Obit Jewell R. Smith Jewell Reddin Smith, age 80, of Warren, died Friday, June 26, 1998, at the Bradley County Medical Center. Born July 28, 1917, in Bradley County, she was a daughter of the late Isaac Jordan and Marie Baker Reddin. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Assembly of God, and the widow of Charles Clarance Smith, who died January 17, 1976. They were married August 28, 1936. Survivors include 3 sons, Clarance Eugene Smith of Pine Bluff, Robert Ernest Smith of Pine Bluff, and Bobby Smith of Livingston, Texas; 4 daughters, Virginia Kitchens of Warren, Stella Harton of Warren, Joann Fowler of Monticello and Sandra Roam of Warren; 1 brother, Jesse Reddin of Warren; 2 sisters, Ruby Smith of Warren and Dorothy Hooper of Beebe; 15 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Graveside services were held Saturday, June 27, at 10:00 a.m. at Outlaw Cemetery in Sumpter with Rev. Billy Wilson officiating. Burial was by Frazer's Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Wade Free, Jody Free, Terry Harton, Scott Harton, Bryan Roam, Steve Smith and Dante' Smith.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nowrich Surnames: Hamilton Colvin Clanton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.bradley/3403.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great grandfather was Jesse Clanton. My grandmother was Gussie Veralee Clanton Hamilton. My father is Eugene Hamilton. My great aunt on the Hamilton side was Mildred Maude Hamilton Colvin, wife of Sam Colvin. My father may be able to answer some questions regarding the family. Please email me at nowrich@sbcglobal.net. Tammi Hamilton Nowlin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The descendents of George Daniel “Dan” Rodgers, Nancy Ardella Senn, and Bula Melsanie Rice will be having a reunion this coming Saturday, June 7 at the pavilion in Possum Valley, AR. We will start gathering around 10 am and stay until the last person is through visiting. Potluck lunch is planned. If you are connected to this family, please come join us. If you have questions or need directions, let me know. Cherub Alford Grant Writer Crossett Economic Development Foundation (870) 364-8745 cherub@cityofcrossett.net No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1482 - Release Date: 6/4/2008 7:10 AM

With regrets, we will be unable to attend.  ~Celia~ ----- Original Message ---- From: Cherub Alford <cherub@cityofcrossett.net> To: ARBRADLE@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:39:15 AM Subject: [ARBRADLE] Rodgers family reunion The descendents of George Daniel “Dan” Rodgers, Nancy Ardella Senn, and Bula Melsanie Rice will be having a reunion this coming Saturday, June 7 at the pavilion in Possum Valley, AR.  We will start gathering around 10 am and stay until the last person is through visiting.  Potluck lunch is planned. If you are connected to this family, please come join us.  If you have questions or need directions, let me know.  Cherub Alford Grant Writer Crossett Economic Development Foundation (870) 364-8745 cherub@cityofcrossett.net No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1482 - Release Date: 6/4/2008 7:10 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Inviting everyone to come by the Bradley County Historical Museum's first annual art showing at the museum on Ash St. Saturday June 14, 2008 from 11am - 4:30 pm and Sunday June 15, 2008 2 pm - 4 pm. Come and see the art work on display from Bradley County artist and look thru our museum. We have seven or eight rooms full of old stuff from Bradley County. Brenda Ezell bezell204@sbcglobal.net

I do believe that Doris was a daughter of Hassie Reddin Smith's . In fact in the photo of the Baker Clan I sent to the Bradley County Website, Hassie is holding a child and I think that was Doris. Here is an obit for Judith Ann Smith Judith Ann Smith, age 48, of Benton died Friday at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. Born July 15, 1948 in Warren she was a school bus driver and member of New Summit Church of God. She was preceded in death by her father Fred William Smith. Survivors are 1 son Jason Smith of Conway; 3 daughters Tammie Smith, Melissa Smith and Kim Gavin all of Benton; 1 step daughter Amanda Slatton of North Little Rock; her mother Hassie Smith of Warren; 3 brothers Cecil E. Smith of Stamps; J. T. Smith of Texarkana; and Buddy Smith of Warren; 1 sister Mary Wilkins of Camden and 3 grandchildren. Graveside services were held Monday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at Frazer's Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Peyton officiating. Janice Sullivan was organist. Burial was in Outlaw Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Tommy Adams, Sr., Tommy Adams, Jr., Dan Gavin, John Franklin, Jimmy Franklin, Ricky Smith, Chris Franklin and Eddie Smith. Ann

