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Benny Ray Bragg, Sr.

Male 1936 - 2018  (82 years)


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  • Name Benny Ray Bragg  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 1 May 1936  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jul 2018  Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Benny Ray Bragg, Sr., 82, of Shelbyville, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at his residence.

      Benny Ray was born May 1, 1936 in Hemphill, Texas to Chester Lee Bragg and Addie Byrl White Bragg. He was a lifetime resident of Sabine County and a member of Rosevine Church of God. He was a fishing guide on Toledo Bend Lake mainly out of Holly Park Marina. He liked carpentry and building and he loved to deer hunt.

      Benny is survived by his wife, Barbara Bragg of Shelbyville, Texas; sons, Benny Ray Bragg, Jr. and wife, Patricia, of Many, Louisiana and Marcus Paul Bragg and wife, Mary, of Mesa, Arizona; daughters, Shelia Gail Hall and husband, Gary, of Shelbyville, Texas, Sherri Jo Dover and husband, Dennis, also of Shelbyville, Shirley Ann Cahanin of Many, Louisiana, and Trina Carol Banaszak and husband, August, of Little Rock, Arkansas; sisters, Paula June Britt and Julie Ann Huff and husband, Dale, all of Milam, Texas; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

      Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

      Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2018 in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

      Serving as pallbearers are Dennis Dover, Gary Hall, August Banaszak, Daniel Hall, Jason Williams, Kaleb Campbell, and Jordon Williams.

      Online book signing and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

      Copied form the Starr Funeral Home website
      Also published August 1, 2018, page 8, in The Sabine County Reporter
    Person ID I14763  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2018 

    Father Chester Lee Bragg,   b. 16 Aug 1905, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1995, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Addie Byrl White,   b. 2 Feb 1912, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 2003, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F2241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Fay Ferrell,   b. 1 Feb 1939,   bur. Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Dec 1957  [3
    Children 
     1. Living
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     3. Living
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     6. Living
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2010 
    Family ID F8369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 May 1936 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jul 2018 - Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    2. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), July 5, 1995, Page 8 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S932] McCary, Mackie & Kay "Meador Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    4. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), August 1, 2018, page 8 (Reliability: 3).