Matthew, I keep thinking I should know Winford, but somehow I can't connect. I guess I forgot who Thelma ("Weetsie") Linkous married. I have lots of memories of Jack I 's brother Bunny as we hung together as teenagers. Once about 20 years ago when I was visiting at Matheny with my son and his new wife, I stopped to talk briefly with Jack I. After we were back on the road, I caught you know what because I had inadvertently failed to introduce them. On Dec 19, 2007, at 4:59 PM, Matthew Burns wrote: > 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. 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