Susan Davis, daughter of Enoch Davis, Sr. and Elizabeth Anna DeLoach, was born in 1798 in North Carolina, according to the 1850 Census of Clarke County. She was probably the second child of Enoch and Elizabeth.

Susan married John T. McCoy on September 16, 1821, Monroe Co. Her brother, Arthur Davis, was Security. John was born in South Carolina in 1798 and served in the War of 1812, according to information provided by Preston J. Brown and Ellen G. Shelton Brown, Jackson, AL. Preston is a descendant of Susan Davis McCoy.

The 1850 Census of Clarke Co., residence #117, listed the children of John and Susan as Ritter, age 24; John T., age 21; Susan, age 12; James, age 6; and John Feridry, age 1 (?).

Susan was not listed in the 1860 Census with her husband and two sons, John T., age 19 and James R., age 17. It is apparent that John T. McCoy, Jr. cannot have been 21 in 1850 and 19 in 1860. He was probably around 30 years old in 1860.

Susan died between 1850 and 1860 and is buried in an unmarked grave across the road from the Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, Clarke County, Alabama. The date of her husband's death is unknown but he is buried beside her.

John T. McCoy, Sr. may have remarried after Susan died. There is a marriage recorded in Clarke County Marriage Records for John T. McCoy and Mrs. Martha Philen on December 29, 1864. The wedding took place at the home of E. Davis, and I assume that this was Enoch Davis, Jr.'s home, as Enoch Davis, Sr. died in 1858.

The tree under which Susan Davis and John T. McCoy are buried was in the back yard of the house where I was born. My sister and I played around this tree as children, and I remember wondering whose graves those large stones marked. I suppose I asked, since I was a very curious child, but evidently forgot. It was only after Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama was published by the Clarke County Historical Society in 1977, that I finally discovered whose graves Miriam and I had played around.

When Susan's brother, Arthur M. Davis, gave the statement regarding descendants of their father, Enoch Davis, Sr.'s estate, he listed the children of Susan Davis McCoy as follows:

William McCoy Arretta McCoy Susan McCoy

Jackson McCoy Rebecca McCoy James McCoy

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WILLIAM McCoy

William McCoy, may be the oldest son of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy. When his grandfather Enoch Davis, Sr.'s estate was settled in 1858-1860, he was listed as being of age. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was not in the home with his parents.

JACKSON McCOY

Jackson McCoy, may be the second son of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy. In 1858-1860, when his grandfather estate was settled, Arthur M. Davis said he was of age and living in Clarke County. He was not in the home of his parents at the time of the 1850 Census.

REBECCA McCOY

Rebecca McCoy was probably the oldest daughter of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy. When her grandfather's estate was settled in 1858-1860, her uncle Arthur M. Davis said she was married to Columbus Stewart and living in Harris County, Georgia.

Rebecca and Columbus married in Clarke County on October 3, 1849, which is why she was not listed in the home with her parents at the time of the 1850 Census in Clarke County.

Apparently Columbus and Rebecca moved back to Alabama, according to the 1870 Clarke County Census. They were living near Lower Peach Tree, Household No. 214.

Columbus Stewart, age 42 R. E., $200 B. AL.

Rebecca 45

Thomas 14

Walter 2

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ARRETTA McCOY

Arretta McCoy (evidently the "Ritter" listed in the 1850 Census of Clarke County), was over 21 years old when her grandfather's estate was settled, and already married to Joseph Lawson. Her uncle Arthur M. Davis said they were living in Clarke County at the time.

Joseph Lawson was the second husband of Arretta McCoy. On May 25, 1855, she was married to John L. Gillis (see attached copy of marriage record). John must have died between 1855 and 1860.

When the 1860 Census was taken in Clarke County, Arretta, age 31, and her two sons, ages five and three, were listed in Household No. 880.

On one side of Arretta was her sister, Susan E. McCoy and her husband, John A. Thomas. on the other side was her father, John T. McCoy and her brothers, John T. Jr. and James E. McCoy.

Arretta Gillis and Joseph Lawson married on October 15, 1860. The only way I can explain the time discrepancy is that even though Enoch Davis, Sr. died in 1858, the estate was not settled and distributed until 1860 or later, by which time Arretta was married to Joseph Lawson.

JOHN T. McCOY, JR.

John T. McCoy, Jr. was not named by his uncle Arthur M. Davis as being one of Susan Davis McCoy's children in 1858, even though he was still living in 1860. That year he was in the home of his father, John T. McCoy, Sr.

There is an age discrepancy for John T. Jr. in the 1850 and 1860 Census. In 1850 his age was given as 21 and in 1860 as 17. obviously, he should have been 31 in 1860.

Civil War Pension Records in the Clarke County Court House in Grove Hill, Alabama show that i.T. McCoy, Pvt., Co. D, 32nd Rgt. enlisted March 10, 1862 and was discharged May 8, 1865. He applied for a pension at age 58, due to old age, and gave his address as P. 0. Coffeeville, AL. This could be John T. McCoy, Jr., son of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy, Sr.

John T. McCoy, Jr. married Littie Williams, according to the book Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama and they

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had at least two children: John Lee McCoy and Susie McCoy. John died November 20, 1920 and is buried in an unmarked grave in the Kennedy Cemetery in Chance. Littie McCoy died on September 17, 1966. She was one of the last persons receiving a Confederate Veteran's widow's pension in Clarke County. Littie Williams was a sister to Isham Jefferson Williams, father of Jefferson Taylor Williams and Charlie Williams who married Mamie Kennedy and Zeola Kennedy, respectively(see attached copy of Lydia Jane McCoy's obituary).

JAMES R. McCOY

James R. McCoy, probably the youngest child of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy, was listed in the home of his parents, age 6, at the time of the 1850 Census. In 1860, his age was given as 17.

When Enoch Davis, Sr.'s estate was settled around 1860, Arthur M. Davis said that James McCoy was about 18 years old, living in Clarke County.

There is a Clarke County Marriage Record for a James R. McCoy and Rachel Elisses (?) on August 10, 1865. James J. Cobb was the officiant.

SUSAN E. McCOY

Susan E. McCoy, born March 27, 1837, was not the last child of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy, Sr., but is listed last because of the wealth of information on her and her many descendants, all of whom are on the following pages.

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SUSAN E. McCOY

Susan E. McCoy, daughter of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy, born March 27, 1837, according to records of Preston Brown, Jackson, Al. It is very likely that her middle name was "Elizabeth". as her son James Henry Thomas would later name one of his daughters "Susan Elizabeth Thomas".

Susan's first husband was John Augusta Thomas. He was the second son of Martha Thomas, according to the 1850 Census Record, Clarke County, in which she was named as head of the household, with the following children: Joseph, age 23; John A., age 21; William, age 19; and Emily, age 17. This census shows that Martha Thomas was born in South Carolina and the children were born in Conecuh County, Alabama.

The name of John Augusta Thomas' father is unknown, but it was probably one of the men listed in the following two Census Records in Conecuh County, Alabama.

1830: James, John, Joseph or Mabry. 1840: Alfred, Joseph, William, Mabry, or Phillip.

Joseph Augusta Thomas was born in Conecuh County, AL July 4. 1829. He married Susan McCoy November 14, 1855 (P.213, Clarke County Marriage Records). John served in the Confederate States Army and was killed during the Battle of Petersburg, VA on July 3, 1863, one day before his 34th birthday.

The 1860 Census of Clarke County lists the family as follows:

John Augusta Thomas, farmer age 27 B. Conecuh Co.

Susan 22 B. Clarke Co.

James H. 3 "

John T. (blank) "

William 5 mos. "

Susan and John had five children in all, the last two born born after 1860:

1. James Henry Thomas

2. John T. Thomas

3. William Russin Thomas

4. Enoch Thomas

  5. Mary Lavinia Thomas

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JAMES HENRY THOMAS

 James (Jim) Henry Thomas, oldest child of Susan E. McCoy and John Augusta Thomas, was born at Damon, Clarke County, AL October 10, 1856. Damon was small community not too far from Chance, but no longer exists today. Uncle Jim married Ellen John Davis on November 21, 1881, according to Clarke County, Alabama Marriage Records, Book G, Page 411. Aunt Ellen the daughter of Arthur M. Davis and Susannah Anthony Hawkins, Arthur being a brother of Susan Davis who was married to John T. McCoy.

Uncle Jim and Aunt Ellen had ten children, and as far as I know, lived all of their married life in a log house in Chance, AL. An account of Aunt Ellen's 83rd birthday (see attached copy) states that she was born and reared in this same house, which means it was built by her father, Arthur M. Davis.

Aunt Ellen was born in 1860 and not her father's oldest child so when the old Davis/Thomas home burned to the ground in 1989, it was over 150 years old. It was a landmark in the Chance community, and those of us who had spent many memorable hours visiting in the home, mourned its loss. I am glad I made pictures of this place before it was gone.

Log houses are becoming more and more scarce, with only two original Davis houses left standing in the community, pictures of which are attached elsewhere in this book.

A complete account of Aunt Ellen and Uncle Jim's descendants will be found in the Arthur M. Davis chapter. Their ten children are listed as follows:

  1. Alice Willard Thomas 6. Susan Elizabeth Thomas

  2. Annie Pearl Thomas 7. John Davis Thomas

  3. Carrie John Thomas 8. Howard Fletcher Thomas

  4. Ruby Lee Thomas 9. Mary Eula Thomas

  5. Emma Adelle Thomas 10. Lucy Dee Thomas

Uncle Jim died July 24, 1954 and is buried in the Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, as is Aunt Ellen, who died April 3, 1946.

