tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87919950840337138892024-03-05T22:53:19.244-08:00Mariah's ZepherAn Ancestral Journey through the winds of time<br> planting seeds in Harrison and Grimes County TexasMs Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-53924632693367701772020-06-23T01:58:00.000-07:002020-06-23T02:12:49.146-07:00A Song For You: Or Is It Just Me <br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you in a place where there was no space or time</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been so many places in my life and time</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've sung a lot of songs</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've made some bad rhymes</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've acted out my life in stages </span></i></b> </div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Is it so rare that when you think of them</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>A slow soothing chill runs down your spine</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>To my friends whose love for each other rose to the occasion </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>You know who you are</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The years spent together may seen like just yesterday </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Though the years turned to decades</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>For some of us those seconds and minutes were meant to be</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Short but sweet </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Who can judge the heart whose memories linger</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Did not fade nor disappear year after year</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Alone by choice knowing good and well</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>No one can take your place</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>So I listen</i></b></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You taught me precious secrets </b></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Of a true love</b></i></div>
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<b>You wanted nothing</b></div>
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<b>You came out in front</b></div>
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<b>When I was hiding</b></div>
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<b>But now I'm so much better</b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I listen to the echo of those who think they know </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My " Wutherings Heights"</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Consumed with passion </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or my "Back Street " pleadings of together again</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Until then </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Melody of love remains</span></i></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic;">And if my words don't come together</b></div>
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<b>Cause my love is in there hiding</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Leon Russell your words fell right in Donnie Hathaway's soul. A SONG FOR YOU</i></b></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-10191509058329472652019-02-14T09:20:00.001-08:002019-02-14T20:12:59.103-08:00Oh My Love, My Darling!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>If this song was in the time of this letter, I would dedicate the words to this song sung by the Righteous Brothers to Fannie and Norfleet. </i></b><br />
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<b><i> Oh, my love, my darling</i></b><br />
<b><i> I've hungered for your touch</i></b><br />
<b><i> A long, lonely time</i></b><br />
<b><i> Time goes by so slowly</i></b><br />
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<b><i> And time can do so much</i></b><br />
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<b><i> Are you still mine?</i></b></div>
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<b><i> I need your love</i></b></div>
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<b><i> I need your love</i></b></div>
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<b><i> God speed your love to me</i></b></div>
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<b><i>No one knows who wrote this love letter for Fannie but according to Randolph Campbell and/ or Daniel K Pickens, the handwriting of other documents in the Family papers look like it may have been Louisa. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>In 1860, Theophilus married Harriett Person from North Carolina and bought her to Texas.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>In 1862 Theophilus Perry left to join the the Harrison County Lancers a part of the 28th Texas Calvary. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>With him he took one Norfleet Perry a slave that belonged to his father Levin as his body servant. </i></b></div>
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<b><i> Levin owned the Spring Hill plantation where Harriett and Louisa, Theophilus sister remained.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Norfleet was the mate of Fannie who also was at the Spring Hill Plantation. There is no indication that Norfleet and Fannie had any children.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Throughout the time that Theophilus and Norfleet were gone to war, Harriett and Louisa sent letters letting him know the goings on at home.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Included in these letters were bits of messages to give to Norfleet.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Messages relayed by Fannie that she had sent two pairs of socks and did he receive them or had he gotten a comforter.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>In 1863 Norfleet disappeared from the camp where they were situated. Theophilus assumed he was trying to make his way back home according to his letter he wrote to his wife.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The war claimed Theophilus Perry. </i></b><b><i>I pray Fannie and Norfleet were reunited!</i></b><br />
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-66111594877714616702019-01-31T22:00:00.000-08:002019-01-31T22:00:18.746-08:00 How We Got Over For Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Row Row Row your boat</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Gently down the stream</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Merrily Merrily Merrily</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Oh Wait!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>That was not my ancestors dream</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Forced on a ship, PLEASE !</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Names like The Blessing and The Wanderer</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Bodies packed like Sardines</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>One two three o'clock</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Four o'clock rock</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Lined up our ancestors </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>As soon as they reached the dock</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>This was not their Oh Happy Day</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Chained up, bruised up </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Working sun up to sun down</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>No way to get away from the loveless town</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>You know the story of </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It's sure not the glory of love</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Through the rain through the storm</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>United States Colored Troops marching by</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Come on now, throw down that cotton sack</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>You over there Simon, Jim and Jack</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> March on brother march on</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Forget that you are featured </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>On that newspaper ad</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Not being identified as a man</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Just five foot five, pitch black </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Lash marks up and down your back</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Will pay reward to bring you back alive</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Keep marching brother, keep on</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It's not over oh Great Jehovah</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It is now eighteen sixty five</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>But then you knew didn't you</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Even before Granger came riding through</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Picking up the remnants of eighteen sixty three</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>That's what Lincoln proclaimed </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hail, Hail The Fifteenth is here </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>1868 the Amendment was cheered </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Congress did a very good thing</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Giving blacks the right to vote</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>It was only for men in the begin</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Over in Grimes, Harrison and Fayette County Texas that is</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>My great Great grands stood in line</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Happy as heck they signed with an X</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Registered to vote for the very first time</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Taking that important stand</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>They were alone from the 10th to the 14th </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>No rest until they passed the test</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Strongly geared for the Constitutional Congress</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Someone penned it Reconstruction</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hiram Revels, Josiah Walls raised their hand</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Papa was no rolling stone</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>He took good care of his home</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>After toiling day by day</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>He saved a few coins putting them away </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Not under his bed or in his sock</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>He placed them in a metal box </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>in a building under key and lock </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>He made his deposits, gestured thanks</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Tipped his hat to the clerk </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>At the Freedmen's Bank</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The bureau was different as night is to day </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Even if it rained they were not under the same parasol </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>There was </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Education, information, hoax, strokes, lying folks</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Contracts broke, pay the teachers who taught our folks</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Married ma and pa</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Complaints heard, settled up, the Freedmen Bureau final say</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>One Hundred Fifty Years later give or take a few</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Some want to take us back and many of you know who</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>They could not take a Chisholm, cringed when the words rang true</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Sojourner Truth said loud and clear Ain't I A Woman</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>In a heart beat, Daniel Hale came through</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Sing Aretha she loved that hat, Obama had you near</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Tears of joy Number 44</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Good news Freedoms Press, Ebony and Jet</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Rest In Peace Mel Waiters San Antonio's best.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We're on the move!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We've got the groove!</i></b></span><br />
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<br />Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-69654233195534110732018-06-29T01:23:00.001-07:002018-06-29T01:23:21.407-07:00Twenty Seven Years Of "From The's"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">FROM 1991 - 2018 Still Scratching That Itch</span></i></b><br />
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Twenty seven years is how long I have been researching. It is not long compared to others that I know who have been at it much longer than I.<br />
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Some days good, some not so good. My pajama research spills into the early morning light. I had to align or manage my feelings and thoughts after I went into the dark places I visited in the pages of yesterday. <br />
The glistening rewards of my heart strings as I stumbled upon the good in humanity.<br />
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From The census pages I read where family was found and the next year where one or two had disappeared. That Mortality Schedule half blacked out on the lines I really needed to see.<br />
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From The brave great grandmother found in 1880 on the Agricultural Census telling the state how many horses sheep and cows she had and what crop she toiled while her husband was no where to be found so the taxes could be paid.<br />
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From The birth certificates of those born healthy as I suddenly see a maiden name of my ancestor or finding out another ancestor was the midwife who helped to bring that child into the world. Then make it a mission to find more of her midwifery.<br />
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From The death certificates where I saw family who had expired from high blood pressure, cancer, starvation, burned in a fire, old age, young age, new born to drownings.<br />
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From The newspaper articles where humans had been auctioned off to the highest bidder and silently wondering if they were one of my ancestors. From the tears shed when I found the article of my cousins great grand who was being taken to the safety of another jail by a sheriff only to be overtaken by a vicious mob and dragged to the nearest tree.<br />
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From The numerous articles with pictures that bought joy to my sisters mother of her ancestor who stood tall in the anals of Texas as President of PrairieView College; Who also was friends with and stood side by side with the likes of WEB Dubois.<br />
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From The DNA results that yield so many cousins from all parts of the country. North, South, East and West, with ethnicities tied together from material matter sealed in the complexity of the nucleus. As a matter of fact, if it wasn't for "that" matter twenty three of my Chromosomes all paired up like lovers there would not be a Me. <br />
(My favorite chromosomes are sixteen and twenty three but I need four more numbers to play the lottery)<br />
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From The spittle and scrapes of my children's mouths, as well as my siblings, nieces, cousins on both sides, the neighbors, they all contribute to who we are and where we come from. All so that our ancestors will never be forgotten and your descendants will hopefully do the same for you.<br />
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My daughter would say that if I could ask the dirt to spit when I run out of people I would.<br />
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From The sight unseen dear genealogy friends who have shown me through deeds, words and sharing, that their passion is the same as mine.<br />
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From The ones who I have chatted with for long hours laughing and talking as if they were with me trying our best to find another link, another clue.<br />
On many occasions a call from all across the country from those who just wanted to say hello.<br />
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From The ones I have seen, from cousins to genealogy groups, to the one that I graduated with at the University Of Phoenix, to my AfriGeneas mentors, and to the one who is not RELATED, I look forward to twenty - eight years of research or more with or without finding Mariah.<br />
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-38580634806550025092018-05-10T18:25:00.001-07:002018-05-10T18:25:05.383-07:00Mother's Day 2018 : The Talk<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><i>Your love for all your children carried you </i></b></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-44110445129856334862017-11-13T16:03:00.000-08:002018-05-11T22:39:59.785-07:00Salute: African American Troops FT. Dix<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">My Niece Tanya was kind enough to copy this image and send to me. My prayer is that someone somewhere will see this and recognize their grandfather, father, uncle, brother or even their next door neighbor. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">With Pride and Honor, Thank You!!!!</span></i></b>Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-31272976490815377942017-10-30T22:44:00.001-07:002017-10-31T09:05:29.986-07:00My Voyage Of Discoveries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>I had just spent 5 days on a Genealogy Cruise that went to the Bahamas. It was hosted by the North Carolina Piedmont-Triad Chapter of the African American Historical and Genealogical Society and was billed Voyage of Discovery</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We started out in Charleston South Carolina ready to go. Joyce McCollum, Me and Phyllis Grimes. The guy in the middle was the Uber driver who was hilarious and agreed to take a picture.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We met up with Joyce's ship-mate Naziah Hassan on board the ship who I got to meet for the first time. I later found out she is a New York-er living now in Phoenix. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>This man had me in tears as he told his story of growing up in New York poorer than poor and rising up from getting sandwiches to the Apollo guests to being the Resident Historian. His presentation was full of humor and spell binding at the same time. They call him "Mr Apollo" and will have a book coming out soon.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>No secret to any of my family but I love to go spend time at the casino.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>They had one on ship so in my free time, I went and played the penny machine.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We introduced ourselves and found out they were cousins and their names were Vickie and Phyllis.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>My ship room-mate was named Phyllis.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>That sparked a cruise friendship and also I got a chance to tell them about my aspect on genealogy and the importance of knowing your history.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I think I also may have convinced Phyllis to download her and her hubby's dna data to Gedmatch, and maybe just maybe Vickie will take a dna test.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I would really roll over if one of them matched me or my Arizona Genealogy buddy Phyllis.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>After all how neat is this to sit next to two people who have names in common and laughed it up durn near the whole night. It was the first time it has happened to me.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>So knowing me and the way I think I looked up two names in the census and came up with this.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>In the 1920 Louisiana Census there was a Philis Victoria born around 1872 living with her three sons and two daughters.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 1, Allen, Louisiana; Roll: T625_603; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 17</b></span><br />