Thanks Ann for the info on Hassie Reddin. Do you know anything about a Doris Reddin? I thought perhaps she might be one of Fred and Hassie's children. If anyone knows the maiden name of Troy Reddin's wife, Clara Evelyn Johnese, I would appreciate the information. Here is a wonderful article about some of the Reddins in Bradley Co., dated Apr 30, 1942: FATHER AND SEVEN SONS REGISTER FOR SERVICE IN UNCLE SAM'S FORCES About the middle of the morning Monday, while local agencies were registering those between the ages of 45 and 65, A. D. Reddin, of Banks was among the registrants. He stated he was 57 years of age, was the father of fourteen children, 10 boys and four girls, and that he had six grandchildren, all of them living. He said he had six boys registered and that a seventh one will register this year. He would like to know if there is another father in this section or in the state who can boast of such a record. The eldest son, Merle, 33 years of age, works in a defense plant; Harold 31, works for the Texas Company in Louisiana; Harvey, 28, is a farmer in Cleveland County; Rufus Randolph, 25, is a member of the U.S. Army, stationed in New York; Thomas, 23, a preacher is at the present time holding a meeting in McAllister, Okla.; Douglas, 21, is in the quarter master corps of the U.S. Army, stationed in Salt Lake City; while Lyord [sic], 18 is working in a defense plant in Little Rock and will register some time this year. In addition to these children, there are three boys and one girl at home and three girls away from home, two of them married. Mr. and Mrs. Reddin celebrated their 35 [hard to read] wedding anniversary the __ of last March. They are well known citizens of the Blue Springs community. Jann

Jann, I found an obituary for Hassie Reddin Smith. Hassie married Fred Smith who died 2-23-1972 Hassie was born Nov. 2, 1913, married on Dec 24, 1929, died on July 26, 1998 Sons: Cecil E. Smith of Stamps J. T. Smith of Texarkana Buddy Smith of Warren Dau: Mary Wilkins of Camden Surviving is one brother Jessie Reddin of Warren and one sister Dorothy Hooper of Beebe 17 grandchildren and 28 great-grand children and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Preceding Hassie in Death besides her husband is a daughter Judy Smith who died May 23, 1997 One of Hassie's siblings is Jewel. Her children are Virgihnia Smith, Sandra, Bob. Stella's married name is Harton. That is the extent of my knowledge right now. I did not get to go to the cemetery after all. It was just pouring rain. I will continue to gather information as I can on this family. Ann

