Sunday, February 15, 2009

2009-VALENTINE'S DAY-CONTINUED



A CARD, CANDY AND FLOWERS . . . NOT TOO SHABBY FOR 25 YEARS!




Valentine's Day night, we went to dinner with the Mills and the McKittricks at the Blue Pan Grille in Downtown Oxford. None of us had eaten there, but I had been told that it could be rather rowdy as the hour got late. I was thankful that our reservation was for 6:00. For the first hour, it was if they had opened the place just for us. Our table was in a nice little alcove, but the lighting was too dim for some of us to read the menu. Fortunately, I had my trusty little flashlight in my purse. I suppose the usual crowd has better eyesight. The menu was al a carte, and there were dishes that we don't eat everyday, but the food was very good. We were through with dinner by 8:30, which was probably a good thing. The place was filling up and there didn't appear to me to be anyone there over the age of 30. As we were all 50-ish and had all had a long hard week, we decided to call it a night.

I think we must have surprised the kids when we came in. They had music up really loud and Hannah and Nicky were dancing around the room. I think Nicky got embarrassed when I took the picture and ran to hide.








Saturday, February 14, 2009

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!




FOUR GENERATIONS



MY GRANDPARENTS
ELMER LESLIE ASHCRAFT and RUBY MAE JONES ASHCRAFT
I'm not sure how long they were married,
but it had to be at least 100 years.



DADDY AND MAMA -
JIMMIE LAWRENCE ASHCRAFT and
MARGARET ANN HOLIMAN ASHCRAFT
Married almost 50 years.



JOHN EDEN MARTIN and
LISA CAROLYN ASHCRAFT POPE MARTIN
Married 25 Years




JOHN ROBERT BUTTS and
LESLIE ANN POPE BUTTS
Married 3 Years

Friday, February 13, 2009

2008-NOVEMBER-BAUXITE CEMETERY-HOLIMAN

Mama was raised in Bauxite, Arkansas, but few of her relatives are buried in the Bauxite Cemetery. We found only one and that was her Father's Father, Tilman Frank Holiman.




Such a lovely sign.



2008-NOVEMBER-BRYANT CEMETERY-HOLIMAN

This is my Grandfather Holiman, my Mother's Father, whom I never knew. He died of cancer in 1956, 4 years before I was born.




JOHN VAUGHN HOLIMAN
BORN - MARCH 17, 1909
DIED - MAY 1, 1956
(BRYANT CEMETERY)













Thursday, February 12, 2009

2008-NOVEMBER-BRYANT CEMETERY-EDMONSON

The first cemetery we visited was the Bryant Cemetery in Bryant Arkansas.
This was the sign at the entrance.





This is where most of my Grandma Chenualt's people are buried.
Her full name is
Evelyn Margaret Edmonson Holiman Chenault.

This is a picture of Grandma(far right) with Mama, Leslie and me on Leslie's Wedding Day, November 5, 2005.




This is my Grandmother's Father, Morgan Edward Edmonson



Morgan's Headstone
1888-1963




My Grandmother's Mother, Birdie Ellis Havens Edmonson.
She was killed in an accident at age 33. Grandma really favors her.





Birdie's Headstone
1896-1929






Headstone of C.E. Ellis
1853-1910
He was my Great-Great Grandfather
and the Father of Birdie.







Headstone of Julia Ellis Sanders
1865 - 1952
She was my Great-Great Grandmother and
the Mother of Birdie.
She was married to C.E. Ellis, who died in 1910.
She later married a Sanders, but was buried next to C.E.







C. E. and Julia Ellis