This is indeed the same folks! How exciting! Al is there in Clarksville right now and took a picture of the sign that says "Little Chicago." "Everything has changed and yet nothing has changed" is how he described it. He found his old home place (135 acres) where someone has built a brick house on top of the old frame house. He's staying there if you want to contact him, looking for a place to rent. --MaryK> From: samples@1starnet.com> To: jimgidd@suddenlink.net; txredriv@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:56:10 -0500> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] [TXREDRIV Returning to roots// rambling> > I vaguely remember a Gray family that lived in the Mabry community (aka > little Chicago) for a while in the 50s. There was a boy about my age (your > husband's age) and a girl a couple of years younger. We rode the school bus > together. Seems like I remember the family moved to somewhere in west > Texas.> > Cynthia> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Giddens" <jimgidd@suddenlink.net>> To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:36 AM> Subject: [TXREDRIV] [TXREDRIV Returning to roots// rambling> > > > (I pasted below the reply I got on Gray. I added the parenthesis for> > information sake)> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> >> > Jim, I'm sorry to say I don't know very much--in fact, nothing, about> > Uncle Roy's (Gray) family. He was an "in-law"; the one I know about is> > Aunt Mary (Roy's wife), his wife, who was Daddy's (Moody Hale) sister.> > After Uncle Roy died, she married an oil wild-catter named Roland Busby > > and> > moved away from Clarksville. My mother (Helen Hale) would have known, > > but> > like so many other things I never asked her, and now it is too late. You> > could ask the family of Alvis Gray if they know of a> > Roy in their family connections. Cindy> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> >> > I will ramble a little.> > Mrs Helen Hale taught grade school in Clarksville for many years. I> > think she taught about the 4th or 5th grade, but it was after I got past> > that point. Some of you may have had her as a teacher. She probably> > started in the late 50s or early 60s. Her husband was Moody Hale.> > Moody's sister, Mary Hale Gray lived on a very limited budget (with> > husband Roy) because she thought they must. When Roy died, she found > > you> > they had considerable money in the bank and had several (maybe many) rent> > properties in the area. She was not pleased with living on a very low> > income (they had not children). When Roy died and Mary discovered the> > money, she started spending and enjoying the money. The e-mail above > > is> > the first I remember about her remarrying and moving away. It would be> > interesting to know a little more of her latter life.> > Roy & Mary Gray lived in a house in Clarksville that is easy to> > remember.> > It was built of rock. Not many of those in Clarksville. It was on > > about> > the 700 block of S. Walnut, across the street and about one block south > > of> > the First Baptist Church.> > About 6 years ago I made contact with Helen Hale by e-mail. He was> > living in New Mexico in the same town as one of her sons. She was very> > bright and she gave me a lot of my and her family genealogy via e-mail.> > She never told me she was sick. Finally I notice her e-mail stopped and> > later I found out she had died with a health problem she had lived with > > for> > a few short years. I think I am correct that Helen was a Crabtree and > > a> > sister to my Grandmother Giddens that certainly was a Crabtree. They > > use> > to have a big reunion at White Rock in the 50s. There were 7 Crabtree> > sisters and 3 brothers. The reunion was as the home of Mrs Flora > > Crabtree> > Thompson, widow of Tip Thompson. Actually the home was just west of the> > White Rock Road (FM 1158) about 1/2 mile (on CR 1275 toward Concord)> > before getting to the White Rock Cemetery.> > Jim G.> >> >> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message> >> > > > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message