Abbie Ola Mason

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 25 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 5A Stamped 155
65-66
Mason, James G Head m W 71 M1 46 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Mason, Susanna Wf F W M2 46 11/7 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Carey H Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
--/67
Gellatly, Abiola Head F W 31 Wd 5/4 Tx Tx Tx
Gellatly, Carl Jr. Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Gellatly, Don SOn M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Gellatly, Thelma Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Gellatly, Mason Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Neil, Austin J Nephew M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer

Abbie married David Claude Gellatly before 1895. David (son of Peter Gellatly and Josephine Montgomery Howard) was born on 1 Apr 1872 in Texas; died on 7 Sep 1909 in Texas; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abbie married Robert Earl Harris on 18 Jul 1915 in Sabine County, Texas. Robert (son of Judge Joseph L. Harris and Cyrenthia Collier) was born on 11 Aug 1868 in Texas; died on 29 Dec 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lola Belle Greer. Lola (daughter of George Martin Greer and Addie Bright) was born on 1 Jun 1899 in Texas; died on 16 Jan 1982; was buried in Zwolle City Cemetery, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FF-NBS
name: Don C Gellatly
event: Death
event date: 19 Sep 1976
event place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 21 Jun 1898
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: Claude Gellatly
mother's name: Ola Mason
certificate number: 76615
film number: 2243981
digital folder number: 005165872
image number: 00335
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Don C Gellatly, 1976

Don married Bena Norine Harris about 1918. Bena (daughter of Robert Earl Harris and Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt) was born on 24 Jul 1901 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 2000 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary (From FindAGrave)

Obituary of Mrs. Abbie Thelma Nethery
Houston Post - Section (3), p. 17

Monday, December 2, 1963

Mrs. Abbie Thelma Nethery, 67, of Milam, Texas, died Sunday in a Houston hospital. Survivors, husband A. O. Nethery, Milam, daughter, Miss Faye Nethery; sons Gene Nethery, Davis Nethery, all of Houston; sister, Mrs Elaine Brown, Bronson; brothers Mason Gellatly, Logansport, La. , Carl Gellatly, Zwalie, La. , D. C. Gellatly, Milam, five grandchildren. Services 2:00 p.m. Monday, Bethany Baptist Church, Milam, Texas. Burial New Hope Cemetery. Star Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas.

Abbie married Addie Oryl Nethery about 1920 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Addie (son of Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr. and Amanda Fitzellen Speights) was born on 21 Aug 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 1973 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1963 obituary of her half sister, Abbie Thelma Nethery, as "sister....Mrs Elaine Brown, Bronson."

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, October 4, 2007

Elaine Brown

Funeral services for Elaine Brown, 90, of San Augustine were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in San Augustine. Rev. Mike Hunter and Rev. Buddy Pratt officiated.

Elaine Brown was born July 30, 1917 in the Isla Community in Sabine County to Robert and Abby Ola Mason Harris. She entered into rest October 1, 2007 in Lufkin. Mrs. Brown was the youngest of 11 children and the last surviving member. She was a retired health care giver as well as beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church and had resided in San Augustine since 1964.

Mrs. Brown leaves a wonderful legacy of dedication to family, caring for everyone else, and her love of God. She enjoyed cooking, flowers, football and gospel music. Elaine was a beautiful, loving and giving person. Her radiating smile and presence will leave an irreplaceable void in our lives.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to all of Mrs. Brown's nurses and caregivers at El Camino House in San Augustine. The love and compassion shown for their mother has been beyond reproach these past three years.

She is survived by her her son, Charles Dale Brown and wife, Wanda of Longview; daughter, Ann Brown Watson of Lufkin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Brown Metteauer and husband Richard of Nacogdoches; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Hoy Brown; sons, Arlis Ray Brown and Ricky Paul Brown, and son-in-law, Dr. William E. Watson.

Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)

Notes:

FindAGrave shows s photo of a gravemarker inscribed: "Gilbert, Virginia, Beloved Wife of A. Paul Gilbert,Jr."

Family/Spouse: Ruby Laverne Speights. Ruby (daughter of Mermond Leon Speights and Rutha Elvie McLemore) was born on 3 May 1919 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2014 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Claudia Jeanette Polley, 93, of Sexton, Texas passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 in San Augustine, Texas.

Claudia was born in Milam, Texas on November 14, 1926 to Don C. Gellatly and Bena Norine Harris Gellatly.

Claudia was a superior homemaker and excellent cook. She was a member of the Hemphill High School Class of 1944 and also of Liberty Springs Methodist Church. She liked antiquing with her sister, she loved her family and she loved children. She saw the good in everything and everybody.

