Can anyone tell me about the name Alto? It is used in my Coffee Co. Watson family. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Lechner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: RE: [ALCOFFEE] DNA Database > Hi Robert; > Yes, I am descended from the Coffee County > Johnsons. My maternal grandparents were Alto and Mary > Etta (Sawyer)Johnson. I have concentrated on my > paternal side more in the last year but have bits and > pieces on the Alabama roots that I will spend this > summer putting together. > I would be interested to see if and how we are > related. Feel free to email me privately. > sandra > > > > --- Robert Steed <[email protected]> wrote: >> I see you have Johnson as a surname you are >> researching. Are you Johnson's >> from Coffee County? I am also searching Johnson's. >> > > I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, > he isn't fit to live. > Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 > > It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary > depends upon his not understanding it. > Upton Sinclair > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project > website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical > and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to > PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society > at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the > seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. > Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

The Thames-Timms Family Association has been doing DNA testing for the last year or so and have results from several of their lines that has proven helpful to them. It's true that the male descendents from the family line you are researching are the only ones who can take the test. The following is copied from their web-site. *The recommendation was posted to their members since that was the company they chose to use and is not meant to be a recommendation to the reader of this post. You can visit their website or go to the Thames web-site, http://www.thames-tims.org , for more info. *"We are recommending using the Family Tree DNA company for testing. Their website is www.ftdna.com. It is simple to participate and done at home. You order the test over the Internet and receive it by mail. The test is simple, using a toothbrush-like device to scrape the inside of the cheek, put the two samples in a vial provided and return them to the company in a mailer provided by the company. The cost is about $229 for the 37-marker test which we recommend, and it takes about 8 weeks to get the results. You need not be a member of the Thames-Tims Association to participate in this DNA program. If you do not have a computer or access to the Internet, ask someone who does to order the test for you. The price above includes a group discount." If their are any Thames, Timms, Themes or a variant spelling interested in testing, please do go to the website and follow through. Thanks Annette Thames Adler

Sandra, I believe that your Mary Etta Sawyer Johnson is the neice of my wife's great grandmother (Eliza J. [Sawyer] Bell). If you don't mind sharing some of your information on the Sawyer and the Johnson line I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Larry Taylor On Thu, 26 May 2005 12:34:12 -0700 (PDT) Sandra Lechner <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Robert; > Yes, I am descended from the Coffee County > Johnsons. My maternal grandparents were Alto and Mary > Etta (Sawyer)Johnson. I have concentrated on my > paternal side more in the last year but have bits and > pieces on the Alabama roots that I will spend this > summer putting together. > I would be interested to see if and how we are > related. Feel free to email me privately. > sandra > > > > --- Robert Steed <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see you have Johnson as a surname you are > > researching. Are you Johnson's > > from Coffee County? I am also searching Johnson's. > > > > I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will > die for, he isn't fit to live. > Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 > > It’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary > depends upon his not understanding it. > Upton Sinclair > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of > Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most > friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County > ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and > the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting > $15 to PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit > the Society at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. > You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine > with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy > hunting. > > ============================== > h the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > He that dewelleth in the secret of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. (Psalm 91: 1-2)

