his father took into their home. Tom vividly recalls the stories he told about the war each night at dinner.

In the December 21, 1939 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, V.E. McLemore offered a $5.00 reward to anyone who found his dun muley cow branded "M" on the left loin. Around 1940, Vessie sold their house in the city, and bought some ranch land several miles outside of town.

Vessie's brothers and sisters used to say, admiringly, that "Vessie could stand on the corner and make money." He was an industrious man, with a strong enterpreneurial bent. His first job was working in the sawmills, with his brother, Rufus. But Vessie hated working for others, and saved up enough money to buy a general store in Steep Creek. This was around the time of World War I. It was a rough part of town, and he had both black and white laborers from the sawmills as customers.

The sheriff was a frequent visitor to the store. Evon remembers him always having a kind word and a piece of candy for her. He had a reputation for brutality however, and she recalls that he and a brother were eventually sent to jail after being convicted of murder. One day, the sheriff came to the store asking about a particular Negro laborer. Vessie said he hadn't seen him in days. The sheriff asked Vessie to call him the next time this man came in, telling Vessie he intended to kill him. Vessie went home and discussed the sheriff's threat with Nina, worrying about what he should do. In the middle of the night he got dressed, and tracked the man down in his home. He warned him of the sheriff's threat. The man pawned his pocket watch to Vessie, then and there, and used the money to flee town. He succesfully escaped the sheriff and was never heard of again. Vessie later gave the pocket watch to his son Earl. After Earl's death, his children gave this watch to their Uncle Tom, and Tom eventually passed this keepsake down to his eldest daughter, Melinda. It was a brass plated Studebaker watch from the South Bend Watch Company, and widely sold by mail order in the 1920's. These watches were sold on credit, and could be purchased with a down payment of $1. With the onset of the Depression, the company found itself with many delinquent accounts and was forced to close. (http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/southbend.html)

After the mill near Steep Creek closed, Vessie was also forced to close his store. His family feared that they'd soon be in the poorhouse. But Vessie continued to prosper. He worked as a rancher primarily, leasing and operating land in Pearsall, Garwood and in various sites throughout South and East Texas. He operated up to 20,000 acres at any given time. He also owned and operated a cotton gin and a meat processing plant. He involved his children in all these ventures. He was well known in the community for his willingness to extend credit or make loans to poor families, black or white. Tom McLemore recalls from looking at a lot of the notes he had drawn up that he charged from 6% to 10% compound interest. He was good fried to Will Wade, proprietor of the City Cafe, and W.J. (Wade) McClanahan, Deputy Sherriff of San Augustine.

Vessie felt a strong committment to provide for his family. Before he died, he built a home for each of his eldest four children, as well as giving them each 50 acres of land. He left his homestead and 400 acre ranch, jointly, to his two youngest sons.

When Vessie was in his forties, he was gored by a bull on the ranch. The wound was just under his left eye. He suffered from nearly incapacitating headaches for the rest of his life. In 1950, he had several massive strokes, and was unable to function normally after that. His wife nursed him at home until he died from a brain aneurysm in 1952.

Although Vessie didn't have much formal education, he was an extremely intelligent man. Tom and Evon remember that he read widely. Vessie's daughter, Evon, was the first of the family to graduate from college. She attended Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, where she received a degree in education. She remembers coming home one weekend from college, and her father asked her to check something he had prepared. He had calculated the compound interest that was due on a loan he had made. She told him she didn't know how to do this. "What am I sending you to college for" he grumbled, "if they can't even teach you to calculate compound interest."

His obituary was published in the local papers, as well as in the January 23, 1952 issue of the Houston Post.

Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
209-209
McLemore, Vessie Head M W 24 M1 2 Tx US US Farming Home Farm
McLemore, Nina Wf F W 18 M1 2 2/0 Tx Ga Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
Bronson Road
2-2
McLemore, Vessie E Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Nina O Wf F W 28 M Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Percy L Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Evaughan V Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Earl Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ira Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):artherio sclerosis, hypertension

Vessie married Nina Ophelia Fuller on 7 Nov 1907 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Nina (daughter of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Viola "Ola" Fullen) was born on 15 Sep 1891 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1980 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rufus worked in the lumber yards, and in 1910, he was living in the Wilson Boarding house.

He was killed accidentally by a cousin of when he was 26. They and some friends had been drinking, and it was said that they were chasing each other on horseback with guns. Grover Eddings, a brother-in-law of Vessie McLemore, lived nearby the scene of the tragedy, and remembers tending to Rufus's body while the crowd waited for his parents to arrive.

Rufus's mother, Ruth White McLemore, was so overcome with bereavement that she kept her head bowed down for well over a year after his death. A picture of the unveiling of his tomb exists. The marker indicated he was a member of the Woodsmen of the World. His tombstone is inscribed "Asleep In Jesus - A loving son awaiting in Heaven for Mama to come."

Notes:

From the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, HEMPHILL, TEXAS Thursday 17 October 1963 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Services held for Ernest McLemore

Funeral services were held for Earnest E. McLemore, 74 of Hemphill at 4 pm Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. E. E. Adams, pastor of Bulah Baptist Church near Pendleton in Louisiana. Assisting was the Rev. A.E. Armstrong, pastor of Gravehill church.

Mr. McLemore, a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County, died at 8:20 am Oct. 7 in the East Texas Convalescent Home, San Augustine, where he had been for seven weeks. He was a retired farmer.

Burial was in Gravel Hill cemetery under direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill. Pallbearers were nephews, Max Cammack, Gayle Wyatt, Rufus McLemore, Earl McLemore, Marton Conn and Elroy Boyd.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyd McLemore of Hemphill; two sons Hugh McLemore of Beaumont and Paul McLemore of Houston; one brother Ira McLemore of Hemphill, three sisters Miss Mollie (sic) McLemore and Mrs. Jack Cammack of Hemphilll and Mrs. Elvie Speights of Beaumont; and five grandchildren.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
704-727
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McLemore, Mary F Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Rufus H Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 27, 1930
SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 50 Tx Same House Farmer
McLemore, Florence Wf F W 46 M Tx Sam House
McLemore, Hugh R Son M W 21 S Tx R Sabine Tx ?? Stewart Reforestation
McLemore, Paul B Son M W 8 S Tx Same House

Ernest married Mary Florence Boyd on 21 Dec 1913. Mary (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 15 Sep 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1977 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following obituary was excerpted from the 24 September 1970 SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS

LOCAL WOMAN's FUNERAL HELD

Funeral services for Mrs. Mellie Mary McLemore of Hemphill were held Thursday in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill.

The Rev. Jim Turner, pastor of Hemphill First Baptist Church officiated. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Pallbearers included nephews Earl McLemore, Donald McLemore, Paul McLemore, Guy Hughes, Max Cammack and Jerry Van Valkenburg.

Mrs. McLemore died Wednesday at the ??? Manor Nursing Home of Hemphill.

Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. H.B. Cammack of Hemphill and Mrs. Elvie Speights.

(Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Notes:

The following obituary appeared in the 27 March 1980 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Ruth Speights

Funeral services for Ruth Elvie Speights, 86, of Pineland were at 2 pm March 20 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

Mrs. Speights died at 12:45 am March 19 in Hines Nursing Home in Pineland.

She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Dorine Robinson of Pineland; Mrs. Laverne Gellatly of Beaumont and Mrs. Johnnie Hughes of Shreveport, La; one sister Mrs. Emma Cammack of Hemphill, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Rutha married Mermond Leon Speights on 22 Dec 1913. Mermond (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson) was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 1939 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpted from an undated, unreferenced obituary:

Lifelong resident of Sabine County. Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, for eight years.

Services at First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Rev. Jim Turner, officiated. Buried at Gravel Hill. Graveside Masonic rites conducted by Littleton Fowler Lodge.

Ira married Alma Clara Bragg on 26 Nov 1922. Alma (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 11 Mar 1906 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1985 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Herman Bailey "Jack" Cammack on 29 Mar 1930. Herman (son of Thomas Forrest Cammack and Sarah Elizabeth Karcher) was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1969 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6S2-T2Z
name: Allie Elnora Conn
death date: 03 Jan 1975
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race:
death age: 81 years
estimated birth date: 1894
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Jeff Humphery
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mary Clark
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2243875
digital film number: 4167930
image number: 1540
reference number: Frame Number 1582
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Allie Elnora Conn, 1975

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 14A
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
232-234
Boyett, Nathan D Head M W 33 m2 9 Tx Ark Ark Farmer
Boyett, Minnie L Wf F W 28 M1 9 4/2 Tx La Tx
Boyett, Nathan H Son m W 7 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Boyett, Lily B Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Humphreys, Allie E Lodger F W 17 S Tx Miss Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: John Aliance "Johnnie" Conn. John (son of George Franklin "Frank" Conn and Frances "Fannie" Malenda Isom) was born on 11 Jan 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1910 census shows Auresia as Male, and a Son. However, Barbara Yancey Dore show that Auresia was actually female. As Auresia is not listed on the 1920 census with the rest of his or her siblings, it is likely that he/she died or otherwise left home prior to this time.

