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Descendants of Charles Lee Suggs Jr.

Submitted by Wendy Maxey

Generation No. 1

1. CHARLES LEE SUGGS JR.3 (CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Jan 1844 in Cole County, Missouri, and died 10 Apr 1922 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He married NANCY L. FISHER. She was born 10 Mar 1848 in Neosha, Jasper County, Missouri, and died 18 Jan 1936 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for CHARLES LEE JR. SUGGS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Gangrene in the foot.
Military: Civil War/Veteran/Union
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Baptist

Notes for NANCY L. FISHER:
Notes for NANCY L. FISHER
OBITUARY for NANCY (FISHER) SUGGS

"Grandma" Nan Suggs died Saturday Nght
Nancy L. Suggs, Choctaw township's oldest citizen peacefully passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Arnold, with whom she made her home at 10:35 o'clock Saturday night, January 18, 1936, aged 87 years, 10 months, and eight days. The body was interred in the Huie Cemetery Sunday afternoon beside that of her husband, following impressive funeral services at the home conducted by Elder Ross of Harding College, Searcy.

"Grandma Nan", as she was known to her many friend, was born in Southwest Missouri March 10, 1848, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Fisher. On March 8, 1868, she was married to Charles L. Suggs and immediately following the ceremony they started to Arkansas to establish a home. The trip was made in a wagon, said to have been the first thimble skein wagon ever brought to Van Buren County.

They arrived on Holly Mountain, northeast of Clinton, March 28, where they stopped for a few months, later settling on a homestead in Choctaw township just north of the present home of C.L. Kidd, one of their grandsons. Eighteen years later they moved across the Choctaw at what was later known as the Sam Jennings farm.

Four children were born to this union, all of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Lucy Arnold and Mrs. Betty Kidd of Choctaw, Mrs. Dovie Fisher of Arizona, and Miles Suggs of Choctaw. The husband and father passed away April 10, 1922. Seventeen grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren also survive.

Fifty-six years ago, 1880, she made profession of her faith in Christ uniting with the Christian church at Choctaw, with which organization she continued to hold her membership until the day of death. On June 5, 1934, she suffered a paralytic stroke and from then on was bedfastand helpless. During these many months she bore her suffering with patience and was fully prepared to meet her Savior when the hour came.

"Grandma" was a good woman, a kind neighbor and a true friend, possessing those characteristics which endeared her to her family and friends. No doubt in recent months, due to her continued illness, she sometimes longed for the hour of sleep. It has come--all the tired muscles of her body are at rest. The anxious hours of anxiety, fears and troubles have past.

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."

Article in Van Buren County Newspaper, March 10, 1932

"Grandma" Suggs, 84 years young and going strong, mentally and physically. Among the many vernerable old ladies yet spared to recite interesting incidents connected with the early days of Van Buren County, is Mrs. Nancy L. Suggs more familiarly known as "Grandma" Suggs of Choctaw township. She is a native of Southwest Missouri and was born March 10, 1848 in Neosho, Missouri.

Last month it was grandma's pleasure to celebrate the 84th anniversary of her birth. In honor of the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Arnold, where she has made her home since the death of her husband, "Uncle" Charlie Lee Suggs on April 10, 1922.

Mrs. Suggs maiden name was Fisher and with the possible exception of a half-brother, from whom she has not heard from in years, she is the only surviving member of her immediate family. Her marriage to Charles Suggs took place March 16, 1868.

Immediately following her marriage in the company of her husband, she left South-West Missouri for Van Buren County, Arkansas to find a home. The trip was made overland in what is believed to have been the first thimble-skein wagon ever brought to the county. Their first stop was mad on Holley Mountain, where they remained a few months. They then moved on a homestead in Choctaw township immediately north of the present home of Grandma's grandson, C.L. Kidd.

After 18 years of residence on this homestead, Mr. and Mrs. Suggs moved to what is now known as the Sam Jennings place on Choctaw Creek where they lived 22 years. After one year spent on the place now owned by R. Jim Stobaugh, they bought the home of J.L. Kidd, just south of his present home where they remained for eight years or until the death of Charles Lee in 1922.

Mr. and Mrs. Suggs were the parents of four children all surviving as follows: "Lucy", now Mrs. George Arnold, "Bettie", widow of L. Linn Kidd, "Miles Suggs" all of Choctaw township, and "Dovie", now Mrs. George W. Fisher of Banner, Oklahoma. Mrs. Suggs has 17 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Notwithstanding the fact that Grandma is now in her 85th year, she enjoys the best of health and activity, mentally and physically remarkable in one so well advanced in years. Her recollections of days long gone by are now as fresh and distinct as occurrences of but yesterday and are related in a very happy and entertaining manner.

(A Note from Hazel Renfroe dated October 1998): My grandmother Nancy L. Suggs died January 18, 1936 at the age of 88 years. I have a little black purse Grandma gave me in 1936 for my graduation gift. It had a small round mirror and a celluloid clip type fastener. I will never forget seeing her tuck her bible under her arm and take off walking to church every Sunday without fail.

More About NANCY L. FISHER:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Children of CHARLES SUGGS and NANCY FISHER are:
2. i. LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, b. 03 Jan 1869, Kansas; d. 02 Jan 1948, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
3. ii. LOUISA ELIZABETH "BETTY" SUGGS, b. 31 Aug 1870, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 20 Jan 1968, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
4. iii. MILES SUGGS, b. 26 Nov 1872, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 01 Jan 1952, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
5. iv. DOVIE D. SUGGS, b. 21 Sep 1888, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 19 Feb 1983, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.


Generation No. 2

2. LUCY ANN4 SUGGS (CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 03 Jan 1869 in Kansas, and died 02 Jan 1948 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. She married GEORGE T. ARNOLD 08 Jan 1885, son of JAMES ARNOLD. He was born 13 Dec 1859 in Quitman, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died Unknown in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for LUCY ANN SUGGS:
Notes for LUCY ANN SUGGS:
(Source: Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe 1947):

"Aunt" Lucy Suggs Arnold was born in Kansas and came to Arkansas in her infancy. Uncle George and Aunt Lucy were married in a double ceemony with her sister, Betty Suggs and Linn L. Kidd. A well known early settler, Dr. Snowden, of the Barrens Community performing the ceremony. These ladies are my great aunts, the daughters of Charles Lee Suggs and Nancy Fisher Suggs, early settlers of the Choctaw Community. They are the sisters of my grandfather Miles Suggs. Aunt Lucy and Uncle George settled on Holley Mountain but soon moved to Choctaw in the "Barrens" which has always been their home. Sometime in 1889 Uncle George exchange 20 bushels of oats for a clock and a small looking glass, the clock still works good and Aunt Lucy still has a pair of scissors she has used for 40 years. January 9, 1946 "Aunt Lucy and Uncle George Arnold celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary.

George was born near Quitman, a part of Van Buren County. The county in which George T. Arnold was born was called Van Buren County, is now calle Cleburne County.

Notes for GEORGE T. ARNOLD:
George Arnold, was the son of James Arnold and unknown, both of Tennessee. He was born Dec. 13, 1859 in Quitman, Arkansas and died Dec. 03, 1955 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

On January 08, 1885 in Choctaw, Arkansas, George married Lucy Ann Suggs, born January 04, 1869 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, daughter of Charles Lee Suggs and Nancy (Fisher) Suggs, early settlers of the Choctaw community, Van Buren County, Arkansas. Lucy past away on January 02, 1948 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

George and Lucy Ann (Suggs) Arnold had three children: Ora Elma, Frankie, and Dixon.

George Arnold and Lucy Ann Suggs were married at a double ceremony with Lucy's sister, Betty Suggs and Linn I. Kidd. A well known early settler, Dr. Snowden, of the Barrens coummunity performed the ceremony.

Information of Source Below: Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe)

"Aunt Lucy and Uncle George settled on Holley Mountain after their marriage, but soon moved to Choctaw in the "Barrens Community."

Sometime in 1889 Uncle George exchanged 20 bushels of oats for a clock and a small looking glass. In 1948 the clock still worked good. Aunt Lucy still had a pair of scissors she used for over 40 years.

On January 08, 1946, "Aunt Lucy and Uncle George" Arnold celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary.

Children of LUCY SUGGS and GEORGE ARNOLD are:
6. i. ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, b. 13 Dec 1887; d. 07 Aug 1922.
7. ii. FRANKIE ARNOLD, b. 26 Jun 1890; d. 26 Apr 1965.
iii. DIXON ARNOLD, b. 05 May 1904; d. 09 Oct 1927.

3. LOUISA ELIZABETH "BETTY"4 SUGGS (CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 31 Aug 1870 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 20 Jan 1968 in Van Buren County, Arkansas. She married LEONARD LINCOLN KIDD 08 Jan 1885 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He was born 10 Nov 1861 in Tennessee, and died 21 Nov 1951 in Arkansas.

Notes for LOUISA ELIZABETH "BETTY" SUGGS:
Notes for LOUISA ELIZABETH SUGGS:
(Source of Information: Rebecca Shannon/Great-Granddaughter)

When I was 14 years old Granny Kidd (Louisa Elizabeth) was staying with my grandmother Julia Kidd at Choctaw for a while one summer. I was sitting watching her knit wool socks on three needles when she asked me, "Child how old are you now?" I told her I was 24 years old. My goodness you would have thought I had told her I had leprosy! She got very stern and said "Child, when are you getting married?" Well, I had to giggle at the thought. I began to tell her that I hadn't even been allowed a date let alone to get married yet. Granny stopped her knitting and shook her head in disbelief. "Dear Child" she said "Don't you know you're almost past your prime? I'm afraid that you will end up an old maid if you don't marry soon." She picked up her knitting and went back to work with the frown still etched in her brow.

She was always fun to sit and talk to. She usually kept a pretty ironed hankie in her lap or tucked in her sleeve cuff and always smelled of Sweet Violets. She could entertain us with making bunny ears out of her hankie and saying various rhymes. One of them was - Wire Brier, Limber Locks, Three Geese in a Flock...

Much of the time she would have little glass vial of turpentine wrapped in the hankie. It was her cure-all for everything from a sore throat to the vapors. She would tell many tales to us children, most of which I can not recount but a couple are etched vividly in my memory.

The Civil War was two years over when Granny was born in 1870. Still, the countryside was in grave disarray with Jayhawkers who came down from Missouri and Kansas. They raided houses for food and livestock, for jewelry and money, and generally terrorized anyone they came in contact with. Granny said that folks buried their ham and bacon in the dirt floor of the smokehouses trying to save their food supply from the raiders. At sight of these scoundrels, family men of the community scurried into hiding for fear of being shot. Women and small children suffered little abuse from the men. They generally would make the womenfolk cook a meal for them or try to scare them into telling them where they had hidden food. Apparently the women would be quite spiteful and make soup with the water that their baby had just been washed in or pour water down the barrels of the guns that were leaning against the door frame to wet the powder. Granny said that on one of these raids the men came bursting into the house, ransacking and looking for booty. Her father, Charles Lee Suggs, had been to Morrilton a few days before and bought Lucy and Betty beautiful ribbons to tie their hair up on Sundays. The girls had hung them over the wash stand on either side of the mirror. Needless to say their bright colors caught the eyes of the marauders and Granny sadly lamented watching the men ride away with their pretty ribbons tied to the horses' bridles. This probably happened around 1874.

Lucy and Louisa were also called "Betty" and "Eliza".

Granny's story of her marriage proposal from Len Kidd was always amazing to me. She was nine years his junior and must have been a pretty little thing. She told how Len would ride by their house on a big handsome horse, sometimes stopping to visit with whomever was on the front porch. He rode the horse up to where she stood and said "Betty, when you get big enough to make me a shirt, I want to marry you."

A few months later in 1884, Len rode by again and Betty called out "Len, I have made you that shirt." In January of 1885, Lucy Suggs, Betty's sister, was to marry George Arnold. Their mother, Nan, facing two approaching marriages, called Betty in and said, "Now Betty, I want you and Len to get married too." So, both sisters were married in a double ceremony on January 8, 1885, at their parents' home in Choctaw. This was the beginning of a marriage that lasted over 45 years. When they were married, one of the first things they bought was a trunk. It was given to me by Nell Goom Kidd in the summer of 1970. It had been stored in the barn near her home and was about to be thrown away when I asked if she would mind if I had it. Aunt Nell was cleaning out the barn and just wanted to be rid of it. The condition is not good but it sits in my bedroom filled with many little treasures that my family has collected. My husband and the boys know if the house catches fire they are supposed to throw the trunk and its contents out the window to safety. They know how much it means to me.

My Grandmother Kidd told me the story of Granny Kidd's stubborn streak. It was about the time that Granny wanted her husband Len to bring in the wood for the cookstove. She almost refused to do it herself. They had several hands working in the fields and every day at noon the men would come in, sit down, and enjoy a bountiful meal prepared by Betty. There would be fried meat, gravy, potatoes, corn on the cob, some kind of greens from the fields or the creekside, corn bread, a pot of beans and two or three desserts like stir up cake with caramel icing, egg custard pie, apple cobbler, peach cobbler, butter roll or vanilla pudding from scratch. Betty got up one morning and started fixing dinner and was out of fire wood. She went on and peeled the potatoes, fixed all the dishes for the day and set the pots on the stove and the pans in the oven. When the men came in and were washing up they remarked they couldn't smell the dinner cooking like usual and wondered what was wrong. Len went in and saw what had happened. The men had to eat cold biscuits and ham from breakfast for lunch that day and Granny never again went without firewood for the kitchen stove.

Granny recounted a story of a woman who lived on Choctaw Cree. The woman was out doing her laundry and had a tiny baby lying in a dresser drawer that she was using like a cradle. A bald eagle swooped out of the sky, snatched the baby from its bed and climbed out of sight in the afternoon sky. The baby was never recovered.

One of the funniest things that I ever heard Granny say was probably the summer before she died. My parents had gotten central air conditioning and the summer heat was stifling that year, so we set the thermostat to a comfortable 72 degrees. Granny was staying with us for a few days so that she might be more comfortable and out of the heat. When my Mom came in from work that afternoon, she asked Granny how the day had been and Granny replied, "Child, I have lived to be nearly 100 years old and this is the coldest July I have ever seen. I am near frozen to death."

(These are remembrances of Louisa Suggs from Rebecca Stephens Shannon, Louisa's Great-Granddaughter).

Children of LOUISA SUGGS and LEONARD KIDD are:
i. JAMES LEE5 KIDD, b. 15 Oct 1885; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAMES LEE KIDD:
More about JAMES LEE KIDD:
Occupation: United States Marshall.

ii. CLARE LUTHER KIDD, b. 17 Nov 1887; d. 24 Dec 1960; m. PEARL HEWEN, 1909; d. Unknown.
iii. NANCY "NANNIE" KIDD, b. 08 Nov 1889; d. 03 Apr 1963; m. ALVIN ASHMORE; d. Unknown.
8. iv. GLADYS KIDD, b. 02 Sep 1893; d. 11 Jul 1972.
v. WILLIAM MARVIN KIDD, b. 22 Jun 1900, Arkansas; d. 02 Jun 1960, Arkansas; m. JULIA ETTA DUNCAN, Private; b. Private.
vi. MAJOR THORNDIKE KIDD, b. 29 Jul 1905; d. 24 Nov 1968; m. NELL GROOMS, Private; b. Private.

4. MILES4 SUGGS (CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 Nov 1872 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 01 Jan 1952 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He married IDA BELLE JENNINGS 24 Dec 1896 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, daughter of SAMUEL JENNINGS and MARY BAILEY. She was born 12 Feb 1879 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 27 Dec 1957 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for MILES SUGGS:
Notes for MILES SUGGS:
Miles and Ida Belle were both born in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. Miles was born November 26, 1872 and Ida Belle on February 12, 1879. They were married in Choctaw on December 24, 1896 and had eight children.

Verlena Valentine
Charles McKinley (my grandfather)
Samuel Lee
Owen
Mary R.
Mila May
Audra Pauline
Miles Jr. (died at birth)

Ida Belle's parents were Samuel Rhodes Jennings and Mary Susan Bailey. Miles parents were Nancy L. Fisher and Charles Lee Suggs Jr. and Charles Lee Suggs born January 4, 1844 in Henry County, Missouri.

Right after Nancy and Charles were married on March 17, 1868, they left Southwest for Van Buren County, Arkansas to find a home. The trip was made overland in what is believed to have been the first thimble-skein wagon ever brought to the county. They moved on a homestead in Choctaw Township.

It was about the turn of the century when Miles and Ida made an application for and secured the "homestead" of 160 acres of land on Bald Mountain. All their children grew up on this mountain, walking two and one half or three miles to school.

Miles cleared the land, planted crops, orchards and vineyards and along with the help of the older sons and often help from the family, made a crop each year. Ida and the smaller children dried apples and peaches and canned fruit in the summer months for family consumption and to sell.

Miles grew corn and brought in hay to feed his team of mules and cattle. He took corn to the gristmill to make meal for bread for the family. He always had a sorghum cane patch to make syrup or molasses for table use. He kept bees to make honey for his family. A large garden and truck patch was grown, providing fresh vegetables for the family each year.

The homestead was a very beautiful place with an elevation that gave a distant view in different directions. Virgin timber covered all of it. As the land was cleared for farming, Miles made hand-hewn railroad ties with a broad-ax. He hauled the ties some twenty miles away in a wagon drawn by mules to sell to the nearest railroad at Shirley, Arkansas. The road to Shirley was very rough and he had the Red River to cross which made it a dangerous trip after a big rain. He made oak rails to fence his fields and orchards from timber that grew on his land, the trees being cut down with a cross-cut saw.

All the young men, with families, who were beginning to carve out homes in the rough Arkansas hills, worked together at building homes and barns, clearing and fencing the fields and also cutting trees into wood for winter fuel supplies. They gathered often at the homestead with food so abundantly grown and prepared by them and spread out on tables to eat.

In general, they had a good simple life together always helping their neighbors and friends. Life was good on the mountain.

OBITUARY for MILES SUGGS:

Miles Suggs Dies Following Stroke and Short Illness

Funeral services for Miles Suggs, 79, were held at 10 A.M. Wednesday at Huie Cemetery by Bro. O.R. Perkins of Searcy. Mr. Suggs died December 31, 1951 at his home in Clinton following a stroke and four days of illness.

He was born November 24, 1872 and had been a resident of Van Buren County all his life. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Suggs. December 24, 1888, he was married to the former Ida Belle Jennings and to this union six children were born, all of whom survive.

He was a member of the Church of Christ and was a charter member of the Choctaw Masonic Lodge.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Charles Suggs of San Jose, Calif., Sam Suggs of Hobbs, New Mexico and Owen Suggs of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Verlena O'Dell of Van Buren, Mo., Mrs. Mae Ramsey of San Pablo, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Harris of Clinton; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Kidd of Choctaw and Mrs. Dovie Fisher of Los Angeles, Calif., 19 Grandchildren, and 15 Great-grandchildren.

Burial was in Huie Cemetery with members of the Choctaw Masonic Lodge as pallbearers. Coffman Funeral Home of Clinton was in charge.

The dates of Miles Suggs and Ida Belle Jennings was found in Book 65, pg 243, at Van Buren County Court, Van Buren County, Arkansas. This information regarding Miles Suggs and Ida Belle Jennings came from their grandson, James B. Suggs of Aspermont, Texas.

More about MILES SUGGS:
Burial: 04 Jan 1952, Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Stroke with High Blood Pressure.
Occupation: Farmer.

Notes for IDA BELLE JENNINGS:
Notes for IDA BELLE JENNINGS:
Ida Belle Jennings was the daughter of Samuel Rhodes Jennings and Mary (Mollie) Susan Bailey.

OBITUARY for IDA BELLE (JENNINGS) SUGGS:

Mrs. Ida Belle Suggs, 80, lifelong resident of Choctaw and Clinton died at her home here Friday, December 27. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 P.M. Sunday at Huie Cemetery by Henry E. Pipkin, Minister to the Clinton Church of Christ.

She was born February 12, 1877, at Choctaw, the daughter of the late S.R. and Mollie Jennings. At the age of 18 she was married to Miles Suggs of Barrens Community. To this union, eight children were born, two of whom died at an early age. She had been a member of the Church of Christ about 50 years.

Survivors are three sons, Owen Suggs of the home, Charlie Suggs of San Jose, Calif., and Sam Suggs of Hobbs, N.M.; three daughters, Mrs. Verlena O'Dell of Roseville, Calif., Mrs. W.H. Harris and Mrs. May Ramsey of Clinton; 18 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

(Source: Newspaper clipping sent from Dorothy Lee (Suggs) Stephens.)

More about IDA BELLE JENNINGS:
Burial: 30 Dec 1957, Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Scrosis of the liver.

Children of MILES SUGGS and IDA JENNINGS are:
9. i. VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, b. 14 Feb 1898, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 02 May 1983, Fredricktown, Carter County, Missouri.
10. ii. CHARLES MCKINLEY SUGGS, b. 03 Jan 1900, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 14 Feb 1963, Exeter, Tulare County, California.
11. iii. SAMUEL LEE SUGGS, b. 19 Dec 1903, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 04 Feb 1974, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico.
iv. OWEN SUGGS, b. 14 Jul 1907, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 19 Jun 1970, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for OWEN SUGGS:
More about OWEN SUGGS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Emphysema or Lung Cancer

12. v. MARY RUTH SUGGS, b. 26 Aug 1910, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 22 Apr 1999, Russellville, Arkansas.
13. vi. MILA MAY SUGGS, b. 04 Mar 1913, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 17 Aug 1991, Judsonia, Arkansas.
vii. AUDRA PAULINE SUGGS, b. 17 Jan 1917, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 09 Sep 1925, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for AUDRA PAULINE SUGGS:
More about AUDRA PAULINE SUGGS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Flux (died at age 8)

viii. MILES JR SUGGS, b. 1923, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 1923, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas.

Notes for MILES JR SUGGS:
More about MILES JR. SUGGS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Medical Information: Died at Birth

5. DOVIE D.4 SUGGS (CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 21 Sep 1888 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 19 Feb 1983 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. She married GEORGE FISHER 1903, son of WILLIAM FISHER and MILDRED LONG. He was born 29 Sep 1872, and died 24 Apr 1963 in Lynwood, California.

Notes for DOVIE D. SUGGS:
Notes for DOVIE D. SUGGS:
Dovie Suggs married her first cousin, George Fisher.

She is buried at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills, California

More about DOVIE D. SUGGS:
Burial: Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, California

Notes for GEORGE FISHER:
Notes for GEORGE FISHER:
George Fisher, son of William Woodson and Mildred (Long) Fisher, was Dovie Suggs' first cousin. After moving from Choctaw, Arkansas, they moved to Oklahoma then to California. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Children of DOVIE SUGGS and GEORGE FISHER are:
i. OPAL5 FISHER, b. Private; m. VAUGHN BOUSHASER, Private; b. Private.
ii. RICHARD FISHER, b. Private.
iii. CLYDE "WILLIAM" FISHER, b. Private; m. (1) THELMA GLOVER, Private; d. 1997; m. (2) HELEN ???, Private; b. Private.
iv. VADEN FISHER, b. Private; m. (1) FRANK MATTOX, Private; b. Private; m. (2) CHESTER C. BRUCE, Private; b. Private.
v. MILDRED "MILLIE" FISHER, b. Private; m. MR. LINDSEY, Private; b. Private.
vi. LORETTA BELLE FISHER, b. Private; m. JOHN NUNNES, Private; b. Private.


