Columbus Coe Burrell, 73, died on April 6, 1947 at his home at 1563 Grand Avenue, Beaumont, Texas. He was born March 14, 1874, on a farm near Kountze, Texas. Working for his father as a boy, he decided early that following the plow was not his life's calling. Later working for his Hooks uncles, who owned nearly everything in the county, he tended bar at a local saloon, clerked at the general store and was employed at a variety of jobs at the local Hooks Sawmill. A large framed, fine-looking redhead, he became a dedicated lumberman. Moving from one sawmill town to another, the first of his homes was at the sprawling town of Hooks Switch, haphazardly built up around the Hooks Brothers Lumber Company and the commissary, the exclusive dealer of everything from beans to bedsheets. The Coe family lived in a big white house, originally built for either their Hooks or Herring relatives. It was located in a clump of pines down a long drive lined with towering sycamores, some of which are still standing. From there they went to Kountze, then Loeb, then to Pitkin, Louisiana, then to Groveton, Texas. He married Ida Forbes Herring on March 19, 1899 at Kountze, Texas. He moved to Beaumont, Texas in 1927.
Columbus Coe Burrell, 73, died on April 6, 1947 at his home at 1563 Grand Avenue, Beaumont, Texas. He was born March 14, 1874, on a farm near Kountze, Texas. Working for his father as a boy, he decided early that following the plow was not his life's calling. Later working for his Hooks uncles, who owned nearly everything in the county, he tended bar at a local saloon, clerked at the general store and was employed at a variety of jobs at the local Hooks Sawmill. A large framed, fine-looking redhead, he became a dedicated lumberman. Moving from one sawmill town to another, the first of his homes was at the sprawling town of Hooks Switch, haphazardly built up around the Hooks Brothers Lumber Company and the commissary, the exclusive dealer of everything from beans to bedsheets. The Coe family lived in a big white house, originally built for either their Hooks or Herring relatives. It was located in a clump of pines down a long drive lined with towering sycamores, some of which are still standing. From there they went to Kountze, then Loeb, then to Pitkin, Louisiana, then to Groveton, Texas. He married Ida Forbes Herring on March 19, 1899 at Kountze, Texas. He moved to Beaumont, Texas in 1927.
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