> Hello Donna,        Thanks for butting in cousin.     >        I have the Crooks line back about 6 or 7 generations to  a Solomon     > Crook but only have Parthene Paynes father which would be my gggrandfather     > Isaac Payne.  Glenda was going to send me a copy of her data about a year and     > a half ago but I guess her computer died and it got lost in the shuffle.  I     > would really like to know both the Payne's and Crooks lines as I am related     > to them both.  Any data you might be willing to share is appreciated.     >        I see T.J. Crook 11 Jul 1844 - 9 Jul 1918 and Parthene 29 Mar 1848 - 6     > May 1931 listed next to each other and I have visited their graves as well     > and found many ancestors graves in oak grove.  My ggggrandfather contributed     > the land for the first church which was moved later and named Oak Grove.     >        I recently purchased a copy of the history of Ripley County which even     > has a picture of Parthene and Thomas Jefferson Crook in it.  It is the only     > picture I have ever seen of my gggrandmother.  What a treat and what a     > surprise.  I looked at the picture about three times before it dawned on me     > that she was one of my ancestors.      >        I was born in Naylor and still visit when I can.  My aunt Edna Elder     > who is 98 still lives there as do several of my relatives.     >        I am attaching a family group sheet for Thomas and Parthene.  As you     > can see, I have only two sons in their family.  I could be wrong but I think     > John was named after her deceased husband.  His birth date would be     > interesting as he may have been a ggrand uncle rather than half uncle with     > John McGee dying so suddenly at an early age.     > -Jerry McGee  P.S. I tried to send this to the list but it wouldn't take the attachment so i will send it to you with the attachmenet and post it to the list without the attachment.  JRM

Jerry the att. you tried to send did not come through here either. Try again please. I have a pic. of Thomas Jefferson Crook by himself. I only started all of this about this time last year. My second(?) cousin on my dad's side(Johnny Ezell) has sent me the info that I have. Julia Crook Barnett Ezell was his Grandmother. His Father was James Ezell son of Thomas Irvin and Julia Ezell. Johnny has been researching the family for over 25 years now. Are you related to a HUBERT PAYNE from Ripley Co.?I believe he preached at Fairview church for awhile. I do remember going to his farm and getting to fish on the river. He had THE BEST fishing spot. HAHA. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] re: PAYNE obits > > > > -Jerry McGee P.S. I tried to send this to the list but it wouldn't > take the attachment so i will send it to you with the attachmenet and post it > to the list without the attachment. JRM > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >