Eddie was my cousin....but I don't know much about him. Dad is 86 years old and told me about Eddie being 'left handed' and playing the fiddle upside down & backwards so it would work left-handed....... If you know who his parents were, let me know.....(I'm pretty sure he was the son of my uncle Edwin Spradley.) At 07:49 PM 12/21/00 -0600, you wrote: >You're correct about Eddie Spradley. I'm employed by KWTX TV in Waco and >one of our news department people did a story on Eddie a year or so back. >At that time he was a resident in a local retirement home. I recall as a >child seeing Eddie play his left-handed fiddle with Clyde Chessor and the >"Texas Village Boys", each Saturday night on KCEN channel 6 in Eddy. > >Kirby Pope > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Homer Laxson" <lhlaxson@earthlink.net> >To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 12:17 PM >Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] Coryell Roll Call > > > > Homer Laxson wrote: I know an Eddie Spradley from Waco but have lost > > his address. He played fiddle with Okie Davis and a western group in > > the fifties; he is from Evant originally; he has retired. If I recover > > his address I will let you know. Good luck. H Laxson. > > > > Berry Spradley wrote: > > > > > Searching for early information about Spradleys from Coryell. I have > > > lineage of this family back to early 1700s in SC. > > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Searching for the Spradley and Ketchum families. Spradleys from SC to TX and Ketchums from VA to TX via AL and IL Check my home page for searchable data base of ancestors. http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""