John W.	Mary Alice

    At 2 o'clock this afternoon (March 24, 1912) Jno. W Odneal died at his home 422 Odneal Street. He had been confined to his room for several months. Stomach trouble was the disease to which death is attributed although his old age had much to do with the case.
    He was 70 years of age and for thirty seven years had made his home in this city. In the early days of Sherman he was a merchant, but in later years he has only been occupied with matters pertaining to his real estate holdings.
    The funeral services will be conducted from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by Elder Geo. F. Bradford. Internment at West Hill Cemetery.
    The deceased is survived by the wife Mrs. J. W. Odneal and by the following children: H. L. Odneal of Dallas; R. C. Odneal of Valley View; Charles L. Odneal of this city; H. T. Odneal of Ft. Stockton; Earl Odneal and Miss Lucile Odneal of Sherman; Mrsa Ada Loving of Dallas and Mrs R. T. Hannah of Yoakum. He is also survived by two brothers and a sister in California, MO. They are Mrs Hannah and Mace and George Odneal.
 
 

    Mrs. Mary Alice Odneal, widow of the late John W. Odneal, and a resident of Sherman since 1853, died at the family home at 422 East Odneal Street about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning at the age of 72 years.
    Mrs. Odneal, who was known and loved by friends throughout Sherman, was a member of one of the earliest families locating in Sherman and her years of residence here dated back to within a few years of the founding of the city. The daughter of George and Elizabeth Bond, she came with her parents when they removed from Arkansas in 1852 to what is now Sherman. Mr. Bond acquired, and for many years farmed lands on which much of the business part of Sherman is built.
    Mrs. Odneal was married about 1872 to John W. Odneal, a member of another pioneer family of Sherman, owning adjoining property to that of her parents. Mr. Odneal died in Sherman in 1912. Eight children born of the union survive. They are H. L. Odneal, Los Angeles, CA; R. C. Odneal Valley View; Mrs. R. L. Loving, Dallas; Mrs. R. T. Hanna, Sherman; C. L. Odneal, Sherman; H. T. Odneal Fort Stockton; E. L. Odneal, Sherman; Mrs. F. E. Keith, Sherman. She is also survived by one brother, Burl Bond, of California. Two sisters, Mrs. M. J. Carruthers of Sherman and Mrs. J. F. Herndon of Los Angeles, CA have died within the past 15 months.
 
 

    George born May 5,1872, married Nellie GUINN before 1896. Gunby, born about 1894. In the 1900 census Nellie was listed as a widow and she and Gunby were living with her father D. C. GUINN. Gunby died July 21, 1899 in Sherman, Texas and is buried at West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX.
    Their only child
 
 

    Gunby was born April 1896 and died in 1928. He is buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX. According to Billie (Wilbur's sdau.) Gumby lived in CA.
 
 

Bert	Frances

    Bert was born Nov. 12, 1873. He married Caddo in 1900 and they divorced with no children. He moved to Los Angeles and February 14, 1925 married Frances Jane Thompson. From this marriage two sons were born, Billy (1925) and Jack (1928). Bert and Frances were divorced about 1930. The two boys were raised in an orphanage as Frances was not able to support the family. She moved to Montana and both sons moved to Montana for there retirement. Bert died in Los Angeles in 1947. Frances died in Montana August 14,1992. The two sons being raised apart from the Odneal family knew nothing about their uncles, cousins and other relatives. They attended the 50th reunion with all their children (only Billy had married and had children).
    It seems Bert worked in banks all his life, as an accountant, this was learned from census reports. His sons only knew him by name and a picture they had. When he died they somehow found out about it and went to Los Angeles but by the time they got there he had already been buried. As a career Army officer Billy had attempted to look up Odneals at every post he went to, but he never found any to talk with.
 
