<< Well,Im not sure,Wish I could be.My Spears,were from SC. Rebecha Spears,was the dau of William Spears.Rebecah married Arthur Rudd. Rebecha was born in 1808 in or around Barnswell,SC.She and Arthur moved too Decatur County Ga in 1830,and in 1850 they were living in Coffee County, AL. Its been told that several of Rebechas brothers and sisters followed..Im having a hard time with the Spears.Have found them in Barnswell Census,but after that its benn a rough row to hoe.It very well maybe a connection,for a lot of the SC Spears came too Ga,and Al..Wish I could be of more help.. Best Regards, Shirley >> I don't have much in my notes on Henry E. Spears b. 1881, except I found him on the 1920 Geneva Co. Census, age 38, b. AL. with wife Leavie, age 39, born AL and William age 9, b. AL. Couldn't read township (Slocomb). Both are buried at Paynes Creek Cemetery, Hardee Co., FL. Henry married a second time to Edna____? who had a sister Ida who came to live with them. Edna and Ida were from Wisconsin, I believe. The Spears are related to me through my Dad's sister Ruby, wife of William (both deceased). Ruby and William were married 68 years. I grew up with (same area) this family, calling Henry E. "Grandpa" same as my cousins. Aunt Ruby always had teacakes for me when I visited up until her death in 1996. My cousins would be interested if you do make a connection. Thanks for responding. Lucy

E'mail me at ninnid@webtv.net Talk later, Jimmie

Well,Im not sure,Wish I could be.My Spears,were from SC. Rebecha Spears,was the dau of William Spears.Rebecah married Arthur Rudd. Rebecha was born in 1808 in or around Barnswell,SC.She and Arthur moved too Decatur County Ga in 1830,and in 1850 they were living in Coffee County, AL. Its been told that several of Rebechas brothers and sisters followed..Im having a hard time with the Spears.Have found them in Barnswell Census,but after that its benn a rough row to hoe.It very well maybe a connection,for a lot of the SC Spears came too Ga,and Al..Wish I could be of more help.. Best Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: <TOMnLUCY@aol.com> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:30 PM Subject: [FLHOLMES] For Shirley Calhoun > << My families are,Rudd,Warren,Peters,Thompson,Presley,Rutherford,and > Spears.My > hubbys side is,Calhoun,Clark,Holmes,Cotton.They were mostly from Jack > Alabama,Elba,Geneva. > Anyways,thanks for a sweet down home email.. > Best Regards, > Shirley > >> > > Shirley, > Do you belong to the Spears Family group that has a Henry E. Spears b. > 1881 married in 1926 in Slocomb, AL to Nancy Levia Johnson b. 23 Feb. 1880? > One known son, William Henry was b. in Enterprise, Coffee Co. 30 Aug. 1910. > All later moved to FL. > Any information appreciated. > Thanks, > Lucy Ward > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Margie, I am descended from the WATSON's through my father and his mother. I looked at your site and first thing I noticed was the picture of Sara Catherine Megason. My husband says that if that picture was on America's Most Wanted that I would be in trouble! Since I'm not a member of MSN/Hotmail I didn't discover anything else. Could you contact me, please? Lucy Ward tomnlucy@aol.com << WATSON (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WATSONSouthernStates >>

I would like to talk about the Clark side of you family. Jeraldine Clark Adams

<< My families are,Rudd,Warren,Peters,Thompson,Presley,Rutherford,and Spears.My hubbys side is,Calhoun,Clark,Holmes,Cotton.They were mostly from Jack Alabama,Elba,Geneva. Anyways,thanks for a sweet down home email.. Best Regards, Shirley >> Shirley, Do you belong to the Spears Family group that has a Henry E. Spears b. 1881 married in 1926 in Slocomb, AL to Nancy Levia Johnson b. 23 Feb. 1880? One known son, William Henry was b. in Enterprise, Coffee Co. 30 Aug. 1910. All later moved to FL. Any information appreciated. Thanks, Lucy Ward

