hi does this WEST & MAYES marriage ring a bell?. ---------------------------------------------- Nancy Jane Mayes b: 1830 in Ray Co., MO John West..if you might have this,i'll try find more info.Ray Moore Indiana. --------------------------------------------- i'm a MOORE/MAYES..tracing my i know 0 about great gramps John "Jack" Moore On 22 Jun 2002 23:48:39 -0600, freeway@uia.net said: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McCoy, West, Edde, Stipe, Mathis, Edmondson, Tedlock > (Tadlock), Cromer, Cates, Allsup, Burd, & more.. > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2012 > > Message Board Post: > > > Is anybody here familiar with my Grandpa Jim? > > Jamie Dixon WEST b. 30 Jan 1895 - OK > married: 17 Nov 1915 > Jessie Myrtle STIPE b. 16 Sep 1897 > > They had 7 kids - Marjorie, Irene, Mary Maxine, Jamie Jr, Doris (my > mom), John Howard, and Gordon Dean. > > Grandpa Jim was an artist of landscapes, still life, and portraits. He > also painted a mural on a wall in a Joplin restaurant. He sang and > wrote songs. He was on radio in Pittsburg, KS on KOAM; Springfield, MO > on KWTO; and Joplin on WMBH. One time someone sowed turnip greens on > the Court House lawn in Carthage, and he wrote and recorded a song > about that. It was popular around the local area at the time. > > I am searching for a picture of him. He passed away when I was 10 yrs > old, but I remember him very clearly. Please contact me at > freeway@uia.net if you remember him. Thank you. Tommy > > > -- tippytnn@fastmail.fm -- http://fastmail.fm - The way email should be...