Notes:

She married a CAGLE, and is buried under a triple marker with her parents, Ruth Aurelia CLARK and James Seborn CLARK at Centerview Cemetery.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDYS-4J1
Name: Minnie Ola Barnette
Death Date: 25 Sep 1945
Death Place: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 35 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1909
Birthplace: Jasper County
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James Sebern Clark
Father's Birthplace: Fairmount, Tx
Mother's Name: Ruth Aurilia Clark
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine County
Occupation: Maid
Place of Residence: Bronson, Jasper, TX
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Center View, Tx
Burial Date: 27 Sep 1945
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137964
Digital Film Number: 4029643
Image Number: 363
Reference Number: cn38452
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

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

Genevive married Willie C. Cagle on 15 Nov 1925. Willie was born before 1911; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevive married Elisha Ward on 30 Jul 1930 in Jasper County, Texas. Elisha was born about 1885 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Fennis F. TAYLOR.

Marie married Finis Franklin Taylor before 1937. Finis was born before 1913; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ras married Lillian Harrison on 6 Mar 1943 in Orange, Orange County, Texas. Lillian was born on 19 Nov 1926 in Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama; died on 26 Aug 2011 in Texas; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Hazel Thelma Allen before 1945. Hazel (daughter of Ruben Brinson Allen and Violet Estelle Coleman) was born on 5 Apr 1925 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Nov 2001 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF68-C4C
Name: Adrian Burkhalter
Death Date: 22 Nov 1975
Death Place: Newton, Newton, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 76 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1899
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bessie
Father's Name: Jeff Burkhalter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Jane Ida Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243842
Digital Film Number: 4167927
Image Number: 1672
Reference Number: cn 100104
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Bessie Dickerson. Bessie was born on 30 May 1903; died on 7 Feb 1983; was buried in Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD5X-85R
Name: Ward A. Burkhalter
Death Date: 15 Aug 1969
Death Place: Kerrville, Kerr, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1904
Birthplace: Bronson, Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jeff Lee Burkhalter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Jane Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Lumber Grader
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: VA Cemetery
Burial Place: Houston, Texas
Burial Date: 15 Aug 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218108
Digital Film Number: 4030538
Image Number: 1393
Reference Number: CN 58563
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNW5-JX7
Name: Oma B Baker
Death Date: 07 Sep 1976
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1911
Birthplace: Sabine County Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jeff Burkhalter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Jane Ida Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243978
Digital Film Number: 4005496
Image Number: 02064
Reference Number: 68096
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

John W. Clark writes that she m. on 29 Sept 1929 Herman A. TAUBE. She was reared by Ara and Daniel Wallace Clark, and is a nurse in Palestine, Texas. She married second Parks GLENN.

Lydia married Herman A. Taube on 29 Sep 1929. Herman was born about 1906 in Texas; died about 1950; was buried in Martin Cemetery (Martin's Chapel Cemetery), Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF9V-DH7
Name: Bill A. Clark
Death Date: 19 Feb 1936
Death Place: Shelby County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 21 years 10 months 29 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1914
Birthplace: Bronson, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elisha Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Emma Jacks
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Ccc
Place of Residence: Milam, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Bronson, Texas
Burial Date: 21 Feb 1936
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116784
Digital Film Number: 4166602
Image Number: 3511
Reference Number: CN 10947
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One, East Mayfield Town
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 4A
189-63-69
Oxley, Charles L Head M W 43 m La La La Laborer Lumber Mill
Oxley, Emma A Wf F W 33 M Tx Tx La
Oxley, Billy C Son M W 12 S La La La
Oxley, Edward R Son M W 10 S La La La
Oxley. Elroy A Son M W 8 S La La La
Clark, Artimus Stepson M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Roberta Stepdtr F W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 7B
Bronson-Pineland and Hemphill
94-98
Eicke, George A Head M W 57 M 28 Hanover Hanover Hanover German 1885 na Farmer
Eicke, Rohoma Wf F W 51 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Eicke, Willie B Son M W 24 wd 23 Tx Hanover Tx
Clark, Roberta Niece F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Artemus Nephew m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Nettie Maxie shows that she married first Williard SCHMITT and second Leif JORGENSON.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One, East Mayfield Town
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 4A
189-63-69
Oxley, Charles L Head M W 43 m La La La Laborer Lumber Mill
Oxley, Emma A Wf F W 33 M Tx Tx La
Oxley, Billy C Son M W 12 S La La La
Oxley, Edward R Son M W 10 S La La La
Oxley. Elroy A Son M W 8 S La La La
Clark, Artimus Stepson M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Roberta Stepdtr F W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 7B
Bronson-Pineland and Hemphill
94-98
Eicke, George A Head M W 57 M 28 Hanover Hanover Hanover German 1885 na Farmer
Eicke, Rohoma Wf F W 51 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Eicke, Willie B Son M W 24 wd 23 Tx Hanover Tx
Clark, Roberta Niece F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Artemus Nephew m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

Lois married Leif B. Jorgensen before 1943. Leif was born before 1917; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 19, 2008, Page 11

Velma Lee Clark Whitehead

Velma Lee Clark Whitehead of Pineland went to be with her Lord Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. She was the oldest of four daughters born to Cora and Allen J. Clark.

Mrs. Whitehead had lived in Pineland for most of her life. She was a faithful member of the Church of Christ. She will always be remembered as a loving, hard working mother faithfully devoted to husband and children, and as a wonderful cook.

Survivors: son, Royce J. Whitehead and wife, Betty of Lumberton; daughters, Joyce M. Duval and Mary B. Alford of Mid-County; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preced in death by her husband, Dallas Whitehead; daughter, Bobbie Kirkland and her husband, Glenn Kirkland; daughter Donna L. Jones; son-in-law, Billy Duval; grandson, Kenneth Whitehead and wife Betty; and a great-grandson, Curtis Cuccia, Jr.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 15 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby South officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Pineland.

Services under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2008)

A nearly identical obituary was published in the November 20, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

Velma married Dallas Langston Whitehead on 14 Apr 1930. Dallas was born on 6 Apr 1908; died on 6 Dec 1975 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Texas Death Records shows a Maudie Lucille AYERS, with the date of death being 2-5-1994 in Sabine County.

Maudie married Robert "Bob" Lee Zeagler on 9 May 1929. Robert (son of Burl Thomas "Coute" Zeagler and Lavisa "Vicy" Martin) was born on 13 Nov 1902 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Aug 1967 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Martin Cemetery (Martin's Chapel Cemetery), Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married a MARTIN. John W. Clark instead shows that she married Earnest GARCIA.

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 19, 2008, Page 11

Evelyn Mae Skinner

Evelyn Mae Skinner, 91, of Nederland died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.

Mrs. Skinner was born Feb. 1, 1917, in Bronson as a daughter of the late Cora and Allen J. Clark. She was a faithful member of Landmark United Pentecostal Church in Port Neches.

Survivors: sons, Jerry Skinner and wife, Paula, of Lumberton and Larry Skinner of Conroe; daughters, Mevelyn Manning of Nederland and Kay Sims and husband, Paul, of Houston; sister, Velma Whitehead of Groves; 13 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Virgil "Ted" Skinner, and a son, Virgil Allen Skinner.

Funeral services were held Nov. 14, at Landmark United Pentecostal Church in Port Neches with Rev. James D. Lee officiating. Interment followed at Greenlawn Cemetery in Groves.

Services were under the direction of Broussard's Mortuary in Nederland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2008)

Evelyn married Virgil Lee "Ted" Skinner before 1935. Virgil was born on 10 Jun 1912 in Texas; died on 22 Nov 1999 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other possible death date 22 FEB 1940
Information obtained from Barbara Yancey Dore at the Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project from Newton Co., TX Genweb Site and Rootsweb World Connect Database

Not able to locate a death record with either date on FamilySearch.org.

Jessie married Edna Williams on 26 Feb 1940. Edna was born on 2 Nov 1918; died on 23 Jan 1989; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A military marker at his gravesite shows Sgt US Army WW II

The Sabine County Reporter
November 1, 2000, page 19

Corbett Clark

Daniel Corbett Clark, 80, of Pineland died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000, at Lufkin Memorial Specialty Hospital in Lufkin.

Furneral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Rev. Floyd Wright and Vance Vickers officiating. Music was provided by Susie Clark, Christy Allman, and Mike and Jeannie Sanford. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery with the Sabine County VFW Post #10351 officiating.

