Album #1 Lott and Kelly Family Photos

I am posting photos I found in the shed at Momma Peacock's house. Some are in bad shape as they were covered in dirt and had been exposed to moisture and heat for a long time. I think these pictures came from Uncle Damon's house and belonged to Grandma Molly Lott. There are several boxes with cards and letters addressed to her. Christmas, Mother's day, Easter and Birthday Cards all from family and friends. I will scan and Post some of those too. I plan to put these pictures in a photo ablum that will be available to everyone. When I get it together I will post the information for you. Be patient it may take me a while to get it together. There's alot going on this summer. But it's too hot to be outside so I will be in on the computer as much as possible! I am calling this group of pictures
Album #1 Lott and Kelly Family Photos. 

Annie Lee Carroll on her wedding day.



Annie Lee and Walter Waterson

Daughter of Bishop Kelly

Daughter of Bishop Kelly

Austin and Lorene Lott

Charlie Lott

Charlie Lott

Cousin Corrine Weed

Austin and Damon Lott

Damon and Charlie Lott

Damon Lott US Navy WWII

Damon Lott

Diddle

right: Ella Pearl Lott daughter or Oneal Lott

Mary Francis Rebecca Kelly Lott

Job Lott brother of Tom Lott my Great Grandfather

Joe Lott brother of Tom Lott

Junior Woodham

Mary Chancey

Mae Lott I believe she was married to Joe Lott brother or Tom Lott

Esteves Children of Ella Pearl Lott

Lota Lee Lott my grandmother born in1919. She looks like she is 2 or 3 years old in this photo.
Therefore the date this photo was taken should be around 1921 or 1922. So cute! Blonde haired baby like my cousin Rona's baby son Bradley who was born in 2009.

Mary Francis Rebecca Lott "Molly Lott"

Patricia Ann Peacock

Peggy Janella Peacock

Back row left to right: Oneal Lott, Jim Lott, Burt Lott
Front row left to right: Damon Lott, Charlie Lott, Tom Lott, Mary Francis Rebecca Kelly Lott, Lucille Lott, Austin Lott, and Lota Lee Lott, my maternal grandmother.

Peggy Peacock, unkown girl, Grandma Molly Lott, and Hugh Allen Peacock

A. D. Harden Lott standing and Mary Jane Fexil Lott
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Lott San Augustine, Tx., San Augustine County Texas

Left: Austin Lott and unkown boy with hat

Junior Woodham

Unknown couple in South Florida this may be someone in Aunt Mary Lott's family. Mary Lott wife of Damon Lott. I have her maiden name on her high school report card. I will get that and update this asap.

We all loved Aunt Mary and remember her as always smiling and happy to see us. She and Uncle Damon and Momma Peacock laughed 90% of the time they were together. Uncle Damon and Aunt Mary married late in life I think Uncle Damon was in his late 40's, and Aunt Mary was several years older than he, when they married. Their house that I remember from the early 70's was in Lady Lake, Florida in the middle of an orange grove. He raised Peacocks and cows and always planted a garden.  The orange groves were beautiful. His house sat high on a hill and as far as you could see for miles and miles were orange trees. The peacocks were roaming free and nesting in huge trees around his house. I don't remember if they were oak or pecan trees. I have pictures of them I will post in another album with photos from the 70's. Behind his house was maybe 40 acres of pasture land where he raised cows. I have wonderful memories of playing in the groves and eating the oranges. Uncle Damon took his knife and cut an orange, and scooped out the center where the stem was attached and we put it to our mouth and squeezed the juice out. Man was that delicious! It chapped our lips but it was worth it!

We usually made that trip during our Thanksgiving break from school. I remember going one year during the time the orange trees were blooming. The smell was heavenly. I think I remember uncle Damon having some bee hives along the fence row in his pasture. For breakfast Aunt Mary made biscuits and we ate honey with them. Aunt Mary's biscuits super delicious with fresh butter and orange blossom honey. If you have never tasted fresh orange blossom honey get on line and order some. It's my favorite honey. I am partial to the local tupelo honey we have here too!  I'm making myself hungry!!

