Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Katie Bell (Ransom) Hemphill


Funeral Services Held For Katie Bell Hemphill, 78


Funeral services were held for Katie Bell Hemphill, 78, of Fairfield, Texas on
Jun 11, 1988 at Hemphill Temple C.O.G.I.C. Superintedent C. J. Jones officiated
services.

Burial was in the Baptist Cemetery in Fairfield.

Mrs. Hemphill was born on February 27, 1910 in Freestone County, Teas and 
passed away on June 7, 1988 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital.

She was a nurse.

She is survived by her husband, Rev. J. I. Hemphill, Fairfield, Tx.; 1 daughter:
Idella Price, Pomona, California; 10 stepchildren: Channie L. Banks, Ruby 
Barthley, and Walter Griene, all of Dallas, Tx.; William Hemphill and Robert
Hemphill, both of Spokane, Washington; Twettia Allen, Compton, California;
Julius Hemphill, Jr. and Sena Pierre, both of Los Angeles, California; Lettia
Marshall, Omaha, Nebraska; and Billy Hemphill, Duncanville, TX; 1 brother:
Rev. Earnest Ransom, Houston, Tx.; 1 stepbrother: Roosevelt McBay, Fairfield, 
Tx.; 2 sisters: Etta Mae Averheart, Fairfield, Tx. and Lena Mae Williams, 
Houston, Tx.; 2 grandsons: Vernon E. Johnson and Earnest Johnson, both of Los
Angeles, Ca.  She was preceded in death by her sister, Berneather Rischer and
1 stepson, Albert Hemphill.

Pallbearers were Adam Wade, Sylvester Rischer, McKinley Averheart, Eugene
Thurman, K. C. Willis, and C. W. Daniels.  Honorary pallbearers were Billy
Hemphill, Rev. Earnest Ransom, Roosevelt McBay, Rev. Charlie Averheart, Rev.
Jimmy Rischer, and Rev. Ivory Rischer.

Capps Memorial Chapel of Fairfield was in charge of arrangements.