He was born Nov. 22, 1919, in Sabine County and was the son of the late Daniel Wallace Clark and Arie Alford Clark. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County, where he made Pineland his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and retired from Temple-Inland in 1985 as service superintendent. He was a member of the Baptist Faith.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Reba Boyd Clark, and his brothers, Wayne Clark, Jessie Clark, Basil Clark and James Clark.

Surivivors: a sister, Geraldine McKinley of Arlington; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Pallbearers were Ross Vickers, Bob Neal, Bill Whittington, Tom Clark, Joe Daw, Bruce White and Pat McKinley. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Sabine County VFW Post #10351.

Memorials may be made to Memorial Speciality Hospital, P. O. Box 1447, Lufkin, TX 75902.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012)

Family/Spouse: Reba Julia Tucker. Reba was born on 4 Aug 1910; died on 8 Feb 1990; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 1994, Page 6

Allen Basil Clark

Funeral services for Allen Basil Clark, 68, who resided on Barber Street in Hemphill, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday August 7, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard Bass officiating. Interment followed in the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Born April 13, 1926 (sic), in Sabine County as a son of the late Daniel Clark and Arie (Alford) Clark, he was a longtime resident of Hemphill. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired tool and die maker for General Motors.

Survivors: four sons, Tom Clark of Waco, Joe Clark of Arlington, Milton Clark of Pt. Neches, and Allen B. Clark Jr. of Indianapolis, Indiana; a sister, Geraldine McKenely of Arlington; and two brothers, James Clark of Houston and Corbet Clark of Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Note: the SSDI instead shows his DOB as 13 Apr 1927. His son, Allen Clark, Jr. verified that 1927 was correct.

Allen married Lillian Lorraine Jones on 5 Jun 1948 in Smith County, Texas. Lillian was born on 13 May 1926; died on 22 May 1982 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 26, 1997, Page 10

James Edward Clark

James Edward Clark, 67, of Houton, died Tuesday, March 18, 1997, at his residence.

Clark was born May 8, 1929, in Hemphill as a son of the late Daniel and Arie (Alford) Clark and was a roughneck.tool pusher in the oil field industry. He had formerly lived in Pineland before moving to Houston 41 years ago. He was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church and a U. S. Army Veteran.

Survivors: a son, James Daniel Clark of Houston; two daugthers, Ann COZART of Houston and Sande NUGENT of Clarksville, Tennessee; a brother, Corbet Clark of Pineland; a sister, Geraldine McKINLEY of Arlington; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held March 21 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Richard Bass officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

James married Ercel Annice Cannon before 1953. Ercel (daughter of Jason Nathaniel "J N" Cannon and Bessie Register) was born on 16 Apr 1930 in Wichita County, Texas; died on 12 Feb 2002 in Cumberland Furnace, Dickson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark writes that "He was killed by a knife in the hands of a boy south of Hemphill."

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
July 12, 2006

Published a photo of the Hemphilll Elementary School Fifth Grade -1939-1940

Eighteen students from a larger group, pictured, graduated from Hemphill High School's Class of 1946 who recently enjoyed their 60th class reunion. Blake Eddings, Nadine Easley, LaNell Slay, Robert Earl Gray, Gladys Hogue, Wayford Jones, Jack Chisum, Reba Arnold, Lexie Mae Wood, Berintha Maund, Helen Rushing, Evelyn Wright, Dorothy Sterle, Wilma Lawrence, Joe (Gwen/Quinn) McGown, Doris Anderson, Paul Huffman, Eloise Inman, Archie Jones, Vermell Anderson, LaVern Wright, Lois Paudert, Billy Edgar, Sutton Ware, Jessie Lee Harper, Wynell Elliott, Jack Jones, Doris Jennings, Burtis Earl Moore, Hattie Pearl Kelly, Imogene Carlton, Kathryn Curry, Marcus Huffman, Jimmie Procell, Marjorie Crawford, Louise Crnkovic, Gloria Speights, and Herman Chop.

They were taught by Emma Clark Fuller, who was also pictured.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDXC-44C
Name: Emma May Fuller
Death Date: 09 Jun 1951
Death Place: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 58 years 8 months 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1892
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: C.B. Clark
Father's Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Mother's Name: Abi Anderson
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine Co., Yexas
Occupation: School Teaching
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 09 Jun 1951
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074697
Digital Film Number: 4166831
Image Number: 2640
Reference Number: cn 31805
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Emma married Alonzo Alkony Fuller on 1 Apr 1911 in Sabine County, Texas. Alonzo (son of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Viola "Ola" Fullen) was born on 1 Jul 1890 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Dec 1967 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, in Sabine County, he listed his home address as Hemphill, Texas, and showed his present occupation as "Student Ministerial in Baylor University, Waco, Texas." He was single, tall, slender, with gray eyes and black hair.

At this gravesite, there is a military marker inscribed CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR I.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Hardin County, JP 5, Silsbee
Enumerated April 26, 1930
ED 100-7 SD 19 Sheet 17A and 17 B Stamped 240
331-360
Clark, Daniel C Head M W 34 M 23 Tx Tx Tx Clerk Railway
Clark, Maggie Wf F W 33 M 23 Tx Ms Tx
Clark, Joyce Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, D. C. Jr Son M W 3 10/12 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, James L Son M W 2 ?/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Daniel married Maggie May Cammack on 21 Dec 1919 in Sabine County, Texas. Maggie (daughter of Thomas Forrest Cammack and Sarah Elizabeth Karcher) was born on 9 Mar 1897 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died in Nov 1951 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows that she married first Herman MORRIS (in Louisiana) and second, in Sabine County, Roy Leonard JOHNSON.

Francis married Roy L. Johnson on 29 Nov 1924 in Sabine County, Texas. Roy was born about 1904 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6M6-TSH
Name: Arlie Clark Lawrence
Death Date: 18 Mar 1969
Death Place: Lufkin, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1893
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: L.T. Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Emma Adell Cartwright
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Lufkin, Angelina, Texas
Cemetery: Garden of Memories
Burial Place: Angelina County, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Mar 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137325
Digital Film Number: 4029810
Image Number: 1039
Reference Number: CN14505
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Arlie married John Samuel "Johnie" Lawrence, Sr. on 4 Sep 1910. John was born on 11 Feb 1884 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Apr 1953 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JX8V-ZMQ
Name: Sanford Leroy Clark
Death Date: 28 Sep 1953
Death Place: Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 55 years 7 months 6 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1898
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: L. T. Clark
Father's Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Mother's Name: Adel Cartwright
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Occupation: Auto Mechanic
Place of Residence: Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas
Cemetery: Greenlawn Memorial Park
Burial Place: Port Arthur, Texas
Burial Date: 30 Sep 1953
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113983
Digital Film Number: 4165742
Image Number: 1003
Reference Number: CN 47112
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Maud Alberta Hill. Maud was born about 1897; died on 1 Jul 1976 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her headstone is inscribed Little Aliph Clark, Only sleeping.

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that he married first Dixie MARTIN, "and twice more, but names are unknown."

Kathie Duty confirmed that his first wife was Dixie Dell MARTIN, who died in 1971. They were divorced and had two children, James Lowell Clark and Annette Clark. His second wife was named "Johnnie Mae" and her maiden name was unknown. They had one son, Kaylan Lee.

Alton married Dixie Dell Martin before 1934. Dixie was born on 5 Sep 1914 in Texas; died on 9 Jul 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Fielder Memorial Cemetery, Homer, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alton married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ivy married Acie Madison Cobb about 1927. Acie was born on 16 Sep 1902 in Texas; died on 9 Jun 1991 in Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The only date on the headstone is 1916.

Notes:

Biographical info copied from FindAGrave:

Services: March 7, 2008, Gipson Funeral Home Chapel
Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park
Age: 90
Residence: Lufkin, Texas, most of her life
Born: Nov. 2, 1917, San Augustine, Texas
Died: March 5, 2008, Lufkin, Texas
Member: Lufkin's First Baptist Church

Survivors:
Daughter and son-in-law, Kathie and Jerry Duty
Son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Jean Kendrick
Grandchildren and spouses, Darin and Marianne Kendrick, Jaren and Hayley Kendrick, and Jena and Jason Johnson
Six great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death:
Husband, R. O. Kendrick, in 1983

Gipson Funeral Home, directors

Mary married R. O. Kendrick on 25 Nov 1936 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. R. was born on 20 Dec 1915 in Helmic, Trinity County, Texas; died on 31 Aug 1983 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 1 Sep 1983 in Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I ASSUMED this is the ELTON that Bernis D Thacker (2523 Laurelcrest Memphis, TN 38133-5190 bdt0915551@msn.com) lists as the oldest child of Thomas and Sophia McLemore. The 1910 census did show that Sophia was the mother of 6 children, only five who were living. The children listed at the time of the 1910 census were John E., Myrtie, Fannie, Maggie and Ary A.

