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Life with Wilbur Journalist remembers his time with "grandpa' By ROBERT KERR/Special to the Gazette This is the first story I have ever written about Wilbur Smith that I did not want to write. I am pretty sure that in one way or another Wilbur figured in more of my stories than anyone else during my 20 years in the newspaper business. But more than that, he was one of the best friends I've ever had. I met Wilbur in the summer of 1981. I was a young reporter for the Gazette, looking around for local characters to profile. On that count, he qualified beyond my wildest dreams. Soon I began calling him whenever I had a question about local history. Wilbur was not a trained historian by any means. But he had lived in Texarkana all his life-and most of Texarkana's life. He loved the place so much that he had committed more about it to memory than anyone else I met in a decade or so of writing about Texarkana's past. Beyond committing so much to memory, he had filled the home where he and Edith lived on Hazel Street with endless pieces of local history. The entire attic was Wilbur's personal Texarkana archive, and the rest of the house a living museum. We would start our interviews in his dark, pine-paneled study. He would switch on an old goose-necked lamp, perched on his desk, and wait for my questions. Every one I ever asked him seemed to stir a hundred memories and he would proceed to share them all. In his prime, absolutely no one could out-talk Wilbur Smith. Not that all he did was talk. Every few moments, he would leap up and lead me up to the attic or off to some other corner of the house and show me one thing after another in an effort to illustrate his nonstop commentary. It would drive Edith crazy, having this tiny bundle of manic energy that was her husband ransacking every inch of her home for a visitor. But she knew better than anyone that it was simply impossible to deter his passion for telling Texarkana stories in the way that he wanted to tell them. As the years went by, I would allow more and more time for every interview. Despite our 50-year age difference, Wilbur and I developed a friendship that I came to value far more than the interviews. And I valued the interviews tremendously. He provided me details, background, leads and clarification on more stories than I could ever count now. One of my favorite projects at the Gazette was called "Still Standing," a continuing series in the late 1980s that documented Texarkana's oldest structures. Every one of the articles in that series began with my driving Wilbur around town as he pointed out buildings and recounted their pasts. I found that a reporter could get at just about anything in Wilbur's mind-eventually. I once called him a "professional meanderer" in tribute to the way that any question you asked him led through a dozen or more answers before it got to the one you had originally asked for. However, the truth was that I had long since lost interest in just getting questions answered. I had come to look forward to finding any excuse to visit Wilbur and let him meander wherever he chose. After I left Texarkana to work in Memphis and other cities, I kept visiting him whenever I was in town. I don't remember when Wilbur began calling me his adopted grandson, but ultimately that was truly what the relationship became. My own grandfathers were both gone by then, and he and Edith had no children. So whenever I was back in Texarkana, I could head over to Hazel Street and always be welcomed like a grandson. When the first Wilbur Awards were held in 1992, the organizers asked me to be there to surprise Wilbur with a few comments following a multimedia tribute that was shown to a full house at the Texarkana College auditorium. I'm still grateful that they truly captured what Wilbur's life meant in that tribute. And that they introduced me as his adopted grandson. I once wrote that I could imagine almost anything except a Texarkana without Wilbur Smith. Many great individuals have played vital and heroic roles in making Texarkana all that it is today. Yet all accomplishments too quickly fade into the past, unless someone cares enough to remember them and keep sharing them. In Texarkana's 20th Century, it was Wilbur Smith who cared longer than anyone else about keeping its past alive. As I said, this was the one story about Wilbur that I hoped I would never have to write. But I'm thankful the Gazette let me say farewell to a dear friend on the same pages where our friendship began. Goodbye, Grandpa Wilbur. For me, you will live in Texarkana always. (Former Texarkana Gazette writer and editor Robert Kerr is completing a doctorate in mass communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)

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Hi folks, I received this message on January 16, so I'm a tad late in clearing my mail. However, I wanted to share it with the members of our list who participated in obtaining the census reports on CD which have been added to the Texas Bowie County GenWeb site, the actual images on line. You can see the actual images through a connection on our Bowie County Texas and Genealogy site, http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm Thanks, everyone, I was only a small part of this project, without each of you, these reports would not be available to everyone, all free of charge. Sincerely, Jo Autrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:34 PM Subject: Bowie Co., Texas > Hello, > > I would like to say "Thank Your Very Much" for your kindness in allowing > the census image of Bowie Co., Texas 1850 and 1860 Census to be > displayed on the net. > > You don't realize how much it means to fellow researchers, like myself, > who can't get out to the libraries any longer. Your gift means so much. > > My gift to you in exchange for your kindness, is an every person index > of the census images. > > Rather than e-mail every contributor on the list, please pass this note > on to each. > > Thank you, > > Warm Regards, > Joan Ackermann Renfrow

Subj: [TXARCHIVE] 500 MB! Date: 1/17/01 9:25:19 AM Pacific Standard Time From: [email protected] (David W. Morgan) We did it! 500 MB in the TXGenWeb Archives for researchers! The first 96 MB took 4 years! 1. tx 500,004 2. la 372,828 3. oh 307,664 4. pa 184,860 5. sd 183,684 6. ky 177,800 7. mi 144,388 8. va 142,088 9. nc 124,460 10. ga 121,412 11. in 120,004 12. ar 114,404 13. ms 110,020 14. tn 106,000 15. fl 102,204 Vitals 334,200 Census 41,964 Obits 34,912 Cemetery 34,256 Land/Deeds 32,056 Misc 6,020 Military 5,996 History 4,136 Newspapers 2,672 Bios 1,152 Numbers represent 1024 bytes. Thanks! David [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Subj: CEMETARY Date: 1/16/01 7:00:25 PM Pacific Standard Time From: [email protected] (Danny Lewis) Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> (Danny Lewis) I am trying to find the cemetary where my great uncle is buried. I am not having any luck. If you have any suggestions that I can try please let me know. His name is Freddie Ebling and his last address was Bowie County. His brother and father were buried at Rondo Cemetary, but my mother and I looked and could not find it. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Jessie Lewis

Posted on: Bowie County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bowie/479 Surname: Steelman ------------------------- Looking for more information on Dudley T. Steelman. In Bowie county around 1840-1890. Most of his siblings were born and raised in the Bowie county area. His sons were Henry N. Born 1846 New Boston Buried Red Bayou Aug 18,1900, Joseph F.(1880 Census Fannin Co)Born 1842 Alabama Buried Malta Cemetery July 3,1930, Jack Born ??? , John Steelman Born ???. any information will be helpful.

Posted on: Bowie County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bowie/476 Surname: ------------------------- Stonewall was my uncle. If you email me I will find out more from my dad. He has mentioned Stonewall before. Angela

Posted on: Bowie County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bowie/475 Surname: Banks, Blackstock ------------------------- Are any of the following names associated with your Banks family? Lula Blackstock married John Banks. Family: Raymond, Royce, Mamie, Odis, Eva, Kenneth?

Dr. Dan Bookout, author of "Search for the Lost Blacksheep," will be signing copies of his book from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sterling Crest Restaurant. (Other dates below) The book is about a pact made between four Texarkana men serving in World War II and how Bookout, a former Marine and pilot, later became an important element of the pact. The four young men had vowed that if something happened to one of them, the others would see that he was returned home. Three of the men made it back to *Texarkana safe, but one of them- * Lt. Wayland Edward Bennett, a Marine fighter pilot-remained behind with his lost plane that had crashed in the South Pacific jungles. The search for that plane and the effort to return Bennett's remains to his hometown is the focus of the story. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be contributed to veterans organizations. Bookout will also sign copies of his book from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the Creative Writers League meeting at the YWCA. Future signings will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Dixie Diner in Nash and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 27 at Books-A-Million.