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JOHN THOMAS 

John T. Thomas, son of Susan E. McCoy and John Augusta Thomas, was born in Clarke County, Al. The 1860 Census of that county listed him after James Henry Thomas, first child of Susan and John Augusta Thomas, but his age is not recorded.

The newspaper account (see attached copy) of the Thomas boys' reunion - James Henry, Enoch and William Russin Thomas, on the occasion of Jim's 91st birthday (in 1947), stated that their brother John went to Florida "65 years ago". He was evidently in his early twenties when he migrated to Florida. The article stated further that he returned to Alabama but gave no date. He was later killed in an accident.

ENOCH THOMAS

 Enoch Thomas was the son of Susan E. McCoy and John Augusta Thomas. He was born after the 1860 Census of Clarke County.

Enoch left Alabama and moved to Florida, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was a veterinarian in Tampa.

Ruby Pearl Thomas Smith, great niece of Enoch Thomas, told me that he married and had one daughter named Ruby, who married a man by the name of Nipper. Ruby and Mr. Nipper had one child, a daughter named Helen, who married but had no issue.

Little Brother, Age 91, Celebrates Birthday

Dr. John Redmond sends the Democrat a clipping from the Tampa Tribune which tells of Enoch Thomas celebrating his 91^st birthday. The "kid" was joined in the celebration by his two older brothers, Jim,aged 95, and William, aged 92. The Tribute carried pictures of the three brothers and states that Enoch and his brother, John, came to Florida 65 years ago from Lower Peach Tree, AL. John returned to Alabama and was killed in an accident, but Enoch remained in Florida and established a veterinary practice.

 

 

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WILLIAM RUSSIN THOMAS

William "Billy" Russin Thomas, third child of Susan McCoy and John Augustus Thomas, was born at Damon, Clarke County, Alabama on February 15, 1860. He died July 28, 1958, and is buried at Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabma. He married on January 1, 1880, Alabama Virginia Vickers, daughter of Nancy Talbert Hicks and George Vickers (see chapter on Willis Bishop Hicks in Hicks Section of this book). Bama was born December 1, 1860 and died October 15, 1941. She is buried beside her husband.

Billy and Bama had the following eleven children:

  1. James Russin Thomas

2. Nancy Annie Thomas

3. George Willis Thomas

4. Ada Adella Thomas

5. Robert Lee Thomas

6. Willis Dalton Thomas

7. Ninnie May Thomas

8. Lorenzo Noble Thomas

9. William Comer Thomas

10. Kossie Dewey Thomas

11. Minnie Lou Thomas

 

 

 

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JAMES RUSSIN THOMAS

James Russin Thomas, oldest child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born in Clarke County January 17, 1881, where he lived all of his life. He died March 12, 1973 and is buried at Choctaw Corner Cemetery near Thomasville, AL.

Russin married Renna F. Haskew, born November 27, 1881; died June 5, 1949, and is buried beside her husband. They had four children:

1. William Jesse Thomas, born October 20, 1902; died October 3, 1982. His wife's name was Mary. No issue. 

2. Bertha Grey Thomas, born January 31, 1905. Married first Clifford Harville, who died about five years after they married. She married second, Quill Harbin who died in November of 1983. They lived in Mobile, where Bertha still resides. No issue by either marriage.

Bertha says that her very first date was with my father, Leo Kennedy. I do not know how long Daddy had been siting with her in the parlor, when her younger brother Irby came into the room. He asked Daddy if he ever played ball, and when Daddy replied that he had, Irby Lee asked if he had ever hit a home run. When Daddy said "Yes", Irby Lee said, "Don't you think you should run home now?"

3. Annie Marshall Thomas, born May 6, 1907. Married first, Samuel Wales Irby, born January 25, 1888; died June 4, 1949. He is buried in Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama beside his first wife, Mary Bibb Irby, the daughter of B. S. and Helen E. (Earle? Their daughter was named Helen Earle.) Bibb.

After the death of her first husband, Annie Marshall married William Vince Dooley. She died January 17, 1990 and is buried in Mobile beside her second husband. No issue by either husband.

4. Irby Lee Thomas, born December 11, 1909; died February 9, 1987; buried in Choctaw Corner Cemetery near Thomasville, AL. Irby Lee married Jessie Wynona Walker, born November 11, 1913 at Peacock, AL, the daughter of James Walker and Lena Hall. Three daughters:

A. Betty Jean Thomas, born August 10, 1937 in Dickinson, AL. Married John Curtis Wilson on December 14, 1957, the son of Johnnie E. Wilson and Irma Furr. Curtis

 

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was born November 11, 1933. They have two sons:

 a. Jon Gregory Wilson, born October 3, 1958 in Mobile, AL. He married Debra Jean Thompson on November 7, 1981. She was born October 17, 1962.

(1) John Cleveland Wilson, born March 6, 1987.

b. Curtis Darrell Wilson, born January 22, 1961 in Montgomery, AL. Married Sherry Kay Jewell on December 28, 1981.

(1) Curtis Austin Wilson, born March 7, 1984.

(2) Brandon Lee Wilson, born September 3, 1986.

B. Joyce Grey Thomas, born April 16, 1939. Married Gene Stanley; they are divorced. Four children:

a. Debbie Lyn Stanley, born August 9, 1958.

b. Pamela Denise Stanley, born July 4, 1960.

c. William M. Stanley, born November 13, 1964.

d. Terri Stanley, born November 11, 1965.

C. Carolyn Ann Thomas, born September 9, 1943. Married Pete Cornelison.

 

Funeral Services Are Held for W. R. Thomas

Funeral services and interment for William Russen Thomas were held Thursday, July 1, at Lower Peach Tree. Officiating at the services were four ministers, one of whom was Mr. Thomas’ grandson, Rev. William Brown, of Holt, AL.

Mr. Thomas passed away in Tuscaloosa where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W. M Brown. He was the last of three brothers, all who lived to be 98 and was preceded to the grave by his wife sixteen years ago. He was a lifelong member of the Cane Creek 'Methodist Church at Chance Clarke County.

The deceased is survived by five sons, J. R. Thomas of Lower Peach Tree; R. L. Thomas, Alberta; K. D. Thomas, Tuscaloosa; W. D. Thomas, Paris, Texas; W. C. Thomas, Paris, Texas, and two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Brown, Tuscaloosa and Mrs. M. L. Primm, Mobile.

He is also survived by approximately 150 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers for the funeral were grandsons of the deceased.

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NANCY ANN THOMAS

Nancy Ann Thomas, second child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born June 18, 1883; died August 25, 1952. She is buried in Old Salem Cemetery, Scyrene, AL. Nancy married Thomas Arthur Larrimore, born December 20, 1872; died April 9, 1939; also buried at Old Salem. Thomas Arthur Larrimore was married first to Nancy Leona Vickers, daughter of William Vickers, who died at age 24.

There were twelve children born to Nancy Ann Thomas and Thomas Arthur Larrimore.

1. Bobby Earl Larrimore, born October 31, 1903; married Mamie Bertha Kennedy, daughter of John Fisher Kennedy and Lizzie Russin Davis. A full account of their children will be found in the Kennedy Section of this book.

2. Jessie Voil Larrimore (twin), born July 5, 1905; died on June 18, 1906.

3. Bessie Floyd Larrimore (twin), born July 5, 1905; died June 12, 1906.

4. Infant, born and died December 3, 1908.

5. Infant, born August 20, 1910; died August 27, 1910.

6. Eunice May Larrimore, born June 1, 1912. married John Wesley Haskew January 24, 1931. Wesley was born October 6, 1902; died July 2, 1971 and is buried in the Kennedy Cemetery at Chance. Wesley was the son of Peter Haskew and Caroline Gates. Eunice and Wesley had three sons.

A. Charles Harvey Haskew, born at Lower Peach Tree November 6, 1932. Married Maxine Gates, born September 13, 1936, the daughter of Bobby Lee Gates and Inez Ross.

a. Charles Robert Haskew, born March 22, 1954. Married Karen Gayle Guttman, born July 20, 1955. Two children:

(1) Shawna Lee Haskew, born March 2, 1973.

(2) Melissa Lynn Haskew, born May 21, 1977.

b. Janet Charlene Haskew, born September 5, 1956. Married James Frederick Everett.

(1) Brandon Blaze Smith Everette, born October

 

 

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B. Harold Haskew, born at Atmore, AL on November 8,1935. Married Ann Ragland. Two children.

a. Jay Haskew; married Mary Lou Freeman.

b. Terry Haskew; married Nanci Marie Carter.

C. John Richard Haskew, born at Lower Peach Tree, AL February 9, 1945. Married Nancy Boutwell, born September 11, 1944. Two children:

a. John Timothy Haskew, born October 14, 1970.

b. Dawn Marie Haskew, born October 21, 1967.

7. Myrtle Lee Larrimore, born July 20, 1914. Married Hiram General Haskew, brother to John Wesley Haskew. Hiram was born August 10, 1896 and died January 30, 1964.

Myrtle and Hiram had four children:

A. Roy Grady Haskew, born January 7, 1939; died September 10, 1874. Married Jane Biran Lowe. Three children:

a. Vickie Leigh Haskew, born October 25, 1961.

b. Roy Grady Haskew, Jr., born June 29, 1962.

c. David Hiram Haskew, born August 21, 1965.

B. Raymond Earl Haskew, born October 18, 1941. Married, but wife's name unknown. Two sons:

a. Raymond Earl Haskew, Jr., born March 26, 1968.

b. Jeffrey Russell Haskew, born May 18, 1971.

C. Frances Marie Haskew, born and died March 12, 1943.

D. Roger Weaver Haskew, born August 18, 1946. Married Charlotte Arnett Loper, born March 10, 1949.

a. Monica Arnett Haskew, born March 15, 1976.

