Living

Living married Shelia Marie Harrison Shelia (daughter of James Franklin Harrison and Bertie Mae McClelland) was born on 16 Dec 1959 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 2012 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Whitton Family Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shelia Marie Whitton, 52, of Pineland died Monday night, in the Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill, Texas. Shelia was born in Hemphill to James and Bertie Mae McClelland Harrison. Shelia worked as office manager for the Texas Department of Transportation in San Augustine, TX. She was a member of the Bethel Chapel Baptist Church in Pineland.

Shelia is survived by her husband Jim D. Whitton of Pineland, her son Joshua Thomas Whitton and his wife Catrina of Pineland, her daughter Rachel Hestran Bennett and her husband Chris of Pineland, her grandchildren Jacob, RaLea, James, and Justus. She is also survived by her mother Bertie Mae Harrison of Plainview and her sisters Gayla McBride of Bronson, Jean White of Bronson, Jennifer Britt of Center, JoAnn Speight of Lufkin and Tempie McCary of Bronson.

Visitation will be from 4:00PM until 9:00PM, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Whitton Family Cemetery near Pineland.

Courtesy of Starr Funeral Home
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, October 3, 2012, page 9

Notes:

His last residence, per the SSDI, was in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.

US World War II Army Enlistment Records:

James R Harrison Jr
Birth Year 1917
Race White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country Texas
State of Residence Texas
County or City Harris

Enlistment Date 5 Oct 1942
Enlistment State Texas
Enlistment City Houston
Branch Air Corps
Branch Code Air Corps
Grade Private
Grade Code Private
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation Clerks, general office
Marital Status Married
Height 67
Weight 192

At the time of the 1930 census enumeration, he was living two households away from his future wife, Bertie McClelland. They both lived on Lanier Hemphill and Bronon Public Road in the first precinct of Sabine County, Texas. She was in household 103-107, with her parents Archie and Clara McClelland. He was in household 105-109, with his parents, Robert L and Belle Harrison.

James married Bertie Mae McClelland. Bertie (daughter of Archie Daniel McClelland and Clara Pearl Harley) was born on 5 Sep 1924 in Texas; died on 26 Oct 2012 in Plainview Community, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bertie Mae Harrison, 88, died Friday morning in her home in the Plainview Community after an illness. She was born in Sabine County to Archie and Clara Harley McClelland. Mrs. Harrison retired from the West Sabine I.S.D. She has lived in the Plainview area all her life and belonged to the Strickland Crossing Church of God.

She is survived by her daughters Gayla McBride and her husband Ralph, Jean White and her husband Bobby of Bronson, Jennifer Britt and her husband Britt of Center, JoAnn Speight and her husband Steve of Lufkin and Tempie McCary and her husband Kelvin of Bronson, thirteen grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren. She is also survived by her son-in-law Jim Whitton of Pineland and her brother Donald McClelland of Hemphill. Mrs. Harrison was preceded in death by her daughter Shelia Whitton, a great grandchild Kaitlyn Flaherty and great great grandchild Kyren Mobley.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St, Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery near Pineland.

Courtesy of Starr Funeral Home
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, October 31, 2012, page 9

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 29, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 8A Stamped 30
Lanier Hemphill and Bronson Public Road
102-106
McClelland, Noah D Head M W 59 M 24 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
McClelland, Hester A Wf F W 57 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
McClelland, Dora Dtr F W 27 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
McClelland, Pheriba Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
McClelland, Unie C Mother F W 83 S Tx Tx Tx
103-107
McClelland, Archie Head m W 23 M 16 Tx Tx Tx Farm
McClelland, Clara Wf F W 21 M 14 Tx Tx Tx
McClelland, Birta M Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McClelland, Dempsey Son M W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
104-108
McDaniel, William L Head M W 40 M 28 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McDaniel, Mary E Wf F W 53 M 41 Tx Tx Tx Laborer
McDaniel, Lanie Mother F W 63 Wd 20 Tx Tx Tx

Archie married Clara Pearl Harley about 1923. Clara (daughter of James Alvin Harley and Eula Bell Brown) was born on 23 Jan 1908 in Panola County, Texas; died on 15 Dec 1997 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]