From: "Dana Thomas" <[email protected]> To: "TXGenWeb list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:25 AM Subject: COY Announcement 2000 The TXGenWeb Page Evaluation Committee would like to announce the winner of the 2000 TXGenWeb County of the Year award. Selected from the winners in 2000. This being our second year to give this award we'd like to say that picking from the 12 monthly winners was an extremely difficult task. Those monthly winners included: Burnet, Lampasas, Red River, Fannin, Frio, Clay, Lamar, Aransas, Gregg, Bowie, Kaufman, and Wilbarger. The counties are improving and we are proud to say that we look forward to serving as Page Evaluation Committee for next year. The 2000 TXGenWeb County of the Year award goes to: Frio County http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3973/friogenweb.htm CC John Hawley mailto:[email protected] SOME of the outstanding features of this site: Very sensitive to their Mexican Heritage, Naturalization Roll, Communities & Settlements, English/Spanish translations Congratulations John! Not only does your work make us all proud, it gives us something to strive for in our own counties. The Page Evaluation Committee would also like to stress that ALL the monthly county winners are outstanding! Here's some especially outstanding categories we feel need some recognition with Honorable Mentions: Aransas for Early Residents of Aransas County, Comprehensive Marriage Records from Dec 1871 through June 1981 Bowie for Combining the TXGenWeb Project & Archives to compliment each other, multitude of records, Phantom Killer story, very scary!!! Burnet for Stories from Our Past, War in Burnet County Clay for Photos Fannin for African American Page, Towns, Communities, Schools & Photos, old letters verbatim that are unique Gregg for Newspaper Articles Kaufman for Help in using the Website, Kaufman County Cemeteries Need Your Help, Wall of Honor - Early Settlers Lampasas for Military Rosters for Lampasas County Lamar for Cemetery and Death Records Database, Marriage Database, Civil War Red River for 1830 Wavell Colony Register, Photo Album of school students and teachers Van Zandt for Cemetery Records Wilbarger for Photo Album Again, congratulations to Frio and ALL of our 2000 COM winners on a job well done! Remember, the Page Evaluation Committee is live and well and surfing your counties for the year 2001 COM and COY winners! Please see our new COY web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcass/txgenweb/COY.htm Dana Thomas Page Evaluation Committee Chairperson TXGenWeb Surfing Group page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcass/txgenweb/cofweek.htm ==== TXGEN Mailing List ==== The TXGEN-L/TXGEN-D mailing list is for announcements and the discussion of issues concerning the volunteers of The TXGenWeb Project. This is NOT the proper list for posting genealogical research queries.

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Posted on: Bowie County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Bowie/457 Surname: ------------------------- Hello everyone, this is just a simple test to see if the GenConnect Gateway to the Mail list is working right. Sorry for the inconvenience. Vicki

Hi Everyone, I am forwarding something I received today that I think will be of help to all of us! Regards, Becky Cowen-Cornelius Hello, I am writing to you, the List Admin, with the hopes you will forward this message to your list subscribers. It is the time of year when many new researchers are coming on line to do their genealogy research. I believe we have developed a tool to help them. I hope you will encourage their visit by forwarding this message to them. Many hours have been spent recently compiling a new "Texas Cemeteries Directory" which is hoped to benefit every Texas Genealogy Researcher and at the same time encourage the preservation of our Cemeteries. The new Directory shows over 21,000 cemeteries found on line with information about where each one was found in an easy to use format. The directory includes information about those cemeteries that have been inventoried and where to find them. So far those who have visited this new Directory have made such comments as "What a neat idea." & "You've really hit on something here." In addition our web site hosts the list of cemeteries which have reached the protected status of "Historic Texas Cemetery" designation, whose program was developed by "The Texas Historical Commission". We also have a special page where those who have labored to write books about our cemeteries can announce the availability of those books, sell the books, buy a book, or trade them. Most well organized cemetery inventory projects sell the books to fund the project. We all know how expensive it is to work in our cemeteries and believe this is a vital part of encouraging their preservation. There is lots more to see, so come check us out, and while you're there leave a message about a neglected cemetery in our guest book. These posts are followed up on by the folks at "Save Texas Cemeteries" and the folks who manage the "Historic Texas Cemetery" designation program. With your participation it is our hope to encourage the location, inventory and preservation of our Historic Texas Cemeteries. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txcemeteries/ We look forward to your visit, donna