 

8. Annie Lucille Larrimore, born October 25,1915. Married in 1938, Theodore Grady, born March 23, 1917. No issue.

 

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9. William Arthur Larrimore, born October 18, 1917. Died on November 25, 1945. Never married.

10. Thomas Edward Larrimore, born March 26, 1919. Died April 25, 1985. Never married.

11. Ella Louise Larrimore, born November 8, 1920; died November 7, 1985. Married Lee King. No issue.

12. Jean Carol Larimore, born May 10, 1922.

 

 

GEORGE WILLIS THOMAS

 George Willis Thomas, third child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, lived only a few days. He was born February 28, 1885 and died March 2, 1885.

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ADA ADELLA THOMAS

 Ada Adella Thomas, fourth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born at Cane Creek, AL February 26, 1886; died March 26, 1945. Buried in Bethel Cemetery,Old Line Road, Whatley, Clarke County, AL. Married Henry Marvin Haskew, first cousin to John Wesley Haskew and Hiram General Haskew. Henry, the son of Sallie M. and John Haskew, was born August 29, 1877 and died May 21, 1965. He is buried in Bethel Cemetery also.

Ada and Henry Haskew had six children.

1. Elma Bertrum Haskew, born November 18, 1908, Whatley; died on January 27, 1963 and is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, AL. Married Laura Alice Baird, daughter of James Irvin Baird and Sara Lou Jeannie White. Laura was born at Four Mile, AL, Calhoun County, April 29, 1914.

A. Elma Bertrum Haskew, Jr., born in Anniston, AL December 26, 1945. Married Barbara Ann Pope, born at Rock Run, AL December 8, 1947. Two children:

a. Paul Bertrum Haskew, born in Greenville, S. C. on June 12, 1972. 

b. Pamela Michele Haskew, born in Anniston, AL on October 29, 1976.

2. James Daniel Haskew, born in Clarke County July 18, 1909. Married Louise Hubbard on September 28, 1935. Louise was born in Calhoun County, AL on March 18, 1913. James and Louise have four daughters, all born in Calhoun County.

A. Imogene Haskew, born July 8, 1936. Married December 19, 1954, Richard M. Phillips, born in Calhoun County June 12, 1934. Three children, all born in Calhoun County.

a. David M. Phillips, born July 12, 1957.

b. Mark Phillips, born July 9, 1960.

c. Mike Phillips, born April 5, 1962.

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B. Ernestine Haskew, born May 10, 1939; died March 6, 1976. Married March 8, 1958, James R. Curvin, born September 16, 1937, Calhoun County. Two sons, both born in Calhoun County.

a. James Roger Curvin, born May 4, 1959.

b. Jon Curvin, born November 5, 1964.

 

C. Cathy Haskew, born February 28, 1941; married May 29, 1959, Harold G. Burgess, born October 12, 1939, Calhoun County. Three children, all born in Calhoun County.

a. Shelby Burgess, born April 6, 1960. Married November 10, 1979, Barry Bowman, born September 16, 1959.

b. Wynell Burgess, born September 11, 1962.

C. Ronald G. Burgess, born June 15, 1964.

D. Lydia Haskew, born August 29, 1949. Married April 29 1972. Robert M. Lowe, born September 10, 1948. They have two children.

a. Scott M. Lowe, born in Trigg County, KY February 7, 1974.

b. Daniel R. Lowe, born in Tuscaloosa County, AL January 21, 1977.

 

3. Tollie Lee Haskew, born March 26, 1911, Whatley, AL. Died April 8, 1979; buried in Moore Cemetery, about two miles SW of Perdue Hill, Monroe County, AL. He married Katie Farr, born November 12, 1906, Perdue Hill, daughter

of William Alex Farr and Mattie Elizabeth Sigler. Tollie's children were born in Claiborne, AL.

A. William Marvin Haskew, born February 26, 1942. Married Inez Jernigan, born March 28, 1943, Claiborne. Three children, all born in Monroeville, AL.

 

 

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a. Paula Deanne Haskew, born March 2, 1964. She married Gary Caldwell December 17, 1988.

b. Kathy Lynn Haskew, born November 23, 1968.

c. Amy Michelle Haskew, born November 8, 1975.

 

 

B. Tollie Lee Haskew, Jr., born September 15, 1945. He married Patricia Gibbs, born in Grove Hill May 26, 1946. Two children:

a. Leann Haskew, born February 9, 1970, Grove Hill.

b. Eric Brian Haskew, born April 25, 1973, Monroeville.

4. William Pervis Haskew, born December 4, 1912, Whatley; died February 18, 1972. He is buried at Trinity Memorial

Cemetery in Jackson, AL. Married Maggie Marie Holder, born June 20, 1916, Jackson, AL. Three children:

A. Gaines Holder Haskew, born December 28, 1941,jackson.

B. Lane Griffith Haskew, born January 1, 1946, Jackson. Married Mary Elizabeth McMullen, born March 1, 1949. Two children:

a. Anne Marie Haskew, born October 4, 1969, Birmingham, AL.

b. Sandra Lynn Haskew, born June 23, 1972, Savannah, Georgia.

C. Carl Darryl Haskew, born February 4, 1949, Grove Hill, AL.

  

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5. Gladys Lucile Haskew, born September 3, 1914, Whatley. Married Carroll Broughton Lambert (Ret. Army), born April 17, 1915, Monroeville. Died May 30, 1977; buried at Beauregard Cemetery, DeRidder, LA. Four children:

A. Ada Cornelia Lambert, born July 12, 1946, Pensacola, Fl. She married on June 8, 1963, in DeRidder, LA, Larry Percy Till, born in Frisco City, AL August 20,1944. Two children:

a. Larry Percy Till, Jr., born in Monroeville February 13, 1965.

b. Heather Ashley Till, born in Houston, TX October 16, 1977.

 

B. Lucy Carroll Lambert, born at Repton, AL June 22, 1948. Married June 6, 1965, in DeRidder, LA, Jasper Wayne Augustine, born December 5, 1942; divorced. Three children by first marriage:

a. Jason Lambert Augustine, born in New Orleans, LA April 21, 1971.

b. Jennifer Broughton Augustine, born in Wharton, TX on March 6, 1976.

c. Amanda Reagan Augustine, born also in Wharton, on January 24, 1978.

 Lucy married second, James F. Baros on June 26, 1983.

 

C. Kay Marie Lambert, born in Phoenixville, PA on Sep tember 9, 1949. Married first to Stephen Putman Moore; divorced in 1977. one child by first husband:

a. Stephenie Page Moore, born December 29, 1968.

Kay married second on April 18, 1979, at Alta Loma, TX, William Tacquard Reitmeyer, III, born April 18, 1951.

 

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b. Kari Marie Reitmeyer, born LaMarque, TX June 25, 1982.

C. Bradley Wayne Reitmeyer, born LeMarque,TX January 14, 1985.

D. Terry Wayne Lambert,born in DeRidder, LA December 30, 1956. Married June 23, 1978, Lea Ann Steed, born on December 2, 1955.

a. Dustin Wayne Lambert, born in Colgate, Oklahoma July 30, 1979.

Terry married second, Laurie Elizabeth Jones, September 18, 1985.

 

6. Marvin Haskew (twin), last child of Ada Adella Thomas and Henry Marvin Haskew, was born on December 10, 1916. His twin brother died at birth.

Marvin married Vernice Luallen, daughter of Walter Luallen and Fannie Lackey. No further information.

Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Ada Haskew

News was received in Mobile Tuesday of the death recently in East Whatley, Ala., of Mrs. Ada Thomas Haskew, wife of Henry M. Haskew. She celebrated her fifty-ninth birthday on March 26.

Mrs. Haskew is survived by her husband and the following children: Bertram and J. D. Haskew of Weaver, Ala.; Tollie Lee Haskew, Claiborne, Ala.; Pervis Haskew Jackson. Ala.; Cpl. Marvin L. Haskew, U.S. Army in France. and Mrs. Carroll Lambert, Patchogue, L. I.., N. Y. Also surviving are five grandchildren, her father, six brothers, and three sisters.

Funeral services were held at he Bethel, Methodist Church with the Rev. D. L. Folsom conducting the services.

 

 

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ROBERT LEE THOMAS

Robert Lee Thomas, fifth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born December 4, 1887, Clarke Co.; died January 29, 1971; buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, AL. Lee married Ruby Pearl Green, daughter of Leslie Green and Jane Rhodes. Ruby Pearl was born November 7, 1890 and died on January 26, 1919, in Mobile, following the birth of her last child. She was buried in the Gates Cemetery, Packers Bend, near Lower Peach Tree. Three children:

1. Infant daughter, born and died in 1913.

2. Robert Lee Thomas, Jr., born February 14, 1916, Packers Bend. Married first, Susie Irene Williamson; divorced. They had two sons.

A. Robert Lee Thomas, III, born on August 18, 1944. He married Aleta Weaver; divorced. He died November 8, 1984.

a. Robert Gill Thomas, born August 15, 1968. Married Ginger H. Savage.

Robert Lee Thomas III married second, Fay Knapp, who has a daughter by a previous marriage:

b. Stephanie Michelle Hergenroder, born October 11, 1971.

 

B. William Rux Thomas, born January 9, 1955.

 

Robert Lee Thomas, Jr. married second, Ila Verne of Texas. He died October 11, 1981.

2. Ruby Pearl Thomas, born January 26, 1919, her mother dying when she was born or shortly thereafter. Ruby Pearl married Buford Dutch Smith on July 6, 1947. He was born on October 31, 1911, in Nettlesboro, Alabama, the son of James Washington Smith and Donnie Edmund Waddell.

Dutch died September 9, 1976, at Maxwell Air Force Base Hospital and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery Alabama.

