Granny Lessons

Thursday, June 2, 2011

English and Sims Family Photos Album #1

#1 A. Unknown to me......but for some reason I think this may be a sister of Allie B.'s. Possibly Ruby?

#1 B. This may be the twin daughters of Effie Mae and Andrew Ransom Foxworth. Would like to varify this with the family of Effie Mae if possible.

This past weekend I woke up to a friend request from Jesse English. The only Jesse English I knew was my Great Great Grandfather who passed away in 1926. Eye opening text message. :) I now know the Jesse English who contacted me is the son of Anderson English the only son of Jesse and Lula Anderson English. Anderson is the only brother of Allie B. English my great grandmother.

When Jesse English, my great great grandfather, died in an accident, his wife Lula had already passed away. Anderson was 14 years old according to records from Allie B.'s bible. She and her husband, my great grandfather Henry Sims, took Anderson and 11 year old baby sister Rosa Lee to live with them. There are alot of pictures of Anderson in Granny's photos. I am posting several photos that I will identify by number and hope that some of the new found English family members can help me accurately identify. I never new "Uncle Anderson". Granny talked about him all the time. Granny was born in 1920 so Anderson would have been about 8 years older than Granny. She always referred to him as "Uncle Anderson", and Rosa Lee was "Aunt Rosa Lee."

#1. Anderson English and his wife Gladys Hardy

#2 The lady on the left is Eunice Sims Watford and the lady in the middle is the wife of Anderson English, Gladys Hardy English, she is holding daughter Sharon Virginia English. The lady on the right Ruth Hardy Burch, sister to Gladys Hardy English and the man on the right is Harold Burch, Ruth's husband.

#3 Left to Right: Ruth Hardy Burch, Eunice Sims Watford and Gladys Hardy English

#4. Eunice Sims Watford

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#12. Bob Holland holding a pet raccoon.

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#19 Anderson English

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#23. Eunice Sims Watford, Gladys Hardy English with daughter Sharon Virginia English, Ruth Hardy Burch

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#25. The little boy second from left is Bob Holland the others are unknown to me.

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#27 Gladys, Anderson and Sharon Virginia English

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#33 Rosa Lee English I think

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# 35 Eddie Lee Sims and unknown male

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To enlarge any picture just click on the photo. Thanks for any information you can share.

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

Austin and Lorene 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.