Henry Patrick Conn

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes: "Born in Jefferson Co. Miss. Moved to Copiah Co in 1833, Moved to Arkansas in 1854, Married to Miss Clarrissa Gibson 2 Jan 1859, Moved to Texas in 1869 - Only sleeping [FS: H. P. C.] (Henry Patrick Conn - Son of James Conn & Martha A. Gibson - CSA - Originally this grave & his wife Clarissa Conn's grave were surrounded by a wrought iron fence)."

At the time of the 1850 Federal census, an 18 year old Henry Conn, born in Mississippi and working as a laborer, was living in the home of Farrish and Martha Kendrick of Copiah County, Mississippi.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 3, PO Brookeland
Enumerated 14 Aug 1870
Page 14
603-603
Conn, H P 38 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Miss
Clarissa 29 F W Keeping House Miss
Mary E 10 F W Ark
Elisha 3 M W Ark
Martha A 1/2 F W Tx
Gleason M 22 F W La

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 26 Jun 1880
Page 16 SD 1 ED 85
162-163
Conn, Henry P W M 49 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Conn, Clarissa W F 39 Wf Keeping House Miss SC SC
Conn, Elisha L W M 11 Son At School Ark
Conn, Martha W F 10 Dtr At School Tx
Conn, Willie H W M 9 Son At School Tx
Conn, George W M 7 Son At School Tx
Conn, Clarissa A W F 2 Dtr Tx
Conn, Abbie W F 5/12 Jan Dtr Tx
Travis, Martha W F 29 Servant Miss Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2B
29-30
Conn, Henry Head M M Mar 1832 68 M 40 Miss Miss Tenn Farmer
Cobb, Clarcy Wf W F Mar 1841 59 M 40 10/7 Miss Miss Miss
Cobb, Abbie E Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Tx Miss Miss

Henry married Clarissa "Clarrisee" Gibson on 2 Jan 1859 in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Clarissa was born on 12 Mar 1841 in Marion County, Mississippi; died on 30 Jan 1932 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Samuel Houston "House" McGown on 22 Dec 1875 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Samuel (son of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 22 Mar 1858 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Jul 1896 in Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2B
33-34
Conn, Elisha Head W M Dec 1867 32 M10 Ark Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Ella Wf W F Jun 1870 29 M 10 2/1 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Emma Dtr W F Nov 1899 6/12 S Tx Ark Tx
Ferguson, Nancy J Mother-in-law W F July 1846 53 Wd 1/1 Tx Tenn Tx

Elisha married Melissa Ella Ferguson about 1890. Melissa (daughter of Jeremiah Alexander Ferguson and Nancy Jane Griffin) was born on 22 Jun 1870 in Texas; died on 23 Sep 1930 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MD-8DL
name: Martha Boyett
event: Death
event date: 12 Aug 1939
event place: , Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 29 Mar 1870
birthplace: Sabine,
father's name: Henry Conn
mother's name: Clarrisa Dickerson
certificate number: 39533
film number: 2118258
digital folder number: 005144947
image number: 02531
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Martha Boyett, 1939

Martha married John Oliver Boyett on 22 Dec 1887. John (son of Henry Denson Boyett and Mary Jane Buckley) was born on 22 May 1862 in Alabama; died on 5 Jan 1934 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2B
30-31
Conn, Wm Head W M Oct 1871 28 m 8 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Florence Wf W F Apr 1876 24 M 9 5/3 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, John H Son W M Mar 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Cracie E Dtr W F Oct 1896 S S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Gram B Son W M Aug 1899 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 14A
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
235-237
Conn, William H Head M W 39 m1 19 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Florence D Wf F W 34 m1 19 10/6 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Conn, Clarissa E Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Granberry Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Conn, William L Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Conn, Leonard E Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Tera E Dtr F W 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 16 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36B
725-748
Conn, William H Head M W 47 M Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Florence D Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Lenard E Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Conn, Tera E Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Woodrow W Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, James P Son M W 2 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Florence Drucilla Ferguson on 22 Nov 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Florence (daughter of Gram Berry Ferguson and Mary Elizabeth Sophronie White) was born on 18 Apr 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jun 1934 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His tombstone reads "His deeds were love, His spirit humbele, He rests above."

(Research):

Census Information:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2B
31-32
Conn, Geo W M Mar 1873 27 M 7 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Lena Wf W F Apr 1878 22 M 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Ada A Dtr W F Nov 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Alma Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Addie (sic) Dtr W F Mar/May? 1900 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 ED 131
Enumerated 5 May 1910 by WD McGown
SD 2, ED 131 Sheet 14B
240-242
Conn, George W Hd M W 36 M1 16 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Lena Wife F W 33 M1 16 5/5 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Ada A Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Alma L Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Abbie E Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Carroll W. Son M 2 W S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, James K Son M W 1 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Lena Fullen on 19 Dec 1893 in Sabine County, Texas. Lena (daughter of William Morrison Fullen and Margaret Elizabeth Allen) was born on 3 Apr 1877 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1914 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her granddaughter, Martha White, wrote that when Clarissa's husband Robert died at a relatively young age, Clarissa moved to Junction with her younger children, to be close to sons Ernest who by that time was well established in that area.


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS11-XSS
name: Boyette
event: Death
event date: 07 Mar 1935
event place: Junction, Kimble, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 22 Jul 1877
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: H R Conn
mother's name: Clarissa Gibson
certificate number: 14504
film number: 2116313
digital folder number: 005144914
image number: 03229
Cause of Death Lobar pneumonia, onset 3/3/1935, senility
informant Willie Coon
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Boyette, 1935

Obituary
Kimble County, TX-Obituaries
Submitted to US Genweb Archives by Frederica Wyatt
Copy for these files courtesy of Martha Ann White, granddaughter

(Name of paper not given)

For the second time within a week death entered the Boyett home and
claimed Mrs. R. E. Boyett just three days after her beautiful little
granddaughter Bobby Louise Coon had died. Pneumonia was the cause of
the death of both. Mrs. Boyett was critically ill when little Bobby
Louise was called to her Heavenly Home. Mrs. Boyett died Thursday
afternoon, March 7 and the body was buried in the Junction cemetery
by the side of her little granddaughter late Friday afternoon, Rev.
R. Elmer Dunham, pastor of the Baptist Church officiating.

Mrs. R. E. Boyett was born in Sabine county on July 22, 1877, and
spent all her life in Texas. When 15 years of age she was married to
R. E. Boyett and to this union were born seven children--five daughters
and two sons. The surviving children are Mrs. L. H. Cordray, Lakeside;
Mrs. Clarence Holbert and Mrs. Jas. Nobles of Beaumont; Mrs. Willie
Coon and Miss Annie Laurie Boyett of Junction; A. P. Boyett, Corpus
Christie; and Ernest Boyett, Austin. Two sisters, Mrs. Abbie McGown
and Mrs. J. O. Boyett, both of Bronson and about 11 grandchildren and
4 great grandchildren besides many other relatives who also survive.

She moved to Junction four years ago to be with her son Ernest who
was employed here. During her residence here she made many close friends.

