My AOL dictionary states the following definition for sallet: sallet (noun) : a light 15th century helmet with or without a visor and with a projection over the neck Doesn't sound like a green leafy wild vegetable to me??? I think it is correct to call it Salad.

I am from Texas and I have always called it Poke Salad.

Warriors sometimes have to use their helmet to prepare a meal. Poke something from the bushes in you sallet, mix it up, wala, Poke Sallet Salad. This all of a sudden reminds me of a 50s song, "Poke Sallett (Salad) Annie". Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > My AOL dictionary states the following definition for sallet: > > sallet > (noun) : a light 15th century helmet with or without a visor and with a > projection over the neck > > Doesn't sound like a green leafy wild vegetable to me??? I think it is > correct to call it Salad. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

The Yankees call head cheese scrabble. Made the same way just a different part of the USA. My husbands family is from England and emigrated to NY. and they made scrabble. My dad and two of his brothers like to hunt possum. My mother nor the two aunts would cook them. My paternal grandmother always got hung with the job. She always said the secret to cooking possum is to keep changing the apples you stuff them with, The apples tame the taste of the meat and also soak up the grease; I'll take her word for it. Don't care for wild meat any more as I was raised on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > Head cheese!!!!!!!!!! oooooooh, it's terrible..........my bunch calls it > sous...........sows...........whatever it's called, it's horrid. > > My grandmother made polk salad w/scrambled eggs, wild onions w/scrambled > eggs, head cheese and chitlins! She's even barbequed racoon. My dad said it > tastes like a wet dog smells and me.............I just took his word for it! > Grandma is 93 now and we still tease her make about being afraid to heat her chilli > for fear of what she's made it out of! > > > ==== 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 >

I am going to guess, that it depends on who you are talking to. Like you, I always thought it was salad, but lately I have heard it called Sallet, so I just guess it is who is doing the talking. Many years ago, I was living in Seguin, Tx. and every morning on a San Antonio Radio station there was a fellow named Charlie Walker that was formerly from McKinney, Tex, that called himself, among several other names, Polk Salad eating Charlie Walker. He died a few years ago in Nashville, Tenn. Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy E. Cole" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > You learn something new every day!!. I ate what I thought was poke SALAD > when I was a kid growing up , to learn now in my 50's it is poke > sallet............and it was good with cornbread, haven't had in in at > least 40 years.... > > worley <[email protected]> wrote:HI > > I also have an abundant supply of poke sallet...and enjoy it! with > cornbread...yum > > Linda Worley > Oklahoma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cynthia Samples" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:08 AM > Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > >> John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the > fence. >> I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now >> maybe I can sell it. >> >> Cynthia >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling >> >> Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when > many >> >> of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the > leaves >> >> of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves >> themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be >> boiled >> or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has >> happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "linda anderson" >> To: >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling >> >> >> > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I >> > have > a >> >> > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was > my >> > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good > to >> > remember days gone by! >> > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be >> > glad >> > to. >> > Linda >> > >> > >> >>From: "Jim Giddens" >> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >> >>To: [email protected] >> >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug > 2005 >> >>17:02:37 -0500 >> >> >> >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, >> >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad >> >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul >> >>Hamilton >> >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the > speaker >> >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's >> >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. >> >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that > was >> >> >>a >> >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this > point, >> >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee > question. >> >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. >> >>may >> >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping > his >> >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and >> >>enjoying life. >> >>Jim G >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: "linda anderson" >> >>To: >> >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM >> >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> >> >> >> >> >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They >> >> > were >> >>both >> >> > delightful folks! >> >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and >> >> > Claude >> >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. >> >>played >> >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... >> >> > Linda >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" >> >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> > >To: [email protected] >> >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 >> >> > > >> >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was > double >> >>sad >> >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then >> >>living >> >> > >on >> >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the > street. >> >> > >Jim G >> >> > >----- Original Message ----- >> >> > >From: "linda anderson" >> >> > >To: >> >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM >> >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street > from >> >>my >> >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this > is >> >>the >> >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information > on >> >>them. >> >> > >I >> >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the > Melba >> >>you >> >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County >> >> > > > newspapet, >> >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be >> >>there. >> >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. >> >>Sometime >> >> > >the >> >> > > > announcement is not the very day. >> >> > > > Linda Anderson >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" >> >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> > > > >To: [email protected] >> >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 >> >>15:12:34 >> >> > > > >-0500 >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >Claud, >> >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called >> >>Uncle >> >> > >and >> >> > > > >Aunt, >> >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I >> >>assumed >> >> > >were >> >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the >> >>1970s >> >> > >or >> >> > > > >80s >> >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had >> >> > > > >any >> >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the >> >>square >> >> > >back >> >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her > real >> >>name >> >> > >was >> >> > > > >Mary, go figure. >> >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with >> >> > >genealogy >> >> > > > >and >> >> > > > >history. >> >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone > book, >> >>I >> >> > >see >> >> > >5 >> >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in > Paris >> >>and >> >> > >1 >> >> > >in >> >> > > > >Honey Grove) >> >> > > > >Jim Giddens >> >> > > > >Paris, Tx >> >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- >> >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " >> >> > > > >To: >> >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM >> >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Dear List, >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. 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For any one concerned, Bunky Smith lives near the Kerbow Lake at Fulbright, and on the North side of the lake, Bunky has a small Pine grove that is completely run-over with Poke, Polk or what ever you want to call it, and everyone has always been welcome to help themselves. Can even pick in the shade> Sam Paris

Hey, how come you folks down in TX. call it polk weed? We folk up here in OK. call it polk salad and scramble it with eggs. My daddy always liked the pigs knuckles and head cheese. Couldn't handle either of them or the polk. Don't care for cooked greens of any description. Researching in Red River Co. TX. Suggs, Hogland, Daggs, Lisenby & Pierce & connecting families. Bye y'all. Shirley in OK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > Hey I have NEWSOME RELATIVES.......... Absolomn Lawsom Newsom(e) born 10 Jun > 1846 in Clarksville, Red River, TX and died in 1930. He married Esther > Alabama MCGUIRE. They had 4 children, I have those names as > well........Johnnie Manus Newsome was one.... > > Any connections? I have lots of relatives in Red River County......... > DAVISON, MCGUIRE, MALONE, CROW, AND SPARKS > > PIG KNUCKLES! YUK!!! HA HA > LINDA > > >From: "Mr.Carl Haskins" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > >Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 13:42:30 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Ummm Ummm! Now y'all stop talkin' 'bout all this > >cookin'! You're making me powerful hungry. Pinto Beans > >and Poke. I used to serve 'Pig N-A Poke' - Pig > >knuckles and thrice cooked poke in vinigar. > > > >Always looking for info on NEWSOME, CONLEY, PITMAN, > >RATLIFF and related families in Robbinsville/Bagwell > >area. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Carl > > > >--- Sharon Black <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > John and all, > > > The reason for straining the poke greens and > > > discarding the "first" > > > boiling water....... > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Now I am confussed, is it salad or sallet...........I remeber it grew behind the outhouse.........that did not bother me back then... : ) "Cathy E. Cole" <[email protected]> wrote:You learn something new every day!!. I ate what I thought was poke SALAD when I was a kid growing up , to learn now in my 50's it is poke sallet............and it was good with cornbread, haven't had in in at least 40 years.... worley wrote:HI I also have an abundant supply of poke sallet...and enjoy it! with cornbread...yum Linda Worley Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" To: Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the fence. > I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now > maybe I can sell it. > > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when many > > of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the leaves > > of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves > themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled > or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has > happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda anderson" > To: > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > > > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have a > > > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my > > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to > > remember days gone by! > > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad > > to. > > Linda > > > > > >>From: "Jim Giddens" > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>17:02:37 -0500 > >> > >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, > >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad > >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul > >>Hamilton > >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker > >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's > >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. > >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that was > > >>a > >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this point, > >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. > >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. > >>may > >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his > >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and > >>enjoying life. > >>Jim G > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "linda anderson" > >>To: > >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >> > >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were > >>both > >> > delightful folks! > >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude > >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. > >>played > >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... > >> > Linda > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" > >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > >To: [email protected] > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 > >> > > > >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double > >>sad > >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then > >>living > >> > >on > >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the street. > >> > >Jim G > >> > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > >From: "linda anderson" > >> > >To: > >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street from > >>my > >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is > >>the > >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on > >>them. > >> > >I > >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the Melba > >>you > >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County > >> > > > newspapet, > >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be > >>there. > >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. > >>Sometime > >> > >the > >> > > > announcement is not the very day. > >> > > > Linda Anderson > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" > >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > > > >To: [email protected] > >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>15:12:34 > >> > > > >-0500 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >Claud, > >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called > >>Uncle > >> > >and > >> > > > >Aunt, > >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I > >>assumed > >> > >were > >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the > >>1970s > >> > >or > >> > > > >80s > >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had > >> > > > >any > >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the > >>square > >> > >back > >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real > >>name > >> > >was > >> > > > >Mary, go figure. > >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with > >> > >genealogy > >> > > > >and > >> > > > >history. > >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, > >>I > >> > >see > >> > >5 > >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in Paris > >>and > >> > >1 > >> > >in > >> > > > >Honey Grove) > >> > > > >Jim Giddens > >> > > > >Paris, Tx > >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " > >> > > > >To: > >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM > >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Dear List, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. I am > >>trying > >> > >to > >> > > > >find > >> > > > >an obituary for Melba Dee Barbee. Death date 14 june 2005 . I > >>believe > >> > > > >that > >> > > > >she is a cousin I have trying to find to add to the family. Any > >>help > >> > >would > >> > > > >be appriciated. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Claud Robinson > >> > > > > > Plainview, Texas > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >============================== > >> > > > >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, > >>find > >> > > > >marriage announcements and more. 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You learn something new every day!!. I ate what I thought was poke SALAD when I was a kid growing up , to learn now in my 50's it is poke sallet............and it was good with cornbread, haven't had in in at least 40 years.... worley <[email protected]> wrote:HI I also have an abundant supply of poke sallet...and enjoy it! with cornbread...yum Linda Worley Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" To: Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the fence. > I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now > maybe I can sell it. > > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when many > > of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the leaves > > of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves > themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled > or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has > happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda anderson" > To: > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > > > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have a > > > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my > > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to > > remember days gone by! > > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad > > to. > > Linda > > > > > >>From: "Jim Giddens" > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>17:02:37 -0500 > >> > >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, > >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad > >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul > >>Hamilton > >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker > >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's > >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. > >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that was > > >>a > >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this point, > >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. > >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. > >>may > >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his > >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and > >>enjoying life. > >>Jim G > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "linda anderson" > >>To: > >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >> > >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were > >>both > >> > delightful folks! > >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude > >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. > >>played > >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... > >> > Linda > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" > >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > >To: [email protected] > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 > >> > > > >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double > >>sad > >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then > >>living > >> > >on > >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the street. > >> > >Jim G > >> > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > >From: "linda anderson" > >> > >To: > >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street from > >>my > >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is > >>the > >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on > >>them. > >> > >I > >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the Melba > >>you > >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County > >> > > > newspapet, > >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be > >>there. > >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. > >>Sometime > >> > >the > >> > > > announcement is not the very day. > >> > > > Linda Anderson > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" > >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > > > >To: [email protected] > >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>15:12:34 > >> > > > >-0500 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >Claud, > >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called > >>Uncle > >> > >and > >> > > > >Aunt, > >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I > >>assumed > >> > >were > >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the > >>1970s > >> > >or > >> > > > >80s > >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had > >> > > > >any > >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the > >>square > >> > >back > >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real > >>name > >> > >was > >> > > > >Mary, go figure. > >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with > >> > >genealogy > >> > > > >and > >> > > > >history. > >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, > >>I > >> > >see > >> > >5 > >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in Paris > >>and > >> > >1 > >> > >in > >> > > > >Honey Grove) > >> > > > >Jim Giddens > >> > > > >Paris, Tx > >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " > >> > > > >To: > >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM > >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Dear List, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. I am > >>trying > >> > >to > >> > > > >find > >> > > > >an obituary for Melba Dee Barbee. Death date 14 june 2005 . I > >>believe > >> > > > >that > >> > > > >she is a cousin I have trying to find to add to the family. 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Can't go the polk salad with eggs or anything else..........but wild onions and eggs!!!! awesome!

