Hi, DJ No, sorry. my grandmother name is ILA ESTELLA LEWIS MALONE m. JOHN MEADOW (MEDDER) MALONE (MELLOWN). I was told Betty Jean/jJane Mellown (Malone) locked herself up in a room some how the fire started......she lived for 5 days, i think. they couldnt get to her.....my grandmother's mother was MAMIE (MARY ETTA) HOWARD LEWIS m. EARLIE RANDOLPH LEWIS..... Your Velma sound familar, maybe seeing it on this site.... Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [ALTUSCAL] Re: ALTUSCAL-D Digest V02 #29 > Kim, this sounds so like Velma Lodelia Dockery Guy. Is that who you're > writing about who died at Bryce's? Her youngest daughter Snow caught her > clothes on fire while standing by the washpot. > > DJ