Holland Gravesites Mount Enon and Ramer Church

I am working on Holland Genealogy again and pictures.......

List of all of the children of Morgan Holland.  The picture below was taken the day of Morgan's funeral Jan. 25, 1941. 70 years ago yesterday. Jessie and Riley were the only children deceased at the time of his death.
Riley Holland
Jessie Holland
Lucius Holland
Lome Holland
Lena Mae Holland
Bertha Holland
Ernest Holland
Orea Holland
Elmire Holland
Hubert Holland
Ruby Holland
Ruth Holland
Louise Holland
Naomi Holland



Left to Right
Lucius, Ernest, Hubert holding Doyle, Elmire, Louise and her husband, Bertha, Ruby, Lena Mae, Ruth holding Charles and her huband Ray Thurmon holding Faye, Luverne, Lome and her children and husband.



Ruth Holland Thurman Aunt Ruth is buried in Geneva County. I need to take mother to help me find her gravesite. Faye was Aunt Ruth's only daughter and she passed away the spring of 2011.

 

                                                        Aunt Naomi is buried in Big Creek.

Louise was burried in New York State close to her home in Buffalo.

Bertha Holland

Ruby Lee Holland

Aunt Ruby and Aunt Bertha's graves are under an oak tree and they are covered with acorns and sticks. The day we were there the wind chill was about 10 so we didn't stay long. I am going back soon to get that moss off the stone and pick up the sticks and take some flowers for all of them.

Uncle Elmire and one of his friends.



Elmire Holland






Uncle Elmire and Aunt Verbie

Left to Right back row
Ernest, Elmire, Hubert and Orea
Front Granny and Aunt Bertha and my Dad.

 

Uncle Orea





Grandpa and Granny

The picture of Granny and Grandpa was taken in 1958. The one of Grandpa above I am guessing in the mid to late 40's.

This is Morgan and Emma Holland's graves in Ramer Church Cemetery State Line Road Cottonwood, Al. They were my paternal great grandparents, my Dad's Grandparents.

Morgan and Emma Holland

 

Spring Break 1965

Ricky, Greg Butch Becky and Brenda and the Cherokee Indian Cheif in Cherokee, N.C. I love Becky's expression! Momma and Daddy Peacock took all of these guys and went camping during spring break. The truck had a camper and I think they were in tents too. I am guessing this is about 1965 or 66. There is a funny story about a bear trying to get Becky's big lollipop when they were in the camper in the National Park. I will have to get Butch to tell the story.

Not sure if this was the same trip. Becky and Butch look about the same age. They may have been on another trip visiting their Aunt Cherry when this was made.

Pictures from Spring Break 2010! We had fun!!



I found these pictures in my cell phone. I forgot about them.

Colton's 10th Birthday 2010 in Gatlinburg... We had lunch with Bubba Gump.... Colt's feet are in Forest Gumps tennis shoes.....





This picture of a rainbow was taken at the Farm spring 2010. This shows Daddy's blue barn on the hill. Momma fussed because he painted it blue. It was supposed to be red. We asked him why and  he said that is what the man had in his sprayer so that's what he used. I told him I was glad the guy wasn't painting with pink that day!



In Highlands, N. C. Spring Break 2010

Granny's Ann Landers Clipping from 1992

Becky Butch and Me

Left to Right

Becky, Butch, and Me

This picture of the three of us was taken in the living room of Momma Peacock's house. Momma still  has the dress I am wearing. Aunt Bertha made it for me. They took me to L & J Studio Photography to have this picture made in the same dress. L & J was located on South Oates street next to "the hump", railroad overpass. We had a small volkswagen bug when the boys and I were little and Daddy would drive over the hump fast to tickle our tummies! We would squeel and he would make the block and do it again. I remember going to McDonalds for the first time in the bug, guess this was about 1963. McDonalds was new to Dothan on Main Street, across from Sears. We loved it of course. But I still liked Nip and Ernie's Hot Dogs.

Nip and Ernies was a diner and soda fountain close to Dothan High School, where we went to eat hotdogs and hamburgers occasionally.  I have tried to make Ernie's hotdog chili for years. I still don't have it just right. Momma makes it better than I do. I watched her the last time she made hotdog chili to see what she did.I think I can do it now and write a recipe for it. I am going to try and will pass it on to you.

My freind Elizabeth is here to visit this weekend and we are going to Destin Commons and down to the beach for a long walk later.... if it's warm enough right now it's very cold. I'm glad she's here. We haven't been together in a long time. We have been best friends since we were in the fifth grade........which was almost half a century ago!

Sookie discovers the fire!

These are some pictures I snapped of Tricia's kitten " Sookie." She discovered fire. She is so cute. Another bob tail kitty we adopted.

Sis loves her!

Pictures from Christmas 2010

A few pictures from Chirstmas Eve 2010.

Hudson Smith he makes me think of Drew Vinson in this picture!

Amber and Holland

Hudson

Keith and Marcee

Momma, Keith, Clayton and Micheal

Keith and Brenda

Brooke and Colton in the go cart!





