THE WHITEHEAD QUARTERLY

Vol. 1 Issue 1 July 1, 2001

THE DESCENDANTS OF ARCHIBALD & NANCY SMITH WHITEHEAD

Published Quarterly

Editor.....Larry E. Whitehead

Contributing Editor ...Patsy Box Johnson

EDITORIAL

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE & INTRODUCTION

My name is Larry E. Whitehead. I am a great great grandson of Archibald and Nancey Smith Whitehead. I am married to Lora Juanita Tillman Whitehead and have two sons, Chris and Jeff. We also are the proud grandparents of three wonderful grandchildren, Lora, Taft and Travis. We live in Pinson,Alabama which is a suburb of Birmingham. With the introduction out of the way, let me continue with the purpose of this editorial.

This newsletter is to inform those interested in the Whitehead family of past and current happenings in the family such as deaths, marriages, births, etc. Also to relay information about our ancestors and thus our heritage (which I might add is a noble one). An additional purpose is to generate interest among the younger generations as well as the older ones in communicating with their kin. The last Whitehead reunion in Winfield only had thirty two in attendance. Surely we can find the time to spend a few hours once a year with those who share our heritage. The last trip that I ever made with my parents was to the reunion two years ago. It was the only one they ever attended. I wouldn’t trade anything for having taken the time to take them. I will be reminding everyone in each edition of the time and place for the next reunion. Block out the third Sunday in May, 2002 and plan to attend.

Past attempts to publish a newsletter focused on the genealogy aspect of the Whitehead family. This one will cover current events, news about family members, humor and genealogy. In this issue under “The way back when” column for instance is an excerpt from a book by Thomas Perry relating his experiences growing up in the Hubbertville community in the 1920’s and 30’s. The “Remembrances” column covers those of our number who have passed on recently. While our primary focus will be on the Whitehead family, we intend to include “related families”. An article is included in this issue by Foy Anthony on William Pickens Anthony. The “Ties that bind” column will concentrate on a different Whitehead family each issue. The “What if” column will feature timely pieces both humorous and serious “Random Shots” will cover anything that comes to mind. From time to time Uncle Isaac will grace these pages with his words of wisdom and pithy comments in a column entitled “Uncle Isaac Sez” I hope to get others of our kin involved in this endeavor. We have many cousins, for instance in Lauderdale County, Al. and Mississippi as well as Texas and other parts of the country.

This is the fourth attempt known to me to issue such a publication. Cousin Wanda Wilson published the first one,cousin Joel Mize of Denver, Co. the second and cousin Ky White of Houston, Tx. the third. For whatever reasons, they decided to discontinue. I will do my best to publish this one quarterly. I solicit your input, ideas, anecdotes, criticism (not too much) and help. Feel free to offer suggestions on how to improve the paper. I am particularly asking you to send me obituaries , wedding and birth announcements. Also we will publish reunion announcements for the “related families”. Patsy Box Johnson has agreed to assist in this effort and others have offered to help. If you would like to write an article or have one published please send it to me. My address is:

Larry E. Whitehead

P.O. Box 1389

Pinson, Alabama 35126

e-mail lw3000@aol.com

Phone # (205) 680-4669

For the immediate future there will be no charge for this publication. If interest grows then at some point I will have to cover printing and mailing costs. So here goes. I hope you will find it interesting and worthy of being called the Whitehead Quarterly. Enjoy..........editor

The Ties That Bind.........

ARCHIBALD & NANCEY SMITH WHITEHEAD

Archibald and Nancey Smith Whitehead married ca.1806-07 probably in Franklin Co. or Elbert Co., Georgia. Shortly thereafter they moved to Lincoln Co., Tennessee and lived there about 10-15 years. They then settled in Lauderdale Co.,Alabama where they lived for about 15-20 years. Nancey’s father, William Smith died in 1839 and Nancey inherited his farm in Fayette County. Archibald and Nancey moved for the last time ca. 1840 to what is now Glen Allen. Archibald farmed and ran a grist mill on Stud Horse Creek. They had twelve and some believe , thirteen children. The children were:

(1) Gracy born 1807, married Jesse Nelson Grisham. They lived in Lauderdale County. (2) Susannah, born ca.1808, married 1.William C. Allen 2. Jack Phillips. They lived in Lauderdale Co.(3) Joseph, born 1/10/1810, married 1. Elizabeth Lacefield 2. Sarah Blackburn Lauderdale. They lived in Fayette County. (4)Joshua Alexander born 1/10/1810, married 1. Sarah Avery 2. Sarah Duran 3. Mary Kemp. They lived in Winston County,Mississippi. (5) Rebecca, born 1812, married Alexander Hunter Whitehead. They lived in Lauderdale County. (6) Sarah, born 1815, married David Price. (7) Allitier “Ally”, born 3/23/1817., married Andrew Jackson Grisham, brother to Jesse Nelson. They lived in Lauderdale County. (8) Nancy, born 1/24/1820, married James E. Mills. They lived in Fayette County. (9) Archibald, Jr., born ca.1822, married Martha “Patsy” Anthony. They lived in Fayette County. (10) Talitha, born 1826, married Elijah Martin Guess. They lived in Fayette County. (11) Mary Elizabeth, born 2/10/1828, married John D. Crow. They lived in Fayette County. (12) Drury Henry Cox “Drew”, born 9/5/1831, married Mary Jane Anthony. They lived in Fayette County. Many believe that William R. Whitehead, born 6/15/1822, married Sarah Davis, was also a child of Archibald and Nancey. William and his family lived in Hackleburg. I have not been able to find enough evidence at this time to conclude that he was indeed their son. Will continue to research this and keep you posted. lew

Way Back When............

