Edward James White

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Blanche Finley Toole wroted Melinda Strong, in September 2000, that Edward "ran away and joined to Civil War at age 14. He was a Bugle Boy." Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Co. G. Col. Bradford's Inf Brig. - CSA"



(Research):

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
117-118
White, Edward J W M 33 Farmer La Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 27 Wf Keeping House Tx Va Ky
White, Edna E W F i Dtr Tx
White, Fannie R W F 6 Dtr Tx
White, Ben M W M 3 Son Tx
White, Pattie M W F 1/12 May Dtr Tx

Edward married Mary Benena Meador in 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Richard Meador and Mary Ann Tucker) was born about 1853 in Texas; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna married James N.B. Draughn on 27 Apr 1895 in Sabine County, Texas. James was born about 1850 in Louisiana; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna married A. B. Russell after 1920. A. was born on 9 Jun 1869 in Snow Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama; died on 18 Apr 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Fannie Buckley
Death Date: 23 Sep 1953
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 79 years 4 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ed White
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Benena Meador
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1953
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113985
Digital Film Number: 4165744
Image Number: 289
Reference Number: 53102
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Fannie married William Archer Buckley on 16 Sep 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. William (son of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born on 3 Jul 1861 in Texas; died on 10 Mar 1929 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Alabama Williams on 12 Jan 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Alabama (daughter of Lewis Sullivan "L. S." Williams and Frances Williams) was born after 1877; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. No. 4
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A Stamped 129
8-8
Patterson, Walter Hd W M Sept 1865 34 M 2 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf W F May 1880 20 M 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Eva I Dtr W F May 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP4
Enumerated 30 April 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A Stamped 159
130-134
Patterson, Walter G Hd M W 41 M1 11 Tx --- Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf F W 29 M1 11 6/5 Tx ___ Tx
Patterson, Era I Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Marie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Onie M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Dorie Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Sybil Dtr F W 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Pattie married Walter G. Patterson about 1898 in Texas. Walter was born in Sep 1865 in Texas; died about 1943; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mattie Estelle McGown. Mattie (daughter of John Thomas McGown and Margaret Jane Tallulah "Lula" Smith) was born on 2 Jul 1891 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1971 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: William Earl Buckley
Death Date: 26 Jul 1968
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 07 Sep 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Wm. A. Buckley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Ret. Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Jul 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137257
Digital Film Number: 4030477
Image Number: 2834
Reference Number: it 6, cn 94251
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 12 A Stamped 34
Hemphill County and North from Hemphill
187-191
Buckley, William E Hd M W 37 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Carpenter Public Building
Buckley, Estelle Wf F W 34 m 18 La La Ga
Buckley, Rodney A Son M W 13 S Tx Tx La
Buckley, Gene T Son M W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx La

William married Estelle Ola Hogan before 1913. Estelle was born on 10 May 1895 in Louisiana; died on 16 Nov 1984; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that this grave is inscribed "Brother, Rest in Peace, At Rest."

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
May 28, 1997, Page 14

Alef May Seale

Alef May Seale, 100, of Hemphill died at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 1997, at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born April 24, 1897, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Fannie Rowena (White) and William Archibald Buckley and was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Seale was a retired seamstress.

Survivors: six grandchildren, Hugh Byars of Nacogdoches, Stephen Simcoe and William Simcoe, both of Lufkin, Jane Sutherland of Newark, Texas, and Patty Cornwell and Vera Vess, both of Rhome, Texas; a sister, Clemence Erwin of Hemphill; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Hugh Marble, and a daughter, Maxine Cornwell.

Funeral services were held at s p.m. Monday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Clarence Howell and Bro. Vance R. Purtell officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that the widowed Sudie Halbert Wilson, at age 74, "made her home in a neat two room apartment in the home of Miss Vera Buckley."

Notes:

The SSDI showed her last address of record as Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Clemence married John Preston Erwin, Sr. on 24 Nov 1934. John (son of Samuel Erwin and Susan Emmeline Armstrong) was born on 24 Nov 1909; died in 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanche Finley Toole notes that she was the mother of W. C. DAVIDSON of Beaumont. He and Blance Toole helped to maintain the Meador Cemetery.

