In your Mincy Church records, would you please look for a Jeff and Martha Nichols who probably lived in the area around l875 or so. I 'm thinking he probably died in 1876 or 1877. Please reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jmwtlw@aol.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 5:42 AM Subject: [MOTANEY] Re: MOTANEY-D Digest V02 #200 > I know it has been going around about indexes and other things. In my > possesion is the Mincy Church records that were from the 1800's. If your > family member was in this church please let me know. I have a copy of the > original document and can look them up if so desired. I am also in the > process of working on collections and publishing them to the internet for all > to be able to access. This is a free work. Right now I have very little > information in MIssouri, I have a good amount in Arkansas and a little in > Tennessee. RIght now we have a church minute publication on the net for > Crooked Creek Baptist church which was in Boone Co Arkansas. I found my > ancestors moved from Taney to Boone Co....maybe this happened with others > too. My website is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmwtlw/ > > I am also working with Shiloh museum in the hopes that we can look at the War > Eagle Association. There were several churches in the Boone Co arkansas area > that was a member of that association as well as churches on the line of > Missouri and Arkansas. > > If you have a web site you would like linked on our web site just send me a > note and I will add it for you. > > The site is comprised of many genealogists. We don't charge for it we just > want to make avaiable what we have. > Tonya Williams > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "Life here is not just where we're going, but where we come from."--Dick Solomon, "3rd Rock from the Sun" > > ============================== > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com

