My step dad knew Boyce. Said something about twin girls some where in the family also. Does this ring a bell? Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "b.c. Forshee" <bc4she@yahoo.com> To: <KatWylie@aol.com> Cc: <OKJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com>; <dalton@nidlink.com>; <dalton@imbris.com>; <2buckets@arbuckleonline.com>; <deb3520@bigplanet.com>; <bnb4she@webtv.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 3:02 PM Subject: Waurika (Jefferson County) OK - Genealogy > My daughter (Debbie Forshee Horridge) forwarded email to me asking if I > remember any of the Grimes-Johnston family. I now live in Duncan OK but > grew up in Waurika. I will tell what I remember as best I can remember, > so here goes: > > I think Ada and Amos lived in the 500 block of East D Street in Waurika > (first house east of the Catholic Church on th esouth side). Their > children were Vestor, Vada, Victor and maybe another named Vernon. Victor > married a girl named June Derr; her dad was a doctor. Vada married Boyce > Johnston, who was the OLdsmobile dealer. I think Boyce was also at one > time in the service station business with his brother Ivan Johnston. > Boyce and Ivan also had a brother named Henry who was married to a school > teacher...maybe she taught art. Vestor married a Dobbs girl from around > Addington and she was a telephone operator. I think Victor may have had a > Firestone stoe or an Auto store. I'm not sure but I think he still may be > living. The last I heard he was living in Norman OK. I seem to remember > too that Amos Grimes might have been a law officer at one time. > > I think Boyce and Vada lived on North Meadow, maybe the first or second > house off D Avenue. If I remember right they only had one daughter and > she had something wrong with one leg? Wore a brace? Would this be your > mother? > > I hope some of this may be of help to you. Maybe when I have had more > time to think about it I can remember more. Let me know if I can be of > any help. > > > Bud Forshee > 1010 North C Street > Duncan OK > > email: bnb4she@webtv.net > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ >