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Opal Ponder

Female 1919 - 2013  (94 years)


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  • Name Opal Ponder  [1, 2
    Born 30 Apr 1919  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died Sep 2013  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Opal Thompson, age 94, was born on April 30, 1919 in San Augustine County to Berry and Lillie (Epps) Ponder. She was a lifelong member of the Antioch Church of Christ.
      Opal was an avid singer and enjoyed sitting around in the evening playing the guitar and mandolin, singing with her extended family. She loved to go camping and fishing and she was a homemaker.

      She is survived by her sons, George Thompson and wife Francis of Beaumont, Dean Thompson and wife Barbara of Weatherford and Andy Thompson and wife Dru of Arlington; brother Charles Ponder of San Augustine; 9 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

      Opal was preceded in death by her parents; husband Omer (Buck) Thompson; sisters Mary Lee Wilkinson and Winnie Nance; brothers, Melvin, Jessie and Frank Ponder; son Oscar Charles Thompson.

      Funeral Services will be Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at 11:00 A.M., Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Al Shaw officiating and burial to follow in the Antioch Cemetery.

      Visitation will be Tuesday evening from the hours of 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 W. Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas


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      Wyman Roberts Funeral Home
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 18, 2013, Page 12
    Person ID I42592  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2018 

    Father Berry Ponder,   b. 1 Feb 1888, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1969, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lillie Eppes,   b. 27 May 1891, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1932, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1913  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F12726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Apr 1919 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Sep 2013 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Census Place: Precinct 1, San Augustine, Texas; Roll: 2388; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 904.0; FHL microfilm: 2342122. (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.), September 18, 2013, Page 12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1516] Website "Cemeteries-of-tx.com" East Texas, San Augustine, Antioch Cemetery, (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/SanAugustine/cemetery/Antioch.htm).

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 19569154 (Reliability: 3).