I'll ask my husband when he gets home. He left this morning with his truck and my horse trailer loaded with non-essentials (such as our couple thousand books!) headed east. He does indeed have a younger sister and no other siblings. It was 1954 that they left; his father was a cotton farmer. --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