So you are related to the Parrish, Raley and Chaney families of Lead Hill, Ark.? M ----- Original Message ----- From: "jpwatson" <marianwatson@hotmail.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > Doloris the Rains family were yours? Were they from Hickory Co., Mo.? M > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> > To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:28 PM > Subject: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > > > > Memoirs of Otie Jane Hughey > > 1897-1990 > > from oral interview Jan 1986 by Dolores Raines > > Sutton > > I was born Feb 7 1897 in Boone co Ark on the Newt Milum place near Lead > > Hill. > > > > I was the 3rd oldest child of James Langston{Lank] and Melissa Hannah > > Richardson. > > About 1903 we moved to the Bell ranch owne by Ben Reed. > > we stayed there until about 1906 then moved to the Jess Chaney place. > > My Daddy,Lank, delivered mail on horseback from Lowry to Omaha from 1902 > > to 1939.. he started the route riding a blind mule then > > bought "old Barlow' a brown horse that he rode for 30 years. > > > > In 1909 he filed on the old homestead on Bear Creek.They stayed there > > until my folks seperated in 1924.but didnt file for divorce until almost > > 20 yrs later in 1841. > > There is a stoy behind this.My mother and the kids still at home moved > > in with my Brother,Alvie,and when my Dad sent the Divorce papers Alvie > > tore the up and Mama never knew she was divorced. > > He married again in 1944 to Martha Joy Pate but divorced her 1 yr later > > .all of us kids thought they were just living together until the marraige > > and divorce records were found in 1979 at the Harrison court house. > > I have a little brother,Ora Alfred that was the 5th person buried in the > > Chaney Cem. He died sept23 1907. he took diptheria and died in 7 > > days..his funeral was helt in the Chaney School House. > > i started to school when i was 5 in 1902. we only went from july1 to Oct > > 1. > > My 1st school was the Hinkle hpuse School. this was a 2 room house with a > > fireplace in the middle..It was on a knoll by Bear Creek.It was only used > > until the new Chaney school was built. > > my Teacher was Bascom Patterson. > > We had a brush harbor meeting and lunch on the grounds on > > Sunday before before Chaney school opened. > > all the neighbors came.Gus Crumplers Dad, Newt, said"who would > > > > have thought we would have ever got this new school ' an > > d for years people joked about the "Whoda thought it" s > > chool. > > We lived across bear creek from the school and daddy would break the ice > > and carry us across the creek in his canoe in the winter. > > after we moved to the homestead in 1909 i attended the Derryberry school > > until i finished the 8th grade. > > > > . some of my classmates were; bill,linda,Tom and Norb Riggs > > Gearld Derryberry,cecil Arnold,Katie,Haute and Ethel Arnold.Dovie > > Richardson, Ginny Dan[Nat Cheeks step-dau] Steve and Teddy Cheek [Nats > > sons] Sally Golden and several of her brothers but i cant recall their > > names. > > Hoyt Carr, Daizy andrews, Ginny dan, Sam and albert Parrish, Gerald > > Derryberry, Sally Golden, Alvie Fisher, Luther,ollie and Edna Dickey, > > Carr Jones, Tom Golden. Dora and Walter Roy. Ollie Dickey Winnie and > > Fleecy Pernell, Jim and Dude Little, Ruenen Riggs, Henry Maines, > > Gus Crumpler,Bob,Gilbert and Simp Wilson,Norb and Orb Haskins and Jim > > Loggains Haskins.,Charley and Jesse Chaney,claude Parrish Scott Hampton, > > Lee Barnett, > > Sam and Albert Parrish,Ruth and Eva Davis ,Todd,Wesley and Elsie > > Coulter,Daizy Andrews,Ruth Richardson, Seth and Arnold Kelley,Unie > > Andrews, Francis Arnold, Gerald DerryBerry, Bill. Tom and Linda Riggs. > > Gilbert and Tom Haskins, > > my Teachers were Mrs Derryberry,Bascom Patterson and Grover Parrish > > I married Robert[BOB] Columbus Raines nov 30,1917 at Lea > > d Hill.when i was 20 yrs old. we married on Friday and c > > aught the train at Omaha that next Monday and came to Ok > > la the next monday. > > We went back to lead hill in July 1918 and lived on the Jess Chaney > > place > > our 1st child,Ruby Hazel, was born there Sept 7 1918 > > We stayed there until aug 1919 then moved to Keokuk fal > > ls Okla with Bobs Fathers and Brothers and sisters.There > > our next 2 children were born Daizy Odessa Jn 7 1920 an > > d Robert Fay aug 21 1921. > > we moved back to Lead Hill for the last time in the fall of 1922 and > > lived on the old Osborne place owned by jess parrish. > > we stayed there 7 years. our next 4 children were born there Delson > > Clay.Mar 9 1924,Mable Marie April8 1926,Bessie Maxine june 11 1927,Stella > > Mae June 24 1929. > > We moved back to Keokuk Okla in 1929, Andrew Curry moved us in his truck. > > our 7th child Della Ray was born there aug 15 1931. in Sepr 1931 we moved > > to Paoli Okla[Garvin Co] and our last 3 children were born there. Berta > > jean jan 24 1934 > > Alfred Charles[Buddy] may 29 1936 and Willie Dolores sept 4 1938. We > > moved to story Okla [Garvinnn co] in 1943 then back to Paoli in 1944. > > we moved to Ft Gibson Okla in 1948 but only stayed 3 months then moved > > back to Paoli. we lived in okla City from 1955 to 1957 and Bob got hurt > > on his job and we moved back to Paoli. we moved to Lexington > > ,Okla[Cleveland co] in 1959 and Bob died April 15 1977 there when he was > > watering our Garden. i am 89 yrs old and i am in good health for my age. > > Note: Mom died May 3 1990 and is buried beside Papa in the Paoli Cem. at > > Paoli,Okla > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > "Life here is not just where we're going, but where we come from."--Dick > Solomon, "3rd Rock from the Sun" > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."-C. 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Here is a good site to see Census and county formation maps for Missouri Counties http://www.segenealogy.com/missouri/mo_maps.htm Hope they can help someone, floridamom

marianwatson@hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "jpwatson" <marianwatson@hotmail.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > Please send me your address to your site. Marian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> > To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > > > > no mine were Raines not rains. would you like me to send you an invite to > > my site . it has a lot of taney and boone history of my ancestors . i > > will scan the Derryberry School picture an send it tomorow. > > Dolores Raines/Sutton > > drainessutton@juno.com > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > "My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the > present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > > ============================== > 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 >

Thank you. I will check the spelling out on the Rains, Raines from my mother. M >From: "jpwatson" <marianwatson@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:58:06 -0500 > >Please send me your address to your site. Marian >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> >To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:33 PM >Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > > > > no mine were Raines not rains. would you like me to send you an invite >to > > my site . it has a lot of taney and boone history of my ancestors . i > > will scan the Derryberry School picture an send it tomorow. > > Dolores Raines/Sutton > > drainessutton@juno.com > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > "My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the >present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== >"My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the >present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > >============================== >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 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Please send me your address to your site. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > no mine were Raines not rains. would you like me to send you an invite to > my site . it has a lot of taney and boone history of my ancestors . i > will scan the Derryberry School picture an send it tomorow. > Dolores Raines/Sutton > drainessutton@juno.com > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi, Would you please email me a copy of the picture-Ben and Ruby Waltrip were brother and sister to my uncle Isham Waltrip (he was married to my aunt Ann Nora Lawson). Would love to have a copy, but if you can't send it that is fine. Thanks, Geri gerie@tvec.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:25 PM Subject: [MOTANEY] Photo of students at Dewberry Scxhool 1921 > i have a photo of the students at Dewberry school at Lowry,Boone co ark > 1921 with the following students. > Ruth Waltrip > pearl chaney > bertha arnold > ruby arnold > martha arnold > roy chaney > clyde parrish > edna chaney > claude parrish > roxey chaney > ruby waltrip > bertha coker > elma chaney > cona parrish > jesse chaney > ben waltrip > rex arnold > argie burleson > Gus crumpler > and 2 unidentified boys . > also have a photo of a store at Lowry ark in 1917 > plus one of Ben reed home/store and post office there. > My mother was born at Lowry in 1898. > will share with any desc. > > > Dolores Raines/Sutton > drainessutton@juno.com > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."--David C. McCullough, "LA Times," 23 Apr 1978 > > ============================== > 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 > > >

jp watson if you will send me your e mail add i will gladly send you a copy of the picture Dolores Raines/Sutton drainessutton@juno.com

In a message dated 10/20/2002 8:50:05 PM Central Daylight Time, BSchwab346@aol.com writes: > would be interested in any answers you may get about the Oasis Cem. Sorry - afraid your reply was the only one I received - good luck on your research.

My deepest sympathy to you, Gerald. The poem you wrote is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us on the list. Your dad sounds like a very special "teacher" and a terrific father. You have written a wonderful tribute to him. I lost my mom a 2 1/2 years ago...I know what that is like......I miss her still. She and my dad had been married 72 years. He was so lonely without his "bride" at his side. Fortunately, my dad is still living in his own home, at nearly 92, and doing so well, he got married a year ago!! He is very loved and we, his six living children, are so happy for him. Bless you, and your family. Diane Biggar-Taylor > My dad died Wednesday, October 16th, 2002, after a two week > illness. This is something I started on this summer, but he never got to see > it. I hope it comes through somewhat in the right format. He was born in > Joplin, in 1929, with Roots in Taney Co., and the White River Valley area too.

no mine were Raines not rains. would you like me to send you an invite to my site . it has a lot of taney and boone history of my ancestors . i will scan the Derryberry School picture an send it tomorow. Dolores Raines/Sutton drainessutton@juno.com

