My mother was Wilma L. Trapp. She died of cancer also in 1977. Floy died of cancer in 1975, I think, and John [Billy] died of cancer in April 1996, not a good record but....they all had the cancer in a different place. Marilyn

My aunt was Hazel Leatherwood Smith and she was 80, but you'd never have known she was that old. She didn't have an old voice and she was so into what's going on around her. Yesterday, she would have been 81. She had a blood clot the last of May but came to the Leatherwood Reunion on June 4/5 here at Clarksville. She seemed fine. Then found that the blood thinner was something she couldn't tolerate. The umbrella filter also didn't seem to be working and after a CT scan they found cancer in the liver. She died Aug. 1. She had a good long life and was so giving of herself. We miss her. Thanks for your concern. Marilyn

Pat, this sounds familiar.. I remember in the early 60's sunday night church services were scheduled around Bonanza.. we had to be out in time for the ones who drove in from town, could get home and in there easy chairs bu 8:00 lol Pat Elmore <[email protected]> wrote:People in the small towns in southeast Missouri also went to town on Saturday and stayed for hours just visiting with friends; buying necessities for the next week, etc. This stopped when the TV and Gun Smoke started. We had an emergency--but the hospital was more than 1 hour away. Dr. told us to go to his office and he would be there as soon as Gun Smoke was over.! PAT SHIVELY ELMORE ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

Eddie Roberts and Edith Roberts are listed as students, This article is written by Dorothy Briclkey Freeman, daughter. I will try to scan the book pages for the names and send them to you in the near future. Remind me if don't get it done within a few days. I have some IRS work to do before midnight Monday. I did not see a Sallie. The years are not told by the written. I don't know if this is one year or several. There is probably about 35 to 40 names listed. Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ami" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Brickley School > Thank you Jim that was very informative. I would love to have the list of students if you could get that. My great grandmother Grace Elizabeth Robert's taught 2nd grade at that school. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Thank you Jim that was very informative. I would love to have the list of students if you could get that. My great grandmother Grace Elizabeth Robert's taught 2nd grade at that school.

I must have missed something. I have not been able to connect the Lamar County Watson's for the Watson genealogy of mine and Tom. (my mother was a Watson from Hopewell, Red River Co). Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Shiro" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Leatherwood / Watson > Yes, Gene Watson is one of my favorite singers. I am not any kin, either. I > think his Mama was Bessie but may not be. > Bonnie > Idabel, Ok > The mouthy one.lol > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Leatherwood / Watson > >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:21:05 EDT > > > >I am not in his family tree but would just like to say I sure do love his > >music. From everything I have read about him, he is a good man. > >Rosalie/New > >Boston > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

People in the small towns in southeast Missouri also went to town on Saturday and stayed for hours just visiting with friends; buying necessities for the next week, etc. This stopped when the TV and Gun Smoke started. We had an emergency--but the hospital was more than 1 hour away. Dr. told us to go to his office and he would be there as soon as Gun Smoke was over.! PAT SHIVELY ELMORE

There is a entry in the Red River Recollections (book) about Brickley School. It covers the school, students listed, and the education career of Mr Brickley. I don't remember hearing of the school until a few years ago when I was fishing for old stories from my dad an my aunt about the old days. Brickley was basically south of Hopewell school(maybe southeast) about 2 to 4 miles. I have never been to the exact spot, but according to my folks, it must be about on the Pecan Bayou. He was principal at Clarksville before starting Brickley, mainly for his kids education. As his children he saw the need for higher education for his kids so he sold his farm and moved to Detroit, Tx and became principal there. After Detroit, he went to Burkburnett, Tx. There he started the Gray System. (what is that?). My mothers family lived never near the Brickley, but grandpa sent his kids to Dimple school after Hopewell closed down. I will check but I think it was Mr Brickley that he and my Grandpa Watson carried guns in there wagons when the crossed or was near the others property. Grandpa say Brickley would cut Grandpas fences so Brickley's cows could graze in his corn fields. My grandpa was preacher, but understand he was ready to fight "at the drop of a hat". This had to be between 1910 and 1920s. The book says the Brickley is within sight of the Pecan Bayou. There is no public road in this area today but my dad use to talk about crossing the Bayou there to go to Concord. I think the main road must have continued southeast to the area where North Lake is located on the way to Clarksville. Ami, sorry if it over killed on this reply, but I find it hard to stop sometimes when I get to rolling with memories of the past. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx p.s. If anyone is looking for any particular name of the students I will look for them. There are several names that are know by me including Forest Gamble and siblings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ami" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Brickley School > Does anyone remember the Brickley school? > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I am not in his family tree but would just like to say I sure do love his music. From everything I have read about him, he is a good man. Rosalie/New Boston

