Annual Pittman Family Reunion Held at Floyd The annual family reunion of the family of Mrs. M. C. Pittman was held recently in the home of Mrs. O. S. Arey at Floyd. Four of the eight children living with their families were present for the occasion. The invocation was given by Mrs. N. (sic) E. Miller. A picnic lunch was served. The children present were Mrs. O. S. Arey, Floyd;, Mrs. M. E. Miller, Ector; Mrs. Lestie Chaney, Greenville; and Mrs. Max Crossman, Dallas. Among others attending were Max Crossman, Dallas; Mrs. Alma Hayes, Whitewright; Mrs. Margie Farrow, Ector; Mrs. Reba Murray, Sherman; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Arey, Floyd; Mr. and Mrs. Burt Arey and children, Vickie, Jimmie, and Dona Arey of Mesquite; Mrs. Geneva Ellis and Tina Ellis, Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Witrowski, Garland; Miss Ila Hudson, Greenville; Miss Rosiland Fralicks, Sherman; Kenneth Chaney and Larry Chaney, Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Billy B. Waddle, Linda and Randy Waddle, Greenville; Mrs. Charlie Turner, and Mrs. and Mrs. Clifton Taft, Floyd. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Ida LaFon Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Bell LaFon, 91, of Cleburne and formerly of Celeste, were held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Dillon Funeral Home in Cleburne. Burial was made in the Old Cleburne Cemetery. Mrs. LaFon was the daughter of the late Eli Bird and the Fannie Jane Bird. She was born in Hunt County and moved from Celeste fifty years ago. She was a sister of Mrs. Gettie Glasscoe. She was also an aunt of Byird Glasscoe and Mrs. Tommie Sparks, also, of Celeste. Attending the services were Byird Glasscoe, Mrs. Harl Hudson of Leonard, and Mrs. William Berry of Greenville. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Earl Braddy Earl Braddy of Hugo, Oklahoma, and formerly of Leonard, passed away at Hugo Tuesday, June 8, 1965, following a lengthy illness. He was a brother of Ralph Braddy of the Lane community and an uncle of Wren Grimes of Leonard. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was a Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Braddy, Mr. and Mrs. Wren Grimes, and son, Billy Grimes, of Leonard, attended the funeral services and burial at Hugo Thursday, June 10th. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Betty Ann Morris, Valedictorian of Kimball High School Betty Ann Morris, daughter of Mr. Naomi Cole Morris of 3714 Brandon Street, Dallas, Texas, and the late Mr. Morris, was valedictorian of Justin F. Kimball High School in Dallas with over eight hundred student in the 1965 class. Mrs. Morris is a native of Celeste and her friends here will be pleased to learn of her daughter's accomplishments. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Glasscock and Blakemore Receive Farmer Awards J. W. Glasscock and Edwin Blakemore, both of Celeste, were two of the seven Hunt County farmers honored at a dinner meeting of the Hunt County Agricultural Improvement Club at Louie's Cafeteria Monday night. Those awarded either plaques of certificates were Sandy Cunningham, Greenville, certificate for cotton and vetch production and a plaque for the yield of 48.3 bushels of wheat per acre; Maynard Cheek, Jr., Farmersville, certificate for wheat and grain sorghum and a vetch production of 540 pounds per acre; Edwin Blakemore, Celeste, certificate of wheat and corn production; J. W. Glasscock, Celeste, certificate for wheat production and plaques for top yield entries in cotton at 371 pounds per acre and 3,675 pounds of grain sorghum per acre; Truman Mashburn, Commerce, certificate for wheat production and a plaque for top corn production of 61.87 bushels per acre; Bull Turner, certificate for top yield for his corn and cotton entries; and Billy Gene Dunn, certificate for high oat yield. Farmers Electric Coop donated the plaques and certificates to the club as part of its participation in the club's goal of encouraging better farming practices. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Frances Mires, Celeste Native, Died in California Mrs. Albert Norris received word Thursday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Frances England Mires of Concord, California. Mrs. Mires was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. I. M. England. She was born in 1905 in Celeste, Texas. She was a graduate of Celeste High School in 1922, attended TWU, Denton, Texas, and Business College in Waco, Texas. She was married to Earl Mires and they have one daughter, Mrs. James Terrell of Concord, California. Funeral services were held at Walnut Springs, California, Saturday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Burial was in Oakmont Memorial Park, California. Mrs. Mires was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her daughter; three grandsons; two brothers, Kenneth England of Dallas, Willard England of Houston; five sisters, Mrs. R. T. Lewis of Hillsboro, Mrs. Leon Puckett, Mrs. John Surratt, and Mrs. Calanthe Bowman of Dallas, and Mrs. Albert Norris of Celeste. (June 18, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Other News From The Celeste Courier, September 3, 1965 New Housing is Asset to Celeste The Federal low income housing, ten units of brick construction, was accepted Friday, August 27, by the Celeste Housing Authority, a committee of five local men. Tentative acceptance by Charles J. Muller, architect, Commerce, includes landscaping of grounds for complete approval. The $97,396.00 contact with Advance Home Sales was completed in the time element designated. ... At the present, applications are in the process of verification by S. M. Compton, executive housing director, and A. L. Mabry of Greenville. Serving with Mr. Compton are Albert Granberry, Herman Compton, H. S. Byers, and Mack Pierson. Doug Wright of Commerce has been building inspector. ... 261 Students Enrolled in Celeste School ...The schedule during the cotton harvest is from 7:30 AM to 2:05 PM. ... Annual Littlejohn Family Reunion The Littlejohn family met at the Greenville Park Sunday, August 29, for the annual gathering with a basket lunch served at noon. ... Among those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Glasscock of Celeste. Mrs. Alice Ralls was unable to be present. ... Major Andy Joe Byers Attending Army General Staff College Major Andy Joe Byers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harbert S. Byers, Celeste, is now attending the US Army Command General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ... State Draft Quota for Texas Calls for 1,504 Men The state draft quota for October calls for 1,504 men, compared to 1,459 in September. ...Both quotas came after the President's announcement in late July that he was doubling the draft calls. ...Both the September and October quotas will be filled with volunteers under twenty-six years old and non-volunteers ages nineteen through twenty-five. Most of them will be twenty to twenty-one years of age. President Johnson signed an executive order Thursday, which will permit the drafting of childless married men who marry after midnight Thursday.... Under 16 Years Not Permitted to Work on Farms Farmers have been reminded that children under sixteen years of age are not permitted to work on farms during school hours. ...Lawson A. Wood, field office supervisor of US Department of Labor, pointed out that the sixteen year age minimum does not apply to children who work on the home farm for their parents or guardians. He also said the act places no restrictions on farm work by minors sixteen years old or more. "The place for children is in school, not in the field," Wood said. "Today's children will grow up in the world which demands more education and better skills."

