In Loving Memory of Bea Wright
~A Woman Of Faith~
Etta Bea (Thomas) Wright known as Bea to family and friends, was the daughter of Matthew "Matt" Lafayette Thomas from Panola County, Texas, and Etta Julia Brown(b Apr 12, 1875 TX - d Aug 15, 1913 Upshur Co, TX) who was noted for her flaming red hair. Their son Sanford Brown also had red hair like his mother. Etta was very ill with chronic asthma and died Aug 25, 1913. She is at rest in Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, Texas. Her father, Bea's maternal grandfather, William Brown b 1847 - d 1926, and Bea's maternal grandmother, Emerline Hough b 1847- d 1905 lived in Harrison County, Texas. Both in Gum Springs Cemetery, Longview, Harrison County, Texas.
Children of Matt and Etta Thomas:
1. Willie Taylor Thomas: b Aug 14, 1891 - d Nov 1, 1951. Married Dollie Lott. Dollie Luvenia Lott: b Nov 8, 1903 - d May 15, 1980. Both Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Lucy Emerline Thomas: b May 2, 1892 Gregg Co., TX - d Apr 11, 1984 TX. Lucy's middle name was to honor her grand mother Elizabeth Emerline (Hough) Brown. Lucy Thomas married (1) Charlie Wesley Smith (b May 22, 1884 Upshur Co., TX - d Jan 20, 1917 TX). Charlie Wesley Smith Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, TX. Widowed Lucy married (2) Whitsett Clegg. Lucy and Whit Clegg buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Lucy Emerline Thomas and Bessie Thomas married two brothers, Charlie Wesley Smith and Marshall "Lee" Smith.
3. Bessie Thomas: b Jan 8,1896 - d May 23, 1977. Married Marshall "Lee" Smith. Marshall Lee Smith: b Oct 5, 1890 - d Jun 20, 1962. Lee Smith was a noted Sport Fisherman Guide. Lee and Bessie Smith buried Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur Co, TX.
4. Etta Bea Thomas: b Dec 24, 1898 Upshur Co, TX - d Feb 11, 1986 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX. Married Isaac Willie Wright [called Willie]. Willie Wright: b Nov 23, 1896 TX Burke, Angelina Co, TX - d Jan 2, 1975 in hospital, Jasper, Jasper Co, TX. Both buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Essie M. Thomas: b Nov 16, 1901 - d Dec 31, 1983. 1st married L. Monroe Ritter. Monroe Ritter: b May 27, 1886 - d Oct 27, 1921, Centerview Cemetery. L. M. Ritter was a Christian, an honorable man who served as an Officer Of The Court in Hemphill, Sabine Co, TX. He was tragically shot by a friend in a misunderstanding, and died at age 36 years. They were the parents of two sons together: Jeff Ritter: b 1918 - d 1919, and L.M. (Monroe) Ritter. Essie Ritter was left a young widow at 20 years of age. Essie Ritter 2nd married Wesley Smith. Wesley Smith: Dec 16, 1901 - Mar 12, 1968. Essie & Wesley Smith buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine Co, TX.
6. Ira Mae Thomas: b Jun 28, 1904 - d Dec 28, 1978. Married James M. Parker Sr. Both buried Pineland Cemetery, Sabine Co, Pineland, TX.
7. Horace Thomas: b Jan 22, 1907 - d Nov 16, 1968. Horace never married. Buried Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine Co, TX.
Bea Thomas Wright shared this family history about her father, Matt Thomas, who was a widower. He devoted his time to raising his children, was very strict with them, and taught them Christian values. When the five girls became teenagers the young men started visiting them much to Matt's unhappiness. His eldest daughter Lucy Thomas married Charlie Wesley Smith, and Bessie Thomas married Charlie's brother Marshall Lee Smith.
