Nephew

Cousin Authur S. Jackson & daughter Louise. Grandpa Abe's sister's (Amanda) son.

One

Rhonda at one year!!

Aunt Sister

This is probably the last photo of Aunt Sister (Ettalene) before she passed away a few years later. Pictured are Ettalene at the piano; Sadie Cleo sitting beside her; my neighbor & cousin, Doris.

Mom, Doris & I rode down to Summerville for a visit & for Aunt Sister to tutor me on the piano. We laughed, sang & enjoyed a big lunch before heading home.

More Family

Hertha Leola

Hertha & Edwin Wheat

David & Rhonda

Ettalene Wheat

Domiree, Hertha Ann & William Penn

Hertha Ann

Rhonda a few months old

Brothers & Other Photos

Edwin E., A.D., and Will Wheat

Bradford, Hertha, David and Rhonda

Hertha Leola Jones Wheat

 

Hertha Leola and little Hertha Ann

Wheat home in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Hertha Ann's 6th birthday.

 

Rhonda

David

David in the hospital with a Teddy from Joe. He was so sick but trying to be very brave.

 

 

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.

1898

On this day in 1898 my granddad was born to Daniel and Delia Wheat. Edwin E. Wheat grew up to become a teacher, principal, a member of the NAACP and a leader in his community.

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"

The Journey

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride?’!’

                   -Hunter S. Thompson

Recipes

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.

Edwin E.

This is a photo of Edwin E. dressed in his Civilian Conservation Corps. uniform circa 1919.

Family Record

Daniel Wheat was born in Jackson, Mississippi around 1843 and died November 28, 1943
Deala Jefferson born in Bellville, TX November 1865 and died January 20, 1947.
She married Daniel Wheat September 1879 at age 19.
Deala's parents were Thomas Jefferson and Callie Punchard

Daniel and Deala had ten children: 

• Lank Wheat - born in Bellville, TX June 7, 1880 ; Died December 2, 1918
• Callie Peachie Wheat - born in Bellville, TX Wednesday, September 20, 1882; Died May 25, 1964 at 6:30 AM
• A.D. Wheat - born in Bellville, TX Wednesday, March 14, 1886; Died November 14, 1968.
• Grover Cleveland Wheat - born Bellville, TX  Monday, January 12, 1888; Died November 17, 1924
• Annie Wheat - born Bellville, TX died at birth.
• Ollie Wheat - born Bellville, TX Friday, November 9, 1892; Died January 1924
• Willie Arthur Wheat - born Bellville, TX October 10, 1894; Died February 6, 1979 at 6:00 PM
• Edwin E. Wheat - born Bellville, TX Monday, May 2, 1898; Died April  1982
• Marshall Wheat - born Bellville, TX Monday, August 20, 1900; Died November 25, 1901
• Ettalene Wheat - born Somerville, TX Monday, December 5, 1904

The Wheat Family

Mom has had this photo of her dad's, my granddad's for years. We are looking for another frame because the original was damaged. Most old photos are oval in shape and slightly bubbled. Really unique but hard to replace parts.
I was so happy to get to see and document this photo of granddad's family.
I'm old enough to remember Great Uncle Will, Great Aunt Peachie, Cousin Oddie, Great Uncle A.D. and Great Aunt Sister (Ettalene).

These pages were found at Aunt Sister's home after her death and are copies from the Family Bible.

Brother David

My brother was born February 5, 1957, eighteen months after me. Here we are sitting on grandma's sofa, I think