Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably was called "Jim," as this is how he was referenced in the obituary of his sister, Florine Hankla Ramsey

On his Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, his usual occupation was shown as Poultry Buyer. The informant was his wife, Reba Hankla. He died of a fractured cervical verterbrae, as the result of a 2 car head-on collision

Hiram married Reba Jane Arnold on 21 Mar 1949 in McMahan's Chapel, Sabine County, Texas. Reba (daughter of Dewey Bronson Arnold and Burlie Jane McGown) was born on 3 Mar 1929 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Aug 2005 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 17, 2005, Page 14

Reba Hankla

Reba Jane Arnold Hankla, 76, of Geneva passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin after a lengthy battle with diabetes.

Her families settled in the East Texas area in the early 1800s. Reba was a great historian of Sabine and San Augustine counties.

Mrs. Hankla was born March 3, 1928, in Geneva to Dewey and Burlie McGown Arnold. She married Hiram (Coy) Hankla on March 21, 1959 (sic), at McMahan's chapel.

Reba was a lifelong Methodist and a descendant of Samuel Doak McMahan. She operated the Geneva Post Office for nearly 20 years. She was widowed early in life and lovingly raised her five children.

Her surviving children are Mary Jane Hankla Ryan and husband Bill of Houston, Martha Hankla Pitts and husband Phil of Plano, Sam A. Hankla and his wife Marilyn of Lufkin, Tina Marie Tallachi and husband Ray of Houston, and Jim Ann Hankla of Lufkin. She is also survived by a brother, Thomas H. Arnold and wife Lynn of Nederland; a sister, Bonnie Blackerby and husband Frank of Milam; nine grandchildren, Michael Ryan, Patrick Ryan, Haley Pitts, Caleb Hankla and wife Amanda, Scarlett Hankla, Seth Hankla, Darien Tallachi, Janna Partin, and Colt Partin; one great-grandchild, Lexi Hankla; and sisters-in-law, Ernestine Henry of Nacogdoches, Florine Ramsey of Austin, Allen Hankla of San Augustine, and Janice Daniel of Nederland.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Hankla on May 1, 1960; parents, Burlie and Dewey Arnold, and a brother, Dewey Wilton Arnold.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with the Rev. Robert Gilcrease and Richard Smith officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Arrangements were handled by Wyman Roberts Funeral Directors in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2011)

Notes:

On his Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, he was listed as a retired farmer, and the son of John Hankla and Martha Evans. The informant was his daughter, Florine Hankla Ramsey.

Samuel married Lula Elma Smith. Lula was born on 23 Sep 1895 in Texas; died on 18 Jan 1964 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MM2V-CMF/p1
Name: Lula Elma Hankla
Death Date: 18 Jan 1964
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years 3 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1895
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Homer D. Smith
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Bula Green
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Myrtle Springs
Burial Place: Geneva, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Jan 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117404
Digital Film Number: 4028320
Image Number: 932
Reference Number: cn 5515
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Dewey married Burlie Jane McGown on 1 Sep 1927 in Sabine County, Texas. Burlie (daughter of Isaac Henderson McGown and Georgia Perry Browning) was born on 9 Aug 1901 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1994 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 3 Sep 1994 in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
September 14, 1994, Page 10

Burlie McGown Arnold

Funeral services for Burlie Jane McGown Arnold, 93, of Hemphill were held Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Aldous Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

She died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine.

Mrs. Arnold was born Aug. 9, 1901, in Milam and had been a lifelong resident of the Hemphill/Milam area. She was a member of the Geneva United Methodist Church and a retired homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Arnold, in 1984; a son, Dewey Wilton Arnold, in 1988; and a grandson.

Survivors: daughters, Bonnie Blackerby of Hemphill and Reba Hankla of San Augustine; a son, Thomas H. Arnold of Nederland; eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2011)