Tommy Lynn Neal

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Obituary

Tommy Lynn Neal, 73, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Tommy was born in Hemphill on February 4, 1950 to G. A. "PeeWee" Neal and Pauline Gooch Neal. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a member of First Baptist Church in Pineland. He worked for many years as City Manager for the City of Hemphill and later as City Manager for the City of Kirbyville. He also spent a few years working for J & D Construction.

Tommy enjoyed fishing and hunting and was a charter member of Pines Hunting Club, where he was a member for over 40 years.

He is survived by his brother, Bob Neal and wife, Charlene, of Hemphill; nephews and nieces, Bobby and Tami Neal, Josh and Teresa Neal, and Jessica and Kyle Conn; and great nephews and nieces, Trey Neal, Travis Neal, Katie Neal, Kacie Neal, Trent Neal, Kylie Conn and Jake Conn.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, 2023 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Visitation will begin 30 minutes prior to service.

Burial will follow services in Springhill Cemetery with Bobby Neal, Josh Neal, Trey Neal, Travis Neal, Trent Neal and Jake Conn serving as pallbearers.

Instead of flowers, Tommy's family asks that donations instead be made to the Springhill Cemetery account at BOM Bank.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 21, 2023, Page 4

Gerard married Pauline Lemmie Gooch before 1950. Pauline (daughter of Robert Lawrence Gooch and Ida Youngblood) was born on 11 Aug 1925 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Dec 2010 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
December 8, 2010, Page 14

Pauline Gooch Neal

Pauline Gooch Neal, 85, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 in the Willowbrook Nursing Center, Nacogdoches, after an illness.

Mrs. Neal was born in Sabinetown to Robert Lawrence and Ida Youngblood Gooch and lived in Sabine County all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, "PeeWee" Neal. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Pineland.

She is survived by her sons, Robert "Bob" Neal and his wife Charlene of Hemphill and Tommy Neal of Springhill. She is also survived by two brothers, J. E. Gooch and his wife Nina and R. F. Gooch and his wife Dorothy, all of Hemphill; her grandchildren, Bobby Neal, Josh Neal, and Jessica Conn; and great-grandchildren, Trey, Katie, Travis, Kiley, Kacie, Trent and Jake.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 8 (today), in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

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

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2010)

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 7, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 1A
11-11
Neal, Austin Head 2000 M W 39 M W Tx Tx Tx Retail Merchant Grain Store
Neal, Carrie Wf F W 34 m 19 Tx Tx Tx
Neal, Willard Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Neal, Gerard Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx

Austin married Carra G. "Carrie" Alford. Carra (daughter of Julius Preston Alford and Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams) was born on 8 Jun 1895 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the mother of Willard and G. A. Neal of Hemphill.

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At the time of the 1920 Sabine County Census, his family was living with his widowed mother. In her annotated transcription of the Harper's Chapel Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that he had a Military Marker inscribed "Cook US Army WW I."

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County
633/635
Gooch, Roxie J Head F W 53 WD TX MS MS Farmer
Gooch, Robert L. Son M W 23 M TX TX TX
Gooch, Ida Dau-in-law F W 19 M TX AL TX
Gooch, Walter L. Son M W 21 S TX TX TX

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 17B
84-84
Gooch, Robt. L. Head M W 34 M 22 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Gooch, Ida Wf F W 28 M 16 Tx Ala Tx
Gooch, Marcille W Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Gooch, C. P. Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Gooch, Edell Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Gooch, Pauline L Dtr F W 4 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Gooch, R. F. Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Robert married Ida Youngblood about 1917 in Texas. Ida (daughter of Vanderhorst "Van" Bonneau Youngblood and Frances Jane Gomer) was born on 29 Mar 1902 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Nov 1997 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
December 3, 1997, Page 10


Ida Gooch

Ida Gooch, 95, of Rt. 4, Hemphill, died at 9:57 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997, at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born March 29, 1902, in Sabinetown as a daughter of the late Jane (Gomer) and Van B. Youngblood and had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County. A homemaker, Mrs. Gooch was a member of the First Baptist Church and its Martha Sunday School Class.

