Obituaries:  Mrs. Mattie B. Felts, Sabine Parish       F-432
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 18, 1955
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Mrs. Mattie B. Felts

  18 Mar 1955 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie B. Felts, 88,
were held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 4, in the Free Methodist Church
in Hemphill, Texas, with Rev. N. L. Dubberly and Rev. Clarence
Howell, both of Mississippi.

  Interment was in the Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of
Starr Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Felts was a native of Mississippi and had lived in
Sabine County since 1901. She was a member of the Free Methodist
Church. She became a Christian in early life and lived a
Christian throughout her life.

  Mrs. Felts was the widow of the late T. J. Felts who
preceded her in death, April 17, 1947.

  They observed their 60th wedding anniversary Christmas Eve,
1947.

  Mrs. Felts passed way Thursday, March 3, at 11 o'clock a.m.
at her home in Sabinetown. She became suddenly ill of a heart
attack and lived one week.

  She is survived by five sons, Lee and Walter of Sabinetown,
Clarence of Brookeland, Texas, Hugh and Urcel of League City,
Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Cleo O'Neal and Mrs. Ora Harper of
Sabinetown, Mrs. Opal Tinsley of Redding, Calif., and Mrs. Ocie
Gomer of Fort Worth, 21 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and
one great-great granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Ella Patterson,
of Mississippi. All the children were present except Opal who was
not able to come.

  Pallbearers were: Howard Low, DeWitte Vickers, Austin Neal,
Alton Pratt, Preston Erwin and Edward Harper.