Generation No. 3

6. ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD (LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 Dec 1887, and died 07 Aug 1922. She married TILDON SMITH 09 Sep 1906. He was born 12 Feb 1886, and died 03 Dec 1958.

Notes for ORA ELMA ARNOLD:
More about ORA ELMA ARNOLD:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Notes for TILDON SMITH:
More about TILDON SMITH:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of ORA ARNOLD and TILDON SMITH are:
14. i. ETHAN ALLEN6 SMITH, b. 01 Jul 1907, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 22 Jun 1994, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
15. ii. BEULAH BELLE SMITH, b. 02 Feb 1909, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 24 Dec 1996, Kennett, Missouri.
iii. HAZEL SMITH, b. Private.
16. iv. KATHRYN SMITH, b. Private.
17. v. JESSIE WILLARD SMITH, b. Private.

7. FRANKIE5 ARNOLD (LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 Jun 1890, and died 26 Apr 1965. She married (1) ZO MARTIN WEAVER. He died Unknown. She married (2) JACK L. BURNETT. He died Unknown.

Child of FRANKIE ARNOLD and JACK BURNETT is:
18. i. MILDRED6 BURNETT, b. Private.

8. GLADYS5 KIDD (LOUISA ELIZABETH "BETTY"4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Sep 1893, and died 11 Jul 1972. She married DOLPH ATKINSON. He died Unknown.

Child of GLADYS KIDD and DOLPH ATKINSON is:
i. ODESCO6 ATKINSON, b. Private.

9. VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS (MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 14 Feb 1898 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 02 May 1983 in Fredricktown, Carter County, Missouri. She married JAMES OLIVER O'DELL 28 Feb 1915 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He was born 04 Nov 1887 in Garwood, Carter County, Missouri, and died 16 May 1957 in Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri.

Notes for VERLENA VALENTINE SUGGS:
Notes for VERLENA VALENTINE SUGGS:
Written by Brenda (Renfroe) Dunn, Granddaughter of Oliver and Verlena (Suggs) O'Dell:

Information and stories given me by my mother, Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe. Mom has worked very hard at this genealogy for many years keeping the tree limbs filled with names and the stories that go with them. How thrilling it is to know the names and little stories that have been protected and passed down through our family for three hundred years. We are working on going back even further. Any information that we can add to our family tree is more than welcome.

The descendants shown here are Baily, Beezley, Bradford, Brown, Fisher, Grantor, Hardin, Hunter, Jennings, O'Dell, Payne, Renfroe, Spoon, Stanlee, Suggs, Summers, Williams, Willoughby, Woodard and there are many more to add as time goes by. My Mother is Hazel Magel O'Dell and my Dad, Charles Lilbert Renfroe. My Mother's Mother was Verlena Valentine (Suggs) O'Dell and her Father, James Oliver O'Dell. This story is about them, their ancestors and descendants starting with my mother. As we go along this genealogy trail, I will add stories Mom has written down.

Hazel was born on February 22, 1916 at Choctaw, in Van Buren Co., Arkansas. Charles was born May 5, 1917 at Bee Branch, Van Buren Co., Arkansas. He died March 20, 1995 in Wheatland, California in Yuba County, California. They were married 56 years, 9 months, and 20 days when Dad died.

My sisters and I merge into the tree story as you read. You can find the family tree information for all of us by looking in the Renfroe Family Tree. Charles Lilbert Renfroe and Hazel Magel O'Dell.

My grandfather James Oliver O'Dell information is in the O'Dell Family Tree. James Oliver O'Dell and Verlena Valentine Suggs. James was called "Oliver" by everyone. Oliver married Grace Womack in 1912. While expecting their first child, Grace began cutting pieces of material to make a quilt. The quilt was left unfinished when Grand and the baby boy died during birth. A grief stricken Oliver moved from Missouri, taking with him, the carefully packed quilt pieces. He traveled to Choctaw, Arkansas where he worked at a sawmill owned by his cousins Vernie and Johnny Chilton. The sawmill was located east of "Bald Mountain" on what was call "The Old Neuman Place" next to "The Yakley Place". Other workers at the mill were John Ward and Claude Ragsdale. While working at the sawmill, Oliver met Verlena Valentine Suggs. Verlena was the sixteen year old daughter of Miles & Ida Belle Suggs, whose "homestead" was on Bald Mountain at Choctaw.

In general, they had a good simple life together, always helping their neighbors and friends. Oliver married Verlena and they settled in a home on Bald Mountain, where they had three daughters and a son. Before long, they owned three farms on Bald Mountain. Oliver and Verlena's first born was a daughter named, Hazel, born in the old homestead of her grandparents. Hazel often recalled many happy memories while growing up on Bald Mountain. The family worked hard growing everything they needed to live on, yet, they had fun in the process. Oliver was known to dance "a pretty good jig or two" now and then. His long legs dancing and stomping on the wooden floor of their home brought laughter to all who watched. They enjoyed good friends and neighbors. Two of the neighbors were Dan Maulden and Butch Case. For extra money, Oliver sharecropped out farm land and two of his farms and sold produce and molasses. He made railroad ties and sold them to the railroad. Loading up the railroad ties, he would then take them to the town of Shirley, Arkansas. It was a full day's travel for Oliver and horses pulling the loaded wagon full of ties over rough terrain through those Ozark Mountains. He would return home with kerosene, flour, sugar, coffee, cloth and other things the family needed.

Hazel married Charles Renfroe, from Bee Branch, Arkansas, whose father was Walter Elmo Renfroe, a blacksmith, his Mother, was Margaret "Maggie" whose parents were Lankfords. Charles bought the farm on Bald Mountain called the "Yakley Place" were Charles and Hazel's first born, a daughter, was born in the home. A year later, Charles and Hazel decided to move to California, where four more daughters were born. Charles passed away in 1995 in Wheatland, California from heart failure.

In 1943, Oliver sold his three farms on Bald Mountain and moved back to Missouri where he bought a farm and lived until his death in 1957 after following a stroke. Verlena then moved to Roseville, California, to settle near Hazel and Charles and five daughters that were now grown with families of their own. Verlena married Mr. Charles Cope, former Mayor of Roseville. When Mr. Cope died, Verlena returned to Missouri to live a little closer to "home" near where she and Oliver had lived. Their only son, Harold O'Dell, now owned and lived on the farm with his wife, Ruby Lee Brown, where they raised two sons and a daughter. They all live near the farm with families of their own. Oliver and Verlena's 2nd daughter, Delsie "Irene" Beezley remained living in Roseville until she died in 1996 from complications of Emphysema. She and her husband, Lewis Beezley did not have children. The 3rd and youngest daughter, Carolyn Williams, also lived in Roseville and moved to Missouri with Verlena. Carolyn did not have children.

Before leaving for Missouri, Verlena gave the pieces of Grace's quilt to Hazel. Verlena was blind from Glaucoma shortly before she passed away in 1983 at Fredrickson, Missouri from heart failure. She was buried next to Oliver who lay buried next to Grace and infant son at the Grisham Cemetery, Van Buren, Missouri. After making many quilts for herself and all five daughters and grandchildren, Hazel was 92 years old in 1997 and pieced together what she thought was her last quilt. She sat about the task of finishing the quilt for Grace. At last the pieces were sewn together and the quilt with its beautiful pattern emerged as imagined by Grace eighty-five years earlier. It is truly a family quilt made by those who loved Oliver.

More about VERLENA VALENTINE SUGGS:
Burial: 05 May 1983, Grisham Cemetery, Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri
Cause of Death: Heart Trouble.

Notes for JAMES OLIVER O'DELL:
More about JAMES OLIVER O'DELL:
Burial: 19 May 1957, Grisham Cemetery, Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri

Children of VERLENA SUGGS and JAMES O'DELL are:
19. i. HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, b. Private.
ii. DELCIE IRENE O'DELL, b. 06 Oct 1921, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 28 Nov 1996, Roseville, Placer County, California; m. (1) LEWIS BEEZLEY; b. 18 Jul 1917, Colorado; d. 14 Jun 1984, Roseville, Placer County, California; m. (2) JAMES GLASCOCK, Private; b. Private.
iii. LOIS CAROLINE O'DELL, b. Private; m. (1) BUD DEALA, Private; b. Private; m. (2) JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Private; b. Private; m. (3) JUNIOR WILLIAMS, Private; b. Private; m. (4) RUSSELL ???, Private; b. Private.
20. iv. HAROLD LEE SR. O'DELL, b. Private.

10. CHARLES MCKINLEY5 SUGGS (MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 03 Jan 1900 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 14 Feb 1963 in Exeter, Tulare County, California. He married EULA LEE HOLLEY 19 Aug 1925 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. She was born 13 Sep 1908 in Holley Mountain, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 27 Feb 1990 in Redding, Shasta County, California.

Notes for CHARLES MCKINLEY SUGGS:
Notes for CHARLES MCKINLEY SUGGS:
OBITUARY for CHARLES MCKINLEY SUGGS

Charles Suggs Dies in Exeter

Charles M. Suggs, 63, died yesterday at home, 444 N.E Street, Exeter.

A native of Choctaw, Ark., Mr. Suggs attended schools in that city. He was married to the former Eula Lee Holley on Aug. 19, 1925 at Shirley, Ark.

MR. SUGGS was engaged in farming and construction in Choctaw before coming to Richmond in 1943, where he worked in the shipyards until 1945. He moved to San Jose in 1950 and was employed there part of the time as a night watchman in a cannery.

For the last several years he spent his summers working for the Dole Co. in San Jose. He came to Exeter 4 1/2 years ago, and was a member of the Church of Christ in Exeter.

He also held membership in the Choctaw Lodge No. 67 F&AM.

He is survived by his widow; three sons, Bobby Gene Suggs of Margate, Fla.; Bennie M. Suggs of San Jose and Jerry Lyn Suggs of Exeter; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Garrett of Live Oak and Mrs. Veda Morales of San Jose; two brothers, Sam Suggs of Hobbs, N.M. and Owen Suggs of Clinton, Ark.; three sisters, Mrs. Verlena Cope of Roseville, Mrs. Mary Harris of Clinton and Mrs. May Ramsey of Judsonia, Ark., and 13 grandchildren.

Services will be held Monday at 1 P.M. in the Hadley Funeral Chapel in Exeter with J. Curtis Manor officiating. Graveside services will be in the Exeter Cemetery under the auspices of Exeter Lodge No. 424 F&AM. Lewis Noel will serve as chaplain and Barney Pyle, the master.

(Source: Visalia Times-Delta; dated Friday, February 15, 1963)

More about CHARLES MCKINLEY SUGGS:
Burial: Exeter, Tulare County, California
Social Security Number: 432-05-2854

Notes for EULA LEE HOLLEY:
More about EULA LEE HOLLEY:
Burial: Exeter, Tulare County, California
Census: 1910, # 277, Holley Twp., Van Buren Co., Arkansas
Social Security Number: 545-35-5528

Children of CHARLES SUGGS and EULA HOLLEY are:
21. i. MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, b. 22 Jan 1927, Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 15 Jul 1996, Gridley, Butte County, California.
ii. CHARLES FARRELL SUGGS, b. 27 Feb 1928, Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 14 Mar 1950, Guam.

