Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mr. J. J. Sheffield who died in a Jasper hospital Tuesday.
Uncle Jim as he was familiarly known was born December 17, 1886, died July 22, 1941. He was born in Early County, Georgia, and came to Texas in 1885. He became a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at the age of 14 and was a faithful worker until he died.
He had eight brothers and two sisters. He was married to Elizabeth Hawthorne in 1887 and there were born into this family nine children; J. P. Sheffield, Sour Lake Texas, A. L. Sheffield Jasper Texas, Mrs. A. E. Adams, Mrs. H. W. Behannon, J. N. Sheffield, E. M. Sheffield, B. R. Sheffield, and R. E. Sheffield all of Roganville, and Mrs. H. T. Burnett of Newton. He had thirty one grand children and seventeen great grand children.
He was a pioneer settler, a devoted Christian loved by all who knew him.
Funeral services were held by Bro. T. W. Smith of Kirbyville. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery and burial arrangements were under the direction of Stringer Funeral Home of Jasper.
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mr. J. J. Sheffield who died in a Jasper hospital Tuesday.
Uncle Jim as he was familiarly known was born December 17, 1886, died July 22, 1941. He was born in Early County, Georgia, and came to Texas in 1885. He became a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at the age of 14 and was a faithful worker until he died.
He had eight brothers and two sisters. He was married to Elizabeth Hawthorne in 1887 and there were born into this family nine children; J. P. Sheffield, Sour Lake Texas, A. L. Sheffield Jasper Texas, Mrs. A. E. Adams, Mrs. H. W. Behannon, J. N. Sheffield, E. M. Sheffield, B. R. Sheffield, and R. E. Sheffield all of Roganville, and Mrs. H. T. Burnett of Newton. He had thirty one grand children and seventeen great grand children.
He was a pioneer settler, a devoted Christian loved by all who knew him.
Funeral services were held by Bro. T. W. Smith of Kirbyville. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery and burial arrangements were under the direction of Stringer Funeral Home of Jasper.
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Henry Isham Sheffield
1860–1941
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Rebecca Price Ella Sheffield Mock
1862–1928
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Charles Wesley Sheffield
1865–1936
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Martha Sheffield
1867–1867
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John Iverson Sheffield
1869–1956
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Madison Augustus "Babe" Sheffield
1870–1944
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Mary Sheffield
1873–1873
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Abner Kilby Sheffield
1874–1951
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Richard Wright Sheffield
1877–1954
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Cully Sheffield Howell
1880–1939
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Peter Silas Sheffield
1883–1962
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Andrew Paul Sheffield
1883–1968
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James Polk Sheffield
1888–1962
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Andrew Lane Sheffield
1890–1962
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Bertha Miriam Sheffield Adams
1892–1975
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Esther Louisa Sheffield Behannon
1894–1990
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Joseph Newman Sheffield
1897–1967
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Ernest Marvin Sheffield
1900–1976
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Bruce Roberts Sheffield
1902–1980
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Lena Louvenia Sheffield Burnett
1904–1991
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Rev Robert Edward Lee Sheffield
1911–1984
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