James and Mary Jo Kennedy
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JamesW. Kennedy Linage
Mother--Dora Matilda (Eggars)
Father -William Norris Kennedy
Married Dora Mitida (Eggars)
*Ernest- died as a youth
*James Walker -Born May 5, 1907 n Died- June 30, 1969 Buried in Seminole, Texas
Married - Mary Josephine Mitchell September 29, 1928
*Ruby Mae (Cobb) - Born- 5-30 1909 Died 3-10-1979
*Mittie (Lowe) ?? Died- 1975
Married *Alberta (Butler)
Children
* Gladys (called Darlene) Kennedy Davidson
*Marie (Ginger) Kennedy (Davidson)
*Faye Estelle Kennedy Died as a baby
Married Verlin C (Storey) - Born 4-17-1920
Children
*Aileen (Kennedy) Sannes Born- 7-20/1935 Died 1-30-1975
*Mary Ruth - Born 9-1-1936 Died as a baby
*Edna Mae (St. Clair) Born 10-11-1937
* Carolyn Sue Smith Born 4-4-1942
Father -William Norris Kennedy
Married Dora Mitida (Eggars)
*Ernest- died as a youth
*James Walker -Born May 5, 1907 n Died- June 30, 1969 Buried in Seminole, Texas
Married - Mary Josephine Mitchell September 29, 1928
*Ruby Mae (Cobb) - Born- 5-30 1909 Died 3-10-1979
*Mittie (Lowe) ?? Died- 1975
Married *Alberta (Butler)
Children
* Gladys (called Darlene) Kennedy Davidson
*Marie (Ginger) Kennedy (Davidson)
*Faye Estelle Kennedy Died as a baby
Married Verlin C (Storey) - Born 4-17-1920
Children
*Aileen (Kennedy) Sannes Born- 7-20/1935 Died 1-30-1975
*Mary Ruth - Born 9-1-1936 Died as a baby
*Edna Mae (St. Clair) Born 10-11-1937
* Carolyn Sue Smith Born 4-4-1942
James Walker Kennedy
- Born May 25, 1907 in Fleetwood Territory soon to become a state. Oklahoma Died June 30, 1969 in Andrews, Texas
- Married Mary Josephine Mitchell on 9-29-1926 by M. V. Showalter, as per the marriage license, in the Showalter home in Abilene, Texas.
- Father of 8 Children. Lloyd, Marjorie, Janelle, Weldon, Sandra, Glenda, Twins- Martha and Mary.
- Mary Josephine (Mitchell) Kennedy:
- Ø Born 12-2-1907 in Marie, OK., near Mangum, OK.
- Ø 1926 Graduated from High School in Grady, New Mexico.
- Ø Married James Walker Kennedy 9-29-1926 by M. V. Showalter, as per the marriage license, in the Showalter home in Abilene, Texas.
- Ø Died 11-1-1997 from “Aspiration,” as per her death certificate.
Ø Mary Jo married Ed Briggs, her high school beau, on 1-8-1974 in Roswell, N.M. They lived in Clovis, N. Mexico. Ed was born 11-8-1902 in Farmersville, Tx. and died 12-25-1991 in Farwell, TX. Buried in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Clovis, N.MØ Mary Jo lived until her death in Seminole, Texas on November 1, 1997. She was buried next to Jim at the crossroads in the Gaines County Cemetery South.
Mother's Early Days in New Mexico
Once, probably in the early 1970s, I asked Mother what she ate when she was growing up in Eastern New Mexico. Her answer was not completely responsive but it was nevertheless interesting. Have ever driven up from Clovis the 25 or so miles where Grandmother homesteaded? In the winter time that is cold, and a barren bit of geography.
Mother answered, "my mother was a good cook." Sometimes we would go miles and miles in order to find wild plums to eat and cook with." Next she said that sometimes her mother would make vinegar pies. I inferred from this response that their daily meals were necessarily bland. I expect that they had milk from their cows, eggs from their chickens, sometimes meat from chickens, cattle and pigs, garden vegetables in the summer, canned garden vtgetables in the winter, and perhaps potatoes that would keep for a while in the winter.
