Ira Bell Drawhorn, Jr.

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Obituary

Ira Bell Drawhorn, 91, passed away in the Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital after an illness. He was born in Sexton, TX, to Ira and Rosa Meeks Drawhorn and has lived in Sabine and San Augustine Counties all his life. Ira was a carpenter and farmer leaving school at an early age to farm and support his family.

Mr. Drawhorn is survived by six daughters: Naomi Sharpton and Glenda Walker both of Bronson, Dorthy Woodruff of Houston, B.Gail Drawhorn of Bronson, Evely Weeks of Jasper, and Juanita Ward of Bronson; sister Juanita Cortright of San Antonio and sister Dorothy Cindric of Canton, Ohio, one brother Joe Parker of Houston, thirteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Audrey L. Drawhorn; daughter,Rosa Louise; brothers, Curtis Leroy "Buck" Drawhorn and Donnie Drawhorn; and sister, Eva Drawhorn Springer.

A celebration of life was held at 11:00 am, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Drawhorn Family Cemetery in the Chinquapin Community.

Pallbearers were Joshua Brown, David J. Brown, Joey Brown, Stephen Brown, R.W. Walker, Matthew Drawhorn, Benjamin Drawhorn, and Manuel Rodriguez.

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

(Updated obituary from the Starr Funeral Home website, which superseded the original as originally published in the Sabine County Reporter January 19, 2011, revised version republished in the Sabine County Reporter on February 2, 2011).

Ira married Audrey Lee Birdwell on 15 Oct 1943 in San Augustine County, Texas. Audrey (daughter of Enlow Cornelius Birdwell and Florence Lucinda Hardy) was born on 29 Sep 1921 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 2 Dec 2000 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage information from

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/marriages/Bibens-Bryley.pdf

Said to be recorded in the San Augustine County, Texas Marriage Book 9, Page 435

1. Rosie Louise Drawhorn was born on 6 Dec 1946 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1947 in San Augustine County, Texas.
2. Living
3. Living
4. Dorothy Lee Drawhorn was born on 19 Aug 1952 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 11 Dec 2018 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
5. Living
6. Living
7. Living

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Private U.S. Army, World War I.

May have been a son of James Willliam Drawhorn I1871-1937) and Mary Amanda "Sis" Johnson.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 6, Bronson
Enumerated April 9 and 10, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 3B
54-56
Drawhorn, I.B. Hd M W 34 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Farmer General Farm
Drawhorn, Rosie Lee Wf F W 29 M 18 Tx Ga Tx
Drawhorn, Irie Belle Dtr F (sic) W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Eva Mae Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Curtis L Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Drawhorn, Jeanna (?) Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx (Probably Frankie Juanita Drawhorn??)

Ira married Rosa "Rosie" Lee Meeks on 2 Jun 1918 in San Augustine County, Texas. Rosa (daughter of Joseph Edward Meeks and Mary A. Harris) was born in Dec 1898 in Texas; died on 30 Oct 1934; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 16A Stamped 156
218-218
Meeks, Joseph E Head W M Dec 1860 39 m 13 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
Meeks, Mary A Wf W F Apr 1866 34 m 13 6/5 Ark Ala Ala
Meeks, William E Son W M Nov 1887 12 S Tx Ga Ark Farm Laborer
Meeks, Joseph A Son W M Feb 1892 8 S Tx Ga Ark Farm Laborer
Meeks, Leander A Son W M July 1893 6 S Tx Ga Ark
Meeks, Robert C Son W M Oct 1896 3 S Tx Ga Ark
Meeks, Rosa L Dtr W F Dec 1898 1 S Tx Ga Ark

Joseph married Mary A. Harris about 1887. Mary was born on 28 Apr 1866 in Arkansas; died on 12 Jul 1924; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In her annotated transcription of the Myrtle Springs cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of Samuel HARRIS and Susan F. PICKARD, and wife of Joseph E. Meeks. Her headstone is inscribed "The Lord is my Shepherd-Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep whiel friends in sorro over thee weep."