Early in life she was converted and united with the Baptist Church.
She lived a consecrated Christian life. Her life was a benediction to all
who knew her. She lived only 57 years but her life was one of service.
It was marked with deeds of kindness and cheer. She scattered flowers
and sunshine wherever she went. She loved her home, her children and her
friends and in her homegoing her children have lost a devoted mother,
her neighbors a true and faithful friend, and the community a loyal citizen.
It can be said of her that she was a woman of strong Christian character--
patient, loving and self-sacrificing.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/kimble/obits/a-b/b3000001.txt



(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated April 14, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 7A Stamped 98
134-137
Boyett, Clarisia Head F W 32 Wd 16 Tx Miss Miss
Boyett, Earnest Son M W 23 S Tx Ark Tx Farmer
Boyett, Evelyn Dtr F W 12 S Tx Ark Tx
Boyett, Anna Laura Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ark Tx
---/138
Coon, Titus Head M W 23 m 22 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farming
Coon, Willie Wf F W 26 M Tx Ark Tx

Clarissa married Robert Edgar Boyett on 19 Dec 1893 in Sabine County, Texas. Robert (son of Henry Denson Boyett and Mary Jane Buckley) was born on 14 Dec 1870 in Arkansas; died on 30 Apr 1927 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 1 May 1927 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary notes that she was the daughter of Henry Patrick Conn & Clarissa Gibson - Married Ernest Jackson McGown 15 Jan 1905.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDKH-JY9
name: Abbie Ella Mcgown
death date: 05 Mar 1963
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 83 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 15 Jan 1880
birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Henry Conn
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Clarsie Gibson
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
burial place: Sabine, Texas
burial date: 06 Mar 1963
additional relatives: X
film number: 2117178
digital film number: 4028583
image number: 2765
reference number: cn16993
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Abbie Ella Mcgown, 1963

(Research):
Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 21, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A Stamped 39
McGown, Abbie Head F W 60 Wd Tx Same House
McGown, Thelma Dtr F W 21 S Tx Same House
Adams, Wanda Grddtr F W 12 Tx Same House

Abbie married Ernest Jackson "Pat" McGown on 15 Jan 1905. Ernest (son of Andrew Jackson McGown and Mattie Edna Browning) was born on 2 Nov 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jun 1944 in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Mary Elizabeth White
Event Type Death
Event Date 25 Nov 1960
Event Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 17 Jan 1879
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name House Mcgown
Mother's Name Mollie Conn
Informant Austin White
Certificate Number 68135
GS Film number 2116618
Digital Folder Number 005145505
Image Number 00044



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K34B-BXZ : accessed 22 Jun 2014), Mary Elizabeth White, 25 Nov 1960; citing certificate number 68135, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116618.

Mary married Nary Austin White on 22 Sep 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Nary (son of Amazia Vardeman "A. V." White and Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson) was born on 15 Jan 1880 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Apr 1937 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3S2-THD
name: Houston Everett Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 05 Jan 1958
Residence Rt 2, Box 161 Bronson TX
usual occupation Farmer
event place: Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 15 Jul 1881
birthplace: Sabine, Texas
father's name: Sam H Mcgown
mother's name: Mary E Conn
certificate number: 3962
film number: 2115164
digital folder number: 005145114
image number: 01453
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Houston Everett Mcgown, 1958

(Research):
Census Information:

1920 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine, Justice Precinct 4
Enumerated 12 & 13 Janaury 1920 by Napolon B. Mason
SD 326 DE 171 Sheet 6B & 7A
120-128
McGown Houston E Head M W 38 M Tx Tx Unk Farmer
McGown, Mary E Wife F W 34 M Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Edward R Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Clarissa L Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, William L Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Mary A Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Dicy Dtr F W 2 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Mary E Mother F W 6o Wd Unk Miss Miss

Family/Spouse: Mary Emma Cordray. Mary (daughter of John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray and Mary "Mollie" E. Payne) was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1973 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married James Emmett Fenley on 15 Mar 1919. James was born on 13 Jan 1896 in Swift, Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone was inscribed "Wife of Finis P. COLLINS - She was the sunshine of our home"

Notes:

She buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine County, on on her annotated index to this cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as the wife of H. M. Burkhalter and daughter of Elisha L. Conn and Melissa Ferguson. Kay notes a marriage doate of 19 Dec 1925 to H. M. Burkhalter.

Her headstone reads "She has gone to her home in Heaven and all her afflictions are o'er"

Mary married Henry M. Burkhalter on 19 Dec 1925 in Sabine County, Texas. Henry (son of John H. Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman) was born on 10 Feb 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1974 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Willie Esther Dorsey on 6 Nov 1931. Willie (daughter of Edward Woodland Dorsey and Willie Francis Russell) was born on 16 Dec 1912 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 13 Feb 1995 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lula Ina Curl
Death Date: 02 Aug 1970
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 81 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1889
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1888
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Oliner Boyett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mattie Conn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Informant W O Curl
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: Gravel Hill
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218859
Digital Film Number: 4169073
Image Number: 2419
Reference Number: 2433
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Lula married William Alfred Curl on 15 Nov 1908 in Sabine County, Texas. William (son of Oliver C. Curl and Rebecca Griffin) was born on 26 Jul 1883 in Texas; died on 11 Nov 1964 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kary Parker McCary shows he married Ethel Marie Speir (1908-1964) who is also buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Did he also marry Nina Ethel Ludlow? She is shown as his spouse on FindAGrave, born 1894 Sabine County, died 1962, and buried int he Fairmount Cemetery. Nina Ethel is shown as a daughter of John L. LUDLOW, and she and Elisha are shown as the parents of Orval Valentine BOYETT (1919-1975), buried in Gravel Hill (Orval's Find A Grave Memorial Number is 81514854).

These families should be examined closely, as it is possible that the two Ethel's are being confused or conflated. To add to the confusion, Donley Burl Boyett, the brother of Elisha, is ALSO linked by FindAGrave to Ethel Marie Speir (1908-1964).

Name: Elisha Oliver Boyett
Death Date: 22 Feb 1958
Death Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 67 years 1 month 19 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Jan 1891
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Oliver Boyett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mattie Conn
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Orval Boyett
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Sabine Co., TX
Cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Tx
Burial Date: 23 Feb 1958
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115251
Digital Film Number: 4167332
Image Number: 2532
Reference Number: cn 11708
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

"Hus. of O. M. Boyett - The hearts keen anguish only those can tell who've bid the dearest and the best farewell"


Name: William Nelson Boyett
Death Date: 09 Mar 1926
Death Place: Near Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: w
Death Age: 30 years 10 months
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 May 1895
Birthplace: , Sabine, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J O Boyett
Father's Birthplace: , , Ala
Mother's Name: Mattie Conn
Mother's Birthplace: , , Miss
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Informant: Mrs. W. R. Horne, Milam, Texas
Cemetery: Grovell Sill
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 09 Mar 1926
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114063
Digital Film Number: 4165575
Image Number: 1242
Reference Number: 11710
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

William married Ora Mae Griffin about 1922. Ora (daughter of James Monroe Griffin and Emily Edna White) was born on 27 Jun 1902 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 1968 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Zavalla, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Donley Burl Boyett
Death Date: 31 Dec 1976
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 May 1903
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Oliver Boyett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha Ann Conn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243988
Digital Film Number: 4005518
Image Number: 01681
Reference Number: 101932
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Ethel Marie Speir. Ethel was born on 17 Mar 1908 in Alabama; died on 21 Mar 1964 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):She married a HALL and was widowed at a young age. At the time of the 1930 census, she and her three year old son, Melva, were living with her parents in Sabine County.

Mary married Burl S. Hall on 27 Aug 1925. Burl was born on 25 Mar 1902; died on 9 Jan 1928; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William "Willie" Joseph Bolt on 27 Sep 1930. William (son of Joseph R. Bolt and Mary Jane Lively) was born on 17 Jul 1908 in Anderson County, Texas; died on 22 Jan 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, shows that he married Willie GILCHRIST.