Just after Mother told this story we were a a church dinner. One of the older ladies knew what a vinegar pie was and said she would make me one. She did. It wasn't as good as chocolate or coconut pie but it wasn't bad. And I could better understand the emphasis on what Mother"s mother cooked.
James Lloyd Kennedy
May 28, 1997
Once, probably in the early 1970s, I asked Mother what she ate when she was growing up in Eastern New Mexico. Her answer was not completely responsive but it was nevertheless interesting. Have ever driven up from Clovis the 25 or so miles where Grandmother homesteaded? In the winter time that is cold, and a barren bit of geography.
Mother answered, "my mother was a good cook." Sometimes we would go miles and miles in order to find wild plums to eat and cook with." Next she said that sometimes her mother would make vinegar pies. I inferred from this response that their daily meals were necessarily bland. I expect that they had milk from their cows, eggs from their chickens, sometimes meat from chickens, cattle and pigs, garden vegetables in the summer, canned garden vtgetables in the winter, and perhaps potatoes that would keep for a while in the winter.
Just after Mother told this story we were a a church dinner. One of the older ladies knew what a vinegar pie was and said she would make me one. She did. It wasn't as good as chocolate or coconut pie but it wasn't bad. And I could better understand the emphasis on what Mother"s mother cooked.
James Lloyd Kennedy
May 28, 1997
Early days of Jim and Mary Jo
I don't know this story very well. It was before my timer of course. Mother and Dad as I understand it had possibly known each other as children when they were growing up in Oklahoma until she moved to New Mexico in about 1915. Dad and Uncle Charlie were friends. I can't quite imagine how this occurred but I understand that in 1925-26 Dad supposed to have asked Uncle Charlie about where mother was ad Uncle Charlie told him she was in Abilene in College. Make me wonder if they graduated from high school the same year or not. So Dad followed her to college.
They had been born the same year. 1907. As I understand it, he was born in a place called "Fleetwood" in the Oklahoma Territory..
She was born hear Mangum, Oklahoma. His birthday was May 25th and hers December 2nd. Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union on November 16, 1907, of course, after he was born in the Indian Territory and before she was born in December of that year.
Mother was supposed to have taken 4 years of latin in high school in New Mexico. I never had latin available to me, so that made me respect her schooling. Bother Mother and Dad spelled well. H had a beautiful flourishing handwriting. Mother played basketball in high school. There were 4 students in her graduating class. She was the valedictorian.. I think she attended high school in Grady, which is a small farming community perhaps 6 or 8 miles north and west of where Grandmother had her land.
Mother attended Abilene Christian College enough to earn as I understand it 50 some odd credit hours, maybe 56. I think Dad also attended Abilene Christian but I am not sure for how long. He is supposed to have registered at the University of Texas, but I don't think he was able to stay in school. I have the impression that he had to drop out of school and go to work.
September 26. 1926 is the date that I think they were married. Neither one of them had much money. Dad is supposed to have had a $50 refund due to him from U.T. I understand that they both had to go to work pulling cotton when they first married in order to live. I don't know exactly when he first worked on the pipeline job that led to his career employment, but i suppose it was fairly soon after they married, probably fairly soon after their marriage either in 1926 or 1927.
By January 1928, when I was born, they lived in Wink. By then Grandmother had a place near Clyde, Texas and Mother came to her mother's house for my birth. My birth Certificate indicates that I was born 2 1/2 miles southwest of Clyde.
James Lloyd Kennedy
May 31, 1997
I don't know this story very well. It was before my timer of course. Mother and Dad as I understand it had possibly known each other as children when they were growing up in Oklahoma until she moved to New Mexico in about 1915. Dad and Uncle Charlie were friends. I can't quite imagine how this occurred but I understand that in 1925-26 Dad supposed to have asked Uncle Charlie about where mother was ad Uncle Charlie told him she was in Abilene in College. Make me wonder if they graduated from high school the same year or not. So Dad followed her to college.
They had been born the same year. 1907. As I understand it, he was born in a place called "Fleetwood" in the Oklahoma Territory..
She was born hear Mangum, Oklahoma. His birthday was May 25th and hers December 2nd. Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union on November 16, 1907, of course, after he was born in the Indian Territory and before she was born in December of that year.
