Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Texas Birth index simply shows his gender and date of birth. His parents are listed as Joe Fuller Jr. and Ruth Ranier.

Marvin Wayne Fuller, 86, of Rosevine, Texas passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022 in Sabine County Hospital.

He was born in Rosevine on September 21, 1935 to Joseph Spurgen Fuller and Ruth Beatrice Rainer. He was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of Rosevine Church of God.

Wayne served as a member of the United States Air Force. After the USAF, he began working for Temple Lumber Company in Pineland, where he worked many years as a Supervisor. He was a member of Forest Lake Hunting Club where he loved to go to deer hunt. He was also all about his kids and grandkids, spending all the time he could with them.

Wayne is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Freddie Griffin Fuller of Rosevine; sons, Ronny Fuller and wife, Vicci, of Rosevine, Randy Fuller and wife, Dana, also of Rosevine, Rusty Fuller and wife, Angie, of Lufkin and Ryan Fuller and wife, Mindy, of Joaquin; daughters, Patti Fuller Hand and husband, Jerry, of Woden and Pete Fuller Babcock and husband, Deryl, of Rosevine; grandchildren, Tammy Hand, Jenny Hand Brown, Dustin Fuller, Billy Dickerson, Lauren Toups, Aaron Toups, Samantha Fuller McElroy, Demi Fuller, Chase Fuller, Seeley Babcock, Drew Fuller and Kate Fuller; and great grandchildren Sarah Brown, Dean Brown, Kaden Hand, Kase Hand, Nick Fuller, Peyton Fuller, Ascher Carhart, Addison Decuir, Aidan Decuir, Skylar Toups, Creed McElroy and Carter McElroy.

He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Fuller; mother, Ruth Cartwright; sister, Ramona Findeisen; brothers, Tommy Fuller and Keith Fuller; and granddaughter, Danielle Olivier.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 4, 2022 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will follow visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Burial will follow services in Rosevine Cemetery with his grandsons Dustin Fuller, Billy Dickerson, Aaron Toups, Chase Fuller, Drew Fuller and Ryon Collier and great grandsons, Dean Brown, Kaden Hand, Kase Hand, Nick Fuller, Ascher Carhart, Skylar Toups, Aidan Decuir and Creed McElroy serving as pallbearers.

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

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 9, 2022

Marvin married Freddie Jean Griffin on 21 Aug 1954 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Freddie (daughter of Austin Elbert Griffin and Annie Arlee Moore) was born on 2 Aug 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Oct 2022 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried on 20 Oct 2022 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Freddie Jean Fuller, 86, of Rosevine, Texas passed away Monday, October 17, 2022 at UT Health of East Texas in Tyler.

She was born in Gravelhill, Texas on August 2, 1936 to Austin Elbert Griffin and Annie Arlee Moore Griffin. She was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of Rosevine Church of God. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family.

Freddie was a busy housewife that raised, along with her husband, Wayne, six children. She liked to talk on the phone with her friends and keep up with what was happening in Rosevine. She enjoyed birdwatching, particularly the hummingbirds, and tending her flowers. She also like to go to garage sales and work her crossword puzzles. She loved her family and her pets dearly.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Fuller; parents, Austin Elbert and Annie Arlee Griffin; infant sister, Bobbie Griffin; brothers, Dale Griffin, Sammy Griffin and Eddie Dean Griffin; brother-in-law, T. R. Retherford; and granddaughter, Danielle Toups.

Freddie is survived by her sons, Ronny Fuller and wife, Vicci, of Rosevine, Randy Fuller and wife, Dana, of Rosevine, Rusty Fuller and wife, Angie, of Lufkin, and Ryan Fuller and wife, Mindy, of Joaquin; daughters, Patti Hand and husband, Jerry, of Woden and Pete Babcock and husband, Deryl, of Rosevine; brothers, Donald Griffin and wife, Delayne, of Rosevine, Paul Griffin and wife, Helen, of Rosevine, Jerry Griffin and wife, Martha, of Hemphill, and Phillip Griffin of Rosevine; sister, Glenda Retherford of Rosevine; sisters-in-law, Ruth Griffin of Bronson and Carol Griffin of Austin; grandchildren, Tammy and Mandy Hand, Jenny and Perry Brown, Dustin Fuller, Lauren Toups and Adam Nixon, Aaron and Whitney Toups, Samantha and Will McElroy, Demi Fuller, Chase and Sheridan Fuller, Seeley Babcock, Drew Fuller, Kate Fuller, Billy and Robin Dickerson and Ryon Collier; and great grandchildren, Sarah, Dean, Kaden, Kase, Nick, Peyton, Ascher, Addison, Aidan, Skylar, Creed, Carter, Alaina, Ethan and Emry.

Funeral services will begin at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, October 20, 2022 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Visitation will begin 10:00 a.m. Thursday prior to service.