Notes:

Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Pvt US Army WW II"

Family/Spouse: Atrall "Lilly" Wright. Atrall (daughter of Maccauley "Mack" C. Wright and Mary Lee Chambers) was born on 29 Jan 1914; died on 29 Aug 1992 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 17, 2003

Addie Bragg

Addie Bragg, 91, of Route 1, Hemphill, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Hemphill Care Center. Mrs. Bragg was born Feb. 2, 1912, and had been a longtime resident of Sabine County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors: a son, Benny Bragg of Shelbyville; daughters, Julie HUFF and Paula BRITT, both of Sabine County; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard LUM officiating. Interment followed at Meador Cemetery in Milam.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Family/Spouse: Chester Lee Bragg. Chester (son of James Richard "Dick" Bragg and Martha "Mattie" Jane Harrison) was born on 16 Aug 1905 in Patroon, Shelby County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Henry Clyde Robbins. Henry was born before 1899; died about 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Bronson Cooper King before 1926. Bronson was born about 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1968 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 19, 1995, Page 10

Onie Mae Robbins

Onie Mae Robbins, 90, who lived on Barber Street in Hemphill, died at 10:45 Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.

Born Aug. 30, 1904, in Milam as a daughter of the late Walter and Mae (White) Patterson, she was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. Mrs. Robbins was a member of the First Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by a son, W. L. "Buster" Robbins of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Robbins.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Billy Cannon, Billy Speights, Bill Barcheers, Buford Hughes, Clement McDaniel, and Eugene Procella.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Family/Spouse: William Lee Robbins. William was born on 2 Aug 1894 in Mississippi; died on 11 Apr 1975 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Doris Patterson Perigo
Death Date: 14 Apr 1964
Death Place: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 2 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1907
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Walter Patterson
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mae White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Linotype Opr.
Place of Residence: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 16 Apr 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117486
Digital Film Number: 4028427
Image Number: 2480
Reference Number: v X cn 30852
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Was living with his Uncle, Richard Green McGown, at the time of the 1930 Federal Census.

(Research):

Census Listings:


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 12A
State Highway 21-Kings Highway
246
McGown, Richard G head m W 45 M 22 Tx Tx Tx none
McGown, Lou Wf F W 41 M 18 Txc Tx Tx Telephone Operator Exchange
McGown, Jack S. Adopt Son M W 11 S Tx Un Un
White, Sidney Nephew M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Gen Farm

Family/Spouse: Willie Ruth Jones. Willie was born on 16 Jan 1920 in Texas; died on 3 Jan 1990 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Rodney Arlis Buckley
Death Date: 14 Aug 1972
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 55 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1916
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Earl Buckley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Estelle Ola Hogan
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Self-Employed
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 14 Aug 1972
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2223986
Digital Film Number: 4169329
Image Number: 233
Reference Number: cn68733
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that this grave is marked with a military marker "USMC 1935 Louisiana Pvt US Marine Corps"

Notes:

Obituary

PORT NECHES ? Elynor Erwin Heath, 77, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, September 03, 2013 at Summer Place Nursing Home in Beaumont, Texas.

Elynor was born December 16, 1935 in Hemphill, Texas to John Preston Erwin and Clemence Eloise Buckley Erwin. She was a resident of Port Neches for 46 years and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches. Elynor was a Hospital Administrator at Beaumont Medical & Surgical Hospital (MASH) and retired from Christus Hospital St. Mary as Office Administrator.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches with Reverend Cliff Rucker officiating.

Visitation for family and friends will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches.

Elynor was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas A. Heath.