There were four children born to Ruby Pearl Thomas and Dutch Smith.

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A. Donnie Sue Smith, born in Panama City, FL March 15, 1949. Married May 17, 1970, Rex Lee Jones, born on August 3, 1946. Two children, both born in Montgomery.

a. Amanda Sue Jones, born June 29, 1979.

b. Rex Lee Jones, Jr., born June 18, 1983.

B. Gladys Pearl Smith, born in Panama City, FL October 27, 1950. She married on July 9, 1983, Ronald Lee Capel.

C. Thomas Buford Smith, born in Montgomery October 18, 1953.

D. Jimmy Lee Smith, born February 29, 1960 in Montgomery. Married on March 3, 1990, Tammy Teresa Ingram, born on January 25, 1964.

 

 

Funeral Services Held For Mr. R. L. Thomas, Sr.

Mr. Robert Lee Thomas, Sr., 83, resident of Lower Peach Tree passed away at Arrington Nursing Home in Jackson January 30th after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thomas.

Funeral Services were held on Sunday, January 31st at 3:00 p. m. from Cane Creek Methodist Church near Chance with Rev Thomas Sowell officiating. Interment in Kennedy Cemetery with Holliman Brown Service Mortuary directing.

Survivors include one son, Robert L. Thomas, Jr. of Mount Vernon, daughter, Mrs. B. D. Smith of Montgomery; six grandchildren and one great grandson; a sister, Mrs. M. L. Primm, Prichard; three brothers, J. R. Thomas, Chance; K. D. Thomas, Moundville, W. C. Thomas, Paris, Texas.

Pallbearers were Arnold Thomas, Donald Thomas. J. D. Haskew, Clarence Primm, Curtis Wilson and W. J. Thomas.

 

 

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WILLIE DALTON THOMAS

Willie Dalton Thomas, sixth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born February 12, 1890 and died on December 28, 1967. Married Myrtle Davis of Paris, Texas, born October 22, 1896; died September 14, 1983. Five children:

1. Virginia Lee Thomas, born December 9, 1916; married Cecil F. Norman; divorced. one child:

A. Norma Lee Norman; married a man whose last name is David.

2. Willie Mae Thomas, born September 23, 1918. Married first, Chester F. Avery, who died October 21, 1944. Married second, Mark F. Roden, who died February 3, 1971. Willie Mae had one daughter by her second husband:

A. Brenda Roden. Married first a Cothran, then a Terry.

  a. Sabrina Marie Terry

  b. Danielle Terry 

3. James Arnold Thomas, born November 22, 1919. Married first, Alva Jo Shaw; divorced. Three children:

A. Patricia Ann Thomas, born in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, November 24, 1942. Married Robert E. Gilley.

  a. Jodie Marie Gilley, born April 4, 1965.

1. Dennis Wayne Gilley, born February 13, 1969.
   

2. Jamie Ann Gilley, born October 22, 1971.

B. Arlene Thomas, born in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, December 1, 1946. Married Taylor Dirck.

a. Deborah Lucille Dirck, born April 19, 1966; died April 30, 1987. She married Dan Persuek.

 

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b. Christina Jo Dirck, born March 6, 1967.

 

C. Priscilla Elaine Thomas, born in El Paso, Texas July 5, 1952. Married F. Chris McLean.

a. Shane Rene McLean, born December 18, 1968. Married Wade Marlow. 

  b. Jennifer Kay McLean, born December 20, 1974.

James Arnold Thomas married second, Eileen Zak, born in Lawton, OK on November 8, 1927, the daughter of Mayer Zak and Minnie Weinstein. Second marriage took place on September 7, 1 9 6 3 .

4. William Edward Thomas, born November 15, 1927. Married Golda Taylor; Divorced. Three children:

A. William David Thomas

a. William Drew Thomas

b. Shanna DeLynne Thomas

B. William Edward Thomas, Jr.

C. Jerry Lynn Thomas

William Edward Thomas married second Sammie Jo West; divorced.

5. Melba Jean Thomas, last child of Willie Dalton Thomas and Myrtle Davis, was born September 17, 1929. Married William Lloyd McNeal. Two children:

A. Kimberly Jan McNeal

B. Michael Lloyd McNeal

 

 

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NINNIE MAE THOMAS

Ninnie Mae Thomas, seventh child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born in Clarke County near Lower Peach Tree on January 17, 1892. She died February 19, 1969 in Tuscaloosa. Ninnie Mae married June 2, 1912, Wilson Monroe Brown who was born in Pickens County, AL on August 29, 1887. He died in Tuscaloosa on September 20, 1971 and is buried in Pickens Co. AL between Carrollton and Gordo, AL, as is his wife. The name of the cemetery is Marvin Chapel.

Ninnie Mae and her husband had the following seven children:

1. Marvin Dalton Brown, born March 24, 1913; died May 24, 1914. He was buried at Marvin Chapel Cemetery in Pickens County, Alabama.

2. Daniel Webster Brown, born November 9, 1914; died March 24, 1983. on August 26, 1936, Daniel married Alice Lorene Shirley, born on December 28, 1919. Daniel and Alice had nine children.

A. Roland Earl Brown, born August 25, 1937 in Gordo,AL. Married in 1960, Melna Gray, and they have four children:

a. Roland Gregory Brown, born June 12, 1962.

b. Daniel Thomas Brown, born November 11, 1963.

c. Donna Kay Brown, born March 10, 1967.

d. Susan Krista Brown, born April 3, 1971.

B. Barbara Ann Brown, born in Gordo on November 3, 1938 and died August 11, 1956. Buried at Mt. Pleasant, near Gordo, Alabama.

C. Walter Wayne Brown, born at Northport on February 16, 1940. He married Paulette Gable on August 16, 1963 and they have a daughter. Walter died June 23, 1988.

a. Jeanene Ann Brown, born June 16, 1969.

 

 

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D. Rita Evone Brown, born in Mobile, Al July 19, 1941; married Joe Thomas on November 20, 1959. They have four children.

  a. Lisa Anne Thomas, born April 16, 1962.

b. Joy Michelle Thomas, born March 29, 1963.

c. John Tillman Thomas, born June 10, 1966.

d. James Robert Thomas, born September 30, 1968.

 

E. Gene Michael Brown, born at Fairhope, Al on October 24, 1942. He married Peggy Joy Hayes on October 21, 1966. They have two sons.

a. Mike Brown

b. Rhett Brown

 

F. Bonnie Lou Brown, born at Fairhope on March 2, 1944; married Johnny W. Wharton on January 28, 1966. They have a son.

a. Robert Wilson Wharton, born December 13, 1972.

  

G. Daniel Riley Brown, born in Fairhope on October 18, 1945. Married Margaret Ann Pearson on June 18, 1965. They have two children.

a. Ann Marie Brown, born March 16, 1970.

b. Preston Heath Brown, born August 16, 1978.

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  H. Janice Irene Brown (twin), born at Fairhope, May 24, 1948. She married Hayes Latham on June 9, 1965 and they have four children.

  a. Shelly Joyce Latham (twin), born July 24, 1966.

  b. Sherry Jean Latham (twin), born July 24, 1966.

  c. Stephanie Lyn Latham, born March 24, 1969.

  d. William Hayes Latham, born July 31, 1970.

 

I. Jeffrey Selby Brown (twin), born at Fairhope on May 24, 1948. Married Billy Gene Koon and they have two sons.

a. Jeffrey Wesly Brown, born July 4, 1970.

b. Joshua Wade Brown

3. Lila Mae Brown, born February 16, 1916; died January 30, 1919. Buried at Marvin Chapel.

4. Ruth Grey Brown, born October 17, 1918; married March 12, 1938, Sam Jones Duckworth of Palmetto, Al. He was

born July 23, 1917; died December 1, 1977. He is buried in Unity Grove Cemetery, Palmetto. Sam was the son of Leonidas Manley F. Duckworth and Savannah Jones. Ruth and Sam had five children.

 

A. Sam Jones Duckworth, Jr., born October 25, 1939; died February 4, 1946. He is buried at Unity Grove Cemetery.

B. Louis Arthur Duckworth, born June 27, 1943. Married on November 10, 1961, Betty Jean Noland, born May 31, 1943. They have two children.

a. Karen Frances Duckworth, born on March 1, 1963, and married Jeffrey Nathan Wynne on January 15, 1988. Jeffrey was born July 2, 1964.

 

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b. Brian Keith Duckworth, born on June 10, 1965. Married on August 22, 1987, Judi Michelle Burks, born September 1968.

C. Linda Diane Duckworth, born in Tuscaloosa on July 23, 1947. Married on September 24, 1967, William Patrick Curboy of Massachusetts, born on December 28, 1946. They have three children.

a. William Patrick Curboy, Jr., born February 24, 1968.

b. Christopher Robert Curboy, born March 18, 1970.

C. Susan Ruth Curboy, born July 27, 1972.

D. Samuel Jerome Duckworth, born in Gordo, AL on April 3, 1949. Married on April 26, 1968, Rebecca Ann Lowe, born January 21, 1967. They have three children.

a. Kimberly Ann Duckworth, born August 18, 1969.

b. Cassandra Lyn Duckworth, born September 24, 1971.

C. Timothy Jerome Duckworth, born March 19, 1974.

E. Marilyn Sue Duckworth, born in Gordo on August 4, 1952. Married Robert M.. Driver on August 10, 1974. He was born December 8,1950. Marilyn and Robert have twin daughters.

a. Amanda Leigh Driver, born December 26, 1976.

b. Kelly Lyn Driver, born December 26, 1976.