Matt did not want his three younger daughters to fall in love and leave home for a few more years. He suddenly had them pack everything they could carry and he moved his family about sixty or seventy miles, by a wagon with oxen pulling it to Sabine County, Texas, back in the piney woods around Centerview Community, Sabine County, hoping to keep them home. Of course eventually the young men came courting the three sisters! At age nineteen Bea Thomas married the love of her life, Willie Wright, a serious minded Christian young man on June 18, 1918 in Sabine County, Texas. Essie Thomas married L. M. Ritter a fine young man, and Ira Mae Thomas married a good man, Jim Parker. Horace the youngest son never married.
Bea and Willie had six children, four of them living to adulthood. Two children died young: Eight months infant Virgal Dorris Wright died from pneumonia and was laid to rest in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co., TX. Twelve years old Mirtie Emma Wright died when her appendix burst during the night, and was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX.
Willie and Bea were married "unto death do we part" for fifty-four and a half years. Our heavenly Father called Willie Wright home to his eternal rest on January 2, 1975. Bea followed her Willie home on February 11, 1986. Bea is buried next to her Willie and they are eternally together in the Lord's loving care.
~A Woman Of Faith~
Etta Bea (Thomas) Wright known as Bea to family and friends, was the daughter of Matthew "Matt" Lafayette Thomas from Panola County, Texas, and Etta Julia Brown(b Apr 12, 1875 TX - d Aug 15, 1913 Upshur Co, TX) who was noted for her flaming red hair. Their son Sanford Brown also had red hair like his mother. Etta was very ill with chronic asthma and died Aug 25, 1913. She is at rest in Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, Texas. Her father, Bea's maternal grandfather, William Brown b 1847 - d 1926, and Bea's maternal grandmother, Emerline Hough b 1847- d 1905 lived in Harrison County, Texas. Both in Gum Springs Cemetery, Longview, Harrison County, Texas.
Children of Matt and Etta Thomas:
1. Willie Taylor Thomas: b Aug 14, 1891 - d Nov 1, 1951. Married Dollie Lott. Dollie Luvenia Lott: b Nov 8, 1903 - d May 15, 1980. Both Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Lucy Emerline Thomas: b May 2, 1892 Gregg Co., TX - d Apr 11, 1984 TX. Lucy's middle name was to honor her grand mother Elizabeth Emerline (Hough) Brown. Lucy Thomas married (1) Charlie Wesley Smith (b May 22, 1884 Upshur Co., TX - d Jan 20, 1917 TX). Charlie Wesley Smith Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, TX. Widowed Lucy married (2) Whitsett Clegg. Lucy and Whit Clegg buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Lucy Emerline Thomas and Bessie Thomas married two brothers, Charlie Wesley Smith and Marshall "Lee" Smith.
3. Bessie Thomas: b Jan 8,1896 - d May 23, 1977. Married Marshall "Lee" Smith. Marshall Lee Smith: b Oct 5, 1890 - d Jun 20, 1962. Lee Smith was a noted Sport Fisherman Guide. Lee and Bessie Smith buried Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur Co, TX.
4. Etta Bea Thomas: b Dec 24, 1898 Upshur Co, TX - d Feb 11, 1986 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX. Married Isaac Willie Wright [called Willie]. Willie Wright: b Nov 23, 1896 TX Burke, Angelina Co, TX - d Jan 2, 1975 in hospital, Jasper, Jasper Co, TX. Both buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Essie M. Thomas: b Nov 16, 1901 - d Dec 31, 1983. 1st married L. Monroe Ritter. Monroe Ritter: b May 27, 1886 - d Oct 27, 1921, Centerview Cemetery. L. M. Ritter was a Christian, an honorable man who served as an Officer Of The Court in Hemphill, Sabine Co, TX. He was tragically shot by a friend in a misunderstanding, and died at age 36 years. They were the parents of two sons together: Jeff Ritter: b 1918 - d 1919, and L.M. (Monroe) Ritter. Essie Ritter was left a young widow at 20 years of age. Essie Ritter 2nd married Wesley Smith. Wesley Smith: Dec 16, 1901 - Mar 12, 1968. Essie & Wesley Smith buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine Co, TX.
6. Ira Mae Thomas: b Jun 28, 1904 - d Dec 28, 1978. Married James M. Parker Sr. Both buried Pineland Cemetery, Sabine Co, Pineland, TX.
7. Horace Thomas: b Jan 22, 1907 - d Nov 16, 1968. Horace never married. Buried Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine Co, TX.
Bea Thomas Wright shared this family history about her father, Matt Thomas, who was a widower. He devoted his time to raising his children, was very strict with them, and taught them Christian values. When the five girls became teenagers the young men started visiting them much to Matt's unhappiness. His eldest daughter Lucy Thomas married Charlie Wesley Smith, and Bessie Thomas married Charlie's brother Marshall Lee Smith.
Matt did not want his three younger daughters to fall in love and leave home for a few more years. He suddenly had them pack everything they could carry and he moved his family about sixty or seventy miles, by a wagon with oxen pulling it to Sabine County, Texas, back in the piney woods around Centerview Community, Sabine County, hoping to keep them home. Of course eventually the young men came courting the three sisters! At age nineteen Bea Thomas married the love of her life, Willie Wright, a serious minded Christian young man on June 18, 1918 in Sabine County, Texas. Essie Thomas married L. M. Ritter a fine young man, and Ira Mae Thomas married a good man, Jim Parker. Horace the youngest son never married.
Bea and Willie had six children, four of them living to adulthood. Two children died young: Eight months infant Virgal Dorris Wright died from pneumonia and was laid to rest in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co., TX. Twelve years old Mirtie Emma Wright died when her appendix burst during the night, and was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX.
Willie and Bea were married "unto death do we part" for fifty-four and a half years. Our heavenly Father called Willie Wright home to his eternal rest on January 2, 1975. Bea followed her Willie home on February 11, 1986. Bea is buried next to her Willie and they are eternally together in the Lord's loving care.
In Loving Memory of Bea Wright
~A Woman Of Faith~
Etta Bea (Thomas) Wright known as Bea to family and friends, was the daughter of Matthew "Matt" Lafayette Thomas from Panola County, Texas, and Etta Julia Brown(b Apr 12, 1875 TX - d Aug 15, 1913 Upshur Co, TX) who was noted for her flaming red hair. Their son Sanford Brown also had red hair like his mother. Etta was very ill with chronic asthma and died Aug 25, 1913. She is at rest in Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, Texas. Her father, Bea's maternal grandfather, William Brown b 1847 - d 1926, and Bea's maternal grandmother, Emerline Hough b 1847- d 1905 lived in Harrison County, Texas. Both in Gum Springs Cemetery, Longview, Harrison County, Texas.
Children of Matt and Etta Thomas:
1. Willie Taylor Thomas: b Aug 14, 1891 - d Nov 1, 1951. Married Dollie Lott. Dollie Luvenia Lott: b Nov 8, 1903 - d May 15, 1980. Both Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Lucy Emerline Thomas: b May 2, 1892 Gregg Co., TX - d Apr 11, 1984 TX. Lucy's middle name was to honor her grand mother Elizabeth Emerline (Hough) Brown. Lucy Thomas married (1) Charlie Wesley Smith (b May 22, 1884 Upshur Co., TX - d Jan 20, 1917 TX). Charlie Wesley Smith Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, TX. Widowed Lucy married (2) Whitsett Clegg. Lucy and Whit Clegg buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Lucy Emerline Thomas and Bessie Thomas married two brothers, Charlie Wesley Smith and Marshall "Lee" Smith.
3. Bessie Thomas: b Jan 8,1896 - d May 23, 1977. Married Marshall "Lee" Smith. Marshall Lee Smith: b Oct 5, 1890 - d Jun 20, 1962. Lee Smith was a noted Sport Fisherman Guide. Lee and Bessie Smith buried Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur Co, TX.