Roy married Billie Gilchrist before 1935. Billie was born before 1915; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6MY-51M
name: John Conn
death date: 24 Jan 1944
death place: Retrieve State Farm, Texas Prison System, Brazoria, Texas
gender: Male
race: w
death age: 49 years 10 months 9 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 15 Mar 1894
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Ab. H. Conn
father's birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
mother's name: Florence Furgerson
mother's birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
occupation: Mechanic
place of residence: Snipe, Brazoria Texas
cemetery:
burial place: Bronson, Texas
burial date: 27 Jan 1944
cause of death: Internal hemorrahage, gunshot wound
additional relatives: X
film number: 2137700
digital film number: 4029632
image number: 3228
reference number: 811
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," John Conn, 1944

Notes:

Spelled Claricy on the 1900 census. Pam Mahon shows she married Robert Scurlock Jr, but is likely confusing her with Carrie Gladys Conn, who married Robert Scurlock. It could be that Carrie was married to a Scurlock, as the informant on the death certificate of her brother, James Patrick Conn, was a Mrs. Carrie Scurlock.

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary notes that his headstone was inscribed "None knew thee but to love thee" and also shows that he had a Military Marker: Gram Berry Conn - Texas Cpl Co. D 143 Inf 36 Div WW I. She notes that he was a son of William Henry "Bill" Conn & Florence Ferguson - w Mary Williams - Gram had a twin brother, Green Berry Conn that died as a baby, buried in LA.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 1 May 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3
Gravel Hill Road
356
Conn, Graham B Head M W 40 m La Same Place Farmer
Conn, Mary Wf F W 30 M Mo Same Place
Conn, Catherine Dtr F W 10 S Tx Same Place
Conn, Joe Son M W 9 S Tx Same Place

Gram married Mary Rebecca Francis Williams before 1929. Mary was born on 9 Sep 1909 in Elmer, Macon County, Missouri; died on 6 Jun 2007 in Vidor, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSBC-YR9
name: William Lewis Conn
event: Death
event date: 10 Jan 1962
event place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
gender: Male
usual occupation construction pipeline
Veteran? No
marital status: Divorced
birth date: 14 Nov 1902
birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
father's name: William Henry Conn
mother's name: Florence Ferguson
Cemetery Gravel Hill
Informant Ethel Hayes
certificate number: 03977
film number: 2116930
digital folder number: 005144773
image number: 03169
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," William Lewis Conn, 1962

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 25, 1995, Page 14

Tera Conn Childers

Tera Conn Childers, 85, of Jasper died Sunday, Sept. 10, 1995, at Mary E. Dickerson Memorial Hospital in Jasper.

Mrs. Childers was a native of Sabine County and former resident of San Augustine County and Buna. She was a homemaker and longtime member of the Jasper Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors, a son, William Grady Childers Jr. of Houston; daughters, Betty Campbell of Nederland and Lou Yeates of Jasper; a sister, Carrie Scurlock of Buna; a brother, Woodrow Conn of Kingston, Tennessee; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Lamar Allen Childers.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home--Jasper Chapel. Interment was at Byerly Campground Cemetery near Jasper.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

Shown, in error, as Tena Childers on the transcription of the Byerly Cemetery

Tera married William Grady Childers, Sr. on 25 Aug 1926 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. William was born on 11 Sep 1904 in Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 21 Sep 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Byerly Campground Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A James P. Conn, Male, White, age 23, Single, born in Texas, usual occupation Oil Field worker, and a 1935 resident of Cherokee County, Texas, was shown on the 1940 Federal census in Warrensburg, Missouri, an inmate in the County Jail.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38V-VZR
name: James Patrick Conn
event: Death
event date: 18 Jun 1973
event place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Never Married
birth date: 09 Mar 1917
birthplace: Sabine, Texas
usual occupation: Welder Local #211
Veteran? Yes, WW II
Informant Mrs. Carrie Scurlock
father's name: William Henry Conn
mother's name: Florence Ferguson
certificate number: 45492
film number: 2242844
digital folder number: 005145739
image number: 00609
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," James Patrick Conn, Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," James Patrick Conn, 1973; citing State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
September 21, 2005

Carrie Conn Scurlock

Carrie Conn Scurlock, 85, of Buna died Sunday Sept. 4, 2005.

Mrs. Scurlock was born Jan. 11, 1920 in Bronson as a daughter of the late Florence Drucilla and William Henry CONN, the youngest of 14 children. She was the owner/operator of Scurlock's Florist in Buna for several years. Survivors: her husband of 56 years, Robert SCURLOCK; daughters and sons-in-law, Alice and Karl PARKER of Kingwood, and Donna and Eddie FRANKLIN, Florence SMITH, and Robbie and Bill GOODIN, all of Buna; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at E. E. Stringer Chapel in Buna. Interment followed at Antioch Cemetery near Buna. Services were under the direction of E. E. Stringer Funerals & Cremation of Buna.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Carrie married Robert S. Scurlock, Jr. on 10 Jun 1968 in Jasper County, Texas. Robert was born about 1919; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal census, she and her younger sister Katie were living in Sabine County with their Aunt and Uncle, Clarissa (nee Conn) and Robert Boyett.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K33B-BDW
name: Ada Conn Curl
event: Death
event date: 13 May 1958
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Married
birth date: 05 Nov 1894
birthplace: , Texas
father's name:
mother's name:
certificate number: 28790
film number: 2115363
digital folder number: 005145210
image number: 02978
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Ada Conn Curl, 1958

Family/Spouse: Wiley Hansford Curl. Wiley (son of Oliver C. Curl and Rebecca Griffin) was born on 23 Feb 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Feb 1969 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 15 Feb 1969 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are no dates shown on her tombstone.

Notes:

(Research):
Her tombstone was inscribed with the following:
"She was too good too gentle and fair to dwell in this cold world of care"
Picture missing
Foot Stone: A. E. S.

Family/Spouse: Buford Arlington Speights. Buford (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson) was born on 20 Feb 1898 in Texas; died on 28 Jul 1959 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FF-FRH
name: Carroll Washington Conn
event: Death
event date: 08 Oct 1976
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 06 Jun 1904
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: George Conn
mother's name: Lena Fullen
certificate number: 77534
film number: 2243981
digital folder number: 005165872
image number: 01271
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Carroll Washington Conn, 1976

Notes:

(Research):

1920
Texas, Sabine County
409/431
Travis, James H. Head M W 44 M Tx Mi Mi Farmer
Travis, Fannie L Wife F W 43 M Tx Tx Al
Conn, Kirby Adopt Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal census, she and her eldest sister Ada were living in Sabine County with their Aunt and Uncle, Clarissa (nee Conn) and Robert Boyett.

Her Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that she was a self employed realtor. The informant was James V. Raford, presumably her husband as her last name was Radford on the death certificate.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3X7-L5L
name: Katheryn Odell Radford
event: Death
event date: 03 Feb 1975
event place: Nederland, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Married
birth date: 05 Mar 1911
birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
father's name: George Conn
mother's name: Lena Fullen
certificate number: 12391
film number: 2243704
digital folder number: 005145959
image number: 02165
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Katheryn Odell Radford, 1975

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

From the papers of Martha White, niece:

'found a letter written on a memorial thank you card that says on the front:

The family of Mable Cordray (Mable Cordray is hand written) acknowledges your expression of sympathy and thanks you for this loving tribute" from Lois can't make out last name...to Austin Willie [Orma Boyett Smith] which reads:

"Dear Aunt Willie: The services for mother were nice & she looked beautiful. Everything was well taken care of and things are settling down. The floral offerings & help of all her friends was just tremendous. We are all so glad you could come out. Love, The Family"

Postmarked Riverbank, CA Jan. 9, 1967 (Note: postage stamp was 5 cents!)

