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Descendants of Abraham Sterling

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95. Vivian Frances Sterling

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3John R. Tippett, Tippett Family History, Mar 19 2002.
Information was emailed by John Tippett to me on 3/18/2002.

4Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.
Find A Grave Memorial# 31540533.


Calvin Henry Butler

1John Tippit Interview, Aug 22 2002.

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

4John Tippit Interview, Aug 22 2002.

5Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


George William Coppock

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

4Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 31540544, Nov 19 2008.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


229. Donald Ray Coppock

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas., page 408, 1938.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.
Roll number: 1938_0002.

2Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 31540668, Nov 19 2008.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


97. Daisy Lela Mae Sterling

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Corsicana Daily Sun, 405 Collin St Corsicana, TX 75110, Feb 20 2001.
"Daisy Sawyer, 73, of Navarro passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2001 in Corsicana. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Benny Horn officiating. Interment will follow at Richland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Aldama, Mike Alonzo, Joe Ayala, Arnold Cantu, Lance Martin and Ottie Rochelle. Mrs. Sawyer was born Sept. 15, 1927 in Wortham. She was a member of Angus Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Sawyer; parents, four sisters, one brother and one grandchild. Mrs. Sawyer is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Susie and John Henderson of Navarro; son, Clyde Ray Sawyer of Prairie Hill; sister Jane Brown of Houston; grandsons, Mike Henderson and Bryan Henderson, both of Navarro; granddaughters, Tammy Rochelle of Marlin, Pam Aldama and Kim Wolfford, both of Navarro, Trail Ayala, Faye Alonzo and Recky Cantu, all of Corsicana, and Kaye Martin; and 22 great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home."

3Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

4Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 13946408, Apr 13 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


Clyde F Sawyer

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 13946410, Apr 13 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


99. Nona Edna Sterling

1TX Dept of Health, Texas Dept of Health-Birth Records 1950-1995
/I>, Birth Records 1950-1995, 1932.
Information in this database comes from the Texas Department of Health. As of March 2000, Birth Indexes from 1926-1995 and Death Indexes from 1964-1998 are available on the Internet, microfiche or CD-ROM. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/index.htm.

2Texas Department of State Health Services
TX Birth Certificates, 1903–1932
/I>, Ancestry.com. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 201.
This database contains birth certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services, for the years 1903–1932. Some amendments to certificates of birth are included as well.

3Griffith-Roughton Funeral Home, Griffith-Roughton Funeral Obituary's, www.griffin-roughton.com/.
"Nona Edna Brown
Nona Edna Brown, 78 of Corsicana, passed away May 20, 2010. She was born February 13, 1932 in Wortham to John A. and Lacy Sterling. She is survived by children Pat Brewer of Mabank, Kathy Clark of Richland, Renate Brown of Friendswood; 9 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband John Brown in 1981; sons Jackie Brown, Wallace Brown. Visitation will be 3-5pm Saturday May 22, 2010 at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Service will be 2pm Sunday May 23, 2010 at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Rick Lamb officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John F. Henderson, Mike Henderson, Brian Henderson, Dana Williams, Don Clark."

4Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

5Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 58266877, Sep 6 2010.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


John Joseph Arms Brown

1John Tippitt, Email from John Tippitt, Aug 15 2002.

2John Tippitt, Email from John Tippitt, Aug 15 2002.

3Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

4Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

5John R. Tippett, Tippett Family History, Mar 19 2002.
Information was emailed by John Tippett to me on 3/18/2002.

6Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 31609699, Nov 22 2008.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


235. Wallace Edward Brown

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 33813987, Feb 14 2009.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


101. Linnie Odessa Brown

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014.


William D Neville

1Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982, Certificate 56101.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

2Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14256569, May 11 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


Levi Jefferson Marberry

1Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14095372, Apr 27 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


103. Eugene Rayford Brown

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

4Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 142687049, Feb 26 2015.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

5Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Af.


Eileen Delia White

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 142687003, Feb 26 2015.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


105. Clara Eunice Brown

1Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 15997480, Oct 4 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


Clifford Wayne Carroll

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).


Herman Wilburn Miller

1TX Department of Health Services, Texas Department of Health Services-Marriage Index 1966-2010, http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/marriagedivorce/mindex.shtm, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.

2Texas Department of State Health Services
TX Birth Certificates, 1903–1932
/I>, Ancestry.com. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 201.
This database contains birth certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services, for the years 1903–1932. Some amendments to certificates of birth are included as well.

3Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

4Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

5Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

6Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14243449, May 10 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


108. Connard Maurice Sterling

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

4Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

5Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14856128, Jul 8 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

6Betty Morrow, Freestone County Veterans of World War I and World War II, Freestone Genological Society P.O. Box 14 Fairfield, TX 75840, Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research, 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX 77004-6896, GEN 976.4232 M883 Freest.


Lillie Ruth Beldin

1Limestone County Marriages, P585 of the Index.

2Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

3Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

4Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 16088744, Oct 9 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


245. Marilyn Kay Sterling

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas., Page 3752, 1953.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 145834722, Apr 30 2015.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


110. Naomi Christine Sterling

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Mexia Daily News, Mexia Daily News, 214 N. Railroad Mexia, TX 76667 (254) 562-2868, Internet Obit page, Dec 13 0007.
"Christine Naomi Beldin WORTHAM - Funeral services for Mrs. Christine Naomi Beldin, 80, of Wortham, will be conducted Saturday morning, December 15, 2007, in Porter Chapel-Wortham. Ronnie Dabney will officiate, and burial will be in Wortham Cemetery. Mrs. Beldin, who died December 12, 2007, in Wortham Rehabilitation Center, was born on August 31, 1927, in Bremond. Naomi and her husband, John Henry, were married on December 5, 1945, in Wortham. She was a Housewife in her own home. Visitation is scheduled for Friday evening, December 14, 2007, from 6 until 8 o’clock in The Chapel in Wortham. Mrs. Beldin was preceded in death by her husband, John Henry; her parents, George and Ethel Sterling; a sister-in-law, Loretta Blackmon of Mexia; brothers - Connard Sterling, Alton Sterling, Glynn Sterling and John Henry Sterling; grandchildren Gary and Cary Holder, and a great-grandchild, Madison Ochoa. Pallbearers are Brian Holder, Joe Beldin, Cody Woodall, Michael Hall, Billy Kitchens and Joseph Grams. Honorary pallbearers are Ricky Blackmon and Kirk Holder. Surviving are sons - Johnny Beldin of Mexia, Jackie Beldin and Larry Beldin, both of Wortham; a daughter, Patricia (Sissy) Holder of Thornton; a sister, Nelda Blackmon of Groesbeck; a brother, Sammy Sterling of Wortham; a brother-in-law, Chuck Beldin of Mexia; grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The grandchildren are Tina Kitchens, Tina Beldin, Brian Holder, Joe Beldin, Christie Roming, Angie Allen, Jennifer Woodall, Jessica Holder, Kirk Holder and Lauren Beldin. The great-grandchildren are Taylor Kitchens, Mikey Hall, David Holder, Daniel Kitchens, Kane Allen, Emily Hall, Xavier Allen, Rowdy Kitchens, Colby Woodall, Ryan Beldin, Paige Allen, Austin Woodall and Jayden Kitchens. Two great-grandchildren are on the way."


John Henry Beldin

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Jennifer Woodall, Email of Jennifer Woodall on Sterling Family History, jennifer69572004@sbcglobal.net, Apr 10 2006.


111. Virgil Glynn Sterling

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

2Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Wortham, Freestone County, TX, Feb 20 2015.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


257. Clay Evan Sterling

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas., Page 3946, 1959.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., TX Death Index 1903-2000
/I>, Death Indexes from 1903-2000, Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

4Jennifer Woodall, Email of Jennifer Woodall on Sterling Family History, jennifer69572004@sbcglobal.net.


112. John Earl Sterling

1Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

2Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 31484726, Nov 17 2008.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

4Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Af.


Maxine Blackman

1Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).
"SSN 460-52-9389."

2Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 31484740, Nov 17 2008.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


Edna Faye Smith

1Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, May 9 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.
Tombstone shows date of Marriage as 12/17/1954.

2Mexia Daily News, Mexia Daily News, 214 N. Railroad Mexia, TX 76667 (254) 562-2868, Jan 15 2004.
"Mexia Daily News - Jan. 15, 2004 edition

Edna Faye (Smith) Sterling

WORTHAM - Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Faye Sterling, 69, of Wortham, will be
conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in First Baptist Church. Officiating
will be the Rev. Steven Schulte, pastor. Burial will be in Wortham Cemetery,
under direction of Porter Chapel-Wortham.

Mrs. Sterling, born in Mexia on Aug. 29, 1934, died Tuesday at her residence.
She was a member of South McKinney Street Baptist Church of Mexia, and was a
retired Certified Nurses Aide.

Family visitation is scheduled for this evening from 6 until 9 o'clock in
Porter Chapel-Wortham.

Mrs. Sterling was preceded in death by her father, William Patrick Smith, and
by an infant son, Gary Wayne Sterling.