--WebTV-Mail-15988-53 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Shirley I don't know where to get the Book. Most of the Heritage book info i get is from my distant cousins from Al. Helen Taylor Andrews In Ozark. James Adkins in Dothan. Jean Lewis in Geneva county. And Dale Clark in Newton Al. Also from Homer Jones, Christine Grimes Thatcher, on the ALDALE Rootsweb site. The Heritage Books are not available or I can't afford to buy them. So you can see why these sites mean so much to me. Since my families were some of the early settlers. I feel related to all these people who use these sites. I grew up with some of them or my mom told me. Back then, if you married one of the family. That family became your family. You know what I mean. Say, if your distant cousin from another family called anyone Aunt and Uncle, they were our Aunt and Uncle also. Which makes it very confusing today. Believe me I had a huge family and these names are in one or the other families. My Ggrandfather and Ggrandmother Jacob and Martha Van Cloe Lamb Snell Ezell had 11 children, 7 girls and 4 boys. My grandfather Isacc J ( Jake ) and Willie Hannah Adkins Ezell had 7 boys and 1 girl. My dad Allen Wesley and Roxey Ann Clark Ezell had 7 boys and 1 girl ( Me ). My GGGgrandfather Fredrick Ezell and 2 of his sons Josiah and Parham Ezell came to Dale or one of those counties that was there at that time in the 1840's, I understand that it was Henry county all the way to the Fl line back in those days. My Clark's multiplyed and beat my Ezell's abt 10 to 1. Each one of the Clark's married several times and had a whole passle of kids. I think most of them had one or two sets of twins. My mom told us she had two sets in her family that she knew of. And she never knew how many bros and sisters she had. It was told that her father Wm. Henry Clark b. abt 1813 had been married 7 times and when one of his wifes died he sold or gave 7 of his children away. We have found 3 of her bros and two of her sisters. And i will keep searching. So to make a long story short. My book will never be finished. But it will give my grandchildren something to read if they are interested. They are already amazed at what i have found. So am I !!!!! So keep up the good work everyone. I am always listening and will jump in every so often to put my two cents worth in. Good Hunting and have a VERY HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR. Talk later, Jimmie --WebTV-Mail-15988-53 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2201.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.131) by storefull-2218.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:36:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2201.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id EA038FE70; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:36:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBV3W6dE013350; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:32:06 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:32:06 -0700 X-Original-Sender: shirleycalhoun@msn.com Mon Dec 30 20:32:06 2002 X-Originating-IP: [65.146.158.106] From: "Shirley Calhoun" <shirleycalhoun@msn.com> Old-To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> References: <7770-3E10EB6E-11219@storefull-2217.public.lawson.webtv.net> Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Fw: NEW BOOK ON HOLMES COUNTY Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:25:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN Mail 8.00.0022.3100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V8.00.0022.3100 Message-ID: <DAV93XvYrUlseHDd1y10002f7fa@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Dec 2002 03:32:15.0202 (UTC) FILETIME=[36871C20:01C2B07D] Resent-Message-ID: <T4ryH.A.FQD.2-QE-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/565 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com I hope we can get one of those books,will let you know Jimmie where we can get one, if I find out myself.I too Jimmie am doing my own personal book for my children and grandchildren.You know,later on down the road,when they are a lot older,that's when they will really appreciate what we have done..Hey Jimmie,who knows,maybe we can get ours published,haha. Best Wishes, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Fw: NEW BOOK ON HOLMES COUNTY > Shirley > I would like to have that book also. I love to hear abt the olden > days. I have done all of mine, but only for my Grandchildren and great > grandchildren. That is why i am on this genealogy stuff. > I wanted to leave them something of thier hertiage. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== 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 --WebTV-Mail-15988-53--