4. Etta Bea Thomas: b Dec 24, 1898 Upshur Co, TX - d Feb 11, 1986 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX. Married Isaac Willie Wright [called Willie]. Willie Wright: b Nov 23, 1896 TX Burke, Angelina Co, TX - d Jan 2, 1975 in hospital, Jasper, Jasper Co, TX. Both buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Essie M. Thomas: b Nov 16, 1901 - d Dec 31, 1983. 1st married L. Monroe Ritter. Monroe Ritter: b May 27, 1886 - d Oct 27, 1921, Centerview Cemetery. L. M. Ritter was a Christian, an honorable man who served as an Officer Of The Court in Hemphill, Sabine Co, TX. He was tragically shot by a friend in a misunderstanding, and died at age 36 years. They were the parents of two sons together: Jeff Ritter: b 1918 - d 1919, and L.M. (Monroe) Ritter. Essie Ritter was left a young widow at 20 years of age. Essie Ritter 2nd married Wesley Smith. Wesley Smith: Dec 16, 1901 - Mar 12, 1968. Essie & Wesley Smith buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine Co, TX.
6. Ira Mae Thomas: b Jun 28, 1904 - d Dec 28, 1978. Married James M. Parker Sr. Both buried Pineland Cemetery, Sabine Co, Pineland, TX.
7. Horace Thomas: b Jan 22, 1907 - d Nov 16, 1968. Horace never married. Buried Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine Co, TX.
Bea Thomas Wright shared this family history about her father, Matt Thomas, who was a widower. He devoted his time to raising his children, was very strict with them, and taught them Christian values. When the five girls became teenagers the young men started visiting them much to Matt's unhappiness. His eldest daughter Lucy Thomas married Charlie Wesley Smith, and Bessie Thomas married Charlie's brother Marshall Lee Smith.
Matt did not want his three younger daughters to fall in love and leave home for a few more years. He suddenly had them pack everything they could carry and he moved his family about sixty or seventy miles, by a wagon with oxen pulling it to Sabine County, Texas, back in the piney woods around Centerview Community, Sabine County, hoping to keep them home. Of course eventually the young men came courting the three sisters! At age nineteen Bea Thomas married the love of her life, Willie Wright, a serious minded Christian young man on June 18, 1918 in Sabine County, Texas. Essie Thomas married L. M. Ritter a fine young man, and Ira Mae Thomas married a good man, Jim Parker. Horace the youngest son never married.
Bea and Willie had six children, four of them living to adulthood. Two children died young: Eight months infant Virgal Dorris Wright died from pneumonia and was laid to rest in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co., TX. Twelve years old Mirtie Emma Wright died when her appendix burst during the night, and was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX.
Willie and Bea were married "unto death do we part" for fifty-four and a half years. Our heavenly Father called Willie Wright home to his eternal rest on January 2, 1975. Bea followed her Willie home on February 11, 1986. Bea is buried next to her Willie and they are eternally together in the Lord's loving care.
~A Woman Of Faith~
Etta Bea (Thomas) Wright known as Bea to family and friends, was the daughter of Matthew "Matt" Lafayette Thomas from Panola County, Texas, and Etta Julia Brown(b Apr 12, 1875 TX - d Aug 15, 1913 Upshur Co, TX) who was noted for her flaming red hair. Their son Sanford Brown also had red hair like his mother. Etta was very ill with chronic asthma and died Aug 25, 1913. She is at rest in Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, Texas. Her father, Bea's maternal grandfather, William Brown b 1847 - d 1926, and Bea's maternal grandmother, Emerline Hough b 1847- d 1905 lived in Harrison County, Texas. Both in Gum Springs Cemetery, Longview, Harrison County, Texas.