She is survived by her son, Don Polley of San Augustine; and sister, Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine. She is also survived and loved by her nieces, nephews, and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dan B. Polley, Jr.; infant son, John Mason Polley; brother, Robert Earl Gellatly; and sister, Merle Huff.

Graveside services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating.

Serving as pallbearers are Doug Fuller, Cole Fuller, Jerry Burrow, Joel Halbert, Amos Hanzel, and Ray Sheard.

Online condolences can be made and memorial book can be signed at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 29, 2020, page 4.

(Research):

The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 1997, Page 7

Class of 1944

Hemphill's Class of 1944 recently held a reunion at the home of Phillip and Loretta Sterle in Hemphill. Shown are, from left: Claudine Gellaty Polley, Philip Sterle, Onie Bell Grim Williams, Doris Stewart Walts, Eugene Procella, Margie Watson Nellus, LaTrent Walker, Melba Rue Isom Byley, Charlotta Kign Walker, Bertie Scott, Helen Strickland Murray, Betty Mae Ener McGraw and Patsy Pickley Becka. The Class of '44 donated $100 from their treasury to the J. R. Huffman Public Library.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Claudia married Dan Bussey Polley, Jr. on 28 Feb 1948 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Dan (son of Dan Bussey Polley, Sr. and Mary Clifton) was born on 24 Sep 1920 in Sexton, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Aug 2000; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002

Class of 1948 Members of the class of 1948 attending the (Hemphill High School) reunion included, from left, front; Joann (Hendrix) Alford, Bennie Jean (Chambers) Henderson and Thelma (Bass) Henderson; and back: Elaine (Erwin) Hamilton, Jackie Harris, Merle (Gellatly) Huff, Billie Sue (Ziefler) Chambers, Raymond Mattox and Kathleen (Crowell) Zachery.

Obituary

Merle Gellatly Huff, 82, of Milam, died Wednesday evening in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. She was born in Sabine County to Don and Bena Harris Gellatly and has lived in Sabine County all her life. Mrs. Huff was a farmer and rancher and attended the Riverside Church near Milam.

She is survived by her sons; David Huff of Milam, Ted Huff and his wife Janie of Laurel, Mississippi, Tommy Huff and his wife Ashley of Henderson, her daughter Susan Sheard and her husband Ray of Milam, grandchildren; Rylie, Poppy, David and Rachel, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Claudia Polley of Sexton and Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine.

Visitation will be from 5:30PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery near Milam.

http://www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1881157&fh_id=12228

Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 26, 2012, page 7

Billie married Oscar Thomas Huff on 15 Mar 1949. Oscar was born on 17 Oct 1921; died on 11 Jul 2001 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that he had a military marker, inscribed with his name, dates, a cross, and S SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II.

They also have a transcription of his obituary as follows:

Doyle Claude Nethery, age 78 of Milam, Texas passed away November 23, 2001, 10 P. M. at is residence. He was born July 25, 1923 in Milam, Texas. Married to Barbara Ann Breedlove Nethery in Milam, Texas. Salesman. Served in the Army during World War II. Survivors: son Mike Nethery, Bronson, Texas, daughter Ann Taibo, Longtree, Colorado; brother Gene Nethery, Milam, Texas; sister Faye Kilgore, Houston, Texas. Visitation 5:00 P.M. - 9 P. M. Monday November 26, 2001 Starr Funeral Home. Funeral Service Tuesday November 27, 2001, 2:00 P. M. at Starr Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Shaddock officiating. Interment New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Texas, Star Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas.

Houston Chronicle 11/26/2001

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V8TV-4SK
name: Glory Nethery
event: Birth
event date: 07 Nov 1931
event place: Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
father: Addie Ory Nethery
mother: Abbie Thelma Gellatly
certificate number:
Collection: Glory Nethery, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997"
(Courtesy of FindAGrave)

Her tombstone has an Eastern Star Emblem

Family/Spouse: Harry Edwin Killgore. Harry was born about 1927; died about 1983; was buried in Earthman Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Alan Huff, 68, of Milam, Texas passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill, Texas.

David was born on July 17, 1952 in Center, Texas to Oscar Thomas Huff and Billie Merle Gellatly Huff. He attended school at Hemphill ISD and later served in the United States Air Force. He worked in the construction business.

He is survived by his son, David Alan Huff, Jr.; daughter, Rachel; brothers, Ted Huff of Mississippi and Tommy Huff of Henderson; and sister, Susan Sheard of Milam.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 3, 2021, page 4