I might also tell you that my gr gr grandmother Dykes, in Marianna, Jane,, was first cousin to her husband, James Riley Dykes, Jr, and she was a Bryan. Also, my 3 times and 4 times great grandmother Dykes were Bryans! My wife is descended from Theopolis Petty who fought in Rev War in SC and was given land in now Crenshaw Co, Al for his services. His grandson, ws my wife's great gf, Jasper Manning Petty, who is buried just across line in AL, off Hwy 27, in Vaughn - McDuffie Cem, out in a field. Her grandfther, Jasper Newton Petty is buried in middle of road at Sweet Gum Head in Holmes Co. Her dad is Alton Petty, who was born in Wesville and grew up in Panama City, but now lives in Branford, FL. He is kin to all those at Petty's Cross Roads in the New Hope Community. Will have to get back to you on the Yarbroughs. My grandmother was a Dykes, who grew up on the Bascom-Neels Landing Road in Jax Co. I know that one of the Yarbroughs was Dr Green Yarbrough, who came from SC. She was also kin to the Simmons, Tindells, and Oswalds of Jax Co. Have some Yarbrough data that I got off the internet, as well as lots of Oswald data.

This is John A. Shiver in Dothan. Have you connected with Lotts in Eufaula? Are you on Shiver rootsweb list?

Liz, Sorry to barge in on this string of rememberances, I have my own also, but can you tell me when the difference in the Yon and Yohn family names? My mother's first husband was a B. J. Yohn and I have a 1/2 sister from that marriage. My mother is from just across the State Line in Geneva Co., and my father, Alcus Dukes, was born and raised in Holmes Co. and married Margaret Jane Andrews. I still have a couple of cousins in Holmes. The reason I was curious about the different spellings of Yon/Yohn is that in my research, I come acrosss both in basically the same area. If you have any insight I would love to hear from you. Your Holmes County "Cousin" - Jerry Dale Dukes.

In a message dated 12/30/02 5:55:58 PM Central Standard Time, ninnid@webtv.net writes: > Happy New Year to Every one Jimmie, I'll respond to your wonderful "memory" message later. I'm getting ready to have foot surgery in an hour or so, but I wanted to wish you and everyone a very Happy New Year. Be safe. Liz Palm Bay, FL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz Gerlits (a cookbook with a genealogy flavor). Email me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com for details.

I hope we can get one of those books,will let you know Jimmie where we can get one, if I find out myself.I too Jimmie am doing my own personal book for my children and grandchildren.You know,later on down the road,when they are a lot older,that's when they will really appreciate what we have done..Hey Jimmie,who knows,maybe we can get ours published,haha. Best Wishes, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Fw: NEW BOOK ON HOLMES COUNTY > Shirley > I would like to have that book also. I love to hear abt the olden > days. I have done all of mine, but only for my Grandchildren and great > grandchildren. That is why i am on this genealogy stuff. > I wanted to leave them something of thier hertiage. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > > > ============================== > 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 >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following are the surnames I am researching; If you are, too, please feel free to join these MSN groups: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALLRED (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/ALLREDSouthernStates BECK (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/BECKSouthernStates BUTLER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/BUTLERSouthernStates CARTER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/CARTERSouthernStates DAVIS (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/DAVISSouthernStates ELLIOT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/ELLIOTSouthernStates ELLIS (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/ELLISSouthernStates LOTT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/LOTTSouthernStates McCLAIN (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/McCLAINSouthernStates PARKER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/PARKERSouthernStates PEACOCK (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/PEACOCKSouthernStates PERRY (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/PERRYSouthernStates REDD (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/REDDSouthernStates SANDERS (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SANDERSSouthernStates SATCHER (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/SATCHERSouthernStates SHIVER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SHIVERandalternatenamesSouthernStates SULLIVAN (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/SULLIVANSouthernStates USSERY (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/USSERYvariousspellingsSouthernStates WALKER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WALKERSouthernStates WATSON (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WATSONSouthernStates WEAVER (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WEAVERSouthernStates WHITTLE (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WHITTLESouthernStates WILSON (Maternal) http://groups.msn.com/WILSONFamilyOfTheUSAandUK WRIGHT (Paternal) http://groups.msn.com/WRIGHTSouthernStates >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH http://groups.msn.com/NativeAmericanResearch

Shirley I would like to have that book also. I love to hear abt the olden days. I have done all of mine, but only for my Grandchildren and great grandchildren. That is why i am on this genealogy stuff. I wanted to leave them something of thier hertiage. Talk later, Jimmie