In 1971 Disney opened a few miles away and things began to change around Lady Lake. The groves are gone now, destroyed by a blight in the early 80's. The grove land was divided into multiple subdivisions. Uncle Damon held on to his house and pasture land until the mid 90's. He moved to Big Creek to live next to Momma Peacock. Aunt Mary went to live in Graceville Nursing Home with Alzheimers. Uncle Damon was totally devoted to her and went to the nursing home everyday to have lunch and spend the afternoon with her, even after she no longer knew him or anyone else. It was really sad and he grieved for her until he himself passed away. Momma Peacock and Aunt Shirley took care of him in his last days. Uncle Damon and Aunt Mary are buried in the cemetary of Corinth Baptist Church in Slocomb, Al., next to Grandma Molly, and his brother and sister in law, Burt and Ivy Lott.

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Friend of Uncle Damon in South Florida early 40's

Ella Pearl Left and unkown woman

Daughters of Burt and Ivy Lott
Left to Righ: Linda, Sandra and Myra at home close to Corinth Chruch, Slocomb, Alabama.

Daughters of Bishop Lott

Children of Oneal Lott?

James Ellis Lott and friend








English Family History

I am updating you all on the information I now have on the English Family. I will start with Jesse E. English, my great, great grandfather.

Anderson English WWII with his wife.

Jesse English and Lula Anderson English were my Great Great Grandparents and my Grandmother Luverne's Grand Parents.
Jesse was born in Pike County, Alabama in 1879. Jesse was the third child born to Rev. Eli English and Martha E. Yarbrough.  His older siblings were James Edward born in 1873 and Mary E. Enlgish born in 1876.
The census for Pike County, Al. in 1880 listed Eli English head of household born 1848 in Ga., his wife Martha E. Yarbrough born around 1850, in Ga. Also included in the household were the three children previously mentioned and Eli's mother in law Mary A. Yarbrough, 60 yrs old, a widow born in Ga. 60 years old in 1880 would mean thay Mrs. Yarbrough would have been born around 1820 in Ga. That is as far as I have gone with Eli, Martha, and Mary Yarbrough. I am thinking that there is a good possibility that they moved to Pike Co. from the Columbus, Ga. area. That will be my next area to search for them.
Pike County records also reveal a marriage license to Eli English and Martha E. Yarbrough in 1872. I am going to Pike County Courthouse for that record and will post it for you. I am hoping that document will have both of their parents names and the county in Ga. where they were born.
Back to Jesse and Lula Anderson English. Joe Watford, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse and Lula gave me a copy of the death certificate for Jesse and Lula Anderson English. Lula's death came first. She died Nov. 2, 1919, from complications in child birth. She was 40 years old at the time. She died under the care of Dr. R. L. Miller Graceville, Florida.

The children of Jesse and Lula were as follows:

1. Allie B. English born April 8, 1902 in Florida, died Feb. 27, 1955 buried in Holmes Co. Fl.
2. Effie Mae English, born around 1904 in Fl., died unknown.
3. Alma Viola, born May 8, 1907, died Dec. 7, 1998 in Fl.
4. Ruby D. English, born around 1910 in Fl., died unknown.
5. Anderson English born Oct. 19, 1912 in Fl. and died July 19, 1973 in Fl.
6. Rosa Lee English born March 1, 1915 in Fl. and died Sept. 27, 2002, in Andalusia, Alabama.