Inside is a In Memory printed small pamphlet. On the left inside are the verses of "The Lord is my shepherd..." On the right inside it reads: [Looks like stamped] :

IN MEMORY OF
EMMA CORDRAY

Born
September 25, 1894

Entered into Rest
January 1, 1967

Memorial Services
Wednesday 1:30 p.m. January 4 1967
Riverbank Memorial Chapel

Officiating
REV. ARLIE DAVIS

Organist
Carl Hawks

Interment
Citizen's Cemetery
Oakdale, California

Emma married Leonard Harrison Cordray on 2 Dec 1909 in Sabine County, Texas. Leonard (son of Dan Cordray and Dollie C. Wilson) was born on 2 Mar 1887 in Texas; died on 13 Sep 1959 in Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Oakdale Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha White, a niece, writes that Aaron was the first of the family to move to Junction, and that is why Ernest, and eventually the rest of the family, ended up moving there. Aaron worked for the department of Parks and Wildlife for the State of Texas.

On the birth certificate of his daughter, Marice, his occupation was shown as cleaner and presser. His place of birth was shown, in error, as Sabinal County versus Sabine County.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6YR-896
Name: Aron Patrick Boyett
Event Date: 12 Sep 1956
Event Place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 58 years 6 months 9 days
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 03 Mar 1898
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Name: Clarissa Boyett
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Game Warden
Residence Place: San Marcos, Hays, Texas
Cemetery (Original): Harper Cemetery
Burial Place: Harper, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Sep 1956
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2114933
Digital Folder Number: 4032107
Image Number: 1890
Reference ID: CN 46172
Collection: Clarissa Boyett in entry for Aron Patrick Boyett, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio City, JP 1
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 15-218 SD 22 Sheet 34A Stamped 179
Redondo
425-394-398
Giles, Fred Head M W 57 M Tx Tn Germany Realtor Real Estate
Giles, Marcie Wf F W 54 M 24 Tx Tn Tn
Boyett, Phillis Dtr F W 27 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Saleslady Clothing store
Boyett, Aaron P Son-in-law M W 32 M 25 Tx Tx Tx Tailor Tailor Shop
Giles (sic), Parrin son-in-law (sic) W M 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Giles, Novella Dtr F W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Clerk Dry goods store
Giles, Freddie Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Travis County, Austin City, JP 3
Enumerated April 30 1940
SD 10 ED 227-34 Sheet 10B
West 13th Street
280-25
Boyett, Aron P head m W 42 M no 8 Tx San Antonio Tx Night Clerk Railroad
Boyett, Phylis Wf F W 38 M no h-4 Tx San Antonio
Boyett, Patrick Jr Son M W 17 S Tx San Antonio Traffic Clerk Railstation
Boyett, Bernice A Dtr F W 7 S Tx San Antonio
Phillips, Jimmy Lodger M W 21 M No c-1 New Mexico Brookeshire? Tex
Phillips, Lucille Lodger F w 17 Tx Same Place

Aaron married Phyllis Giles about 1923. Phyllis was born on 24 Aug 1902 in Gillespie County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 1982 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas; was buried in Harper Cemetery, Harper, Gillespie County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Willie was married first to Titus Coon, who was the father of her only child, daughter Bobbie. He left the family when Bobbie was born, leaving sole responsibility for raising their chid with Willie.

Both Bobbie Louise, still just a toddler, and Willie's widowed mother, Clarissa Conn Boyett, died within a few days of each other from pneumonia in March, 1935. Willie had been caring for them both.

Martha White, a niece of Willie's wrote that "Apparently Bobbie was a beloved, vivacious child adored by the whole community. Willie had saved the dress "they tore off my baby" when she was ill...and all the sympathy notes. There is a lovely story I never heard--until Mom [Annie Lora Boyett White] was in the nursing home and had dementia--and it was at a sermon Jackson [Boyett, Marti's cousin] gave. When Grandmother (who also was beloved and a popular member of the Junction community) and Bobbie died in the same week...it was rough in so many ways. She (Clarissa) had cooked for prisoners in the jail, as Ernest was sheriff then. One was financial. Times had been very, very hard for a long time and our family was poor...Anyway, Ernest went to the funeral home to make arrangements to try to pay for the funerals and was told there was no bill. What? Yes, the community thought so highly of him, Grandmother, Bobbie and the family that they had all contributed and paid off the two funerals. So, there are deep, abiding and loving roots with our family in Junction.
All are buried in the Junction cemetery.

Later in her live, Willie worked for the State and also worked at times at the Capitol.
Her husband, Sox [Hoy Reginald Smith], worked and retired from the Texas General Land Office.

The following biography, from FindAGrave, was also prepared by Martha White

Willie Orma Boyett was born to Robert and Clarissa Boyett in Sabine County, Texas on October 17, 1903. Mrs. Smith's first marriage to Titus Coon in East Texas produced one adorable child - a daughter named Bobbie Louise Coon - who passed away at age 4 of pneumonia - three days before Willie's own mother died of the same in Junction, Texas in 1935. Willie never got over the loss of her precious girl. Willie remarried Hoy Reginald "Sox" Smith in Kimble County, Junction, Texas, on Christmas Day 1939. Willie and Sox were married for 39 years until his death in January 1979. Wille is buried in Junction by her daughter, Bobbie Coon, her Mother Clarissa Conn Boyett and her husband, Hoy R. "Sox" Smith. Mrs. Smith loved to cook, can, garden and sew. She was always helping out others whether sending over food or making baby clothes for families who could not afford to buy any. She was a loving daughter, wife, sister and aunt. She is greatly missed.

Willie married Samuel Titus Coon, Sr. about 1929. Samuel was born on 15 Feb 1907 in Cass County, Texas; died on 19 Aug 1974 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Trout Creek Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willie married Hoy "Sox" Reginald Smith on 25 Dec 1939 in Junction, Kimble County, Texas. Hoy was born on 17 Nov 1902 in Texas; died on 28 Jan 1979 in Travis County, Texas; was buried in Junction Cemetery, Junction, Kimble County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the SSDI, his last residence was Telegraph, Texas, Martha White found information from research prepared by the City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission that indicated Ernest J. Boyett purchased the town of Telegraph, Texas in Kimble County in 1944, and apparently held it until 1963. He was listed as a rancher and owned land in Kimble County in the vicinity of his mentor, former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson. His sister-in-law, Mary Bolt, operated the Telegraph Post Office from 1947 to 1950.

Obituary from the Austin American Statesman, August 4, 1985
(Courtesy of Martha White)

Ernest J. Boyett

Ernest J. Boyett, 78, of Telegraph, Texas died Saturday.

Survived by his wife, France Boyett; one son and daughter-in-law, Jackson and Barbara Boyett of Austin; one step-son Ben Lindsey and wife Carol of Waco; one grandson, Matthew Lindsey of Waco; three sisters, Anne White of Austin, Willie B. Smith of Austin and Evelyn Furman of Fresno, California; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Aubrey Fife Funeral Home in Junction, Texas.

Local arrangements were handled by Wilke-Amey-Clay Funeral Home.

News story of the funeral of Ernest Boyett, Austin American Statesman, August 5, 1985
(Courtesy of Martha White)

Services Scheduled Tuesday for aide to former governor

Services for Ernest J. Boyett, an executive secretary to former Gov. Coke Stevenson and a former sergeant-at-arms in the state House of Representatives, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church at Junction.

