Individual Details

I believe that Martha died before 1930. I found George living with married daughter Esther, District 2, Boone Co, OK, Hh 157
Wilber Cureton, age 22, married at 19, b. OK, foreman for Oil Co
Esther S., wife, age 22, married at 19, b. OK, parents b. AR
James L. LeRoy, brother-in-law, age 32, single, b. AR, foreman for Oil Co
William C. Stevens, brother-in-law, age 26, single, b. OK, parents b. AR, Plasterer, Oil Field
Ethel L. Smallwood, sister-in-law, age 30, divorced, married at 18, b. AR, housekeeper in private home
George Stevens, father-in-law, age 70, widowed, b. AR, parents b. AR

1940 Census. Upshur Co, Texas, Hh 185
Family lived in rural Carter Co, OK in 1935
W. S. Cureton, 32, b. OK, Oil Field Worker
Esther, wife, 32, b. OK
Stanley, son, 6, b. OK. James, son, 4, b. TX. Jackie, son, age 7 months, b. TX

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
Wilbur Stanley Cureton of Box 746, Glade, Upshur Co, TX was age 32, born 25 Oct 1907 in Leflore, OK. Mrs. Wilber Stanley Cureton, wife, would always know hi address. Employed by Manson Oil Co, Chickasha, Grady Co, OK.
5'6", 137 lb., Gray eyes, brown hair.

Texas Death Certificate #50025
Ester Sarah Cureton died at the Leake Clinic in Gladwater, Gregg Co, TX on 28 Aug 1959. Her residences was the East Mountain Community, Upshur Co where she had lived for 23 years. She was born 20 May 1907, Albion, OK, and was married. Father George W. Stevens; mother Martha Jane Haggard. The informant was W. S. Cureton. She died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and had acute atrophy of the liver; cirrhosis of the liver. Buried East Mountatin Cemetery on Aug 29th.

Ester Sarah Cureton is in the Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Ancestry.com. She died 28 Aug 1959, Gregg County. Buried East Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, East Mountain, Upshur County.

Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, TX, 29 Aug 1959, Sat. p.6
Mrs. Cureton
GLADEWATER - Final rites for Mrs. Ester Sarah Cureton, 52, of East Mountain will be held at 3 pm in East Mountain Baptist church with the Rev. Obie Baker officiating.
Burial will be in East Mountain Cemetery...
Mrs. Cureton died Friday in a Gladewater hospital following a long illness.
She was born in Albion, Okla., and had lived in the East Mountain community for 23 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors are her husband, W. S. Cureton; three sons, James L. Cureton, William Stanley Cureton Jr., and Jackie Charles Cureton, all of East Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Seaboldt of Odessa and Mrs. Mattie Dailey of Mount Holley, NC; three brothers, Roy Stevens of Stockton, CA; William Charles Stephens of Colton, CA; and J. C. Stevens of Hawthorne, Okla.

Others buried East Mountain:
Wilbur S. Cureton, b. 1907, d. 1960
Wilbur Stanley Cureton, Jr., b. 13 Jan 1934, d. 2 Oct 1974
Eva Joyce Cureton, b. 20 Aug 1936, d. 7 Jun 1992 [probably wife of Wilbur, Jr.]

Texas Death Certificate #6196
Wilbur Stanley Cureton died 8 Jan 1960 at the East Mountain Community, Rt. 2, Longview, Upshur Co, TX where he had lived for 25 years. He was born 25 Oct 1907 in OK and was widowed. His occupation had been that of switcher for Manson Oil Co. His father was Will M. Cureton; his mother Minnie Fesperman. The informant was James Cureton. Wilbur died of acute pneumonia and a weak heart. He was buried on Jan. 11th at the East Mountain Cemetery.

The Tyler Courier-Times, Tyler, TX, 10 Jan 1960, Sunday, p. 6
Wilbur S. Cureton, 52, switcher for the Manston Oil Company and resident of the East Mountain community near here for 22 years, died at his residence Friday after a brief illness.
He was a native of Wilburton, Okla.
Funeral services will be held 2 pm Monday at the East Mountain Baptist Church with the Rev. Obie Baker, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the East Mountain Cemetery.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. W. M. Cureton of Florida; three sons, Stanley Cureton of Corpus Christi, James Cureton of Greggton and Jackie Cureton of East Mountain; four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Edmondson of Forrest City, Ark., Mrs. Lindsey Cox of Stiro, Okla., Mrs. Bernice Crockett of Hath, Ark., and Mrs. LaJean Good of Pensacola, Floa., and two brothers, Ellis Cureton of Forrest City, Ark., and Eldon Cureton of Kermit.

Birth	20 May 1907	Oklahoma
Death	28 Aug 1959	Gregg County, Texas
Burial		East Mountain Bapt Church Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas

Father	George Washington Stevens (1855 - )
Mother	Martha Jane Haggard (1870 - 1920)
Sibling	Mattie Stevens (1889 - 1960)
Sibling	Parthena Stevens (1890 - )
Sibling	James Leroy Stevens (1892 - 1976)
Sibling	Ethel Stevens (1895 - 1977)
Sibling	Joseph Cornelius Stevens (1898 - 1978)
Sibling	Emma Carolyn Stevens (1900 - 1999)
Sibling	Ollie Mae Stevens (1903 - 1946)
Sibling	William Charles Stevens (1904 - 1974)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
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