We ate that mustard greens salad that Sam described when I was a kid. Only we put some leaf lettuce in with it. I still put fresh mustard greens in my lettuce salads. Just enouth to give it a tangy flavor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Butler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) Sam, I had never heard of another family eating mustard greens, green onions, radish, and bacon before. We ate that all the time I was growing up; I still love it. Mary now in Oklahoma sam embrey <[email protected]> wrote: Sharon, just wanted to add just a bit. A Dr. Meer's, who was a Detroit long ago, and in fact buried in his private plot across the road from the Detroit cemetery, would teaseling tell my folks that if they would feed us kids two messes of polk in the spring, then he would take care of us in the fall. I remember my wife liked wilted salad where she cut up mustard greens, chopped green onions and diced radishes, then fry bacon real crisp, then break it up in the salad, and pour the hot bacon drippings over it all. Well, one time, she like a few mustard greens having enough for her salad, so she used a little poke. My daughter missed one week of school, and I missed a week of caring mail. Oh yes, my mother would cook her polk salad, then when it was done, mix some eggs in it, and scramble the eggs in the polk. We thought it very good. Sam Paris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" To: Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > John and all, > The reason for straining the poke greens and discarding the "first" > boiling water is to reduce the laxitive effect of poke. Also, one > should never eat the raw greens in a salad. Even a small amount will > act as a REALLY strong laxitive and I expect a large amount might indeed > be called poison. > I've had a few plants come up on my place but not enough to make a "mess > a' greens". The leaves are course unless picked when they are young and > small, but poke has the texture of spinach when it's picked young. We > canned it one year when we had moved and didn't get an early garden of > mustard and turnips planted. It was growing abundently near our house > in Bagwell so Mama and I gathered it in tow sacks, washed it in > galvinized wash tubs in the back yard near the cistern and used the > pressure cooker to put up a whole lot of it. Lotta work but really good > with pinto beans, fried 'taters and cornbread. > Sharon Black > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx ==== 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

I have wild onions growing all over the place in the spring and sure do like them . I don't add eggs to either poke or onions but I know lots of folks like them that way. Wild onions go good mixed into a skillet of fried potatoes, too. Nothin' like good ol' southern cookin' to warm the heart and harden the arteries. <grin> Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) Can't go the polk salad with eggs or anything else..........but wild onions and eggs!!!! awesome! ==== 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

Careful, Cynthia, I may take you up on that come spring.!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the > fence. > I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now > maybe I can sell it. > > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when > many > > of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the > leaves > > of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves > themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled > or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has > happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > >> You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have >> a > >> picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my >> grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to >> remember days gone by! >> If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad >> to. >> Linda >> >> >>>From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >>>Reply-To: [email protected] >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 >>>17:02:37 -0500 >>> >>>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, >>>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad >>>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul >>>Hamilton >>>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker >>>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's >>>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. >>>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that >>>was > >>>a >>>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this >>>point, >>>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. >>>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. >>>may >>>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his >>>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and >>>enjoying life. >>>Jim G >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM >>>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >>> >>> >>> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were >>>both >>> > delightful folks! >>> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude >>> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. >>>played >>> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... >>> > Linda >>> > >>> > >>> > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >>> > >Reply-To: [email protected] >>> > >To: [email protected] >>> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >>> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 >>> > > >>> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double >>>sad >>> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then >>>living >>> > >on >>> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the >>> > >street. >>> > >Jim G >>> > >----- Original Message ----- >>> > >From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> >>> > >To: <[email protected]> >>> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM >>> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street >>> > > > from >>>my >>> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is >>>the >>> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on >>>them. >>> > >I >>> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the >>> > > > Melba >>>you >>> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County >>> > > > newspapet, >>> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be >>>there. >>> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. >>>Sometime >>> > >the >>> > > > announcement is not the very day. >>> > > > Linda Anderson >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >>> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] >>> > > > >To: [email protected] >>> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 >>>15:12:34 >>> > > > >-0500 >>> > > > > >>> > > > >Claud, >>> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called >>>Uncle >>> > >and >>> > > > >Aunt, >>> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I >>>assumed >>> > >were >>> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the >>>1970s >>> > >or >>> > > > >80s >>> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had >>> > > > >any >>> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the >>>square >>> > >back >>> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real >>>name >>> > >was >>> > > > >Mary, go figure. >>> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with >>> > >genealogy >>> > > > >and >>> > > > >history. >>> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, >>>I >>> > >see >>> > >5 >>> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in >>> > > > >Paris >>>and >>> > >1 >>> > >in >>> > > > >Honey Grove) >>> > > > >Jim Giddens >>> > > > >Paris, Tx >>> > > > >----- Original Message ----- >>> > > > >From: "claud robinson " <[email protected]> >>> > > > >To: <[email protected]> >>> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM >>> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > Dear List, >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. I am >>>trying >>> > >to >>> > > > >find >>> > > > >an obituary for Melba Dee Barbee. Death date 14 june 2005 . I >>>believe >>> > > > >that >>> > > > >she is a cousin I have trying to find to add to the family. Any >>>help >>> > >would >>> > > > >be appriciated. >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > Claud Robinson >>> > > > > > Plainview, Texas >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > ==== 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 ==== >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >============================== >>> > > > >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, >>>find >>> > > > >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>> > > > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/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 >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >==== 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 >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ============================== >>> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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Sharon, just wanted to add just a bit. A Dr. Meer's, who was a Detroit long ago, and in fact buried in his private plot across the road from the Detroit cemetery, would teaseling tell my folks that if they would feed us kids two messes of polk in the spring, then he would take care of us in the fall. I remember my wife liked wilted salad where she cut up mustard greens, chopped green onions and diced radishes, then fry bacon real crisp, then break it up in the salad, and pour the hot bacon drippings over it all. Well, one time, she like a few mustard greens having enough for her salad, so she used a little poke. My daughter missed one week of school, and I missed a week of caring mail. Oh yes, my mother would cook her polk salad, then when it was done, mix some eggs in it, and scramble the eggs in the polk. We thought it very good. Sam Paris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > John and all, > The reason for straining the poke greens and discarding the "first" > boiling water is to reduce the laxitive effect of poke. Also, one > should never eat the raw greens in a salad. Even a small amount will > act as a REALLY strong laxitive and I expect a large amount might indeed > be called poison. > I've had a few plants come up on my place but not enough to make a "mess > a' greens". The leaves are course unless picked when they are young and > small, but poke has the texture of spinach when it's picked young. We > canned it one year when we had moved and didn't get an early garden of > mustard and turnips planted. It was growing abundently near our house > in Bagwell so Mama and I gathered it in tow sacks, washed it in > galvinized wash tubs in the back yard near the cistern and used the > pressure cooker to put up a whole lot of it. Lotta work but really good > with pinto beans, fried 'taters and cornbread. > Sharon Black > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Sam, I had never heard of another family eating mustard greens, green onions, radish, and bacon before. We ate that all the time I was growing up; I still love it. Mary now in Oklahoma sam embrey <[email protected]> wrote: Sharon, just wanted to add just a bit. A Dr. Meer's, who was a Detroit long ago, and in fact buried in his private plot across the road from the Detroit cemetery, would teaseling tell my folks that if they would feed us kids two messes of polk in the spring, then he would take care of us in the fall. I remember my wife liked wilted salad where she cut up mustard greens, chopped green onions and diced radishes, then fry bacon real crisp, then break it up in the salad, and pour the hot bacon drippings over it all. Well, one time, she like a few mustard greens having enough for her salad, so she used a little poke. My daughter missed one week of school, and I missed a week of caring mail. Oh yes, my