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The Sabine Country Reporter
October 14, 2009, Page 12A

A. J. Wood, Sr.

A. J. Wood, Sr., 78, died at his home in the Pine Park area Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009.

Wood was born August 16, 1931 in Shelby County. He was a retired machine operator for Temple Inland, and was greatly appreciated by those who worked with him. He loved the people in the Pine Park/Plainview Community and Sabine County. He was a Godly man and a long time member of the Pine Park Pentecostal Church where he served on the Board of Trustees until his death.

Wood is survived by five sons, A. J. Wood Jr. and wife, Charlotte of Pineland, Gerald Wood and wife, Debbie, of Nacogdoches, Johnny Wood of Nacogdoches, Wayne Wood and wife, Jean of Center, and James Wood and wife, Angela of Hemphill; brothers Chester Wood of Broken Arrow, OK and Orville Wood of Clarence, OK; sisters, Evelyn Loven of Nacogdoches, Hazel Brown of Longview, and Janice Maloney of Broken Arrow, OK; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-granchildren.

Wood was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Katie Joe Kelley Wood; brothers, LaVaughn Wood and Douglas Wood; sisters, Gladys Loven and one grandchild.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 10 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Pinehill Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill.

A nearly identical obituary was published in the October 15, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2009)

A. married Katie Joe Kelley on 23 May 1953. Katie (daughter of Joe Kelley and Katie Estell Travis) was born on 5 Aug 1935 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 May 2006 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 9 May 2006 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Katie Joe Wood, 70, of Pineland, Texas, died May 6, 2006, at Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches. She was a lifelong native of the Pineland area and a member of Pine Park United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 9, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Glenn Morton, A. J. Wood Jr., and Charlotte Wood officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery. Survivors: her husband, A.J. Wood of Pineland; sons, A.J. Wood Jr. and wife Charlotte of Pineland, Gerald Wood and wife Debbie of Nacogdoches, Johnny Wood and wife Pam of Nacogdoches, Wayne Wood and wife Jean of Center, and James Wood and wife Angela of Hemphill; sisters, Grace Fowler of Pineland, Frances Jones of Pineland, Beth LaBouve of Jennings, Louisiana, and Madie Sharp of Bellaire; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Jack Kelley and John Bozich. Starr Funeral Home 511 Starr Street Hemphill, TX 75948 (409) 787-3331

Source: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.asp?brd=2287 May 9, 2005 online edition

A substantially identical obituary appeared in the May 1O, 2006 SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, along with a photo

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Sabine County Reporter
May 14, 2003

Golden Anniversary
A.J. and Katie WOOD will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 23. A reception will be held in honor of this occasion on Sunday, May 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Pine Park Pentecostal Church, Hwy. 184, west of Hemphill. Friends and family are invited to attend. The couple have made the request that there by no gifts.

Joe married Katie Estell Travis after 1930. Katie (daughter of Richard Jefferson "Dick" Travis and Amanda Ida Travis) was born on 1 Jul 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1930 census, she was living in Hemphill with her children, John, age 3 9/12 and Madie B (sic) age 1 8/12. She was listed as divorced, and her occupation was shown as none.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Richard married Amanda Ida Travis about 1900. Amanda (daughter of Simpson Travis and Jane Harvey) was born about 1872 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Is this the same woman as the Ida he was married to per the 1910 Sabine County Census? Richard and Ida had been married 10 years, and she was the mother of 5 children, 3 of whom were still living.