 

    Robert was born in1877 in Sherman, TX and in 1898 married Cora Virginia MORRISON. Robert had a large wheat farm near Valley View, Texas. Robert and and Cora are buried in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, TX.
    They had five children:
 
 

    Frank was born Dec. 4, 1898 in Valley View, TX and died Dec. 29, 1904 also in Valley View, TX. He is buried in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, TX.
 
 

    Cecil was born about 1902 in Valley View, TX. He married Erma Jane. He owned a gas station. He died in 1937 and Erma Jane died about 1996. They are both buried in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, TX.
    They did not have children.
 
 

    Sybil was born June 28, 1904. She married Lloyd EVES. sybil was a house wife and Lloyd worked at Cox's Department Store. Lloyd died in 1969 and Sybil in 1977 both in Brownwood, TX and they are both buried in Calvery Cemetery, Marlin, TX.
    They had one daughter.
 
 

    Robert was born May 18, 1906 in Valley View, TX. On May 18, 1930 he married Ermon Jo DICKSON, born May 24, 1907 in Bolivar, TX to Louie and Dottie JOHNSON DICKSON. Rober was farmer and enjoyed hunting and fishing when time permitted. Ermon Jo was a homemaker.
    They had two sons:
 
 

    Nydia was born in June 1908. She married Luin KING , born Dec. 16, 1906. Nydia was a homemaker and Lui was in the Oil Business in Big Spring, TX They divorced and Nydia married Raymond DOSS, they had no children.
    Nydia and Luin had one child.
 
 

    Ada was born in 1879 and married a Mr. LOVING and had at least one son Raymond. Mr. Loving worked for the Railroad in Dallas in some capacity. Acccording to Jack Odneal the son, Raymond, sold caskets in the Dallas area.
 
 

    According to her obiturary Eula was born Nov. 2, 1883 in Sherman, TX. She married her first cousin Robert Thomas (Bob) Hanna who was an insurance agent for Texas Life Insurance Co.. Bob died Jan. 3, 1942 and Eula died March 15, 1970. They both died in Corpus Christi, TX and are buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park. They belonged to the First Christian Church and Eula belonged to the Golden Age Club.
 
 

    Robert T. Hanna, 58, of 3636 Bartlett Drive, died at his home early yesterday morning. He was district agent for Texas Life Insurance Co.. Of Waco and had lived in Corpus Christi 10 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at David T. Peel Funeral Home by the Rev. Mr. Harrison, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
    Pallbearers will be J. D. Wren, Marvin Erickson, G. C. Thornton, G. R. Flynn, Dan Taylor, and Joe Nemec. Honorary pallbearers, Dr. John J. Sloan, Dr. Harvey Baldwin, J. C. Blacknall, Joe Dixon, Harry Jones, Dr. W. C. Barnard, John Elliott, and Frank Wolfson.
    Surviving are the wife, one daughter, Mrs. I. R. Craig of Corpus Christi.
 
 

    Mrs. Eula M. Hanna, 85, of 3626 Bartlett Drive died at 11:15 a.m. yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness.
    She was born in Sherman and was a resident of Corpus Christi for the last 40 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church and the Golden Age Club.
    Funeral services will be a 2 p.m. today at the Ross Langham Mortuary Chapel with Dr. Oliver W. Harrison, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park.
    Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Irby Craig, of Corpus Christi.
    Their daughter:
 
 

    Dorothy was born July 15, 1913. She married Irby R. Craig about 1937, they had no children. Dorthy was a secretary for San Antonio Machine and Supply and worked for Corn Products Co. and Texas Employment Commission. Irby worked for San Antonio Machine and Supply. He died June 15, 1977 and she in May 28, 1990 both in Corpus Christi, TX and are both buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Corpus Christi, TX.. Information on Eula, Dorthy and Irby are from their obiturarys. Robert is from his parents information.
 
