how bout this...if KELLY didn't do this an awful lot of BELL County researchers would be WAY behind on their research! also KELLY does this LON-N-NNN-N--NNGGGG DISTANCE! A TIP O NY HAT TO....KELLY!!!!!!!!!!! On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:08:06 -0500, "RJ" <[email protected]> said: > Kelly, thanks for all your hard work. I can't think of anything right > now, > but I am sure I will come up with something:) > > Happy Holidays, > Rutha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:58 PM > Subject: [KYBELL] Tis the Season > > > > Dear list members - > > > > I don't know how many folks are here, so I'm not sure how big an audience > > I'm speaking to here but: > > > > Now as to whether you've been naughty or nice, I'll leave to your > decision. > > > > However, in thinking of the coming season and next year - what sorts of > > items > > would be in your wish list for the Bell County website? > > > > I do have a couple of items in mind for next year, but I'd like to hear > your > > 'wish list' as well. > > > > Kelly > > > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > Researching MOORE,MAYES, MAYES,TOWNSLEY, HUNDLEY,HUNLEY & MANIS.LEWIS.--BOOK by Glenna WHITEAKER WILDING formally of HARLAN,KY "TALES of a RIDGERUNNER.short stories of her dad CURREN http://www.angelfire.com/in3/louisrr/book.htm -- http://fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service.

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Dear list members - I don't know how many folks are here, so I'm not sure how big an audience I'm speaking to here but: Now as to whether you've been naughty or nice, I'll leave to your decision. However, in thinking of the coming season and next year - what sorts of items would be in your wish list for the Bell County website? I do have a couple of items in mind for next year, but I'd like to hear your 'wish list' as well. Kelly

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Ray & Colleen in LAFAYETTE,IN. On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:58:00 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" <[email protected]> said: > Dear list members - > > I don't know how many folks are here, so I'm not sure how big an audience > I'm speaking to here but: > > Now as to whether you've been naughty or nice, I'll leave to your > decision. > > However, in thinking of the coming season and next year - what sorts of > items > would be in your wish list for the Bell County website? > > I do have a couple of items in mind for next year, but I'd like to hear > your > 'wish list' as well. > > Kelly > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > Researching MOORE,MAYES, MAYES,TOWNSLEY, HUNDLEY,HUNLEY & MANIS.LEWIS.--BOOK by Glenna WHITEAKER WILDING formally of HARLAN,KY "TALES of a RIDGERUNNER.short stories of her dad CURREN http://www.angelfire.com/in3/louisrr/book.htm -- http://fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service

Mary, Thank you so much. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Harris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [KYBELL] Miracle, McGeorge, Green, Jennings, and Lee > Rebecca Lee: > > http://hometown.aol.com/RLLeeGenealogy/My_Lee_Family_Genealogy_website_.html > > RoseMarie's page: > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6637/ > > Happy Holidays. > > Love, > Mary in CA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Hall" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:53 AM > Subject: Re: [KYBELL] Miracle, McGeorge, Green, Jennings, and Lee > > > > Hi MARY, > > seen your post , so thought I`d say hello. > > Do you have Rebecca Lee web page? > > I got a new computer, my other one computer crashed and I lost every > thing > > again. > > I`m tired of starting over, guess thats life. > > And do you have Rosemarie Arnett Lee`s webpage in Rosehill, Va.? > > Your cousin in Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. > > say Hello to California for me, would love to be on one of those beaches > > right now. > > Carol Barker/Hall > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Harris" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:40 PM > > Subject: [KYBELL] Miracle, McGeorge, Green, Jennings, and Lee > > > > > > > Looking for information on the following brothers, Solomon and Henry > > Calvin Miracle, and their descendants: > > > > > > Solomon Miracle (b. ca 1854 and d. Oct 15 1942) > > > married Letitia McGeorge, daughter of John McGeorge and Letitia Green. > > > Solomon and Letitia had Nancy, Mary, Letitia, Henry, James, Andrew, and > > Solomon Miracle. > > > > > > Brother Henry Calvin Miracle (b. ca 1862 and died 1900-1910) > > > married Letitia McGeorge, daughter of James McGeorge and Sarah Jennings. > > > > > > After his married to Letitia McGeorge, Henry married Mary McGeorge. She > > was the daughter of David McGeorge and Elizabeth Lee. Henry and Mary had > a > > daughter Josephine born ca 1896. She was last found in the 1920 Claiborne > > Co., TN census. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Mary in CA > > > > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > >

Hello, My cousin found a marriage listing in the December, 1929, Pineville, (Bell County), Kentucky newspaper for Dock Lawson, age 30, and Lula Taylor, age 23 from Blanche, Bell County, Kentucky, and I was wondering if anyone knows who they were. Thank you, Charlotte Miller

Hello, My cousin found a reference to a Zander SPURLOCK from Slusher, Kentucky , in the December, 1929 Pineville, (Bell County) Kentucky newspaper and I was wondering if anyone knows who he was. Thank you, Charlotte Miller

Does anyone know if this Hazel Lucille Johnson who married James Monroe Hooker and Silas J. Johnson who married Delora Hooker were related? James Hooker and Delora Hooker were brother and sister, so I just wondered if Hazel and Silas were brother and sister too. Thank you, Charlotte Miller ....... 2 [3] James Monroe Hooker b: January 11, 1891 in Kentucky d: August 12, 1977 ........... +Hazel Lucille Johnson ....... *2nd Wife of [3] James Monroe Hooker: ........... +Stella McNeal m: May 27, 1915 in Laurel County, Kentucky .... ....... 2 Delora Hooker b: January 11, 1898 in Clay County, Kentucky d: November 04, 1966 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio ........... +Silas J. Johnson b: May 01, 1889 in Clay Co, Ky. d: December 09, 1960 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio m: September 04, 1913 in Manchester, Clay Co, Ky. ..

Hi Bell Co researchers, I have scanned and uploaded a 1971 Church directory for the First Baptist Church of Middlesboro. Please stop by and check it out. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybell/Churches/First_Baptist_1971/index.htm

Mary, Do you know if this Miracle family are related to James Miracle line from Harlan county? He had a daughter Ann that married into the Jackson family? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Harris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:41 PM Subject: [KYBELL] Rufus Miracle obit > Obit from The Pineville Sun. Dated Jan 7, 1975: > "Mr. Rufus Miracle, 61, of Rt.__, Pineville, passed away suddenly Monday, December 30, 1974. He was born on December 24, 1913 in Bell County. He was the son of the late Andy and Sarah Miracle. > Survivors include three sisters, Nellie Reynolds, Alice Garrett, and Edna Miracle, Pineville; three brothers, Clifford MIracle, Roy Miracle, Pineville, Cleston Miracle, Detroit, MI; and several nieces and nephews. > Funeral services were January 1, 1975 at 11 a.m. at the home of Nellie Reynolds, Page, KY., with Eld. Mickey Wilson and Eld. Kenneth Robbins officiating. > Burail was in the Hurst Cemtery, Page, KY. > Durham Funeral Home in charge." > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Rutha and others, I list Rufus Miracle as the son of Andy H. Miracle, son of Jerry P. Miracle and Rachael Green. Does that appear correct to everybody else? Mary in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [KYBELL] Rufus Miracle obit > Mary, > Do you know if this Miracle family are related to James Miracle line from > Harlan county? He had a daughter Ann that married into the Jackson family? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Harris" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:41 PM > Subject: [KYBELL] Rufus Miracle obit > > > > Obit from The Pineville Sun. Dated Jan 7, 1975: > > "Mr. Rufus Miracle, 61, of Rt.__, Pineville, passed away suddenly > Monday, December 30, 1974. He was born on December 24, 1913 in Bell County. > He was the son of the late Andy and Sarah Miracle. > > Survivors include three sisters, Nellie Reynolds, Alice Garrett, and > Edna Miracle, Pineville; three brothers, Clifford MIracle, Roy Miracle, > Pineville, Cleston Miracle, Detroit, MI; and several nieces and nephews. > > Funeral services were January 1, 1975 at 11 a.m. at the home of Nellie > Reynolds, Page, KY., with Eld. Mickey Wilson and Eld. Kenneth Robbins > officiating. > > Burail was in the Hurst Cemtery, Page, KY. > > Durham Funeral Home in charge." > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Obit from The Pineville Sun. Dated Jan 7, 1975: "Mr. Rufus Miracle, 61, of Rt.__, Pineville, passed away suddenly Monday, December 30, 1974. He was born on December 24, 1913 in Bell County. He was the son of the late Andy and Sarah Miracle. Survivors include three sisters, Nellie Reynolds, Alice Garrett, and Edna Miracle, Pineville; three brothers, Clifford MIracle, Roy Miracle, Pineville, Cleston Miracle, Detroit, MI; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were January 1, 1975 at 11 a.m. at the home of Nellie Reynolds, Page, KY., with Eld. Mickey Wilson and Eld. Kenneth Robbins officiating. Burail was in the Hurst Cemtery, Page, KY. Durham Funeral Home in charge."

Obit from The Pineville Sun,. Dated Aug. 18, 1977: Mr. Roy Miracle, a life long Bell County resident, passed away at the Middlesboro Community Hospital, July 26, 1977, after a long illness. Mr. Miracle was born May 6, 1918, son of the late Andy Hamp and Sarah Bell Miracle. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opha Mae Smith Miracle of Calvin, KY; three daughters, Elaine Sussan Hoskins of Farmington, MI., Vickie Lynn Baker of Detroit, MI, and Debbie Kay Smith Miracle of Calvin, KY; two sons, Trey Wayne of Farmington, MI, and Charles Edward of Farmington, MI; three sisters, Nellie Reynolds and Edna Miracle both of Pineville, Rt. 1, KY., and Alice Garrett of Tinsley, KY; two brothers, Clifford Miracle of Pineville, Rt. 1 and Cleston Miracle of Redford Town Ship, MI; six grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were Friday, July 29, 1977, at the Church of the True Believers at Calvin, KY., with the Rev. Alva Miracle and Elder Kenneth Robbins officiating. Burial was in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens at Middlesboro, KY., with the family friends as pallbearers. Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements."

Obit from The Pineville Sun. Dated Thursday, April 13, 1967: "Dorton Branch--Elihu Mills, 77, died Thursday, April 6 at Pineville Community Hospital. He was a native of the Mills community and son of Green and Sarah Jackson Mills. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eliza Mills; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha North, Fields, and Mrs. Frances Carnes, Indianapolis; two sons, Lot Mills, Knoxville, and Asa Mills, Dorton Branch; a sister, Mrs. Lula Gambrel, Pineville; 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, April 8 at the residence with the Rev. Felder King and the Rev. Beckham Stanley officiating. Burial was in the Hickory Flats Cemetery at Dorton Branch. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements."

Obit from The Pineville Sun. Dated Oct 13, 1983: Obit from The Pineville Sun (Bell Co., KY ). Dated Oct 13 1983: Leamon Wilder, 77, Miracle, KY., died October 4, at the Rockcastle County Skill Nursing Facility, Mt. Vernon, KY. He was born January 20, 1906, in Bell County, KY. He was the son of the late Jay Hugh Wilder and Margaret Miracle Wilder. He was retired from General Motors. He was a member of Brownie's Creek Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by four children: Geraldine Miracle, Everett Wilder, Irene Wilder, Freeman Wilder; brother, Hillary Wilder; sister, Edna Cheek. He is survived by his wife, Lula Wilder, Miracle, KY; sons, J.C. Wilder, Miracle, KY., and Paul Wilder, Cubbage, KY; daughter, Geneva Thompson, Oxford, MI; sister, Opal Cox, Miracle, KY; brothers, Dewey Wilder, Miracle, KY., and Lloyd Wilder, Miracle, KY; 21 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Funeral was held Friday, October 7, at Brownie's Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Mickey Wilson, Eugene Wilder and Roger Price officiating. Burial was held in the Roselawn Memorial Cemetery, Middlesboro.