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<b><i>Not to be undone in the 1935 Florida State Census there is a Victoria Phyllys widow born around 1893. This reminds me that some states did have state census every 5 years.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The people above are not my people but who knows if their descendants showed up on my match list one of these days. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>I ate too many motion pills and rocked and rolled to many times to keep my words of cuss down to a minimum.</i></b><br />
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<br />Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-31137991347082751952017-09-16T00:13:00.002-07:002017-09-16T00:13:49.929-07:00 Hey Lady In The Red Polka Dot Dress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Who Are You Lady In The Red Polka Dot Dress?<br />
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Here we go again, as I try to make sense of my dreams.<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress why were you standing there talking to me with your back turned?<br />
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Since I woke up, I am trying to figure out who in the world you are.<br />
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I know that if any of my family were talking to me, I would surely know who they were. That includes my cousins in Texas, my sister in laws and anyone else I know, so who are you?<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress why did you point your finger to the back of you without turning around, then telling me to go to your house and look in the drawer.<br />
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What house, what drawer??? I don't even know you.....Maybe if you turn around and let me see your face. <br />
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Was it this type of drawer?<br />
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Or did it look like this?<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress your hair is rather light brown with shades of blond or sandy red combed under in a large roll. The style was really neat not a hair out of place.<br />
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Hey Lady in the red polka dot dress was your hair in the front combed into a bang?<br />
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You know, like my mama's hair with her bangs looking all cute.<br />
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Of Course I would not ever know because Lady, YOU DID NOT TURN AROUND!!!!<br />
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And by the way lady in the red polka dot dress, from the back it looks like that dress you have on is none like I have seen before. The ones ladies wear these days are rather sexy looking.<br />
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Of course I am assuming that the dress is "not" sexy looking in the front because again Lady in the red polka dot dress, YOU DID NOT TURN AROUND !!!<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress you did not give me your address so that I could look in the drawer.<br />
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How did I get there, and how did I know what drawer to look in?.... Because I DID mysteriously get there and I DID go in a drawer....Sheesh!!<br />
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Now I am really perplexed.......<br />
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Inside the drawer wrapped up in a baggy are numerous cd's that have Microsoft Word and Excel plus it looked like Photoshop and few more I did not see.<br />
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Thats when I woke up!<br />
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In my thinking cap mode I tried to gather all the clues that may lead me to the gist of this dream.<br />
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Now I am not sure I can blame my elusive maternal 3rd great-grandmother on this one who just happened to be born in 1854 and they had not invented Cd's let alone Microsoft in that day and age.<br />
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So who is she and what is she to me?<br />
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I will eliminate my paternal great grandmother on this side because I just know she would not even think to wear a red polka dot dress and her hair is not that sandy reddish color.<br />
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I know that I owe Shelley Murphy a " somewhat completed" timeline that I should have submitted when I went to MAAGI (Midwest African American Genealogy Institute) in July of this year.<br />
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I wanted to do it in Powerpoint....sigh!<br />
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By the way, I did not see the Powerpoint cd so I need to eliminate Shelley as the lady in the polka dot dress. Besides Shelley would not wear that kind of dress and is so much younger than that dress even portrayed.<br />
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I can't eliminate any houses because I never saw one inkling of a house I have ever been in or near in this dream.<br />
Heck I can't even tell what the dresser looked like but I know it was a dresser because I pulled open the drawer.<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress I don't know whether I like you or not.<br />
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I know I need to purchase a powerpoint program so I can get Shelley off my back and get her a timeline but you did not have to remind me.<br />
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Oh well, I wonder if tonight you will revisit me with a new chapter in this saga.<br />
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Lady in the red polka dot dress, I will be waiting and you better turn around so I can see your face or I promise you I will wake up before you even start playing your game.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Nineteen Hundred Sixty Six</span><br />
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-3498715929505755462017-03-30T12:47:00.000-07:002017-03-30T12:47:59.917-07:00Charles, Ted And A Pocket Full Of Dimes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I remember one year that I went to Marshall to visit. I was not in high school at the time and loved going to Marshall.<br />
Charles came by my aunt's house, picked me up and walked back to his house on Wilson Street.<br />
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Aunt Sedalia was there making hats and I of course was fascinated with that because she had several beautiful ones that she had finished.<br />
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All Charles talked about was wanting me to stay in Marshall and go to school. I actually was fascinated by the thought of staying and going to H.B. Pemberton.<br />
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Charles took me to a football game that week-end where I fell in love with their marching band.<br />
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I was amazed with the way they danced and marched to the tune of "Hit The Road Jack" a song that Ray Charles had sung.<br />
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We did not have that high speed marching band in Phoenix where I lived.<br />
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Charles took me to a cafe where we got a Dr Pepper and sat down at one of the booths . He reached in his pocket and pulled out a huge handful of dimes.<br />
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I don't remember if anyone else was in the cafe but I do remember that he put a whole lot of dimes in the Jukebox and played the same song over and over.<br />
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The song sung by Ted Taylor was called Be Ever Wonderful.<br />
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I think cousin Charles thought he was Ted Taylor because he sang right along with it. Not to mention they shared the same last name.😀<br />
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I was in awe of my cousin who was one of the most caring people persons in the world that I knew and one of the funniest who kept you laughing.<br />
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Over the years whenever I heard that song, I thought about Charles and laughed about him having all those dimes just to play that song.<br />
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Be ever Wonderful, Stay as you are<br />
Be ever Heavens, gift my guiding star<br />
You are the only one who can break my heart<br />
You are the only one who can tear us apart<br />
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I now believe that Charles was singing that song to an unknown love who came into his life years later in the form of Vivian Brown the love of his life. I can say with certainty that he loved him some Vivian.<br />
He stayed with me in Phoenix for a couple weeks and told me he was going to marry the girl of his dreams from Daingerfield.<br />
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Stay sweet and true<br />
Be ever loving me as I love you<br />
Darling please take my heart<br />
Til the end of time<br />
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Well Cousin you are Heavens gift, and God's shining star. Those dimes, they are the twinkling stars that light up the night. Rest well Cousin, rest well.<br />
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1926 who wanted to highlight those African Americans who had given of
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-13300344112413427342016-10-21T13:21:00.001-07:002016-10-21T17:41:35.463-07:00Maxwell House: The Choice Is Yours<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I went to my mentor
Valencia King Nelson’s house before the AAHGS Conference in Atlanta Georgia started
