Perry Lester McGown

Notes:

At his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, their is also a photo of his military marker, showing he served as a Private, US Army, World War I.

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 5A
State Highway 21-Kings Highway
96-107
McGown, Perry L Head M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Vivian Wf F W 28 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Billie T Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Arthur Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Bruce Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
97-108
McGown, Eugene Head M W 31 M 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Monnie Wf F W 32 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Leo Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
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Parks, Holman Boarder M Neb 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer
Parks, Felix Boarder M Neb 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer

Family/Spouse: Vera Vivian Williams. Vera was born on 27 Dec 1901 in Texas; died on 31 Jul 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Billie T. McGown, 93, of Milam, passed away Tuesday morning in Woodville, Texas. B.T. was born near Milam to Perry L. and Vera Williams McGown and has lived there all his life. He married Lonnie Love Walton on March 24, 1938, and they celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary this year. Together they owned and operated B.T. McGown Grocery until retirement. They then continued to raise cattle, planted and harvested a big garden. The highlight of retirement was camping and fishing with family and friends at Harborlight Campground. B.T. was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Geneva and a member of the Sexton Masonic Lodge No. 251 in Milam, Texas.

Mr. McGown is survived by his wife Lonnie McGown, two daughters; Merle Davis and her husband Charles of Woodville, Joyce Lowery and her husband John of Jasper, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. He is also survived by his brother A.P. McGown of Pt. Neches, his sister Rosemary McGee of Lake Jackson, Texas, and his sister-in-law Dorothy McGown of Houston. He was preceded in death by his brother Bruce McGown and his great granddaughter Coleen McInnerney.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, Friday evening, June 27, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the McGown Cemetery, Milam, Texas.

From Starr Funeral Home Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter
July 2, 2014, page 11

Billie married Lonnie Love Walton on 24 Mar 1938. Lonnie was born on 3 Mar 1922 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Oct 2014 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bruce M. McGown, 85 of Houston, Texas, died Monday, September 27, 2010 at Memorial Herman Southwest Hospital in Houston.

Mr. McGown was a native of Milam, Texas, and had lived in Wildwood and Nederland prior to living in Houston two years ago. He retired with thirty-four years of service as a regional supervisor at Fina in Port Arthur. Mr. McGown served his country in the United States Army. He was a member of Wildwood Village Mills United Methodist Church and Wildwood Men's Golf Association.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy McGown of Houston; daughter, Christy Guess of Houston; Reggie McGown of Houston; two grandchildren, Courtney and Alexander Guess of Houston; brothers, Billy McGown of Milam and Arthur McGown of Port Neches and sister, Rosemary McGee of Lake Jackson.

His funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches with Reverend Eldon Reed officiating, under the direction of Broussard's in Nederland.


Obituary, copied from the FindAGrave memorial page created by Judy Blacksher, was originally from Brousssard's Mortuary, Nederland, Texas; September 29, 2010

Notes:

She later married a McGEE.

Rose Mary McCalip, 80, of Spring, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at We Are Family Hospice in Houston, Texas.

Rose Mary was born August 7, 1938 in Milam, Texas to Perry and Vivian McGown. She worked as and retired from the oil and gas industry after many years as an executive secretary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Perry and Vivian McGown; her husbands, Melvin McCalip and Sam McGee; and her grandson, Matthew Johnson.

She is survived by her sons, Scott McCalip of Hitchcock, Texas and Steven McCalip and wife, Jana, of Houston, Texas; daughter, Suzanne Geaslen and husband, Phillip, of Spring, Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer Bramwell and husband, Douglas, of College Station, Texas, Andrew McCalip and wife, Sarah, of Houston, Texas, Jonathan McCalip of Houston, Samuel McCalip and wife, Brooke, of Nacogdoches, Texas, Jacob McCalip of Houston, David McCalip of Houston, Christi Paris and husband, Chris of Spring, Texas and Craig Geaslen and wife, Kaysie, of Denver, Colorado; and great grandchildren, Isabelle, Grace and Beau Bramwell of College Station, Texas, Ethan, Evan, and Emily Johnson of Wichita, Kansas, and Parker and Patricia Paris of Spring, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating.

Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. prior to service.

Burial will follow services in McGown Cemetery in Milam, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers are Douglas Bramwell, Andrew McCalip, Jonathan McCalip, Samuel McCalip, Jacob McCalip, and David McCalip.

Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

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Rose married Roy Melvin McCalip on 5 Sep 1959 in Harris County, Texas. Roy was born on 13 Aug 1929 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi; died on 11 Nov 2001; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Tech. Sgt. John Matthew Johnson, 30, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas. Matthew was born December 11, 1986 in Houston, Texas to John Nelson Johnson and Suzanne McCalip.

Matthew held the rank of Technical Sergeant in the U. S. Air Force stationed in Wichita, Kansas.

He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Johnson, of Wichita; sons, Ethan Johnson and Evan Johnson of Wichita; and daughter, Emily Johnson of Wichita. Also, by his father, John Nelson Johnson and wife, Myra, of Deer Park, Texas; his mother, Suzanne Geaslen and husband, Phillip, Sr. of Spring, Texas; brother; Craig Geaslen wife, Kaysie, of Midland, Texas; sisters, Jennifer Bramwell and husband, Douglas of College Station, Texas, Christi Paris and husband, Christopher, of Spring, Texas, and Christy Mapes and husband, Samuel of Deer Park, Texas; grandparents, Rosemary McGown McGee of Lake Jackson, Texas, Jim Johnson and wife, Polly, of Cold Springs, Texas, and Arthur Geaslen of Spring, Texas.

Military graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, April 9, 2017, in McGown Cemetery, Hwy. 21 W, Milam, Texas, under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

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Also Published in The Sabine County Reporter on April 12, 2017, Page 9