1942 - 1996 (53 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Mary Jane Jones was born on 21 May 1942 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Thomas James "Chief" Jones and Ida Irene "Snookie" Speights); died on 23 Jan 1996 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
January 31, 1996, page 14
Mary Jane Conn
Mary Jane Conn, 53, of Hemphill died suddenly Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996, and was pronounced dead at the emergency department of Sabine County Hospital.
Born May 21, 1942, as a daughter of the late T. J. and Irene (Speights) Jones, Mrs. Conn was a lifelong resident and an active member of First Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches and taught at Hemphill Elementary several years before retiring due to health reasons.
Survivors: husband, Joe Conn of Hemphill; two daughters, Jon Petty of Springfield, Missouri, and Debra Wilburn of of Vidor; two sons, G. B. Conn of Orange and [brother-in-law] Al Fecteau (sic) of Diboll; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Jimmie Nixon of Canton and Patricia McBride and Karen Neal, both of Hemphill; two brothers, John Thomas Jones of Aruba and Robert "Pud" Jones of Hitchcock.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Hemphill with the pastor, Bro. Bob Arthur, officiating. Interment followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)
Mary married Kenneth Joe Conn on 1 Aug 1962. Kenneth (son of Gram Berry Conn and Mary Rebecca Francis Williams) was born on 13 Sep 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jun 2014 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Living
- Living
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Generation: 2
2. | Thomas James "Chief" Jones was born on 4 Nov 1914 in Texas; died on 6 Nov 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Name: Thomas James Jones
Death Date: 06 Nov 1964
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 50 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Nov 1914
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W.A. Jones
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha O. Reeves
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Owner
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Nov 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117651
Digital Film Number: 4005457
Image Number: 2212
Reference Number: cn 70752
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, notes he was a Mason, and that he shared a double marker with Irene Speights.
Thomas married Ida Irene "Snookie" Speights. Ida (daughter of John C. Speights and Leelee ???) was born on 24 May 1919 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1988 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Leelee ??? was born about 1876 in Texas; and died. Children:
- Weldon W. Speights was born about 1912 in Texas.
- 3. Ida Irene "Snookie" Speights was born on 24 May 1919 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1988 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 4
13. | Jerusha Caroline Allen was born on 16 May 1845 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Thompson Allen and Elizabeth Wooldridge); died on 10 Jul 1888 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Enrolled in the District 10 School in Sabine County in 1854. Sharon Speights Varney quotes Virgie Collier Speights as writing that when Jerusha changed religions, joining the Campbellites (forerunner of the Church of Christ), whe was denounced by family and friends as "a heathen" and "no longer a Christian."
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