change from [email protected] to [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 12:16 AM Subject: [TXBOWIE] Fwd. Message: Lindsey in Texarkana > Subj: Bowie County Resources > From: [email protected] (Donna L. Swope) Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > > Good morning, > > I am the court-appointed administrator for the estate of Milton Hunt > Lindsey, who recently died here in Austin, TX. I am trying to find > relatives of Mr. Lindsey. He (and apparently his family) were somewhat > reclusive, and everyone (including an ex-wife, who was married to Mr. > Lindsey briefly in the late 1940's) says there is no family. I have a lead > on some cousins on his mother's side, but am also searching for someone on > the father's side. > > Mr. Lindsey was born in Bowie Co (Texarkana) on April 14, 1927. His father > was T.R. (Theodore Roosevelt) Lindsey, and his mother was Julia Williamson > Carr Lindsey. She was from Tennessee. I have no further information about > the father, but have sent for a copy of his death certificate in hopes that > I can get a date of birth and place of birth. Mr. T.R. Lindsey was a > railroad employee. There is a story (from a neighbor) that there was > property owned in east Texas, that was inherited by Milton Lindsey, and that > he subsequently sold. > > As an amateur genealogist, I am aware of the USGenWeb project and the work > it does -- Can you give me any suggestions for > locating records or persons in this area? I have already posted a query on > your website. Thank you for any suggestions you can make. > > Donna Swope > > > ==== TXBOWIE Mailing List ==== > Listowner: Becky Cowen-Cornelius [email protected] > webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rebalee/ > Those who say it cannot be done, should not stop those doing it! > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Subj: Bowie County Resources From: [email protected] (Donna L. Swope) Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Good morning, I am the court-appointed administrator for the estate of Milton Hunt Lindsey, who recently died here in Austin, TX. I am trying to find relatives of Mr. Lindsey. He (and apparently his family) were somewhat reclusive, and everyone (including an ex-wife, who was married to Mr. Lindsey briefly in the late 1940's) says there is no family. I have a lead on some cousins on his mother's side, but am also searching for someone on the father's side. Mr. Lindsey was born in Bowie Co (Texarkana) on April 14, 1927. His father was T.R. (Theodore Roosevelt) Lindsey, and his mother was Julia Williamson Carr Lindsey. She was from Tennessee. I have no further information about the father, but have sent for a copy of his death certificate in hopes that I can get a date of birth and place of birth. Mr. T.R. Lindsey was a railroad employee. There is a story (from a neighbor) that there was property owned in east Texas, that was inherited by Milton Lindsey, and that he subsequently sold. As an amateur genealogist, I am aware of the USGenWeb project and the work it does -- Can you give me any suggestions for locating records or persons in this area? I have already posted a query on your website. Thank you for any suggestions you can make. Donna Swope

Hello Everyone, I found out about the web site below from another list I'm on and thought I would pass it on in the hopes it may help one of you. This guy is doing a fantastic job! He purchases old photos and tries to re-unite them with their families. Good luck and Happy New Year! http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Page3.html Becky Cowen-Cornelius Cowen Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rebalee/ SURNAMES: Askew, Cannon, Cowan, Cowen, Cullen, Edmundson, Fox, Grace, Harden, Huddlestone, Lawhon, Long, Looney, Manor, Martin, McLean, Mitchell, Quinn, Shemwell, Sims, Smart, Stanton, Ward, White, Williams, and Wright.

Hi! A note from Mrs. Sharpe - There is an increase in our dues for 2001 They will be $15.00 for single or $18.00 for family. * BUT if paid by DECEMBER 31, 2000 we will honor the current rate. ((2000 dues: $12.50 for individuals and $15.00 for family)) This information will be in the next quarterly, but as it is running a little late, it will not give much time to reply.

I am looking for my #4 greatgrandfather, Meshack Cummins or Cummings, usually without the "g". I believe he was in Bowie County, TX in 1860. Wife's name was Dorcas (or similar spelling). Will appreaicate any help. Meshack was either from SC or LA and his wife was from LA. They may have had children living with them. Thank you, Dan Cummings