 

    Dorothy Hanna Craig, 76, died May 28, 1990 in her residence after a long illness.
    She was born on September 15, 1913 to Robert Thomas and Eula Mae Odneal Hanna in Sherman, Texas (Grayson County).
    She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Irby R. Craig.
She was educated at Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas, the University of Texas in Austin, Del Mar College, and C.C. Business College, both in Corpus Christi. She worked for San Antonio Machines and Supply (SAMS CO.) and retired from Corn Products Co. and Texas Employment Commission on January 1, 1987 as a secretary.
    She had no immediate survivors.
    Graveside services will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 1990 with Rev. Warren Spanutius officiating.
    Cage-Mills Jackson-Langham 1001 Second St.
 
 

    John name was most likely John Washington after his father. John was born April 12, 1884 and died March 26, 1886. Both in Sherman, Texas. He is buried at West Hill Cemetery, Sherman Texas.
 
 

Charles	Tudie

    Charles Lee was born Feb. 24, 1886 and by 1909 had married Tudie S. Dedrick daughter of Thad Dedrick, in Sherman, Texas. Charley, as he was called, ran the grocery store for his father and was a night watchman at the flour mill. When his father died he inherited the grocery store, the house he lived in and the seven houses the Negro workers lived in. In the 1920 census he is listed as a repairman at the Oil Refinery in Sherman, TX. In 1927 his brother Harry invited him to come to McCamey, Texas and sell Chryslers. So he, his wife and two sons (Charles was now in college) moved to McCamey, Texas. He sold cars for about six months but that work didn't suit him so he went to work for the Humble Oil Co. refinery in McCamey. In 1930 Humble closed the refinery, as it wasn't profitable having to truck the oil out to the coast for shipment, and moved all the employees to east Texas. Charley was moved to Panny in the tri-city area. Later the three cities, Panny, Goose Creek and Old Baytown were incorporated into what is now called Baytown. He continued working for Humble as did two of his sons Jack and Harold. Jack was sometimes his fathers relief off his shift of fueling the ships and Harold became a welder At some time the name was changed to EXXON and is owned by Standard of New Jersey.
    They had three sons:
 
 

    Charles Washington (1910) Charles married Marie PHILLIPS. Worked for Texas Gulf Oil Co.
    They had two children.
 
 

Bob, Ollie and Jack

    Jack was born Nov. 14, 1914 in Sherman, TX. Jack married Suzie Ollie Smith in 1939 in Baytown. Jack was a sergeants in the Army during WW II, as an engineer with B-17's in the Army Air Force. Ollie followed him from post to post always finding work to do. After the war they returned to Baytown and Jack went back to work at Exxon. In 1954 they had their only child Robert Errol Odneal (Bob). Jack retired from Exxon in about 1969. Ollie passed away in 1989. In 1991 Jack remarried a widow, Dottie Enderli, and she passed away in 1993.
    Bob acquired an interest in music, espically the trumpet at an early age. When he was in the 8th grade Al Hirt was put in the Methodist Hospital in Houston. Bob learned of this and begged his father to take him over to see. Jack was skepecitcal that they would be allowed to go in and see him. After much persuassion Jack finally agreed. Much to his surprise Al said to come on in and invited Bob to hop up on the bed with him. Needless to say this went a long way in encouragement with Bob. He is currently head of the music dept. at a Junior College, a music teacher and most importantly plays the trumpet professionally. He has played with the Ray Charles Band and Tommy Dorsey Orchestry. He has also played backup to Glenn Campbell, The Fifth Deminison, John Denver, Maynard Ferguson, Shirley Jones, Lizza Minelli, Doc Severisen and Bobby Vinton.
    Bob and some of his friends were also around when John Wayne "The Duke" was making the film Hellfighters. The movie security men were telling them to leave, John Wayne over heard them and told them they could stay. He then asked if they were hungry and said for them to fix something to eat from the table of food.
 