5. Minnie Elouise Brown, born March 23, 1921. Married March 20, 1937, Virley Lee Leonard, born October 1, 1916; died June 27, 1975. He is buried at Higdon Church Cemetery, Lamar County, Alabama. Minnie and Virley had six children and the first four were born at Palmetto, Pickens Co.; the last two were born in Tuscaloosa.

 

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A. Bobbie Jean Leonard, born February 17, 1938; married on January 7, 1956, Clarence Edward Thomas, now deceased. Clarence was the son of Kossie Dewey Thomas, brother of Ninnie Mae Thomas Brown.

a. Dennis Ray Thomas, born February 1, 1957; married Debbie Hunnekut.

b. Larry Edward Thomas, born March 6, 1958; married May 15, 1976, Genia Rena Campbell.

c. Terry Rasdol Thomas, born March 26, 1959; married August 17, 1975, Cindy Kay Rushing. They have two

children:

(1) Ronnie DeWayne Thomas, born on December 21, 1975.

(2) Sara Nichole Thomas, born April 1, 1978.

d. Debra Jean Thomas, born May 7, 1960. married September 17,1977, James Phillip Hudson. They had two children; divorced. Debra married second, Blaine Thomas Crocker on July 5, 1989.

(1) Tania Renee Hudson, born December 29, 1978.

(2) James Edward Hudson, born April 17, 1980.

e. Joyce Marie Thomas, born June 12, 1961. Married Rocky Brace.

(1) Michael Thomas Brace, born June 10, 1979.

(2) Jerry Brace, born may 7, 1981.

B. Clarence Edward Leonard, born November 16, 1939. He married first, Lucille Turner, and they had three children.

a. Charles Leonard

b. Beverly Leonard

c. Wanda Leonard

Clarence married second on July 3, 1964, Sarah Frances Kizzire. They have two children:

d. Kemilorly Lynn Leonard, born February 11, 1970.

e. Jerry Wayne Leonard, born May 10, 1974.

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C. Virginia Kay Leonard, born December 28, 1943. Married first on January 24, 1963, Curtis Elmer Deerman; divorced. They had three children.

a. Debbie Kay Deerman, born August 23, 1963.

b. Christine Rejena Deerman, born October 8, 1965.

c. Curtis Elmer Deerman, Jr., born on September 19, 1966 .

 Virginia's mother, Eloise Leonard, adopted the above three Deerman children and they now go by the name of Leonard.

Virginia married second on July 18, 1970, Ralph Erskin Davis, by whom she had a daughter. Virginia and Ralph are divorced.

d. Rachel Lynn Davis, born June 18, 1971.

D. Thomas Sydney Leonard, born September 18, 1946. Married December 17, 1966, Sheilah Ann Weathers. They have two sons.

a. Thomas Keven Leonard, born August 14, 1967.

b. Mitchell Lee Leonard, born September 19, 1976.

E. Gary Lloyd Leonard, born July 19, 1951. Married May 28, 1971, Linda Sue Champion, born December 5, 1954.

F. Mary Jena Leonard, born September 23, 1954. MarDecember 20, 1969, George Washington Fowler. They have two sons.

a. Kenneth Scott Fowler, born April 12, 1971.

b. Joseph Wade Fowler, born August 10, 1973.

 

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Mary Jena and George were divorced and she married second John Ricky Hudson; divorced. She and her second husband had a son.

C. Stephen G. Hudson, born January 28, 1976.

Mary Jena married the third time on August 20, 1977, Alan Phillips.

6. William Jasper Brown, born in Buhl, Tuscaloosa County, AL on September 23, 1922. Married March 1, 1946, Earline Temperance Chappell, born in Tuscaloosa, AL on August 20, 1922; died December 10, 1980, in Sylacauga, AL and is buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Tuscaloosa. Earline was the daughter of Jessie Cicero Chappell and Earnestine Harkey.

William Jasper Brown is a Methodist minister.

A. William Leon Brown, born in Tuscaloosa, AL December 21, 1948. Married June 28, 1969, Caroline Suzanne Cummins.

a. William Christopher Brown, born September 12, 1972 in Bitburg, Germany.

b. Bryan Wilson Brown, born January 12, 1976, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

7. Preston J. Brown, born at Buhl, Tuscaloosa County, AL on June 6, 1926. Married in Meridian, MS on January 9, 1949, Ellen George Shelton, born at Pine Hill, Wilcox Co. Alabama on August 29, 1927; died November 29, 1988. Ellen was the daughter of George Bryon Shelton and Ellen Aurelia Jackson.

Ellen Shelton Brown compiled a booklet on Susan McCoy Thomas Steele and the William Russin Thomas family, which the family shared with me. These booklets were my source for much of the data on the Thomas family.

Preston and Ellen adopted two daughters.

A. Debra Ann Brown, born June 21, 1958. Married August 19, 1981, David Bruce Walker, and they have two children.

a. Kristen Leigh Walker, born March 24, 1983.

 

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b. Ryan Patrick Walker, born June 27, 1990.

B. Lynda Jane Brown, born October 28, 1962. Married on March 10, 1990, Phillip Radford.

Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Ninnie Brown

Mrs. Ninnie Mae Brown, 77, of 1511 East 16th Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, died Wednesday at the Druid City Hospital suffering from a stroke on Mooday, February 17, where she has been a patient for the past five weeks.

She was the daughter of the late William R. and Alabama Vickers Thomas of Lower Peach Tree. She was survived by her husband, Wilson M. Brown of Tuscaloosa; two daughters, Mrs . Ruth Duckworth of Reform and Mrs. Eloise Leonard of Millport; three sons, Rev. Daniel W. Brown of Gordo, Rev. William J. Brown of Miliport, and Preston J. Brown of Jackson: one sister, Mrs. Minnie Lou Primm of Mo,bile: four brothers, William R. Thomas of Chance, Robert Lee Thomas of Lower Peach Tree, William Comer Thomas of Paris, Texas, and Kossie D. Thomas, of Tuscaloosa; 21 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held the 19th of February from Marvin Chapel Methodist Church, located near Carrollton. The grandsons served as pallbearers.

Mrs. Brown is survived by many nieces and nephews in Clarke County.

 

 

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LORENZO NOBLE THOMAS

Lorenzo Noble Thomas, eighth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born February 5, 1884; died July 28 1958. He married Louella Virginia Green, born March 5, 1892; died February 7, 1969. Louella was a first cousin to Ruby Pearl Green who married Robert Lee Thomas, Noble's brother.

Noble and Louella had the following five children, all born Texas.

1. Juanita Elizabeth Thomas, born January 15, 1918; died September 28, 1984. Married Haskell Pearson December 24, 1938, and they had four children:

A. Billy Lloyd Pearson, born in 1940.

B. Bobby Haskell Pearson, born in 1942; died in 1983.

C. Rebecca Pearson, born in 1944.

D. Brenda Pearson, born in 1946.

2. Margaret Estelle Thomas, born in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, November 13, 1919. Married on November 23, 1935, William Herman McGee, born in Paris, Texas January 3, 1917, the son of Perly Herman McGee and Lena Velma Meacham. William died on November 27, 1975 in Houston and was buried in Paris, Texas.

A. Mary Ann McGee, born December 31, 1940, Paris, Texas.

B. Virginia McGee, born September 6, 1942, Paris, Texas.

3. Noble Clifton Thomas; born April 19, 1922; died June 15, 1924.

4. Donald Grey Thomas, born August 8, 1928; married Peggy Jean Bynum on June 3, 1950. They have one son.

 

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A. Donald Michael Thomas, born March 4, 1951. Married, wife's name unknown.

a. Donnie Scott Thomas, born in August of 1975.

 

 

5. Walter Kenneth Thomas, last child of Lorenzo Noble Thomas and Louella Virginia Green, was born on April 16, 1930; married Betty Backman on November 23, 1963.

A. Donna Michelle Thomas, born October 4, 1964.

 

 

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WILLIAM COMER THOMAS

William Comer Thomas, ninth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born January 28, 1896 and died November 10, 1981. He was married to Carrie McElyea on November 15, 1923. She was born May 19, 1905 and died February 26, 1982. Both are buried in Paris, Texas.

Comer and Carrie had only one child, a son:

1. William Lewis Thomas, born July 7, 1925, Paris, Texas. Married first, Jayne Hollingsworth, and they had one son. Married second, Peggy Morris on June 8, 1963.

A. William Lewis Thomas, Jr., born February 26, 1949, Galveston, Texas. He was married on August 14, 1971, to Toy Elizabeth Drennan, born in 1952. They have two children.

a. Alexander Aaron Thomas, born May 2, 1980.

b. Meredith Elise Thomas, born April 18, 1983.

 

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KOSSIE DEWEY THOMAS

Kossie Dewey Thomas, tenth child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born May 8, 1898; died April 6, 1978. He married on May 2, 1920 in Tuscaloosa, Sarah Howard, born June 20, 1891; died March 12, 1985. She is buried in Mt. Herman Cemetery, Hale County, AL. It is presumed that Kossie is buried in the same cemetery. Sarah was the daughter of John Watt Howard and Minnie Ida Mansfield.

Kossie and Sarah Thomas had seven children, all born in Hale County, AL.

1. Robert Earl Thomas, born July 3, 1921; died July 4, 1921.

2. Minnie Odessa Thomas,born July 8, 1922; died December 11, 1 9 34 .

3. Kossie Dewey Thomas, Jr., born August 26, 1924. Married on March 19, 1949, Pearlie Crowder, born July 13, 1917. Five children:

A. Nancy Odessa Thomas, born February 11, 1950.

B. Robert Dewey Thomas, born June 22, 1952.

C. Mary Ann Thomas, born January 13, 1954.

D. John Hester Thomas, born July 7, 1955.

E. Albert Keith Thomas, born August 27, 1958.

 

4. Sarah Claire Thomas, born December 20, 1926. Married first at Greensboro, Alabama on December 22, 1942, Charles Edward Lawley, born on October 8, 1920; died on October 16, 1960. They had one son.