Burial will follow services in Rosevine Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with her grandsons, Kaden Hand, Kase Hand, Dean Brown, Dustin Fuller, Nick Fuller, Aaron Toups, Ascher Carhart, Aidan Decuir, Perry Brown, Chase Fuller, Will McElroy, Creed McElroy, Drew Fuller, Skylar Toups, Billy Dickerson and Ryon Collier serving as pallbearers.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Married:
Sabine County Reporter
August 18, 2004

Golden Anniversary

The children of Wayne and Freddie Fuller would like to annouce the 5oth wedding anniversary of their parents. They were married Aug. 21, 1954 in San Antonio. Children included Patti and Jerri HAND of Nacogdoches, Ronny and Vicci Fuller of Rosevine, Randy Fuller of Hemphill, Rusty and Angela Fuller of Lufkin, Pete and David ROUSSE of Rosevine, and Ryan and Mindy Fuller of New Caney. They have seven grandchildren: Tammy HAND, Jenny HAND, Dustin Fuller, Samantha Fuller, Demi Fuller, Chase Fuller, Drew Fuller and Chris PATE, and one great-grandson, Nicholas Fuller. They plan to celebrate the event by taking a trip to Galveston for the weekend.

Living married Johnnie Mae White. Johnnie (daughter of Carter Arnold White and Charles "Connie" Conway Brown) was born on 30 Apr 1937 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Mar 2017 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Johnnie Mae Smith, 79, of Milam died Friday, March 31, 2017 at CHI Memorial Hospital, Lufkin, TX. after a brief illness. Johnnie was born April 30, 1937 in Hemphill, TX. to Charles Conway (Connie) Brown White and Carter Arnold White and resided in Sabine County throughout her life. She was a housewife, mother and lifelong member of Hemphill Church of God. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Millard Smith; son, Randy Smith and wife Becky of Strickland Crossing; daughters Sheila Woods of Hudson and Angie Fuller and husband Rusty of Lufkin, two sisters, Betty Webb of Center and Linda Horton of Hemphill; grandchildren Justin Smith and wife Cassie, Kaitlyn Smith, Benjamin Smith; Hannah Woods, Reece Woods, Haylee Woods, Hayden Woods; Samantha McElroy and husband Will, Demi Fuller and Chase Fuller. She was preceded in death by her sister Billie Ruth Ferguson and son-in-law Vince Woods. Mrs. Smith is also survived by brothers in law Lamar Smith and wife Ruth, Tommy Smith and wife Juanita, Morris Shofner; sisters in law Janice Hughes and Brenda Elliott. Mrs. Smith leaves behind a large number of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 PM, Monday evening at Starr Funeral Home with the funeral service at 2:00 PM Tuesday, April 4, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Liberty Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 1504 West Frank, Lufkin, TX 75904 or the Liberty Springs Cemetery Fund, 1895 Reeves Road, Milam, TX 75959.

Copied from the Lufkin News. Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, April 5, 2017, Page 5

Notes:

Joe had a small dairy in Rosevine, and also sold insurance. He moved to San Antonio for a period of time, where he managed a drive in theatre among other things. He returned to Rosevine after he retired.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Bexar County, JP 8
Enumerated Apr 23, 1940
SD 20 ED 15-53 Sheet 3B
60
Fuller, Joseph Head m W 28 M Tx Bronson, TX Manager Farm
Fuller, Ruth Wf F W 27 M Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Ramona Dtr F W 9 S Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Thomas Son M W 7 S Tx Bronson Tx
Fuller, Marvin Son M W 4 S Tx
Fuller, Keith Son M W 2 S Tx

Joe married Ruth Beatrice Rainer on 15 Sep 1928 in Sabine County, Texas. Ruth was born on 18 Jun 1912 in Texas; died on 13 Jun 1982 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown both on the SSDI, and the annotated transcription of the Rosevine Cemetery, as Ruth CARTWRIGHT, with her death shown as taking place in June 1982. She had married second Vernice Sanford Cartwright. And although the SSDI has her birthday as June 17, 1912, a photo of her gravestone shows it as June 18, 1912.

Austin married Annie Arlee Moore. Annie (daughter of Robert Moore and Etta "Ettie" Wright) was born on 20 Jan 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 2013 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Annie Arlee Griffin, 96, died Wednesday morning in her home in Rosevine, Texas. Arlee was born in Sabine County to Robert N. and Ettie Wright Moore. Mrs. Griffin has lived in Rosevine for most of her life and was a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.

Mrs. Griffin is survived by her daughters; Freddie Jean Fuller and her husband Wayne of Rosevine, Glenda Retherford and her husband T.R. of Rosevine, her sons; Dale Griffin and his wife Carol of Lufkin, Paul Griffin and his wife Helen of Rosevine, Jerry Griffin and his wife Martha of Hemphill, Donald Griffin and his wife Delayne of Rosevine and Phillip Griffin of Rosevine, her daughter-in-law Ruth Griffin of Bronson, eighteen grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, numerous great-great grandchildren, and special friends Ann Lout and Betty Sanchez. She was preceded in death by her husband Austin Elbert Griffin, her daughter Bobbie Griffin and her sons Sammy and Eddie Dean Griffin.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday, September 20, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, September 21, 2013, in the Starr Funeral

www.starrfuneralhome.com
Print edition published in the
The Sabine County Reporter, September 25, 2013, page 14

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE
Thursday, April 24, 2003

90th Birthday Join us in celebrating the 90th birthday of Reece SMITH on Sunday, April 27, 2003, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Family Farm, off Hwy 87, north of Milam.