 

    Harold (1918), all born on Odneal St. in Sherman, TX. Harold had no middle name but he took his mother's maiden name of Dedrick as his middle name when entering the Army during WW II. Harold was a sergeants in the Army during WW II, operating bulldozer's in Alaska at wars end.
    In the early 1950's Harold and a man named Slay were welding. At the same time Battery B was being brought back on line after an overhaul. The pipefitters had left a gasket out of a coupling in the 4" line. When the crude hit this opening Slay and Harold were both sprayed with oil, which was ignited by the welders. Slay died as a result of his burns and Harold, although, badly burned from the waist down and requiring hundreds of grafts pulled through and was able to return to work as a welder.
    They had two children.
 
 

Harry

Earl	Thelma

    Earl was born in Mar. 1894 and by 1918 was married to Thelma Gwendlyn EATHERLY. Thelma died about 1924 and Earl married Alberta BROWNFIELD by 1925 they had five children, Earl Larimore Jr. (1925), Raymond Clifford (1927), Jo Alyce (1928) changed her name to Mary Alyce when she became a nun, Paul Ernest (1929) and Martha Marie (1930).  Alberta died about 1931 and the children were put in Catholic schools in Dallas.  The boys were in one school and the girls in another.  Earl married a third time to a lady named Gertrude.  Earl died in 1962 in Sherman, Texas.  He had a heart attack while talking with friends.  Gertrude died in 1963.
 Some information related from Earls oldest child Billie Margaret;
    Earl owned a feed and seed store in Sherman TX and owned the house of his father .  He also had a large vegatable garden and raised leghorn chickens.  The Negros lived in houses in back of the main house and took care of the chickens.  Earl’s children Billie and Wilbur lived with their Eatherly grandparents after their mother died.  When Earl remarried Alberta, Billie came back to live with them and took care of  her five step brother and sisters.  The death of her mother was especially difficult for her. and as a result much of her Odneal memories are gone.  She does remember very well the fureral.  Thelma was laid out on a rolled red velvet couch and  was only placed in the casket before being sealed in the wall of the Odneal Mouseleum.  Billie remembers going up to the third floor of the house and watching the court house burn as a result of a mob after a Negro.  The story is the Negro had raped a white woman and hid in the courthouse.  The mob burned the courthouse down in order to get him to comeout.  He was then dragged through the streets and lynched.  This is why early records of Sherman are hard to obtain as they were burnt up in the fire.  Earl died in Sherman Texas from a heart attack while visiting with friends.  Earl and Thelma are both buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX.
 Earl and Thelma’s children
 
 

Billie Margaret

    Billie was born July 14, 1918 in Sherman, Texas.  She married Ralph Wheeler BABB.  Billie has been active in the Greene County Democratic Party.  She is the first woman to be elected Chairman of the Greene County Democratic Party.  Ralph worked for Kraft Foods.  He passed away Aug. 17, 1987 in Springfield, MO and Billie continues living in Springfield, MO.

Wilbur and Billie

    Wilbur was born Dec. 10, 1920 in Sherman, Texas.  He married Billie Margaret JUDKINS and they had one child.  Wilbur and Billie divorced and he married Phyllis Jean CHANDLER  Wilbur died June 8, 1997 in Dallas, TX.  He willed his remains to the medical  schoola and was then cremated and buried at West Hill Cemetery, in Sherman, TX.
Earl and Alberta's children.