Hi Ron, How small the world is. What part of Bawlmer do you live in? I lived there for 13 years, off Belair Rd and White Avenue. I am now home in Casselberry, FL. My great-greatgrandfather was Philip Green Belcher, and his daughter Eula Jane Belcher married my greatgrandfather Charlie Dale Cotton. Do you have any info on Philip Green Belcher? thanks, Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Watkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:31 PM Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Averett, Coaker, Hill, Green, Jordan, McCleod, Sims, Stringer, Watkins > Hi Everybody! > > I guess I'm the new kid on the block today, May 21, 2005. > > I'm researching the surnames Averett, Coaker, Hill, Green, Jordan, > McCleod, > Sims, Stringer and Watkins, who all lived in Coffee County, specifically > Elba and Enterprise. > > William Green (b. c1784), my gggrandfather, was orginally from North > Carolina, I think, but moved to Coffee County. His son Thomas Jefferson > Green, m. Jane Mahala Hill, owned a store in Elba and died in 1904. Their > daughter, Cora Josephine Green m. my grandfather, John Stringer Jordan, b. > 1868, and their daughter, Janie, was my mother. > > James Jordan (Jourdan), my gggrandfather was b. 1797 in South Carolina and > later settled in Elba. His son Alexander McCleod Jordan m. Catherine > Elizabeth Stringer, and also owned a store in Elba. Alexander disappeared > without a trace in 1879-80. His son was John Stringer Jordan, my > grandfather, who died in 1945. > > John Washington Sims, my ggrandfather, was b. June 6, 1851 in Americus, > Sumter County, GA. He m. Lucy Coaker and died August 27, 1917. Their > daughter, Daisy Beatrice Sims, my grandmother, m. William Henry Watkins, > and > their son was my father, John Collis Watkins. > > Jesse Watkins, my gggrandfather, b. October 18, 1817, in South Carolina, > m. > Eliza (Jones?). He died July 2, 1885. Their son, Samuel Columbus > Watkins, > b. August 11, 1854, m. Frenella Dorneallia Averett (1858-1911), from Dale > County, whose son was my grandfather, William Henry Watkins. > > Any links or other information would be deeply appreciated. > > Ron Watkins > Baltimore, MD > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project > website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical > and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to > PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society > at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the > seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. > Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

I wish you luck with it. Some of us were surprised that the DNA only works for males of their surname. So my son is no help in my research, just his father's. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Lechner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:18 AM Subject: [ALCOFFEE] DNA Database > Hi All; > I have been on the list a little over a year and > have only lurked. I recently found a site (Sorenson > Molecular Genealogy Foundation) that will send a kit > to collect a DNA sample to put into a genealogical > database. I have only skimmed the site and read tiny > portions but it looks interesting. I sent for the kit > (you can find it under "participate." If anyone else > has more time to really read all this and thinks it is > something we can all use, please do so and let us > know. I will let you know what the kit is like if > there is an interest here. > Here is the site: http://smgf.org/home.html > > Sandra Lechner > (surnames: Johnson, Smith, Senn, Burch) > > > I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, > he isn't fit to live. > Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 > > It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary > depends upon his not understanding it. > Upton Sinclair > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project > website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical > and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to > PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society > at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the > seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. > Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

I see you have Johnson as a surname you are researching. Are you Johnson's from Coffee County? I am also searching Johnson's. -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Lechner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ALCOFFEE] DNA Database Hi All; I have been on the list a little over a year and have only lurked. I recently found a site (Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation) that will send a kit to collect a DNA sample to put into a genealogical database. I have only skimmed the site and read tiny portions but it looks interesting. I sent for the kit (you can find it under "participate." If anyone else has more time to really read all this and thinks it is something we can all use, please do so and let us know. I will let you know what the kit is like if there is an interest here. Here is the site: http://smgf.org/home.html Sandra Lechner (surnames: Johnson, Smith, Senn, Burch) I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 Its difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hi Robert; Yes, I am descended from the Coffee County Johnsons. My maternal grandparents were Alto and Mary Etta (Sawyer)Johnson. I have concentrated on my paternal side more in the last year but have bits and pieces on the Alabama roots that I will spend this summer putting together. I would be interested to see if and how we are related. Feel free to email me privately. sandra --- Robert Steed <[email protected]> wrote: > I see you have Johnson as a surname you are > researching. Are you Johnson's > from Coffee County? I am also searching Johnson's. > I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 It�s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi All; I have been on the list a little over a year and have only lurked. I recently found a site (Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation) that will send a kit to collect a DNA sample to put into a genealogical database. I have only skimmed the site and read tiny portions but it looks interesting. I sent for the kit (you can find it under "participate." If anyone else has more time to really read all this and thinks it is something we can all use, please do so and let us know. I will let you know what the kit is like if there is an interest here. Here is the site: http://smgf.org/home.html Sandra Lechner (surnames: Johnson, Smith, Senn, Burch) I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Martin Luther King Jr., Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963 It�s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Seeking any and all information concerning the BRAZEL/BRAZELL/BRASWELL/BRAZZEL/BRAZILE/BRASSEL/BRAZEAL (and any other varient spelling) who were in the Coffee County Census of 1920. Ben, Lizzie and a few children. Regards, Gary [email protected] Gary W. & Christie J. Cooper 653 Lover's Lane Road Dawson, Georgia 39842

