Obituaries
We have a collection of newspaper clippings from Rev. Perhealth.J. J. Allen
Jack Allen was born in 1876 in Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas. He was elected Sheriff of Terrell County for two terms. He was serving as the Sheriff of Crane County at the time of his death in an automobile accident. He was survived by his mother, of Liberty Hill, his wife and one daughter and one son.
from Sanderson Times, Friday, June 7, 1929
Jack Allen was born in 1876 in Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas. He was elected Sheriff of Terrell County for two terms. He was serving as the Sheriff of Crane County at the time of his death in an automobile accident. He was survived by his mother, of Liberty Hill, his wife and one daughter and one son.
from Sanderson Times, Friday, June 7, 1929
Theo Charley McDonald
Sanderson, Texas
KILLED IN ACTION
Theo C. McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.H. McDonald, who was killed in action with the United States Navy according to announcement received from the Chief of Navy Personnel. He volunteered for service with the Navy Oct. 10, 1940, and was last heard from July 9, 1942. His paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W.H. McDonald of Sanderson and maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Wallace of Hext.
Contributed by Mrs. Mavis Sager, September 2008. She wrote, "Good morning, this is the Obit that I mentioned ... the McDonalds were friends of my grandparents, W. A. & Nora Powell."
(he died 9 Aug 1942 in the Solomon Islands)
Sanderson, Texas
KILLED IN ACTION
Theo C. McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.H. McDonald, who was killed in action with the United States Navy according to announcement received from the Chief of Navy Personnel. He volunteered for service with the Navy Oct. 10, 1940, and was last heard from July 9, 1942. His paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W.H. McDonald of Sanderson and maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Wallace of Hext.
Contributed by Mrs. Mavis Sager, September 2008. She wrote, "Good morning, this is the Obit that I mentioned ... the McDonalds were friends of my grandparents, W. A. & Nora Powell."
(he died 9 Aug 1942 in the Solomon Islands)
Coleman "Buster" Babb Jr.
Del Rio - Graveside services were Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at Westlawn Cemetery here for Coleman "Buster" Babb, Jr., 83, a former Terrell County sheriff who died Friday, March 31, 2006, in Seguin.
Babb, who served as Terrell County deputy sheriff and then sheriff in the 1950s, was born December 22, 1922, in Del Rio to Coleman and Mary Diana Davis Babb. He graduated from Sanderson High School in 1941 and married Willa Dean Brotherton in 1944. After a divorce he married Helen Alsobrook.
Babb grew up in and around West Texas. His family owned land in what is now Big Bend National Park and later sold the land to the federal government when the park was created. He enjoyed match roping and at one time teamed up with Jim Bob Altizer, a nationally-known roper.
After leaving Sanderson, Babb became a truck driver, a rancher, oil field worker and farrier. In the 1980s he was a ranch manager for the Texas Nature Conservancy's Rosillos Mountain Preserve in Big Bend. It was 67,000 acres that then adjoined Big Bend park but is now a part of the park. Texas Highways magazine featured Babb in some articles during that period. He later became a ranch manager and care-giver to a Sonora man before he retired and moved to San Angelo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, a brother, Glynn Babb, and a half brother, Jack Babb.
He is survived by one son, Byron and wife Charlie Babb of Farmington, New Mexico; two daughters, Linda and Steve Dooley of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and Brenda and Pat Lane of San Antonio; step children Mac and Betty McGinty and Bari McGinty and sister-in-law, Lelia Babb, all of San Angelo; five grandchildren, one great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews and cherished friends Doris Eckert and her family.
Funeral services were handled by Sunset Memorial Oaks Funeral Home. Memorials may be in the form of a donation to a favorite church or charity.
From the April 7, 2006 issue of the Terrell County News-Leader, page 2
Del Rio - Graveside services were Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at Westlawn Cemetery here for Coleman "Buster" Babb, Jr., 83, a former Terrell County sheriff who died Friday, March 31, 2006, in Seguin.
Babb, who served as Terrell County deputy sheriff and then sheriff in the 1950s, was born December 22, 1922, in Del Rio to Coleman and Mary Diana Davis Babb. He graduated from Sanderson High School in 1941 and married Willa Dean Brotherton in 1944. After a divorce he married Helen Alsobrook.
Babb grew up in and around West Texas. His family owned land in what is now Big Bend National Park and later sold the land to the federal government when the park was created. He enjoyed match roping and at one time teamed up with Jim Bob Altizer, a nationally-known roper.
After leaving Sanderson, Babb became a truck driver, a rancher, oil field worker and farrier. In the 1980s he was a ranch manager for the Texas Nature Conservancy's Rosillos Mountain Preserve in Big Bend. It was 67,000 acres that then adjoined Big Bend park but is now a part of the park. Texas Highways magazine featured Babb in some articles during that period. He later became a ranch manager and care-giver to a Sonora man before he retired and moved to San Angelo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, a brother, Glynn Babb, and a half brother, Jack Babb.
He is survived by one son, Byron and wife Charlie Babb of Farmington, New Mexico; two daughters, Linda and Steve Dooley of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and Brenda and Pat Lane of San Antonio; step children Mac and Betty McGinty and Bari McGinty and sister-in-law, Lelia Babb, all of San Angelo; five grandchildren, one great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews and cherished friends Doris Eckert and her family.
Funeral services were handled by Sunset Memorial Oaks Funeral Home. Memorials may be in the form of a donation to a favorite church or charity.
From the April 7, 2006 issue of the Terrell County News-Leader, page 2
Lupe J. Ramirez
Houston - Funeral services were last week here for Lupe J. Ramirez, 87, father of Jimmy Ramirez of Sanderson. He died August 19, 2006. Burial was at Houston National Cemetery.
Ramirez was born on January 20, 1919. He served in the US Army in the European Theater in World War II. In his youth he was a boxer for several years, fighting under the ring name "Gallito Ramirez."
Ramirez was a retired industrial painter having painted ships in the Houston shipyards for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; two daughters, Lupe Trevino and Jo Ann and Javiel Solis, both of Houston; son Jimmy and Ofelia Ramirez of Sanderson; one brother, Noah Ramirez of Houston; four sisters, Amelia and Tony Pena, Carmen and Luis Gonzalez, Betty and Mike Cervantez and Lena Ramirez, all of Houston, 13 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
from the September 1, 2006 issue of the Terrell County News-Leader, page 2
Houston - Funeral services were last week here for Lupe J. Ramirez, 87, father of Jimmy Ramirez of Sanderson. He died August 19, 2006. Burial was at Houston National Cemetery.
Ramirez was born on January 20, 1919. He served in the US Army in the European Theater in World War II. In his youth he was a boxer for several years, fighting under the ring name "Gallito Ramirez."
Ramirez was a retired industrial painter having painted ships in the Houston shipyards for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; two daughters, Lupe Trevino and Jo Ann and Javiel Solis, both of Houston; son Jimmy and Ofelia Ramirez of Sanderson; one brother, Noah Ramirez of Houston; four sisters, Amelia and Tony Pena, Carmen and Luis Gonzalez, Betty and Mike Cervantez and Lena Ramirez, all of Houston, 13 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
from the September 1, 2006 issue of the Terrell County News-Leader, page 2