Boyett, a resident of Telegraph in Kimble County, died Saturday at the age of 78.

Born in Sabine County, he became a deputy sheriff in Kimble County and city manager in Junction.

In 1935, he moved to Austin and became the first full-time sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives under Stevenson, who was speaker. When Stevenson became governor in 1941, Boyett became his executive secretary, a position he held until 1946.

He served as acting sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives at the start of every session since 1935.

Boyett is survived by a son Jackson Boyett of Austin; a step-son, Ben Lindsey of Waco; and three sisters.

Bio from FindAGrave (courtesy of Martha Ann White)

One of 9 children born to Robert Edgar and Clarissa Abi Conn Boyett in East Texas. He moved to Junction, Texas where his only brother, Aaron Patrick Boyett, resided. His first marriage was to Sylvia Bolt and ended at her death in 1974. Ernest remarried on November 26, 1975 to Mrs. Frances Lindsey of Austin to whom he was married until his death. Mr. Boyett lived in Kimble County on his ranch that adjoined the of ranch of Coke Stevenson (Texas's World War II Governor). Boyett was the Mayor of Telegraph, Texas and in fact Boyett created Telegraph, Texas and got it on the map, literally. Telegraph consisted of Mr. Boyett's house, the Pink House, the General Store he owned and had a population high of 6! Mr. Boyett served as Governor Stevenson's Executive Secretary. Ernest was connected to a famous bit of Texas history - he was working for Gov. Stephenson when Stevenson ran for election to the United States Senate against President Lyndon B. Johnson. Gov. Stevenson was winning until Box 13 in Duvall County was found and the votes therein narrowly gave the election win to LJB. In addition, Boyett was Sargeant-of-Arms for the Texas House of Representatives. Finally, Mr. Boyett was the Public Relations Director for the Lone Star Book Depository a position he held for many years and until his death. Ernest was preceded in death by both parents, all but three of his siblings, and his first wife Sylia Bolt Boyett.

After he died there was a resolution from in the Texas Legislature honoring his years of service. This resolution can be viwed here:

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146021/m1/94/

Family/Spouse: Sylvia Bolt. Sylvia was born on 4 Oct 1910 in Texas; died on 28 Oct 1974 in Junction, Kimble County, Texas; was buried in Junction Cemetery, Junction, Kimble County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Vida Edna Halbert
Death Date: 25 Dec 1976
Death Place: Austin, Travis, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 67 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1909
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robert Edgar Boyett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Clarissa Conn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243987
Digital Film Number: 4005517
Image Number: 752
Reference Number: cn 97630
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Vida married Richard Clarence Halbert on 6 Oct 1928. Richard (son of Sam Houston Halbert and Mable Allen) was born on 3 Dec 1900 in Texas; died on 2 Aug 1991 in Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1935 obituary of her mother, Clarissa Boyett, refers to her as "Mrs. Jas. Nobles of Beaumont." Niece Martha White was told by her mother, a sister of her mothers, that Evelyn married first at a relatively young age in order to leave home.

She was divorced from her first husband prior to 1940, and can be found with her second husband, James Clayton Evans, and their hildren in Denver, Colorado.

She later married Joe B. Fleming, an attorney in Houston, and they had a daughter named Cyndi. Her final marriage was to Jerry Furman, who predeceased her.

Evelyn married James Clayton Evans before 1937 in Texas. James was born about 1915 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evelyn married Joe B. Fleming before 1956. Joe was born about 1916; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evelyn married Gerald E. Furman after 1957. Gerald was born on 22 May 1930 in Florida; died on 25 Aug 1990 in Merced County, California; was buried in Fresno Memorial Gardens, Fresno, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her last name was spelled Boyette on her Junction high school graduation notice.

Her daughter, Martha, writes that Annie Lora worked for the State of Texas and retired in 1987 with 20 years service from working on the staff for the Texas House of Representatives. This was despite battling three types of cancers from 1971 forward.

After she retired there was a resolution from in the Texas Legislature honoring her years of service.

An old newspaper column. Called "The Sage of the Sage Hills, TOM MARTIN, Says..."Wonder why all beauties cain't have a personality like Anne Boyett in the liquor control board. Anne is not only purty but she has a sense uv humor equal to an ole puncher. She can laugh until it is time to quit laughin'. Boy, whut a politician she's make..." (Seems to be a mainly political remarks column) -- back of print on other side is a Feb 26th date...no year. ..unfortunately, date cut off.

Martha also had a press clipping from Texas Press Association, News Herald, Kilgore, Texas dated Oct 26, 1980. Headline "Clayton will seek 4th term, Lewis says." Photo above article has group of staff and a clear photo of my Mom standing right near the Speaker. Caption: "CLAYTON GREETED--Texas House Speaker Billy Clayton, right, acquitted by a federal court jury of FBI Brilab accusations, is greeted by members of his staff as he arrives in Austin. (AP Photo)

Obituary

Beloved mother, Anne L. Boyett White, 73, went to be with Our Lord after a lengthy illness on December 10, 1995. Ms. White was a lifelong Texan born in Sabine County, the ninth and last child of Robert E. and Clarissa A. Conn Boyett. All her siblings preceded her in death. Ms. White grew up in Junction, Texas, graduating from Junction High School in 1940. She lived in Austin since 1945, where she attended the University of Texas. She was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.

Ms. White retired in 1987 from the Texas House of Representatives after 20 years of service to the State of Texas. During her tenure as a staff member for the Texas House of Representatives, she was loved and admired for the bravery and courage she exhibited while fighting three different types of cancer over the years. She was very tenacious, often going to work on days when no one could imagine where she found the strength. She faced whatever life tossed her way with grace and a positive attitude. Ms. White always thought of others before herself. She was a caring and devoted sibling. As a mother, she set an example of how one should live life that will be difficult to follow. To describe the type of mother she was is easy - she was simply the best. No child has ever had a more loving, caring and supportive Mom.

Ms. White was never too busy to help a friend or a stranger. Animals and children gravitated towards her. She loved to work the daily crossword puzzle and has been known to play Scrabble until 4:00 a.m. when given the chance. Her motto was ''Be Nice'' and through her loving nature she earned the respect and love of all she knew. Ms. White is survived by her immediate family: Martha, Winston and Fala White.

Others survivors include her nephew, The Reverend Jackson Boyett and his wife Barbara, of Austin; her niece, Billie Cushway and her husband, Stan, of Modesto, California; The Honorable Clayton Evans and his wife, Yvonne, of Burnet; her niece, Sammie Lehmann and her husband, Bill, of Texas City; her nephew, Aaron Patrick Boyett and his wife, Bette, of Ft. Worth; numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews and cousins. The family wishes to extend special thanks to Hospice of Austin.

The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to Hospice of Austin or the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 13, 1995. Reverend Anne Hoey will be officiating. Interment and graveside services will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park in Ft. Worth, Texas at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 N. Lamar, 452-8811.

