Stephanie Dawn Stanley

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Horance married Frances Murile English on 13 Jun 1940 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. Frances was born on 10 Mar 1920 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas; died on 24 Jul 2007 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frances English Stanley, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at the age of 87. Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm on Friday, July 27, 2007, in the chapel at First Baptist Church. Dr. Phil Christopher and Rev. Russell Stanley will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

March 10, 1920, Frances was born the daughter of Percy Forest English and Sadie (Boozer) English in Sweetwater, Texas. She graduated from Sweetwater High School and attended TSCW, which is now TWU (Texas Women's University), for two years. She graduated from McMurry University with a Bachelor of Education degree. She taught 5th grade at Bonham Elementary for 25 years. June 13, 1940, Frances married H.C. Stanley in Sweetwater. He preceded her in death in 1994.

Abilene has been Frances home since 1947. She was past president of the Abilene Chapter of the American Retired Teachers Association and a member of the National Association of Retired Teachers Association. Frances was an active member of First Baptist Church and her Sunday school class.

Frances was a loving, kind, and compassionate lady. She was a caring and adoring mother and grandmother who loved her family dearly.

Frances was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, H.C. Stanley, and two brothers, Armand English and Leo English. She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter, Stephanie Dawn Stanley, on July 10, 2005. Frances is survived by one son, Richard D. Stanley, M.D. and his wife Linda, of Abilene; three brothers, J.P. English and his wife Margie, of Lake Jackson, Texas, Waiford English and his wife Jeanette, also of Lake Jackson, Texas, and Robert F. English and his wife Millie, of Marion, Texas; one sister, Martha Jean Jones and her husband James, of Houston, Texas; two grandsons, Richie Stanley and his wife Gabby, of Abilene, and Russell Stanley and his wife Lauren, of Rule, Texas; and two great-grandchildren, Alexis Stanley and Katie Stanley. She is also survived by her loving, faithful canine companion, George Strait.

Dr. Charles Anderson, Dr. Mark Maberry, Dr. James R. Marshall, Dr. Robert Odgee, Dr. Randall Stockstill, Dieter Hutchinson, and Michael Hanneman will serve as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made in honor of Frances Stanley to First Baptist Church, 1333 North 3rd Street, Abilene, Texas 79601; Hospice of the Big Country, 4601 Hartford, Abilene, Texas 79605; or to Rescue the Animals, 4650 North 1st Street, Abilene, Texas 79603.

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The Sabine County Reporter
May 27, 2009, Page 16

Judge J. L. Smith

Judge J. L. Smith, 86, of San Augustine, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2009, in San Augustine.

Judge Smith was born Nov. 19, 1922, in Hemphill as a son of the late Lucille (Hoell) and Russell Allen Smith. He had lived in San Augustine several years.

Judge Smith had a long life of service. he was a graduate of Baylor University's law school and practiced law in the East Texas area for several years. He served a number of years as District Judge for the 273rd District Court, serving San Augustine, Sabine and Shelby Counties, and had also served as district attorney and prosecutor, alogn with service on the board of regents for Lamar University and as president of the San Augustine School Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II.

He and Joy Babcock were married in 1943. She preceded him in death on Aug. 22, 2007. Judge Smith was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Stephanie Dawn Stanley, in 2005.

Survivors; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Dr. Richard Stanley of Abilene; grandson, Russell Stanley and wife Lauren of Rule, and Richie Stanley and wife Gabby of Abilene; and great-grandchildren, Alexis Stanley and Katie Stanley.

Funeral services were set for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at Calvary Baptist Church on East Columbus Street in San Augustine with Bro. Russell Stanley officiating. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine.

Visitation will be held Friday, May 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine.

Services are under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine. Online condolences may be posted at their website.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

A similiar obituary, and front page story about Judge Smith, appeared in the May 28, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

John married Joy Edith Babcock about 1943. Joy was born on 8 Sep 1921; died on 22 Aug 2007 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Funeral Services Held Tuesday For Rev. R. A. Smith

Funeral services for Rev. Russell A. Smith, 67, of San Augustine were held at the First Baptist Church in San Augustine at 4 P.m. Tuesday. Burial was in Liberty Hill Cemetery under direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home of San Augustine. The Rev. Carl Greer, pastor of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine officiated, assisted by the Rev. W. D. Sherman of Beaumont and the Rev. Clarence Howell of Hemphill.

Rev. Smith died at home at 8:30 a.m. Monday after an illness of four years.
He was a native of Fairmount in Sabine County. He was the youngest of 13 children and had lived in San Augustine since 1933.

Rev. Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and was a school teacher in Sabine County until he entered the Navy during World War I. He served aboard the battleship Oregon in the Pacific. After the war, he was associated with Knox Lumber Co. in Hemphill. In 1932 this company merged with Temple Lumber Co. for one year.

He became vice president of First National Bank in Hemphill in 1933. When the Hemphill bank closed in 1933, he moved to San Augustine to be in charge of the bank's service. He remained in San Augustine as vice president of First National Bank of San Augustine until 1938.
In 1938, he joined Deep East Texas Electric Co-operative as office manager. In 1940, he returned to Temple Lumber Co. in Pineland where he was purchasing agent and logging superintendent in charge of all woods operations until 1956.

In 1956, he became an independent pulpwood contractor in San Augustine.
Smith had been a Baptist minister for more than 40 years. He served churches in Milam, Geneva, Campsprings, Bronson, Chinquapin, Denning, San Augustine, and had been pastor of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church for more than 17 years, until he resigned on account of ill health.
Smith served as mayor of San Augustine in 1948 and 1949. During his term of office, the San Augustine Memorial Hospital was built. This was his main project during his term of office. He did not seek re-election.

Smith was a member of San Augustine Masonic Lodge and served as district deputy grand master.
Pallbearers were Hogan Fussell, Morris Thompson, Dr. C. R. Haley, E. A. Buckalew, Abb Howard, Albert Green, J. H. Wells, and Nelsyn Wade.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Smith of San Augustine; one son, J. L. Smith of San Augustine; one grandchild, Linda Joy Smith of San Augustine; three brothers, Obe Smith of Fairmount, G. S. Smith of Diboll, and Curtis Smith of Baton Rouge, La.
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The Sabine County Reporter, Hemphill,Texas, Thursday, April 2, 1964

(Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Russell married Lucille Hoell. Lucille was born about 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]