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Thank you so much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hudson" <richardark@hotmail.com> To: <arbradle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:42 PM Subject: [ARBRADLE] Surnames on My Website Of the 10,200 folks listed in my database, about 2,000 are listed on my FTM website, I would estimate that 75 percent of those have a Bradley County connection. If you want to check the site, it is at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/d/Richard-B-Hudson/index.html?Welcome=1057369853 Below is a list of the surnames in the index. Richard Hudson Fayetteville, Arkansas Abbott, Adams, Aday, Akins, Alexander, Allen, Alpe, Anderson, Ashcraft, Aswell, Ault, Baker, Baldwin, Bass, Bates, Battle, Baughman, Beard, Beck, Bennett, Beyer, Bid, Black, Blackburn, Blackwell, Blackwood, Blann, Blocker, Boettger, Bolton, Booker, Bowles, Bowman, Box, Bracken, Bragg, Brian, Brown, Bryant, Bucanen, Buck, Bugg, Bunch, Burton, Byrd, Caballeros, Callaway, Calloway, Camp, Canaan, Cannon, Cantebury, Caraway, Carmical, Carnes, Carr, Carraway, Carroll, Carter, Caruthers, Cason, Cement, Chamberlayne, Chamberlin, Chambliss, Chavis, Childers, Childs, Christmas, Clanton, Clark, Clay, Clements, Clemmons, Coats, Collins, Cook, Cooper, Cox, Creamer, Crowder, Crowell, Crump, Cunningham, Cutting, Daughtery, Davidson, Davis, Dawdy, Demarius, Derby, Dial, Dodson, Domon, Dubose, Duke, Dumas, Dunavant, Duneumn, Dupuy, Durey, Durham, Dutton, Dyson, Eason, East, Easton, Eddy, Ederington, Elliott, Enterkin, Erwin, Evans, Fargussen, Fields, Fife, Files, Finch, Flatt, Fletcher, Flowers, Foiles, Fontaine, Foster, Frazier, Frey, Gardner, Garner, Gates, Gibson, Gill, Glasscock, Godfrey, Goodwin, Gorman, Grantham, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenhill, Greenwood, Griddle, Griffen, Griffin, Griffis, Gross, Hackler, Halbert, Hall, Halligan, Hames, Hamilton, Hammonds, Hammons, Hampton, Hancock, Hargett, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Harrod, Hayes, Hayter, Heard, Heath, Heflin, Henderson, Herring, Herron, Hickman, Hightower, Hill, Hines, Hoffman, Holcombe, Holland, Holliday, Hollingsworth, Hollingworth, Holloway, Horsington, Horton, Howell, Hudson, Hughes, Huitt, Hunt, Inscore, Irby, Irwin, J., Jackson, Jacobs, Jacoway, James, Jenkins, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Joyner, Kantzen, Kay, Keeling, Kemp, Killough, King, Klapper, Lacy, Lamb, Langley, Langston, Lasiter, Law, Lee, Leggett, Lewandoski, Lewis, Liles, Livingston, Long, Lovett, Lufburrow, Lundstrom, Malcolm, Mallard, Marbry, Marks, Martin, Mason, May, McAboy, McAlister, McCabe, McCarthy, McCarty, McCauley, McClung, McClure, McDougal, McElyer, McFadden, McFatter, McGayhey, McWhirter, McWilliams, Merritt, Micheal, Miller, Minchew, Miriah, Mitchell, Mix, Mixon, Montgomery, Moore, Moreno, Moseley, Myatt, Narron, Newbill, Newby, Nichols, Northington, Nutt, Oates, Oats, Olive, Oliver, Overstreet, Overton, Owen, Owens, Palmer, Parker, Parnell, Parrot, Patrick, Patterson, Payne, Peel, Pendergraft, Perkins, Petty, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pike, Piles, Pirtle, Plunkett, Poole, Porter, Price, Proctor, Puterbough, Raasch, Ragsdale, Rasca, Ray, Raymer, Read, Redd, Reed, Reeder, Reynolds, Rhodes, Richardson, Richmond, Rickman, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Rochester, Roden, Rodgers, Rogers, Roper, Rowe, Royall, Russell, Rutherford, Sanderson, Sandlin, Scroggins, Seay, Segars, Sellers, Selph, Shelton, Sherman, Shindler, Shipley, Shirley, Shivers, Sikes, Sloan, Slone, Smith, Smithey, Smyth, Snow, South, Spann, Sparks, Speake, Steelman, Stephens, Stovall, Strickland, Stringfellow, Stuart, Susan?, Taliaferro, Talley, Tatum, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Tidmore, Tilghman, Trammell, Turner, Twait, Van Childers, Vanlandingham, Vasser, Vaughn, Vicknair, Vines, Waddill, Wagnon, Wagstaff, Waldrop, Walker, Wallace, Walls, Ward, Watkins, Watson, Weatherford, Weaver, Wells, Westbrooke, Whiddon, White, Whitehurst, Whitis, Wilde, Wilkerson, Wilkinson, Williams, Wiseman, Womack, Wood, Woodruff, Woodson, Wooley, Woolridge, Wright, Wristen, Yates, Young _________________________________________________________________ Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ GoodCause ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 5/24/2008 9:00:44 PM Central Daylight Time, jann_woodard@yahoo.com writes: Miss Camp entertained with a "42" Party last night. [what was a 42 party?] I think "42" is a game played with dominos. **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