Mother was supposed to have taken 4 years of latin in high school in New Mexico. I never had latin available to me, so that made me respect her schooling. Bother Mother and Dad spelled well. H had a beautiful flourishing handwriting. Mother played basketball in high school. There were 4 students in her graduating class. She was the valedictorian.. I think she attended high school in Grady, which is a small farming community perhaps 6 or 8 miles north and west of where Grandmother had her land.
Mother attended Abilene Christian College enough to earn as I understand it 50 some odd credit hours, maybe 56. I think Dad also attended Abilene Christian but I am not sure for how long. He is supposed to have registered at the University of Texas, but I don't think he was able to stay in school. I have the impression that he had to drop out of school and go to work.
September 26. 1926 is the date that I think they were married. Neither one of them had much money. Dad is supposed to have had a $50 refund due to him from U.T. I understand that they both had to go to work pulling cotton when they first married in order to live. I don't know exactly when he first worked on the pipeline job that led to his career employment, but i suppose it was fairly soon after they married, probably fairly soon after their marriage either in 1926 or 1927.
By January 1928, when I was born, they lived in Wink. By then Grandmother had a place near Clyde, Texas and Mother came to her mother's house for my birth. My birth Certificate indicates that I was born 2 1/2 miles southwest of Clyde.
James Lloyd Kennedy
May 31, 1997
Always-Song sang at their wedding
This song was sung at the wedding of Jim and Mary Jo in 1926. It was written by Irving Berlin in 1925. It was later recorded and became a hit for Frank Sinatra and many others. Here are the words.
'I'I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
DAYS MAY NOT BE FAIR, ALWAYS,
THAT'S WHEN I'LL BE THERE, ALWAYS.
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
DAYS MAY NOT BE FAIR, ALWAYS,
THAT'S WHEN I'LL BE THERE, ALWAYS.
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
'I'I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
DAYS MAY NOT BE FAIR, ALWAYS,
THAT'S WHEN I'LL BE THERE, ALWAYS.
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
I'LL BE LOVING YOU, ALWAYS,
WITH A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, ALWAYS.
WHEN THE THINGS YOU'VE PLANNED,
NEED A HELPING HAND,
I WILL UNDERSTAND, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS...
DAYS MAY NOT BE FAIR, ALWAYS,
THAT'S WHEN I'LL BE THERE, ALWAYS.
NOT FOR JUST AN HOUR,
NOT FOR JUST A DAY,
NOT FOR JUST A YEAR,
BUT ALWAYS.
Church or work?
Lloyd-June 10, 1997
Dad worked shift work. He could not go to church every time the doors opened, although he would have been prone to do so if he hadn't been working. We had a preacher at Haskell named J.G. Malphurs. Brother Malphurs preached against working on Sunday probably directed at Dad more than anyone else in the congregation.
Uncle Bryant is supposed to have told Brother Malphurs, "Preacher, you never would have made a dime without working on Sundays."
The picture shown is the actual Church of Christ in Grady, N. Mexico
Dad worked shift work. He could not go to church every time the doors opened, although he would have been prone to do so if he hadn't been working. We had a preacher at Haskell named J.G. Malphurs. Brother Malphurs preached against working on Sunday probably directed at Dad more than anyone else in the congregation.
Uncle Bryant is supposed to have told Brother Malphurs, "Preacher, you never would have made a dime without working on Sundays."
The picture shown is the actual Church of Christ in Grady, N. Mexico
Buried @ Gaines County Cemetery
Lloyd, May 11, 1997
Back in 1969, when Dad died, several of us drove out to the cemetery. A mile or so away there was and still is a Mobil tank farm. A nice road passed and still passes in front of the cemetery, where cars would pass frequently. Miles said that the cemetery was a perfect place for Dad. Dad would be close to the kinds of tanks that he climbed and gauged for so many years, and he would like it that cars would be passing down that road. (Referring to the fact that Dad did like to go down a road and see what was beyond the bend. No doubt about it. He enjoyed travel.)
II. When we looked at the grave sites I learned that there is a custom about which grave a respective husband and wife will be placed in. According to custom, a husband will be buried in the left hand grave site facing the tombstone, and his wife will be placed in the right hand grave site. These two grave sites were on a corner in the cemetery. The right hand grave site would be the corner position. I said something to the effect that Dad ought to be on corner, not the second from the corner. Miles' response was good. He said "That's OK. He'll be on the corner until she gets there.
Which brings up a question that is sometimes discussed--with no final answer. As between Dad and Mother, which was the dominant personality? There's no easy answer to that one. Both had strong personalities. Some would say that he was the strongest, but others would say that in her, not very concealed way, she often ruled.
Back in 1969, when Dad died, several of us drove out to the cemetery. A mile or so away there was and still is a Mobil tank farm. A nice road passed and still passes in front of the cemetery, where cars would pass frequently. Miles said that the cemetery was a perfect place for Dad. Dad would be close to the kinds of tanks that he climbed and gauged for so many years, and he would like it that cars would be passing down that road. (Referring to the fact that Dad did like to go down a road and see what was beyond the bend. No doubt about it. He enjoyed travel.)
II. When we looked at the grave sites I learned that there is a custom about which grave a respective husband and wife will be placed in. According to custom, a husband will be buried in the left hand grave site facing the tombstone, and his wife will be placed in the right hand grave site. These two grave sites were on a corner in the cemetery. The right hand grave site would be the corner position. I said something to the effect that Dad ought to be on corner, not the second from the corner. Miles' response was good. He said "That's OK. He'll be on the corner until she gets there.
Which brings up a question that is sometimes discussed--with no final answer. As between Dad and Mother, which was the dominant personality? There's no easy answer to that one. Both had strong personalities. Some would say that he was the strongest, but others would say that in her, not very concealed way, she often ruled.
He Died for Me and You
Jim wrote this song in 1964 and Mary Jo copyrighted it in 1968. It was arranged by his son Weldon. This song was the very essence of the life and beliefs of Jim Kennedy. It is sung at all Kennedy gatherings.
Weldon- May 5, 2010
Thinking back, I recall that Dad did not want me to major in music. Even though he liked music a great deal, he had a poor opinion of “musicians” generally. It is somewhat ironic that the thing that I did that perhaps pleased him most was to take his song “He Died for You and Me” and arrange it for him. It was special to be able to hear it sung at his funeral.
Weldon- May 5, 2010
Thinking back, I recall that Dad did not want me to major in music. Even though he liked music a great deal, he had a poor opinion of “musicians” generally. It is somewhat ironic that the thing that I did that perhaps pleased him most was to take his song “He Died for You and Me” and arrange it for him. It was special to be able to hear it sung at his funeral.
A Broken Chair and church
I do remember being at a singing in Weinert, Texas in the 1940s at a singing. It was nine miles north of Haskell and we were visiting the small church there. Dad was a large man, as we well remember. Dad was sitting on the front row in a cane bottom chair. All of a sudden, all four legs shot out in all directions from under the chair and promptly seated Dad flat on the floor. He turned red as a beet, but always avowed that it did not embarrass him at all. I don’t remember much about how good that the music was, but I will always remember that event.
By Weldon Kennedy June 3, 2010
By Weldon Kennedy June 3, 2010
Temptation to a Teenager
Chris Fowler- May 16, 2010
When I was about 17 or 18 years old, my sister, Penny and I went to see Great Grandmother Kennedy at the Denver City Nursing home. She thought it was Glen Moore and his wife. She was in the early stages of dementia and she not completely aware of her surroundings. She always was wanting to leave the home. She told me and Penny if we would just get her the checkbook, she would pay us to take her out of the home. Now when you are a teenager this was a pretty big temptation. I told Great Grandmother we had to go check on the car and instead we just left. That was the last time I saw her before she died.
When I was about 17 or 18 years old, my sister, Penny and I went to see Great Grandmother Kennedy at the Denver City Nursing home. She thought it was Glen Moore and his wife. She was in the early stages of dementia and she not completely aware of her surroundings. She always was wanting to leave the home. She told me and Penny if we would just get her the checkbook, she would pay us to take her out of the home. Now when you are a teenager this was a pretty big temptation. I told Great Grandmother we had to go check on the car and instead we just left. That was the last time I saw her before she died.