mother would cook her polk salad, then when it was done, mix some eggs in it, and scramble the eggs in the polk. We thought it very good. Sam Paris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" To: Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Poke Weed (and other names) > John and all, > The reason for straining the poke greens and discarding the "first" > boiling water is to reduce the laxitive effect of poke. Also, one > should never eat the raw greens in a salad. Even a small amount will > act as a REALLY strong laxitive and I expect a large amount might indeed > be called poison. > I've had a few plants come up on my place but not enough to make a "mess > a' greens". The leaves are course unless picked when they are young and > small, but poke has the texture of spinach when it's picked young. We > canned it one year when we had moved and didn't get an early garden of > mustard and turnips planted. It was growing abundently near our house > in Bagwell so Mama and I gathered it in tow sacks, washed it in > galvinized wash tubs in the back yard near the cistern and used the > pressure cooker to put up a whole lot of it. Lotta work but really good > with pinto beans, fried 'taters and cornbread. > Sharon Black > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

John and all, The reason for straining the poke greens and discarding the "first" boiling water is to reduce the laxitive effect of poke. Also, one should never eat the raw greens in a salad. Even a small amount will act as a REALLY strong laxitive and I expect a large amount might indeed be called poison. I've had a few plants come up on my place but not enough to make a "mess a' greens". The leaves are course unless picked when they are young and small, but poke has the texture of spinach when it's picked young. We canned it one year when we had moved and didn't get an early garden of mustard and turnips planted. It was growing abundently near our house in Bagwell so Mama and I gathered it in tow sacks, washed it in galvinized wash tubs in the back yard near the cistern and used the pressure cooker to put up a whole lot of it. Lotta work but really good with pinto beans, fried 'taters and cornbread. Sharon Black

Ummm Ummm! Now y'all stop talkin' 'bout all this cookin'! You're making me powerful hungry. Pinto Beans and Poke. I used to serve 'Pig N-A Poke' - Pig knuckles and thrice cooked poke in vinigar. Always looking for info on NEWSOME, CONLEY, PITMAN, RATLIFF and related families in Robbinsville/Bagwell area. Thanks, Carl --- Sharon Black <[email protected]> wrote: > John and all, > The reason for straining the poke greens and > discarding the "first" > boiling water....... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

HI I also have an abundant supply of poke sallet...and enjoy it! with cornbread...yum Linda Worley Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the fence. > I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now > maybe I can sell it. > > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when many > > of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the leaves > > of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves > themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled > or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has > happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > > > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have a > > > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my > > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to > > remember days gone by! > > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad > > to. > > Linda > > > > > >>From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>17:02:37 -0500 > >> > >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, > >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad > >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul > >>Hamilton > >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker > >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's > >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. > >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that was > > >>a > >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this point, > >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. > >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. > >>may > >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his > >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and > >>enjoying life. > >>Jim G > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >> > >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were > >>both > >> > delightful folks! > >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude > >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. > >>played > >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... > >> > Linda > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > >To: [email protected] > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 > >> > > > >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double > >>sad > >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then > >>living > >> > >on > >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the street. > >> > >Jim G > >> > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > >From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > >> > >To: <[email protected]> > >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street from > >>my > >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is > >>the > >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on > >>them. > >> > >I > >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the Melba > >>you > >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County > >> > > > newspapet, > >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be > >>there. > >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. > >>Sometime > >> > >the > >> > > > announcement is not the very day. > >> > > > Linda Anderson > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > > > >To: [email protected] > >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>15:12:34 > >> > > > >-0500 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >Claud, > >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called > >>Uncle > >> > >and > >> > > > >Aunt, > >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I > >>assumed > >> > >were > >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the > >>1970s > >> > >or > >> > > > >80s > >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had > >> > > > >any > >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the > >>square > >> > >back > >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real > >>name > >> > >was > >> > > > >Mary, go figure. > >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with > >> > >genealogy > >> > > > >and > >> > > > >history. > >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, > >>I > >> > >see > >> > >5 > >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in Paris > >>and > >> > >1 > >> > >in > >> > > > >Honey Grove) > >> > > > >Jim Giddens > >> > > > >Paris, Tx > >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " <[email protected]> > >> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM > >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Dear List, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. 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John, you want poke sallet, it's growing behind my house against the fence. I cut it down every year and it always comes back. If it's a rarity now maybe I can sell it. Cynthia -----Original Message----- From: jhowison [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when many of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the leaves of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have a > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to > remember days gone by! > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad > to. > Linda > > >>From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 >>17:02:37 -0500 >> >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul >>Hamilton >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that was >>a >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this point, >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. >>may >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and >>enjoying life. >>Jim G >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> >> >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were >>both >> > delightful folks! >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. >>played >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... >> > Linda >> > >> > >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> > >To: [email protected] >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 >> > > >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double >>sad >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then >>living >> > >on >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the street. >> > >Jim G >> > >----- Original Message ----- >> > >From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> >> > >To: <[email protected]> >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> > > >> > > >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street from >>my >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is >>the >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on >>them. >> > >I >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the Melba >>you >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County >> > > > newspapet, >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be >>there. >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. >>Sometime >> > >the >> > > > announcement is not the very day. >> > > > Linda Anderson >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> > > > >To: [email protected] >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 >>15:12:34 >> > > > >-0500 >> > > > > >> > > > >Claud, >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called >>Uncle >> > >and >> > > > >Aunt, >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I >>assumed >> > >were >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the >>1970s >> > >or >> > > > >80s >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had >> > > > >any >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the >>square >> > >back >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real >>name >> > >was >> > > > >Mary, go figure. >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with >> > >genealogy >> > > > >and >> > > > >history. >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, >>I >> > >see >> > >5 >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in Paris >>and >> > >1 >> > >in >> > > > >Honey Grove) >> > > > >Jim Giddens >> > > > >Paris, Tx >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " <[email protected]> >> > > > >To: <[email protected]> >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > Dear List, >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. I am >>trying >> > >to >> > > > >find >> > > > >an obituary for Melba Dee Barbee. Death date 14 june 2005 . I >>believe >> > > > >that >> > > > >she is a cousin I have trying to find to add to the family. Any >>help >> > >would >> > > > >be appriciated. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Claud Robinson >> > > > > > Plainview, Texas >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > ==== 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 ==== >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >============================== >> > > > >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, >>find >> > > > >marriage announcements and more. 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I can't tell you but seems I recall the band name not being the way I thought it was. Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "jhowison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > Paul called his group the "Poke Sallet Pickers," recallin the days when many > of us "thinned the blood" every spring by eating salads made from the leaves > of the pokeberry plant, whose berries were not safe to eat. The leaves > themselves were coarse, and most old-timers believed they should be boiled > or at least blanched before being eaten. Can anyone tell me what has > happened to poke berry plants in recent years -- haven't seen any lately. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling > > > > You have mentioned names I have not heard in years! Mr. Hamilton, I have a > > picture of him with the band....."Polk Salad Pickers".....yes that was my > > grandfather. Elmer Foshee....yes. Thanks for the "rambling", it's good to > > remember days gone by! > > If I can ask any questions of my sister for the Barbee obit, I'd be glad > > to. > > Linda > > > > > >>From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee// Rambling Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>17:02:37 -0500 > >> > >>If I have this straight after talking with my wife, Mary was a Foshee, > >>sister to Elmer Foshee. I know Elmer played in the band, "Pea Salad > >>Pickers". I know they played at the American Legion. Mr. Paul > >>Hamilton > >>(druggist owned City Drug) was in the band and I think he was the speaker > >>for the band. Elmer and Mary's father was a sibling to my wife's > >>grandmother, Mrs. Jack (Lucy) Foshee Townes. > >>I have done this from our two memories, maybe is was the father that was > >>a > >>brother to Lucy. Anyway, don't put all of this is stone at this point, > >>but you get the picture, But, this does not help the Barbee question. > >>I will have to question some of my folk about J.D.'s genealogy. J.D. > >>may > >>not have played a instrument, but I bet the was dancing and clapping his > >>hands. Again, the two Barbee's were always in a bright spirit and > >>enjoying life. > >>Jim G > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:45 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >> > >> > Yes, that's exactly where they lived, on W. Jackson street. They were > >>both > >> > delightful folks! > >> > J.D. knew my grandfather and uncle someway.....Joe Davison and Claude > >> > Davison. Joe played a fiddle and Claude played a banjo, perhaps J.D. > >>played > >> > an instrument, I can't remember.......... > >> > Linda > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > >To: [email protected] > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0500 > >> > > > >> > >J.D. and Mary (Terry) were always a barrel of fun. It was double > >>sad > >> > >when they both had Alzheimer's at the same time. They were then > >>living > >> > >on > >> > >Jackson street about where there is still a harmful dip in the street. > >> > >Jim G > >> > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > >From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> > >> > >To: <[email protected]> > >> > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:24 PM > >> > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I also knew J.D. and Mary Barbee. They lived across the street from > >>my > >> > > > sister in Clarksville. And my sister knew them well. So if this is > >>the > >> > > > couple that links to your Melba, perhaps you'd like information on > >>them. > >> > >I > >> > > > can get information from my sister I'm sure. I don't know the Melba > >>you > >> > > > speak of tho......You can also check the Red River County > >> > > > newspapet, > >> > > > Clarksville Times. They have a website. Perhaps an obit would be > >>there. > >> > > > Check a few days before the death and a few days afterwards. > >>Sometime > >> > >the > >> > > > announcement is not the very day. > >> > > > Linda Anderson > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >> > > > >To: [email protected] > >> > > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 > >>15:12:34 > >> > > > >-0500 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >Claud, > >> > > > > No real help, but my wife (Townes) had relatives she called > >>Uncle > >> > >and > >> > > > >Aunt, > >> > > > >J.D. and Terry (Mary) Barbee. The lived in Clarksville but I > >>assumed > >> > >were > >> > > > >raised in the Bogata/Fulbright area. They both died about the > >>1970s > >> > >or > >> > > > >80s > >> > > > >fairly close together. Both had Alzheimer's. They never had > >> > > > >any > >> > > > >children. Terry use to work at the Duke & Ayers Store on the > >>square > >> > >back > >> > > > >in the 50s etc. We called her Terry, but I understand her real > >>name > >> > >was > >> > > > >Mary, go figure. > >> > > > > Also there is a Barbee lady that is active in Lamar Co with > >> > >genealogy > >> > > > >and > >> > > > >history. > >> > > > >She is not related to my wife's Barbee. In the area phone book, > >>I > >> > >see > >> > >5 > >> > > > >Barbee names, none in Red River County, all in Lamar (4 in Paris > >>and > >> > >1 > >> > >in > >> > > > >Honey Grove) > >> > > > >Jim Giddens > >> > > > >Paris, Tx > >> > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > >From: "claud robinson " <[email protected]> > >> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > >> > > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM > >> > > > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Melba Dee Barbee > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Dear List, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was wondering if sdomeone could do a lookup for me. I am > >>trying > >> > >to > >> > > > >find > >> > > > >an obituary for Melba Dee Barbee. Death date 14 june 2005 . I > >>believe > >> > > > >that > >> > > > >she is a cousin I have trying to find to add to the family. Any > >>help > >> > >would > >> > > > >be appriciated. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Claud Robinson > >> > > > > > Plainview, Texas > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >============================== > >> > > > >View and search Historical Newspapers. 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