Mrs. Alice Holland Services Sunday at Baptist Church Mrs. Alice Holland, 77, a long-time resident of Celeste, died at 7:15 AM Thursday, July 29, 1965, in her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday in the Celeste Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Layman and Rev. Bill Davis, officiating. Burial will be in the Celeste Cemetery. Nephews who will serve as pallbearers are Gaston Alexander, Sam Gibbs, J. C. Porter, Ray Power, Penny Porter, Rayford Nichols, Nolan Doyle, and Billy Ward Shanks. Mrs. Holland was born December 9, 1887, in Tennessee, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Passons. She married George W. Holland on January 12, 1908. He preceded her in death April 1, 1965. She was a member of the Celeste Baptist Church. Survivors include two brothers, J. F. Passons of Lawton, Oklahoma and I. M. Passons of Wheeler; two foster sons, Joe Darnell of Garland and Shelby Darnell of Lancaster; and many nieces and nephews. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. John Hunter Long Time Resident of Lane Died Friday Mrs. John Hunter, 91, a long-time resident of the Lane community, died in a Bonham hospital at 11:45 AM Friday, July 23, 1965. She had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services were held at the Celeste Methodist Church at 3:00 PM Sunday with the Rev. Albert Click of Greenville, former pastor, the Rev. Bill Davis, pastor, and the Rev. Bob Layman, of Celeste Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was made in the Lane Cemetery. Mrs. Hunter was born May 12, 1874, in Collin County, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boren. She was married to George McIntyre, who preceded her in death. She married Mr. Hunter in 1895. He preceded her in death in 1952. Grandson served as pallbearers. Survivors are three sons, Ira Hunter of Celeste, Dee Hunter of Lane, Ed Hunter of Lubbock; five daughters, Mrs. Clyde Appleby of Hale Center, Mrs. Cindie McGuire of Celeste, Mrs. Amie Sprinkle of Leonard, Mrs. Beaulah Perkins of Dallas, and Mrs. Pauline Lee of Fort Worth, twenty-four grandchildren, including Jonnye Joe Hunter, Elizabeth Ann Hunter, and Mrs. Ella Bess McGuire Shields of Howe; and twenty-six great-grandchildren including Mack Shields and Paula Shields of Howe. Two sons and two step-sons preceded her in death. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Martha Foster Died Saturday After Long Illness Mrs. Martha Bell Foster, 78, RR 3, Celeste, died at her home Saturday afternoon, July 24, 1965, following a ten-month illness. Mrs. Foster was born January 26, 1887, in Tennessee, the daughter of D. Green and Sarah Lisles Green. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Reared in Tennessee, Mrs. Foster came to Texas while a young woman and had lived in Hunt County since 1930. She was married to H. A. Foster more than sixty years. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Sorrells and Sons Funeral Chapel, Greenville. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery with her grandsons serving as pallbearers. Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Drennan of Mesquite; six sons, Charlie Foster of Dallas, Luther Foster, J. W. Foster, and Hack Foster, all of Greenville, Cecil Foster and R. L. Foster, both of Celeste; one brother, John Green of Athens, Alabama; one sister, Mrs. Cora Jordan of Alabama; fifteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Looking for the history on Rev.Sam Dees DOB July 14,1845 DOD Aug 19,1914 buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery .He was a thied degree Master Mason also.

My names of interest are: Alexander, Smith, Wright Julius H. Alexander lived in the Caddo Mills area of Hunt County. Was a constable there at one time. Smith (I believe his name to be Richard, but not proven.) He was married to Martha K. (maiden name not known). They had 4 children. He died after returning from the Civil War . Believe he is buried in the area of Celeste or Kingston as that is the location of a farm he and Martha owned. Martha sold the land about 1871. After his death Martha married David Wright. David Wright and Martha moved to Mena, AR after their wedding in 1871 but were back at Decatur, Wise Co., TX by the census of 1880. Martha died in 1899 and David died in 1901. Both are buried north of Decatur in Wise Co., TX. My e-mail address is: [email protected]

Have I missed something? Is there a Lone Oak Newsletter? If so, I would love to subscribe.

