My mother: Dorothy Jean King-Powell married to Raymond Lyndell Powell. Dad is 72 years old TODAY! Dorothy's parents: James David King (died before Mom was born in 1931) and Betty Lee Smith. James David King's parents: James Vinson King (Sr.) and Harriet Josephine Hurt. Betty Lee Smith's parents: Markus Ellis Smith and Ora Balina Crouse. Ora Balina Crouse's parents: Robert Crouse and Willie Emma Hicks. My dad: Raymond Lyndell Powell. Rays parents: Erby E. Powell and Lattie Lee Green (still living) Erby E. Powell's parents: George McDonald Powell and Sexter Cooper. Lattie Lee Green's parents: Littleberry Green and Lillie May Bolin. My dad says he knew Fred Smith who married Ossie (Sp.) Watson and had a son L.C. and another younger son. And, Ossie's had a son George Watson. George had two boys, Carthel and Lyndell, and two girls, Lottie and Ossie. Lyndell Watson and my dad are the same age. Lyndell lives near Bernice Martin (my Dad's aunt who ran Martin's store/Powell's store/etc.). My grandmother's half-brother, Clifton Grissom, married George Watson's niece, Mary Louise Watson. Mary is Ace Watson's daughter. Are you from Dyer? My dad says he knows a lot of Flowers and Watsons. So, do you live in Lexington as well? We've lived here about 7 years. Nice to hear from you, too! :) Karyl -----Original Message----- From: Alice King <king@hcol.net> To: Fisher <Fisher@hcol.net> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Flowers Cemetery >Hello Karyl, > You must live in Henderson County. It's a small world, isn't it? I'm >still trying to figure out which King family Dorothy Jean King fits into. I >am married to one of David Bailey King's boys--Larry. We have a copy of >Juanita's book, but I must confess I haven't looked all the way through it >yet. I've been concentrating on my Flowers and Watson connections in my own >research. Other people seem to be doing quite well with the King side. > Larry has a sister named Laverda that is married to Robert Crouse. Both >of them grew up in Gibson County, but do not live there now. I have Flowers >relatives and the only Smith in my family is a step-uncle, Fred Smith, now >deceased. Larry's maternal aunt, Vertie Lee Garner, was married to Bodie >Smith. They lived in Dyer, but both are now deceased. One of Jacob >Flowers sons was named Waitman Flowers, and one of his daughters was Jane >Adeline Flowers who married Edmond Taylor. Jane and Edmond Taylor were the >parents of Larry's grandmother, Mary E. (Mollie) Taylor King, who was >married to William James King. So Jacob Flowers is an ancestor to both >Larry and me. >Who were your mother's parents? Is any of this information familiar to you? >Nice to hear from you. >Alice