Austin American Statesman (TX)
Date: December 12, 1995
Page B4
Record Number AAS515131
Copyright 1995 Austin American-Statesman

Annie married William John White on 31 Mar 1945 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, and was divorced on 20 Dec 1973 in Travis County, Texas. William was born on 10 May 1917 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas; died on 22 Oct 1988 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Referenced as Vera Stufflebeam of Houston in the 1994 obituary of her nephew, Marvin Griffin.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Jefferson Stufflebeem. Thomas was born on 12 Sep 1903; died on 28 Oct 1991 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Curtis Elbert McCauley. Curtis was born on 28 Apr 1901 in Texas; died on 4 Jan 1973 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George J. Adams. George was born about 1910 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marvin Monroe Griffin. Marvin (son of James Monroe Griffin and Emily Edna White) was born on 10 Feb 1904 in Sabine, Texas; died in Feb 1961; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6SZ-KF3
name: Thelma Abbie Chambers
death date: 30 Jan 1974
death place: Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race:
death age: 55 years
estimated birth date: 1919
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Ernest Jackson Mcgown
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Abbie Ella Conn
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2243191
digital film number: 4170157
image number: 3328
reference number: 3367
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Ernest Jackson Mcgown in entry for Thelma Abbie Chambers, 1974

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 21, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A Stamped 39
McGown, Abbie Head F W 60 Wd Tx Same House
McGown, Thelma Dtr F W 21 S Tx Same House
Adams, Wanda Grddtr F W 12 Tx Same House

Family/Spouse: Mertie Robbins. Mertie was born on 28 May 1923; died on 26 Mar 2001; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both Mrs. Kelley and her Daughter, Mrs. Noble, are Charter members of the JFG Chapter of the DRT. (White and Toole, p 53).

Family/Spouse: Kenneth R. Metcalf. Kenneth was born on 10 Jun 1910; died on 20 Oct 1973 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Mollie married Robert L. Smith on 28 Jun 1981 in Sabine County, Texas. Robert was born about 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows he was an Accountant at Wallace Studio. The informant was Mrs. Aline McGown, wife.

Family/Spouse: Aline Beatrice Behannon. Aline (daughter of Elonzo Layfatte Behannon and Nancy Edith Morgan) was born on 3 Apr 1921 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 1998 in Travis County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The informant on the death certificates of both Houston McGown and Mary Emma Cordray McGown was Lucille Horn, daughter.

Family/Spouse: William Quinn Horne. William was born on 8 Jan 1908; died on 28 Jan 1985; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
September 8, 1999, Page 6

Back In Time
1974

Wiliam Leroy McGown, a Sabine County native and former graduate of Hemphill High School, returned from a trip to Europe where he was a delegate to a worldwide Wynn's Oil Convention. The conference was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Family/Spouse: Anna Ora Patureau. Anna was born on 12 Feb 1912; died on 27 May 1998; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with her family at the time of the 1920 census?

Sabine County Reporter
January 19, 2005

Ann McGown Brown

Anne McGown Brown, 90, of Houston died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005. Mrs. Brown, a sixth generation Texan, was born Oct. 17, 1914, near Milam in Sabine County as a daughter of the late Emma (Cordray) and Houston Everett McGown. She attended Stephen F. Austin State University and taught in a one-room schoolhouse. She later moved to Beaumont where she lived for several years before moving to the Houston area in 1999. She was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church and Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Survivors: daughter, Diane CONNALLY and husband John B. CONNALLY, III, a son Ralph Lawrence BROWN III and wife Connie; three grandsons, and great-grandsons, all of Houston. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph L. BROWN, Jr.; brothers, Edward McGOWN and Leroy McGOWN; and sisters, Lucille HORNE and Dicy Faye DUPERIOR. Funeral services were held Jan. 12 at the First United Methodist Church of Beaumont. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont. Services were under the direction of George H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home in Houston.

Family/Spouse: Ralph Lawrence Brown, Jr.. Ralph was born on 1 Jan 1916; died on 27 Jun 1982 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Texas Death certificate showed her usual occupation as clerk, travel agency. She was divorced, and the informant was her sister, Mrs. Ann Brown.

Dicy married Harold Toto DuPerier, Sr. on 23 Mar 1967 in Liberty County, Texas. Harold was born about 1899; died about 1990; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J692-DJH
name: Emma Corinne Cook
death date: 18 Jun 1973
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
name of hospital or institution MD Anderson
gender: Female
race:
death age: 52 years
estimated birth date: 1921
birth date: 16 Jan 1921
usual occupation: cashier grocery store
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: James Emmett Fenley
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Emma Conn
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
burial/cremation: Medical Research UT Dental Branch
film number: 2242844
digital film number: 4167900
image number: 575
reference number: 45460
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Emma Corinne Cook, 1973

Notes:

Kevin Ahlhorn emailed, in April 2014, that she was born 26 Oct 1923 and died 4 Sept 1990.

Notes:

Obituary
Houston Chronicle (Chron online)

Jeanette Fenley Moore died May 25th, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. Born Eva Jeanette Fenley in Houston on October 24, 1936 to Emma Elizabeth Conn and James Emmett Fenley, she graduated in 1954 from Hemphill High School, Sabine County, Texas. Married in 1961 to John Wright Moore III, she was a beloved English teacher in HISD schools for 37 years.

Preceding her in death were her parents and son, JW Moore IV. She is survived by daughters, Juliette Elizabeth Lofft and Melissa Josephine "Jodi" Moore (Aaron Howell); grandchildren, Frank Eric Cimrhanzel, Aidan Christopher Lofft, Liam Andrew Lofft and Tamsin Elizabeth Moore Howell; brother, James Emmett Fenley; sister, Sally Petrash; extended family and numerous friends.

A memorial service will be held for Jeanette at 11am, Monday, June 3, 2013 at All Saints Catholic Church in Houston. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a memorial gift in Jeanette's honor to the National Kidney Foundation .

Published in Houston Chronicle on June 2, 2013
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 5, 2013, page 14 and June 19, 2013, page 19

Notes:

Frances Edwina Hall , 87, of Baytown, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at St. James Nursing Home in Baytown, Texas.

Frances was born on August 15, 1932 in Hemphill, Texas to Edward L Conn and Willie Esther Dorsey. She was a loving mother, wife and homemaker.

She is survived by her son; John E. Hall and wife, Joy of Baytown, Texas, daughter; Charlotte Pool and husband, Ronald of Livingston, Texas, brother; Pat Gilchriest and wife, Ruthann of Nederland, Texas, grandchildren; Adam John Hall and wife, Jennifer of Mount Belleveiu, Texas, Crystila Carol Householder of Baytown, Texas, Ronald Pool III and wife, Angel of Livingston, Texas, Olen Joseph Pool of Livingston, Texas, great grandchildren; Alexa Hall, Kaitlin Hall, Case Householder, Travis Vaughan, Jaxon Householder, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Olen Hall, brother; Mike Gilchriest, great grandchild, Bryce Logan Householder and her parents.

Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2020 with Funeral Services to follow at 11:30 a.m. in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Randy Mills officiating.

Burial will follow service in Gravel Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Adam Hall, Olen Pool, Ronald Pool III, Patrick Gilchriest, Woody Dorsey, and Ronald Pool II serving as pallbearers.