Notes for CHARLES FARRELL SUGGS:
Notes for CHARLES FARRELL SUGGS:
OBITUARY for CHARLES FARRELL SUGGS:

Charles Farrell Suggs, Pvt. 1st Class, U.S. Army, was injured March 8, in a truck wreck on Siapan, and died March 14, in an Army Hospital on Guam. His body was returned to the states and buried in a National Cemetery east of San Francisco, April 14.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Suggs of Richmond, Calif., were residents of Choctaw community. Mrs. Suggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Holley, reside in Shirley.

Besides his parents, three brother and two sisters survive.

Charles Farrell Suggs is buried at the National Cemetery in Daily City, (near San Francisco), California. (Source: Wynona G. (Garrett) Maxey, niece of Charles Farrell Suggs.)

Source of Obituary: Newspaper clipping sent to Wynona (Garrett) Maxey from Dorothy Lea (Suggs) Stephens of Monument, New Mexico)

More about Charles Farrell Suggs:
Burial: 14 Apr 1950, National Cemetery, Daily City, California

22. iii. BOBBY GENE SUGGS, b. 04 Nov 1931, Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 29 Apr 1992, Florida.
23. iv. VEDA LEE SUGGS, b. 29 Jun 1933, Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 01 Dec 2001, Redding, Shasta County, California.
24. v. BENIE MILES SUGGS, b. Private.
25. vi. JERRY LYN SUGGS, b. Private.

11. SAMUEL LEE5 SUGGS (MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 19 Dec 1903 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 04 Feb 1974 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico. He married (1) EDNA CYNTHIA MAXWELL 16 Jul 1924 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, daughter of THOMAS MAXWELL and NORA COLEMAN. She was born 10 Apr 1907 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died Sep 1951 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico. He married (2) LENORA MORGAN Private. She was born Private.

Notes for SAMUEL LEE SUGGS:
Notes for SAMUEL LEE SUGGS:
Samuel was born December 19, 1903, the son of Miles and Ida Belle (Jennings) Suggs. Edna was the daughter of Thomas F. and Nora (Coleman) Maxwell, born April 10, 1907.

Sam always felt he was mistreated at home and at about the at age of 14, he left home. He went to the wheat harvest in Kansas and later lived with the Lefler family in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He was a truck driver for Mr. Lefler. Don't know how he met Edna, but they were married July 16, 1924 and to this union four children were born.

During the depression, he drove a truck and also worked for the WPA. He was a road grader operator. Don't suppose they were any worse off than most people, he and Edna bought land and built a home in the 1930's on Highway 16, out of Clinton, then about 1940, they had bought land and built a home on Highway 95, out of Clinton. They always canned lots of fruits and vegetables and had a cow and chickens, so they always had enough to eat. They were good years, except Mother (Edna) always seemed to be in bad health.

In 1941, shortly before World War 2, she broke down with TB, she stayed in the sanitorium for about eight months and the TB was arrested. This was the most unhappy year of my life (Dorothy Lee), we moved to Boonville to be near the hospital, the school was huge, new and strange to me, and I was so thankful when we returned to Clinton in the spring of 1942.

We finished school, James joined the Air Force, and was a tailgunner and come home a nervous wreck.

In 1945, my senior year in school, Mother again became ill, I went to school each morning, had my first two classes and went home to check on Mother. She was bedfast, unable to even turn over. I walked back to school for my afternoon classes and returned home to fix supper. In my heart, I guess I never truly forgave my Aunt Effie (Mother's sister), who lived right across the road and could have checked on Mother.

It was a hard year for me but I wanted to finish school with my class which I did in May, 1946.

In the fall, Mother again returned to the sanitorium with TB. Henry had come home from the war and we had already made plans to marry and went ahead with it. He was running a service station in North Little Rock, and I stayed most of my time in Clinton, since Carl and Lena (Molena) were still in school and young and I felt they needed me, but in June, Mother left the sanitorium and they made plans to come west to see if it would help her. They landed in Monument, New Mexico on the 4th of July, 1947. I stayed in Little Rock. James came to join the family that summer, Henry and I came in November.

Dad had gone to work for Warren Petroleum Corp. Henry worked for a few places, including Dresser Engineers and the Electric Company, before going to work for Warren Petroleum Corp. in May 1949, now having 32 years service with them. In September 1950, our only daughter was born, following by four brothers in the next ten years.

James settled down and married Jessie Mae Hammer. He went to work for Contennial Oil Company, and now has about 30 years service with them. They had one daughter and three sons (one set of twins). They have lived most of their marriage in Aspermont, Texas, although their children were born here in Hobbs, New Mexico, before they went to Texas.

Carl, our youngest brother, gave our parents so much heck, they sent him back to Arkansas to finish school, where he graduated in 1950. He returned to New Mexico and started to work for the General Telephone Company, with whom he now has about 30 years service. He married Barbara Wynn in July 1951 and to this union six children were born, one dying at birth. There were four boys and one girl (girls were scarce in our family). They lived most of their married life in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Molena Mae (Lena) never finished school, she was ornery, gave the teacher fits. She married Earl (Buddy) Stanton in July 1951, two weeks before Carl and Barbara's marriage. She and Barbara being about 16 years old. Buddy worked for El Paso Natural Gas Company as a welder. I believe he has about 25 years of service with them. So you can see What the oil industry has meant to us. They had four children, two boys and two girls. They lived most of their marriage in Jal, New Mexico.

Mother's doctor had told her, she was not strong enough to stand surgery, but a doctor in Dallas told her she had a 50-50 chance of having her lung removed. So she told me she hurt so much that she wanted to take the chance, so in August 1951, she entered Baylor Hospital, in Dallas and they removed three ribs. She was to have three surgeries done. She came home for a short time and took a cold. In September, she returned to Dallas for the second surgery, but in her weakened condition, she couldn't make it, and the Lord took her home on September 19, 1951.

Dad married again about five years later to a Leonora Morgan. He quit Warren Petroleum and worked for the City of Hobbs until he retired about 1970, in bad health. In the fall of 1973, he had prostate surgery and the doctor told Henry it was malignant, but his heart would give out before the cancer took him. He also had emphysema, which made it hard to breath. On April 2, 1974, we had a very bad dust storm and he had a very bad day. That night he had a heart attack and was gone in a short time.

I have found most Suggs' live to a ripe old age, if you notice your family sheets. Most Suggs' are Baptist. The ones in Missouri were and the ones in North Carolina were. One was a Baptist Preacher for 50 years in North Carolina and his sons were also. But Grandma Ida's family (the Jennings) were Church of Christ. I'm Baptist but maybe you wont hold that against me.

This is a little about our family. We are just an average American family and proud of it, that is what our country was made of.

(Source: Dorothy Lee (Suggs) Stephens, daughter of Samuel and Edna Suggs)

More about SAMUEL LEE SUGGS:
Burial: Prairie Haven Cemetery, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico
Cause of Death: Heart Attack, but had Prostate Cancer.
Occupation: Truck Driver
Religion: Baptist

Notes for EDNA CYNTHIA MAXWELL:
Notes for EDNA CYNTHIA MAXWELL:
Obituary: Newspaper clipping September 1951

Mrs. Edna C. Suggs, 45, former Van Buren County resident, died September 19 in a Dallas Hospital after an illness of several years.

She was born at Clinton in 1906, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maxwell. About four years ago she and her husband Sam Suggs, moved to New Mexico where they had made their home. She had been a member of the Baptist Church for a number of years.

Funeral services were held September 22 at Hobbs, N.M. and burial was in Prairie Haven Cemetery at Hobbs.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Henry F. Stephens (Dorothy Lee) of Monument, New Mexico and Mrs. Earl Stanton of Hobbs; two sons, James B. Suggs of Eunice, N.M. and Carl D. Suggs of Carlsbad, N.M.; one brother, Will Maxwell of Clinton; one sister, Mrs. Effie Beavers of Clinton and three grandchildren.

Children of SAMUEL SUGGS and EDNA MAXWELL are:
26. i. JAMES B.6 SUGGS, b. 23 Aug 1925, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 18 Sep 1993, Aspermont, Texas.
27. ii. DOROTHY LEE SUGGS, b. Private.
28. iii. CARL DEAN SUGGS, b. 03 Jul 1932, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 25 Jun 2002, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico.
29. iv. MOLENA MAE SUGGS, b. Private.

12. MARY RUTH5 SUGGS (MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 Aug 1910 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 22 Apr 1999 in Russellville, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS 29 Dec 1928 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He was born 10 Jul 1900 in Washington, D.C., and died Unknown in Pottsville, Arkansas.

Notes for MARY RUTH SUGGS:
More about MARY RUTH SUGGS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS:
More about WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of MARY SUGGS and WILLIAM HARRIS are:
i. BETHEL INEZ6 HARRIS, b. 01 Jun 1930, Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri; d. 20 Feb 1932, Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri.
30. ii. IDA RUTH HARRIS, b. Private.
31. iii. BILLY MACK HARRIS, b. Private.

13. MILA MAY5 SUGGS (MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Mar 1913 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 17 Aug 1991 in Judsonia, Arkansas. She married FAYE HOWARD RAMSEY 05 Apr 1938 in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He was born 16 Sep 1908 in Jerusalem, Conway County, Arkansas, and died Unknown.

Notes for MILA MAY SUGGS:
More about MILA MAE SUGGS:
Burial: 19 Aug 1991, Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Notes for FAYE HOWARD RAMSEY:
More about FAYE HOWARD RAMSEY:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of MILA SUGGS and FAYE RAMSEY are:
i. ANNA FAYE6 RAMSEY, b. Private.
32. ii. ELMA JEAN RAMSEY, b. Private.


Generation No. 4

14. ETHAN ALLEN6 SMITH (ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 01 Jul 1907 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 22 Jun 1994 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He married FLEMON WARD Private. She was born Private.

Notes for ETHAN ALLEN SMITH:
Notes for ETHAN ALLEN SMITH:
Two Newspaper clippings from Arkansas Democrat
(From Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe):

To celebrate 65th wedding anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Smith will be honored by their children for their 65th wedding anniversary with a open house Sunday, December 11 at Barrens Community Center. It will be held from 2 until 4 P.M.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith were married December 9, 1923, at the home of R.C. Lankford, Justice of the Peace, who officiated. The Smiths were born and reared in Van Buren County. They are parents of two sons, Billy of Fayetteville and Jim of Clinton, and a daughter, Mrs. Rex Simmons of Mountain View. They have 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Obituary:

Ethan Allen Smith

Ethan Allen Smith 87 of Clinton, died Thursday, June 22. Funeral was at 10 A.M. Monday, June 26 at Clinton Church of Christ with Stan Smith officiating. He was born at Clinton on July 1, 1907, the son of Jessie T. and Ora (Arnold) Smith. He was a laborer and member of Clinton Church of Christ.

He is survived by his wife, Flemon Smith; two sons, Billy Smith of Fayetteville and Jimmy G. Smith of Clinton; a daughter, Jeraldene Simmons of Mountain View; two brothers, Willard Smith of Russellville and Vancel Smith of Clinton; five sisters, Beulah Cullum of Kennett, Mo., Kathryn Hubbard, Modean Lewis, Annie Hale, all of Clinton an Minnie Lee of Little Rock; 10 grandchildren.

Burial was at Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of ETHAN SMITH and FLEMON WARD are:
33. i. JIMMY GEORGE7 SMITH, b. 31 Jan 1934, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas; d. 21 Jun 1996, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
ii. JERALDENE SMITH, b. Private; m. MR. SIMMONS, Private; b. Private.
iii. BILLIE CARL SMITH, b. Private.
iv. JERRY SMITH, b. Private.

15. BEULAH BELLE6 SMITH (ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Feb 1909 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 24 Dec 1996 in Kennett, Missouri. She married GEORGE P. CULLUM. He died Unknown.