Doloris the Rains family were yours? Were they from Hickory Co., Mo.? M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: [MOTANEY] Otie Jane Hughey Raines 1898-1980 > Memoirs of Otie Jane Hughey > 1897-1990 > from oral interview Jan 1986 by Dolores Raines > Sutton > I was born Feb 7 1897 in Boone co Ark on the Newt Milum place near Lead > Hill. > > I was the 3rd oldest child of James Langston{Lank] and Melissa Hannah > Richardson. > About 1903 we moved to the Bell ranch owne by Ben Reed. > we stayed there until about 1906 then moved to the Jess Chaney place. > My Daddy,Lank, delivered mail on horseback from Lowry to Omaha from 1902 > to 1939.. he started the route riding a blind mule then > bought "old Barlow' a brown horse that he rode for 30 years. > > In 1909 he filed on the old homestead on Bear Creek.They stayed there > until my folks seperated in 1924.but didnt file for divorce until almost > 20 yrs later in 1841. > There is a stoy behind this.My mother and the kids still at home moved > in with my Brother,Alvie,and when my Dad sent the Divorce papers Alvie > tore the up and Mama never knew she was divorced. > He married again in 1944 to Martha Joy Pate but divorced her 1 yr later > .all of us kids thought they were just living together until the marraige > and divorce records were found in 1979 at the Harrison court house. > I have a little brother,Ora Alfred that was the 5th person buried in the > Chaney Cem. He died sept23 1907. he took diptheria and died in 7 > days..his funeral was helt in the Chaney School House. > i started to school when i was 5 in 1902. we only went from july1 to Oct > 1. > My 1st school was the Hinkle hpuse School. this was a 2 room house with a > fireplace in the middle..It was on a knoll by Bear Creek.It was only used > until the new Chaney school was built. > my Teacher was Bascom Patterson. > We had a brush harbor meeting and lunch on the grounds on > Sunday before before Chaney school opened. > all the neighbors came.Gus Crumplers Dad, Newt, said"who would > > have thought we would have ever got this new school ' an > d for years people joked about the "Whoda thought it" s > chool. > We lived across bear creek from the school and daddy would break the ice > and carry us across the creek in his canoe in the winter. > after we moved to the homestead in 1909 i attended the Derryberry school > until i finished the 8th grade. > > . some of my classmates were; bill,linda,Tom and Norb Riggs > Gearld Derryberry,cecil Arnold,Katie,Haute and Ethel Arnold.Dovie > Richardson, Ginny Dan[Nat Cheeks step-dau] Steve and Teddy Cheek [Nats > sons] Sally Golden and several of her brothers but i cant recall their > names. > Hoyt Carr, Daizy andrews, Ginny dan, Sam and albert Parrish, Gerald > Derryberry, Sally Golden, Alvie Fisher, Luther,ollie and Edna Dickey, > Carr Jones, Tom Golden. Dora and Walter Roy. Ollie Dickey Winnie and > Fleecy Pernell, Jim and Dude Little, Ruenen Riggs, Henry Maines, > Gus Crumpler,Bob,Gilbert and Simp Wilson,Norb and Orb Haskins and Jim > Loggains Haskins.,Charley and Jesse Chaney,claude Parrish Scott Hampton, > Lee Barnett, > Sam and Albert Parrish,Ruth and Eva Davis ,Todd,Wesley and Elsie > Coulter,Daizy Andrews,Ruth Richardson, Seth and Arnold Kelley,Unie > Andrews, Francis Arnold, Gerald DerryBerry, Bill. Tom and Linda Riggs. > Gilbert and Tom Haskins, > my Teachers were Mrs Derryberry,Bascom Patterson and Grover Parrish > I married Robert[BOB] Columbus Raines nov 30,1917 at Lea > d Hill.when i was 20 yrs old. we married on Friday and c > aught the train at Omaha that next Monday and came to Ok > la the next monday. > We went back to lead hill in July 1918 and lived on the Jess Chaney > place > our 1st child,Ruby Hazel, was born there Sept 7 1918 > We stayed there until aug 1919 then moved to Keokuk fal > ls Okla with Bobs Fathers and Brothers and sisters.There > our next 2 children were born Daizy Odessa Jn 7 1920 an > d Robert Fay aug 21 1921. > we moved back to Lead Hill for the last time in the fall of 1922 and > lived on the old Osborne place owned by jess parrish. > we stayed there 7 years. our next 4 children were born there Delson > Clay.Mar 9 1924,Mable Marie April8 1926,Bessie Maxine june 11 1927,Stella > Mae June 24 1929. > We moved back to Keokuk Okla in 1929, Andrew Curry moved us in his truck. > our 7th child Della Ray was born there aug 15 1931. in Sepr 1931 we moved > to Paoli Okla[Garvin Co] and our last 3 children were born there. Berta > jean jan 24 1934 > Alfred Charles[Buddy] may 29 1936 and Willie Dolores sept 4 1938. We > moved to story Okla [Garvinnn co] in 1943 then back to Paoli in 1944. > we moved to Ft Gibson Okla in 1948 but only stayed 3 months then moved > back to Paoli. we lived in okla City from 1955 to 1957 and Bob got hurt > on his job and we moved back to Paoli. we moved to Lexington > ,Okla[Cleveland co] in 1959 and Bob died April 15 1977 there when he was > watering our Garden. i am 89 yrs old and i am in good health for my age. > Note: Mom died May 3 1990 and is buried beside Papa in the Paoli Cem. at > Paoli,Okla > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "Life here is not just where we're going, but where we come from."--Dick Solomon, "3rd Rock from the Sun" > > ============================== > 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 >