Guestbook can be signed and condolences can be made at www.starrfuneralhome.com

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, Febuary 19, 2020, page 5

Francis married John Olen Hall on 3 Mar 1951. John was born on 9 Nov 1928 in Keithville, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Jul 2014 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 25 Jul 2014 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHZV-7MP
Name: Curl
Event Type: Birth
Event Date:
Event Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: W A Curl
Mother's Name: Ina Boytt
Certificate Number: 53028
Digital Folder Number: 004112516
Image Number: 00707
Collection: Curl, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

William married Maudie Emily Strickland on 26 Apr 1932 in Sabine County, Texas. Maudie (daughter of Augustus Strickland and Ida Eldora Holt) was born on 28 Apr 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Jun 1994 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 20 Jun 1994 in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His death certificate shows he died when his truck overturned in a accident, and his neck was broken.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXYQ-KRD
Name: Robert Carnell Curl
Event Date: 19 Oct 1933
Event Place: Hemphill, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 19 years 6 months 19 days
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1914
Birthplace: Sabine
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W.A. Curl
Father's Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Mother's Name: Lula Ina Boyett
Mother's Birthplace: Sabine Co.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Antioch
Burial Date: 20 Oct 1933
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2115870
Digital Folder Number: 4166783
Image Number: 1131
Reference ID: pg 47544
Collection: Robert Carnell Curl, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Verda married Willie Emmett Miller before 1940. Willie was born on 9 Jul 1916 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 2 Dec 1974 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Funeral services for Erma Hunt, 88, of Hudson, will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Billy Knight officiating. Graveside services will follow at 12 Noon Saturday in the Broaddus Cemetery. Mrs. Hunt was born February 25, 1922 in the Rosevine Community, San Augustine County, Texas, to the late Ora May (Griffin) and William Nelson Boyett. She died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Hunt was a homemaker and a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She loved to play "42 " with her partners. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Mrs. Hunt had lived in Hudson for the past 51 years, and previously resided in Broaddus for 37 years.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bruce Bynum of Broaddus; sons and daughters-in-law, Pete and Wanda Hunt of Lufkin, Allan and Kathy Hunt of Hudson; daughter-in-law, Deloris Quine of Lufkin; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-two great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; brothers, Hubert Beard of Huntington, Oscar Beard of Bryan, Paul Beard of Port Arthur, Lon Beard of Anaheim, California, Raymond Beard of Atlanta, Georgia; sister, Edna Machann of Zavalla; aunt, Arlee Griffin of Rosevine; and cousin, Dalton Boyd.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hunt was also preceded in death by her husband, Jim Hunt; son, Jimmy Hunt; and daughters, Shirley Burgay and Teresa Hunt. Pallbearers will be Carey McMullen, James Hunt, Kenneth Hunt, Daniel Bynum, Steve Baker and Ritchie Segura. Honorary pallbearers will be Ryan Andrews, James Thomas and Richard Andrews. Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 South Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904. Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com. Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lufkindailynews/obituary.aspx?n=erma-hunt&pid=148876429

Family/Spouse: James Henry Hunt. James was born on 17 Feb 1915; died on 3 Aug 1995; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune 16 May 2002

Class of 42

The Class of 1942, graduates of Broaddus School held their 60th Class Reunion on April 27, 2002 at Luby's Cafeteria in Lufkin, Texas. Pictured from l to r are: Norma Williams Drewery, Douglas Bryan, Gladys Williams Arnold, Arvena Boyett Powell, Elaine Mott Corley and Ira Steptoe Harvey. Seated from l to r: Emma Mott Corley and Alice Coleman McFadden. Classmates not in attendance were: Margie Wise Stringer, Larry Lacy, Johnnie Dial Wells and Helen Corley Roland.

The Sabine County Reporter
December 3, 2008, Page 9

Arvena Powell

Arvena Powell, 85, of Lufkin died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at a Lufkin hospital.

Mrs. Powell was born Aug. 7, 1923, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Ora Mae (Griffin) and Nelson Boyett. She was one of the organizers of Hospice in the Pines.

Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Grayson EVANS of Evergreen, CO, Peggy and Craig REYNOLDS of Fairhope, AL, and Penny BING of Hawkins; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Tina and Rodney LONG of Andrews and Sharla and Charles KIRKLIGHTER of Channelview; sisters, Erma HUNT of Hudson and Edna MACHANN of Zavalla; brothers, Hubert BEARD of Huntington, James BEARD of Houston, Paul BEARD of Port Arthur, Lon BEARD of Anaheim, CA, Oscar BEARD of College Station, and Raymon BEARD of Atlanta, GA; 17 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Powell was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Roston POWELL.

Funeral services were held Nov. 29 at Gipson's Funeral Home chapel in Lufkin with Bro. Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Interment followed at Garden of Memories in Angelina County.

Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, TX 75904.

Services are under the direction of Gipson's Funeral Home.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Arvena married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arvena married Jack Roston Powell on 17 Sep 1971 in Angelina County, Texas. Jack was born on 9 Jan 1932; died on 20 Jul 2004 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilberth married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His military grave marker is engraved with a corss, and the inscription Melville M Hall Texas S1 USNR World War II July 14, 1926-Dec 23, 1943.

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 19, 2011, Page 11

James Roy Boyett, Sr.

James Roy Boyett, Sr., 76, of Devers, died Thursday, October 13, 2011, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. James was born to Billie Gilchrist Lavell Boyett and Roy Lavell Boyett on April 20, 1935, in Rosevine, Texas.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Boyett; son, Jon Paul Boyett and his wife Kelly, all of Devers; daughter, Rebecca Villarreal and her husband Eduardo of League City; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents; and son, James "Jim" Boyett, Jr.

His funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 17, 2011, at Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, with burial to follow at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas.

James married Helen Aliene Johnson before 1956. Helen was born on 10 Sep 1938 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 2012 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pam Mahon shows that she married Sid Alcido Fecteau.

Notes:

Kenneth "Joe" Conn was born in La Plata on September 13, 1930. He passed away peacefully on June 18, 2014, in Springfield, Missouri. Joe's beloved wife, Mary Jane, preceded him in death in January 1996. He is survived by his three children (Debra Wilburn, Joan Petty, and Gram Conn), and eight grandchildren (Larry, Kenneth, and Jodie Wilburn; Connor, Hudson, and Makayla Petty; and Travis and Hunter Conn), and six great-grandchildren.

Joe was a Navy veteran who served his country during the Korean War. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Stephen F. Austin University. Joe taught agriculture and science at Hemphill High School, and served as a sales representative for Ralston Purina.

Since 2004, Joe lived in Springfield Missouri. Joe loved singing, His Lord Jesus Christ, and the anticipation of being reunited with his wife Mary Jane in heaven.

Visitation is scheduled Friday, June 20, at 2:00pm, at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas. Funeral service will follow at 3:00pm in the chapel of Starr Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Gravelhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

Copied from Starr Funeral Home website

Kenneth married Dorothy Fay "Dot" Smith before 1955. Dorothy (daughter of Dalton "Shine" Smith and Lemmie Beulah Coussons) was born on 17 Oct 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 May 2008; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Mary Jane Jones on 1 Aug 1962. Mary (daughter of Thomas James "Chief" Jones and Ida Irene "Snookie" Speights) was born on 21 May 1942 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jan 1996 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lamar Allan Childers Date of Birth: 4 Mar 1932 Gender: Male Birth County: Sabine Father's Name: William Grady Childers Mother's Name: Tera Evon Conn Roll Number: 1932_0002

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-200:

Name: L. Childers
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1932
Death Date 12 Apr 1988
SSN 453484950
Branch 1 ARMY
Enlistment Date 1 16 Jan 1953
Release Date 1 23 Dec 1955

Said to have married a woman named Clara.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ancestry.com indicates he has a military marker reading "PFC US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II"

Notes:

Her cousin, Martha White, writes that Bille worked on a family tree prior to her death.