Notes for BEULAH BELLE SMITH:
Notes for BEULAH BELLE SMITH:
Obituary

Mrs. Beulah B. Cullum, 87, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Clinton Arkansas died Tuesday, December 24, 1996. Funeral was at 10 A.M. Saturday, December 28, at Roller-McNutt Chapel with Eld. Jessie Cullum, Eld. Ben Huber, Everett Marchbanks, Eld. Kenneth Bass and LeRoy Van Vleet officiating.

She was born at Clinton on February 2, 1909, the daughter of Jesse Tildon and Ora Elma (Arnold) Smith. She was the widow of George Cullum. She was a homemaker and a member of The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry Cullum of Shirley, Arkansas and Jessie Cullum of Muskegon, Mi.; 10 daughters, Lessie Ryder of San Francisco, Ca., Rita Huber of Mesa, AZ., Wilma Parker of Maulden, Mo., Doris Nolen of Rea, Mo., Lula Van Vleet of West Olive, MI., Martha Isom of Clinton, Virginia Gongolez of Muskegon, MI., Evelene Bass of Eagle Rock, VA., Elma Marchbanks of Bragg City, MO., and Delcie Naruszkiewiez of Ozark, MO.; her two brothers, Willard Smith of Russellville and Vancel Smith of Clinton; four sisters, Kathryn Hubbard, Maudean Lewis, Annie Hale and Minnie Lee, all of Clinton; 37 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jim Marchbanks, Ronald Bass, Ray Nolen, Tony Parker, Darren Cullum and Michael Ryder.

Burial was at Huie Cemetery, Arkansas

More about BEULAH BELLE SMITH:
Burial: 28 Dec 1996, Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of BEULAH SMITH and GEORGE CULLUM are:
34. i. JOSIE EVELEN7 CULLUM, b. Private.
ii. JERRY CULLUM, b. Private.
iii. JESSIE CULLUM, b. Private.
iv. LESSIE CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. RYDER, Private; b. Private.
v. RITA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. HUBER, Private; b. Private.
vi. WILMA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. PARKER, Private; b. Private.
vii. DORIS CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. NOLEN, Private; b. Private.
viii. LULA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. VAN VLEET, Private; b. Private.
ix. MARTHA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. ISOM, Private; b. Private.
x. VIRGINIA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. GONGOLEZ, Private; b. Private.
xi. EVELYN CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. BASS, Private; b. Private.
xii. ELMA CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. MARCHBANKS, Private; b. Private.
xiii. DELCIE CULLUM, b. Private; m. MR. NARUSZKIEWICZ, Private; b. Private.

16. KATHRYN6 SMITH (ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married LONZO HUBBARD Private. He was born 23 Mar 1913, and died 02 Aug 1999.

Children of KATHRYN SMITH and LONZO HUBBARD are:
i. JACKIE WILLARD7 HUBBARD, b. 08 Apr 1936; d. 28 Feb 1992.
35. ii. JERRY LEE HUBBARD, b. Private.
36. iii. GLEN DALE HUBBARD, b. Private.

17. JESSIE WILLARD6 SMITH (ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married VERDELL BOWDON Private. She was born Private.

Children of JESSIE SMITH and VERDELL BOWDON are:
i. MICKY7 SMITH, b. Private.
ii. PEGGY SMITH, b. Private.
iii. JANICE SMITH, b. Private.

18. MILDRED6 BURNETT (FRANKIE5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married CHARLES BRADLEY Private. He was born 31 Oct 1937, and died 21 Apr 1992.

Children of MILDRED BURNETT and CHARLES BRADLEY are:
i. JOE L.7 BRADLEY, b. Private; m. IMA JO MCKNIGHT, Private; b. Private.
ii. BILLIE BRADLEY, b. Private.
iii. JUDY BRADLEY, b. Private.

19. HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL (VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married CHARLES LILBERT RENFROE Private, son of WALTER RENFROE and MARGARET LANKFORD. He was born 05 May 1917 in Bee Brance, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 20 Mar 1995 in Wheatland, Yuba County, California.

Notes for CHARLES LILBERT RENFROE:
Notes for CHARLES LILBERT RENFROE:
FATHERS OF THE RIDGE, VOLUME III
Genealogical Sketches of Green and Clay Co., Ark., By: George W. Rowland, P.O. Box 702, Paragould, Arkansas 72450

Mr. Rowland provided the following information when Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe contacted him. Mr. Rowland wrote Hazel the he had checked the Greene Co., cemetery records and did not find a single Renfroe listed nor in the 1880 census. He said quite a number of residents of Salem TWP, moved into nearby Craighead Co., we could check the records after 1870.

Renfroe (Renfro) was born in Georgia 1802. His wife Eliza was born in the same state 1808.

In 1820, this family was living in Pickens Co., Alabama and their children were James, b. 1832, Elfare (a daughter) b. 1834; Samuel P, b.1838; and Cornealia (a son) b. 1847. Cornealia was born in Alabama, but all the other children were born in Georgia.

By 1860, James Renfroe, son of Samuel P. was living with his wife, Jincy E., in Salem Township and the couple had no children at that time.

By 1870, James and Jincy had two children, but their names are not definitely known. E.J. Swindle born in Ark in 1854 was a member of their household. (Perhaps he was a brother of Jincy?)

James was a Justice of the Peace in Salem Township, Ark.

The family Bible of "Quincy" also called, "Jincy", was passed down through daughter Quixy to Lonnie Clinton Renfroe, son of Zachariah Taylor Renfroe II and his 2nd wife, Anna Zaskey Renfroe, and is at Lonnie's home in Modesto, California.

Charles and Hazel were raised about 20 miles apart and never met until after graduation from High School.

The following is by Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe:

I was working in the Court House in Clinton and he came into my office with a friend who worked there. That was February 11, 1937 and he made a date with me that day before he left. I was to go with my brother's ball team to Damascus that weekend and after that we continued our courtship and were married for 58 wonderful years with beautiful memories.

A NOTE BY: Brenda Frances (Renfroe) Dunn, granddaughter of James Oliver and Verlena Valentine (Suggs) O'Dell:

It seemed I spent my entire life watching my mother go through the dedicated routine each morning of sitting at her kitchen table and writing letters. Over fifty-five years she has kept in contact with family living in other states, with old school friends, and every neighbor she and Dad ever lived by. They write back and the letters keep flowing to this day. My parent's memory capabilities were uncanny when it came to re-living things. They could recall their lives clear back to when they were small children remembering everyone's names, what they looked like and what they did and said.

I finally found the "time" to read the memory notes, and stories of my ancestors, that mom had painstakingly wrote down over the years. I appreciate them more now for everything they went through because I realize that my children and I are here today because of their own struggles, successes and survival. At times, I laughed while reading something funny, then sobbed out loud with my heart breaking as I read about their tragedies. How trilling, to know the names of ancestors and to read letters they wrote and hear stories of them passed down through the family from one generation to another. For three hundred years, our family has recorded their existence and tried to keep their memory alive. Our ancestors were strong people, who's faith in God, strong convictions, and love of family shaped an entire nation and our existence. They left their homelands and bravely sailed the ocean to a new land hoping to fulfill their dreams. Some were already natives of the land and roamed its borders proud and free as the original landowners. Whether immigrants of original landowners, we exist because of the union between them and decisions they made.

Monuments have been built honoring our ancestors and located at historical sites. One monument in Clinton, Arkansas, honors them as being the original pioneers to the area. When unexpectedly stumbling across an ancestor's name in a history book, it makes one pround to be a branch growing on a tree with roots planted so deeply. As we add our names to the family tree, let us not forget our proud hertiage. We can draw from the same strengths, love, dedication and bravery that our ancestors were made of, for they remain here, deep within us. Like mom would say, "We were put together with pretty good stuff." And that's something to be proud of!!

names mentioned here are Jennings, Suggs, O'Dell, Fishers, Gantor, Summers, Spoon, Baily, Hunter, Stanlee, Bradford Williams, Willoughby and Payne. As we gather more names, they will be added. Any information you have that will make our family even more complete is absolutely welcome. Hopefully, no one will be left out. Through the grace of God, may our tree branches continue growing and spreading out. As it was for us, let this information pass on down, protected and preserved for all the generatins to come.

More about CHARLES LILBERT RENFROE:
Burial: 24 Mar 1995, Roseville, Placer County, California
Medical Information: History of Heart Problems.

Children of HAZEL O'DELL and CHARLES RENFROE are:
37. i. MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE, b. Private.
38. ii. CHARLSIE ANN RENFROE, b. Private.
39. iii. BRENDA FRANCES RENFROE, b. Private.
40. iv. LINDA JOYCE RENFROE, b. Private.
41. v. PAULA KATHRYN RENFROE, b. Private.

20. HAROLD LEE SR.6 O'DELL (VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married RUBY LEE BROWN Private, daughter of GEORGE BROWN and HATTIE HOLDERFIELD. She was born Private.

Children of HAROLD O'DELL and RUBY BROWN are:
42. i. WENDEL C.7 O'DELL, b. Private.
43. ii. DELCIE MAE O'DELL, b. Private.
iii. HAROLD LEE JR. O'DELL, b. Private.

21. MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS (CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 22 Jan 1927 in Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 15 Jul 1996 in Gridley, Butte County, California. She married PAUL LEROY (OSBORN) GARRETT 19 Jan 1946 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, son of PAUL OSBORN and EDNA DAVENPORT. He was born 09 Aug 1925 in WaKeeney, Trego County, Kansas, and died 31 Aug 1996 in Roseville, Placer County, California.

Notes for MARTHA BELLE SUGGS:
Notes for MARTHA BELLE SUGGS:
Burial: Jul 1996, Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, Sutter County, California
Cause of Death: Congestive heart failure.
Medical Information: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Coronary Artery Disease; Hypertension and Osteoporosis
Memorial: 06 Sep 1996, Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, Sutter County, California
Religion: Church of Christ
Residence: Bet. 1958-1996, 9623 "Q" Street, Live Oak, Sutter County, California

Notes for PAUL LEROY (OSBORN) GARRETT:
Notes for PAUL LEROY GARRETT:
Paul LeRoy (Osborn) Garrett was born to Paul Osborn and Edna Davenport on August 09, 1925 in WaKeeney, Trego County, Kansas. Paul Osborn and Edna Florence Davenport were not married at the time of his birth.

Paul LeRoy was taken by Edna's sister, Bertha (Davenport) and her husband, Edward Daniel Garrett to care for until the time Edna was married. Paul was married to Goldie Davenport at the time of Paul LeRoy's birth. Goldie was another sister of Edna's. When Paul found out he had a son, he went back to Kansas. Paul Osborn and Edna Davenport were married in 1927. After the marriage, Edna asked for her son to be returned and the Garretts refused. So my father, Paul LeRoy was raised as a Garrett, but was never legally adopted by the Garretts.

Paul LeRoy married Martha Belle (Suggs) Britton on January 19, 1946 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. To this marriage four children were born.

Paul LeRoy and Martha Belle (Suggs) (Britton) Garrett lost their eldest son, Paul Randolph to cancer on January 13, 1995. From there, they both seemed to go downhill in their health. As all parents feel, Paul LeRoy stated that a parent is supposed to go before their children.

Paul LeRoy lost his wife, Martha on July 15, 1996 due to heart failure. He moved to Lincoln, Placer County, California with his youngest daughter, Wynona Gayle (Garrett) Maxey. He lived with her and her husband, James V. Maxey for approximately three (3) week until his death on August 31, 1996 in Roseville, Placer County, California. Paul LeRoy and his wife, Martha Belle died within forty-seven days of each other.

(Source: Wynona Gayle (Garrett) Maxey)

Paul LeRoy enlisted into the Merchant Marines on August 11, 1943. While stationed in Richmond, California, he met Martha Belle (Suggs) Britton while she was working at a soda fountain. When he saw her, he told his buddy that she was the girl he was going to marry. In 1946, he married Martha Belle (Suggs) Britton, daughter of Charles McKinley and Eula Lee (Holley) Suggs, in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

Paul LeRoy worked for PG&E as a lineman and worked installing the Hi-line (known as Goat Head Towers) up and down the state of California. He also at one time worked on the power plants up and down Highway 70 or as known as the "Feather River Canyon". He then worked for Sunset Moulding Mill in Live Oak, California for somewhere around 20+ years. He was hurt on the job when stacks of lumber fell on top of him and two other men. They said he was completely buried with the exception of his face and his chin was on a stack of wood about 5 or 6 inches off the ground. Where he was buried, the rescue people didn't know he was there and was throwing lumber off the other men on top of him. After he was able to return to work, he worked there for a few more years and left. The last job he held was for a crop dusting company owned by Thomas Bowles of Live Oak called "Bowles Flying Service" as a mechanic.

Paul enjoyed fishing, camping, panning and dredging for gold. He spent as much time with his family as possible. But a lot of the jobs he had, kept him away from the family during the week.

At one time, he even raced a stock car in Live Oak, California. His car was a 1956 Chevy yellow in color with blue numbers and lettering. The car number was 11. He got the nickname of Tiger while racing and his oldest daughter Cherlyn gave him a coffee cup with a tiger face on it. His youngest daughter, Wynona (Wendy) while helping her Mother clean some old items from cabinets ran across some of the newspapers, racing programs from the races and other items. She took all these items and put them in a scrapbook for him and gave it to him for a birthday present that year. He said it was one of the best gifts he was ever given. Wynona now has the scrapbook in her possession.

Paul LeRoy saw three of his children marry and become parents. Cherlyn (Sherry) and her husband, Jack Henderson, had two girls, Heather LeAnn and Sara Jacqueline; Paul Randolph (Randy) and his wife Shirley (Ola), had one son, Joshua Dean and then Paul Randolph married Lori (Zabell), had a daughter, Jordana Lee, but Paul LeRoy never got to see her; Wynona (Wendy) and her husband (at the time), Gerald Peck, had Melissa Dawn; and Gary and Cynthia had two boys, Jonathan William and Thomas Matthew.

A year and a half before Paul LeRoy passed, he had to watch his son, Paul (Randy) pass on from cancer on January 13, 1995. He was a very proud father.

In 1991, Paul walked his first granddaughter, Melissa Dawn Peck down the aisle on her wedding day. He said he was very nervous, but everyone thought he did a great job. He got to see two great-grandchildren, Daniel LeRoy Mikel and Cassandra Lyn Mikel, before he passed away in 1996.

More about PAUL LEROY GARRETT:
Adoption: Aug 1925, By Edward and Bertha (Davenport) Garrett
Burial: 06 Sep 1996, Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak Sutter County, California
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
Fact # 1: 15 Oct 1954 Selective Service/ # 4 22 25 420 / Class 3-A
Medical Information: Diabetes Mellitus-Insulin Dependant; Arterio-Sclerosis; Lung Cancer; Arthritis and Emphysema
Memorial: 06 Sep 1996, Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak Sutter County, California
Military Service: Aug 1943, Merchant Marines
Residence: Bet. 1958-1996, 9623 "Q" Street, Live Oak Sutter County, California

Children of MARTHA SUGGS and PAUL GARRETT are:
44. i. CHERLYN KAY7 GARRETT, b. Private.
45. ii. PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT, b. 17 Jun 1947, Yuba City, Sutter County, California; d. 13 Jan 1995, Gridley, Butte County, California.
46. iii. WYNONA GAYLE GARRETT, b. Private.
47. iv. GARY CHARLES GARRETT, b. Private.

22. BOBBY GENE6 SUGGS (CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Nov 1931 in Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 29 Apr 1992 in Florida. He married NELLIE M. MIXON Private, daughter of GEORGE MIXON and MAMIE MOSLEY. She was born Private.

Children of BOBBY SUGGS and NELLIE MIXON are:
i. BOBBY CHARLES7 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. GEORGE MCKINLEY SUGGS, b. 12 Dec 1952; d. 21 Mar 1980, California; m. JULIE COLE, Private; b. Private.
iii. DANNA DALENE SUGGS, b. Private.
iv. GREGORY DEAN SUGGS, b. Private.
48. v. DONNA DARLENE SUGGS, b. Private.

23. VEDA LEE6 SUGGS (CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 29 Jun 1933 in Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 01 Dec 2001 in Redding, Shasta County, California. She married (1) THOMAS RAY BIRD Private. He was born Private. She married (2) CHARLES DOUGLAS JUMP Private. He was born Private. She married (3) ALEXANDER WILLIAM MORALES Private, son of JOHN MORALES and BERTHA QUINTANA. He was born Private.

Child of VEDA SUGGS and CHARLES JUMP is:
49. i. ADELE MARIE7 JUMP, b. Private.

Children of VEDA SUGGS and ALEXANDER MORALES are:
50. ii. JOHNNY LEE7 MORALES, b. Private.
iii. BILLY LEE MORALES, b. Private.
iv. TRACY LEE MORALES, b. Private; m. LORI MARCIE GRAHAM, Private; b. Private.

24. BENIE MILES6 SUGGS (CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married (1) KATHERINE STEPHENS Private. She was born Private. He married (2) CHLOE LOUISE MANES Private. She was born Private.

Child of BENIE SUGGS and KATHERINE STEPHENS is:
i. LUCAS STEPHEN7 SUGGS, b. Private.

Child of BENIE SUGGS and CHLOE MANES is:
ii. BENIE MILES II7 SUGGS, b. Private.

25. JERRY LYN6 SUGGS (CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married MARTHA FAYE BURRUSS Private, daughter of DIRL BURRUSS and SARAH PHIPPS. She was born Private.

Children of JERRY SUGGS and MARTHA BURRUSS are:
i. SANDRA LYNN7 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. CHERYL LIANNE SUGGS, b. Private.

26. JAMES B.6 SUGGS (SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 23 Aug 1925 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 18 Sep 1993 in Aspermont, Texas. He married JESSE MAE HAMMER Private. She was born Private.

Notes for JAMES B. SUGGS:
Notes for JAMES B. SUGGS:
James
ASPERMONT (Special)-Services for James B. Suggs, 68, of Aspermont will be at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday in the First Baptist with the Rev. Mickey Wagoner officiating. Burial will be in Aspermont Cemetery under direction of McCoy Funeral Home. James Suggs died Saturday, Sept. 18, 1993 in the Abilene Hospital.

Suggs was born on August 23, 1925 in Clinton, Arkansas. He married Jesse Hammer on March 13, 1948 in Monument, N.M.. He had lived in Aspermont since 1958. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the Aspermont Masonic Lodge. He was a member of "The Stonewall County Senior Citizens" and was their "Man of the Year" in 1988. He was a volunteer fireman for 27 years and was an active member of Abilene's Coachmen's Club.

He was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Air Corps (United States Air Force). He worked for Conoco Oil Company for 37 years before retiring in 1993.

Survivors include hi wife, Jessie; three sons, Gary of North Richland Hills, Ricky of Big Spring and Randy of Klondike. A daughter, Kelly Parker of Snyder, and a brother, Carl of Carlsbad, N.M.; two sisters, Dorothy Stephens of Monument and Lena Mae Stanton of Jowell, N.M.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Frank Mra-zek, Charles Abernathy, Charles Six, Joe Mender, Oscar Dickerson, Billy Joe Speck, Buddy McNutt, and Harold McNutt.

The family suggests memorials to a favorite charity.

More about JAMES B. SUGGS:
Burial: 21 Sep 1993, Aspermont Cemetery, Aspermont, Texas
Military: United States Air Force / World War II
Occupation: Oil Fields / Pumper
Religion: Baptist

Children of JAMES SUGGS and JESSE HAMMER are:
51. i. GARY JAMES7 SUGGS, b. Private.
52. ii. KATHYE GAYLE SUGGS, b. Private.
53. iii. RICKY GLYNN SUGGS, b. Private.
54. iv. RANDY LYNN SUGGS, b. Private.

27. DOROTHY LEE6 SUGGS (SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married HENRY FORD STEPHENS Private, son of JAMES STEPHENS and SERENA ???. He was born Private.

Children of DOROTHY SUGGS and HENRY STEPHENS are:
55. i. BEVERLY ANN7 STEPHENS, b. Private.
56. ii. THOMAS ELDON STEPHENS, b. 09 Jul 1953, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico; d. 15 Apr 1988, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico.
iii. JERRY ALAN STEPHENS, b. Private; m. JOYCE PATRICIA WILLIAMS, Private; b. Private.
iv. CARL DOUGLAS STEPHENS, b. Private; m. JOYCE PATRICIA WILLIAMS, Private; b. Private.
57. v. VIRGIL WAYNE STEPHENS, b. Private.

28. CARL DEAN6 SUGGS (SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 03 Jul 1932 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 25 Jun 2002 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico. He married BARBARA WYNN Private, daughter of BENJAMIN WYNN and THEDA OLDHAM. She was born Private.

Notes for CARL DEAN SUGGS:
More about CARL DEAN SUGGS:
Occupation: Telephone Company
Religion: Baptist

Children of CARL SUGGS and BARBARA WYNN are:
58. i. CYNTHIA DIANE7 SUGGS, b. Private.
59. ii. MICHAEL CARL SUGGS, b. Private.
60. iii. JIMMIE LE SUGGS, b. Private.
61. iv. JOEL CARLON SUGGS, b. Private.
v. CARLA SUGGS, b. May 1958; d. May 1958.
vi. JACKIE DALE SUGGS, b. Private; m. DEBRA S. PETERSON, Private; b. Private.

29. MOLENA MAE6 SUGGS (SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married EARL ROY "BUDDY" STANTON Private, son of THOMAS STANTON and ZOLA EVELYN. He was born Private.

Children of MOLENA SUGGS and EARL STANTON are:
62. i. SANDRA RAYE7 STANTON, b. Private.
63. ii. CLYDE JEFFERSON STANTON, b. Private.
iii. RODGER LANE STANTON, b. Private.
64. iv. RHONDA EARLENE STANTON, b. Private.

30. IDA RUTH6 HARRIS (MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married JACK GILBERT JONES Private, son of A.S. JONES and RUTH JUDKINS. He was born Private.

Children of IDA HARRIS and JACK JONES are:
i. THOMAS SCOTT7 JONES, b. Private.
65. ii. VICKI LINN JONES, b. Private.

31. BILLY MACK6 HARRIS (MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married NORMA ANN THOMPSON Private, daughter of RAY THOMPSON and MILLIE K.. She was born Private.

Children of BILLY HARRIS and NORMA THOMPSON are:
i. CARL FREDERICK7 HARRIS, b. Private; m. TARA R. RAGAN, Private; b. Private.
66. ii. ROBERT ELDON HARRIS, b. Private.
67. iii. REBECCA ANN HARRIS, b. Private.
68. iv. JOHN MICHAEL HARRIS, b. Private.

32. ELMA JEAN6 RAMSEY (MILA MAY5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married HENRY LINDLE BARNARD Private, son of HARVEY BARNARD and MILDRED SHOUSE. He was born Private.

Children of ELMA RAMSEY and HENRY BARNARD are:
i. LOREN GREGORY7 BARNARD, b. Private.
ii. NATA LANETTE BARNARD, b. Private.


Generation No. 5

33. JIMMY GEORGE7 SMITH (ETHAN ALLEN6, ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 31 Jan 1934 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, and died 21 Jun 1996 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. He married DONNA MOUNTJOY Private. She was born Private.

Notes for JIMMY GEORGE SMITH:
Notes for JIMMY GEORGE SMITH:
(Source: Hazel (O'Dell) Renfroe):

Newspaper clipping from the Arkansas Democrat

Jim Smith one of five Top Jaycee Speakers.

Jim G. Smith of Clinton was recently selected as one of five outstanding speakers at the Jaycees State Board Meeting in Little Rock.

Smith won in competition with approximately 20 other Jaycees Speakers throughout the state in the Quarterly Speak-Up Contest. The award is one of the highest honors given at each state Jaycee Board Meetings.

Smith is a native of Clinton. He is principal of Clinton High School and is currently serving as the president of Clinton Jaycees and the Parent-Teacher Association.

Newspaper Clipping:

June 26, 1996

Jimmy George Smith, 62, of Clinton, a teacher, principal, and administrative assistant at Clinton Schools since 1963, was killed about 5 A.M. Friday, June 21, 1996, when he was run over by a fork lift as chickens were being loaded out of his houses in the Barrens Community.

Funeral was at 10 A.M Monday at Clinton Church of Christ by Jimmy Duncan and Henry Pipkin. Also taking part were Steve Smith, a son, who gave a message from the family; Rod Smith, a son who led congregational singing and Jake Smith, a grandson who also led congregational singing.

Mr. Smith had served as president of Clinton Alumni Association; on the Board of Arkansas Elementary Principals' Association; member Clinton Jaycees and was a state officer at one time; and was president of Van Buren County Cattlemen's Association.

He was a chicken and dairy farmer and was ConAgraGrower of the Year one year; he had sold encyclopedias for a while and was a nominee for Arkansas Jaycees Teacher of the Year.

He was an organizing director of First National Bank of Clinton, now Union Planters Banks, from 1985 until 1987.

He was also a carpenter and had worked summers in Alaska and as a missionary to Nigeria in 1989 to help at a Nigerian Christian Hospital.

He was a part-time minister at Formosa, New Liberty and Clinton Churches of Christ and was an elder at the Clinton Church at his death.

He and his wife, Donna Mountjoy Smith, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary May 29, 1996.

He is survived by his wife, Donna Mountjoy Smith of Clinton; four sons, Steve Smith and Stan Smith of Clinton, Randy Smith of Madison, Miss., and Rod Smith of Searcy; a daughter, Becky Smith of Clinton; his mother, Flemon Smith of Clinton, a brother, Billy Smith of Fayetteville; a sister, Jeraldene Simmons of Mountain View; and ten grandchildren

Pallbearers were Steve Hall, Gaylan Hayes, Mike Penrod, Josh Simmons, Jake Smith, Justin Smith and Sherman Smith.

Burial was in Huie Cemetery by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the African Christian Hospital Foundation or Truth for Today by Eddie Cloer of Clinton Church of Christ, Rt. 6, Box 90, Clinton, Ark. 72031

More about JIMMY GEORGE SMITH:
Burial: Huie Cemetery, Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Children of JIMMY SMITH and DONNA MOUNTJOY are:
i. ROD8 SMITH, b. Private.
ii. RANDY SMITH, b. Private.
iii. STAN SMITH, b. Private.
iv. STEVE SMITH, b. Private.
v. BECKY SMITH, b. Private.

34. JOSIE EVELEN7 CULLUM (BEULAH BELLE6 SMITH, ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private.

Child of JOSIE EVELEN CULLUM is:
i. RON8 BASS, b. Private.

35. JERRY LEE7 HUBBARD (KATHRYN6 SMITH, ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married BELINDA Private. She was born Private.

Child of JERRY HUBBARD and BELINDA is:
i. DANA LEE8 HUBBARD, b. Private.

36. GLEN DALE7 HUBBARD (KATHRYN6 SMITH, ORA ELMA5 ARNOLD, LUCY ANN4 SUGGS, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married PHILLIS DIANE HARPER Private. She was born Private.

Children of GLEN HUBBARD and PHILLIS HARPER are:
i. TIFFIN DALE8 HUBBARD, b. Private.
ii. TRESSA DIANNE HUBBARD, b. Private.
iii. HEATH GLEN HUBBARD, b. Private.

37. MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE (HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) JAMES DOWNS Private. He was born Private. She married (2) ALVIN LEE SR. BARNES Private, son of JEROME BARNES and IDA BANFILL. He was born Private.

Children of MARGARET RENFROE and ALVIN BARNES are:
69. i. ALVIN LEE JR.8 BARNES, b. Private.
70. ii. CHARLES FRANCIS BARNES, b. Private.
71. iii. JAMES DALTON BARNES, b. Private.

38. CHARLSIE ANN7 RENFROE (HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) MARVIN DARREL PETERS Private, son of GEORGE PETERS and FLORENCE IRENE. He was born Private. She married (2) PAUL J. TROTTER JR. Private, son of PAUL TROTTER and RUTH BAKER. He was born Private.

Children of CHARLSIE RENFROE and MARVIN PETERS are:
72. i. LAURIE ANN8 PETERS, b. Private.
73. ii. KAREN DENISE PETERS, b. Private.

39. BRENDA FRANCES7 RENFROE (HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married NORRIS NEAL "SONNY" DUNN Private, son of VERNON DUNN and LEONA KRESS. He was born Private.

Children of BRENDA RENFROE and NORRIS DUNN are:
74. i. DEBBRA LYNN8 DUNN, b. Private.
ii. BRENDA MARIE DUNN, b. Private; m. RICHARD PATRICK GORMELY, Private; b. Private.
75. iii. KATHRYN ANN DUNN, b. Private.

40. LINDA JOYCE7 RENFROE (HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) ROBERT DANIEL HART Private, son of FRED HART and DORIS AVERY. He was born Private. She married (2) BILL WAUTERS Private. He was born Private. She married (3) JAMES LEO BURRIS Private, son of LUTHER BURRIS. He was born Private.

Child of LINDA RENFROE and ROBERT HART is:
76. i. CHRISTIAN SHANNON DANIEL8 HART, b. Private.

41. PAULA KATHRYN7 RENFROE (HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) DAVID BARNARD CHAPMAN Private. He was born Private. She married (2) DONALD RAY SR. SWETNAM Private, son of GAYLE SWETNAM and DOROTHY. He was born Private.

Child of PAULA RENFROE and DAVID CHAPMAN is:
77. i. GUINEVERE KATHRYN8 CHAPMAN, b. Private.

Child of PAULA RENFROE and DONALD SWETNAM is:
ii. DONALD RAY JR.8 SWETNAM, b. Private.

42. WENDEL C.7 O'DELL (HAROLD LEE SR.6, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married SHAROLYN LEACH Private. She was born Private.

Children of WENDEL O'DELL and SHAROLYN LEACH are:
i. TIMOTHY RAY8 O'DELL, b. Private.
ii. WENDELL ALAN O'DELL, b. Private.

43. DELCIE MAE7 O'DELL (HAROLD LEE SR.6, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) DONALD AKIKI Private. He was born Private. She married (2) LESLIE MOORE Private. He was born Private.

Child of DELCIE O'DELL and DONALD AKIKI is:
i. KELLEY8 AKIKI, b. Private.

Children of DELCIE O'DELL and LESLIE MOORE are:
ii. LESLIE ANDREW JR8 MOORE, b. Private.
iii. JENNIFER LEA MOORE, b. Private.

44. CHERLYN KAY7 GARRETT (MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married JACK A. HENDERSON Private. He was born Private.

Children of CHERLYN GARRETT and JACK HENDERSON are:
i. HEATHER LEANN8 HENDERSON, b. Private; m. MICHAEL KEVIN SAVAGEAUX, Private; b. Private.
ii. SARA JACQULEINE HENDERSON, b. Private.

45. PAUL RANDOLPH7 GARRETT (MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 17 Jun 1947 in Yuba City, Sutter County, California, and died 13 Jan 1995 in Gridley, Butte County, California. He married (1) SHIRLEY OLA Private. She was born Private. He married (2) LORI ZABELL Private. She was born Private.

Notes for PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT:
Notes for PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT:
Paul Randolph Garrett was born June 17, 1948 in Yuba City, Sutter County, California and passed away January 13 1995 in Gridley, Butte County, California of Squamous Cell Cancer of the Bronchus, fifty-two days after he was diagnosed with the cancer. The doctors stated that this type of cancer is a fast growing type.

Paul (nicknamed "Randy) should have been born about 150 years before his time, for the simple fact that he was an outdoorsman. He hiked all over the United States, lived off the land, panned and dredged for gold. He was never really happy being in one place to long.

When he passed away, he left two children behind, Joshua Dean (Garrett) Harvey and Jordana Lea Garrett. He loved both of them very much, even though he didn't get to be with them.

OBITUARY FOR PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT:

Paul (Randy) Garrett, 47, of Live Oak, died January 13, 1995, at Valley Oaks Health Care Center.

A native of Yuba City, he was a lifelong Sutter County resident. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1747 of Oroville and served in the United States Army 1967-1969.

Survivors include a son, Joshua Dean Garrett of Central Point, Ore.; a daughter, Jordana Garrett of Wisconsin; his parents Paul and Martha Garrett of Live Oak; two sisters, Sherry Henderson, and Wendy Maxey of Lincoln; and a brother, Gary Garrett of Marysville.

Services: A Memorial service is scheduled at 1 P.M. Saturday at the VFW Memorial Hall, Sycamore Street, Gridley. Arrangements are under the direction of Gridley-Block Funeral Chapel.

SECOND OBITUARY FOR PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT:
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 21, 1995 at 1:00 p.m. at the VFW Memorial Hall on Sycamore Street in Gridley for Paul R. (Randy) Garrett, 47, of Live Oak. He died on Friday, January 13, 1995 at the Valley Oaks Health Care Center following a short illness.

He was born June 17, 1947 in Yuba City, California. He was a lifetime resident of Sutter County. He served in the US Army from 1967-1969. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars # 1747 of Oroville. His hobbies included fishing and gold mining. He also loved the mountains.

He is survived by his parents, Paul and Martha Garrett of Live Oak; a son, Joshua Garrett of Central Point, Oregon; a daughter, Jordana Garrett, Wisconsin; two sisters, Sherry Henderson of Red Bluff; Wendy Maxey of Lincoln, CA; and a brother, Gary Garrett of Marysville. He is also survived by three nieces, two nephews and one great niece and nephew.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gridley-Block Funeral Chapel.

More about PAUL RANDOLPH GARRETT:
Cause of Death: Squamous Cell Cancer of the Bronchus
Fact # 1: Veteran of Foreign Wars / Post 1747 / Oroville, Butte County, California
Memorial: 21 Jan 1995, VFW Memorial Hall, Gridley, Butte County, California
Military service: Bet. 1967-1969, United States Army / Vietnam War

Child of PAUL GARRETT and SHIRLEY OLA is:
i. JOSHUA DEAN8 GARRETT, b. Private.

Child of PAUL GARRETT and LORI ZABELL is:
ii. JORDANA LEA8 GARRETT, b. Private.

46. WYNONA GAYLE7 GARRETT (MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) GERALD LEE PECK Private, son of JOHN PECK and MARIE GREER. He was born Private. She married (2) JAMES VERNON MAXEY Private. He was born Private.

Child of WYNONA GARRETT and GERALD PECK is:
78. i. MELISSA DAWN8 PECK, b. Private.

47. GARY CHARLES7 GARRETT (MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married CYNTHIA RENEE DURNAL Private. She was born Private.

Children of GARY GARRETT and CYNTHIA DURNAL are:
i. JONATHAN WILLIAM8 GARRETT, b. Private.
ii. THOMAS MATTHEW GARRETT, b. Private.

48. DONNA DARLENE7 SUGGS (BOBBY GENE6, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married RALPH MULLINS Private. He was born Private.