Willard D. England Services Thursday in Houston Services for Willard Dow England, 67, were held at 2:30 PM Thursday, July 22, 1965, in Heights Funeral Chapel, Houston, Texas with Dr. Dawson C. Bryan officiating. England, of 3269 Norfolk, Houston, died Monday, July 19, 1965, in his home apparently of a heart attack. England, considered one of the world's leading authorities on synthetic rubber, was born in Celeste, Texas, and had lived in Houston for two years since retiring. He was honored by the United States and by the Canadian governments for working in the Army's synthetic rubber program. He served with the Rainbow (42nd) Division in World War I. At the time of his death, Mr. England was working on a Department of Labor project concerning retreading and recapping tires. Survivors include his wife, Pauline England; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Durham of Houston; five sisters, Mrs. Albert Norris of Celeste; Mrs. R. F. Lewis of Hillsboro, Mrs. Leon Puckett, Mrs. John Surratt, and Mrs. Calanthe Bowman, all of Dallas; a brother, Kennedy England of Dallas, and two grandchildren, Charles A. Durham, Jr., and Lynn Durham Whitmarch of Houston. (July 30, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Faye Swindell Services Thursday at Celeste Church Mrs. W. H. (Faye Wheat) Swindell of 407 North Fourth Street in Celeste, Texas, died Tuesday, October 19, 1965, at 12:45 AM in Baylor Hospital in Dallas. She married W. H. Swindell on February 19, 1922, at Celeste. She was born October 7, 1901 in Celeste, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wheat. She was a member of the Celeste Church of Christ. Services were held at 3:00 PM Thursday at the Celeste Church of Christ with the minister, Connie Hollis, and Woodrow Kirk, Garland Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in the Celeste Cemetery. Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Don Martin of Dallas; three sons, W. T. Swindell of Palestine, Glyn Swindell of Garland, and Jerry Swindell of Celeste; two sisters, Mrs. Jewel Powell of Dallas and Mrs. Doll Rink of Kalamath Falls, Oregon; and eight grandchildren, including David Louis Swindell of Celeste. Pallbearers were Bennie Warren, Gene Powell, Jack Ruff, Melvin Smith, Sammy Johnson, Richard Lyday, Ralph Evans, and L. Martin. (October 22, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Yup! The Eli/Ely line I have intermarried amongst the grandchildren of Charles John Brumbelow Sr. ~g~ --- [email protected] wrote: > Could your Eli family line have ever been spelled > Ely? > > Rebecca > > > ==== TXHUNT Mailing List ==== > Please remember to update your bookmarks! The Hunt > County > GenWeb Project is no longer located on > cottonmuseum.com or vpltz.com Please > visit our new site at > http://www.geocities.com/countyofhunt >

Tried to send you a reply via regular email but it bounced. My email is : [email protected] Peggy J. Bedingfield/Lone Oak Newsletter Linda Nelson wrote: > i haven't found those names in this line as yet. of course i have not gotten > a lot of information on the more recent family line. i have some info on the > people i listed, if you would like i can send that to you to see if you > recognize any of them. my email is [email protected] any help > would be greatly appreciated. thanks > Linda Nelson > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > ==== TXHUNT Mailing List ==== > Do you have genealogical resources for Hunt County? Then > volunteer to be a Lookup Volunteer! Contact the county > coordinator at [email protected]

Could your Eli family line have ever been spelled Ely? Rebecca

I am seeking information about John Harvey CRAIG (went by Harvey) (b. 11/1863, Cherokee County, NC), who was the grocer in Lone Oak in the late 1800s thru (at least) 1913. Also information about his wife's family. Her name was Emma Agnes MINCHEW (b. 3/10/1874; Panola County, TX). Her father was Jordan Thomas MINCHEW, who was born in Alabama and died in Rains County, TX. Desperately seeking the whereabouts of Harvey Craig after 1913, or a death certificate for him. Also any information about possible Craig relatives in Hunt County during late 1800s. He may have lived with relatives upon his initial arrival to Hunt County. Any information would be most appreciated. Thanks, Tiffany Craig Brown Greetings, List: It is time once again for our twice-a-year Roll Call. As most of you know who have been on the list a while, Roll Calls are conducted once between Christmas and the new year and once after Memorial Day. To participate in the roll call, send a message to the list which meets the following guidelines: 1.) Includes in the subject line the words ROLL CALL and the surname such as: "Roll Call: DOE" 2.) Include in the message a brief synopsis of the information you have on the family as well as any additional information you are seeking. 3.) Include your EMAIL ADDRESS; replies to roll call postings should be done off-list. 4.) Include the URL of your genealogy webpage, if you have one. Please keep your messages short, but include any pertinent information that would help another reader determine whether or not they have information which would pertain to your line. Also, remember that these messages are ARCHIVED through rootsweb, so even if you don't find the information you are looking for now, someone doing a search may find your message later and be able to assist you. If you have questions, please feel free to ask. The roll call will run from May 26 until June 2, 2003 at midnight, EST. Please don't post roll call messages after that time. Also, please remember that we do a roll call twice a year and that only the listmanager can call a roll call. This is because, as new members join the group, if each one posted a roll call, that would take up a great deal of the lists' time. Thanks, Vince Leibowitz ==== TXHUNT Mailing List ==== Do you have genealogical resources for Hunt County? Then volunteer to be a Lookup Volunteer! Contact the county coordinator at [email protected]