Survivors: five children, Marcelle Moore, Pauline Neal, R. F. Gooch, and J. E. Gooch, all of Hemphill, and Edelle Jackson of Beaumont; 12 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren, and eight great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, R. L. Gooch and a son, C. P. Gooch.

Funeral services were held at 2 pm. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Bobby C. Dagnel, Bro. Clarence Howell, and Bro. Bob Arthur officiating. Interment followed at Harper Chapel Cemetery in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

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In her sketch about Lee Smith of Sabine County, Virgie Speights notes that one of his teachers at the one room log school at Beach Grove was J. P Alford, who taught alongside Miss Belle Smith, Clint Arthur, and Miss Mattine Hines. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 26).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDFP-5HL
name: J. Preston Alford
death date: 21 Sep 1962
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 89 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 21 Jan 1873
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Burtis Alford
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Lizzie Collier
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer
place of residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Hemphill
burial place: Hemphill, Texas
burial date: 22 Sep 1962
additional relatives:
film number: 2117116
digital film number: 4028546
image number: 2828
reference number: cn 58153
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," J. Preston Alford, 1962

Julius married Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams on 21 Sep 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha was born on 26 Jan 1879 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 May 1972 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community.

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Married:
"Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas" by Virgie Collier Speights
September 27, 1962

J. Preston Alford, age 89 years old, died September 21, 1962 at his home in Hemphill, Texas. It was the sixtieth-eighth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Alford.

Mr. Alford, a member of a prominent pioneer family of Sabine County, was a retired farmer. He was married on September 21, 1894 to Miss Ella Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community. Mr. and Mrs. Alford were both born within a mile of each other in the Isla community and lived there after their marriage until 1919. At that time they moved to Hemphill where they had lived ever since.

They had only one child, a daughter, Mrs. Carrie A. J. Neal of Hemphill. Grandsons William Neal of Pineland and G. A. Neal of Hemphill. Great grandsons, Tommy and Bobby Neal of Hemphill and Jimmy Neal of Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2012)

Claiborne married Roxy Jane Harper in Jul 1888 in Sabine County, Texas. Roxy (daughter of James Robert Harper and Delia Rice) was born on 30 Apr 1867 in Texas; died on 31 Jan 1946; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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\\According to the book "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" by Blanche Toole, "Gooch, C.P. (married) R.J. Harper 3 July 1888 by M. Youngblood. Based on the following census records, it appears she was born in approximately 1868, and would have been about 20 years old when she married.

Roxie appears to be the daughter of James Robert Harper and Delia Rice, both of whom were born in Mississippi. At the time of the 1880 Sabine County census, they had a 12 year old daughter named Jane. There are no other Harper families in Sabine county with a daughter of that age.





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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County
172/176
Gooch, Anna (sic) J(ane) Head F W 32 WD TX MI MI Farmer
Gooch, Clara Dau F W 11 S TX TX TX at school
Gooch, Willie V. Dau F W 9 S TX TX TX at school
Gooch, Philander D. Son M 7 S TX TX TX
Gooch, Lawrence Son M W 5 S TX TX TX
Gooch, Walter L. Son M W -- S TX TX TX
Harper, Joe Boarder M W 20 S TX MI MI

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County
633/635
Gooch, Roxie J(ane) Head F W 53 WD TX MS MS Farmer
Gooch, Robert L. Son M W 23 M TX TX TX
Gooch, Ida Dau-in-law F W 19 M TX AL TX
Gooch, Walter L. Son M W 21 S TX TX TX

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Called Van.

Vanderhorst married Frances Jane Gomer. Frances (daughter of Augustus C. Gomer and Margaret Ann Low) was born on 24 Dec 1863 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]