Coffee County AlArchives Photo Place.....SIGN ON FENCE OF PRESTWOOD CEMETERY May 8, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Renita Henderson [email protected] May 24, 2005, 11:38 am Source: Prestwood Small Pox Cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/coffee/photos/signonfe582ph.jpg Image file size: 123.0 Kb SIGN IS TO LEFT OF GATE AND READS : " erected by O.P. Shepard nov. 19, 1986 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THIS PART OF MY FAMILY WHO DIED OF SMALLPOX DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Small Pox cemetery is located IN COFFEE COUNTY close to Dale county line off of County (dirt) Road 136 located on top of the highest hill in the middle of land that has had the trees cut. Taking 105 through New Hope, go about 2 miles and turn right on 107, and then go about 1 1/2 miles and take a right on 127. Look to the right for a dirt road county road 136 and take a right. It will be on the right almost at the end of the road where it ends into another road. If you reach the end of 136 where it goes into another road, you have gone too far. Turn around and look back. Looking back it will be the top of the hill on your left. Cemetary just looks like a bunch of bushes and a tree on top of the hill. However when you get to the top, inside the bushes there is a chain link fence that was erected in 1986. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coffee/photos/signonfe582ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

> Thank you for sharing this with us all. > From: ALArchives <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/05/24 Tue AM 10:38:13 CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Al-Coffee Co. Photo (SIGN ON FENCE OF) > > > Coffee County AlArchives Photo Place.....SIGN ON FENCE OF PRESTWOOD CEMETERY May 8, 2005 > ************************************************ > Copyright. All rights reserved. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Renita Henderson [email protected] May 24, 2005, 11:38 am > > Source: Prestwood Small Pox Cemetery > Photo can be seen at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/coffee/photos/signonfe582ph.jpg > Image file size: 123.0 Kb > > SIGN IS TO LEFT OF GATE AND READS : " erected by O.P. Shepard nov. 19, 1986 > IN LOVING MEMORY OF THIS PART OF MY FAMILY WHO DIED OF SMALLPOX DURING THE > CIVIL WAR. > > Small Pox cemetery is located IN COFFEE COUNTY close to Dale county line off > of County (dirt) Road 136 located on top of the highest hill in the middle of > land that has had the trees cut. Taking 105 through New Hope, go about 2 miles > and turn right on 107, and then go about 1 1/2 miles and take a right on 127. > Look to the right for a dirt road county road 136 and take a right. It will be > on the right almost at the end of the road where it ends into another road. If > you reach the end of 136 where it goes into another road, you have gone too > far. Turn around and look back. Looking back it will be the top of the hill on > your left. Cemetary just looks like a bunch of bushes and a tree on top of the > hill. However when you get to the top, inside the bushes there is a chain link > fence that was erected in 1986. > > File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coffee/photos/signonfe582ph.txt > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ > > File size: 1.7 Kb > > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Hi Everybody! I guess I'm the new kid on the block today, May 21, 2005. I'm researching the surnames Averett, Coaker, Hill, Green, Jordan, McCleod, Sims, Stringer and Watkins, who all lived in Coffee County, specifically Elba and Enterprise. William Green (b. c1784), my gggrandfather, was orginally from North Carolina, I think, but moved to Coffee County. His son Thomas Jefferson Green, m. Jane Mahala Hill, owned a store in Elba and died in 1904. Their daughter, Cora Josephine Green m. my grandfather, John Stringer Jordan, b. 1868, and their daughter, Janie, was my mother. James Jordan (Jourdan), my gggrandfather was b. 1797 in South Carolina and later settled in Elba. His son Alexander McCleod Jordan m. Catherine Elizabeth Stringer, and also owned a store in Elba. Alexander disappeared without a trace in 1879-80. His son was John Stringer Jordan, my grandfather, who died in 1945. John Washington Sims, my ggrandfather, was b. June 6, 1851 in Americus, Sumter County, GA. He m. Lucy Coaker and died August 27, 1917. Their daughter, Daisy Beatrice Sims, my grandmother, m. William Henry Watkins, and their son was my father, John Collis Watkins. Jesse Watkins, my gggrandfather, b. October 18, 1817, in South Carolina, m. Eliza (Jones?). He died July 2, 1885. Their son, Samuel Columbus Watkins, b. August 11, 1854, m. Frenella Dorneallia Averett (1858-1911), from Dale County, whose son was my grandfather, William Henry Watkins. Any links or other information would be deeply appreciated. Ron Watkins Baltimore, MD