Joseph J. SCOTT, (Jr.), wife Nancy (nee WOOD) and some of their children, William L., Syrene, Franklin L., Nancy Margery, Thomas Perry, Franklin Lafayette came to Hunt County about 1854. ADAIR, BIGGS, HEFNER, PAYNE married into the SCOTT family. My records show descendants of Joseph J. Scott, (Sr) as: 1 Joseph J. Scott, Sr. b: Abt. 1750 in Unknown d: 1817 in Georgia .. +Susanna ??? b: Abt. 1750 in Unknown ..... 2 Margery Scott b: March 03, 1770 in Rowan County, NC d: May 21, 1853 in Jackson County, Georgia ......... +George Cowan b: September 04, 1763 in Rowan County, NC m: November 06, 1792 in Wilkes County, GA d: November 17, 1855 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 Josiah Cowan b: May 20, 1793 in Wilkes County, Georgia d: October 18, 1825 ............ 3 William F. Cowan b: March 26, 1795 in Jackson County, Georgia d: Abt. 1845 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 [2] Middleton Cowan b: March 03, 1797 in Jackson County, Georgia d: May 02, 1877 in Jefferson, Jackson Co, Georgia ................ +[1] Elizabeth G. Scott b: March 15, 1812 in Georgia m: November 09, 1837 d: February 08, 1891 in Jackson County Georgia ............ 3 Sarah Cowan b: August 20, 1799 in Jackson County, Georgia d: 1853 in Walton, Georgia ............ 3 Mary Johnson Cowan b: August 28, 1801 in Jackson County, Georgia d: December 24, 1880 ............ 3 James Cowan b: September 05, 1803 in Jackson County, Georgia d: October 1864 ............ 3 Abraham Scott Cowan b: Abt. 1805 in Jackson County, Georgia d: June 12, 1872 ............ 3 John Cowan b: Abt. 1807 in Jackson County, Georgia d: August 11, 1815 ............ 3 George Cowan b: Abt. 1809 in Jackson County, Georgia d: October 11, 1849 ..... 2 Catey Scott b: Abt. 1772 in Probably Rowan County, NC ......... +??? Shields ..... 2 Esther Scott b: Abt. 1773 in Probably in Rowan County, NC ......... +??? Early ..... 2 Abraham Scott b: Abt. 1775 ..... 2 Joseph Johnson Scott b: February 06, 1786 in Georgia d: Aft. 1860 in Texas ......... +Nancy Wood b: March 14, 1791 in N. C. m: December 10, 1807 in Jackson County, Georgia d: Aft. 1860 in Texas ............ 3 Elizabeth Scott b: September 20, 1808 in Jackson County Georgia d: November 19, 1811 in Jackson County Georgia ............ 3 Mary Ann Scott b: May 27, 1810 ................ +John F. Adair m: January 22, 1835 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 [1] Elizabeth G. Scott b: March 15, 1812 in Georgia d: February 08, 1891 in Jackson County Georgia ................ +James N. Silman b: January 26, 1810 m: March 13, 1833 in Jackson County, Georgia d: June 23, 1835 ................... 4 Ann Elizabeth Silman b: June 01, 1834 d: July 02, 1835 ................... 4 James Benjamin Silman b: January 25, 1836 d: February 08, 1890 ....................... +Sara E. Jarrett b: July 17, 1839 m: November 11, 1856 in <Jackson County, Georgia> d: January 01, 1914 ............ *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth G. Scott: ................ +[2] Middleton Cowan b: March 03, 1797 in Jackson County, Georgia m: November 09, 1837 d: May 02, 1877 in Jefferson, Jackson Co, Georgia ............ 3 Joseph Jackson Scott b: April 18, 1814 ............ 3 John Milton Scott b: May 05, 1816 ............ 3 Susan Syrene Scott b: June 18, 1818 in Jackson County, Georgia d: July 25, 1881 in Lone Oak, Texas ................ +Alexander Joyce Hefner b: September 21, 1817 in Buncombe County, NC m: March 12, 1839 in Cherokee County, Alabama d: 1893 in Eliasville, Texas ................... 4 William Lafayette Hefner b: May 20, 1840 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Alexander Hamilton Hefner b: July 04, 1842 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Mary Hefner b: September 22, 1844 in Cherokee County Alabama ....................... +C. T. (Capt) Downing ................... 4 Martha Hefner b: September 22, 1844 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Francis Marion Hefner b: March 27, 1847 in Cherokee County Alabama d: June 21, 1926 in Stephens County, Texas ....................... +Matilda Skennel Key b: July 23, 1849 in Bossier Parish Louisiana m: March 29, 1868 in Lone Oak, Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Nancy E. Hefner b: September 16, 1849 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Winfield S. Hefner b: July 23, 1852 in Cherokee County Alabama ....................... +Ida (unknown) ................... 4 Susan J. Hefner b: April 20, 1855 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Warren P. Hefner b: September 07, 1858 ............ 3 William Lawrence Scott b: May 05, 1820 in Jackson County, Georgia d: August 19, 1904 in Hunt County, Texas ................ +Elizabeth Jane DeJernett b: Abt. 1828 in South Carolina m: 1847 in Cherokee County Alabama d: 1869 in Greenville, Texas ................... 4 Sarah Josephine (Josie) Scott b: Abt. 1851 in Alabama d: Abt. 1932 in Texas? ....................... +James H. Biggs b: Abt. 1847 in Texas? m: January 13, 1870 in Hunt County, Texas d: Abt. 1932 in Texas? ................... 4 John Baker Scott b: Abt. 1854 in Alabama ....................... +Nellie (Scott) b: Abt. 1856 m: November 08, 1876 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Francis Ella Scott b: Abt. 1855 in Hunt County, Texas d: Abt. 1928 in Texas ....................... +Lewis Payne b: November 05, 1852 in Kentucky m: January 24, 1877 in Texas(?) d: January 15, 1930 in Dallas, Texas ................... 4 Perry M (Milton?) Scott b: Abt. 1860 in Hunt County, Texas ............ *2nd Wife of William Lawrence Scott: ................ +Martha Sarah Shackleford b: July 18, 1845 in Van Buren, Arkansas m: 1870 in Hunt County, Texas d: May 03, 1911 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Emma Scott b: August 10, 1872 in Hunt County, Texas d: March 26, 1963 in Texas? ....................... +Phillip John Freiberger b: Bef. 1870 in Illinois m: December 05, 1889 in Texas(?) d: Abt. 1900 in Illinois(?) ................... 4 Byron Scott b: February 1874 in Hunt County, Texas d: 1951 in Rains County, Texas ....................... +Harriet Davis b: 1873 in Winnsboro, Texas (?) m: Abt. 1893 in Hunt County, Texas (?) d: 1949 in Rains County, Texas ................... 4 James (Jim) Shackleford Scott b: October 10, 1875 in Hunt County, Texas d: May 08, 1952 in Rains County, Texas (?) ....................... +Grace Truman Moore b: October 1877 in South Carolina m: Abt. 1897 in Texas(?) d: Aft. 1950 in Texas ................... 4 Ora Scott b: August 1879 in Hunt County, Texas d: Bef. 1885 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Knox Scott b: March 31, 1883 in Lone Oak, Texas d: December 30, 1958 in Cooper, Texas ....................... +Clara Irene Tillman b: April 30, 1887 in Trussville, Alabama m: November 26, 1904 in Probably in Texas d: March 31, 1975 in Cumby, Texas ............ 3 Thomas Perry Scott b: July 18, 1822 in Georgia ............ 3 Nancy Margery Scott b: March 11, 1831 ............ 3 Franklin Lafayette Scott b: March 08, 1834 in Alabama ................ +Sarah A. ??? b: Abt. 1842 in Texas ................... 4 James W. Scott b: 1859 ALL information about ancestors/descendants of these individuals will be appreciated. I do have information to share with cousins!

I am researching the family of (Charles) John Brumbelow Sr. and wives Neoma & Mary, along with the allied families of their married children: Brumbelow, John Sr. - 1766 NC - 1871, Hunt Co., TX with allied families of Gillentine, Keith, Caudle, Parker, Stiffler, Gooch, Brumblow, Tye, Eli, Henderson, and a few dozen others!!

Boltons Returned Home After Visiting and Touring in California Mrs. Eva Bolton and Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Bolton have recently returned for a four-weeks vacation in California. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Brownlow of Post, Texas on their way out. In California, they visited Mrs. Norma Newfneur of Englewood, which is a daughter of the late James C. Bolton, Sr. They visited Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dickerson of Oxnard, California and went swimming in the Pacific. They also visited Mrs. Bolton's daughter and family, the Don Mizes of Stockton and the grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Friedel and two girls, Mrs. and Mrs. Richard McCorstin, Jr. and son, Mr. and Mrs. Kenny McCorstin and daughter, all of Stockton. They visited the Al Bishops of Elk Grove, California, a son of Mrs. Bolton by a former marriage. On their return trip they came the Coastal Drive Highway 1, which was very beautiful, but California with all its wealth and beauty has nothing on good old Texas, says Mrs. Bolton and our little city of Celeste sure looked good to us when we got home. But still, we are looking forward to another visit in 1967. (July 9, 1965, The Celeste Courier, excerpts)

Council Appoints Mulkey as Judge In a recent meeting of Celeste city Council, Tom Mulkey was appointed City Judge. It was not confirmed if Mr. Mulkey would accept the appointment. Until now, the city has not had a City Judge. (July 9, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Searching for CHILDRESS, ROGERS, CHILDERS, JONES, SHOOK, BONNIE CHILDRESS LEBLANC

