Siblings

Hure Lee, Thelma, Fedalma

Three of Kenchion's children

Kenchion Jones' Family

William Benton Kenchion Jones was Abe and Dollie's sixth child and third son.  He married Waylonia Grayson Johnson.
 Above is a photo of 7 of their 12 children.

Huckaby

Great-great Aunt Ann Brown's daughter Eliza married Mac Huckaby. This is their eldest son Will and his second wife Elizabeth. His first wife was Dena Cunningham.

Photo shared by Violet Wilson.

 at Homecoming 2013.

Great-Grandpa Abe

Mom told me that today is the anniversary of Grandpa Abe's death. He's been gone for 68 years. He passed away in 1945. He was born a slave and after slavery, he fulfilled his dream of owning land, marrying the girl of his dreams (great-grandma Dollie), having children and prospering, which all came true.
Children:

1. Claude
2. Erma
3. Rosa
4. Hertha
5. Clark
6. Kenchion
7. Annie
8. Mary Dee
9. Herman

My grandma once said to my mom, "People are dead much longer than they are alive." When mom told me this, I didn't think to much about it but over the years as I remember loved one and hear about my ancestors, it begins to make sense.

I'm adding a video of a poem that I love performed by Oscar Brown, Jr. - "This Beach"

Photos with A Little History

 Jodie, Sr and Rosa's house.

Hertha Ann and Booth, who was named after a World War I army dog.

 

Hertha Ann home from Paul Quinn College, Waco circa 1952

Bradford and Hertha Ann  in 1951 at Prairie View College (near Houston, Texas)

Bradford had come up to the college to participate in a choir UIL event where he performed a solo.

Grand Pa Abe standing on his front porch beside his late wife, Dollie in 1934.

A copy of Grandma Dollie's Death Certificate is posted, as well.