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J. W. Kennedy, also known as "Big Jim,” was born on May 25, 1907 in Oklahoma, when it was still called "Fleetwood, Indian Territory" (later that year Oklahoma became a state.) Although he grew up in hard circumstances, Jim became a strong Christian man who knew the value of hard work.
Mary Josephine Mitchell was born on December 2, 1907 in Marie, Ok. At age seven, Mary Jo, her widowed mother, and her siblings traveled by covered wagon from Oklahoma to Broadview, New Mexico where they claimed their homestead.
Jim and Mary Jo met when they were young and renewed their acquaintance in 1926 by correspondence. Mary Jo sent Jim a graduation announcement and he responded with his own announcement and a gift for Mary Jo. Mary Jo then sent him a necktie for a gift and later said that the “tie that tied was the tie that binds.” Jim proposed to Mary Jo on the steps of the Capitol Building in Austin, Texas. On Saturday afternoon, Sept. 29, 1926, they were married. The following Monday they went back to work out in the fields picking cotton in order to make a living.
Jim and Mary Jo had a very great faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and raised all eight of their children to be faithful members of the Lord's church.
Mary Josephine Mitchell was born on December 2, 1907 in Marie, Ok. At age seven, Mary Jo, her widowed mother, and her siblings traveled by covered wagon from Oklahoma to Broadview, New Mexico where they claimed their homestead.
Jim and Mary Jo met when they were young and renewed their acquaintance in 1926 by correspondence. Mary Jo sent Jim a graduation announcement and he responded with his own announcement and a gift for Mary Jo. Mary Jo then sent him a necktie for a gift and later said that the “tie that tied was the tie that binds.” Jim proposed to Mary Jo on the steps of the Capitol Building in Austin, Texas. On Saturday afternoon, Sept. 29, 1926, they were married. The following Monday they went back to work out in the fields picking cotton in order to make a living.
Jim and Mary Jo had a very great faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and raised all eight of their children to be faithful members of the Lord's church.
Edwin Marvin Mitchell's Gravesite
Edwin Marvin Michell, Mary Jo Kennedy's father, is buried at Willow, Oklahoma. His gravestone reflects the following information:
Born - April 18, 1877
Died- December 21, 1923.
Our Story:
On Tuesday, October 6, 2008. Miles and i went with Sandra and Bill on a mission to locate the gravesites of our grandparents. We arrived in Willow after lunch. We attempted to get information from City Hall but it was one from9-12. It is located on the main Street of Willow. We walked a few doors down to the post office and the person there provided up in the name of Vison Fite who determines plots at the cemetery as well as worked in the post office and a relief person.
After looking for the gravesite and not finding it, I called Vinson Fite's number and asked if he were familiar with that name. He said he would come out and help us look, but he was in Mangrum at that time. He told us to look in the north part of the cemetery, which we did. Miles was the one that located the gravestone. We were excited to find it. Though I had been told Edwin Marvin Mitchell was buried in Willow. I had questioned the accuracy of the information. I cannot verify it, but in my memory, we kids helped pay for two generations--Will N. Kennedy and perhaps that one. Sandra and Martha could not validate that information. I still have Janelle, Weldon, and Lloyd to ask.
After we found the gravestone, I called Vinson back and thanked him for his help in locating the gravestone. He told me I might be interested in calling City Hall to find out information regarding a book that had been published about the history of Willow.
Returning home, I called Thursday morning, October 9, 2008, and talked with a lady who was born and raised in Willow. Trevanna Baker. She stated that the publication was out of print and was currently $100.00 thoug it had originally been sold around
445.00 I asked her to look up any information that might be in the book regarding Edwin Marvin Mitchell. She cited one mention of E.M. Mitchell from June 17, 1916, who was living in a tent with his family and had lost his tent and all furnishings from a storm. She stated that the Stout and Hood families were prevalent in that area. In fact, her mother was close friends and a classmate of Doreen Hood, wh is the only one of that era still living. She mentioned Jewel Hood's daughter, who lives in the area. Jewel Hood's brother, Leon, lives in the area--perhaps Willow-- and could provide family information. She thought he was about 70 years old.