Also, this appears to be the same person as the 27 year old John E. McLemore, married to 22 year old Anne P, who was living in San Augustine, Texas (ED#176) and working as a barber at the time of the 1920 census. He died before the 1930 census. John W. Clark shows his date of death as much earlier, circa 1910.

Notes:

Name Myrtie Halbert
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Sep 1974
Event Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 19 May 1893
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Tom Mclemore
Mother's Name Sophia Anna Clark
Informant Olan Halbert (Son)
Certificate Number 77705
GS Film number 2243402
Digital Folder Number 005145708
Image Number 02456



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38Q-Z5P : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Myrtie Halbert, 29 Sep 1974; citing certificate number 77705, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243402.

Family/Spouse: James Ferman Halbert. James (son of William Washington "W. W." Halbert, Jr. and Mary Agnes Chambers) was born on 11 Jul 1891 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jan 1960 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fannie B. Gillespie

Mrs. Fannie B. Gillespie, 79, of Reeves, died in Natchitoches on Saturday, May 3, at 12:25 a.m., following an extended illness.

Survivors include two sons, Chester Gillespie of Natchitoches, and Richard Gillespie of Reeves; two daughters, Mrs. Herman Jenkins of Marthaville, and Mrs. Tommy Nettles of Ft. Worth, Tex.; three sisters, Miss Maggie McLemore, and Mrs. Dan Prado, both of Hemphill, Tex., and Mrs. Ara McDaniel of Longview, Tex.; 10 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Monday, May 5, at the Robeline First Baptist Church, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. W. W. Read, and the Rev. Richard Gillespie officiating. Burial was in the Robeline Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Description: Funeral Records: Fannie B Gillespie, Sabine Parish, La. G-421
Source: Warren Meadows Funeral Home Records, Book 1975 Pg 77
Submitted by: Pat Berel

Fannie B Gillespie

Given Name . . . . . . Fannie B

Birth Surname. . . . . McLemore

Married Surname. . . . Gillespie

Birth Date . . . . . . 1/4/1896

Death Date . . . . . . 5/3/1975

Approximate Age. . . . 79

Residence. . . . . . . Reeves, La

Place of Birth . . . . Hemphill, Tx

Place of Death . . . . Natchitoches, La

Spouse . . . . . . . . Widowed

Father . . . . . . . . McLemore, John

Father's Birthplace. . Unk

Mother . . . . . . . . Clark, Anna

Mother's Birthplace. . Unk

Cemetery . . . . . . . Robeline

Next of Kin. . . . . . Gillespie, Chester (son)

Doctor . . . . . . . . Nat. Parish Hosp

These are handwriten records, and were at times hard to
read. Question marks were used where a field was not readable.
Birth surnames were derived from the father's surname. If the
father's name was not listed, the married surname was used in
the Birth Surname field. Approximate Age is derived by
subtracting year of birth from year of death when these are
given. Mother's and Father's birthplace have been added to
records after 1960.

Many thanks to Warren Meadows Funeral Home for making these
records available.


http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm

Notes:

She was a teacher in the Hemphill Independent School District.

Never married. At the time of the 1930 census, she and her sister Merline were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Ara and Leland McDaniel. Later in life, she lived with her younger sister, Merlene.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 6A Stamped 28
62-65
McDaniel, Leland T Head M W 25 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Salesman Chevrolet Co
McDaniel, Ara A Wf F W 25 M 21 Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Terrence E Son M W 2 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Leland R Son M W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Maggie Sister-in-law F W 31 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
McLemore, Merline Sister-in-law F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Name Ara Anna Mcdaniel
Event Type Death
Event Date 10 Aug 1976
Event Place Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 18 Aug 1903
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Tom Mclemore
Mother's Name (first name unavailable) Clark
Informant B H McDaniel (son)
Certificate Number 63304
GS Film number 2243977
Digital Folder Number 005165870
Image Number 00722


Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FX-F97 : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Ara Anna Mcdaniel, 10 Aug 1976; citing certificate number 63304, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243977.

Family/Spouse: Leland Tim McDaniel. Leland (son of William Lafayatte McDaniel and Lula Mae Burr) was born on 4 Aug 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1959 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Lakeview (Gregg) Memorial Gardens, Longview, Gregg County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that he was listed as Elvis L. McLemore on the 1920 census. J.B. Sanders has him as Alvin, and Kay Parker McCary instead shows Elvin.

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, she and her sister Maggie were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Ara and Leland McDaniel.

Family/Spouse: Joe Dan Prado. Joe (son of Thomas Jefferson Prado and Catherine "Kathleen" Montes) was born on 5 Nov 1916 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1993 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J68M-5R2
Name: Vera J. Lindstedt
Death Date: 04 Mar 1971
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 70 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1901
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Hollis Chandler
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mattie Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223121
Digital Film Number: 4169838
Image Number: 1486
Reference Number: 19326
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Lee Preston Chandler

Lee Preston Chandler, 81, of Vidor died Wednesday, July 19, 1995, in Pt. Bolivar, Texas.

Chandler was born April 20, 1914, in Hemphill, Sabine County. He had lived in Vidor 36 years and was a retired operator with Union Oil Company.

Survivors: wife of 58 year, Helen Jones Chandler of Vidor; two grandchildren, Bert Chatagnier and Larinda Chatagnier, both of Westlake; a son-in-law, E. B. Chatagnier of Westlake; a brother, Herman Chandler of Holidayburg, Pa.; and sisters, Sadie Blosser of Beaumont, Mary Alice Haskins of Crystal Beach, and Lula Bauted of Pineland.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Friday at Pine Forest Baptist Church, Vidor, with Dr. Stephen Dollar officiating. Interment followed at Restlawn Cemetery. Services were handled by Vidor Memorial Funeral Home.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 26, 1995, Page 7

Family/Spouse: Charles Clayton Blosser. Charles was born on 6 Apr 1896 in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana; died on 18 Aug 1989 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Bronson, and a farmer. He was of medium heighth and build, with gray eyes and brown hair.

His Texas Death Certificate shows his usual occupation as "Retired Owner, Drive Inn Grocery."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 12A Stamped 34
County Road North from Hemphill
188-192
Clark, Harmon J Head m W 30 m 21 Tx Tx Tx Pulp Driver Lumber Mill
Clark, Alice Wf F W 30 M 21 Tx La Tx
Clark, Glyndon M Son (sic) M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, James W Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Jefferson married Alice Mae Melton before 1922. Alice was born on 13 Mar 1899 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 26 Apr 1931 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jefferson married Bootie T. Hancock on 11 Jun 1932. Bootie was born on 24 Feb 1909 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 20 May 1996 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Willie Fern Selman on 19 Sep 1925. Willie was born on 8 Aug 1907 in Angelina County, Texas; died on 17 Nov 1977; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDL6-JVY
Name: Hollis Burl Clark
Death Date: 07 Aug 1964
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 60 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Sep 1903
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jeff Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Alice Chandler
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Merchant, Own Business
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Bronson Cemetery
Burial Place: Bronson, Texas
Burial Date: 08 Aug 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117598
Digital Film Number: 4028387
Image Number: 3074
Reference Number: cn 58053
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Hollis married Yvonne Bennett on 23 Dec 1930. Yvonne (daughter of William Bennett and Allie Carrie Wiggins) was born on 8 Feb 1914 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1994 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winnie married John Ottis West about 1925. John was born about 1903 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Lillie and her younger sister, Maxine, were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Winnie and Ottis West in Webster, Lousiana.

John W. Clark shows that she married on 4 Apr 1936 Geo. W. BASSINGER, and that they lived in Dallas, Texas.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Louisiana, Webster Parish, Police Jury War 2
Enumerated April 1930
ED 60-8 SD 1 Sheet 1A Stamped 157
8-10
West, O. Head M W 27 M 21 Tx Tx la Engineer Gas Plant
West, Winnie Wf F W 24 m 19 Tx Tx Tx
West, Bobbie James Son M W 2/12 S La Tx Tx
Clark, Maxine Sister-in-law F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Lillie V Sister-in-law F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that he married Margaret DeLoach, a daughter of Dr. DeLoach, and they were the parents of Tommy Jack Clark and Margaret Ann Clark.

Notes:

His headstone reads "Our Darling, Baby, A sunbeam from the world has vanished."

Notes:

Not listed on the 1920 census??? Nor is he listed as a child of Jeffersona and Alice's by John W. Clark. It is therefore possible that the 1930 census listing showing him as a son may be in error.

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Maxine and her older sister, Lillie, were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Winnie and Ottis West in Webster, Lousiana.

(Research):The Texas Birth Index also show a Ruby Maxine Clark and William Roy Viner as the parents of William Charles Viner born 3 May 1943 in Potter County and Edith Charlene Viner, born 30 Oct 1945, also in Potter County.

As no prior marriage is listed for Ruby Maxine Clark, the daughter of Jefferson Elias Clark of Sabine County, in John W. Clark's book, it is assumed this is different individual.