Surviving relatives include her daughter, Darla Fivecoat and husband, Robert of Crosby, Texas; sons, Michael McGreevy and wife, Cheryl of Beaumont, Texas; Monty McGreevy and wife, Rachel of Katy, Texas; Harold Heath and wife, Carey of Surprise, Arizona; sister, Faith Griffin of Leander, Texas; brothers, John Preston Erwin, Jr. and wife, Martha of Hillsboro, Texas; William Erwin and wife, Judy of Hemphill, Texas; 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Copied from the Port Aransas News Online
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 11, 2013, Page 14

Clemence married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clemence married Douglas Dorian Ashby Heath after 1960. Douglas was born about 1935; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Billy Joe White d. November 18, 2011

Billy Joe White, 75, passed away Friday morning surrounded by his family, November 18, 2011, in the Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas. Billy Joe was born August 11, 1936, to Rex Carl White Sr. and Atrall Lilly Wright White. He was a lifetime resident of Sabine County, where he worked as a logger. He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict.

Billy Joe was survived by two sons, Carl Wayne White and wife Elisha of Apple Springs, and Frank Benton White of Hemphill; seven daughters, Sherri Tomlin and husband Jimmy of Henderson, Jana Gonzales and husband Felix of Hudson, Carla Adair and David of Hurst, Nancy White of Henderson, Jean Chaddick and husband Velton of Nacogdoches, Kay Frederick and husband Lynn of Nacogdoches, and Nita Knight and husband Ricky of Splendora; one brother, William Fred White of Hemphill; five sisters, Frances Jean Denby of Huntington, Mary Adams of Conroe, Betty Ann McGown and husband Pap of Hemphill, Carlyon Erwin and husband Roy of Huntington, Jane Hill and husband Ralph of Hemphill; and his sister-in-law Lois White of Hemphill; twenty-one grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers Charles and R.C. "Dink" White; his sister-in-law Jeanette Franks; brother-in-laws Lamar Denby and Leo Adams; granddaughter Charoltte Gonzales and great grandson Nathan Watson.

Visitation will be from 5:00 until 9:00 pm. Sunday, November 20, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm., Monday, November 21, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Meador Cemetery in Milam, Texas.

Donations toward funeral expenses would be greatly appreciated by the family and may be sent to First Bank and Trust of East Texas, Nita Knight, Account #8448500.

http://www.starrfuneralhome.com

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leo Bishop Adams. Leo was born on 27 Nov 1938; died on 30 Apr 2007 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 13, 2011, Page 11

R.C. White, Jr.

R.C. White, Jr., 65, of Hemphill, died Monday, April 4, 2011, in his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Hemphill to R.C. and Atrall Wright White and had lived here all his life. White was a truck driver for propane gas and a member of the Pine Park United Pentecostal Church.

He is survived by his wife, Lois White of Hemphill; sons, Rex D. White and his wife Teresa of Hemphill and Ronald L. White and his wife Mae of Humble; daughter, Lisa M. Page and her husband Michael of Hemphill; brothers, Billy Jo White and Fred White, both of Hemphill; sisters, Frances Denby of Huntington, Mary Adams of Conroe, Betty McGown of Hemphill, Carolyn Erwin of Huntington, and Jane Hill of Hemphill. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Salena Williamson and husband Darrell, Carissa Ferguson and husband Bryan, Sean, Melissa, Sabrina and Logan; and great-grandchildren, Landen, Baylee and Jaeda.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Selena; and brother, Charles White.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 6, in the Pine Park United Pentecostal Church. Burial followed in the Meador Cemetery in Milam,.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com

Rex married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, November 23, 2006

Charles White

Funeral services for Charlie White, 59, of San Augustine were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2006 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine. Burial followed at Meador Cemetery in Milam. Bro. Gordon Simmons officiated. He died November 17, 2006 in Lufkin.

