Matthew, Thanks for the response. I thought old Jack I. had left Matheny. Now I'll have to be extra careful what I write as his brother was one of the leading players in my stories about us "raisin hell in Appalachia." STAN On Dec 19, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Matthew Burns wrote: > Stan, > Shirley is feeling a little under the weather today but I will > ask her about this when she is coherent. Also, I will print your > email and take it "home" with us to Matheny, we are going there on > Friday and staying until Christmas. I will ask the folks down > there that I see about your questions. I'm sure Jack Linkous or > Winford Workman will know most all of the people that were there. > I will be seeing both of them over the holidays. > > We will get back to you about this. We've been wondering if > you'd finished "Matheny and Me". We've told a few people about it > and and they were interested in reading it. > > Matthew > > > > STANLEY BROWNING <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shirley/Matthew, > > I need some help here. I am finally back working on my book, > "Matheny and Me" which presents our southern West Virginia home as > seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in Matheny in the > thirties and forties. At present, I am trying to reconstruct the > community in my mind as it existed around 1940 (+ or -). I am > confident that I remember most of the people in "upper Matheny," but > I am not so sure about the residents of the area across the river > from the church downstream from the Frank Stewart place to about > where Stollie Parsons eventually lived. > > I know things had changed tremendously between 1940 and the early > seventies, but I figure Shirley is more capable of recognizing the > older residents of that area than I am. For instance, Gillis moved > there shortly after 1940; I don't remember if his house was there > earlier or, if so, who lived there. > > Thanks, STAN > > The following will illustrate what I am trying to do: > "On the right opposite the old turnoff onto the Coon Branch road, was > a small unpainted house. I don’t know who owned it or lived there in > 1935 but Jack Marshall and Humphrey Beverly lived there at different > times in the late forties. > > Farther down Route 10 from the Coon Branch turnoff about 1/4 mile or > less, on the left side, the Methodist Church and Matheny Grade School > sat close to the road and side-by-side on the land donated for those > purposes by Uncle Bobby Stewart. They were both frame and > weatherboard construction. The lot where the church was located was > enclosed by a low steel fence; there was no fence around the school. > > Uncle Grat Stewart lived across the river directly behind the church > and scchool. Bill Dean lived slightly below and up the hill. Conley > Dean was a first grade classmate. There was at least one house > farther up the hill from Uncle Grat’s place, but I don’t recall the > names of the occupants. > > There was a footbridge slightly below the school that served the > people who lived across the river in that area. Uncle Ott Stewart > lived alone on a flat above the road on the right." > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVWYOMIN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVWYOMIN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Stan, Jack I. and his wife Annette moved over to Fairdale in Raleigh County but come home to Matheny whenever they get a chance. They are Shirley's second set of parents, and we stop and see them every chance we get. They also come over to see Cora alot, and are making a special trip to see me and Shirley. Annette and Cora (Shirley's mother) are best friends and they talk every day on the telephone. Jack and Net are good people, that's for sure. I'm sure Jack I. will love to hear the story about his brother. I didn't know you knew Jack I. Do you also know Winford Workman? Winford married Jack I.'s sister Thelma. Thelma has since passed away but Winford still lives in Matheny and is a close friend to Shirley's family. Winford is the grandson of A.J. Mullins, the founder of Mullens. Winford turned 80 last February and still gets around like the Energizer bunny. Matthew STANLEY BROWNING <[email protected]> wrote: Matthew, Thanks for the response. I thought old Jack I. had left Matheny. Now I'll have to be extra careful what I write as his brother was one of the leading players in my stories about us "raisin hell in Appalachia." STAN On Dec 19, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Matthew Burns wrote: > Stan, > Shirley is feeling a little under the weather today but I will > ask her about this when she is coherent. Also, I will print your > email and take it "home" with us to Matheny, we are going there on > Friday and staying until Christmas. I will ask the folks down > there that I see about your questions. I'm sure Jack Linkous or > Winford Workman will know most all of the people that were there. > I will be seeing both of them over the holidays. > > We will get back to you about this. We've been wondering if > you'd finished "Matheny and Me". We've told a few people about it > and and they were interested in reading it. > > Matthew > > > > STANLEY BROWNING wrote: > > Shirley/Matthew, > > I need some help here. I am finally back working on my book, > "Matheny and Me" which presents our southern West Virginia home as > seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in Matheny in the > thirties and forties. At present, I am trying to reconstruct the > community in my mind as it existed around 1940 (+ or -). I am > confident that I remember most of the people in "upper Matheny," but > I am not so sure about the residents of the area across the river > from the church downstream from the Frank Stewart place to about > where Stollie Parsons eventually lived. > > I know things had changed tremendously between 1940 and the early > seventies, but I figure Shirley is more capable of recognizing the > older residents of that area than I am. For instance, Gillis moved > there shortly after 1940; I don't remember if his house was there > earlier or, if so, who lived there. > > Thanks, STAN > > The following will illustrate what I am trying to do: > "On the right opposite the old turnoff onto the Coon Branch road, was > a small unpainted house. I don’t know who owned it or lived there in > 1935 but Jack Marshall and Humphrey Beverly lived there at different > times in the late forties. > > Farther down Route 10 from the Coon Branch turnoff about 1/4 mile or > less, on the left side, the Methodist Church and Matheny Grade School > sat close to the road and side-by-side on the land donated for those > purposes by Uncle Bobby Stewart. They were both frame and > weatherboard construction. The lot where the church was located was > enclosed by a low steel fence; there was no fence around the school. > > Uncle Grat Stewart lived across the river directly behind the church > and scchool. Bill Dean lived slightly below and up the hill. Conley > Dean was a first grade classmate. There was at least one house > farther up the hill from Uncle Grat’s place, but I don’t recall the > names of the occupants. > > There was a footbridge slightly below the school that served the > people who lived across the river in that area. Uncle Ott Stewart > lived alone on a flat above the road on the right." > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVWYOMIN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVWYOMIN- > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.