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Thomas Emanuel Vandygriff

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Thomas Emanuel Vandygriff

Birth
Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas, USA
Death
6 May 2009 (aged 86)
Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, USA
Burial
Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Emanuel Vandygriff, 86, of Jasper, Texas, passed away at his home on May 6, 2009. He was born 1-16-1923 in East Mayfield, Sabine County, Texas, to David Henry Vandygriff and Mary Jane Woodard Vandygriff. Visitation for Mr. Vandygriff, better known to his family and friends as Emanuel, Son, Uncle Son or Uncle Vandy, was held at 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7th at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper and military graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2009, at the Mt. Herman Cemetery in Center, Shelby County, Texas.

A longtime resident of Jasper County, Texas, Emanuel enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a WWII U. S. Army Veteran. He was formerly married to Florine "Crickett" Warr

Vandygriff who preceded him in death. She was the daughter of Ernest G. & Liddie Warr of Center.

Also preceding him in death were four sisters:
Mrs. Mae L. Taylor, Mt. Herman Community, Center, Tx.
Mrs. Vissie Pearl Moore, San Augustine, Tx.
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, Bronte, Tx.
Mrs. Pauline Derrick, Brookeland, Tx.;

And a son and grandson
Douglas Gene Vandygriff, Jasper, Tx
James Lynn Perrett

Emanuel is survived by a son, Thomas Lynn Vandygriff of Oakwood and daughter, Mary Linda Perrett of Jasper; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Thomas Emanuel Vandygriff, 86, of Jasper, Texas, passed away at his home on May 6, 2009. He was born 1-16-1923 in East Mayfield, Sabine County, Texas, to David Henry Vandygriff and Mary Jane Woodard Vandygriff. Visitation for Mr. Vandygriff, better known to his family and friends as Emanuel, Son, Uncle Son or Uncle Vandy, was held at 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7th at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper and military graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2009, at the Mt. Herman Cemetery in Center, Shelby County, Texas.

A longtime resident of Jasper County, Texas, Emanuel enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a WWII U. S. Army Veteran. He was formerly married to Florine "Crickett" Warr

Vandygriff who preceded him in death. She was the daughter of Ernest G. & Liddie Warr of Center.

Also preceding him in death were four sisters:
Mrs. Mae L. Taylor, Mt. Herman Community, Center, Tx.
Mrs. Vissie Pearl Moore, San Augustine, Tx.
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, Bronte, Tx.
Mrs. Pauline Derrick, Brookeland, Tx.;

And a son and grandson
Douglas Gene Vandygriff, Jasper, Tx
James Lynn Perrett

Emanuel is survived by a son, Thomas Lynn Vandygriff of Oakwood and daughter, Mary Linda Perrett of Jasper; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.



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