on October 12, 2016.<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">AAHGS is a genealogy
based organization and hosts genealogy conferences in different states. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had a wonderful time with MS V, Angela
Walton RaJi, and B.J. Smothers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;"> MS V, Angela Walton RaJi, David Patterson </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> I love my coffee and when at home in Phoenix I
can pour a cup, put in a spoon of creamer and drink until my heart’s content.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Now there was
coffee all right, but for the first time in my life I saw coffee in a small
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I tore off the top and poured
the coffee in the cup of hot steaming water. Put in the creamer and stirred and
stirred and stirred.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">After about ten mins I said, “what the heck is wrong with
this coffee?” </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Good Grief, "</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I have been stirring this for a good ten minutes and the crystals
will not melt . </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Look at </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">All these
little black coffee grinds swirling around"</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mentor: Did
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Me: Yes<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mentor:
Where’s the little bag<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Me: What bag?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mentor: The
bag that you use to put in the cup to steep the coffee<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">BJ, David,
Angela and Mentor: giggling!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mentor: Here, let me show you</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Who ever heard of
coffee disguised as a tea bag? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maxwell House did and I
have to admit it was good. In fact it was good to the last drop. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What awaited me was
coffee that looked like it was in an Acorn bag!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where oh where is my
Percolater?</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What happened to my can of ground coffee?</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LATISHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not to be confused with
another Maxwell the R&B singer who brews out the soulful song Pretty Wings.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Speaking of House, let
me introduce you to Wannel House, an awesome lady who gives of herself with
loads and loads of information she posts on Find A Grave with Harrison County Texas roots.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I have never met her in person but contacted
her about twenty years or more when I
saw something that she had put online. We have been in contact ever since. </span></i></b></div>
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around 1823 in Jasper County Georgia, married Ms Sarah Gilstrap and had several children.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #36322d; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Year: <i>1880</i>; Census Place: <i>Precinct
2, Harrison, Texas</i>; Roll: <i>1310</i>; Family History Film: <i>1255310</i>;
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<b><span style="color: #36322d; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Ancestry.com. <i>Texas, Voter
Registration Lists, 1867-1869</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Voter Registration Lists. Microfilm, 12 rolls. Texas State Library and Archives
Commission, Austin, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rest in Perfect Peace Mr. Choyce. Your footsteps told
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<o:p> </o:p><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then along came DNA…Who
did I see matching my children?... Wanell</span></i></b></div>
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tested...Who did I see?... My grandkids!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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match but they sure as heck do. If the
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-25490042348363067162016-10-10T05:14:00.001-07:002016-10-10T05:14:21.753-07:00Shoulders And Shoes Standing In The Gap<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></b>
<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Soon the time will come
when folks will hopefully vote for the person of their choice. It has been so
much division these last eight years that it seems as if the forward strides
have now gone backwards.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The shoulders that others have so </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">unselfishly</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> lifted us on and the shoes that others have
worn have left footprints in are crying in shame. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The group was initially named after Greenwood, a street and neighborhood
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I for
one missed out in watching the show over a year because of the title. I assumed
incorrectly that the show was one of those dull talk shows that included fixer uppers,
gardening and other topics.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Boy was I wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I did start to
watch, I fell in love with the dancing because to me, the Philly teens could
really dance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Pat Mollitere was one of my very favorite
dancers who passed away at the young age of 36. When the show moved to
California they left a gap in Phillies dance styles.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In July 18, 1867 in
Harrison County Texas my 4th great grandfather Chas Dixon registered to vote
along with my 5<sup>th</sup> great grandfather Jos Tolbert. This is evidenced by the Voter Roll found on Ancestry </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">Ancestry.com. Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">1867 Voter
Registration Lists. Microfilm, 12 rolls. Texas State Library and Archives
Commission, Austin, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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evidence that these two brave men actually voted after registering.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As for me,
I do affirm that I have registered to vote and have voted in every election
since I was old enough.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If Chas and Jos were alive and could not vocally say that they voted, I stand in the gap for them.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would bet my bottom dollar that they did cast their ballots and placed them in a voters
box. Yes They Did!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In Grimes
County Texas I also have found my 2nd great grandfather Louis Cooper had registered
to vote on the 29th day of July 1867. That he was in the precinct for 3 months </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the county
for 12- years and state for 12 years .</span></i></b></div>
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claim that I would bet my bottom dollar that Louis Cooper also cast his vote in
that wooden voters box in an upcoming election and I stand in the gap for you
in saying Yes I Did!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Ancestry.com. Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a symbol of the men who may have worn these
shoes over the years, I stand in the Gap for you and call your
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I call the names of those who were
here prior to 1870 and were known only by negro
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Griffith Thornton, Jerry Cooper and countless others.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a symbol of the
women who have worn these shoes over the years and were here in these United
States prior to 1870 . </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They were known only as negro girl or negro female.</span></i></b></div>
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name loud and clear so that I may not be forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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were strong and proud people. We shall never forget them. </span></i></b></div>
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taken a stand that with time there will be no such thing as a gap in finding
all of our ancestors. I Thank You!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-6336818029078567612016-09-18T03:44:00.000-07:002016-09-18T03:44:57.597-07:00 Name Game: Jimmy Jam's and Jacks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here I go again, thanks to cousin Mauriette who read a blog I wrote about her grandparents Otto
and Thelma Williams Whitfield. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So when I passed a hamburger place
I came up with Jimmy’s, Jams, and Jacks.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We lived back
behind the Capitol in Phoenix and there were several places we stopped to pick
up some hamburgers, tacos, tostados or a hot dog. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One place in particular was
Jimmy Jacks, a long time staple on Van Buren on the west side of town. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It has been
years and years since I bought anything from there. My loose change went ther when I walked home from High School where I
attended Carl Hayden. </span></i></div>
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google to see if it were still around. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh, it was there alright, but the place does not really look as I remember. </span></i></div>
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with a Y bought to mind a home-going celebration for another Phoenix Staple
known to many in the Phoenix area as Jimmy Hunter. </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jimmy was born as James Hunter in Laurens South
Carolina to parents Ernest and Lulee. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here is a 1930 Census that shows Jimmy and parents