Billie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billie married Stanford Cushway on 8 Mar 1974 in Stanislaus County, California. Stanford was born on 4 Oct 1924 in Stanislaus County, California; died on 20 Aug 2007 in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXYV-538
Name: Bobby Louise Coon
Event Date: 04 Mar 1935
Event Place: Junction, Kimble, Texas
Gender: Female
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 4 years 5 months 10 days
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1930
Birthplace: Beaumont, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J.F. Coon
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Willie Boyette
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Cause of Death Lobar Pneumonia, onset 2/28/1935. bilateral otitis media
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Junction, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Mar 1935
Informant's Name (Original): Ernest Boyette
GS Film number: 2116313
Digital Folder Number: 4030348
Image Number: 3222
Reference ID: 14500
Collection: Bobby Louise Coon, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

Known as Jackson. He was a graduate of Junction High School.

From FindAGrave:

Jackson and Barbara Boyett On November 29, 2011, the Lord saw fit to call home his devoted servants, Ernest Jackson Boyett, Jr. and Barbara Diane Buis Boyett. Jackson, as he was called, and Barbara died in a head-on auto collision just west of Austin on Highway 290. Jackson was born in Austin on July 5, 1947, the son of Ernest Jackson Boyett, Sr., and Sylvia Bolt Boyett of Junction, Texas. Barbara was born in Angleton, Texas, on March 20, 1947, and was the daughter of Reid Buis and Aleen Whittaker Buis of Angleton, Texas. Jackson and Barbara were graduates of the University of Texas, both holding Bachelor of Arts degrees in English Literature. Jackson graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1976. After working in a variety of ministries, Jackson began a Bible study group that grew into Dayspring Fellowship located at 5500 Avenue G in Austin, Texas. Jackson was also a friend, counselor, teacher and former chairman of the board of To Every Tribe Ministries in Los Fresnos, Texas, and a board member of Providence Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He and Barbara were both active in the Right to Life movement in Austin. Jackson and Barbara loved their Lord Jesus Christ. They loved Dayspring Fellowship, and they loved Texas, especially Austin. Jackson's father had served for a time as personal secretary to Governor Coke Stevenson and as Sergeant at Arms for the House of Representatives. Jackson is survived by his stepmother, Frances Boyett of Austin, a stepbrother Ben Lindsay and family of Austin, Trent Wilson and family, Dannie Bolt and family, Carolyn Bolt Moore and family, Buddy Bolt and family, his cousins, all of Junction, Texas. Barbara is survived by her brother Kenneth B. Logan of Portland, Oregon, and her cousins Shirley Miller of Alpharetta, Georgia; Gwen Howard of Shreveport, Louisiana; Dorothea LaGrone of Carthage, Texas; Karen Simpson of Naples, Florida; Lanny Latil of Beaumont, Texas; Linda Holbrook of Lake Charles, Louisiana; and Jean Adams of Tyler, Texas. We would be remiss not to mention their cats whom they loved: Sophie, Phoebe and Zachary. Visitation will be held at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 South Congress Ave. on Monday, December 5, from 6:00 until 8:00 pm. Funeral services will be conducted by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home at High Pointe Baptist Church, 12030 Dessau Road, Austin, Texas on Tuesday, December 6, at 10:00am. Burial will be in the Junction City Cemetery, Junction, Texas, on Tuesday, December 6 at 3:30 p.m. Flowers may be sent to Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home at the above location. Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Jackson and Barbara Boyett Memorial Fund at Dayspring Chapel, 5500 Avenue G, Austin, Texas 78751.

Published in Austin American-Statesman on 04 Dec 2011

Ernest Jackson Boyett, Jr. and his wife, Barbara Diane Buis Boyett died instantly in a head-on auto collision just west of Austin on Highway 290 on November 29, 2011 when another vehicle crossed the divide line and hit their van head-on. Jackson was born in Austin on July 5, 1947. He was the son of Ernest Jackson Boyett, Sr. and Sylvia Bolt Boyett of Junction and Telegraph, Texas. Jackson held a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1976. Jackson married Barbara Diane Buis on December 18,1971. Boyett was the founding pastor at Dayspring Fellowship when it began in a South Austin home in 1978 and was its pastor until his death. Burial was in Junction City Cemetery, Junction, Texas, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

Ernest married Barbara Diane Buis on 18 Dec 1971 in Travis County, Texas. Barbara was born on 20 Mar 1947 in Jefferson County, Texas; died on 29 Nov 2011 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; was buried in Junction Cemetery, Junction, Kimble County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a Judge, 33rd Judicial District

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

Notes:

Shown as Jean Ann Leary on the California Death Index.

She appears to have been married previously to a LOYA, and was the mother of Michael James LOYA and Michelle Loya OWENS, both of whom live in California.

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

Notes:

Obituary
From FindAGrave

Cyndi Rocha, loving wife, mother, grammy, aunt and friend passed away unexpectedly. She was 52 years old. Born and raised in Texas, nearly her entire adult life was spent in the Riverdale/Lemoore area of the Central Valley.

Cyndi had a diverse professional career. She worked as a paralegal, an administrative assistant, a locator at Kings County's Department of Child Support Services, and, until her death, as the Visitor Services Manager at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford.

In addition to her professional life, Cyndi donated her time and energy to helping others in need. Remembered as an extraordinary listener, she often took on the individual burdens of those experiencing personal problems. Cyndi did not like injustice or to see people suffer. If someone had a problem, she would fix it. As a result, Cyndi will be remembered by so many people for the profound impact that she had on their lives.

Nearly everyone who knew Cyndi would remark that she made them laugh. Her sense of humor was infectious and always appreciated. Cyndi was an incredible wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She left us so unexpectedly and she will be missed dearly.

Cyndi is survived by Stan, her loving husband of 34 years; son, Ryan, his wife Carrie; grandchildren, Amanda and Aaron; son, Shawn; daughter, Jill, her husband William Rule, granddogs Max and Mia; and her dogs, Lilly, Peenie and Cassie, whom she loved immensely.

A visitation was held on Monday, April 6, at Phipps-Dale Funeral Chapel in Lemoore. Recitation of the Rosary and Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, April 7, at St. Peter's Catholic Church with burial following at the Lemoore Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, 15770 10th Avenue, Hanford, CA 93230, Cyndi's beloved employer for the past six years.

Cynthia married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of George Adams and Mary Ellen McGown, and further indicates she was the first wife of J. P. Conn.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH8Z-CPN
name: Wanda Hellen Adams
event: Birth
event date: 04 Mar 1928
event place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
father: George J Adams
mother: Mary Ella Mcgown
certificate number: 22822
digital folder number: 004687393
image number: 01833
Collection: "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," Wanda Hellen Adams, 1928

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 21, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A Stamped 39
McGown, Abbie Head F W 60 Wd Tx Same House
McGown, Thelma Dtr F W 21 S Tx Same House
Adams, Wanda Grddtr F W 12 Tx Same House

Wanda married Jesse Pearl Conn after 1946. Jesse (son of Jesse "Bud" Conn and Pearl Vivian Buckley) was born on 1 Sep 1921 in Texas; died on 26 May 1990 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wanda married Herman L. Chop before 1958. Herman (son of Tony Chop and Ollie Emma Carlton) was born on 20 Jul 1927; died on 6 Jan 1979; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marvin Earnest Griffin

Funeral services for Marvin Earnest "Rusty" Griffin, 50, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Chaplain Dunn officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Griffin died 12:24 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994, at the Woodland Heights Medical Center hospital in Lufkin.

He was born Jan. 6, 1944, in Houston.

Survivors: a brother, Bruce Griffin of Houston; sisters, Brenda Magnuson of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Betty J. Gorman of Houston; and an aunt, Vera Stufflebeem of Houston.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Joe W. Elliott Houst at 220 Gene Samford Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 4, 1995, Page 6