From a special edition of the Scott County Advertiser newspaper of 3 April 1991, entitled "A Salute to Scott County Citizens 90 Years and Over." The interviews were done as part of a celebration of the Bank of Waldron's 90th anniversary.

WILLIE HUMPHREYS

Willie Humphreys was born on the family homestead in Little Texas community, Scott County, Arkansas, November 11, 1899 to James and Rosie (Pollard) Kilburn. She was one of 8 children and attended school at Gravelly. She married John Moorehead in 1917 and they had 6 children, two of whom are still living: Mae Shank and Nancy Moorehead, both of Waldron. She married her second husband, Lee Humphreys (now deceased) August 14, 1932. She is a member of the Assembly of God Church and is a homemaker.

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