Florence Ella Rawson

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THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER
3 April 2002 page 13

Florence Ella Smith

Florence Ella Rawson Smith, 92, of San Augustine died Friday, March 29, 2002 in San Augustine.

Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 4, 1909, in Denning as a daughter of the late Ruth Madeline (Moss) and Fisher Rawson. She was a homemaker and a member of the San Augustine Church of Christ.

Survivors: husband, Kirby Smith of San Augustine; sons and daughters-in-law Larry and Doniece Smith of San Augustine and Phillip and Chris Smith of Tyler; grandchildren, Steve and Sherry Smith of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Glenn Smith and Krista and Jay Everett, all of Houston, Ryan and Amy Smith of Nacogdoches, Lisa and Cecil Shillings of Huntington, and Sharon and Bobby Barbee of Shelbyville; two sisters, Iris Mathews of San Augustine and Billie Krause of Freeport; and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 pm Monday at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Alton Shaw and Joe Hunnicutt officiating. Interment followed at Thomas Cemetery, west of San Augustine.

Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel, San Augustine, directors.

Family/Spouse: Kirby Smith. Kirby (son of Henry Clayton Smith and Alice Hines) was born on 12 Feb 1908 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas; died on 17 May 2002 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Ruth Madeline Moss about 1908. Ruth was born about 1893 in Texas; died on 10 Mar 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that Ruth may have died or remarried prior to 1930, as of the time of that census her three youngest daughters were living with their grandmother, Ella Rawson, in the 2nd Precinct of San Augustine. Michael McBride emailed, in July 2011, that she remarried George W. McBRIDE on 17 Nov 1921, and they had one daughter, Billie Juan McBRIDE. After Ruth died, her daughters by James went to live with Ella Rawson, and Billie went to live with her McBride/Nicholson relatives.

Warren married Ella M. Prestridge on 6 Sep 1883 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Ella was born on 12 Oct 1867 in Louisiana; died on 3 Aug 1950 in Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]