It's a Boy Mr. and Mrs. Jim Haynes, 1227 Coleman, Greenville, are the parents of a son born September 3, 1965, and weighing 7 lbs. 5 1/2 oz.. He has been named Steven Craig Haynes. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Childress, Celeste. (September 17, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

>From "Our Town This Week..." An Open Letter to Mr. S. R. Granberry Since you have been housed in for several weeks getting your system back after surgery, thought this might be a good way to get you all posted on the doings in "Your Town." You will be glad to know that the bank bunch is so busy they hardly have any time for visiting and you have to be there just at the right time to catch Albert with a mug of coffee in his hand. ... You will be glad to know, also, that Mrs. Mac, Gertie McMichael, had a good time all the weekend before last with the gathering of her family. It was the first time all ten of her younguns were together in many a year--though they come often by the family groups. Ten children and twenty-four grandchildren and Mis' Mac takes them all so easily. The family had gathered in Dallas on Friday night for the wedding of James Rigsby, Jr., the first of the grandchildren. He married Patricia Morgan of Dallas. Then on Saturday, eighty-three descendants of the J. W. Ewing family met in Garland. ... While I was watering the flower patch up town last week, Pat enjoyed a visit with Mr. W. H. Swindell. Mr. Swindell was on his way home from the farm where he had dug a bucket of sweet potatoes. They are good ones, too, as we were given a nice sampling. Mr. Swindell said he was the oldest man over at the Homecoming. He is ninety-one--but who would think it? He talked of when he worked on the county roads with mule driven graders, etc. The workmen would spend the nights out on the road for the trips in to town were too time consuming. He said he stayed at the Lacys once. ... The kids' ball game last Friday night was quite exciting. When Childress caught the ball on the first kick-off and went all the way for the "home run," we sat up and took notice the rest of the game. WE even made the sports page, The Dallas Morning News, with Harry Childress' seventy-yard run and Jerry Taylor's PATS for two points. ... Good news! Just found out that Mr. Granberry goes to town more than we do and knows more news no doubt. He sees to his "store" an hour or so late afternoons and is doing fine now. Anyway, this column is written for this week. (By Mrs. Lois Lacy Lewis, September 17, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Guests of Pearces Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pearce Monday night were Mrs. Pearce's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Dennis of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma and their daughter, Mrs. James L. Flowers, Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Dennis is enroute to Tampa, Florida where he is to be an Oklahoma delegate to the National Convention of Veterans of World War I, being held in Tampa from September 18th to September 22nd. Mrs. Flowers, whose husband is a major in the Air Force and is present stationed in South Viet Nam, is visiting relatives during his absence. (September 17, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Lucian Greenwood Services Thursday in Dallas Chapel Funeral services for Lucian Greenwood, 63, 2114 Emmett, Dallas, brother of Johnnie Greenwood of Leonard, were held at 2:00 PM Thursday at Lamar and Smith Funeral Chapel in Dallas. Rev. Jeff Pritchard officiated. Burial was made in a Dallas cemetery. Born in Hunt County, northeast of Celeste, Mr. Greenwood was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Greenwood. He died at 5:15 PM Tuesday, September 14, 1965, at Methodist Hospital in Dallas after a short illness. He was associated with a Dallas insurance firm. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Delma Swindell Greenwood of Dallas; one son, Chilton H. Greenwood of Lodi, California; two daughters, Mrs. William Allen of Elk Grove Village, Illinois and Mrs. Jack L. Wilson of Albuquerque, New Mexico; three brothers, Ruben Greenwood of Wolfe City, J. B. Greenwood of Whitewright, J. C. Greenwood of Leonard; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Rains of Durant, Oklahoma; Mrs. John Paris, Wolfe City; Mrs. Lorena Kuhn, Irving, and, also, eight grandchildren. (September 17, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. George McGee Midway HD Club President-Elect The Midway Home Demonstration Club met recently in Hogeye Community Center. Elected officers for the coming year: Mrs. George McGee was elected president, Mrs. Lonnie Linton, vice president; Mrs. H. H. Furr, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. I. H. McGee, council delegate; Mrs. Edwin Blakemore, alternate; Mrs. S. W. Myers, reporter with Mrs. J. E. Slater as assistant reporter, and Mrs. George Hackney, parliamentarian. (September 17, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Robert Frank Allison Word has been received concerning the death of Robert Frank Allison, 74, of Denison, Texas. He was a former resident of Celeste. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and five sons. Funeral services were held at 4:00 PM Saturday in Bratcher Chapel in Denison with the Rev. Joe N. Smith and the Rev. Elwood Corzine officiating. Burial was in Cedarlawn. Pallbearers were Kenneth Lovell, Earl Lovell, B. R. Drewry, Bonnie Jackson, Robert Haskins, and Clarence Faecke. (September 17 1965, The Celeste Courier)

I am searching for info on my gg-grandfather John M Grammar/er (unsure of spelling at this point). He has been a family mystery for some time as his wife would never speak of him other than to say that he was a good man. Below is what little information I know... John M Grammar born about 1856 in Mississippi (?), parents unknown but born in Alabama or Georgia. JM married Susan P Champion in Limestone Co. TX in 1875. In 1880 Census they are found in Hunt Co with two daughters, Lillia 3yrs & Ella 1 yr. Susan was pregnant with my grandfather at the time of the Census (he was born in Dec 1880). In 1882 Susan remarried CC Jones in Limestone Co. They went on to have 8 more children. It is speculated that JM died and is buried in either, Limestone Co., Hunt Co. or Falls Co. but it is not known when or how he died. JM's son, William Henry Grammer, married Laura B Hindman....I have some other info on them - Chillicothe/Vernon, TX. If any of this makes a connection, please let me know. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, Kendra Burleson, TX

In a message dated 05/29/2003 5:10:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Researching any families that came to Hunt County Texas from Hawkins > County Tennessee & Lee County Virginia. Also interested in families from > Decatur > County Tennessee.Large groups came from those areas, Want to know WHO and > WHY. > If you have any familiy members from those counties, please contact me. > > Hi Carol, My great-grandfather came to Hunt Co., TX from Decatur Co., TN. His name was William Franklin Jernigan. He arrived in Hunt Co. sometime between June 1870, when he appeared on the census back in Decatur Co., and June 1873, when he married Josephine Riley in Parker Co., TX. The Rileys were early pioneers in Hunt Co., TX, having arrived there in the 1840s. I didn't know that there was a large group from Decatur Co. who migrated to Hunt. I would also like to know why. My great-grandfather was an orphan and he came to TX on his own after working on a Mississippi river boat for awhile. However, perhaps he knew others from Decatur Co. who were already in TX; that would explain why he ended up there. I have always been curious about that! I'd like to find out more. Sharon Jernigan Tingley

Man Caught While Robbing Cafe Here A thirty-two-year-old Brownwood man was surprised by Howard Gray, owner of Gray's Cafe here early Tuesday morning while attempting to burglarize the business. The man was seen entering the cafe by Phil Perkins who lives nearly. Perkins went to the Gray home about two blocks away and notified Mr. Gray. The burglar was held until officers arrived. Greenville Police Chief Bennie Warren said the man admitted the burglary of Holloway's Drive-In in northeast Greenville earlier by prying open the rear door of the restaurant. He took $58.00 in cash. According to his written statement, he then drove to Celeste and broke into Gray's Cafe. (August 6, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

>From "Our Town This Week..." Homecoming The newest thing this week is the homecoming signs the committee had made and the light company installed across the entrances to town. They read, "Welcome--Homecoming September 4th and 5th." ...Ernie was catering the homecoming affair... Never will I forget the first time Ernie prepared to serve other than his famous Ernie's at Greenville. He fixed the barbecued beef for the pep squad Western Party here and it was such a success the custom was followed for several years. In the meantime, Ernie went on to much bigger groups, also. The Homecoming, if it goes like the others, will be one thousand or more here for the dinner, the gatherings, and the program, etc. White Rock The annual homecoming recently at White Rock was well attended and the day a good one. Of special interest was the morning service in which Bro. Baker preached. It was in honor of his coming to White Rock and Lane circuit in November of 1915. He has always had a special place in his heart for those first almost five years--from conference in 