Charlie White was born in Hemphill on October 19, 1947 to Rex White and Altrall WRIGHT White. He attended Rosevine United Pentacostal Church. He is survived by his sons, Chris WHITE and wife, Michelle of San Augustine and Stephen WHITE and wife, Kiley of Marthaville, Louisiana; sisters, Mary Lou ADAMS and husband, Leo of Conroe, Betty Ann McGOWN and husband, Pat of Pine Park (Sabine County), Jane HILL and husband, Ralph of Hemphill, Carla Joyce ERWIN and husband, Roy and Frances DENBY, all of Huntington; brothers, Billy Joe WHITE, R. C. WHITE and wife Lois, and Fred WHITE and wife, Janette, all of Hemphill. Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine was in charge of arrangements.

A similar obituary was published in the November 22, 2006 Sabine County Reporter.

The following birth announcement was in the May 10, 2007 San Augustine Tribune:

Tiffany WHITE is proud to announce the birth of her son, Justin Allen WHITE, born March 23, 2007 at Nacogdoches Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Terry and Lisa MORELAND of San Augustine and Stephen Lynn WHITE of Marthasville, Louisiana. Great-grandparents are Louise (MOSLEY) McCary, Linda PONDER, both of San Augustine, the late Joe Louis McCARY and the late Charles Mack WHITE previously from San Augustine; Bobby and Barbara MORELAND of Carthage. Justin is also a nephew to Mike McCARY of Grand Prarie and Lola MORELAND of Mt. Enterprise.

Family/Spouse: Linda Gail West. Linda was born on 13 Nov 1952 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 10 Jan 2020 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Gloria Lee Bragg
Death Date: 09 Jan 1934
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Jan 1934
Birthplace: Milam, Tex
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Chester L Bragg
Father's Birthplace: Isla, Tex
Mother's Name: Addie Burl White
Mother's Birthplace: Milam, Tex
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Milam, Tex
Burial Date: 09 Jan 1934
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115985
Digital Film Number: 4165965
Image Number: 911
Reference Number: cn 4356
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

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

Benny married Barbara Fay Ferrell on 1 Dec 1957. Barbara was born on 1 Feb 1939; was buried in Meador 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:

Era Mae Robbins Smith, 92, passed away peacefully on Aug. 8, 2014, at her home in Boerne surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 3, 1922, in Hemphill to Era Inez Patterson Robbins and Henry Clyde Robbins, Sr.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her older brother, Henry Clyde "Sonny" Robbins, Jr.

Era Mae was orphaned at age 2 and spent her early years in three different households, lovingly cared for by her aunts. She was nicknamed "Sister" by her cousins, with whom she was raised as a sister, and was known throughout her childhood in East Texas by that name. In 1938, at the age of 16, she married her high school sweetheart, Hugh Love Smith, and they moved to Corpus Christi where they resided until they relocated to Boerne in 2010.

Era Mae's life was rich in activities surrounding her family, her friends, and her faith. She loved her Lord and Savior, and her every action bore witness to that love, the unselfish support for her husband, the leadership and tenacity in guiding the lives of her children as they grew, and the tender compassion she showed for others.

As a member of First Baptist Church of Corpus Christi, Era Mae participated and held leadership positions in numerous study, visitation, and outreach ministries. She served on the building committee for the church's chapel and on the leadership development committee. She was a licensed Real Estate Broker and member of the Corpus Christi Board of Realtors, an award-winning photographer, a talented seamstress, cook, decorator and dancer. She spent countless hours teaching her children how to be self-sufficient, and she enthusiastically supported their activities in church, school and scouting.

Era Mae is survived by her devoted husband of 76 years, Hugh Love Smith, Sr.; son, Hugh Love "Clipper" Smith, Jr. (Nona) of Vicksburg, MS; daughter, Sylvia Ann Smith Griffin (Paul) of Boerne; grandchildren, Stephen Randall Smith (Sherri) of Mathis, James Kelly Smith, Abney Gail Smith and Robin Dean Smith of Vicksburg, MS, Christopher Clark Griffin (Ashleigh) of Austin, and Cynthia Griffin Carr (Brian) of Pleasanton; plus eight great-grandchildren upon whom she loved to dote; cousins, Charlotte King Walker of Lufkin and Doris Jean Doiron of Pasadena, and numerous nieces, nephews and caring friends. She is also survived by the loving extended family of Peggy and Ronnie Schlottman of Center Point.