Doe anyone have the family tree of Gene Watson , the singer Jimmy Tidwell P O Box 389 Hawkins, Texas, 75765 903-858-3012 Home 903-858-2727 Fax 903-530-4307 Cell

I remember back years ago, going in the vacinity of the "old Brickley" school, I was a youngun" and went with some of my relatives, your right Jim, there was no road, we went thru the woods, for quiet a while.. My former grandmother in law was a teacher there at one time, she taught my aunt Sallie I know, she has very sweet memories of Grace Roberts, she was very good to the kids, who were often VERY poor and Grace told me that SHE ws the one who actually started the first school breakfast and lunch program : ).. She said the kids , most of them came to school, hungry and she would teach and be cooking beans and cornbread and biscuits and what ever SHE could afford and teach at the same time..I don't think they make many teachers like that anymore...My aunt Sally is 83 and so she was a student a long time ago... Jim Giddens <[email protected]> wrote:There is a entry in the Red River Recollections (book) about Brickley School. It covers the school, students listed, and the education career of Mr Brickley. I don't remember hearing of the school until a few years ago when I was fishing for old stories from my dad an my aunt about the old days. Brickley was basically south of Hopewell school(maybe southeast) about 2 to 4 miles. I have never been to the exact spot, but according to my folks, it must be about on the Pecan Bayou. He was principal at Clarksville before starting Brickley, mainly for his kids education. As his children he saw the need for higher education for his kids so he sold his farm and moved to Detroit, Tx and became principal there. After Detroit, he went to Burkburnett, Tx. There he started the Gray System. (what is that?). My mothers family lived never near the Brickley, but grandpa sent his kids to Dimple school after Hopewell closed down. I will check but I think it was Mr Brickley that he and my Grandpa Watson carried guns in there wagons when the crossed or was near the others property. Grandpa say Brickley would cut Grandpas fences so Brickley's cows could graze in his corn fields. My grandpa was preacher, but understand he was ready to fight "at the drop of a hat". This had to be between 1910 and 1920s. The book says the Brickley is within sight of the Pecan Bayou. There is no public road in this area today but my dad use to talk about crossing the Bayou there to go to Concord. I think the main road must have continued southeast to the area where North Lake is located on the way to Clarksville. Ami, sorry if it over killed on this reply, but I find it hard to stop sometimes when I get to rolling with memories of the past. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx p.s. If anyone is looking for any particular name of the students I will look for them. There are several names that are know by me including Forest Gamble and siblings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ami" To: Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Brickley School > Does anyone remember the Brickley school? > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Yes, Gene Watson is one of my favorite singers. I am not any kin, either. I think his Mama was Bessie but may not be. Bonnie Idabel, Ok The mouthy one.lol >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Leatherwood / Watson >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:21:05 EDT > >I am not in his family tree but would just like to say I sure do love his >music. From everything I have read about him, he is a good man. >Rosalie/New >Boston > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Does anyone remember the Brickley school?

Did one of your parents every say? What in the tarnation is going on in here as they walked in the room? This usually fit if my brothers and I were having an all out argument over something.