Charm and Elegance Retained in Old Home Where Love Abounds at Kingston All beauty, charm, and elegance are not to be found in the lovely modern homes now dotting the country side. Many families prefer to continue living in the old home place surrounded by the families' memories and their loved belongings of yesteryear. Such a home is settled among century old trees at Kingston. It is the one-time luxurious eleven-room home of Mrs. Cowan Yeary and daughter, Miss Katherine Yeary. The years have taken their toll on the structure, yet gracious living is still enjoyed in the mixture of the old and the new. The outside embellishments, fancy lattice work from the eaves, the shingled dormers, stained glass windows, wide banister porches surrounding the place, and a once romantic spot--a circular domed portico-like extension on one corner of the front porch, are showing the signs of sixty-five years of weathering. The lumber for the home was hauled from Jefferson, Texas, according to the late Miss Hattie Peoples (Peebles) of Kingston. At the time of the building of the mansion-like home in 1900 by J. W. Barr, a teacher in the Kingston School, neighbors would gather to watch the construction and discuss the Galveston Flood that happened at that time, Miss Peoples has told the Yeary family. Four rooms were the original house that Barr built onto. Those rooms were built sometime in the late eighteen hundreds, according to a son of Mr. Barr who attended a Kingston Homecoming two years ago. The Yeary family came to Kingston and to the large house in 1918 from Concord, northwest of Greenville, and used it as it was built until ten years ago when, two large rooms were torn away. The present dining room and kitchen are of the original structure. The wood carving inside and out was done by a local man, a Mr. Cole, who had a wood shop in the thriving town of Kingston. He was an artist at his trade. Evidence of his work is seen in the interior of the house in the original finished wood and on the outside the wood is intact with repeated coatings of paint. He used a hand-powered lathe with local young men to turn the wheel to fashion the carving of wood that included handmade furniture. The late Jim Porter, brother of Burr Porter, who now is a landholder in the area, told Miss Yeary of the work done sixty-five years ago in the Cole workshop. An artistic view of the Yeary home, "The Old Homestead" as Miss Yeary has named her painting of the place as seen from Highway 69 graces then entry. The entrance hall, fairly small compared with the spacious high ceilinged rooms of the rest of the house, is a small museum with the carved banister stairway leading to one large room. A Cole-made cabinet, an antique love seat, and several of Miss Yeary's paintings, including a still life, "Sunflowers," a prize-winning piece in a recent Festival of Art showing at Austin College, adorn the hall. Every nook and corner of the entire home is filled with loved pieces of the old and the new--the clock on the mantle in the mother's bedroom bought secondhand at the time of her marriage, a small glass kerosene lamp used during the Civil War by Mrs. Yeary's grandmother and brought here from Virginia, the study hand-woven basket in which Mr. Yeary carried his lunch to school back in Virginia, and the bedroom furnishings used now by Mrs. Yeary bought at the time of her marriage, December, 1907. The addition of bric-a-brac, lamps, milk glass, crystal, tables and furnishing, replicas of antiques blend the old with the new. The dining room has a heavy round oaken table, a sideboard, the property of Mrs. Yeary's grandmother, and antique tables. Glassware, china, and pictures are centers of interest there. The kitchen, modern in some respects, retains the old in a large walk-in pantry with an old fashioned safe (used for storing foods and dishes originally) and floor-to-ceiling shelves behind screen doors. This feature dates with the building of the first part of the house. A bathtub, set in a room apart from the original main house, is made of solid copper encased in a fancy wooden frame. It is six and one-half feet long and thirty inches wide. Miss Yeary plans to make use of the antique by having a lid made and using it for storage. Family Cowan Yeary and Addie Mae Burk each came to Texas from their homes in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. The young lady came with her family, but Yeary alone came to seek a better land. He was a student at Bristol, Tennessee studying law, business, and art in 190l. Medical students living in the dormitory "practiced their learning" by doctoring Yeary for granulated eyelids. Not succeeding, Yeary spent his savings on doctor's bills, sold his horse and buggy, spent sometime in Virginia, and finally made his way to Texas, a "promised land" for young fellows at that time. Old letters revealed some of these facts. In the Concord community, he met and married Miss Burk, a native of his own Jonesville, Virginia. They were married while seated in a buggy. The couple succeeded in farming and stock raising and found the location in Kingston "in which they would be near churches and good schools." The late Mr. Yeary, who was killed in an accident in 1941, was an active member of the community, interested in education and was trustee for the Kingston School for many years, continuing on as trustee after his five children finished there. Mrs. Years, now 84 and in poor health for the past three years, was a "homebody" as the daughters recall, though a regular attendant at church services. She was an artist at homemaking. Cooking, gardening, and the making of fancy work filled her days. As a girl back in Virginia, she was baptized by a Baptist preacher, a Rev. Bowen, an uncle of the Rev. Harrison Baker of Dallas. Mrs. Yeary and Harrison Baker are cousins and he often visits the family along with the local Methodist minister, the Rev. Charles Garrett, Miss Yeary said. The Yeary's four living children are Mrs. John Hartcock, Greenville; Mrs. Riley Pearce, Dallas; Mrs. Neil Williams, Celeste; and Miss Katherine Yeary, Kingston. The late Uless Ray Yeary died in 1952. Another son died early in life. There are ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Included in the life of the occupant of the old home now are three dogs, "castaways who adopted us," Katherine said. The three are Queenie, a large German Shepherd; Blackie, a Cocker Spaniel with one eye; and Whitey, a French Briard sheep dog. They are sleek, curly, and fat according to their type and as friendly as their benefactors. Miss Yeary was department head and buyer of gifts and foundations in Perkins Store, Greenville, for more than a decade, until the need arose to care for her mother. She finds time to continue her interest in art and is at present converting the upstairs room into a studio. Her talents inherited from her parents, have resulted in numerous paintings hung in every room. Many of them are in old frames from enlarged family photographs. In the past two years, Miss Yeary has exhibited briefly in the Austin College exhibit, winning the 1964 third place on the "Old Homestead" painting and in 1965, a blue ribbon first on "Sunflowers." Earlier her work had been commended. (By Mrs. Lois Lacy Lewis, July 9, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Hunt Co,. Surnames Epperson, Edwards, Moore, Wright, Yeager Henry EPPERSON is my mystery man! Nancy Epperson always found living near him. White Rock area. Joshua Stoneman EDWARDS family from the Carolinas to Tennessee then to Hunt Co., Tx in the 1860's. His daughter Jennie married a WRIGHT in Tennessee and had Laura Wright who married P.C. YEAGER. Jennie then remarried a J.T. MOORE before remarrying Henry Epperson in Hunt Co.. My biggest want is to find where Henry Epperson (d1900) and many of his small children are buried. So as far as I can tell, there are 4 volumes of Hunt Co., Cemetery records. Can anyone tell me the difference between the 4 mentioned on mountainpress.com? email is EdnasIris at msn.com web addy is www.kculp.com where the Epperson, IVIE, ALLEN, DOUGLAS (of Hunt, Collin, Grayson Co.,) bible records may be found. Regards, Kelly Culpepper

Here is a website that I ran across with some Hunt County people. I don't know this person, but thought that it might help someone on here. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gmlloyd/d14.htm Good luck! Rebecca