at two years old.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I think I was so intrigued not because of Jimmy alone but because of my
search for great greats and beyond who were in South Carolina before they were
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And here I actually knew someone in the flesh who was from South
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I wish that I had known that he was from South
Carolina. I would have bugged the heck out of him for some of the history. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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to Phoenix and stayed after his stint at Williams Air Force Base in Chandler
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He married </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Willa
Mae aka </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Billie who complimented him as a daughter in the
Elks. They then</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> complimented each other when they brought into
their world a daughter Jimetta.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He got involved in the Elks Lodge #477
where he was voted in as the Exalted Ruler of the William H Patterson Improved
Benevolent Elks of the World in Phoenix at least 5 times over the years. </span></i></b><br />
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guy always had a smile on his face and made people feel just as special as he
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gave up on a regular basis was the sweet taste that I heaped on a slice of
toast or between two pieces of bread. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You signed up to take his place at 27 years old. I
wish I knew what propelled you to switch places but whatever the reason Thank
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<span style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>Year 1930;Census Place:Laurens,Laurens,South Carolina;Roll:2202;Page:2B;Enumeration District:0023;image:916;FHL microfilm:2341936</i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial black" , "sans-serif"; font-size: xx-small;">Year 1940;Census Place: Laurens,Laurens, South Carolina; Roll:T627_3821;7B Enumeration District:30-24</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I grew up in a household where my mom was our sole provider. She doted on us and gave us everything we “needed”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I could nominate my mother for she was, in my eyes, both. From time to time us kids would do little things to say how special she was on father’s day for us. However this is a tad different.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">There were many families that I knew that had fathers in the home. There are three that stand out in my mind as I go back in time. One of those three was in the military and was gone much of the time, but when he was there he was there emotionless.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I secretly said to myself that he acted like he would rather be back playing soldier than to be home with his wife and kids. </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The other father was there in the home but as I recall he was not a very affectionate person with his children. I just remember him sitting in a chair watching TV. Again another emotion-less father.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">All the laughter and sounds came from his wife and his children to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The third was an active father who when not working was in the home. He laughed and teased his children, all of them. Two of his children were born to this wife before he even knew her. However his love for them was the same as those four he had with the love of his life.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">They worshipped together, ate dinner together and spent time with other family members together.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">There are those of us who secretly or silently wish we had a father in our life just like this man I am speaking of.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I am not jealous that I was “not” lucky enough to have a father like that. I just marvel that my dear friends </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">experienced a father’s love. You could tell in their eyes and faces that they felt the same way about their dad. This man I truly admire:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I take this time to say Happy Father's Day Wishes Mr. Fredrick Douglas Hurd.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Oh, and thanks go to your children . T<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;">hey have been wonderful friends in my and my family’s life for well over fifty plus years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">What a resourseful person you were too. I say that because you were the first person I ever knew that cooked outside on the grill durn near every night in the summertime to save energy. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">As a kid I would think "who in the world is Lola Falana.”I heard that name so much that I would sing, Lola, Lola Falana lalalalala Lola Lola Falana.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Then one day, I heard someone say Welcome Lola Falana!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I ran into the room where the tv was and saw her for the first time. She was very pretty. (Not as pretty as your wife though) But she was real and you knew her….Lola, Lola Falana lalalalala.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i>All that whip lashing, <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Foot cut off <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Women wailing<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Children taken <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Shiny black bodies <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Peered at <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Highest bidder<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Plantations<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Miles and miles down no Trail of Tears <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Turned into rolls and rolls of Dawes listing
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<b><i>Names and names <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Don’t want to hear about landings <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Fighting way up in the sky<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Blasting enemies in planes<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Escorting the friendlies back to safety<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Was it all a lie?<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Those men of Tuskegee<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Don’t want to hear about no towns after
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<b><i>Riots in the streets,<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Burning houses down, <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Men, women arrested<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Dragged and caned<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Always a repeat<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Thousands die<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Don’t want to see names of birds that fly<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Politically Fort Bend Texans cry<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>That crazed black man Bob Chapel<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Singings songs he wailed<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Woodpeckers and Jaybird War<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Black vote… No, No, No to control<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Unconfirmed rumors <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Run black men run somewhere far<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>They got those guns<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Colfax Massacre one hundred fifty down<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Louisiana tears<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Families can’t be found<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>No thinking about “And Still I Rise”<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Makes no sense hearing those long ago cries<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No baby daddy no going to school<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No Bible Verses or Golden Rule<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No living on March or Naha Base<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No visit from Auntie no kiss on the face<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No skating, hop scotch or having fun<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No watching James Brown at his best<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue Elks Club’s dance<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No hard fought ideas made fairly simple<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No projects, no Lucky’s hamburger place<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No South side, West Side, No Golden Gate<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No Eastlake No Alkire or University Park<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No falling in love not once but twice<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">No Children no grands of two<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-28464889342355754762016-03-16T16:08:00.001-07:002016-03-16T16:08:17.451-07:00 I Knew, Lord Knows I Knew!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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he mentioned Nigerians I was sorrowfully silent. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ethnic Make-up tells me Nigerian among other things my mama and father blended
me with. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That
wonderful and magnificent ancestral blend they were also blessed to have.</span></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
always want to be sure that I know what I think I know so I tested again.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></b></div>
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dominantly African <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Strands