Genealogy Chat tonight! Read about below: Hi everyone! We will have the genealogy chat tomorrow night, Monday, May 16th, at 9:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time (8:00 pm Central time). Please come and invite a friend to explore genealogy in the Southern States. Bring your surnames, and any books or other researches that you have to share and join us in our quest for information. We are expanding the chat to include all the Southern states and we hope to expand it to include many new researchers! We look forward to having you with us. Most of us that had ancestors in Alabama also had ancestors in other states in the South, so hopefully this will enable us to gather more information that will help in our research. Come join us...you might meet a new cousin. Just go to www.annesgenealogy.com and sign on with a nickname. The format is easy to follow. If you should get kicked off for any reason, just sign back on by adding a number to your nickname, such as granny would be granny2. We want everyone to come and help us make this a new beginning! If you would like to be added to the reminder list so that you get a reminder each week, just send an email to me at [email protected] and I will be happy to add you to the list. Hope to see lots of you there tomorrow night! Granny (Anne) www.annesgenealogy.com [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM & more. Check it out!

Need help! I have Nancy Russell b abt 1813, daughter of Absolum and Cynthia Russell married to William A. Bowdoin. Is this correct? Maybe Phil Hutchison or another Russell researcher has the info. Thanks. Joyce

----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank J McCloskey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > Dear Phyllis, > My wife and I would like to visit the Historic Society Office, so that I > can research my Rowell family ancestors. I know that there are still > Rowells in the area, and I would like to make contact if possible. When > is the Office open? Thanks for your help. > Sincerely, > Frank J. McCloskey, Ed.D. > > God bless America! > >

Hey, I am trying to find Joe Anne King Koss. She is in the King/Collins branch. I am researching the Collins family and would like to email her. I have an old email address and it is not working any longer. If you see or know her, please have her contact me. She is from Enterprise, Ala. Thanks, pat.

Does anyone have the obit of John P. Derossett who passed in August of 2000, or maybe 1999? I am seeking this for someone who wrote to me. Thank you kindly for any assistance and time rendered. Also, I want to wish all ladies a very, very Happy Mother's Day 2005. Phyllis J. K. Owens

I would like to commend and shower accolades upon Ms. Fay at the Elba Courthouse Revenue Commissioner's Office for her wonderful attitude and kindness in helping me today to help someone who sought my help for their researching in Coffee County. *tips hat to Ms. Fay* *cheers for Ms. Fay* Anyone who has an encounter with Ms. Fay will be much pleased, I am sure. There ARE still great folks in this world...... Phyllis J. K. Owens Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Dark Hershey's Chocolate Bar, chocolate-peanut clusters, and Hershey's kisses in one hand, Pepsi, moon pies, peanut butter and all the Beich banana kisses one can hold in the other hand, chewing Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum, body throughly worn out and screaming happily "WooHooo! What a ride!! Yeah!! Yeeeehaaaa!!"