Holland has all of us wrapped around his finger but especially Uncle Wade! He says "Uncle Wade I Wanna Hold You." and Wade just melts!

Something happened!

Amber and Danielle

Tricia and Lee Ann

Syndi, Isabelle and Hudson

Greg, Kim, Holland and Hudson

Holland's Happy face, Gracie and Colton

Hudson has the cutest expressions. He isn't talking yet but he can sure communicate with those faces......

Oh No!!! And that's what Hudson thinks about all these pictures!

I didn't get any pictures of Donya and Steve.....wonder where they were and if they were being Naughty or Nice? Naughty probably knowing them!

My Japanese Girl: Noodle's beauty and her pain

Cold Weather Go Away......

I don't know about you guys but for me I am ready for the temperatures to go up! We had temps in the low 20's last night. That's cold for us. But no worry by Sunday back up in the high 60's. I can get back to playing in the dirt.....My Christmas cactus bloomed this week. Usually it's in full bloom Christmas but I think the temps have been so low it bloomed later.

I have mapped out spots for some squash here in Destin, along with the Egg Plants. I am aslo planting some more day lillies and I would like to have a lemon tree. Lots of work to do.

Wade and I saw a beautiful citrus garden in Naples. Real small lawn area with nicely groomed old and young trees, lemons, oranges and grapefruit, with ginger and mint in plantings next to the house. Those trees were my favorite thing of that whole trip! I will tell the story Wade doesn't have to listen to it!!

Wade gave me my wedding ring Dec. 23rd, 2004. Our plans were to get married in February. We left Fort Walton to go to Naples for Christmas the same day. Wade's best friend was getting married there Christmas Eve. Two confirmed batchlors had finally made the decision to get married within weeks of each other.

We planned to drive all the way through. We didn't make it. As we entered the toll portion of interstate 75 I told Wade that he should get gas as soon as possible. He told me to not worry and to take a nap. So I did. I woke up to him banging his head on the steering wheel! We were out of gas in the middle of nowhere. All you could see for miles was orange trees.

I really had to fight the urge to say I told you so. I was so scared though that I didn't do that. We were stranded there for 8 hours, when Wade decided he had to walk for help. He walked for a few miles and found a truck driver to give him a ride to the next exit, which was about 18 miles from where I was in the car with Buddy our dog.

The first thing we did, when we gave out of gas, was call the Florida Highway Patrol and tell them where we were and they said they were coming but it would take a while. No kidding...We had been there all day and the sun was going down qucikly. Wade left and about an hour later a man from the Highway Patrol office came with just a few gallons of gas he told me to drive to the next exit and not stop between here and there. I started driving off the ramp and then I started thinking that Wade told me to meet him at the next stop if I didn't see him back there......so I thought maybe I should sit there and wait. The highway man came up to the car window and screamed at me saying "Lady I told told you not to stop!!!".... So I started crying of course!

I drove to the next exit and looked for Wade. There were hundreds of people in the place. I walked all through it and then I went back to the car and parked it in the outskirts of the parking lot so I could see the people going in and out of the main door. I waited and waited, another 2 or 3 hours passed, no Wade. I was kind of in shock at that point and didn't know what to do.....so I just sat there and then I saw Wade getting out of this huge tractor trailer truck. I don't think I have ever been so relieved.

Wade's story was he walked until he found a truck driver to give him a ride to the next exit where he bought gas. He found another trucker going back towards me and he gave him a ride. But this trucker wasn't going all the way to where Wade left me in the car. So Wade started walking with 2 containers of gas! Poor thing walked for miles with that gas to get to where he left me. Of course I wasn't there.....so he started walking back to the exit again. He walked for miles and miles and finally another trucker picked him up and brought him to the exit where he told me to wait for him! That's such a painful story!!! I try not to ever bring it up.

We enjoyed ourselves the rest of the trip. We came back to the farm the 27th and I told Daddy the story and he said "Well are you still getting married?", and of course I was! We try not to talk about this very often but if we do, after the story is told, Wade always says, "And the moral to the story is........"DON'T EVER GET MARRIED ON CHRISTMAS EVE!" But secretly we all know that the real lesson to be learned is, "Don't get on the turnpike without a full tank of gas."

Have a good weekend.

Colonel Angus is Here!

Wade and I have been laughing our heads off. Our outiside doors face 1 North and 1 South. They are old and need to be replaced. Every once in a while one of the doors will open and close on it's own. Sometimes even with the lock engaged. We laugh and say "Colonel Angus is here!".................

No not the deadbolt, just the door knob lock.........If the deadbolt were locked and it opened, I think I would leave!

Picture of Lee Ann when she still had good taste in t-shirts........Glad the War Eagles are our National Champions...Not the Ducks!

Now neither one of them know how to choose the best team....

Facial Milk Bath!

Granny had these articles in her box. I thought you might like to see them. I like the jokes. I needed something to make me smile! :) I don't know if Granny tried this milk bath facial or not. But I'm too chicken to try it......Let me know if you do.  Have a good day. Click on article and it will enlarge for you.....