--WebTV-Mail-17477-1172 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit You bet i do. He came abt once a week. Before he came back ,it would all be melted. Of course it all depend on how big a piece you could afford. One place we lived had a spring where the water stayed as cold as ice and mom kept the milk there when she had more than us kids could drink in a day. We even had ice delivered here after we moved to Fl. But i was lucky , My bro Richard was the ice man. That was after WW2. I still didn't have a Frig. At that time i still used an old black wash pot to do my laundry. My bro Lee lives in Long Bch Ca. Is Selma Ca near there. Talk later, Jimmie --WebTV-Mail-17477-1172 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2202.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.132) by storefull-2212.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:30:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2202.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id C1114FE75; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:30:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBV0PdxS018489; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:25:39 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:25:39 -0700 X-Original-Sender: res00jqu@gte.net Mon Dec 30 17:25:39 2002 Message-ID: <3E10E407.9090101@gte.net> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:25:43 -0800 From: joe <res00jqu@gte.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: holmes <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [FLHOLMES] Rolling Store Resent-Message-ID: <vx6v3D.A.ogE.DQOE-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/562 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com Liz, Jimmie, do you guys remember the ICE TrucK? The ICEMAN use to give us a chuck of Ice when he pass our house. LOL Joe Borned Covington Co., Al Live Selma, Ca ============================== 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 --WebTV-Mail-17477-1172--

--WebTV-Mail-15119-5122 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Liz, Did you ever get to rob the hen nest for an egg to get a peppermint stick from the rolling store. If i remember correct, you could get a bundle of them real cheap. My mom always traded chickens or eggs to get material to make her and my dresses. Or use a flower sack to make mine when i was small. We never had money, but we got what we needed. The rolling store had cages hooked on the side and top of his store to hold Chickens or even pigs. He would trade for abt anything. And he always gave you a good deal. The only spanking i ever got from my daddy was pitching a fit because i had to share my candy with my bro Buford. He told me a couple years ago just before he passed away, I caused him to get all his whippings. Of course he was only kidding. If it wasn't for that old rolling store, alot of us out on those farms wouldn't have gotten the few luxuries of life we got. We could trade our live stock, vegetables which were plentiful on the farms for the things we didn't have money or time to go to the city to buy. But the rolling store could sell anything. I guess you can tell I am blessed with my memories. May you all be Blessed too. Happy New Year to Every one Jimmie in Largo Fl. --WebTV-Mail-15119-5122 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2206.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.136) by storefull-2214.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:36:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2206.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 7F33FFE20; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:36:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBTGSo9m023274; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 09:28:50 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 09:28:50 -0700 X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 09:28:50 2002 Message-ID: <20021229162840.35278.qmail@web13406.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:28:40 -0800 (PST) From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <b9.2c21fbe9.2b4076c4@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <iuf5d.A.LrF.CLyD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/548 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com I forgot to tell Jimmie I, also, remember the rolling store when I visited my grandparents. It was so unique and exciting as a city raised girl to walk down the dirt road from my grandmother's house to the rolling store on the next dirt crossroads or have it pull up in front of the house. Trying to see inside the door while my Grandmother gave her order of groceries at the food stuff or pots and pans or trying to figure out the excite piece of candy I wanted to purchase. Janice Redmon Smith --- DLizgerlits@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/29/02 9:39:03 AM Central > Standard Time, > ninnid@webtv.net writes: > > > > I long to > > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what > i need to live on. Do > > any of you remember that? > > I remember the hard work from daylight till > dark. My bros getting > > their chores done and being in the field to pick > cotton by daylight. > > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner > ready to cook. And > > still go to the field and help gather the crops, > whatever it took she > > was always there. > > I was born in 1941 in Gadsden Co, FL, but I remember > the rolling store and > the little country store where we bought all we > needed to live on. I worked > in the tobacco fields 10 hours a day Monday through > Friday all summer. I > started when I was 6 years old. I was making a > whopping $3.00 a DAY by the > time I was 17. I also picked pecans, beans, > tomatoes, etc. > > The farmers wife, who was the best country cook in > the world (except Mama & > Grandma), fixed the noon meal for us field hands. > The work hard and the > weather was hot, but we survived and were, for the > most part, happy. Yes, I > do long for the good ole days when life was simple. > > Liz Gerlits > Palm Bay, FL > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ > "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz > Gerlits (a cookbook with a > genealogy flavor). Email me privately at > DLizgerlits@aol.com for details. > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ============================== 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 --WebTV-Mail-15119-5122--