--WebTV-Mail-23236-1001 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit my name ia nita hall. went to school in kinston. going to have surgery on my eye today. please send me your phone no. let me tell you what i know about louie burl. nita hall can't wait to talk to you!!!!! 100 virginia st crestview, fla. 32539 850-682-3118 --WebTV-Mail-23236-1001 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-3307.bay.webtv.net (209.240.205.165) by storefull-3316.bay.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 1 May 2005 20:39:38 -0700 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.39]) by smtpin-3307.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 31223E13F; Sun, 1 May 2005 20:39:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id j423biww031709; Sun, 1 May 2005 21:37:44 -0600 Resent-Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 21:37:44 -0600 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun May 1 21:37:44 2005 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Shelby Corcoran" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 22:37:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/5587 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Re: Obit for Vassie M. Ward X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive A big thanks to Phyllis for checking with The Elba Clipper newspaper and making arrangements with Heddy for me to get the obituary for my aunt. Unfortunately, I did not know of her death until just recently so I was unable to attend the funeral. The obit did not contain very much information so I will post the obit here and then add additional information below. The Elba Clipper - Thursday, March 24, 2005 VASSIE WARD Mrs. Vassie Ward, age 80, formerly of Elba, Ala., died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at the Enterprise Nursing Home. Funeral services were held March 22, 2005 from the Chapel of Hayes Funeral Home in Elba with the Rev. Shirley Hatcher officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery with Hayes Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her son: Joe Folds, Tampa, Fla.; one brother: Monroe Richardson, Elba; and a sister: Vertie Haggard, Winter Haven, Fla. Additional information: Vassie Merle Richardson was born on 19 Sep 1924 in Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama to John Thomas Richardson and Cleo Esther (Curby) Richardson. She was preceded in death by her brother James Monroe Richardson who died in 1970, sisters Bertie Gardis Nolin who died in 1991, Louie Berle Richardson who died in 1938, Hazel Cleo Thigpen who died in 2000, Theopal Jeanette Thigpin who died in 1987 and Esther Lou Glass who died in 1996. She is survived by her eldest sister Vertie Gladys Hager (not Haggard as stated in the obituary), her younger brother Johnny Monroe Richardson and her son Joe Clenton Folds. I have additional information on this RICHARDSON family if anyone is interested. Shelby in FL ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $15 to PRH&GS, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the Society at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --WebTV-Mail-23236-1001--

A big thanks to Phyllis for checking with The Elba Clipper newspaper and making arrangements with Heddy for me to get the obituary for my aunt. Unfortunately, I did not know of her death until just recently so I was unable to attend the funeral. The obit did not contain very much information so I will post the obit here and then add additional information below. The Elba Clipper - Thursday, March 24, 2005 VASSIE WARD Mrs. Vassie Ward, age 80, formerly of Elba, Ala., died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at the Enterprise Nursing Home. Funeral services were held March 22, 2005 from the Chapel of Hayes Funeral Home in Elba with the Rev. Shirley Hatcher officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery with Hayes Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her son: Joe Folds, Tampa, Fla.; one brother: Monroe Richardson, Elba; and a sister: Vertie Haggard, Winter Haven, Fla. Additional information: Vassie Merle Richardson was born on 19 Sep 1924 in Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama to John Thomas Richardson and Cleo Esther (Curby) Richardson. She was preceded in death by her brother James Monroe Richardson who died in 1970, sisters Bertie Gardis Nolin who died in 1991, Louie Berle Richardson who died in 1938, Hazel Cleo Thigpen who died in 2000, Theopal Jeanette Thigpin who died in 1987 and Esther Lou Glass who died in 1996. She is survived by her eldest sister Vertie Gladys Hager (not Haggard as stated in the obituary), her younger brother Johnny Monroe Richardson and her son Joe Clenton Folds. I have additional information on this RICHARDSON family if anyone is interested. Shelby in FL