Leatherwood? I have a Watson relative in Lubbock name Carolyn Leatherwood. Her husband died in 1997, he was Curtis Leatherwood. Oldest grandson is Calvin Underwood. She sends out the "Watson Family Newsletter" every 3 months. and they have a big reunion every year in west Texas, mostly at Matador/Roaring Springs.. I went with my young family in 1962 and again in 2002. My mom and dad when to many of them. I still have the newspaper listing of those that attended in 1962, it was the 2nd Annual Watson Reunion. This one was at Denison, Tx on the lake. I am looking at the Times obit of Hazel Leatherwood Smith, certainly a nice looking lady. I notice her mother was a Ediss Latimer Leatherwood. of RR Co. Hazel has a sister, Wilma Trapp, is this you mother or was it Floy. (I am sticking the name in, in case someone has a connection) Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] corn meal dumplings > I mentioned once that my mother was a Leatherwood from R. R. Co. Her sister > died on Aug. 1 in Arlington. Her and her husband were both from the area. > Her obit was in the Clarksville paper this week. > > Marilyn > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

I mentioned once that my mother was a Leatherwood from R. R. Co. Her sister died on Aug. 1 in Arlington. Her and her husband were both from the area. Her obit was in the Clarksville paper this week. Marilyn

My mother loved finding a good parking space on the square at the curb and the west side. Sometimes, a man would back up and sit on the car, Moma would crank the car and he'd get up, she'd turn the key off. She wouldn't let anyone touch the car. Marilyn

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] corn meal dumplings > I mentioned once that my mother was a Leatherwood from R. R. Co. Her sister > died on Aug. 1 in Arlington. Her and her husband were both from the area. > Her obit was in the Clarksville paper this week. > > Marilyn > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

I just got a call telling me Jap Jackson of Avery was buried, today I guess, not sure. Jap had the gas station next to Medford's store for many years. A very good man. This gas station was similar to the one at Mayberry on TV, but it was a little better and Jap had a mechanic shop in the back of it. Jap was not a "Goober". Jap was a friendly, hard working man, with class. The caller said there was a poem about Jap in the funeral bulletin written by "Jim & Sue and Family". Lois Pace Butler called me thinking we were the only Jim & Sue she knew of. She read it off to me, it was a great poem, but I did not write it. She thought maybe I wrote it long ago in Avery, but nothing in the poem about Jap sounded familiar to me. Much was in it that I did not even know about Jap. Anyone know who this Jim and Sue could be. I figure surely it is some of the family by not having the last name printed. Jim G

(All, I know we are rambling a lot hear recently, but please just delete if not interest, hang in here with us, do not leave, we will probably get caught up at some point soon) Yes, those day of people being shoulder to shoulder on the square and driving around the square was almost like a traffic jam in Big D. We would drive around and around it many times on Saturday. That is how I first saw my wife Sue, standing on the corner, as I covered recently. She was not my grandma, but Ma Sheppard that lived across the road on W. College (Rose Hill), would always listen to my stories when I was a young boy. She would seem amazed (good acting job) at my story and would think it so exciting, when I would finish, to show her wonderment, she would say, "Aw Hush Your Mouth", in a loving tone. This another term I have used over the years. She was actually a grandmother to a classmate of mine, Wayne Sheppard. Wayne I think was the first boy in Clarksville to get a Cushman Motor Scooter. Me, sad to say, never got one, but I didn't ask for one either. I did ask for much of anything, I didn't figure we should spend dad's hard earned money on such things, and dad would have had to say, NO. Who, knows, maybe he had the money and would have said yes, but I don't really thing so. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > My mother loved finding a good parking space on the square at the curb and > the west side. Sometimes, a man would back up and sit on the car, Moma would > crank the car and he'd get up, she'd turn the key off. She wouldn't let anyone > touch the car. > > Marilyn > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx