Curtis Blake Eddings

Family/Spouse: Mary Louise Conn. Mary (daughter of Elijah George "Lige" Conn and Mary Ethel Baldree) was born on 7 Nov 1933 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Apr 2018 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In a column written about Dr. D.G. Mann on June 11, 1964, Virgie Speights notes that he was Mayor of Hemphill, and members of his city council included "L.H. Adickes, Curtis Eddings, Willard McLane, John Starr and Joe Howard."

Curtis married Marguerite Syble Nethery about 1928. Marguerite (daughter of Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr. and Amanda Fitzellen Speights) was born on 25 Oct 1907 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Apr 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE April 7, 2003

Marguerite Syble Eddings

Marguerite Syble Eddings, 95, of Hemphill died April 4, 2003, at 6:00 p.m. at Hemphill Care Center. She was born October 25, 1907, in Sabine County, Milam, and was a homemaker. At the age of 16, Marguerite attended Kidd Key College in Sherman and studied music for two years. Marguertie is the daugther of the late Charles Alexander NETHERY and Syble SPEIGHTS Nethery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Edward EDDINGS on August 28, 1979, and their son Curtis Blake EDDINGS on April 14, 1990. Survivors: one brother and sister-in-law, Wendell and Atrelle NETHERY of Milam; a sister-in-law, Bernice NETHERY of Milam; one son and daughter-in-law, Arvie Gene and Ophelia EDDINGS of Hemphill; a daughter in law, Mary Eddings KILGORE of Pineland; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday, April 6, at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill. Interment followed at Rosevine cemetery on FM 1.

The Obituary published on April 9, 2003, in the Sabine County Reporter was nearly identical, however, it listed her grandchildren "...Don and Sherri EDDINGS, Susan and Jeb SMITH, and David and Denise EDDINGS, all of Hemphill, Sandra and William RENEAU and Martha RENEAU, all of Lufkin, and Kathy and David BURKHALTER of Pineland" and great-grandchildren "...Devin EDDINGS, Daniell EDDINGS, Garrett SMITH, Aaron EDDINGS, Bill RENEAU, April RENEAU, Josh RENEAU, Jared RENEAU, Emily BURKHALTER, and Megan BURKHALTER" by name.

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On the 1880 Sabine County, Texas Census, 15 year old James Weaver is shown living with Sterling and his wife Lyda. He does not appear to be Lyda's brother as he was shown as born in Texas with a father from Tennesse and a mother from Texas, and she was shown as born in Mississippi 3 years before him with a father from Mississippi and a mother from South Carolina.

Sterling married Lyda E. Hutto on 31 May 1877 in Sabine County, Texas. Lyda was born in 1861 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2

"Milam Cemetery receives marker"

The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....

Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:

"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.

Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."

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Census Listings:

Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr 4
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A
Stamped 129
5-5
Nethery, Charles Head W M Apr 1860 40 M 15 Tx Tx Tx Merchant & Farmer
Nethery, Amanda Wf W F Oct 1867 32 M 15 7/6 Tx Miss Tx
Nethery, Clyde S Son W M Mch 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Drayton I Son M S Dec 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Carrie A Dtr W F Jany 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Eva A Dtr W F Jun 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Charles I Son W M Mar 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, William O Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Arnold, Frank Boarder W M Sept 1875 24 S Tx Tx

Charles married Amanda Fitzellen Speights on 14 Nov 1884 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Amanda (daughter of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Rebecca Frances Halbert) was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name: Amanda Nethery
Death Date: 14 Nov 1931
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
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Birth Date: 19 Oct 1866
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: J. Speights
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Rebecca Halbert
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
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Film Number: 2135733
Digital Film Number: 4166746
Image Number: 2951
Reference Number: RN 53248-20
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

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The June 13, 2006 issue of the Sabine County Reporter featured the "All Things Historical" column by Bob Bowman titled "Nethery's Store." The oldest continually operated business in Sabine County, Nethery's was begun by C. A. Nethery, who came to Milam from Patroon as a young man. He and is wife, Amanda built a home on Main street and later opened a general store and saloon. The first store was burned during a snowstorm in 1913, but a new store was quickly built. The "new" store is still standing. After his father's death in 1942, C.A. "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. operated the store until his death. His nephew's, Gene and Doule Nethery kept the store open until 2000, selling hardware and providing a place for local dominoe players to meet. It is currently operated by Ellen Melton, Laura Tichnell, and Susan Nethery as an antique store.

Sterling married Narcissa Murphy about 1844 in Sabine County, Texas. Narcissa was born about 1815 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Willis Murphy and Priscilla Dickson.

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Sharon Speights Varney quotes Virgie Collier Speights as writing "John was a small child when the family moved to the Mississippi Delta along with his brothers and sisters. John married Emily Scott. To this union were born Tom, John "Doc" and Dora. His wife died and her amrried a Miss (Rebecca) Holbert. To this union were born Mandie in 1866, an infant that died, and Robert Joel on September 11, 1870. The second wife died and he married Lizzie Davis. To this union were born Exa in 187, Mattie, Minnie, and an infant that died. Johns third wife died and he lived a widower approximately 35 years. John hired a man to take his palce in the confederate army, however after one year he was assigned to making salt. John joined the Campbellite Church during his old age. He died in 1912 and was buried in Lowe Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas."

Jonathan married Rebecca Frances Halbert on 29 Aug 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Rebecca (daughter of Joel Halbert and Tabitha Elizabeth Cox) was born on 27 Jul 1846; died on 16 Sep 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sometimes shown as Rebecca Washburn Halbert.

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"They had one son and two daughters." (White and Toole)