Family/Spouse: John Henry Robinson. John was born on 16 Jul 1913 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6CX-26N
Name: Lula Jones
Death Date: 27 Jan 1970
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 66 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1903
Birthplace: , , Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mae Conn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218581
Digital Film Number: 4168841
Image Number: 3160
Reference Number: 4866
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Lula married Sherill Olan Jones on 18 May 1920. Sherill was born on 6 Dec 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Mar 1964 in Kountze, Hardin County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark writes that he died before 1962, and that he never married.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JX85-22Z
Name: Elmer Franklin Clark
Death Date: 10 Sep 1953
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 47 years 3 months 16 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 May 1906
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Maggie Conn
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Sep 1953
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113983
Digital Film Number: 4165742
Image Number: 892
Reference Number: CN 47004
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD61-72R
Name: Virgie Mae Cartwright
Death Date: 01 Jun 1959
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 50 years 3 months 6 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1909
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Clark
Father's Birthplace: Dk
Mother's Name: Mae Conn
Mother's Birthplace: Dk
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 02 Jun 1959
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115901
Digital Film Number: 4165925
Image Number: 0834
Reference Number: cn 34808
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Vernice Sanford Cartwright. Vernice (son of Sanford Leonidas"Leon" "Lonnie" Cartwright and Cora Becton) was born on 18 Dec 1910 in Texas; died on 4 May 2002 in Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Malcom Boley DICKEY, and that they lived in Katy, Texas.

Notes:

Name Ellis M Clark
Birth Year 1908
Race White, citizen (White)
State of Residence Texas
County or City: Harris
US World War II Army Enlistment Records
Enlistment Date 28 May 1943
Enlistment State Louisiana
Enlistment City Camp Livingston
Branch No branch assignment
Branch Code No branch assignment
Grade Private
Grade Code Private
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)

Source: Civil Life

Education 1 year of college
Civil Occupation Skilled linemen and servicemen, telegraph, telephone, and power
Marital Status Married
Height 08
Weight 123

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Pat WHEALER (Wheeler?) and they lived in Conroe.

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Tommy R. SEELY.

Thelma married Fred Meador Oliphint on 19 Dec 1930. Fred (son of George Wilfred Oliphant and Emma Florida Meador) was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in May 1980 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertie married Artie Brooks Sandifer before 1915. Artie was born on 17 May 1915 in Texas; died in Jan 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
March 8, 2006

Simon "Pete" Anderson

Simon Elton "Pete" Anderson, 97, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born Nov. 3, 1908, in Hemphill as a son of the late Ernest L. and Ara Josephine (Clark) Anderson. He was a fifth generation Texan. On Dec. 30, 1933, he married Rosalie LEZE. They were married for 72 years. He served in the Army during World War II.

Pete joined the East Mayfield Baptist Church when he was nine years old. He was a member of Fisher Baptist Church in Fisher, Louisiana. He retired from the Lone Leaf Lumber Company in Fisher. He was a resident of Fisher from 1937 until moving to Hemphill Care Center on Jan. 17, 1998. Survivors: wife, Rosalie Anderson of Hemphill, sister, Vermell BRUST and husband Louis of Hemphill, and a brother, Lonnie G. Anderson and wife Barbara of Gilmer. Funeral services were held March 3 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana. Interment was a Fisher Cemetery in Fisher. Services were under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Simon married Rosalie Anna Mae Cecille Leze on 30 Dec 1933 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Rosalie was born on 16 Jun 1912 in Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Apr 2006 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1933, Baylor University, School of Nursing. Was called Andy.

Tera married Odis Buck Stark on 1 Nov 1934 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Odis was born before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal census, 7 year old Grady was living with his maternal grandmother, Josephine Clark, and his Aunt and Uncle, Minnie and Elmer Butler of San Augustine County.

Grady married Verda Melissa Becton on 6 Jun 1935 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Verda (daughter of William Edward Becton and Mellie Miranda Cousins) was born on 6 Jun 1918 in Newton County, Texas; died on 20 Sep 2002 in San Jacinto County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

R.C. BUTLER was born 12 Apr 1919, one of five children of William Elmer BUTLER and Minnie CLARK, in San Augustine County and resided there all of his life. In 1937, he married Eunice WOODS, and for fifty nine years they shared their lives until she preceded him in death. He died 27 October 2004 in San Augustine, and his obituary was in the Thursday, November 4, 2004 issue of the San Augustine Tribune. Survived by wife, Tommie; son Don BUTLER (and wife Kay) of Wells; daughter, Jerri HORN (and husband Chrys) of Whitehouse; son-in-law David HARDY of Baytown; brother JK BUTLER (and wife Francis) of Silsbee; sister Wilma LUDWIG (and husband Ken) of Silsbee; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Farmer and Rancher, Past Master of Redland Masonic Lodge, deacon of Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church.

(Excerpted by Melinda McLemore Strong)

R married Eunice Mozelle Woods about 1937. Eunice was born on 29 Apr 1921 in Texas; died on 25 Sep 1996 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burkhalter Hoyt Littleton 11-14-1990 JEFFERSON M

Family/Spouse: Margie Sue Campbell. Margie (daughter of Joseph Edward Campbell and Arie Elizabeth Strickland) was born on 13 Nov 1928 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jun 1994 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 25 Jun 1994 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 7, 1995, Page 10

Doyle Burkhalter

Doyle Mencil Burkhalter, 69, of Houston, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill.

Born March 5, 1926, in Hemphill as a son of the late Lonzie and Eula (Alford) Burkhalter, he had lived in Houston a number of years and was a member of the Church of God. Burkhalter was a retired truck driver and a member of the AFL-CIO.

He is survived by his wife, Consuelo Burkhalter of Houston, a brother, A. Z. Burkhalter of Hemphill; two nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

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

Notes:

He married Rosie Warner, and they are the parents of Patsy Rose White. Patsy Rose White married Hershell Lindsey.

Notes:

SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 28 June 2001

Dr. Sibyl W. Wyatt

Graveside services for Dr. Sibyl W. Wyatt, 92, of Nacogdoches were conducted by the Reverend Justin Beadles of Grace Bible Church at Sunset Memorial Park on June 25, 2001 at 10 am. Dr. Wyatt entered her larger life on June 23, 2001, in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was born November 12, 1908, on the White Plantation in the Gravel Hill Community in Sabine County, the daughter of Henry Ernest White and Sarah Evelyn Boyd White.

She is survived by a son, Gayle D. Wyatt, of Nacogdoches and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

A native East Texan, Dr. Wyatt taught British Romance and Victorian literature at Stephen F. Austin State University for twenty-five years. Prior to joining the SFA faculty, she taught and served as a high school teacher and principal in public schools; and while on leave from SFA for doctoral work, she held a teaching fellowship at Rice University.

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors in charge of services.

It is noted in the Bob Bowman's book, THE MYSTERY OF LADY BOUNTIFUL, that Sibyl White became principal of Hemphill High School in the 1940s and was perhaps the first woman in Sabine County to earn a Ph.D. (Bowman, p. 55).

Family/Spouse: Archie Wyatt. Archie was born on 11 Jan 1906 in Texas; died on 4 May 1969 in Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She shares a triple headstone with her parents, Ernest and Evie White, at the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Ethelyn married Louis F. Symms on 26 Sep 1925. Louis was born on 14 Feb 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Longtime postmaster of Bronson, Texas. (White and Toole, p 87).

Winnie married Jesse James Morgan, Jr. on 26 Sep 1925. Jesse (son of Jesse James Morgan, Sr. and Julia Ann McLemore) was born on 16 Dec 1902 in Texas; died on 24 May 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zeda married Lester A. Schulze on 14 Mar 1942. Lester was born on 23 May 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married James David Edgar on 25 Jan 1934. James (son of James Valentine Edgar and Jack Payne "Paynie" Gooch) was born on 12 Feb 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Oct 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reggie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lola married John Thomas "Mac" McGown, Sr. on 15 Mar 1941. John (son of Andrew Lewis "Bud" McGown and Emma B. Waller) was born on 2 Apr 1918 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 2002 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War II, he was a resident of Baton Rouge

Name Hubert Henry Davidson
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Year Range 1940-1945
Event Place Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Gender Male
Birth Date 27 Mar 1916
Affiliate Publication Title Draft Cards (1st Registration) for the State of Louisiana
Affiliate ARC Identifier 2169763
Digital Folder Number 004735994
Image Number 01078



Citing this Record:
"Louisiana, First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9MNH-CY6L : accessed 13 Jun 2014), Hubert Henry Davidson, .

