Shirley, I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I hope that you and the rest of your family can recover. I do know the pain of such a loss. My 19 year old son Chris was killed by a drunk driver three years ago and it has been very tough on us. Now my older sister has been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer and the doctors have given her six months. The world can be a very cruel place. I would love to share all I have with you. Just let me know when and what you might like. The Bonners and Shackelfords/Shacklefords have a long history together. My great grandmother was Jerusha Bonner, daughter of John Thomas Bonner, and granddaughter of Zadock Bonner of Carrolton, Georgia. I grew up in Crenshaw County, Alabama and I'm very familiar with that part of the country. My wife Cindy lived in Selma when her dad retired from the USAF at Craig. When I was a teen I loved Cahaba. Looking forward to hearing from you. Kenny Shackleford Woodstock, Georgia

Kenny: Lord, you have had your plate full also here lately. I extend my heartfelt condolences on the death of your son. I can only imagine the pain that you and your wife felt; I have not lost a child, although my Mom just did, and I know what that has done to her. My heart goes out to you both. And, now your sister.. I am so sorry but I do know that pain. Life can certainly be cruel, yes, but these are the lessons we must learn in this life. But they are fine now and watch over us. That is a difficult concept to accept. Sad, mad, glad, and bad are the stages of grief, and there is an excellent book out by Susan Kiebler-Ross entitled The Sibling Connection that has helped me immensely. Look it up on the internet....do a search of grief and it will probably pop up. I think you can reach it at <http://www.counselingstlouis.net>. I downloaded it and refer to it when I need to remind myself to take it slow and work through it. I would love to have a gedom from your Zadock Bonner on down. I have several Zadocks in my gedcom or working files but can't match your line. My Bonner is Sarah Jane Bonner married to William T. Harper from Sussex Co., VA. Her father was John Bonner m Sarah Hicks. We have not been able to absolutely prove this, but all available evidence points that way. William Harper married Jane Bonner 21 Dec 1782 in Sussex Co., VA, and there were many land transactions to prove the connection between the families. It would be so wonderful to ascertain "our" connection. And those Shackelford/Shacklefords are such an elusive bunch when you get to the areas of Perry/Greene and Hale/Sumter around the 1820s thru 1850's. Most of them just passed through on their way to AR and west, although a few families stayed, and some of them not closely related but rather cousins or such. I have a very good friend and cousin, Sarah Hays Morrow, of Kansas City, MO, who is descended from the Harpers and Shackelfords both, and has shared her information on her Shackelfords of this area, who again are intermarried with other allied families of Perry and Hale Cos. If you say you are from Perry Co., look out for you are more than likely to be related to them all one way or the other. And I'm sure that the same thing applies to Crenshaw Co. Another cousin, a Dominick descendant, if from Butler Co.and is a direct descendant of the Crenshaws of "The Ridge" outside of Greenville, as well as the Dominicks of Hale/Perry Co. My 3rd ggrandfather was the Rev. Martin Luther Dominick out of SC who settled in Brush Creek in north Perry Co. in the 1830s and so forth and so on.... So we are all in this together.... Isn't it great to meet cousins and peice the families together? I have so many questions....who is the Anthony Shackelford who settled in Greensboro and what is his relationship....? And so forth.... Anything you send will be great.....it will come together....right now I'm taking it kinda slow. I even had to cancel our quarterly meeting of the genealogy society,.just wasn't up to it; I'm the sec. but since Quintella completely forgot [she's the president, and boy was she embarrassed!] we just decided to post on note on the library and hope nobody showed up because no one was called by the calling comittee....and just toooooo hot! When it get's this hot in Selma nobody wants to even move! How is the weather treating you in GA today? My love to you all and my prayers go out to you in the coming months. E soon. Your cuz shirley gail holley-sova selma, al 334-875-3232 work 334-872-1576 home You are so close to me.... [email protected] wrote: > Shirley, > > I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I hope that you and the rest of > your family can recover. I do know the pain of such a loss. My 19 year old son > Chris was killed by a drunk driver three years ago and it has been very tough > on us. Now my older sister has been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer > and the doctors have given her six months. The world can be a very cruel > place. > > I would love to share all I have with you. Just let me know when and what you > might like. The Bonners and Shackelfords/Shacklefords have a long history > together. My great grandmother was Jerusha Bonner, daughter of John Thomas > Bonner, and granddaughter of Zadock Bonner of Carrolton, Georgia. > > I grew up in Crenshaw County, Alabama and I'm very familiar with that part of > the country. My wife Cindy lived in Selma when her dad retired from the USAF > at Craig. When I was a teen I loved Cahaba. > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > Kenny Shackleford > Woodstock, Georgia > > ==== BONNER Mailing List ==== > Have you considered participating in the BONNER DNA Project? > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/bonnerdna/ > This list is a good place to ask questions about the project :) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237