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George Winship Ramsey

Male 1914 - 1997  (83 years)


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  • Name George Winship Ramsey  [1, 2
    Born 8 Oct 1914  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Dec 1997  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • San Augustine History 1928
      Column by Harry P. Noble
      Published in The San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, October 13, 2005, pg 10

      JULY

      Nine local Boy Scouts went on a 10-day summer camp near Jacksonville, Texas. They were:
      Tom Blount, Hampton Downs, W. H. Fussell, Morgan Harris, Floyd Lucker, Miller Mathews, Charles McMillian and Harold Taylor. These same boys, plus seven more--George Ramsey, Joe Bickley, Philip Cockerham, Wyatt C. Teel, Lawrence Rulfs, Herbert Payne and Luther Morris--had a party at Bland Lake the week before.


      The Sabine Couty Reporter
      December 31, 1997, Page 12

      George W. Ramsey

      George W. Ramsey, 83, of San Augustine died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1997 at Medical Center Hospital in Nacogdoches.

      Ramsey was born Oct. 8, 1914, in San Augustine County as a son of the late Judge William C. Ramsey and Emma Ramsey and served as a master sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was a retired postmaster with 24 years service. He served 17 years on San Augustine Independent School District's board of trustees and was a member of Worod of Life Church in Lufkin.

      Survivors: wife, Margaret Ramsey of San Augustine, two sons, Ben S. Ramsey of Houston and William C. Ramsey of San Augustine; two daughters, Susann Lohr of Hujble and Dorothy Shoemaker of Midland; two sisters, Lurette Mitchell of San Augustine and Letitia Stine of Henrietta; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

      Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Billy Jackson officiating. Interment followed at Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County.

      Arrangements were handled by Wyman Roberts Funeral Directors in San Augustine.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)
    Person ID I19465  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2023 

    Father Judge William Charles Ramsey,   b. 20 Dec 1868, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1930, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Emma T. Jenkins,   b. Abt 1880, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 27 May 1900  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Oct 1914 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Dec 1997 - Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, San Augustine County, JP One, San Augustine Town Enumerated 14 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 176 Sheet 11A (Reliability: 3).

    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.), December 31, 1997, Page 12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).