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Alfred "Cowboy" Tarver
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Obituary: The Beaumont Enterprise,
16 September 1999.
ALFRED "COWBOY" TARVER
Alfred "Cowboy" Tarver, 90, of Buna died Sept. 15 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Buna with burial at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. today at the funeral home.
A native of Vernon Parish, La., he lived in Buna 45 years and was a retired laborer with Local No. 853.
Survivors include his sons, Odis Tarver, J.T. Tarver and W.R. Whitehead, all of Buna; daughter Willie Mae Fowler of Kirbyville; brothers, Jesse Tarver and Henry Tarver, both of Jasper, and John Tarver of Orange; sisters, Essie Stanley of Vidor, Lilly Baumann of Silsbee and Lou Ella Calahan of Oklahoma; 16 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
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SSDI record for same:
ALFRED TARVER
b. 17 Oct 1908
d. 15 Sep 1999 (V)
Last residence. Buna, Jasper Co., TX 77612
SSN. 462-12-0179, Texas
The only other SSDI record for Buna, Jasper County is probably that of his wife:
LENORA TARVER
b. 11 Aug 1911
d. 11 Mar 1999 (V)
Last residence. Buna, Jasper, TX 77612
SSN. 450-34-8493 Texas
I believe Alfred's wife was be Dora Lenora Lane. Seeking confirmation.
NOTES
Henry Tarver, of Jasper Co., Texas identified the siblings of Alfred mentioned in the obituary as the children of his parents Samuel Monroe Tarver and Sarah Nona McKeithen.
Tarver-McKeithen marriage, 1907. Rapides Par., Louisiana Marriage Book 36C-250, Sam Tarver to Nona McKeithen, 28 Dec 1907.
Henry stated his father had four sons by his previous marriage with Jeter (Jetie?) Skinner, daughter of Isaac Francis Marion Skinner and Josephine Snowden.
Tarver-Skinner marriage license, 1890. Winn Par., Louisiana, no.262, Samuel M (x) Tarver to Miss JE Skinner, bondsman Thos. J. (x) Tarver, wit. MC Tarver, RM Tarver and TJ Tarver, 25 Jun 1890.
Yvonne Tarver Bornette indicated she believes the John Tarver of Orange, mentioned in the obituary above, is the John Tarver who is a member of the Bridge City, Texas Police Force.
Samuel Monroe Tarver, the father of Alfred T. "Cowboy" Tarver: - Name: Samuel Monroe Tarver
- Texas death cert. state file no.63633, registrar's file no. 979
- b. May 02, 1871 in Madison Co., MS
- d. December 10, 1951
- Hamilton Nursing Home, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas
- Broussard's Mortuary
- Broadus Cemetery, San Augustine Co., Texas
- Cause of death: Carcinoma of lungs
- Occupation: Retired farmer
- Informant: Mrs. S.M. Tarver
- Father: Samuel Wilson Tarver
- Mother: Mary Ann Lilly
- Great-grandson of Judith Cockerham of Amite Co., Mississippi
Samuel Monroe Tarver's wife, Sarah Nona McKeithen, also is buried at Broadus Cem., San Augustine Co., Texas. Born in 1892, Sarah died February 15, 1958.
Samuel Monroe Tarver was found on the 1910 census of Vernon Par., Louisiana as Sam Tarver. Dido PO Lumber Mill Village. Ward 5, Eastern Half, Hughes Bros. Lumber Mill. ED 149. Sheet 10A, enum. 11 May 1910. Household 149-149, lines 13-17.
- Sam Tarver, head, 30M, wht, present marriage 1 yr, born MS, father MS, mother MS, lumber hauler.
- Nona Tarver, wife, 18F, wht, born LA, father LA, mother LA
- Monroe Tarver, son, 9M, wht, LA, MS, LA
- Thomas J Tarver, son, 6M, wht, LA, MS, LA
- Alford T Tarver, son, 5 months, LA, MS, LA
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