and beads of Irish and of others who may have bought my ancestors to this place
I call “I Knew.”<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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Again…..I know, I know, I just love this stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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dna<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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also a March baby, a Pisces. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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feet touched down on the Island on the 9<sup>th</sup> day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Chained bound, salty tears</span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How
many of my ancestors were caught in that watery grave trying to go back from
whence they came? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tour guide told us that Fort<i> </i>Castillo
San Felipe del Morro is one of the backdrops used in the 1990 movie Amistad .<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
fort was in fact used to guard San Juan from sea bearing enemies in the early 1500’s.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So
majestic that it takes your breath from deep within and you slowly exhale.</span></b></div>
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that dwell in the secret place </span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My reasoning then was the aches
and pains I already had and the long walk up.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
I type my thoughts, I came to realize that it was not for me to make the trip
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He
that sustains me already knew</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 39.8667px;">He Knew </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that If He wanted me to go, He would have shown
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<b style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>I have been looking at the weather
channel for two days. Watching and hoping that my family, friends and other
folks will be careful as the snow storm moves through the northeastern part of
the USA.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Part of my thoughts are also on the
Arizona Cardinals as they make their way to North Carolina to play the Carolina
Panthers in that treacherous weather they are not used to playing in.</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>As I am watching TV, I am also
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>Wow, I sure have been lax on
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>As I looked at </b></i></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my computer,
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>I guess the weather and the message
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>So I humbly and eagerly submit an
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
went through my FB messages and saw an old message that you had sent asking
a very pointed question.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I saw also that I had not gotten back with you to
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To be truthful I had been through many issues
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I scratched my head and
tried to bring up memories that would satisfy your request but could not come
up with an answer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I even made a few
telephone calls to see if anyone else knew the answer.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I came up blank that way
as well, but during those</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">calls I made, the answers were all
the same.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I wish I knew too”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I thought
the answer was buried in my brain. I tried and tried with memory and with “works.”
No such luck!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So here I am and I do
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 33.7333px;">Nooooooooooo, </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
do not know Marie </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Freeman’s</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">recipe for the best chili in the world which she served after
hours in the Little Elks.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like all the others “I
wish I knew”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So Percy, here is to
the memories and those delicious bowls of chili. (Without beans of course.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh yeah Percy, forgive
me also for using the way, way, way back
in the day picture. This was the only one I could get to quickly in my IBPOE of
W stash. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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peaceful paradise Sally Marie Freeman. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I woke up this morning
with a “I wonder what happened to” and
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>He had a wonderful smile and quick to display
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Armand Hussein:</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">He rented a room from one of my favorite people who kept my daughter and nephew while I worked.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">That wonderful lady was Ms. Bryant and the roomer was Armand. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;"><b><i>Armand was Mike Barber born 1936 in Alabama. He lived out the rest of his life in Dallas Texas. </i></b></span><br />
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earthly idea that Texas was thought of in the same way that Oklahoma was as far
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While in my reading mode for everything Texas, boy
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stated that everything would be done through the Maryland Texas Purchase
Association with the option to pay the sale off in one hundred (100) years.</span><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></div>
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along with wife Amelia, two children William and Harvey in the 1900 Census on
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law Ellen Hull is also living with them. He is listed as a Preacher. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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say the Reverend was not taken up on his plan. He was outnumbered not only by
those of the opposite race but by many of us own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-60081400610616435282015-02-21T18:22:00.000-08:002015-02-21T18:22:53.154-08:00Blk History Nominee: C Vivian Stringer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">I was also thinking about Black History Month and who I would like to highlight.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">It is so strange how names connect to one another and I suppose these two names happened for a reason.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">Behind the Capitol home-girls:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;"> Given name Vivian<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">The last name and/or the first name have been left off to protect the innocent or the guilty depending on all who may have come in contact with us behind the capitol.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">In fact our neighborhood was what we affectionately called “Behind the Capitol”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">For the purpose of this blog I will remain vigilant and use given and surname.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">Thinking back we have all had some good times growing up. I have soft spots in my heart for both of the families of these two ladies.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">First name Vivian always had an infectious laugh and sense of humor while surname Stringer and I ran on the same track team at school.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">We were pretty good too.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">In fact our school record stood for many years in the Murphy School District.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">First name Vivian I saw a couple of years ago at a church outing, but it has been years and years since I have seen Surname Stringer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">So, in honor of these two ladies </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">and<i> myself, I put together my Black History Month nominee.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;"><i> C Vivian Stringer<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">Vivian was born March 16, 1948 in Edborn Pennsylvania to parents Thelma and Buddy Stoner. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">She went on to excel in all types of sports from basketball to Field Hockey. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">In college at Slippery Rock State she earned her Master of Science Degree in Education. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: black; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933380126953px;">I salute you Mrs. C. Vivian Stringer for being one of the classiest and winningest coaches in women’s basketball.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The drive was easy.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It seemed like it
took only one or two hours and not the regular four. As we
crossed over the Hoover Dam on this new route we could see no water. This </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">route shortchanged me. I wanted
to point to the water below so that my grandson could see what I had seen on so
many trips to Nevada in the past. I wanted to hear him say those oooh's and aww's at his first time view.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were headed to Vegas. The next day we will venture to Henderson Nevada where we will meet my daughter’s aunt and her children’s great-aunt they had never
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I later learned that two uncles would be driving from California,
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Of course I know that
the children would have loved for their father and grandfather to have been in
