Dovie Ann Hester

b. 13 August 1875, d. 12 September 1954
  • Dovie Ann Hester was born on 13 August 1875 in Mississippi.
  • Jessie W. Hester and Susan Elizabeth Gray appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Boyds Preconct, Monroe County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Dovie Ann Hester. Also in the household were sons W. E. (age 13), J. T. (12), C. C. (11), Dave (8) and J. D. (2.)
  • She married Eugene DeMoss, son of William M. DeMoss and Mary Fisher, circa 1895.
  • Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Marion County, Texas. Also in the household were children Myrtle (age 4) and Lester (2), and one male boarder, a preacher.
  • Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, at Gilmer Road. Other members of the household included Lola Estelle DeMoss. Also in the household were children Mirtle L. (age 14), Lester M. (12), Tennie A. (7), Ruth (5) and Dartha A. (3.)
  • Eugene DeMoss registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Houston County, Texas, while living in Crockett with his wife Dovie, and employed there drilling oil by Grady Oil & Gas Company.
  • Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas. Also in the household were children Tennie (age 16), Ruth )14) and Dorothy (11.)
  • She officially witnessed the death of Eugene DeMoss on 4 October 1923 at 43 Shepherd in Houston, Harris County, Texas; at his residence.
  • Dovie Ann Hester became a widow at the 4 October 1923 death of her husband Eugene DeMoss.
  • Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas, at Route 1 enumerated in the household of her daughter Tennie Warren.
  • Dovie Ann Hester died on 12 September 1954 at age 79 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas, at Nan Travis Hospital . Informant was Mrs. A. H. Warren.
  • She was interred at Jarratt Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 16 Jun 2015

Family: Eugene DeMoss b. 15 March 1874, d. 4 October 1923