1915 to May 1920 when he went to Van Alstyne. He and Miss Eula McGuire married in 1917 and Anna Ruth was born here in the circuit parsonage, the house now the home of the Fugitts. Many were the remembrances Bro. Baker could have brought up and we who were privileged to be his flock could reminisce also. The church people presented the gracious couple a gift at the Homecoming and he told of the wedding gift the White Rock people gave him and Eula at the time of their marriage. It was a small desk--just right for his typewriter these many years. The numerous letters (with which he makes happy his friends) are all written from t! he little desk, he said. In a note sent to us in Boston, too late to come home for the day, Harrison told of his fifty-year honors. Southwestern University honored him in May as a fifty-year graduate; SMU honored him at the Dallas Press Club with a dinner in honor of his being first editor of The Campus, the SMU school paper. At White Rock, numerous couples stood up as having been married by Bro. Baker. His list has grown to almost 3,500, if the figures quoted are remembered correctly. Vernon Green is White Rock Homecoming chairman for next year and the J. D. Lowerys are secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Lowery named as secretary. Former Residents Many former residents were in town Sunday to attend the funeral services of Mrs. John Hunter. The two Verble couples from Dallas and the Raymond Verbles from Ada, Oklahoma were among those. A former resident of Lane, Rose Williams, who lives in Lewisville, saw the notice in the Sunday Dallas paper and came. Dorothy Peacock, used to be, now Mrs. M. E. Evans and her husband of Garland, came also and greeted friends known back in the early 1930's when the family lived here and Bro. Peacock was pastor of Lane and White Rock. Later, he taught at Lane and Crescent. The list is not complete of all the out-of-town callers. (By Mrs. Lois Lacy Lewis, July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Hi All, Researching any families that came to Hunt County Texas from Hawkins County Tennessee & Lee County Virginia. Also interested in families from Decatur County Tennessee.Large groups came from those areas, Want to know WHO and WHY. If you have any familiy members from those counties, please contact me. Carol Brown [email protected] "I Think That I Shall Never See, A Finished Genealogy"

Albert Wayne Hollingsworth Services Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral services for Albert Wayne Hollingsworth, 23, were held at 3:30 PM Friday at the First Baptist Church in Blue Ridge. The Rev. Roland Pryor and Rev. Elwood Corzine of Howe officiated. Burial was made in Blue Ridge Cemetery with Fielder-Baker Funeral Home of Blue Ridge directing. A resident of the Pike community, the young man was employed as a truck driver by Clyde Press, a cattleman. He was born June 15, 1942, at Pike, son of Clifford O Hollingsworth and Ruby Kress Hollingsworth. He died Wednesday, July 21, 1965, after a truck loaded with cattle overturned near Brashear at 9:00 PM Wednesday. He had been a member of the Pike Baptist Church eleven years. Survivors are his wife, Leta Mae Hollingsworth, and two sons, Albert Wayne Hollingsworth, Jr., and Delbert Dean Hollingsworth; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hollingsworth, all of RR 1, Blue Ridge. Three brothers, David Hollingsworth of Fort Worth, Murrell Hollingsworth and Kenneth Hollingsworth, both of Blue Ridge, also survive. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Hubert Spoonemore Rites Sunday at Coker-Mathews-Peters Final rites for Hubert Spoonemore, 59, 505 Main Street, Greenville, Texas, will be conducted in Coker-Mathews-Peters Chapel at 2:00 PM Sunday, with the Rev. Guy Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Money Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Mr. Spoonemore, who died at 11:45 PM Tuesday in a Greenville hospital after a lengthy illness, was born April 3, 1906 in Kingston. He was the son of John Wesley Spoonemore and Mary Ann Herndon Spoonemore. Spending his childhood in Hunt County, Mr. Spoonemore received his education in Greenville Public Schools and Burleson College, Greenville. A chef, he resided in many points in the United States, the last two of which were Odessa and Dallas. He was of the Methodist belief. Surviving are seven sisters, Mmes. Estella McKinney, Ella Shanks, Lavina Wacasey, and Neoma Haney, Greenville; Mrs. Lilla Sallings, LaFeria; Mrs. Gladys Ross, Santa Barbara, California; and Mrs. Leone Year, Dallas; four brothers, M. F. Spoonemore, Kingston, and Roy Spoonemore, Bill Spoonemore, and Glen Spoonemore, Greenville; and a number of nieces and nephews. One brother preceded him in death. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)