A memorial service celebrating Era Mae's life will be held Mon., Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Boerne. To leave condolences, visit www.ebensberger-fisher.com and select the Obituaries tab.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to CASA of South Texas online http:// casasouthtx.org/donate/ or to Jacob's Ladder Learning Center by mail 1017 Harrison St Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180.

Copied from the Pleasonton Express online, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 20, 2014, page 12

Era married Hugh Love Smith, Sr. about 1938. Hugh (son of Eugene Burton Smith and Prince Anna Dorsey) was born on 18 Jun 1919 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jun 2017 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 6, 2011, Page 11

Mrs. Inez Sparks was born January 31, 1926 in Hemphill, Texas, to Bronson and Marie (Patterson) King. She entered into rest on March 30, 2011 in a Tyler Hospital.

She was retired from San Augustine ISD where she had worked for many years as a teachers aid. She was a member of the Bridge Club and a member of First United Methodist Church in San Augustine.

She is survived by her son H.B. Sparks and his wife Charlotte of Center; daughter Debra Adkins of Tenaha; grandchildren Ashley Golden and D.D., Hillary Sparks, Tanya Byley, Clifton Byley and Amanda, Winter Ogeda, Tiffany Anderson, Timothy; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters Charlotte Walker and Trent of Lufkin; sisters-in-law Betty Jean Cartwright, Frances Maxwell, Claudine Selden, Agnes Sparks; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents; husband Hugh Sparks.

Funeral services will be Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. in Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Sara Barbaree and Bro. Jim Moss officiating and burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday April 2, 2011 from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

Anna married Hugh Bernice Sparks, Sr. before 1952. Hugh (son of Ernest Richard Sparks and Audra "Audrie" Eva Ford) was born on 27 Aug 1920 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 31 Jul 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 2 Aug 1994 in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlotte Jean King Walker born August 25,1927 in Hemphill, TX to Bronson Carver and Marie Patterson King. Passed from this life Saturday October 11, 2014.

Survivors: Son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Patty Walker; Daughter and son-in- law, An and Jack Sweeny Granddaughters and husbands; Jennifer and Chris Hill; Sara and Charlie Hill; Great-grand children; Price, Walker, Lucy, Charlotte, Ella, and Preston Hill Sister-in-law Mary Francis Walker Sedwick; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. "Trent" Walker and her sister, Inez King Sparks.

Graveside services were held at 2:00PM, Sunday, October, 12, 2014, in the Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

"Our family will be forever grateful for the loving care given our Granny at the Lottie Temple Unit of Pinecrest over these last years. Their kindness, compassion and love sustained our entire family through this terrible journey named Alzheimer's."

Memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church, P.O.Box 287, Hemphill, Texas 75948, would be greatly appreciated by the family.

(Research):
Could she have married Ben Smith Jr. and been the mother of Susan Paige Smith Padgett (dec 1947-Feb 2013).

Susan Paige Padgett, 65, died in Lufkin Memorial Hospital, February 9, 2013. She was born to Ben Smith Jr. and Charlotte King, December 12, 1947. Raised in Pineland she had lived in Lufkin for 37 years.

Susan was survived by her husband, Bryan Padgett, of Lufkin; her son, Kevin Woods of Bronson; her daughter, Kim Woods of Lufkin; one brother, Ben Smith of Jasper; one sister Libi Smith of Dallas; and three grandchildren, Aaron Woods, Sydney Woods, and Kelsey Woods.

She was preceded in death by her brother Terry Smith and her sister Cindy Smith.

Visitation will be from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday evening, February 10, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 11, 2013, at Starr Funeral home Chapel, with gravesides services to follow at St. Augustine Cemetery in San Augustine Texas.

Charlotte married Charles Latrent "Trent" "C. L." Walker about 1951. Charles (son of John B. "J. B." Walker and Bessie Lee Stringer) was born on 20 Oct 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Aug 2013 in Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]