on the meeting but fate is fate and we make the best of what we have. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The check in at the hotel was not
left up to me but the walk from the parking area to the hotel was. Sheesh, my
legs thought it would never make it. The only place to park was in the back of
the hotel and the rooms were in the front. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally after I reached the elevator
and rode up to the 19<sup>th</sup> floor, the arrow pointing to the rooms
looked like it reached back to Arizona. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Huffing and puffing, we made it to
the room, put the bags away and Tyler said, “let’s go eat” ! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I just love my kids, they are in such
good shape and waited for me as I trudged along. I could see in their faces how
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We arrived at the house, rang the
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My daughter called her new found
cousin Tanya on the phone. The message came on and said the mailbox was full. I think
the next thing was to text which she did. No answer. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Were we at the right home? We checked
the address again, and even tried calling again. I asked my daughter if she may
have gotten the address wrong. She checked her messages and re-read the address
that Tanya her cousin had sent to her.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All he asked we tried to
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was a lot to soak in
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I instantly fell in love with them.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is one more sister we have to meet and that’s Leslie.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There were so many similarities in
the lives we had been living it is almost scary.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">First off, Tanya the
cousin previously lived in the same city we live in and worked at the same
beauty shop where we get our hair styled;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">I used to live a couple
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lives in Oklahoma City and not that far from where we were for Al’s home-going
service;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">The other great Aunt
Novella lives in the same city as my brother Bruce;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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she was the one whose name I was obsessed with because I had never heard it
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lee Edward Holmes aka Roland Lee Holmes (Father ) Creek Co Okla.</span></b><br />
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wonderful time eating a great mean and watching the football game. David's wife Margo was there along with Sherians hubby Hal. There was this guy who talked with us about football and laughed at me when I said Go
Cardinals! What can I say, loyalty is one of my best virtues. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After eating, I stayed awhile in the
lounge where there were rows and rows of bandits minus one arm. Now they are sporting
buttons that give you the option of choosing the one you want. My choices were not the bandits choice I
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tanya and Tish you two made it
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I loved both of your smiles and heartfelt feelings. Stay strong and
stay in touch with each other. This was an amazing story within itself and
remember, we all are bound to have another story worth remembering and telling.
Life is like that.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You know, there is something special
in people when you can talk with ease and it seems like you have known each
other for years and years instead of one or two days. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I would like to think that if I had
not played a part in this journey and the clock was turned back, I would have
bumped into these same people and struck up a relationship that would have
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-69664131821795564762014-12-09T09:45:00.001-08:002014-12-10T10:32:10.348-08:00Letter To Mitch In Heaven: Promise Kept<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Dear AL</b></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The journey is complete as promised. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I swore I would not stop until I found the family you had been looking for.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was all in for the task because we
shared a beautiful girl and two grandchildren. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The need to know who you were grew stronger later in life for both of us. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You with the wanting to know your naturals and me wanting our children to know who they were and where they came from.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As you know we talked many times about
finding your natural parents, brothers and or sisters if they were still alive.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Did they look like you and you like them. What would you say to them, and vice versa? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By now I believe that you have seen
your mother and father in Heaven and that there were plenty of hugs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">No reasons for questions and answers
in Heaven just good old fashion joy and praise.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just in case in their excitement to embrace you, they may have forgotten to mention that you have two brothers,
two sisters, and two aunts down here.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Two of your siblings and one aunt
live in California, one sibling lives in Nevada and then one aunt lives in Oklahoma
City. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All praises go to God Almighty
because He was instrumental in you listening to me and took the DNA Autosomal
test offered by 23&Me. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you so much for letting me
manage your kit. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I especially want to thank you for downloading to Gedmatch. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That's the service where you were able to pick up other testers who used Ancestry and from those who used FamilyTree
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wow, was I surprised when a match came up that revealed you had two matches. One was a 1st cousin male and the other one was just as close and also a male. They had to be a father and son or durn near close to it. Right under them was your daughter and both grandchildren. I almost fell out of my chair! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I could not wait to send an email to
the gentleman who tested through Ancestry.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After a few questions, we realized
that his mother and your mother are SISTERS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I could just hug the 1<sup>st</sup>
cousin tester because he was the soul who was sent to start the happiness to
rolling. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His name is Richard Ivey, son of Mary Smith Ivey.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He then set it up for my daughter and
me to chat with his mom. We were all
overwhelmed and happy and talked for a good twenty minutes. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was especially crushing to know that they
lived in the same city for years as you.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were also in Oklahoma City for the home-going
service. So close yet so far<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My thoughts were of you as your aunt
and I talked.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She gave me some new names that are leafs to your family tree.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Names like Benson, lawrence, Figures and a few others.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I also need to give a shout out to a dear friend by the name of Jeannine who guided me with the Benson clue over two years ago but I could not make that connection. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Also another shout out goes to Willie A Heard for taking me visually through many youthful trips he and Al had during their childhood and beyond. For that I am eternally grateful.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am over the moon with excitement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I started this journey with you in
late 1991 or early 1992.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A friend that I
worked with named Carrie Moos asked if I wanted to go to the LDS Research
Center with her in hopes we could gain some headway in both of our searches.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Remember when I sent you that 1930 census with your parent Lee Edward
Holmes in Bristow Oklahoma with his parents William and Lilliebelle mentioned. Also listed were sons William and Dorris and a daughter Novella. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I found nothing for Laura Mae Smith and mumbled to myself that I would come back to the Center again.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That was the day I was forever hooked.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In my heart I knew that this was not going to
be a piece of cake but I also knew that I could unselfishly help others along
the way when I got to a brick wall with my research.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So now after all these years we are
here at this junction<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wish you could have still been here
to express your joy but other plans had already been made.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know you had questions and
sometimes life sends us in other directions.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I feel that the direction you were
sent to hear those answers, were passed on to me through that fork in the road
we came to in life’s journey. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I talked to your sister and I have a
feeling we will get along great. She lives in Henderson right outside of Vegas and that may be an indication