Vinson Fite, the man who had helped on Tuesday ( nearly 70 years old) was in Travanna office when I called. I had told her that mother said she was born near Marie, Ok but could not find that name on the map. She said that she did not know of a Marie. Ok to which he told her that the town-site was no longer there, but that there was a Marie Cemetery and it was west of Brinkman. ( We saw the sign for Brinkman Cemetery close to Willow. The town is now part of a ranch.)
Trevanna wrote a poem called "Where in the world is Willow?" She agreed to send a copy of the poem to me as well as the page referencing E.M. Mitchell.
That afternoon. we drove to Duke, Ok and viewed the graves of Will N. Kennedy, Dora Matilda Eggers Kennedy, and James William Norris Pickney Kennedy, Grandpa's Dad, who is buried in Rock Cemetery.
I told Sandra that we would have to call this trip our Gravesite Trip in that not only did we visit our heritasge, but the next day, we went to Fort Sill and visited Geronimo's grave.
We had a great time.
October 2008
Edwin Marvin Michell, Mary Jo Kennedy's father, is buried at Willow, Oklahoma. His gravestone reflects the following information:
Born - April 18, 1877
Died- December 21, 1923.
Our Story:
On Tuesday, October 6, 2008. Miles and i went with Sandra and Bill on a mission to locate the gravesites of our grandparents. We arrived in Willow after lunch. We attempted to get information from City Hall but it was one from9-12. It is located on the main Street of Willow. We walked a few doors down to the post office and the person there provided up in the name of Vison Fite who determines plots at the cemetery as well as worked in the post office and a relief person.
After looking for the gravesite and not finding it, I called Vinson Fite's number and asked if he were familiar with that name. He said he would come out and help us look, but he was in Mangrum at that time. He told us to look in the north part of the cemetery, which we did. Miles was the one that located the gravestone. We were excited to find it. Though I had been told Edwin Marvin Mitchell was buried in Willow. I had questioned the accuracy of the information. I cannot verify it, but in my memory, we kids helped pay for two generations--Will N. Kennedy and perhaps that one. Sandra and Martha could not validate that information. I still have Janelle, Weldon, and Lloyd to ask.
After we found the gravestone, I called Vinson back and thanked him for his help in locating the gravestone. He told me I might be interested in calling City Hall to find out information regarding a book that had been published about the history of Willow.
Returning home, I called Thursday morning, October 9, 2008, and talked with a lady who was born and raised in Willow. Trevanna Baker. She stated that the publication was out of print and was currently $100.00 thoug it had originally been sold around
445.00 I asked her to look up any information that might be in the book regarding Edwin Marvin Mitchell. She cited one mention of E.M. Mitchell from June 17, 1916, who was living in a tent with his family and had lost his tent and all furnishings from a storm. She stated that the Stout and Hood families were prevalent in that area. In fact, her mother was close friends and a classmate of Doreen Hood, wh is the only one of that era still living. She mentioned Jewel Hood's daughter, who lives in the area. Jewel Hood's brother, Leon, lives in the area--perhaps Willow-- and could provide family information. She thought he was about 70 years old.
Vinson Fite, the man who had helped on Tuesday ( nearly 70 years old) was in Travanna office when I called. I had told her that mother said she was born near Marie, Ok but could not find that name on the map. She said that she did not know of a Marie. Ok to which he told her that the town-site was no longer there, but that there was a Marie Cemetery and it was west of Brinkman. ( We saw the sign for Brinkman Cemetery close to Willow. The town is now part of a ranch.)
Trevanna wrote a poem called "Where in the world is Willow?" She agreed to send a copy of the poem to me as well as the page referencing E.M. Mitchell.
That afternoon. we drove to Duke, Ok and viewed the graves of Will N. Kennedy, Dora Matilda Eggers Kennedy, and James William Norris Pickney Kennedy, Grandpa's Dad, who is buried in Rock Cemetery.
I told Sandra that we would have to call this trip our Gravesite Trip in that not only did we visit our heritasge, but the next day, we went to Fort Sill and visited Geronimo's grave.
We had a great time.
October 2008
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