27 Nov 1913: M. C. Mann is in town today with cotton. Mrs. Paul Martin entertained the club of young married women this past Tuesday. J. D. Stedman has gathered almost 1,700 pounds of cotton from one acre! Miss Camp entertained with a "42" Party last night. [what was a 42 party?] T. C. Wherry has brought to the Eagle Democrat office a home-grown orange. J. M. Ferrell of Johnsville has sold over $4,000 worth of cotton this fall. M. L. Gardner and his family have moved back to town from Texas City, Texas. We knew it! People who've lived in Bradley County for awhile and who get a drink of Saline River water always come home no matter what. Byron L. Herring, D. A. Bradham, J. R. Wilson, and Robert W. Baxter are attending Cleveland County Court at Rison this week.

The Center Ridge School reunion was held June 4 at the Community Center in Banks. Potluck dinner was served at the noon hour. Those attending were Ruby King Williams of Pine Bluff; Helen Watson Carter of Warren; Zilla Mae Hyman Johnson of Pine Bluff; Bonnie Morgan of Conway; Ruthie King Callaway of Banks; Douglas and Charline Andrews of Warren; John Bradford, Jr. of Warren; Leslie Hyman and Harold Dean Hyman of Camden; Flossie and P. C. Steelman and Otha Hamaker of Little Rock; Kermit and Melba Watson and Pauline and Brenda Cronin of El Dorado; Neal and Mamie Ruth Morgan of Pine Bluff; Ruth Morgan of Warren; Lamar and Dot Webb of Little Rock; Aubert and Iona Doss of Warren; Ott and Mary Morgan, Louin and Eloise Morgan, Felton and Montee Morgan, all of El Dorado; Jeanette Wolfe Chepil of Tomball, Texas and Perry and Willie Myrle Wolfe of Homer, La.; Horace and Kitty Hamaker of Camden. Guests attending were Scott and Judy Martin of Smackover; Sue Hamaker Elliott of Mablevale; Margaret Brown Lowry of Pine Bluff; Edward and Irene Lyon of Warren; Maydean Sweatman of Camden; Lissie Norton, Mrs. Hattie McFarland and Christine Munford, all of Banks; and Helen King Castleberry of White Hall. Jun 29, 1994

Hello Dena, Mattie was Mike Green's daughter, 2nd child after Columbus born to Amanda Gannaway. Michelle -------------- Original message -------------- From: DENAPITTSBURG@aol.com > > In a message dated 5/18/2008 8:38:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > jann_woodard@yahoo.com writes: > > This may be "old news", but I've never seen it before. Several years ago I > found out about several slave markets in Bradley Co., and this article > mentions one of them. [I didn't proof read this article. > > .....some Bradley County "roots" Aug 7, 1985 > > > > > Hey! Thanks Jann..I'm going to research some of this information! I really > appreciate this! > Dena > > > > **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family > favorites at AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Abigail Grace Earnest, age 2, of Benton passed away May 14, 2008 at Children's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born February 20, 2006 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Abigail was preceded in death by her grandmother, Ada Jane Earnest and an uncle, John Steven Berg. She is survived by her parents, Shannon and Sara Earnest; two sisters, Madeline and Cadence Earnest all of Benton; grandparents, Steven Earnest of Stephens, and Joe and Patsy Berg of Benton, and great-grandparents, Helen Earnest of Warren and Bonnie Berg of Little Rock. Pallbearers will be Erik Jones, Alan Nations, Clayton Roberson and Shon Smith. Rosary services will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday with visitation to follow from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Ashby Funeral Home in Benton. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Fatima in Benton. Father Michael Bass will be officiating. [Abigail is also a descendent of the Jones and Vail family from Banks. Her grandmother, Ada Jane, was the daughter of Howard and Lola Mae Vail Jones]