Surviving are her husband, Sammie Clayton Sterling of Wortham; five daughters -
Brenda Hargrove and husband Jim of Wortham, Sandra Robinson and husband Paul of
Streetman, Vickie Beene and husband Rusty of Freestone, Tx., Kim Beene and
husband Sam of Wortham, and Lisa McAdams of Wortham; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Alton and Gina Sterling of Robinson, Ronnie and Donna
Sterling of Wortham; 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren."

3Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

4Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

5Mexia Daily News, Mexia Daily News, Jan 15 2004.

6Find A Grave Records, Find A Grave Memorial# 14233904, May 9 2006.


273. Gary Wayne Sterling

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas., Page 3953, 1960.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

2Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, TX Death Certificates1903-1982.
For additional information or copies of death records, please contact: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics P. O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040(512) 458-7111.

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14856138, Jul 8 2006.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.
Surveyed by Patsy Cate Beatty.


114. Nelda Lou Sterling

1Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

2Mexia Daily News, Mexia Daily News, 214 N. Railroad Mexia, TX 76667 (254) 562-2868.
"Nelda Lou Blackmon, 76, of Mexia, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013, in Mexia. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Pastor Earl Sterling officiating. Interment will follow in the Tehuacana Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Nelda was born in Bremond, Texas, to the late George Minyard and Ethel Wiley Sterling. She had been a resident of Mexia for 60 years. Nelda married Fred Joseph Blackmon on April 24, 1953 in Mexia, Texas. Nelda loved anything that pertained to sewing; quilting, embroidering, crocheting, and knitting. She enjoyed riding country roads, chasing rabbits and garage sales. Nelda also loved to play softball, and did until she was over 50; this included playing on teams with her grown daughters for several years. Her passion for life was enjoying it to the fullest with her family and friends. She was a member of Wortham Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Alton, Maurice, Virgil, and John Earl Sterling; sister, Naomi Beldin; and sons-in-law, Glen Rogers and Jerry Duke. Nelda is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Fred Blackmon; sons, Ricky Blackmon and wife, Dixie, and Joey Blackmon; daughters, Georgenia "Gena" Duke, Debra Rogers and husband, Richard, Scarlet Floyd and husband, Jace, and Charlotte Cook and husband; Ty; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; brother, Sammy Sterling; many other relatives and friends."

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 114803410, Aug 2 2013.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.


Fred Joseph Blackmon

1Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
www.ancestry.com.

2Blair Stubbs Funeral Home, Blair Stubbs Obituary release, 605 S. McKinney Mexia, TX 76667, Jan 15 2015.
"Fred Joseph Blackmon, 84, passed away January 5, 2015 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. Earl Sterling officiating. Interment will follow in the Tehuacana Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Fred was born March 5, 1930 in Malakoff, Texas to Thomas Jefferson and Naomi Ray Blackmon. He worked for Mexia Textile, after they closed, as a mechanic and Mexia ISD school cross guard. Fred proudly served his country in the National Guard Army. On April 24, 1953, Fred married the love and light of his life, Nelda Lou Sterling. They were blessed with six children, Ricky, Georgenia, Debra, Scarlet, Charlotte and Joey. Fred always had a smile and hello for everyone he met; he truly had a passion for life and lived it to the fullest. He looked forward to family gatherings, his love for his family was very evident. Fred enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing dominoes and cards, pitching washers and horseshoes, music and dancing. He also loved football, baseball and had a great time coaching softball, especially the team on which his wife and daughters all played. Fred was a member of the South McKinney Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 60 years, Nelda Blackmon; brothers, W. O. Blackmon and Darrell Blackmon; and sister, Maxine Sterling. Fred is survived by his children, Ricky Dale Blackmon, Georgenia Lynn “Genia” Duke, Debra Starr Rogers, Scarlet Ann Floyd, Charlotte Darlene Cook and Joey Lonel Blackmon; grandchildren, Ricky Blackmon, Jr., Nikia Duke Benford, Jaree Loper, Tia Leger, Misty Morrow, William Rogers, Jimmy Rogers, Dale Rogers, David Rogers, Nathan Rogers, Sheena Shaw, Bobby Carroll, Kimberly Noey, Joey Blackmon, Jr. Jasmine Blackmon and Harley Cook; brother, Thomas J. Blackmon, Jr.; sister, Helen Scarpa; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Ricky Blackmon, Jr., William Rogers, David Rogers, Nathan Rogers, Bobby Carroll and Clayton Loper. Donnie Morrow will serve as an honorary pallbearer."

3Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 140952465, Jan 5 2015.
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