Hubert married Claudia Evelyn McGown on 31 Jul 1939. Claudia (daughter of Andrew Henderson McGown and Vitura Evelyn "Lina" Whitehead) was born on 1 Sep 1917 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died in Nov 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madie married Woodrow W. Snowden on 27 Jun 1945. Woodrow was born on 29 Oct 1912; died on 6 May 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Hester C. on census records

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 10 January 2001

Hester Davidson Collier, 79, of Hemphill died Saturday, January 6, 2001 at a Houston hospital.

Mrs. Collier, born Feb. 9, 1921, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Ruthie Nina (White) and Richard Frank Davidson, was a retired registered nurse, having served as company nurse for Mossier Steel. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and American Business Women's Association.

Survivors: sons, William Collier and Craig Collier, both of Houston; daughter Susan Jones of Houston; sisters Betty Ferguson and Zeda Schultz, both of Hemphill and Madie Snowden of Beaumont; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Jan. 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. D.W. McCasland officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Hester married Barnett Craig "Barney" Collier, Jr. on 3 Jul 1946. Barnett was born on 23 Sep 1921 in Alabama; died on 16 Jul 1990; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Betty Pauline Davidson Ferguson

Betty Pauline Davidson Ferguson, 80, of Hemphill died July 13, 2001, at San Augustine Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 am Monday, July 16, 2001, at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at King Cemetery.

A native and longtime resident of Hemphill, she was a U.S. Postal Service postmaster.

Survivors include her son, Hadley Ferguson of Jasper; daughter Rhonda Brooks of Bronson; sisters Zeda Schulze of Hemphill and Madie Snowden of Beaumont; and two grandchildren.

(San Augustine Tribune, 19 July 2001)

Betty married James Gay Ferguson on 24 Dec 1940. James (son of George Kellie Ferguson and Mattie Martha Wiggins) was born on 13 Feb 1915 in Texas; died on 24 Jan 1977 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in King Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vessie McLemore didn't see the importance of naming his children immediately after they were born. He was content to simply call them "baby" until a name seemed to fit. Percy remained Baby for several years, until his parents began to call him "Baby Percy" after a bottle of Patent Medicine popular at the time. His middle initial was shown as "C" on the 1920 census.

Percy started helping his father on the ranch at a very young age. Evon remembers him going on a freight train with cattle to Kansas City, by himself, when he was only 14. He also became a rancher, as well as operating a cotton gin that had been his fathers. He also kept bees as a hobby.

Percy married Elma Callie Smith on 19 Apr 1936 in San Augustine County, Texas. Elma (daughter of Henry Clayton Smith and Alice Hines) was born on 14 Mar 1914 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 2001 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evon was a tiny baby, weighing only 2 and 1/2 pounds a few days after birth. Considering she was born and cared for at home, and not in an incubator, it is a tribute both the Evon's spirit and her mother's loving care that she not only survived but flourished. In describing her infant daughter's size, Nina used to relate that "her face was smaller than a half dollar, and I could have put her in a coffee pot, and still closed the lid." Evon picked out her own name when she was old enough. She liked the sound of Yvonne, but wasn't sure of the spelling. She was listed as Eva V. on the 1920 census.

When Evon started school, she arrived everyday atop a pony led by her brother Percy. Evon's father also thought it important that his daughter be exposed to culture. When she was a young girl, she weekly took the train 10 miles from Steep Creek to Bronson in order to take piano lessons. Most weekends were spent "visiting." Evon has close relations with her many cousins still today.

She attended her primary years of school in rural Sabine County, but attended High School in San Augustine County. Her father paid for her to board at the home of Dr. Davis in the winter, so she could to this. Evon was active in school, perfoming in piano recitals and playing the lead character in the 1932 Senior Class play, "Oh, Kay!"

News clipping
(dated 3-28-1929, newspaper not referenced)

Steep Creek Club
The Steep Creek 4-H girls met on March 26. Seven girls were present.

The following officers were elected:

Evon McLemore, President; Rosa Henley, Vice President; Lois Powell, Sec'y; Bonnie Wilson, Reporter. An apron was cut out.

Bonnie Wilson, reporter.

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

Thursday night at the high school auditorium the commencement exercises were attended by a large crowd....A piano solo was skillfully rendered by Evon McLemore, class musician....diplomas were presented by R. V. Greer, superintendent of the local schools to the following candidates:
Randolph Hankla, Charles S. McMillan, Willys G. Blount, Sam Henry Williams, Lois Marie Thompson, A. C. Everett, Evon McLemore, Willie Mae Stevenphson, Geneva Stallings. Earl McEachern, Hoyt J. Alford, Sidney Westbrook, Allene Stewart, Ruby Mitchill, Mildred Whitton, Clifford Childers, Bonnie Partin, Zelma Soward, Alran Hays, James Bridges, Helen Alford and Early Needham.

After Evon graduated from San Augustine High School, she went on to Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. She became a teacher, majoring in Home Economics and minoring in English. The college classmate that was her best friend was Merlene McLemore, a cousin.

Vessie was able to help his daughter get a job teaching in Chinquapin through a friend of his who was school trustee. She later taught in nearby Broaddus.

Soon after Evon started teaching in Broaddus, Dale Tisdale's mother called her son, who was working in Lawrenceville, Indiana, to tell him that "there were some attractive new teachers in town, and he ought to come home soon for a visit." He did, and fell promptly in love with Evon.

Evon continued to teach after her marriage, while Dale managed his parents store. During World War II, Evon moved to Fort Worth while Dale was in the service. She taught a small school district just outside of the city. They also briefly lived in San Antonio. The Tisdale's returned to East Texas, and Dale opened a small general store in Zavalla.

She returned to Stephen F. Austin and received her Master's in Education in 1951. After the Tisdale's moved to Lufkin, Evon obtained a teaching position at Hudson High School. She remained there until she retired in 1972. Her daughter, Jan, began teaching Spanish at the Hudson in 1971, the year before her mother retired.

She loved music, art and the natural world. She had a beautiful soprano voice and was a member of the Angelina County Choir for a number of years. She was good at creative arts, and especially loved China painting. She participated in this after her retirement, as well as traveling with Dale and Bob with the AirStream Travel Trailer club. She was an active member of the Timberland Drive Church of Christ.

Both Evon and Dale were instrumental in the formation of the Angelina County Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) and supporters of the Lufkin Workshop and Opportunity Center.

Obituary

Evon McLemore Tisdale, 93, of Lufkin, was born November 6, 1914, in Bronson, Texas, the daughter of the late Nina (Fuller) and V.E. McLemore. She passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Tisdale graduated from San Augustine High School and Stephen F. Austin State University. She married Dale Tisdale, the love of her life, on January 8, 1938. She taught at Hudson Elementary School until 1972. She supported the Lufkin Workshop & Opportunity Center and the Burke Center. She was a member of Timberland Drive Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and A. E. "Pete" Peterson of Lufkin; son, Bob Tisdale of Lufkin; granddaughter, Sheryl Falk and her husband Richard Retz of Houston; grandson, Lee J. Rawcliffe of Houston; brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Bonnie McLemore of Houston; sisters-in-law, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches and Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; and numerous nieces, nephews and many dear friends. Mrs. Tisdale was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 51 years, Dale Tisdale; brothers, Percy McLemore, Earl McLemore and Lynn McLemore, all of San Augustine, and Ray McLemore of Nacogdoches. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Tisdale's memory may be made to the Burke Center, 4101 S. Medford, Lufkin, Texas 75904; or to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904. Services for Mrs. Tisdale will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Harold Hancock officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Broaddus Cemetery. Gipson Funeral Home; Duane Hills, director.

Source:
http://legacy.com/LufkinDailyNews/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=119099748

Nearly identical notices were published in the October 23, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, on Page 11, and in the October 29 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, page 15.

Viola married Memmon Dale Tisdale on 8 Jan 1938 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Memmon (son of Isaac Memmon Tisdale and Dora Beard) was born on 27 Jul 1911 in Manning, Angelina County, Texas; died on 30 Jul 1990 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a young man, Earl and his brother Ray helped manage their father's ranch in Pearsall. Evon recalls a terrible drought at that ranch one summer. Her brothers told her that they had to use a blowtorch on cactuses to get enough water for the cattle.

He has a military marker at his gravesite "PFC, US Army WW II"

When he was shipped oversees during the war, he and Evon worked out a code so his family would know where he was stationed, because all correspondence was heavily censored. The first letter he sent to Evon was addressed to Mrs. R.O. Tisdale. The next letter, to Mrs. M.E. Tisdale. She knew he must therefore be in Rome. He was later moved elsewhere in Italy, but Evon said she never was able to figure out where because some of the letters came out of sequence, and others never made it home at all.

The Sabine County Reporter
May 21, 1997, page 12

Earl McLemore

Earl McLemore, 80, of San Augustine County died Wednesday, April 30, 1997, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin

McLemore was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Sabine County as a son of the late Nina (Fuller) and Vessie Eugene McLemore. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II, a farmer/rancher, and a member of the Rosevine Church of God.