Of the 10,200 folks listed in my database, about 2,000 are listed on my FTM website, I would estimate that 75 percent of those have a Bradley County connection. If you want to check the site, it is at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/d/Richard-B-Hudson/index.html?Welcome=1057369853 Below is a list of the surnames in the index. Richard Hudson Fayetteville, Arkansas Abbott, Adams, Aday, Akins, Alexander, Allen, Alpe, Anderson, Ashcraft, Aswell, Ault, Baker, Baldwin, Bass, Bates, Battle, Baughman, Beard, Beck, Bennett, Beyer, Bid, Black, Blackburn, Blackwell, Blackwood, Blann, Blocker, Boettger, Bolton, Booker, Bowles, Bowman, Box, Bracken, Bragg, Brian, Brown, Bryant, Bucanen, Buck, Bugg, Bunch, Burton, Byrd, Caballeros, Callaway, Calloway, Camp, Canaan, Cannon, Cantebury, Caraway, Carmical, Carnes, Carr, Carraway, Carroll, Carter, Caruthers, Cason, Cement, Chamberlayne, Chamberlin, Chambliss, Chavis, Childers, Childs, Christmas, Clanton, Clark, Clay, Clements, Clemmons, Coats, Collins, Cook, Cooper, Cox, Creamer, Crowder, Crowell, Crump, Cunningham, Cutting, Daughtery, Davidson, Davis, Dawdy, Demarius, Derby, Dial, Dodson, Domon, Dubose, Duke, Dumas, Dunavant, Duneumn, Dupuy, Durey, Durham, Dutton, Dyson, Eason, East, Easton, Eddy, Ederington, Elliott, Enterkin, Erwin, Evans, Fargussen, Fields, Fife, Files, Finch, Flatt, Fletcher, Flowers, Foiles, Fontaine, Foster, Frazier, Frey, Gardner, Garner, Gates, Gibson, Gill, Glasscock, Godfrey, Goodwin, Gorman, Grantham, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenhill, Greenwood, Griddle, Griffen, Griffin, Griffis, Gross, Hackler, Halbert, Hall, Halligan, Hames, Hamilton, Hammonds, Hammons, Hampton, Hancock, Hargett, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Harrod, Hayes, Hayter, Heard, Heath, Heflin, Henderson, Herring, Herron, Hickman, Hightower, Hill, Hines, Hoffman, Holcombe, Holland, Holliday, Hollingsworth, Hollingworth, Holloway, Horsington, Horton, Howell, Hudson, Hughes, Huitt, Hunt, Inscore, Irby, Irwin, J., Jackson, Jacobs, Jacoway, James, Jenkins, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Joyner, Kantzen, Kay, Keeling, Kemp, Killough, King, Klapper, Lacy, Lamb, Langley, Langston, Lasiter, Law, Lee, Leggett, Lewandoski, Lewis, Liles, Livingston, Long, Lovett, Lufburrow, Lundstrom, Malcolm, Mallard, Marbry, Marks, Martin, Mason, May, McAboy, McAlister, McCabe, McCarthy, McCarty, McCauley, McClung, McClure, McDougal, McElyer, McFadden, McFatter, McGayhey, McWhirter, McWilliams, Merritt, Micheal, Miller, Minchew, Miriah, Mitchell, Mix, Mixon, Montgomery, Moore, Moreno, Moseley, Myatt, Narron, Newbill, Newby, Nichols, Northington, Nutt, Oates, Oats, Olive, Oliver, Overstreet, Overton, Owen, Owens, Palmer, Parker, Parnell, Parrot, Patrick, Patterson, Payne, Peel, Pendergraft, Perkins, Petty, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pike, Piles, Pirtle, Plunkett, Poole, Porter, Price, Proctor, Puterbough, Raasch, Ragsdale, Rasca, Ray, Raymer, Read, Redd, Reed, Reeder, Reynolds, Rhodes, Richardson, Richmond, Rickman, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Rochester, Roden, Rodgers, Rogers, Roper, Rowe, Royall, Russell, Rutherford, Sanderson, Sandlin, Scroggins, Seay, Segars, Sellers, Selph, Shelton, Sherman, Shindler, Shipley, Shirley, Shivers, Sikes, Sloan, Slone, Smith, Smithey, Smyth, Snow, South, Spann, Sparks, Speake, Steelman, Stephens, Stovall, Strickland, Stringfellow, Stuart, Susan?, Taliaferro, Talley, Tatum, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Tidmore, Tilghman, Trammell, Turner, Twait, Van Childers, Vanlandingham, Vasser, Vaughn, Vicknair, Vines, Waddill, Wagnon, Wagstaff, Waldrop, Walker, Wallace, Walls, Ward, Watkins, Watson, Weatherford, Weaver, Wells, Westbrooke, Whiddon, White, Whitehurst, Whitis, Wilde, Wilkerson, Wilkinson, Williams, Wiseman, Womack, Wood, Woodruff, Woodson, Wooley, Woolridge, Wright, Wristen, Yates, Young _________________________________________________________________ Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ GoodCause