 

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A. James Robert Lawley, born at Mobile,AL on May 26, 1943. He married first at Fellsmere, Florida on March 3, 1964, Joyce Marcille Fredell, born on November 25, 1942. James married second, Linda Smith, by whom he has two sons.

a. James Edward Lawley, born at Titusville, FL January 8, 1971

b. Clarence Brian Lawley, born at Orlando, FL December 16, 1971

  

Sarah Claire Thomas Lawley married second in Tuscaloosa on October 13, 1945, Franklin LaFayette Moon, born on November 14, 1922. Two children by this second marriage:

B. Carolyn Elizabeth Moon, born June 26, 1946. Married on June 12, 1964, Sidney Beatty Gallagher, born on January 18, 1945. Two sons:

a. Sidney Duane Gallagher, born at Pahokee, FL on April 24, 1965.

b. Wayne Heath Gallagher, born at Titusville, FL on February 9, 1968.

 

C. Gilbert Earl Moon, born January 16, 1949. Married at McAllen, Texas on may 9, 1970, Gloria Casas, born on April 8, 1944. Two sons:

a. Micheal Anthony Moon, born at Orlando AFB February 27, 1971.

b. Mark Patrick Moon, born at Beal AFB, CA March 17, 1973.

 

5. Virginia Inez Thomas, born May 16 or 26, 1928. Married December 21, 1946, Choise Lindburg Pugh, born June 14, 1928. Three daughters:

A. Virginia Diane Pugh, born October 2, 1951. Married July 1, 1972, Phillip Michael Whitehead.

 

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a. Kerri Ann Whitehead, born July 7, 1976.

b. Kelli Leigh Whitehead, born January 11, 1980.

 

B. Wanda Gail Pugh, born February 17, 1955. Married on March 6, 1973, Danny Kazan Burroughs. one child:

a. Christian Lynn Burroughs, born December 18, 1976.

 

C. Sherrie Jean Pugh, born July 8, 1960. Married July 14, 1979, David Michael Kuykendall. Two children:

a. Adam Lee Kuykendal, born January 6, 1981.

b. April Denise Kuykendall, born January 22, 1987.

6. John William Thomas, born November 30, 1931. Married August 16, 1950, Mavis Holifield, born in Jones County, MS on February 26, 1933, the daughter of Vern M. Holifield and Emma Rebecca Hughes. Four children:

A. John William Thomas, Jr., born on March 19, 1951. Married June 23, 1973, Peggy Linda Rotch Smith, born September 25, 1948. Peggy is the daughter of Ernestine Kennedy and William Lamar Rotch, and the great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson Kennedy and Lula Octavia Davis (see chapter on Enoch Davis, Jr., as well as chapter on Neal Kennedy in Kennedy Section of this book).

Peggy has two sons by a former marriage, and she and John have one son.

a. Jeffrey Wayne Thomas, born May 13, 1975.

B. Michael Ray Thomas, second son of John William Thomas, Sr., was born December 28, 1952. Married on May 24, 1973, Deborah Leah Rothford.

C. Linda Ann Thomas, first daughter of John William Thomas, Sr., was born on July 2 1954. Married on May 10, 1975, Thomas Anthony Collier.

D. Phyllis Elaine Thomas, second daughter of John William Thomas, was born August 29, 1961. Married on May 31, 1980, Bert Edward Bosch.

 

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7. Clarence Edward Thomas, last child of Kossie Dewey Thomas and Sarah Howard, was born on October 12, 1936 and died March 17, 1970. Married January 7, 1956 (another source says March 20th), Bobbie Jean Leonard, born February 17, 1938. Bobbie Jean is the granddaughter of Ninnie Mae Thomas, one of the sisters of Kossie Dewey Thomas.

A. Dennis Ray Thomas, born February 1, 1957. Married Debbie Hunnekut.

B. Larry Edward Thomas, born March 6, 1958. Married May 15, 1976, Genia Rena Campbell.

C. Terry Randall Thomas, born March 26, 1959. Married on August 17, 1975, Cindy Kay Rushing. Two children:

a. Ronnie Dewayne Thomas, born December 21, 1975.

b. Sara Nicole Thomas, born April 1, 1978.

D. Debra Jean Thomas, born on May 7, 1960. Married on September 17, 1977, James Phillip Hudson. Two children:

a. Tania Renee Hudson, born December 29, 1977.

b. James Edward Hudson, born April 17, 1980.

Debra and James Hudson were divorced October 31, 1988 and she married Blaine Thomas Crocker July 5 1989.

 

E. Joyce Marie Thomas, born June 12, 1961. Married Rocky Brace.

1. Michael Thomas Brace, born June 10, 1979.

2. Jerry Brace, born May 7, 1981.

 

 

 

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MINNIE LOU THOMAS

Minnie Lou Thomas, eleventh and last child of William Russin Thomas and Alabama Virginia Vickers, was born in Clarke County, Alabama on July 27, 1900; died November 20, 1979. She married Thomas Albert Primm, born in Monroe County, AL.

Minnie Lou and Thomas had five children:

1. Thomas Albert Primm, Jr., born September 23, 1925; died November 22, 1933; buried at Coy, Wilcox County, AL.

2. Evelyn Primm, born October 16, 1923; married Joseph Columbus Creel, by whom she had seven children. J. C. Creel was married first in 1937 to Viola Entriken; they had one son, Herman Joseph Creel, born November 31, 1938. Herman married and had five children, and was divorced in 1946.

The wedding of Evelyn Primm and J. C. Creel took place on March 8, 1946. They had the following seven children:

A. Marilyn Virginia Creel, born January 20, 1948; married Riley Lawson on January 14, 1966 and they had three children. Marilyn and Riley were divorced in February of 1980.

a. Connie Renee Lawson, born September 11, 1967. She is married but husband's name in unknown. No issue.

b. Hewey Lawson, born March 21, 1969; married, wife's name unknown. No issue.

C. Regina Lawson, born May 24, 1971; married, but her husband's name is unknown. No issue.

Marilyn, who provided the information on her parents, brother and sisters, married second, Charles Douglas Hesterly on February 26, 1983.

B. Judith Carol Creel, born November 21, 1949.

C. Jo Ann Creel, born August 23, 1958.

D. Lou Ellen Creel, born November 18, 1959. Married in August of 1976, Micheale Eugene Tyler. Three children:

a. Amanda Tyler, born in 1980.

 

 

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b. Micheale Tyler, Jr., born in 1982.

c. Shawn Tyler, born in 1984.

E. Donna Jean Creel, born October 3, 1962; married Charlie Bennefield. No issue.

F. Kenneth Davey Creel, born November 5, 1963; married Sonyedda Carroll. One child:

a. Joseph Logan Creel, born in 1987.

G. Elizabeth Mae Creel, born February 18, 1966; married Richard Allen and has one daughter.

a. Alyssa Ashley Allen, born in 1986.

After the death of Evelyn Primm Creel on May 9, 1982, J. C. married for the third time. His wife's name is Patricia and they married in August of 1982. J. C. Creel, who was born on March 15, 1919, died August 11, 1990.

3. John Shelton Primm, born may 21, 1929; died April 18, 1990. Married Barbara Weeks, born May 27, 1931. She is deceased also.

A. Cynthia Louise Primm, born October 9, 1958. Married August 5, 1972, David Back; divorced.

a. Jennifer Back

b. Emily Back

B. John Shelton Primm, Jr. (twin), born August 28, 1959. He married Jeannie, last name unknown. Two children:

a. Tommy Primm

b. Timothy Primm, born September 10, 1978.

C. Thomas Alford Primm (twin), born August 28, 1959; died September 23, 1959.

4. Walter Raleigh Primm, born June 26, 1927; died August 22, 1969; buried in Mobile, AL. Married first Margaret Adams, born in Mexia, AL April 25, 1925, the daughter of Edward and Jewel Adams. Walter and Margaret were divorced. They had three daughters, all born in Mobile.

 

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A. Gloria Diane Primm, born February 11, 1950.

B. Glennis Faye Primm, born December 12, 1951. Married June 26, 1970, James W. Searcy, III.

C. Brenda Sue Primm, born December 2, 1953. Married Richard Albert Webster in February of 1976. One child:

a. Jennifer Michelle Webster, born March 25, 1980 in Montgomery, Alabama.

Walter Raleigh Primm married second, Jeannette Bowden, by whom he had a son.

D. Walter Raleigh Primm, Jr., born December 3, 1963, Mobile, AL.

 

5. Baby girl, stillborn, February 27, 1931.

6. Clarence Edgar Primm, last child of Minnie Lou Thomas and Thomas Albert Primm, was born at Coy, AL January 31, 1939. He married August 13, 1960 in Charleston, SC, Glenda Anne Guy, born at St. Pauls, SC December 19, 1941, the daughter of Rev. Willie Highsmith Guy and Annie Mae Lee.

A. David Wayne Primm, born February 4, 1963 at Satsuma, Mobile Co. AL. Married Jeri Theressa Sumlin September 12, 1987.

B. Charles Earl Primm, born May 8, 1964 at Satsuma. He married Patricia Jean Tindle on June 17,

C. Lori Anne Primm, born May 12, 1970 in Mobile. Married James Christopher Billingsly on March 18, 1989.

D. Marie Elena Primm, born Sepember 10, 1972 in Mobile.

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MARY LAVINIA THOMAS

Mary Lavinia Thomas is believed to be the only daughter of Susan McCoy and her first husband, John Augusta Thomas. She was born after 1860, as she is not listed in the home of her parents and brothers in the census that year. Lavinia married James Marcellus Bradford, born in 1857, the son of James T. Bradford and Mary E. Walker.

