Living

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In the "all one family" tree at RootsWeb's WorldConnect project, he is shown as a son of George Jewell BRITTAIN and Eula Mae Dry of Shelby County, Texas.

Martin married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A digital image of his actual Texas Death certificate is viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. At the time of his death he was married and a resident of Teneha, Shelby County, Texas. He was the Foreman of the Anderson Mfg. Co. His parents were listed as William R. Smith and Maud Mabry, and the informant was his wife, Mrs. Letitia Smith.

(Medical):See attached sources.

James married Letitia Emadine Skinnell before 1945. Letitia was born on 18 Sep 1923 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; died on 8 Feb 2010 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried on 12 Feb 2010 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
February 17, 2010, Page 11

Letitia Emadine Edgar

Letitia Emadine Edgar Skinnell Edgar, 86, died Monday, Feb. 8. 2010, in the Baylor Hospital in Dallas. She was born on Sept. 18, 1923 in Marshall. Mrs. Edgar lived most of her life in Sabine County.

She is survived by sons, Jack Edgar and wife, Juanita of El Paso, and George Edgar and wife Sharon of Hemphill; daughters, Letitia Ann Britain of Rockwall, and Ruth Walker and husband Bob of El Paso; 13 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands J. W. Smith and J. D. "Dempsey" Edgar; son Rear Admiral Robert Wayne Smith, grandson, Darren Edgar, and granddaughter, Kim Sanders.

Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 12, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Oakhill Cemetery, Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online obituary and register books posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2010)