Children of Matt and Etta Thomas:
1. Willie Taylor Thomas: b Aug 14, 1891 - d Nov 1, 1951. Married Dollie Lott. Dollie Luvenia Lott: b Nov 8, 1903 - d May 15, 1980. Both Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Lucy Emerline Thomas: b May 2, 1892 Gregg Co., TX - d Apr 11, 1984 TX. Lucy's middle name was to honor her grand mother Elizabeth Emerline (Hough) Brown. Lucy Thomas married (1) Charlie Wesley Smith (b May 22, 1884 Upshur Co., TX - d Jan 20, 1917 TX). Charlie Wesley Smith Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur County, TX. Widowed Lucy married (2) Whitsett Clegg. Lucy and Whit Clegg buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Lucy Emerline Thomas and Bessie Thomas married two brothers, Charlie Wesley Smith and Marshall "Lee" Smith.
3. Bessie Thomas: b Jan 8,1896 - d May 23, 1977. Married Marshall "Lee" Smith. Marshall Lee Smith: b Oct 5, 1890 - d Jun 20, 1962. Lee Smith was a noted Sport Fisherman Guide. Lee and Bessie Smith buried Walnut Creek Cemetery, Diana, Upshur Co, TX.
4. Etta Bea Thomas: b Dec 24, 1898 Upshur Co, TX - d Feb 11, 1986 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX. Married Isaac Willie Wright [called Willie]. Willie Wright: b Nov 23, 1896 TX Burke, Angelina Co, TX - d Jan 2, 1975 in hospital, Jasper, Jasper Co, TX. Both buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Essie M. Thomas: b Nov 16, 1901 - d Dec 31, 1983. 1st married L. Monroe Ritter. Monroe Ritter: b May 27, 1886 - d Oct 27, 1921, Centerview Cemetery. L. M. Ritter was a Christian, an honorable man who served as an Officer Of The Court in Hemphill, Sabine Co, TX. He was tragically shot by a friend in a misunderstanding, and died at age 36 years. They were the parents of two sons together: Jeff Ritter: b 1918 - d 1919, and L.M. (Monroe) Ritter. Essie Ritter was left a young widow at 20 years of age. Essie Ritter 2nd married Wesley Smith. Wesley Smith: Dec 16, 1901 - Mar 12, 1968. Essie & Wesley Smith buried Centerview Cemetery, Sabine Co, TX.
6. Ira Mae Thomas: b Jun 28, 1904 - d Dec 28, 1978. Married James M. Parker Sr. Both buried Pineland Cemetery, Sabine Co, Pineland, TX.
7. Horace Thomas: b Jan 22, 1907 - d Nov 16, 1968. Horace never married. Buried Centerview Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine Co, TX.
Bea Thomas Wright shared this family history about her father, Matt Thomas, who was a widower. He devoted his time to raising his children, was very strict with them, and taught them Christian values. When the five girls became teenagers the young men started visiting them much to Matt's unhappiness. His eldest daughter Lucy Thomas married Charlie Wesley Smith, and Bessie Thomas married Charlie's brother Marshall Lee Smith.
Matt did not want his three younger daughters to fall in love and leave home for a few more years. He suddenly had them pack everything they could carry and he moved his family about sixty or seventy miles, by a wagon with oxen pulling it to Sabine County, Texas, back in the piney woods around Centerview Community, Sabine County, hoping to keep them home. Of course eventually the young men came courting the three sisters! At age nineteen Bea Thomas married the love of her life, Willie Wright, a serious minded Christian young man on June 18, 1918 in Sabine County, Texas. Essie Thomas married L. M. Ritter a fine young man, and Ira Mae Thomas married a good man, Jim Parker. Horace the youngest son never married.
Bea and Willie had six children, four of them living to adulthood. Two children died young: Eight months infant Virgal Dorris Wright died from pneumonia and was laid to rest in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co., TX. Twelve years old Mirtie Emma Wright died when her appendix burst during the night, and was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX.
Willie and Bea were married "unto death do we part" for fifty-four and a half years. Our heavenly Father called Willie Wright home to his eternal rest on January 2, 1975. Bea followed her Willie home on February 11, 1986. Bea is buried next to her Willie and they are eternally together in the Lord's loving care.
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