While researching the Davis family, I was told that Lavinia and her husband had migrated to Arkansas, and had settled in the town of Banks. Preston Brown's booklet on the William Russin Thomas family listed several of the children. With this limited information on Lavinia, I wrote to the postmaster of Banks, Arkansas the last of January, 1990. Around March lst I received a letter from Lavinia's granddaughter in Houston, Texas. Since that time we have spoken on the telephone and exchanged letters and data.

Thanks to this granddaughter, Myra Loomis Mulcare, the record of Mary Lavinia Thomas is complete.

Mary Lavinia Thomas was born in 1863 in Clarke County, Al. On November 22, 1878 she married James Marcellus Bradford, born in 1857. He died April 20, 1913 and she between 1910-13. They are buried in McFarland Cemetery, Banks, Arkansas.

The family is listed as follows in the 1880 Census of Clarke Co., AL Beat #17, Cane Creek:

Bradford, Marcelus, age 23, born in Alabama in 1857. Bradford, Lavinia, age 17, born in Alabama in 1863. Bradford, Kosuth, age 8 mos,born in Alabama in 1879.

Lavenia and Marcellus had thirteen children, listed as follows but not necessarily in order of their birth:

1. Kosuth Bradford 7. Alfon Bradford

2. Eddie Bradford 8. Alfred V. Bradford

3. John S. Bradford 9. Grover Bradford

4. Eunice Viola Bradford 10. Hattie Bradford

5. Lula Bradford 11. Mamie Bradford

6. Henry Bradford 12. Monet Bradford

13. Danny Bradford

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4. Eunice Viola Bradford may have been the fourth child of Mary Lavinia Thomas and James Marcelus Bradford. She was born in Alabama on April 28, 1886 before her parents migrated to Arkansas. She married June 18, 1905, in Banks, Walter Chamberlain Loomis, the son of Elias Loomis and Sarah A. (Ferrell) Godfrey. Walter was born in Banks June 30, 1885 and died June 2, 1958. Eunice died November 7, 1968.

Eunice and Walter had the following thirteen children, all born in Banks:

A. Claude Elias Loomis, born May 4, 1906 and died on September 2, 1989. He married Mattie Lee Adams on October 8, 1927. She was born April 11, 1913, the daughter of Salvin Adams and Cynthia Reddin. They have five children.

a. Iva Reece Loomis, born December 22, 1929. She is married to Sandy Nutt.

b. Evelyn Loomis married first Sonny Taylor. Married second, Glen Bacon.

c. Martha Loomis is married to Charles Chandler.

d. Carlton Loomis; wife's name is Jane.

e. Horace Loomis; wife's name is Linda.

B. Travis James Loomis, born July 18, 1907 and died in August of 1984. He married December 24, 1925, Leola Langston. Three children:

a. Van Lavon Loomis, born March 3, 1929. His wife's name is Margaret.

b. Gene Loomis; wife's name is Yvonne.

c. Donna Rea Loomis

C. Pearl Loomis,twin, born January 28, 1909; died February 7, 1978. She married Elred Sparks June 4, 1927. Two children:

a. Octavia Lavern Sparks, born March 5, 1930. Married Max Caffery.

b. J. C. Sparks. Wife's name is Kay.

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D. Pervie Loomis, twin, born Jan. 28,1909. Married Porter Stewart July 4, 1929. Four children:

a. J. D. Stewart

b. Robert Dean Stewart

c. Sylvia Stewart

d. Jackie Stewart

E. Erma Sarah Loomis, born April 13, 1913. Married James Nineveth Johnston September 4, 1927. James died November 4, 1967. He and Erma had six children.

a. James Gilbert Johnston, born October 3, 1930.

b. Herbert Walter Johnston, born June 4, 1934. Wife is named Eva.

c. Jack Larry Johnston, born February 13, 1937. His wife's name is Janell.

d. Herman David Johnston, born September 9, 1939. Wife's name is Pauline.

e. Ginger Diane Johnston, born on March 3, 1945.

f. Alan Reed Johnston, born September 28, 1950. His wife's name is Jackie.

 

F. Kneath Emmit Loomis, born December 28, 1916. Married Juanita Henry on November 8, 1941. She was born October 8, 1923, the daughter of Hugh T. Henry and Florence Wagnon. Five children, all born in Warren, Arkansas.

a. Kneath Emmit Loomis, Jr., born June 30, 1943.

b. Henry Patrick Loomis, born March 17, 1947.

 

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c. Kathy Suzanne Loomis, born November 10, 1949.

d. Robert Steven Loomis, born November 10, 1951.

e. Robin Jeffrey Loomis, born September 29, 1950.

 

G. John Ira Loomis, born June 11, 1918. Married Carolyn Jones in July of 1946. Six children:

a. June Loomis


 

b. Rickie Loomis

c. Joe Loomis

d. Jennifer Loomis

e. Angie Loomis

f. Jeff Loomis

 

H. Preston Cecil Loomis, born May 24, 1921 and died on June 14, 1984 as a result of a tractor accident. His first wife, Jean, was killed in an automobile accident. They are buried in Hardin Chapel Cemetery, Hardin, Texas. Preston's second wife was named Lucille. Preston had two sons.

a. Bill Loomis

b. Bob Loomis

I. D. L. Loomis, born November 24, 1923. He married Clara Estelle Thomas, born January 11, 1932, the daughter of William Ernest Thomas and Winnie Aline Deven. Three sons:

a. Daniel Eugene Loomis, born January 1, 1953 in West Helena, Arkansas. He married on December 18, 1971, Carolyn Louise Hindsley. Danny died January 25, 1985. There were two daughters born

 

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to Danny and Carolyn:

(1) Tamara Carol Loomis, born May 9, 1974, in Helena, Arkansas.

(2) Kristina Leigh Loomis, born on February 17, 1978, also in Helena.

b. Donald Glenn Loomis, twin, born on May 11, 1958 in Baton Rouge, LA. Married on July 12, 1980, Judy Annette Moore. Two children, both born in Helena, AR.

(1) Donald Glenn Loomis, Jr., born December 28, 1982.

(2) Amanda Annett Loomis, born March 9, 1987.

C. Ronald Lynn Loomis, twin, born on May 11, 1958. Married on July 12, 1980, Brenda Kay (Reed) Short. Brenda had a son by her first husband.

(1) Chance Wayne Short

J. Infant, stillborn April 11, 1925.

K. Francis Leo Loomis, llth child of Eunice and Walter Loomis, was born on May 21, 1926. He and his wife, Patsy Hooks Loomis, have three children, all born in El Dorado, Arkansas.

a. Ernest Lynn Loomis

b. Rhonda Loomis, twin, born March 26, 1966.

C. Fonda Loomis, twin, born March 26, 1966. He died in the early 1980's.

L. Myra Dean Loomis, born July 29, 1929. She married John (Jack) Edward Mulcare on March 27, 1950, the son of Laverne Jerome Mulcare and Eunice Rachel Dickey. Jack was born in Shreveport, LA October 8, 1924. He and Myra have three children, all born in Houston, Texas.

a. Patricia Anne Mulcare, born January 20, 1951. She married on January 15, 1971, David Paul Young, the

 

 

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son of Frank Thirston Young and Mary Katherine Freeman. Patricia and David have three children, all born in Oklahoma City, OK.

(1) Timothy Paul Young, born June 10, 1973.

(2) Brian Nathaniel Young, born December 26, 1975.

(3) Natalie Anne Young, born November 19, 1981.

b. Michael Edward Mulcare, born on November 16, 1953. Married June 14, 1974, Pamela Dalton, born July 21, 1955, the daughter of Alonzo Dalton and Pat Phillips. Michael and Pamela have two children, both born in Houston.

(1) Jason Michael Mulcare, born May 17, 1976.

(2) Janell Marie Mulcare, born April 4, 1978.

C. Mary Elizabeth Mulcare, born January 21, 1955. Married on April 27, 1985, Gregory Mark Howard, born March 31, the son of John M. and Lottie Howard.

 

M. Infant, stillborn April 21, 1933; last child of Eunice and Walter Loomis.

 

 

 

Picture: Walter and Eunice Loomis

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SUSAN McCOY THOMAS STEELE

Susan McCoy Thomas was an herb doctor. Dr. Koss Mayer, who was a physician in Lower Peach Tree and surrounding communities, is reported to have said that she was as good as a medical doctor in the treatment of childhood diseases.

After the death of her first husband, Susan married John Steele on June 26, 1864, according to Clarke County Marriage Records.

The 1870 Clarke County Census Records, Grove Hill Precinct, listed the family in Household No. 154, with the Arthur M. Davis family listed in Household No. 156. The first five children are by Susan's first husband, John A. Thomas.

John Steele, Farmer age 53 RE,$400 PP,$100

Susan Steele 32

James H. Thomas 12

John L. or T. Thomas 10

William R. Thomas 8

Enoch D. Thomas 7

Mary L. Thomas 6

Zorastus E. Steele 4

Emma J. Steele 3

Thomas E. Steele 8 mos.

John Steele also served in the Confederate States Army, as a Private with Co. C. He died March 27, 1888. According to Pension Records on file in the Clarke County Court House in Grove Hill, AL, Susan applied for a pension under his name, giving her address as P. O., Chance, AL.

Susan and John Steele had the following six children:

1. Zorastus E. Steele, born in 1866.

2. Emma J. Steele, born in 1867.

3. Thomas E. Steele, born in 1869.

4. Alice aphelia Steele was born June 11, 1872; died September 1, 1949. She married William Joshua Walker, born

July 27, 1872; died April 4, 1921. William was the son Arthur Addison Walker and Mary Ann Pine.