After Lula's death Jesse moved in with his oldest daughter, Allie B. and her husband, Henry Sims. Jesse still had two small children, Anderson 7, and Rosa Lee 4, at the time of Lula's death. Evidently the story goes that Jesse remarried but sent his new wife back home when he found out she was mistreating his children and eventually moved in with Allie B. and Henry and their 3 children, Luvern born 1920, Eddie Lee born in 1922 and Mary Louise born in 1926. Jesse worked with lumber. Logging, and pulping wood.
Jesse died in August of 1926. Jesse's death certificate from Houston Co. Alabama stated he died August 13, 1926 from injuries due to auto accident, and listed perforated wound, broken ribs, shock and hemmorage as contributing factors. Evidently Jesse had finished a day of work and was walking home when he was struck by a car on a bridge on the Rehobeth Highway. Joe Watford has done some research on this but found nothing in library achives of the Dothan Eagle around this time. I will see if I can find some more information about this.
After Jesse's death Allie B. and Henry raised Anderson 14 years old, and Rosa Lee 9 years old, along with their children 6 children.

Jesse and Lula Anderson English

Left to Right: Allie B., Jesse, Effie Mae, Lula, Alma Viola, Ruby D. and Anderson on Lula's lap.

This house was in the Eleanor Community off of Hwy. 2 west of Graceville, Fl. Jesse, Lula and Allie B. are buried in Bethal Baptist Churh cemetary near their home.

My great grandmother Allie B. English Sims with Betty Jean Sims her youngest daughter



Allie B. English born April 8, 1902



I can't identify these girls.

Allie B. English Sims my great grandmother and Luvern Sims Holland my grandmother

Children of Jesse English and Lula Anderson English: Left to right Allie B., Anderson, Rosa Lee and Alma Viola,

Anderson English

I think this may be Alma Viola and Rosa Lee English

Anderson English

My father Doyle Holland, his cousin Faye Seay, and his brother Bob Holland on the car with their grandmother Allie B. English Sims

Anderson English WWII

Louise Sims Seay my great Aunt with her daughter Faye Seay, and Betty Jean Sims tallest child in the background

I'm not sure who this is.

I'm not sure who this is either.

This is Anderson and his wife, I think.

This is Anderson English in the center, and Eunice Sims husband on the right the man on the left I can't identify.

Sausage Spinach Dip

I am sharing a great recipe with you. It's from my niece, Amber Holland Smith. Delicious and serves a crowd I think you could 1/2 the recipe if you need a smaller portion.

Sausage Spinach Dip

1 lb. Sausage

1 package Knorr Vegetable soup Mix

1 16 oz. container sour cream

1 8oz block cream cheese

1 box of frozen spinach thawed and drained

1 teaspoon chili powder

McCormick Nature Seasons

1 Package of 10 slices of Monterey Jack-Cheddar Cheese

1 Package of 10 slices of Monterey Jack Pepper Cheese

Thaw the spinach and drain. In a skillet brown sausage and drain.

Mix vegetable soup mix with sour cream, cream cheese, spinach, and sausage. Add chili powder, and nature seasons. Just lightly sprinkle the nature seasons across the top of the mixture. Mix well.

In a oven proof casserole spread a layer of 1/3 of the mixture. Top with torn slices of both sliced cheeses. Repeat to make 3 layers. Cover lightly with foil and Bake 425 degrees until hot and bubbly in the center. I made a tent with the foil so that the cheese didn’t stick to it. Serve with corn chips or sturdy tortilla chips.

I am planning a trip this weekend to the mountains with Mom, Gracie and Brooke and Aunt Shirley and her grandaughter Hannah. We are all looking forward to lower humidity and the quiet sounds of the mountains.
Wade is going to stay in Destin and go fishing with brother Steve, Donya and Colton, and Captain Tony Davis on the Anastasia. Maybe I will come home and have some fresh fish! 

I hope to go over the Mountain to Cashiers, N. C. to visit a development called Lonesome Valley. Hopefully I can photograph the restaurant, Canyon Kitchen, on the grounds in Lonesome Valley. The restaurant is in a barn. A fancy barn I hear! The menu is planned around local farm fresh vegetables and trout that are farmed by the Jennings family, owners of Lonesome Valley. Have a good weekend. The following pictures were taken last fall.

Overlook walkway in Black Rock Mtn. State Park 10-1-2010

Wolffork Valley Rabun Gap, Ga.

This is why they are called the Smokey Mountains....it's really fog that "burns off " as the sun rises higher!