| person no one had heard from in over sixty years! I searched records for several years coming up |
| empty handed. Then I had the idea to write newspapers "Dear Editor" sections. Grandpa said he |
| had heard after his brother left that he married a young woman in Humphreys County and then |
| moved out west somewhere. So I began submitting to the "Dear Editor" section of the newspapers |
| Sadly, grandpa passed away Dec 27, 1983 one month before his great niece wrote me a letter. |
| Grandpa's brother had passed away several years before him. But I found his family. |
| |
| One of grandpa's brother's daughter asked if I would sent her a copy of my research and I told her |
| I couldn't because I planned to publish it. I have for many years regretted not sending it to her. |
| In later years others came to me and I gave them copies because by then I had thought about the |
| people who gave me information, like my grandparents giving their time and felt the research |
| belonged to all the family. |
| |
| In 1984 I once again ran up on a problem locating some of my father's line. After sitting up all night |
| pouring through notes from the archives I sat at the bar in my living room with coffee in hand |
| looking like death warmed over when someone knocked on the front door. My brother Odell and |
| Daddy's brother, Uncle Clyde had driven up to visit. I made them coffee and we sat chatting for a |
| while. My brother finally voiced his curiosity about the stacks of files I had scattered all around. I |
| was reluctant to reveal my research due to others reactions and I relied, "you would laugh." My |
| brother pressed on for an answer. To my surprise he did not laugh but was very interested in my |
| research. Along beside him Uncle Clyde's eyes lit up and he began asking questions. During our |
| going over the records Uncle Clyde informed me he thought he remembered two great Uncles |
| moving out West but he couldn't remember where. After we talked a while Uncle Clyde said he |
| thought the great Uncles went to a place called Post Texas. I immediately pick up the phone and |
| called the operator asking for the phone number and address of the local newspaper in Post, Texas. |
