Sackett, Vera Evelyn

Sackett, Vera Evelyn

Female 1923 - 2003  (79 years)

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  • Name Sackett, Vera Evelyn 
    Born 5 Jul 1923  Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Census 12 Apr 1930  Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1935  Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 9 Apr 1940  Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 4 May 2003  Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I45842  Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 

    Father Sackett, James Daniel,   b. 17 Feb 1897, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1981, Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Murdy, Myrtle Vera,   b. 16 Jun 1902, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1931  (Age 28 years) 
    Children 4 children 
    +1. Sackett, Vera Evelyn,   b. 5 Jul 1923, Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 2003, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Sackett, James Daniel Jr.,   b. 21 Dec 1924, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1989  (Age 64 years)
     3. Living
     4. Living
     
    Family ID F16957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cornett, John Edward,   b. 25 Sep 1923, Three Sands, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 2010  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 2 May 1946  Lefors, Gray County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Cornett, Jacqueline Kay,   d. 1949
    +2. Living
    +3. Living
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 
    Family ID F16961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Jul 1923 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Apr 1930 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Apr 1940 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 May 1946 - Lefors, Gray County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 May 2003 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 16 Nov 2017.
      Find A Grave Memorial# 46201876
      https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46201876

      Vera Evelyn Sackett Cornett
      Birth: Jul. 5, 1923
      Pampa
      Gray County
      Texas, USA
      Death: May 4, 2003
      Lubbock
      Lubbock County
      Texas, USA

      Services for Vera Sackett Cornett, 79, of Lubbock will be 11 a.m. Wednesday May 7, 2003 at Resthaven's Abbey Chapel with Rev. Paul Sackett officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home of Lubbock.

      She passed way on May 4, 2003 in Lubbock. She was born on July 5, 1923 in Pampa, TX to James Daniel Sackett and Myrtle Mundy Sackett. She graduated from Pampa High School in 1941 and attended McMurry College in Abilene. She married John E. Cornett on May 2, 1946 in Lefors, TX. She was a designer for Roberta's Flowers in Pampa for many years. She retired from Sears in 1983 after 20 years of service. She was employed in the Lubbock, Midland, and Richardson offices.

      She is survived by her husband; daughter Johnnye Sue Herald of Lubbock; son Bo Cornett and wife Sherri of Lubbock; three grandchildren, Brenda Herald Rowan and husband Ted of Springlake,TX,Tiffany Cornett Weddel and husband Jason of Lantana, TX and Mike Herald of Lubbock; three sisters, Ruby Frost of Happy, TX, Billie Enterline of Long Beach, CA, and Danna Sue Bishop of Corpus Christi,TX; and four brothers, Floyd Sackett of Pampa, TX, Paul Sackett of Lewisville, TX, Dan Sackett of Amarillo, TX, and C.H. Sackett of Pampa, TX.


      Family links:
      Parents:
      James Daniel Sackett (1897 - 1981)
      Myrtle Vera Mundy Sackett (1902 - 1931)

      Spouse:
      John Edward Cornett (1923 - 2010)*

      Siblings:
      Ruby Mae Sackett Frost (1919 - 2015)**
      Vera Evelyn Sackett Cornett (1923 - 2003)
      Edna Agnes Sackett Bryant (1940 - 2000)**
      Charlie Henry Sackett (1943 - 2013)**
      Jerry Richard Sackett (1945 - 1947)**

      *Calculated relationship
      **Half-sibling

      Burial:
      Resthaven Memorial Park
      Lubbock
      Lubbock County
      Texas, USA

      Created by: David Sifford
      Record added: Dec 31, 2009
      Find A Grave Memorial# 46201876

      Researched by Ted Smith

    2. [S937] 1930 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 16 Nov 2017.
      1930 Census, enumerated 11-12 Apr 1930 at 411 Yager in Pampa Town, Gray County, Texas, United States

      J D Sackett Head M 32 Oklahoma
      Myrtle Sackett Wife F 27 Oklahoma
      Ruby Sackett Daughter F 11 Texas
      Vera Sackett Daughter F 6 Texas
      J D Sackett Son M 5 Texas
      Billie Sackett Daughter F 3 Texas
      Evans Adams Roomer M 31 Oklahoma

      "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY31-8N2 : accessed 16 November 2017), J D Sackett in household of J D Sackett, Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 11B, line 77, family 293, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2336; FHL microfilm 2,342,070.


    3. [S814] 1940 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 16 Nov 2017.
      1940 Census, enumerated 9 Apr 1940 at 321 Starkweather St in Pampa, Gray County, Texas, United States

      Z Howard Monday Head M 60 Texas
      Jesse Monday Wife F 59 Texas
      Vera Sackett Granddaughter F 16 Texas
      Billie Sackett Granddaughter F 13 Texas
      Donna Sue Sackett Granddaughter F 9 Texas
      Billie Doggett Lodger F 39 Texas
      Proxy Hyduki Lodger F 23 Texas
      All Mundys and Sacketts lived in same house in 1935

      "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVG-WPL : accessed 16 November 2017), Donna Sue Sackett in household of Z Howard Monday, Pampa, Justice Precinct 2, Gray, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90-4, sheet 8A, line 21, family 180, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4042.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    4. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 16 Nov 2017.
      Find A Grave Memorial# 61799460
      https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61799460

      John Edward Cornett
      Birth: Sep. 25, 1923
      Death: Nov. 16, 2010

      Services for John E. Cornett, 87, of Lubbock will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov 19, 2010 in Resthaven's Abbey Chapel. Interment will follow at Resthaven. Mr. Cornett passed away on Tuesday, Nov 16th.

      John was born on Sept 25, 1923 in Three Sands, Oklahoma. He graduated from Pampa High School and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He married Vera Sackett on May 2, 1946 in LeFors, TX. She preceded him in death on May 4, 2003. He retired as a senior administrator with Exxon Oil in 1981. He was a Baptist and a Mason.

      He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jacqueline Kay in 1949; his parents, John and Bessie Prichard; a brother, Jim Cornett and sister, Edna Call; a grandson, Dr. Ronnie Lee Jackson.

      Survivors include a daughter, Johnnye Sue Herald of Lubbock; one son, Bo Cornett, and wife Sherri, of Lubbock; one sister, Alma Teeters of Edmond, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Brenda Herald Rowan of Olton, Tiffany and husband Jason Weddel of Lantana, TX and Mike Herald of Lubbock; five great-grandchildren, Ashlee Jackson, Zach Rowan, Campbell, Henley and Charlie Weddel; and his faithful boxer, "Dutchess".


      Family links:
      Parents:
      Bessie Arena Bowman Prichard (1900 - 1976)

      Spouse:
      Vera Evelyn Sackett Cornett (1923 - 2003)

      Burial:
      Resthaven Memorial Park
      Lubbock
      Lubbock County
      Texas, USA

      Created by: Carolyn Mackey-Byrum
      Record added: Nov 18, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 61799460

      Researched by Ted Smith


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