Could you scan the photo? I am kin and knew the Parrish in your school photo. Marian Parrish Watson in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores W Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:25 PM Subject: [MOTANEY] Photo of students at Dewberry Scxhool 1921 > i have a photo of the students at Dewberry school at Lowry,Boone co ark > 1921 with the following students. > Ruth Waltrip > pearl chaney > bertha arnold > ruby arnold > martha arnold > roy chaney > clyde parrish > edna chaney > claude parrish > roxey chaney > ruby waltrip > bertha coker > elma chaney > cona parrish > jesse chaney > ben waltrip > rex arnold > argie burleson > Gus crumpler > and 2 unidentified boys . > also have a photo of a store at Lowry ark in 1917 > plus one of Ben reed home/store and post office there. > My mother was born at Lowry in 1898. > will share with any desc. > > > Dolores Raines/Sutton > drainessutton@juno.com > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."--David C. McCullough, "LA Times," 23 Apr 1978 > > ============================== > 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 >

I would be interested in any answers you may get about the Oasis Cem. my Great Grandmother Jane Ann Costlow Bowman also was supposedly buried there, But have not been able to locate any other information. Bonnie in CA.

So sorry to hear of your loss... Our fathers are special to us. I have lost mine and share in your saddness,,, Your poem was a tribute to him..caroljane in Mo... -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Johnston <gerald.h.johnston@worldnet.att.net> To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 19, 2002 11:34 PM Subject: [MOTANEY] Bill L. Johnston -- Missouri Boy -- Died OCtober 16th > My dad died Wednesday, October 16th, 2002, after a two week illness. This is something I started on this summer, but he never got to see it. I hope it comes through somewhat in the right format. He was born in Joplin, in 1929, with Roots in Taney Co., and the White River Valley area too. > > > >This is for Bill LeRoy Johnston, 1929 to 2002. > > > > > > > > Daddy's Hands > > > > > When Daddy held my hand, >The world was safe. > >Cars couldn't hit me; > >Forests weren't ever scary; > >Bullies couldn't hurt me; > >Needles weren't so frightening; > >And life was good. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >We'd walk in the woods. > >I'd be 'Little Running Deer,' > >While he was 'Walking Deer,' > >And we'd have 'ventures. > >A flower, or a bird, an acorn, > >Or even a puddle > >All became lovely wonders > >For little boys > >And daddies too, > >And life was full of joy. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >We'd go on errands too. > >Hardware stores were > >An endless fascination > >And we'd find treasures there. > >The stationary store had bins, > >With smells of inks and paper, > >Which made me think of Daddy, > >Working away all day, > >With all those sights and sounds > >That he'd come home > >And tell us all about, > >And life was good. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >We'd go to church. > >I'd sing in the choir > >And light the candles, > >While he would watch and smile. > >I learned the stories and the promises > >That his daddy once taught him. > >Big Brother and I, together, > >Learned that God is always with us, > >And life was full of hope. > > > >When Daddy held my hand > >After I couldn't catch a ball, > >Kept falling down the stairs, > >Off curbs and things like that; > >He and Mother took me back to Oklahoma, > >Where they operated on my eye, > >Saving me from total darkness. > >They gave me strength to > >Work and exercise that lazy eye, > >To make it strong again, > >But they let me peek , > >Out from behind the patch, > >The only time I cheated, > >For they told me how I mustn't, > >When the men walked on the moon, > >And life was renewed. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >He always held Lynn's too. > >When Big Brother went to school > >And I was still at home, > >The love was always equal. > >Each of his boys' differences > >Were overwhelmed by strengths - > >Not weaknesses. > >Lazy eyes learned how to share words, > >While the one who longed to read, > >Could shine in so many other fashions, > >Guided on so many paths > >That the two almost became one; > >Even graduating together, > >The first to ever do so of their kind, > >With hands held tightly, > >Heads up high, > >Tears of joy, and family all around, > >And life was whole. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >And tried to teach me how to drive, > >I was too grown up to hold on. > >Algebra was just a foreign thing > >I wouldn't try to understand. > >A teenager knows everything, > >And thinks fathers aren't so smart, > >And life was so much lonelier, > >While we were grown apart. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >And sent me off to college, > >It felt all right to go. > >I went away to Oklahoma, > >For he had been there too, > >But he wasn't with me. > >I felt lost and oh so lonely, > >Until he came to see me, > >But he had to go back home. > >I didn't do so well there. > >I was too young to know, > >That just because he wasn't > >There to hold my hand, > >I would be fine, > >And life was such a vale of sadness, > >Eleven hundred miles across. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >I graduated > >And came to Arizona, > >Where he helped me > >Find my way again, > >Even when I didn't want to try. > >I searched the whole world over, > >But came back home to stay. > >I became a teacher > >Just like he had done, > >To gather strength from young folks > >Sharing knowledge every day, > >And life was fun again. > > > >When Daddy held my hand, > >The very last and final time, > >He mouthed the words, > >"I love you!" > >I said I never doubted, > >All the years of love, > >And begged him to fight whatever > >Took him too soon from us. > >But those trombone player's lungs > >Just couldn't win that fight. > >He taught us all that life goes on, > >And we will be okay, > >Because Daddy's hands will really > >Always hold our hearts, > >'Till we see him > >In those Halls of Glory, > >>From whence we'll never part, > >And life will be forever > >Although for now > >It breaks our hearts. > > > > Gerald Hankins Johnston > > October 18th, 2002 > > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== >"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."--Victor Hugo > >============================== >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 > >