I have two obits that appear to be brothers. They are sons of "Andy Hamp and Sarah Bell Miracle." It appears that the couple had children named Nellie, Edna, Alice, Clifford, Roy, Rufus, and Cleston. Does anyone know the parents of Andy Hamp Miracle and did his wife have a surname of Bell or was she Sarah Bell_________? (some other surname?) Thanks, Mary

Carol, Thank you, yes that is right. Charlotte

Charlott, I was real touched with your letter. I`m so glad you found your grandma and thing are right between you all. After all this is what is important, in our relationship with each other. Is`nt it? Carol Barker/Hall [email protected] Cumberland,Ky. Harlan Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:01 AM Subject: [KYBELL] My grandmother, not exactly genealogy > Hi, > > My grandmother and I have never been close. She was my adopted father's > mother and my mother and she weren't close, so maybe as a result of that, I > wasn't close to her either. > > I wrote to her recently because she told one of my cousins that if I would > write to her, that she would give me some information on our family tree. So > I wrote to her and I got one of the most beautiful letters back from her that > I have ever received from anyone. She told me that she loves me and that she > has always felt like my mamaw, and I never ever even knew that. She lives in > Middlesboro, Bell County, and is 89 years old and I am so ashamed to say that > I have been to Bell County many times in the last few years, but I never > stopped to see her, I didn't think that she wanted to see me and I was so > wrong. My father died in Feb. of 1985, and I have not seen her since then. I > lost my mother in November of 2000, and my maternal grandmother died when my > mom was only 3, and my biological father's mother died in 1997, and most of > my aunts and uncles are gone too, so I feel so blessed to have this > relationship with my grandmother now. I am so sorry that I never made the > effort to know her before now. > We are writing letters to each other often now and we are growing very close. > I want to go to see her when I go to Bell County the next time, I just am not > sure when that will be, hopefully soon. > > When I was 7 years old, my maternal grandfather died and we had to travel > from Shelby County, Ohio, to Bell County, Ky. for his funeral. I got sick on > the way there and so I stayed with my grandmother because I was too sick to > go to the funeral home. I had the old-fashioned measles and I was not getting > better, so my grandmother made some sassafras tea for me and it helped me so > much. My mom always told me that by giving me that tea, that my grandmother > probably saved my life. I don't know if that is really true or not, but I > sure wish that I would have been a better granddaughter to my grandmother. > She still asks me if I remember her giving me that tea, and I tell her, yes I > do. She gave me some information for our tree and I am hoping to learn more > from her. > Her mind is still very sharp, she can remember things and people really well. > > I guess that what I am trying to say is, please try to be close to your > grandparents and parents too while you still have them, and try to mend > fences while you are still here to do it, because once you or they are gone, > it is too late. Don't let others influence how you perceive your family. I > would never had known how she felt about me if I wouldn't have taken the > first step of writing to her. Don't be afraid to make the first move to try > to get close to a loved one. > > I just thank God for this second chance that he has given me to spend getting > to know my grandmother, and for the time that he has given to her to get to > know me again. God does have a purpose for everything! > > I hope that this doesn't offend anyone, but I am just so thankful for this > chance to be close to my grandmother, and I hope to help someone else be > brave enough to make the effort. > > Thanks, > Charlotte Miller > > > ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > >

Hello Connie. I remember the name Lucy Gragg. My mother was an "old Pineville Gal" She loved her town. She married a Middlesboro boy and moved away at a young age. However she keep in touch with her friends from her youth. Mother died four years ago this past July. She had been in the Nursing home here in Middlesboro for several years before her death. She did not remember who you were when you went to visit but she always ask us, "Do you still live in Pineville". I think she loved her little town and family more that most, as it seemed to be such a big part of her memories. My mother was Ruth Downey. She had a brother Jack that friends called "Mate" and a younger sister Fay. All are gone now. Guess that leaves me the oldest member of my mothers line. KGA

Kay, I was replying to a message from someone regarding the Wm Ray Wood and Lucy Gragg family of Pineville. I don't know who was asking about them. I'm not related to them, though my grandmother, Maisie Stone Hoskins knew them well. Do you remember the Graggs of early Pineville? Regards, Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: Kay Adams To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [KYBELL] William Ray Wood, III Hello, I just read your message again and see that you are looking for Wood family not Woods. http://www.switchboard.com/ does not show any Wood families now living in Pineville. Might search with different towns. Sorry about last message. KGA ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== ============================== 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