Helen Louise Brown

b. 31 August 1919, d. 30 July 1995
  • Helen Louise Brown was born on 31 August 1919 in Crockett, Houiston County, Texas.
  • Hugh Preston Brown and Lola Estelle DeMoss appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. Other members of the household included Helen Louise Brown.
  • The Brown family has yet to be found in the 1930 census.
  • Hugh Preston Brown and Lola Estelle DeMoss appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas. Other members of the household included Helen Louise Brown. In 1935 the family was living in Cherokee County.
  • She was employed as a saleslady by a retail drug store, according to the 1940 census.
  • She married Jasper James Rayburn, son of Jasper Deen Rayburn and Mary Emily Cook, on 7 July 1940 in Wharton County, Texas, by license issued on the 5th, with B. C. McCarley, MG, officiating.
  • Hugh Preston Brown registered for the draft in 1942 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, while living in El Campo, unemployed. Contact: Mrs. J. J. Rayburn, Brazoria County.
  • Helen Louise Brown became a widow at the 3 September 1945 death of her husband Jasper James Rayburn.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Lola Estelle DeMoss on 9 December 1979 at Huntsville Memorial Hospital in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
  • Helen Louise Brown died on 30 July 1995 at age 75 in Harris County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Sumpter Cemetery, Groveton, Trinity County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2015

Family: Jasper James Rayburn b. circa 1912, d. 3 September 1945