Memoirs of Otie Jane Hughey 1897-1990 from oral interview Jan 1986 by Dolores Raines Sutton I was born Feb 7 1897 in Boone co Ark on the Newt Milum place near Lead Hill. I was the 3rd oldest child of James Langston{Lank] and Melissa Hannah Richardson. About 1903 we moved to the Bell ranch owne by Ben Reed. we stayed there until about 1906 then moved to the Jess Chaney place. My Daddy,Lank, delivered mail on horseback from Lowry to Omaha from 1902 to 1939.. he started the route riding a blind mule then bought "old Barlow' a brown horse that he rode for 30 years. In 1909 he filed on the old homestead on Bear Creek.They stayed there until my folks seperated in 1924.but didnt file for divorce until almost 20 yrs later in 1841. There is a stoy behind this.My mother and the kids still at home moved in with my Brother,Alvie,and when my Dad sent the Divorce papers Alvie tore the up and Mama never knew she was divorced. He married again in 1944 to Martha Joy Pate but divorced her 1 yr later .all of us kids thought they were just living together until the marraige and divorce records were found in 1979 at the Harrison court house. I have a little brother,Ora Alfred that was the 5th person buried in the Chaney Cem. He died sept23 1907. he took diptheria and died in 7 days..his funeral was helt in the Chaney School House. i started to school when i was 5 in 1902. we only went from july1 to Oct 1. My 1st school was the Hinkle hpuse School. this was a 2 room house with a fireplace in the middle..It was on a knoll by Bear Creek.It was only used until the new Chaney school was built. my Teacher was Bascom Patterson. We had a brush harbor meeting and lunch on the grounds on Sunday before before Chaney school opened. all the neighbors came.Gus Crumplers Dad, Newt, said"who would have thought we would have ever got this new school ' an d for years people joked about the "Whoda thought it" s chool. We lived across bear creek from the school and daddy would break the ice and carry us across the creek in his canoe in the winter. after we moved to the homestead in 1909 i attended the Derryberry school until i finished the 8th grade. . some of my classmates were; bill,linda,Tom and Norb Riggs Gearld Derryberry,cecil Arnold,Katie,Haute and Ethel Arnold.Dovie Richardson, Ginny Dan[Nat Cheeks step-dau] Steve and Teddy Cheek [Nats sons] Sally Golden and several of her brothers but i cant recall their names. Hoyt Carr, Daizy andrews, Ginny dan, Sam and albert Parrish, Gerald Derryberry, Sally Golden, Alvie Fisher, Luther,ollie and Edna Dickey, Carr Jones, Tom Golden. Dora and Walter Roy. Ollie Dickey Winnie and Fleecy Pernell, Jim and Dude Little, Ruenen Riggs, Henry Maines, Gus Crumpler,Bob,Gilbert and Simp Wilson,Norb and Orb Haskins and Jim Loggains Haskins.,Charley and Jesse Chaney,claude Parrish Scott Hampton, Lee Barnett, Sam and Albert Parrish,Ruth and Eva Davis ,Todd,Wesley and Elsie Coulter,Daizy Andrews,Ruth Richardson, Seth and Arnold Kelley,Unie Andrews, Francis Arnold, Gerald DerryBerry, Bill. Tom and Linda Riggs. Gilbert and Tom Haskins, my Teachers were Mrs Derryberry,Bascom Patterson and Grover Parrish I married Robert[BOB] Columbus Raines nov 30,1917 at Lea d Hill.when i was 20 yrs old. we married on Friday and c aught the train at Omaha that next Monday and came to Ok la the next monday. We went back to lead hill in July 1918 and lived on the Jess Chaney place our 1st child,Ruby Hazel, was born there Sept 7 1918 We stayed there until aug 1919 then moved to Keokuk fal ls Okla with Bobs Fathers and Brothers and sisters.There our next 2 children were born Daizy Odessa Jn 7 1920 an d Robert Fay aug 21 1921. we moved back to Lead Hill for the last time in the fall of 1922 and lived on the old Osborne place owned by jess parrish. we stayed there 7 years. our next 4 children were born there Delson Clay.Mar 9 1924,Mable Marie April8 1926,Bessie Maxine june 11 1927,Stella Mae June 24 1929. We moved back to Keokuk Okla in 1929, Andrew Curry moved us in his truck. our 7th child Della Ray was born there aug 15 1931. in Sepr 1931 we moved to Paoli Okla[Garvin Co] and our last 3 children were born there. Berta jean jan 24 1934 Alfred Charles[Buddy] may 29 1936 and Willie Dolores sept 4 1938. We moved to story Okla [Garvinnn co] in 1943 then back to Paoli in 1944. we moved to Ft Gibson Okla in 1948 but only stayed 3 months then moved back to Paoli. we lived in okla City from 1955 to 1957 and Bob got hurt on his job and we moved back to Paoli. we moved to Lexington ,Okla[Cleveland co] in 1959 and Bob died April 15 1977 there when he was watering our Garden. i am 89 yrs old and i am in good health for my age. Note: Mom died May 3 1990 and is buried beside Papa in the Paoli Cem. at Paoli,Okla

