Stella Venable ^{2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

She listed her parent's birthplace simply as United States in 1910. In 1920, she was widowed. She gave her father's birthplace as Georgia and the mother's as Texas. This is the information her parents gave on the 1900 census. Her brother, Julius Venable, was living with her and he gave differing information for the mother's birthplace. He said Alabama. In 1920, Stella was paying a mortgage to own her home in Mills County, Texas.

By 1930 she was married to Samuel Martin McCasland and living in Mills County, Texas. The family consisted of his children Harmon, Wilma, and Homer. and their children together, daughters Ruby Dell b. 1926, Bobbie G. b. 1928 and Sammie Lane (mistakenly listed as a son). Birth record follows.

Name: (Sammie Lane) McCasland Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1929 Gender: Female Birth County: Hamilton Father's Name: Samuel Martin McCasland Mother's Name: Stella Venable Roll Number: 1929_0005

Obituary of the daughter in Paris News, 18 Oct 2009:
Sammie Lane McConnell BOGATA ? Sammie Lane McConnell of Bogata died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at First Baptist Church of Bogata. John Purviance of Cuthand Methodist Church will officiate, along with Bobby Tollison of First Baptist Church. Burial is to follow in Bogata Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. The family is to receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. She was born Aug. 11, 1929, in Hamilton, the daughter of Stella Venable McCasland and Samuel Martin McCasland. She graduated from Star High School in Mills County at age 16 and enrolled at The University of Texas in Austin. After college, she worked for the Winkler County Hospital in Kermit where she met and married Sam A. McConnell. They lived in Snyder until 1963 when they moved to Bogata to develop a cow calf operation. She was a beautician for more than 20 years and owned her own business, The Beauty Nook. She was also a member of First Baptist Church and had been active in Eastern Star, Band Boosters and PTA. She was an avid sports fan and had enjoyed working with her husband Sam McConnell on their ranch, gardening, fishing and painting. She was preceded in death by a son, Gary Sam McConnell, in 1972; and her husband in 2006. She is survived by daughters, Melanie Klein and husband, Ken, of Whitehouse and Ginger Foster and husband, Morris, of Bogata; granddaughters, Jill Foster of Paris and Alison Foster of Fort Worth; and sisters, Bobbie Soules and Ruby Dell Harper and husband, Pete,of Mills County.

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 64489648.

Stella married Henry Lannis Geeslin, son of Elias Monroe Geeslin and Margarett Isabel Head, on 20 Dec 1908 in , Mills County, Texas.¹ (Henry Lannis Geeslin was born on 5 May 1884 in Center City, Hamilton County, Texas,⁶ died on 17 Oct 1911 in Center City, Mills County, Texas ⁶ and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas ⁸.)

  Marriage Notes:

Rev. G. W. Templin, ordained minister M. E. Church South, performed the marriage ceremony.

Stella next married Samuel Martin McCasland, son of Samuel Leatherman McCasland and Mattie Jennie Guinn. (Samuel Martin McCasland was born on 10 Sep 1886 in Center City, Hamilton County, Texas,^{9 10 11} died on 3 Jan 1977 in , Mills County, Texas ¹¹ and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas ¹².)