A. Sallie Dessie Walker, oldest child of aphelia and William Walker, was born October 26, 1892; died on August 9, 1979. Buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Walker Springs, Clarke County, AL. She married Leon Earl Coleman on February 1, 1910. He was born at Walker Springs on April 6, 1891, the son of James Malcolm

 

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Coleman and Sara Adell Myrick. He died May 10, 1982, and is also buried in Hopewell Cemetery. Sallie and her husband had five children, all born in Walker Springs.

a. Lillian Earl Coleman, born November 19, 1912. She married Henry Walton Flinn June 11, 1932; divorced. Married second, Samuel Turner.

b. Reuben Clayton Coleman, born December 2, 1914. He married Sara Cribbs January 10, 1934.

c. Eunice Gray Coleman, born November 9, 1918. She married Perry Colman December 22, 1941.

d. James William Coleman, born November 3,1921. Married Johnnie Few.

e. Nellie June Coleman, born June 16, 1927. married first, John Elwyn Pace, July 2,1945 and they had seven children. Married Jenkins Armstead Smith on August 19, 1976. Jenkins was born August 8, 1913, at McVay, Clarke CO. AL, the son of Jessie Evander Smith and Lillie Jane Bolen.

(1) Ruby Nell Pace, born in New Orleans, LA on August 26, 1946. Married Glenn Cave May 18, 1965.

(A) Virginia Nell Cave; married a Busby.

(B) Glenda Denise Cave

(2) John Elwyn Pace, Jr, born at Leroy, Washington Co. AL September 14, 1948. He and his first wife, Carolyn Cirsp, had two children. After their divorce, she remarried and her husband adopted the two children.

(A) John Elwyn Pace Capps

(B) Dawn Pace Capps

John and his second wife, Lisa, have two children:

(C) Jamie Rose Pace

(D) Jason Pace

 

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(3) Frances Christine Pace, born at Leroy December 14, 1949. Married William Jones June 2, 1966. one child, adopted by Christine's second husband, Gary Lynn Sinclair.Christine and Gary have one son.

(A) Thomas William Jones Sinclair.

(B) Gary Lynn Sinclair, Jr.

(4) Pamela Pace, born at Leroy October 1, 1951. Married Thomas David Few. Two children:

(A) Bryan Thomas Few

(B) Joshua David Few

(5) Matt Coleman Pace, born September 28, 1953, Grove Hill. Married Kay Turner on September 12, 1980.

(A) Mathew Coleman Pace

(6) Sally Lynn Pace, born at Jackson on November 16, 1955. Married Warren Dale Bryan.

(A) Amanda Lynn Bryan

(7) Jessie Russell Pace, born at Jackson March 20, 1957. Married Stacie Henson February 21, 1976.

(A) Jessica Pace

(B) Jeremy Pace

B. Grady Nobles Walker, second child and first son of aphelia and William Walker, was born March 13, 1895; died September 2, 1965. Married Littie Stitcher and they had at least one daughter:

a. Alice Walker; married a DeWitt.

C. Lillian Gertrude Walker, third child and second daughter of aphelia and William Walker, was born in Lower Peach Tree December 31, 1897; died May 7, 1974; buried at Grove Hill. Lillie married Lelon Eugene Brown, born in Clarke County August 20, 1891, the son of Lucia Thomas and Pleasant Oren Brown. Lelon died October 4, 1969 and was buried at Walker Springs, AL, as is Lillie. They had four children, all born in Clarke County:

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a. Maggie Ruth Brown, born January 13, 1918. Married James Turner Moseley October 2, 1937.

b. Bonnie Pearl Brown; married first Woodie Ray Coleman on November 7, 1937. Married second, John Skinner on December 29, 1982.

c. Willie Mae Brown, born February 9, 1923. Married Irby Gilder Weaver on September 6, 1942.

d. Wanda Brown, born November 5, 1926. Married first, Bryan Emmett Gates on October 24, 1941 and they had two children:

(1) Joan Faye Gates, born July 28, 1942. Married first, Walter Wayne White. She married second, John Mason McGugin.

(2) Jerry Rayford Gates, born in Jackson on July 18, 1946. Married Susan Rebecca Rigby.

Wanda married second Bobby Neal Powell, born July 8, 1930, the son of Kossie Powell and Agnes Grace Hicks. Three children:

(3) Larry Neal Powell, twin, born in Grove Hill July 11, 1950. Married first Barbara Woodyard. Married second, Wanda York.

(4) Laura Nell Powell, twin, born in Grove Hill July 11, 1950. Married first, Ronald Lynn Chancey; married second Walter Jack Few.

(5) Bobby Wayne Powell, born at Jackson November 12, 1959. Married first Cindy Mills; married second, Jennifer Mae Visser.

 

D. Sadie Isido Walker, fourth child and third daughter of Ophelia and William Walker, was born July 24, 1899 and died January 22, 1978. She married Arnett Lynch and they had no issue.

E. Willie Florence Walker, fifth child and fourth daughter of aphelia and William Walker, was born June 12, 1900. She died April 12, 1936. She married Theophilus Wiggins and had six children. He was born on August 23, 1898.

 

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a. Wilda Wiggins, born October 15, 1919.

b. Fannie Lee Wiggins, born December 13, 1921.

c. Thelma Marjorie Wiggins, born September 19, 1923.

d. Elvin Marvin Wiggins, born March 15, 1925.

e. Mildred Irene Wiggins, born at Canoe, AL August 15, 1927. Married Fred Edward Newburn, born December 20, 1923; died November 4, 1978.

(1) Freda Carolyn Newburn, born in Mobile August 5, 1946. Married Joe Alan Alonso on May 13, 1966. Two children:

(A) Jillena Ann Alonso, born October 25, 1969.

(B) Joe Alan Alonso, Jr., born October 8, 1976.

(2) Eric Newburn, born in Mobile December 21, 1948.

(3) Mark Edward Newburn, born in Mobile March 16 1952. Married M. Christine on November 27, 1983 and they were divorced in November of 1987.

f. Mary Joyce Wiggins, born December 17, 1935.

F. Enoch Strother Walker, sixth child and second son of Ophelia Steele and William Walker, was born September 29, 1901. He died May 26, 1979. Married Bertie Harris and they had one son who lived about six weeks.

G. R. A. Walker, seventh child and third son of aphelia Steele and William Walker, was born November 4, 1903; died September 16, 1965. Married Bessie Dorman; they had at least one daughter.

a. Doris Walker; married Willard Bayles.

H. Johnnie David Walker, eighth child and fourth son of aphelia and William Walker, was born November 11,1906 and died December 3, 1935. Married Rosalie Singleton and they had no issue.

 

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William Carnigee (Tombstone reads "Cornelius, according to the publication by Clarke County Historical Society) Walker, ninth child and fifth son of aphelia and William Walker, was born March 14, 1908 and died March 5, 1937. Never married.

J. Mary Addie Walker, tenth child and fifth daughter of Ophelia and William Walker, was born November 19, 1910, Walker Springs. Married Ishmael Cornelius Bryan the son of George Cornelius Bryan and Lillie Belle Griffis. The date of Mary Addie and Ishmael's wedding was January 25, 1930. Ishmael was born July 2, 1911 and died July 7, 1959.

a. Jewel Laverne Bryan, born December 10, 1932, Alma Alabama. She married Frank Irvin Jones on May 24 1954 in Allen, AL. He is the son of Jesse Howard Jones and Gladys Margaret Marshall and was born at Carson, AL on May 24, 1927. Two sons, born at Jackson, AL.

(1) Michael Irvin Jones, born April 5, 1957. He married Reba Berniece Stitcher on August 7, 1976.

(A) Bryan Alan Jones, born March 10, 1979.

(B) Jason Michael Jones, born August 5, 1982.

(2) Joseph Bryan Jones, born September 4, 1962. Married Tammy Claudette Shoultz December 17, 1988.

(A) Joseph Brandon Jones, born October 20, 1989.

k. Howard Addison Walker, eleventh child and sixth son of Ophelia and William Walker, was born in Jackson August 16, 1912 and died December 10, 1984. He was buried at Jackson. Howard married Ruby Horne Hudson, born in Clarke County October 8, 1913, the daughter of Eddie Lee Hudson and Annie Joiner. Howard and Ruby had three daughters.

(1) Patsy Walker, born in Mobile September 2, 1948. Married James L. Walker May 28, 1972. He was born at Fulton October 5, 1947, the son of Luther H. Walker and Edith Williams. Two sons:

 

 

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(A) James M. Walker, II, born at Jackson March 14, 1975.

(B) Brian S. Walker, born at Grove Hill May 28, 1 9 77 .

(2) Sandra Walker, born at Jackson May 19, 1950.

(3) Susan Walker, born at Jackson June 11, 1954. Married John Lee Perkins November 8, 1969.

(A) John O. Perkins, born in Mobile June 24, 1970. ,

(B) Christie G. Perkins, born in Jackson April 17, 1972.

1. Robert Van Walker, twelfth and last child, and seventh son of Ophelia and William Walker, was born October 31, 1914. Married Isabella Batley.

5. Lizzie Steele

6. Ellen Steele

 

Susan E. McCoy Thomas Steele died November 16, 1929 and is buried in the Kennedy Cemetery in Chance, Alabama. On the occasion of her death, Lucy Dee Thomas Browne, a granddaughter, wrote a tribute to Susan (see at tached copy).

Note: Susan E. McCoy's second husband, John Steele, was a brother to my great grandfather, James L. Goree Steele. My mother, Leslie Elma Faile, was a daughter of Carl Steele, who was a daughter of James L. Goree Steele. James and John were sons of Elias Steele, an early settler in Clarke County. MKR

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