i have a photo of the students at Dewberry school at Lowry,Boone co ark 1921 with the following students. Ruth Waltrip pearl chaney bertha arnold ruby arnold martha arnold roy chaney clyde parrish edna chaney claude parrish roxey chaney ruby waltrip bertha coker elma chaney cona parrish jesse chaney ben waltrip rex arnold argie burleson Gus crumpler and 2 unidentified boys . also have a photo of a store at Lowry ark in 1917 plus one of Ben reed home/store and post office there. My mother was born at Lowry in 1898. will share with any desc. Dolores Raines/Sutton drainessutton@juno.com

What a beautiful tribute for your dad. We share your sadness at this trying time and want you to know our prayers and sympathy are with your and your family. Sincerely, Nancy M. Boyd and family Genealogists never die, they just loose their census Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 10/172002

Gerald, What a marvelous memory of your dad. I know we share in your loss. Joy in Missouri Gerald Johnston wrote: > My dad died Wednesday, October 16th, 2002, after a two week illness. This is something I started on this summer, but he never got to see it. I hope it comes through somewhat in the right format. He was born in Joplin, in 1929, with Roots in Taney Co., and the White River Valley area too. > > > >This is for Bill LeRoy Johnston, 1929 to 2002. > > > > > > > > >

In a message dated 10/19/2002 8:41:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, PirtleTackett@msn.com writes: > Calvin, I don't think your Elizabeth Cook is part of the Cook gang, I do have a Elizabeth Cook but not married to Gately Griggs. My great grandfather homesteaded in Cook Hollow If you want more let me know you can e-mail personally grnd5@aol.com WANDA