What do you want to know? Some are from Cross Roads..

I live in Athens, the LaRues are an old family and we have a town named after one. Where do you live?

Dear Britt, Please e-mail me directly. I have a fair amount of information about William Payne. Company E had a fairly remarkable history. Tom

Patricia, Francis Boman, who was married to William Lollar, was my g-grandma. She (and all of her family!) are mystery people to me. They stay hiding and don't seem to want to be found. Any information at all thatyou have would be extremely welcome. I know that she was born about 1852 in/around Athens. I have her on the Henderson Co. census 1870, married to William and with a son 3 months old named Eli. They are living next to her mother (mary Boman). Then I have her on the 1880 census, married to Edward McDermott, and with sons Eli, and another son John Wood. So if she was married to Lollar in 1870 and McDermott in 1880, when did she marry Mr. Wood. And when did William Lollar die, or were they divorced? By the way, on the 1880 census, they live between the LaRues' and the Wards. Any help at all that you can give would be most apprecited. Contact me at [email protected]

Mr. Reid, My name is Britt Thompson born in Malakoff, Texas. Captain W. K. Payne was my great-great grandfather. (1. William K. Payne 2. William B. Payne, Sr. 3. William B. Payne, Jr. 4. Patricia Payne Thompson 5. Britt Thompson). While I cannot tell you much about the unit, I can tell you about Captain Payne and his family and have photos of his and his wife's graves at Payne Cemetery in Henderson County, Texas. I would dearly, dearly love to know more about Captain Payne's company and what they did in the Civil War. I would also greatly appreciate any information you might have about his background, if this is pertinent to your thesis and if you don't mind a Payne descendant asking. With best regards, Britt Thompson

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Henderson County Historical Commission is now online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhchc/main.htm Hope you enjoy the site! Sincerely, Holli Boone Kees

Just ask the authority in Baxter :>) she said the owner did it after the last people left, to keep people out. (No big murder or anything like that LOL)

The Athens Review archives online go back to at least 1998. I went to the Henderson Co. Commission office and looked in their archives, there was no John BETTY listed. Someone at the commission cuts out and catalogs ALL the obits from all the Henderson Co. newspapers, so if it was in the paper they would have had it. Bunny Freeman

Athens Daily Review June 13, 1955 Funeral Services Held Sunday for Drowning Victim Funeral services were held Sunday at 2pm at Tyler for Patrick Bascom Honea, 20, Route 2, Tyler, who drowned Friday night when a boat capsized while he was fishing at the lower Flag Lake about eight miles south of Chandler. The Rev. E. B. Lancaster of the Dean Baptist Church and the Rev. Keith Kellow of the Pleasant Retreat Methodist Church conducted the services., and interment was in the Dean Cemetery. Honea was reared in the Dean Community and was graduated last year from Tyler High School. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Sunshine Honea and grandparents, Mrs P. M. Honea of Arkadelphia, Ark. and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Turner of Chandler. Pallbearers were James Haden, Jimmy Carter, Freddie Cade, Sonny Cade, Robert McKinney, Gary Elkner, Jerry Bell and John Clark.

Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Crescent Heights Baptist Church for John Henry Honey, 75-year-old retired railroad section foreman. Mr. Honey died early Thursday at his Dallas home after a long illness. He was a former resident of Malakoff. Rev. T. A. McGlaun conducted the final rites. Burial was at Malakoff. Pallbearers were T. A. Murry, J. H. Murry, W. A. Reed, Pete Morrison, C. C. Barnett, A. P. Barnett. Survivors included his wife, Mrs. J. H. Honey of Dallas; five step sons, one step daughter, and eleven step grandsons. Carroll Lehr Funeral Home directed.

My Father Wayne Hester was born and raised in Athens, Texas in 1944. His Parents were Reece Hester and Izora Jock. Both from that area. Izora's parent's were John Henry Jock born 17 Oct 1872 Died 5 Feb. 1960 in Athens, Henderson County. and Navada Hurbrough born 2 Oct 1895 Died 20 Nov 1972 in Athens, Texas. I believe they lived for a time or were born in Tennessee. Obion County. Navada's Mom was Margaret Ward (no dates here, believed from Tenn.) Navada did have these sisters and one brother. Odie Hurbrough born 21 Dec 1893 , died 28 Dec 1974 Athens. , Thelma Hurbrough married leonard Fate. and Iva Ermon married Wylie Cole Carrigan. Do not believe the girls stayed in Athens? Any connection out there? This bunch is giving me a hard time. Please contact: Lana Hester Schultz [email protected]

My grandfather was WM Riddlesperger of CrossRoads TX. My father was Jack Riddlesperger. Looking for relatives. I inerited the original Riddlesperger home place in Cross Roads. Barry Carson - you remember me.

Could anyone share information about the Flat Creek Community that existed in Henderson County, TX? How long did it have it's own school? If so, when and what happened to it? Also, were there any churchs there? My Grandparents were Thomas Franklin "Frank" and Nina D. Roby .They raised their family in the area called "Flat Creek". They sold their homeplace and land in the 1960's and died a few years later in Henderson County. Lake Athens was built on most of their land. I believe the VFW club moved into my Grandparents old homeplace for a short time after the land was sold. I would love to correspond with anyone that might know either the Roby family or something about the Flat Creek Community. Thanks, Pam Gregory

I am interested in George Morris b. about 1866/67 in TN. who went to Texas in about 1887, He had a brother Benjamin Franklin B. 1865. First wife Rebecca Lane, second Lucy Everett Steelman. Could this George Morris Be that person? Nancy Taylor [email protected]

Was your George McMorris married to Julia Haywood. She was the sister to my ggrandmother,Sarah Jane Haywood who married James M. Williams. He died in 1891 and Sarah Jane lived with her parents, Martin Haywood for awhile after his death. Her son Charlie Haywood was my grandfather. yhe Haywoods lived in Henderson Co. Tx.

my name is glenda (berry)thomas, and my grandfather is johnnie j berry of trinidad,tx. his mother and father was john oliver and sallie airheart berry.my grandfather had a brother clyde a berry and he was married to florence o.robinett berry.my father is henry oliver berry born 11-20-1919 and died1-14-1996.would like more imfo on john oliver and sallie airheart berry from south carolina.

Hello, Does anyone know what happened to the Baxter Store? I was there earlier in the year and it was there, then came through later and it was closed with yellow police tape around it. The yellow tape is gone, but the store is no longer open. Anyone know? Thank you, Brenda

Hello, I checked the www.AthensReview.com under archives but looks like they only go back to 2000. I know they do not do lookups at the Review. Perhaps a kind person that lives in Athens would go by there and look it up for you. Would not be hard to find since you have the date. I would look it up for you but am in Fort Worth. Good luck to you! Brenda [email protected] wrote: > Would some kind person on this list do a lookup for an obituary of John Betty, who died in Athens on May 30, 1999? I am particularly interested in the name of his wife and other survivors. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. If you prefer to email me without posting the answer here, the email address is [email protected] > > Thanks very much. > > ==== TXHENDER Mailing List ==== > *****************Henderson County TxGenWeb****************** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhender/txhender.htm > Queries & Surnames: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Henderson

Would some kind person on this list do a lookup for an obituary of John Betty, who died in Athens on May 30, 1999? I am particularly interested in the name of his wife and other survivors. Any help will be greatly appreciated. If you prefer to email me without posting the answer here, the email address is [email protected] Thanks very much.

Michael I can help you with some of the East Texas Hurbrough lines from Solomon and Eva Baltius Hurbrough. I can be reached at [email protected] Thanks Martha