Liz, Jimmie, do you guys remember the ICE TrucK? The ICEMAN use to give us a chuck of Ice when he pass our house. LOL Joe Borned Covington Co., Al Live Selma, Ca

In a message dated 12/29/2002 11:51:36 AM Central Standard Time, lippy01@yahoo.com writes: > I'm related to the Calvin John Toole on my Dad's One of my Hinson relations married into that Toole line. John

On DEAR,WELL,LETS DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Calhoun To: FLHOLMES-L-request Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Fw: NEW BOOK ON HOLMES COUNTY Think I sent this wrong first time,sorry,but here it is.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Calhoun To: FLHOLMES-L-@ROOTSWEB.COM Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: NEW BOOK ON HOLMES COUNTY Hello, Today there is a story in the Dothan Eagle of a new book out,about growing up in Holmes County in the 30s and 40s.The book is called, "The Golden Olden Days" and its by Lura Spears Zerick,(Whitaker).Shes a g,g,grandmother who lives in Geneva. She will be speaking at the Holmes County Library in Bonifay,Jan 4th at 10 am.Wish I could attend,for I would love to get this book.Thought you all on the list would like too know.If anyone goes to the Library,wish you would ask where we can get a book. Thanks, and Happy New Year Everyone, Best Regards, Shirley

Hello Jimmie, Your right,there are a lot of families with the same names.My husbands mother was a Minnie Clark,who married his father,Festues,(don't know if that 's the right spelling) Calhoun. They lived in Coffee County.The other Calhouns were from Geneva,and Elba as well. Thanks for heping,and will keep your email just in case.Have a great New Year. Best Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: Jimmie Dixon > > --WebTV-Mail-15092-5928 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Shirley > Your name is also familier to me. Maybe from the Dale County > website. But your husbands names are more familier. > My mother was Roxey Ann Clark daughter of Wm. Henry Clark. Her sister > Minnie L. Clark married Isreal Garner. Her sister Mandy Jane Clark > married General Clayton Brackin. Her brother Wm. Harvey Clark married > Mary L. Williams. They had one bro Wesley Clark who was killed in a > hurricane 1926 in Fl. > My Uncle William Harvey Clark lived in Houston County near Cottonwood > untill his death in 1956. He was 78 yrs old, some of his children are > buried in Madrid Cemertary in Houston County. My Aunt Mandy Clark > Brackin lived there also. > My mother had lots of brothers and sisters who she had lost track of > after their mothers had died. 7 of the children had been sold or given > away. My mother was raised by a stepmother. It has been said my > grandfather had been married 7 times. > When i was abt 7 or 8 yrs old. We went to Holmes County to a Clark > Family reunion. I don't remember if it was her bros or an Uncle. But i > do know she had two bros who moved to Fl. And an Uncle. Her bro William > Harvey Clark's son Buster Clark moved to Green Cove Springs Fl. and his > daughter Frances Kelly lives there now. > Well I am sorry, i get carried away when i talk abt my kin. I only > wish i had listened to my mother more closely when she talked abt her > family. It would have been much easier to find them now. > If you have any info on the Clark's , I would be glad to share. I > belong to several Clark Groups and have gathered alot of info. But this > is one crazy mixed up bunch. Every family has the same names handed down > from each family. It is hard to tell who belongs where. I think every > man and woman was married at least 3 or 4 times. > Thanks for letting me bend your ear. If i get to be a pest to anyone, > just tell me . > > Jimmie in Largo Fl. > > > --WebTV-Mail-15092-5928 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-2103.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.113) by > storefull-2212.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec > 2002 12:54:34 -0800 (PST) > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by > smtpin-2103.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP > id E5EEBFE4F; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:54:32 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id > gBTKoUvm015414; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:50:30 -0700 > Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:50:30 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: shirleycalhoun@msn.com Sun Dec 29 13:50:30 2002 > X-Originating-IP: [65.146.208.199] > From: "Shirley Calhoun" <shirleycalhoun@msn.com> > Old-To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> > References: <1965-3E0F1700-9632@storefull-2218.public.lawson.webtv.net> > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: Jimmie Dixon > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 14:44:15 -0600 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: MSN Mail 8.00.0022.3100 > X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V8.00.0022.3100 > Message-ID: <DAV91YzL897J1ACTOWZ0002c04a@hotmail.com> > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Dec 2002 20:50:33.0622 (UTC) > FILETIME=[EE741B60:01C2AF7B] > Resent-Message-ID: <LItQJC.A.ewD.WA2D-@lists2.rootsweb.com> > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/554 > X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > I agree Jimmie,love the smaller towns the best.Your email to Holmes was very > nice.My sons