Child of DONNA SUGGS and RALPH MULLINS is:
i. HOLLEY MCKINLEY8 MULLINS, b. Private.

49. ADELE MARIE7 JUMP (VEDA LEE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) LARRY GALLEGOS Private. He was born Private. She married (2) JAMES GERALD MAGGI Private. He was born Private.

Children of ADELE JUMP and JAMES MAGGI are:
i. JASON MATTHEW8 MAGGI, b. Private.
ii. JERAD JAMES MAGGI, b. Private.

50. JOHNNY LEE7 MORALES (VEDA LEE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married LEIGH ANN ANDERSON Private. She was born Private.

Child of JOHNNY MORALES and LEIGH ANDERSON is:
i. ZACHERIE CHASE8 MORALES, b. Private.

51. GARY JAMES7 SUGGS (JAMES B.6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married LINNIE LOU CRIBBS Private. She was born Private.

Child of GARY SUGGS and LINNIE CRIBBS is:
i. JASON JAMES8 SUGGS, b. Private.

52. KATHYE GAYLE7 SUGGS (JAMES B.6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married KENNETH WAYNE PARKER Private. He was born Private.

Children of KATHYE SUGGS and KENNETH PARKER are:
i. STEPHEN WAYNE8 PARKER, b. Private.
ii. JAMES DARREN PARKER, b. Private.
iii. DANIEL KENT PARKER, b. Private.

53. RICKY GLYNN7 SUGGS (JAMES B.6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married DEBORAH SUE PIERCE Private. She was born Private.

Children of RICKY SUGGS and DEBORAH PIERCE are:
i. JENNIFER GAYLE8 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. JEFFREY GLENN SUGGS, b. Private.

54. RANDY LYNN7 SUGGS (JAMES B.6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married TERRIE LYNN GREGORY Private, daughter of DONALD GREGORY and META CARTER. She was born Private.

Children of RANDY SUGGS and TERRIE GREGORY are:
i. ANGELA DAWN8 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. PAMELA SUE SUGGS, b. Private.

55. BEVERLY ANN7 STEPHENS (DOROTHY LEE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married ERNEST DARVIN LONG Private, son of DARVIN LONG and LINA CLEVELAND. He was born Private.

Children of BEVERLY STEPHENS and ERNEST LONG are:
i. JENNIFER GAY8 LONG, b. Private.
ii. KIMBERLY DIANE LONG, b. Private.

56. THOMAS ELDON7 STEPHENS (DOROTHY LEE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 Jul 1953 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico, and died 15 Apr 1988 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico. He married DEBRA ELAINE DURHAM Private. She was born Private.

Notes for THOMAS ELDON STEPHENS:
More about THOMAS ELDON STEPHENS:
Occupation: Pumper / Oil Fields
Religion: Baptist

Child of THOMAS STEPHENS and DEBRA DURHAM is:
i. TORY JAMES8 STEPHENS, b. Private.

57. VIRGIL WAYNE7 STEPHENS (DOROTHY LEE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married TAMMY CATHLEEN BAKER Private. She was born Private.

Children of VIRGIL STEPHENS and TAMMY BAKER are:
i. ANDREA CATHLEEN8 STEPHENS, b. Private.
ii. SAMANTHA LEA STEPHENS, b. Private.

58. CYNTHIA DIANE7 SUGGS (CARL DEAN6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married GALE DEWAYNE (RUSTY) HENNINGTON Private. He was born Private.

Children of CYNTHIA SUGGS and GALE HENNINGTON are:
i. LAURIE GALE8 HENNINGTON, b. Private.
ii. TRACY DAWN HENNINGTON, b. Private.
iii. CARRIE ANN HENNINGTON, b. Private.

59. MICHAEL CARL7 SUGGS (CARL DEAN6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married BRENDA WHITESIDE Private, daughter of BUCK WHITESIDE and ETTA SUTTON. She was born Private.

Children of MICHAEL SUGGS and BRENDA WHITESIDE are:
i. MICHAEL WAYNE8 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. SHAWNA KAY SUGGS, b. Private.
iii. JAMIE LEE SUGGS, b. Private.

60. JIMMIE7 LE SUGGS (CARL DEAN6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married NANCEE LEE Private. She was born Private.

Children of JIMMIE LE SUGGS and NANCEE LEE are:
i. IAN8 SUGGS, b. Private.
ii. WILIAM JOSEPH SUGGS, b. Private.

61. JOEL CARLON7 SUGGS (CARL DEAN6, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married PAMELA SUE PHILLIPS Private. She was born Private.

Child of JOEL SUGGS and PAMELA PHILLIPS is:
i. MARY MICHELLE8 SUGGS, b. Private.

62. SANDRA RAYE7 STANTON (MOLENA MAE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married DAVID DOYLE FORD Private. He was born Private.

Children of SANDRA STANTON and DAVID FORD are:
i. HILARY DIANA8 FORD, b. 03 Nov 1978, Andrews, Texas; d. 26 Jan 1982, Lubbock, Texas.

Notes for HILARY DIANA FORD:
Notes for HILARY DIANA FORD:
Hilary was born with a bad heart condition. She died in a Lubbock Hospital, following open heart surgery. The doctor said that she stopped growing.

More about HILARY DIANA FORD:
Burial: 29 Jan 1982, Kermit, Texas

ii. DANIEL GARRETT FORD, b. Private.

63. CLYDE JEFFERSON7 STANTON (MOLENA MAE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married (1) RHONDA HARDWICK Private. She was born Private. He married (2) STACY PRICE Private. She was born Private.

Children of CLYDE STANTON and RHONDA HARDWICK are:
i. JESSICA8 STANTON, b. Private.
ii. LINDA I. MARIE STANTON, b. Private.

Children of CLYDE STANTON and STACY PRICE are:
iii. ANTHONY8 STANTON, b. Private.
iv. AMANDA KAY STANTON, b. Private.

64. RHONDA EARLENE7 STANTON (MOLENA MAE6 SUGGS, SAMUEL LEE5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married MITCHEL TOM CLAY Private. He was born Private.

Child of RHONDA STANTON and MITCHEL CLAY is:
i. MESHA ANN8 CLAY, b. Private.

65. VICKI LINN7 JONES (IDA RUTH6 HARRIS, MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married JON JACKSON CANERDAY Private. He was born Private.

Child of VICKI JONES and JON CANERDAY is:
i. JOHN JACKSON II8 CANERDAY, b. Private.

66. ROBERT ELDON7 HARRIS (BILLY MACK6, MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married KAREN GREEN Private. She was born Private.

Children of ROBERT HARRIS and KAREN GREEN are:
i. SARAH MARIE8 HARRIS, b. Private.
ii. HEIDA ANN HARRIS, b. Private.

67. REBECCA ANN7 HARRIS (BILLY MACK6, MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married TOM STILLMAN Private. He was born Private.

Children of REBECCA HARRIS and TOM STILLMAN are:
i. GERALD THOMAS8 STILLMAN, b. Private.
ii. RICHARD LEWISTON STILLMAN, b. Private.

68. JOHN MICHAEL7 HARRIS (BILLY MACK6, MARY RUTH5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married LAURA RULE Private. She was born Private.

Children of JOHN HARRIS and LAURA RULE are:
i. MATHEW NEEL8 HARRIS, b. Private.
ii. REBECCA KENSTON HARRIS, b. Private.


Generation No. 6

69. ALVIN LEE JR.8 BARNES (MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married (1) BRENDA LEE Private. She was born Private. He married (2) KAREN WILLIAMS Private. She was born Private. He married (3) RHONDA JEAN CURNUTT Private. She was born Private. He married (4) CYNTHIA LOUISE CAVA Private. She was born Private.

Child of ALVIN BARNES and BRENDA LEE is:
79. i. JESSIE LEE9 BARNES, b. Private.

Children of ALVIN BARNES and CYNTHIA CAVA are:
ii. TRAVIS9 BARNES, b. Private.
iii. KATALYN BARNES, b. Private.

70. CHARLES FRANCIS8 BARNES (MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married JEANNIE ASHLEY Private. She was born Private.

Children of CHARLES BARNES and JEANNIE ASHLEY are:
i. CHARLES ALVIN9 BARNES, b. Private.
ii. ANTHONY JEROME BARNES, b. Private.

71. JAMES DALTON8 BARNES (MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married (1) BONNIE BERING PLANK Private. She was born Private. He married (2) DIANE LYNN HUMPHREY Private. She was born Bet. 1958 - 1960, and died 1992.

Children of JAMES BARNES and DIANE HUMPHREY are:
i. BRIAN LEE9 BARNES, b. Private.
ii. AMANDA CHRISTINE BARNES, b. Private.

72. LAURIE ANN8 PETERS (CHARLSIE ANN7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married MARK CABLE Private. He was born Private.

Children of LAURIE PETERS and MARK CABLE are:
i. KYLE RAMOND9 CABLE, b. Private.
ii. ASHLEY ANN CABLE, b. Private.

73. KAREN DENISE8 PETERS (CHARLSIE ANN7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married JOHN KITCHEN Private. He was born Private.

Children of KAREN PETERS and JOHN KITCHEN are:
i. LINDSEY ELIZABETH9 KITCHEN, b. Private.
ii. NICHOLAS MATHEW KITCHEN, b. Private.

74. DEBBRA LYNN8 DUNN (BRENDA FRANCES7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married WILLIAM MICHAEL WELLS Private. He was born Private.

Children of DEBBRA DUNN and WILLIAM WELLS are:
i. JENNIFER MICHELE9 WELLS, b. Private; m. DAVID MINER, Private; b. Private.
ii. WILLIAM WELLS, b. Private.

75. KATHRYN ANN8 DUNN (BRENDA FRANCES7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married (1) RUDY PRIEN Private. He was born Private. She married (2) MICHAEL J. JR. SIMONELLI Private, son of MICHAEL SIMONELLI and EILEEN SLUFIK. He was born Private.

Children of KATHRYN DUNN and MICHAEL SIMONELLI are:
i. NICOLE KATHRYN9 SIMONELLI, b. Private.
ii. STEFANIE MARIE SIMONELLI, b. Private.

76. CHRISTIAN SHANNON DANIEL8 HART (LINDA JOYCE7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married RYAN HERASHIOTRAYVON JOHNSON Private. He was born Private.

Child of CHRISTIAN HART and RYAN JOHNSON is:
i. ANTHONY RYAN TRAYVON9 JOHNSON, b. Private.

77. GUINEVERE KATHRYN8 CHAPMAN (PAULA KATHRYN7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married MARK MARTIN Private. He was born Private.

Children of GUINEVERE CHAPMAN and MARK MARTIN are:
i. CASEY REN9 MARTIN, b. Private.
ii. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN MARTIN, b. Private.

78. MELISSA DAWN8 PECK (WYNONA GAYLE7 GARRETT, MARTHA BELLE6 SUGGS, CHARLES MCKINLEY5, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married WAYNE THOMAS MIKEL Private, son of WINFRED MIKEL and LOUISE BECKETT. He was born Private.

Children of MELISSA PECK and WAYNE MIKEL are:
i. DANIEL LEROY9 MIKEL, b. Private.
ii. CASSANDRA LYN MIKEL, b. Private.


Generation No. 7

79. JESSIE LEE9 BARNES (ALVIN LEE JR.8, MARGARET LAVON7 RENFROE, HAZEL MAGEL6 O'DELL, VERLENA VALENTINE5 SUGGS, MILES4, CHARLES LEE JR.3, CHARLES LEE SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married JENNIFER ?? Private. She was born Private.

Child of JESSIE BARNES and JENNIFER ?? is:
i. JACQUELINE10 BARNES, b. Private.

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