Survivors: wife, Velta McLemore of San Augustine County, sons, Donald McLemore of Woodland and Bruce McLemore of Tarkington Prairie; a daughter, Nina Weimer of Spring; two brothers, Lynn McLemore of San Augustine and Tommy McLemore of Houston; a sister, Evon McLemore of Lufkin; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held May 2 at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine.

Earl's oldest son Donald wrote the following article about his father for his company newsletter shortly after his father's funeral:

In Memory of My Dad

I remember the lessons well because they were taught without compromise, a deep sense of right and wrong and what was best for his family. Those lessons were sometimes harsh and hard for us kids to understand so we sometimes did the exact opposite from what Dad wanted. Now as I look back, I can see that may of those lessons took root regardless of what we did then.

Dad was born September 17, 1916 into a family of five boys and one girl. His mom and dad were farmers/ranchers, not poor but certainly not rich. I was born in 1940 just after the Great Depression and I know the defining effect that period of time had on everyone. People that endured the depression were so afraid of not having enough that they saved every penny and did without things that we would not think twice about buying today. Due to that experience and the intense drive to be successful, the McLemores developed the reputation of being extremely tight with money and that lesson was passed on to their kids as independence. "With money you can be independent and not have to depend on your family or the government for support." I always said money would not be important to me. However, I see that same independent driven trait in every one of the McLemores today to some extent.

MBM has been in existence for almost twenty seven years. In all those years, I have come in contact with thousands of people, both rich and poor who did not have parents like we were lucky enough to have. They taught us the values that made this country great. I remember Dad's mom (Nina Fuller) saying in front of me one day when Dad was perplexed and seeking advice on how to handle a difficult situation "Earl, regardless of what he does or says it doesn't give you the right to do what is wrong." That phrase along with many others gave our lives direction, focus and nutured the development of character. What is amazing to me now is that it took me until I was in my mid thirties to begin to realize how fortunate my siblings and I were for having learned those lessons.

Dad had four major heart attacks over a three and a half year period. Someone like myself would not have survived the first one. Less than ten percent of his heart still functioned when it finally quit working forever and yet he still did what he loved to do the most and that was to work. "An idle mind is the devils workshop" he used to tell mom when she thought he was working too hard.

When word got out that Dad had gone on to meet his Maker, people from everywhere responded with cards, flowers, phone calls, donations, food and words of comfort to the family. My goal will be to try to pass on those I come into contact with a little part of my Dad.

Vessie married Velta Alnettie Rawson on 27 Aug 1938 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Velta (daughter of Eugene Bryan Rawson, Sr. and Veva G. Garrett) was born on 20 Sep 1917 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Nov 2002 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried on 22 Nov 2002 in Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As with his older brother, Ray was simply called Baby after he was born. Eventually, his siblings began calling him "Baby Ray" after their primers, and the name stuck.


San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

May, 1932: The San Augustine Grammar School had 36 students graduate: Johnny Alford, Jesse Gene Fussell, Carmen Fussell, Billy Partin, Kenneth Woods, Vernon Mills, Cade Downs, Ray McLEMORE, Clifton Mathews, Charles Allredge, R.E. Epps, J.B. Miler, Carl Fussell, Charles Haley, Thomas Ramsey, Herman Bates, Phil Greer, Raymond McEachern, Allen Coon, Nina Sheffield, Catherine Childers, Frances Stripling, Bernice Stevenson, Odelle Moore, Vera Helen Westbrook, Louise Miller, Dorothy Adams, Ruby Taylor, Maxine Cox, Virginia Greer, Fay Renfroe, Elouise Sossaman, Helen Harris, Alice Joy Ellington, Nell Greer and Maxine Hays (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, April 27, 2006 "Decade of the Great Depression 1932" by Harry P. Noble)

Ray served in the Phillipines during World War II. His gravesite has a military marker, embossed with a cross and with the inscription Pvt US Army World War II

He made his living as a rancher, and he also owned and operated laundrymats in and around Sabine and San Augustine Counties. He retired to Nacogdoches.

His obituary, dated February 21, 1991 from an unreferenced newspaper reads as follows:

SERVICES FOR RAY McLEMORE

Ira Ray McLemore, 72, of Nacogdoches died Thursday at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at San Augustine Church of Christ with burial at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine under the direction of Wyman Robert Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Services were conducted by Bro. Don Skipper and Bro. Mark White.

A native of Sabine County, he lived in Nacogdoches a number of years. He lived in San Augustine until a few years ago. He was retired owner of McLemore Laundries in San Augustine and Nacogdoches and was a U.S. Army veteren.

Survivors include his wife, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches; a son Vernon McLemore of Nacogdoches, as sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin, brothers Percy McLemore and Earl McLemore, both of San Augustine, Tommy McLemore of Houston and Lynn McLemore of San Augustine; three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dr. Henry McLemore, Dutch Murray, James Roland Fuller, Gilbert Garrett, Arley Hensarling, and Tom Smith.

Honorary Pallbearers were Charles Bryan, Travis Price, Dr. Sam Gandy and Jessie Millard.

Ira married Bernice Opal Hensarling on 9 May 1937 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Bernice (daughter of Joseph Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett) was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Jan 2012 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 27 Jan 2012 in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His original Texas Birth Certificate listed him as Dalton McLemore. He was not known by this name as he was growing up, and was dismayed to discover this years later. He told his niece, Melinda, that he legally changed his name to John Lynn. Perhaps he was initially named in honor of his mother's brother-in-law, Dalton Cousins.

The Texas Birth Certificate in the name Dalton showed that he was the sixth living of nine children in total born to his mother.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6GV-FHK
Name: Dalton Mclemore
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Dec 1932
Event Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Vessie Eugine Mclemore
Mother's Name: Nina Ophelia Fuller
Certificate Number: 98874
Digital Folder Number: 005035230
Image Number: 01691
Collection: Vessie Eugine Mclemore in entry for Dalton Mclemore, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

Lynn served in the U.S. Army from January 24, 1955 to January 25, 1957, and was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State.

He spent most of his working life as a welder in Texas and Oklahoma. He and his wife Bobbie retired to the family homestead in San Augustine in the mid 1980's, where he raised cattle, and was overseer of the timber and wildlife on McLemore farmstead.

Sabine County Reporter
September 19, 2007
Page 11

John Lynn McLemore

John Lynn McLemore, 74, of San Augustine died Sept. 13, 2007 in Lufkin.

He was born Dec. 26, 1932 in San Augustine to Vessie Eugene McLemore and Nina Ophelia Fuller McLemore. He was a rancher and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was also a member of the Rosevine Church of God.

Survivors: wife, Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; daughters, Lynda Sue Michaelski and husband Patrick of Clear Lake, Debbie McAdams of Lufkin, Dayna Martin and husband Nathaniel of Nacogdoches; sons, Steven Nash, and wife, Lori of Marble Falls, David Nash and wife, Jerri of Texas City, Charles Henry McLemore of Broaddus, Kenneth Edward McLemore of San Augustine, Ray Lyn Frederick and wife, Alicia of Wells; brother, Tom McLemore and wife Bonnie of Houston; sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 16 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Rev. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007; note that the original obituary showed Lynn's daughter as Linda Sue McMichaelski, in error)

A similar obituary appeared in the September 20, 2007 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, page 10.

(Medical):Prostate Cancer

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Selma June Sparks before 1960. Selma (daughter of Henry Jewel Sparks and Ednie E. Murray) was born on 2 Jun 1929 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 11 Sep 2002 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Bobbie Joyce Denton on 2 Jan 1981 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Bobbie (daughter of George Washington Denton and George Ann Furra) was born on 17 Jul 1946 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 13 Aug 2020 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992: World War II veteran, serving from Oct 4, 1940 through September 10, 1945.


Sabine County Reporter
December 29, 1999, Page 14

"Hugh 'Mr. Mack' McLemore, 81, of Beaumont died Saturday, December 25, 1999, at a Beaumont hospital. McLemore, a native of Hemphill, had lived in Beaumont 54 years and was a retired postman. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: Bell McLemore of Beaumont; daughter Carolyn McCormick of Plano; three grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. Funeral services were held December 27 at Cathedral in the Pines, Beaumont. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Beaumont. Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home of Beaumont, directors.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Hugh married Leva Isabelle "Belle" Russell on 3 Mar 1940. Leva (daughter of Creed Thomas Russell and Lora Lee Warner) was born on 29 Jul 1925 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; died on 5 Sep 2008 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Dorothy Fay "Dot" Smith about 1960. Dorothy (daughter of Dalton "Shine" Smith and Lemmie Beulah Coussons) was born on 17 Oct 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 May 2008; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
December 19, 2007

Dorine Speights Robinson

Ruth Dorine Speights Robinson, 93, of Spring died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 in Brenham.

Mrs. Robinson was born Nov. 26, 1914, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Mermond Leon Speights and Ruth Elvie McLemore Speights. She devoted over 40 years to the nursing profession in the Texas City/Galveston area.

Survivors: a sister, Ruby Laverne GELLATLY, formerly of Beaumont; two nieces, Dorine GORDY and husband Craig of Spring, and Guyanne KEENE and husband, Gayle of Shreveport, LA; and a nephew, Mark HUGHES and wife Cindy of Ponchatoula, LA.

She was preceded in dehat by her husband, John Albert (J.A) Robinson, and a sister, Johnnie Mae HUGHES.

Graveside rites were held Wednesday, Dec. 12 at Hemphill City Cemetery in Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Adams/E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2007)

Ruth married John Albert "J.A." Robinson, Jr on 18 Apr 1936. John (son of John Albert Robinson and Willifred Griesenbeck) was born on 19 Apr 1913 in Galveston County, Texas; died on 12 Nov 1963 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter 29 May 2002

Class of 1938

Hemphill High School's graduating class of 1938 held a reunion Saturday, April 27. Attending were, from left: Dalton Boyd, Harold Smith, LaVerne Speights Gellately, Edele Manual Arnold and Vernell Conner Thomas.

Obituary

Ruby Laverne Speights Gellatly was born May 3, 1919 in Hemphill, Texas and went to be with her heavenly Father on June 20, 2014, at the age of 95.

She is survived by her daughter, Dorine Gellatly Gordy of Houston; four grandchildren, Cheryl R. Gordy of Spring, Chrystie M. Gordy Vickery and husband, Jason of Richmond, Cheri E. Gordy Turney and husband, Justin of Spring, Bryan C. Gordy and wife, Heather of Porter; eleven great grandchildren; Caleb, Breanna, Andrew, Jacob, Bailey, Virginia, Griffin, Leslie Jo, Daniel, Robert and Julian; one nephew, Mark Hughes and wife, Cindy of Louisiana.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Robert Earl Gellatly; father, Mermond L. Speights; mother, Ruth Elvie Mclemore Speights; and two sisters, Ruth Dorine Speights Robinson and Johnnie Mae Speights Hughes.

Laverne lived and worked in Beaumont and Bevil Oaks for over 55 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bevil Oaks. She worked and retired from Jefferson County Health and Welfare in 1989 after 23 years.

Laverne always loved gardening and spending as much time with family and friends as she could. Her loving smile and open heart never met a stranger and she was always willing to help in any way she could.

A graveside service will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Hemphill Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas.

A gathering of friends and family will be held Monday, June 23, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home.

Copied from www.claybarfuneralhome.com

Family/Spouse: Robert Earl Gellatly. Robert (son of Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly and Bena Norine Harris) was born on 27 Sep 1919; died in Jan 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
February 14, 2007, Page 9

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 in Bossier City. Mrs. Hughes was a beautician for 35 years and a graduate of Guy's Beauty School. Survivors: a daughter, Sharon "Guyann" and husband Wilbur Gayle KEENE; son Mark Mermond HUGHES and wife Cindy FERRAN; grandchildren, Robin KEENE and husband Chuck WILLIAMSON, Brady KEENE and wife Stacy, Benjamin Mark HUGHES, William Maxwell HUGHES, and Andrew Phillip HUGHES; five great-grandchildren; and sisters, Ruth Dorine ROBINSON and Ruby Laverne GELLATLY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. HUGHES; and parents, Ruth Elvie McLEMORE and Mermond Leon SPEIGHTS. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home with Pastor Al Eden officiating. Interment followed at Forest Park West Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Boone Funeral Home Chapel in Shreveport.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2007)

Johnnie married Guy Marcus Hughes on 5 Sep 1941. Guy was born on 16 Feb 1920 in Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1995 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992 and Book Three "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" also by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1998:

Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Sixth Marine Division December 14, 1941 through October 13, 1945 Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bouganville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Okinawa Offensive Seriously wounded at Okinawa and medically evacuated to the United States Purple Heart.

Obituary

Rufus Maxie McLemore, 87, died Wednesday in the VA Hospital, Houston, TX. Rufus was born in Hemphill to Ira and Alma Bragg McLemore and was a lifetime resident of Hemphill. Rufus left school at an early age to join the CC's. When old enough he joined the Marine Corps and served in WW II. When he returned home he owned and operated McLemore's Garage until retirement.

Rufus is survived by his son Maxie and wife Maryanne McLemore of Victoria, TX, his daughter Charlotte and husband Gene Peters of Cypress, TX, eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Clovis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas. The guest book can be signed or condolences expressed to the family at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(From www.toledochronicle.com)
Also published in the San Augustine Tribune, September 23, 2010, page 10

Rufus married Clovis Lavern Hogan on 25 May 1946. Clovis was born on 9 Apr 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tom McLemore recalls that Roland served both in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and as a Marine. He died of Meningitis, most probably while serving as a Marine.

One internet tree, unsourced, shows that he died in Colorado.

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County" by Robert Cecil McDaniel:

World War II veteren. Navy. April 23, 1945 through July 30, 1946,


THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, October 11, 2000, Page 13, Obituaries

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore, 72, of Hemphill died Thursday, October 5, 2000, at Hemphill Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hemphill.

McLemore, born Jan. 17, 1928, in Bronson as a son of the late Ira and Alma (Bragg) McLemore, had lived in Hemphill several years and was the owner of an asphalt paving company. He was a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, and Shriners. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a World War II veteran.

Survivors: wife, Elouise McLemore of Hemphill; son and daughter-in-law Randy and Terre McLemore of Nacogdoches;a brother, Rufus McLemore of Hemphill; and two granchildren, Hillary McLemore and Sara McLemore of Nacogdoches.

Funeral services were held Oct. 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. I.W. Ferguson, pastor of Johnson Missionary Baptish Church, officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Ernest married Elouise Elizabeth Armstrong on 31 Dec 1947. Elouise (daughter of William Rudolph Armstrong and Lottie Lee Dickerson) was born on 25 Jan 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 2012 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlcye Barrett was born Charlcye Joy Cammack in Sabine County, Texas on October 8, 1932. Her parents were Herman and Emma Cammack. She was the eldest of 3 (Charlcye, Max, and Gay). Their family attended Gravel Hill Baptist church in Hemphill, Tx.

After graduating from Hemphill High School, Charlcye married the love of her life, Billy Barrett. They moved to El Paso where Billy was in the service, but eventually landed in Pasadena, Tx where they would start their family. They had two boys, Doug and Don. Charlcye was a faithful Christian mother who raised the boys in church at Thomas Avenue Baptist Church (later renamed Monument Baptist Church). She remained an active member of the church until her passing.

After retiring from State Farm Insurance, she and Billy traveled the country in their motorhome. They managed to see all of the states multiple times and they relished the thought of long trips together. When they were home, she devoted her time to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Charlcye will be remembered for her sweet nature, quiet strength, and a heart of gold.

Charlcye was proceeded in death by her husband, Billy Barrett; father and mother, Herman and Emma Cammack; and her sister, Gay Cammack VanValkenburg. She is survived by her sons Doug Barrett and wife, Donnis, and Don Barrett and wife, Debbie; her grandchildren, Jason Barrett, Charlsa Barrett, Brandon Barrett, and Brooke Barrett; two great grandchildren, Barrett Crow and Zoie Chesser. Charlcye also leaves behind her brother, Max Cammack; and many nieces and nephews.

The Sabine County Reporter, June 23, 2021, Page 4

Charlcye married Billy Henry Barrett on 6 Dec 1951. Billy (son of Willie Geneva Barrett and Ruby Beamus Williams) was born on 1 Mar 1932 in Homer, Angelina County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 2014 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Grand View Memorial Park, Pasedena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
July 13, 2011, Page 12

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg of Livingston, TX was born March 9, 1939 to Herman and Emma McLemore Cammack near Hemphill, TX. She passed away July 3, 2011 at Paramount Health Care in Pasadena.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Gerald "Jerry" Van Valkenburg, and daughter Teresa Chimene.

She is survived by her beloved son Bruce Van Valkenburge and wife Melissa of Houston; grandchildren Sara Van Valkenburg, Brian Van Valkenburg, Casey Copeland, and Cory Copeland. She is also survived by her brother Max Cammack and wife Bobbie of Pasadena, and sister Charlcye Barrett and husband Billy of Pasadena; brother ? in-laws Jimmy Van Valkenburg and wife Pat, and Ronnie Van Valkenburg; niece Retta Cammack Cook, and two nephews Doug Barrett and Don Barrett.

Funeral services were held Wednesday July 6, at Pasadena Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in Woodlawn cemetery in Houston, TX.

Gay married Gerald "Jerry" Arthur Van Valkenburg on 16 Jul 1960. Gerald was born on 2 Jul 1935 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Aug 2008 in Livingston, Polk County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]