grandmother,and so many other relitives came from Geneva > County.She told all the stories of picking cotton f4om sun up too > sundown,pea shelling parties,hog killing time,which was a very special > treat.She taught me an awful lot.My side,came from Holmes,Jackson,and some > in Geneva as well.Want you too know Jimmie,those greens and sweet potatoes > tasted a lot better when cooked on the old wood stove. > Thanks Jimmie,love responces like yours,brings back home. > Yes I agree,the Holmes list is great,and I love seeing all the post on it. > My families are,Rudd,Warren,Peters,Thompson,Presley,Rutherford,and Spears.My > hubbys side is,Calhoun,Clark,Holmes,Cotton.They were mostly from Jack > Alabama,Elba,Geneva. > Anyways,thanks for a sweet down home email.. > Best Regards, > Shirley > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> > To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good to hear people talk > > abt their heritage and the land where our relatives strived to make an > > easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva County Al 1927. I > > moved away when I was 14 yrs old . > > Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic and crime. I long to > > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i need to live on. Do > > any of you remember that? > > I remember the hard work from daylight till dark. My bros getting > > their chores done and being in the field to pick cotton by daylight. > > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner ready to cook. And > > still go to the field and help gather the crops, whatever it took she > > was always there. > > We had relatives in every county of SE Al and North Fl. Clark's, > > Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, > > Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so many i can't name > > them all. > > All the names i see on your site, I can associate with some relative, > > friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I admire all of you who > > are trying to keep our hertiage alive. > > I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs ago. And if it wasn't > > for sites like yours and the work you people do. I would be up the > > creek without a paddle. > > So keep up the good work, and may God Bless you. > > > > Talk later, > > > > Jimmie > > > > > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > > Content-Disposition: Inline > > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > > Received: from smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.133) by > > storefull-2214.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec > > 2002 05:48:00 -0800 (PST) > > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) > by > > smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP > > id 6F5B9FE58; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:47:59 -0800 (PST) > > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id > > gBTDkeEQ011617; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > > Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > > X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 06:46:39 2002 > > Message-ID: <20021229134643.10021.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com> > > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:46:43 -0800 (PST) > > From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> > > Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > In-Reply-To: <200203270301.g2R31qM24216@lists2.rootsweb.com> > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Subject: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > > Resent-Message-ID: <TGMh-.A.D1C.AzvD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/544 > > X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Precedence: list > > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've lived > > there before. My husband is part of the Miller's > > Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) > > It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city > > but it's not too far to go places but just not > > everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 > > minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to > > move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to > > help with some of the volunteer work. > > Janice Redmon Smith > > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > > > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #7 > > > > > > Hi, > > > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > > > have the museum open -- > > > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > > > there and stay. > > > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it can > > > be extended. > > > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > > > County, call Hazel > > > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > > > meet you there, or call > > > someone who can. > > > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my year > > > of 1951 classmates that > > > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he replied > > > that there "ain't much > > > else up there to love." I assured him that the > > > people from Holmes County are > > > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > > > those born during the > > > depression can survive and thrive on nearly nothing. > > > Best regards, > > > Sue Riddle Cronkite > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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