Allie Elnora Humphreys

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name: Allie Elnora Conn
death date: 03 Jan 1975
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
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death age: 81 years
estimated birth date: 1894
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father's name: Jeff Humphery
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mother's name: Mary Clark
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film number: 2243875
digital film number: 4167930
image number: 1540
reference number: Frame Number 1582
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Allie Elnora Conn, 1975

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 14A
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
232-234
Boyett, Nathan D Head M W 33 m2 9 Tx Ark Ark Farmer
Boyett, Minnie L Wf F W 28 M1 9 4/2 Tx La Tx
Boyett, Nathan H Son m W 7 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Boyett, Lily B Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Humphreys, Allie E Lodger F W 17 S Tx Miss Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: John Aliance "Johnnie" Conn. John (son of George Franklin "Frank" Conn and Frances "Fannie" Malenda Isom) was born on 11 Jan 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
May 18, 2011, Page 14

Maureen Frances Travis, 97, died Tuesday May 3, 2011, in the Fairview Healthcare Residence in Fairfield, TX. She was born in Sabine County, TX, to Johnnie A. and Allie Humphreys Conn and considered Sabine County her home all her life. She was a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in the Gravelhill Community near Hemphill.

Mrs. Travis is survived by two sons, Tony Coke Travis, Jr. and his wife Dora of New Caney, TX, and Larry Ronald Travis and his wife Mary of Streetman, TX, her daughter Linda Travis Bell of Houston, her brother Jackie Ray Conn of Centennial, CO and her sister Clara Mae Johnson of Orange, TX. She is also survived by six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Thursday, May 5, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, May 6, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Gravelhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

Courtesy of Starr Funeral Home website

Family/Spouse: Tony Coke Travis, Sr.. Tony (son of John Amos Travis and Abbie Della Bennett) was born on 13 Oct 1910; died on 24 Sep 1979; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Orange Leader
August 15, 2012
Clara Johnson
Orange-Clara Johnson, 95, of Orange, died Monday, August 13, 2012, at Oakwood Manor in Vidor.

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. A Graveside Servie will be 3:00 p.m. Thursday at Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bronson, Texas.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Born in Hemphill, Texas on September 25, 1916, Clara was the daughter of John K. and Allie (Humphries) conn.

She was raised on a farm in Hemphill and by the time she was in her 20's she was working at the shipyard in Orange during World War II. She was a selalline "Rosy the Riveter" welder at the shipyard, where she met a fellow who she would soon call her husband, They had Frances in 1945 and Tucker in 1949. While raising their children they lived in Orange and Kentucky. In 1967, her first grandchild was born, and she raised Charlotte as her daughter.

She owned her own beauty shope and had many wonderful memories throughout the years. She was an active member of Cove Baptist Church, where she taught the elderly ladies Sunday School Class as well as participated in other organizations at the church. After Hurricane Ike, Clara donated her house and land to the church and moved to Mauriceville with her granddaughter.

She was "Mawmaw" to many, "Miss Clara" to some, Nanny to a few, Mother to three!

She was the best there was! That's no lie, Heaven had a new angel tonight.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, N. T. Johnson; sister, Maurine Travis; and brothers JD Conn and Arnold Conn.

Clara is survived by her daughter, Frances Breaux of Bridge City; son Tucker Johnson of Houston; and daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Eric Wolfford of Mauriceville. She is also survived by her five granchildren, Raymond Henry, Sherry Breaux, Kevin Breaux, James Breaux and Shelia Breaux; three great-grandchildren, Adrian, Aaron and Austyn Wolfford; and brother, Jackie Ray Conn of Colorado.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Tonny Travis, Larry Travis, Mike Conn, Austyn Wolfford, Adrian Wolfford and Aaron Wolfford.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2012)

Clara married Nathan Thomas Johnson, Sr. on 28 Aug 1944 in Texas. Nathan was born on 11 Sep 1916; died on 12 Jan 1986; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated census of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary notes that his tombstone was a double with Earline Bennett Conn, and was inscribed: Precious memories - Wed 11 Nov 1946

There was also a Military Marker: John Dixon Conn - T Sgt US Army WW II

FindAGrave shows him, in error, as a son of George Franklin Conn and Frances Isom Conn. He is actually their grandson.

John married Vera Earline Bennett on 11 Nov 1946. Vera (daughter of William Earl Bennett and Ethel Lee Scott) was born on 3 Nov 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated census of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary notes that her tombstone was inscribed: "Our darling-She budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"