The Sabine County Reporter
January 5, 2011, Page 14

Reece Thomas Smith

Reece Thomas Smith, 97, died Wednesday, Dec. 28 (sic), 2010, in his home near Milam, after an illness.

Smith was born in Time to June and Vessie Brittain Smith. He retired from Graver Tank and Oil and was a farmer/rancer all his life. He was a member of the Pendleton Assembly of God in Pendleton, LA.

He is survived by son, Millard Smith and his wife, Johnnie of Milam, Lamar Smith and his wife Ruth of Patroon, and Tommy Smith and his wife Juanita of Sam Rayburn; daughters, Janice Hughes of Center and Brenda Elliott of Lufkin; sister, Zelma Blasingame of Garland; son-in-law, Morris Shofner of Houston; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Liberty Springs Cemetery near Milam.

Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 South Raguet, Lufkin, TX 75904; Pendleton Assembly of God Church, 14152 Texas Highway, Many, LA 71499; or Liberty Springs Cemetery Fund, 2009 Reeves Road, Milam TX 75959.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

Reece married Ida Baldree about 1933. Ida (daughter of James David "Jim" Baldree and Ella Gray) was born on 27 Apr 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Jan 2003 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
January 23, 2003
Obituary: Ida Baldree Smith

A nearly identical obituary was in the January 22, 2003 Sabine County Reporter

Services for Mrs. Ida Baldree SMITH, 89, were held at 2:00 pm Sunday, January 19, 2003, at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, Hemphill, with Rev. Daniel Davis officiating. Interment followed in Liberty Springs, Sabine County.

Mrs. Smith died Friday morning, January 17, 2003 at her daughter's residence in Lufkin after a lenghty illness. She was born April 27, 1913, in Sabine County to Ella GRAY and Jim BALDREE. She resided in Milam most of her life.

She was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. Mrs. Smith was an avid gardener and took pride in her flowers and vegetables. She was a member of Pendleton Assembly of God Church, Pendleton, La.

She is survived by her husband of seventy years, Reece SMITH; daughters and son-in-laws, Janice and O.B. HUGHES of Center, Jeanell and Morris SHOFNER of Houston, and Brenda ELLIOT of Lufkin; sons and daughters-in-law Mildard and Johnnie SMITH of Pineland, Lamar and Ruth SMITH of Patroon, Tommy and Juanita SMITH of Pineland; sisters, Mrs. Mabel FRENCH of Anahuac and Mrs. Jimmie KNIGHT of Houston; 15 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; caregivers, Martha WILLIAMS, Debbie WALKER and Debbie GREEN; and her longtime housekeeper, Mary WILLIAMS.

Pallbearers were grandsons; Mickey SMITH, Randy SMITH, Paul SMITH, Steve SMITH, Billy HUGHES and Danny HUGHES.

The family requests memorials to be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904 or to the Pendleton Assembly of God Church, 14152 Texas Hwy, Many, LA 71449, or to Joe W. Elliot House, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904.

Funeral services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Directors.

Notes:

Shown as Carry A on the 1920 census.

Name: Carter Arnold White
Death Date: 03 Jun 1957
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 48 years 6 months 3 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1908
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J M White
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Kate Morris
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Jun 1957
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135738
Digital Film Number: 4163633
Image Number: 1532
Reference Number: cn 33708
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Carter married Charles "Connie" Conway Brown before 1933. Charles (daughter of John Henry Brown and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley) was born on 2 Apr 1911 in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 24 Aug 2012 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
April 22, 2009, Page 8

Ninety-Eighth Birthday

Ms. Connie White celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday last Sunday with her family and friends. Ms. White turned 98 on April 2. She would like to thank everyone for the cards, beautiful plants, and especially al the friends that came by to visit and share this special time with her. She had one person come all the way from Fort Smith, Arkansas just to help her celebrated. Her four daughters, are Linda Horton of Hemphill, Billy Ruth Ferguson of Pineland, Betty Webb of Center and Johnnie Mae Smith of Milam . She has nine children and 19 great-grandchildren. Grandchildren at her celebration included Darren Webb, Shelia Woods, Angie Fuller, Robert Ferguson, Randy Smith, Kenneth Ferguson, Barry Webb and Eric Williams.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

Obituary

Connie White, 101, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center. Ms. Connie was born in Vivian, LA, to John Henry and Margaret Spradley Brown. She moved to Hemphill 90 years ago where she was a homemaker and a seamstress. Ms. Connie's pride and joy was her flower garden which she maintained by herself until she was ninety-six years old. She was a member of the First Church of God in Hemphill, TX.

She is survived by three daughters; Johnnie Smith and her husband Millard of Milam, Betty Webb and her husband Steve of Center, and Linda Horton and her husband Joe of Hemphill, nine grand children, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter Billie Ruth Ferguson.

Visitation will be from 4:30PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, August 26, 2012 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 4:00PM, Monday, August 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

from the Starr Funeral Home website

A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 29, 2012, page 14