that I may be up for a drive every now and then.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My prayer is that my daughter, her
kids and her other siblings will be able to meet all their family.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know you loved the game of golf,
and from what my Uncle Prof aka WC Daviss in Altus Oklahoma told me is that he
was your teacher and you were a good student on the green. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">In this case I would say that you got a Bogey on this
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Your family has been found!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Or </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">should I have said that it is par for the course because we got it like that.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Bittersweet:</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>It’s been a long time coming as I count the years of
search<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Always wondering what it may be worth<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>The countless looking through records <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Talking on the phone<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Hearing faceless people with promises<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Kept Secrets that could have been shared<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Instead a cry of not knowing was carried to a grave <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Sadly</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Let the truth be known for it was silence <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>That hurt the most <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Pain you did not bear<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Messing up more than one person’s thought and
perception<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Mind-less<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Unfair<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>And it did
not have to be that way<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Healing could
have come early<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Like the
shutters on a window<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>When open <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>The light
comes shining through<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Fewer tears<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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blood baby, as simple as that </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Made from the
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faces now three boys and one girl<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Paternal and maternal
you should have known<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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fault, not too late<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Down here
those that are left hug<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Tight<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Rest In
Perfect Peace Alford for you are surrounded by many who love you. The parents who raised you, the ones now found: And, as an added bonus, those of us who are left here on earth loved you immensely then and we love you still</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">. </span></b></div>
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Ms Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791995084033713889.post-11149921896953067022014-10-26T13:22:00.000-07:002014-10-26T13:22:46.734-07:00I Know Why The Caged Ants Sting! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I think I
mentioned several years ago in a blog I wrote as well as telling others </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">about my trip to Marshall Texas; My cousins
Lorraine, Bernadine and Carol drove me up from Houston to go to St John’s Baptist Church Cemetery and for that I am eternally grateful. We had a fun ride, and the
weather was really nice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I had
identified the area where my great grandfather’s grave was supposed to be. Right in back of the church near the fence I
was told. I went through the fence and
walked to the other side of the cemetery until I spotted a headstone. Aha, as I
bent over, this had to be it! Faintly I
saw Joseph Taylor etched in the stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I looked
over to the next headstone and wondered if that was my great grandmother
Francis. The headstones were so faded and I had nothing to clean them with.
They looked like old moldy grass and other elements over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gosh, have I stumbled upon Mariah’s grave?????<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was
swelling with emotion and stood there for a bit until I felt a tingling. Hmmm maybe
in my excitement I was tingling from head to toe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then it hit me. I looked
down and saw a dirt mound. Then another mound and what looked like a million
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Now on to my
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">They were everywhere………………Everywhere
on both feet, all through my toes and traveling up my calves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Did I cuss? Oh yeah I did. You
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Those ants tore me up!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I guess I
ran out of there so fast that the stings did not have time to turn into a
hospital visit. My cousins I know felt sorry for me underneath their giggles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and something to clean the headstones with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When I left
Texas I looked at the picture I had taken of the headstone. It was fuzzy and I
could not make out the writing on it. I expanded the picture to see if I could
get a glimpse but still nada. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I was
rather sad and promised myself again that I would come back to Texas and take
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friends and I have a unique bond even though we are miles and miles apart. I
was thinking about how the three of us are looking for our ancestors and
jokingly we figure they are hiding out together and don’t want to be found. </span></div>
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have only found my elusive Mariah in the 1900 and 1910 census; Cecelia is
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been searching and searching and jotted down a few words that turned into a
full blown half Ode, half poem and half plea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ODE A’LA Mariah,
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Gently taking care looking
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Nellie is on the run<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Having fun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Catching up with Mariah
and Mozelle <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Down by the old Mill
Stream <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Or so it
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The next
day, I got an email from Lynda, my long time Mentor. I latched on to her years and
years ago whether she approved or not. Her help and advice to me has been immeasurable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her email
started, “I was just browsing some records in Harrison County and found a
tombstone” Whoa now wait a minute, a
tombstone! </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then a follow up email with Oops, I forgot the link!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I
clicked on that link I almost spilled every tear in the universe and made my
own private ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There plain
as day was my elusive Mariah's tombstone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mariah
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">Born
Dec 18, 1854<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Jan 29, 1916<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lawrence
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birth date and day of death<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ok now I
have Joseph my great grandfather’s tombstone. All I need is my great grandmothers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So
the first thing I did after composing myself is to look for Frances Dickerson
Taylor and I would be complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I found it with a write up that I had written
somewhere else but had not put it on this site. I had never ever seen this
tombstone!</span></div>
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the page was another picture. Now wait a minute, there was another tombstone
right next to hers. Who in the world could it be?</span></div>
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until I clicked on Joseph’s name and there plain as day was the same tombstone
as the other picture, along with a single one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My great grandfather’s tombstone! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Holy
Smokes,</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> wait a second. Whose tombstone was that I have for Joseph? I swear when I took
that picture years ago and clicked that camera it said Joseph Taylor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s when
I got attacked by the ants. I was in the wrong freaking spot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You told me
Mariah, you told me in your own unique way. I forgive you for sic’ing the ants on me, and
thanks for the nudge you gave Lynda to browse around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, whose tombstone was
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I do have a request though and I hope Mariah hears
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be gentle when I find you in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census please. No more ant tricks and I
promise I will only cry a small river. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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