---------- > From: Emma Gene Gentry <hgentry@inetport.com> > To: grm <grm@castlenet.com> > Subject: Re: [RAINWATER-L] Alexander Martin R.'s family > Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 9:06 AM > > -- Glidie, I don't know if you happened to see the message I posted when > the Rainwater rootsweb list was just getting started. It refers to the > only Rainwater I ever knew personally. When I was a child (in the > 1920's and early 1930's) my parents had these close friends whose name > was Rainwater. The husband of the family was usually called C.S. but as > I recall his given name was Charles Simpson. He was also sometimes > called Simp. His wife was Flora or Florra and I think her maiden name > was Cook or Cooke. If I'm right about her being Cook or Cooke, then I > think she was from Grapevine, TX (Tarrant Co.) and that's where DFW > airport is now. They had a young son whose name I don't remember, but > it could have been Bobby. C.S. Rainwater was a pharmacist in Dallas. > Can you place this Rainwater family? I haven't heard anything of or > about them in probably 60 years. Just curious. Emma Gene Gentry > > Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry > <hgentry@inetport.com> > Austin, Texas