Ashley James Huffman

Family/Spouse: Nancy E. Buckley. Nancy (daughter of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born about 1862 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Millie Blanche Butler
Death Date: 18 Dec 1946
Death Place: Bronson, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 9 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1889
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ashley James Huffmen
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Nannie E. Buckley
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Brouson
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Gravel Hill, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Dec 1946
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218505
Digital Film Number: 4030561
Image Number: 788
Reference Number: 57053
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Mable married Homer Leon Butler on 23 Dec 1909 in Sabine County, Texas. Homer (son of Robert Curry Butler and Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews) was born on 3 Sep 1889 in Texas; died on 21 Nov 1942 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Ashley Jones Huffman
Death Date: 05 Sep 1975
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1896
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ashley Huffman
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nannie Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243830
Digital Film Number: 4167876
Image Number: 2383
Reference Number: 70211
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

(Research):Shown as Raymond on the 1920 census?

Notes:

Could she have been listed as Fannie, in error, on the 1930 census?

The Sabine County Reporter
September 2, 2009, Page 9

Dollie B. Ponder

Mrs. Dollie B. Ponder, 92, of San Augustine, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.

Mrs. Ponder was born April 23, 1917, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Homer Leon and Millie Blanch Butler. She was a member of the Antioch Church of Christ and retired after working several years as a clerk at a local business.

Survivors: daughters, Treva Gray of Nacogdoches and Kay Davis and husband Buddy of Broaddus; seven grandchildren, Valarie Harrell and husband Jeff, Christy Wood and husband John, Sabrina Delaney and husband Michael, Molly Brown, Milton Gray Jr., Jason Pike and wife Pam, and Melanie Abshire and husband Percy; eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great granchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Ponder; a grandson, Clark Cortines; her parents; four brothers; and a sister.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Aug. 29, at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Alton B. Shaw, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Interment followed at Antioch Cemetery in San Augustine County.

Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, September 2009)

A nearly identical obituary was also published in the September 3, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

Dollie married Jessie Berry Ponder on 22 Dec 1941. Jessie (son of Berry Ponder and Lillie Eppes) was born on 21 Nov 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 1996 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could he have married Willie Mae Adkins of San Augustine and moved to Galveston?

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows that he was a son of Homer Butler and Millie Huffman, and his surviving spouse was Eloise Lee. He was a pipefitter in the carbide industry, retired. Cemetery was listed as Mt. Zion, with his body removed to Lufkin.