    Lucille was born Feb 20, 1897 and married Frank Earl Keith Sr. born Sept 5, 1893. "Farnk Keith Sr. supposedly came through Georgia to Louisiana to Tyler Texas and then to Sherman, Texas. There is not much info on his parents at this time, however Mary Louise said both grandmothers were named Mary Alice. She also said that her materinal grandmothe, Mary Alice BOND Odneal was a direct decendant of Englands King George, she was shown this in a Bible."
    "Frank Earl Sr. and Lucille owned a cafe in Sherman. Frank Sr. also worked in a pharmacy or may have been a pharmacist, at one of his nephews pharmacies in Sherman. The nephews were Joe and Bill Keith. One of which was a lawyer that moved to Louisiana and became a U S Senator. Frank Sr.'s brother, Percival Cleveland Keith, has a lot of interesting history. He was a nuclear scientist & put the pin in the first atomic bomb. His laboratory was in Peapack, NJ and he was very involved in the "Manhatten Project" (atomic bomb research). He also designed refineries that take oil and make products. He discovered a way for there to be a plant to take nuclear products and derive atomic energy for bombs(plutonium)."
    "Frank and Lucille divorced and she married a man named Gabbert and moved to Driscoll, TX. They later divorced also. She moved to Corpus Christi, TX and never married again."
    "After their divorce Frank Sr. moved to Baton Rouge, LA where he had a vending machine business. At the time of his death he had a large barrel almost full of pennies."They owned a cafe in Sherman and Frank Sr. also worked in a pharmacy, perhaps as a pharmacist. Frank and Lucille divorced about 1940?. Lucille remarried a farmer named Gabbert near Driscoll, TX about 1940. Frank died Jan 1961 in New Orleans, LA. Lucille died Aug. 26, 1977 in Corpus Christi.

    Lucille F. Gabbert, 81, of 937 Rosedale, died yesterday in a local nursing home after a long illness.  She was a retired salesclerk.
    Survivors include two sons, W. A. Keith, of Corpus Christi and Frank Earl Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA.; a daughter, Mary Louise of Corpus Christi; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
    Clifford-Jackson Funeral Home on Kostoryz.
    They had three children.

    Frank Jr. contacted a childhood disease (measles) that left him mostly deaf. He married Blanche RYDER who was also nearly deaf due to the same reason. He retired from "Advocate State Times" of Baton Rouge, LA. He was an avid lover of flowers, espically orchids. He and his mother both liked Boston Bulldogs and owned one. Frank and Blanche had three children.

    Mary married William Fred Jenkins and they had four children. They divorced and she married Leroy Blount. They did not have any children.

    William Arthur (Bill) Keith retired from the U S Postal Service. He married Anntta Gowin RODRIGUEZ. They had one daughter.

    There is a John W. O'Neal listed in Co B 10 Reg. MO Cav. Union Army of the Civil War. He joined for duty and was mustered in at Rolla, MO on Aug. 1, 1861. He wasa a private and worked in the Blacksmith shop. He was mustered out at the end of his enlistment on Oct. 8,1864. This may or may not be John Washington. It is known that his brother Thomas B. was in the Union Army.
    In the July 3,1870 Texas census J. W. Oatmeal is listed with E. F. Halsell family in Grayson Co., TX, age 27, Merchant, $60 real estate, $1000 personal property, born in MO. It's difficult to tell about the Halsell's. E. F. is listed as the head with Mary P. age 21 born in MO, John age 74 born in SC, Susan born in MO and then J M Oatmeal is listed. I believeJohn age 74 is the father and E. F., Mary and Susan are siblings. It really doesn't matter as too our history, just a mystry. Did John go to Texas from MO with them, or did they meet down there? Mary Alice Bond, John's future wife was living with her father George W. Bond age 53, occupation trader in livestock, real estate value $110,000 and personal property $3,000, born in TN, mother Elizabeth age 44, keeping house, born in NC. There were also 8 other children living in the household. It seems it may have been two families since there was a George W., age 22, born in AR and a George W., age 14, born in TX. Including Mary Alice there were four children born in AR.
    In 1880 Sherman, Grayson Co., TX census #'s 14-5-19-38 a J. W. Odnel age 34, Farmer, born in MO, wife Alice age 28 born in AR keeping house, son George age 8, Bert age 6, Robert age 4 and Ada age 1. All children born in TX. There was no John listed, I believe this is an error from an early family tree or perhaps John and George were the same person.
    Also of interest was a J. T. Loving family listed in Sherman on page 3 of the 1880 census, his age 30, wife L. E. age 31, Edmund R, age 9, Jessie R. age 7, W. B. age 6, Sam Houston age 4 and Charles C. age 2. Ada, John's first daughter, married a Loving, name unknown. Hopefully time will give us more information to fill these holes.