Valton Gayle Beckham

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Obituary below was copied from this FindAGrave memorial page, created by Kay Parker McCary:

Valton Gayle Beckham, 61, of Beaumont passed away, Thursday, in the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, Texas. Valton was born in Pineland, Texas, to James Valton and Juanell Tompkins Beckham.

He owned and operated Beckham's Hardware store in Hemphill for many years before moving to Beaumont. One of Valton's hobbies was playing the drums, which he started playing in H.I.S.D with the "Little Green Band" and enjoyed playing the rest of his life. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaumont.

Valton is survived by his wife Sherry Beckham of Beaumont, his sons: Bradley Beckham and wife Amy of Nacogdoches, Rodger Maples, Jr. and wife Carrie of Alvarado, Floyd Maples of Bryan, his daughter Rita Marie Spears of Livingston, his grandchildren; Blake Beckham, Josie Beckham, Matthew Maples, Rebecca Maples, Rhonda Alexander, Jack Campbell, and Taylor Campbell, three great grandchildren and numerous aunts and uncles. Valton was preceded in death by his parents James Valton Beckham and Juanell Tompkins Beckham.

Visitation will be from 4:00pm until 6:00pm, Sunday, November 6, 2016, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00am, Monday, November 7, 2016, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Cooper Harris Cemetery, Geneva, Texas. There will also be a memorial service Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at 11:00am in the Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaumont, Texas.

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, also has links to the memorlal pages for his parents, Dewitt Talmadge Beckham (1890-1979) and Emma Horne Beckham (1893-1990). The U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 also shows his paretns as Dewitt T Beckham and Emma Horne.

James married Bennie Jaunell Tompkins. Bennie (daughter of Bennie Hamp Tompkins and Abbie Lydia Harvill) was born on 20 May 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 2016 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Cooper-Harris Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Bennie Juanell Beckham of Hemphill died Sunday October 23, 2016 at a local nursing home. She was born May 20, 1931 in Sabine County, Texas. Juanell was best known as a retail clerk at Hemphill Drug Co. and always greeted each customer with a smile and knew them all by name. There will be a visitation of family and friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 PM at Starr Funeral Home and her funeral service will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday October 26, 2016 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Cooper/Harris Cemetery. She is survived by her son Valton Beckham and his wife Sherry of Beaumont, brothers Wyman Tompkins and wife Louise of San Augustine, Jimmy Tompkins and wife Mary Ann of Hemphill, Tommy Tompkins and wife Barbara of Longview, Larry Tompkins and wife Annette of Lufkin, Jerry Tompkins and wife Ruby Jo of Milam, sister Helen Williams of Pineland, Grandson Bradley Beckham and wife Amy of Nacogdoches, Great Grandchildren Blake and Josie Beckham. As well as a host of Nieces and Nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Bennie Hamp and Abbie Tompkins and brother L.H. Tompkins.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, November 2, 2016, Page 10

Bennie married Abbie Lydia Harvill before 1931. Abbie (daughter of Lawrence Andrew Harvill and Lula Lorena Cooper) was born on 2 Sep 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 1995 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Cooper-Harris Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
March 15, 1995, Page 10

Abbie Harvey

Abbie Harvill Harvey, 80, of Lufkin died Sunday, March 12, 1995, at her residence.

She was born Sept. 2, 1914, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late Lawrence and Lorena (Cooper) Harvill and had lived in Angelina County several years. She was a member of the Denman Avenue Baptist Church in Lufkin.

Survivors: husband, Martin Harvey of Lufkin; two daughters, Juanell Beckham of Hemphill and Helen Williams of Pineland; sons and daughters-in-law, Wyman and Louise Tompkins and Jerry and Ruby Tompkins, all of San Augustine, Jimmy and Mary Ann Tompkins of Marietta, Georgia, Tommy and Barbara Tompkins of Longview, and Larry and Annette Tompkins of Lufkin; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Vance R. Purtell Sr. and Bro. Don R. Falke officiatin. Interment followed at Cooper Cemetery in Geneva.

Grandsons were pallbearers.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Notes:

Rootsweb WorldConnect lists a Lawrence Alfred Harvill, born Dec 1890 in Angelina County, Texas to Seaborn Alfred Harvill and Almeda Burris.

Lawrence married Lula Lorena Cooper. Lula (daughter of Alexander Randle Cooper and Lula Elizabeth Fullen) was born on 4 Oct 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Nov 1965 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Cooper-Harris Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JX2P-9YP
name: Lula Lorena Harvill
death date: 01 Nov 1965
death place: Lufkin, Angelina, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 71 years 27 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 04 Oct 1894
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Elic Cooper
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Lula Fullen
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: San Augustine, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Cooper
burial place: Sabine County, Texas
burial date: 03 Nov 1965
additional relatives: X
film number: 2117868
digital film number: 4028293
image number: 702
reference number: 708
Collection: Lula Lorena Harvill, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"