He was the love of her life,her support, her everything and with a blink of an eye he was gone leaving her heart to morn. Think that explains it. ----- Original Message ---- From: bjw <jann_woodard@yahoo.com> To: ARBRADLE@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:43:49 PM Subject: [ARBRADLE] Samuel B. Hall      May God in his infinite mercy strengthen our bereaved sister, and in the days to come, as we press along the busy path of life, when we do pass the last resting place of the departed stranger, may we remember that he was all to the  strucken heart that still bleeds from the heavy stroke.     R. A. Lee   Warren, Ark     [Will someone explain to me what the meaning is of the last line!} ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ark Evangel Mar 29, 1983: Samuel B. Hall, Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock, in the 50th year of his age. Samuel B. Hall formerly of South Carolina, was born about July 3rd, 1833. Perhaps from 8 to 12 years ago he came to our State, and as stated above, he came to our town. About ten days previous to this writing, he was taken seriously ill and grew worse steadily until last Wednesday morning at near 1:30 o'clock, he sank into the cold shade of death. Mrs. Hall is a Baptist, and during her short stay here, won many friends among our people. The death of her husband fell like a dark show upon the soul of our sister, and Oh, how we did sympathize with her as we stood upon the verge of the grave, and consigned her husband, her protection- her all, to the grave. May God in his infinite mercy strengthen our bereaved sister, and in the days to come, as we press along the busy path of life, when we do pass the last resting place of the departed stranger, may we remember that he was all to the strucken heart that still bleeds from the heavy stroke. R. A. Lee Warren, Ark [Will someone explain to me what the meaning is of the last line!}

Mary, you might want to copy this for the church Library. Do you know anything about this Reynolds fellow? Arkansas Evangel 1883. Dear Evangel: We had a splendid meeting here today and also again tonight. Congregations very large and attentive. Deep feeling manifested. So rightly the church ordained to the office of deacon, Brother, _. H. Reynolds, and Brother J. T. Craig was invited to assist the pastor and deacons, in the service in which he did, by conducting the examination of the elect in a very solemn and appropriate manner; and by offering the ordaining prayer, which was heart-felt and earnest. After the laying on of hand, the writer delivered the chair and presented the Bible. Brother Reynolds is a young man, full of promise, and the church indulges confident hopes of his future usefulness. May God grant him grace to do his duties faithfully to the end. Pray for us at Warren. Fraternally Yours R. A. Lee

In a message dated 5/18/2008 8:38:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jann_woodard@yahoo.com writes: This may be "old news", but I've never seen it before. Several years ago I found out about several slave markets in Bradley Co., and this article mentions one of them. [I didn't proof read this article. .....some Bradley County "roots" Aug 7, 1985 Hey! Thanks Jann..I'm going to research some of this information! I really appreciate this! Dena **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)