HOG KILLING

The first real cold weather each winter brought on hog killing time. We would kill one medium size hog then for meat until more were killed. We would wait until colder weather to kill our main supply of meat. Cold weather removed the body heat and kept the meat from spoiling. Refrigeration was not available to us then. The cold weather made the task of killing hogs unpleasant, since your hands and face would almost freeze as you worked outside.

Arrangements were made with a couple of neighbors to help when we had several hogs to kill. They were repaid with a mess of fresh meat, usually tenderloin, ribs and sausage meat. When they killed their hogs we helped and got fresh meat in return.

The hogs were dragged to where the butchering was to take place. A large iron pot of hot water had already been made ready for scalding. The hot water was poured into a barrel half buried in the ground at an angle. The hog was dipped into the hot water so the hair could be removed by scrapping with a hoe, butcher knife, or what have you. The hog was suspended by its hind feet and split down the middle. The internal organs were removed. The hog was then taken down and cut up into hams, shoulders, ribs, etc.

The hams were placed in the smoke house for cooling. The shoulders and scraps were ground into sausage with red pepper, sage and salt added. The sausage was preserved by either frying and putting in fruit jars along with the grease, or put into muslin bags and cured over an oak or hickory fire. The tenderloin was served that night along with biscuits, butter and syrup. Mighty fine eating! The next day the lard was rendered by boiling the fat scraps and skins in an iron pot over an outdoor fire.

SOAP MAKING

Lye soap was made from potash and fat. Potash was obtained by saving the hardwood ashes in a barrel. Water was poured on the ashes and allowed to drip out the bottom of the barrel. This potash was boiled with hog fat until the water evaporated and only the soap remained. This soap was used for clothes washing or floor scrubbing. This article is an excerpt from the book “A Walk Across The Stage” by Thomas Perry. Mr. Perry was raised in the Hubbertville Community. lew

UNCLE ISAAC SEZ............

Went to church at Glen Allen with Ray and Wilma Roby on the Sunday of the Whitehead reunion. Heard a mighty fine sermon and after the service one of our citified cousins asked Wilma if she knowed where a “deli” was so she could get some victuals to take to the reunion. Wilma allowed as how she thought all the “delis” in Bazemore was closed.......ummm..... Went to the Doctor the other day to see if he could fix my hearing. He said he found a suppository in my ear. I called the missus to tell her to quit lookin for the hearing aid that I knowed where it uz at................Drove up to Russellville the other day and tried to find a shortcut. Stopped at a country store and asked an old codger sittin outside whitling “Say ole timer if you was goin to Russellville, how would you go?” He said “I ain’t goin”........ .....ummm...........All this talk bout gridlock in Washington sayin congress can’t get nuthin done. Three cheers for gridlock. Everytime congress does sumthin, it costs you and me money...........Saw a survey the other day askin who was the biggest liars - fisherman, politicians or Newsmen. I’d bet the farm on politicians with news reporters running a tight second..................Did you see the picture of William Pickens Anthony elsewhere in this issue? Bet he paid a handsome price for that hat. They’d have to pay me a sho nuff handsome price to get me to wear it.......................Clem says him and the missus have found love agin. Says it has progressed to where she almost called him honey. She called him a syrup “soppin son of a gun”. I guess thats gettin close.............Heard ole Jim Reeves singin on the radio “Come home it’s suppertime”. Got to thinkin how much it would be worth to hear my Mother say those words to me one more time “ come home its suppertime, son”. Decided there ain’t enough money in the U.S. Treasury to cover the check.................til next time

RANDOM SHOTS........

Hubbertville School

Photo taken by Patsy

I didn’t know very much about Hubbertville School until I became interested in genealogy. As I researched the different families and their history, it occurred to me that Hubbertville is an outstanding school. I dare say that no other school of its size in this part of the country has produced as many graduates that have gone into the education field as this school. I can think of many who went on to become teachers and several who made careers in higher education. What an outstanding record. Those of you that attended this fine school should take pride in this great record. lew

RELATED FAMILIES

William Pickens Anthony

William Pickens was born near Glen Allen, Fayette County Al. To William Anthony and Jane McMinn Anthony Aug.10,1832and spent all his life in the county. In 1852 William Pickens married Mary “Polly” Logan daughter of Robert Logan and Virginia “Jenny” McCaleb and to this union was born Robert Franklin 1854-1930, married 1. Martha Pelona “Mattie” Polk, 2. Jennie Williams, resided in Faulkner County, AR., Malissa Parilee 1856-1936, married John J. Jones. resided in Fayette County, James Richard “Jim” 1858- 1918, married Zay Perkins, resided in Fayette County. John William 1860-1937 married Sally Ann Wilson, resided in Memphis, Texas.. Alexander Fannin 1862-1943 married 1. Sarah Catherine Webster, 2. Rose Ella Sexton, resided in Fayette County, Vernettie Jane 1867-1944, married James Samuel Woods, resided in Texas. Andrew White 1865-1934, married 1. Louzetta Jones 2. married Mary Cantrell, resided in Marion County, Mary Elizabeth “Betty” 1871-1965, married William “Billy” Bishop, Otis Burgess 1876-1957, married 1. Ethel Juanita Garret 2. Maude “Brooks” Holmes, resided in Alabama

William Pickens Anthony

A “passed down” incident the family was directly involved in during the Civil War was when a group of soldiers or Home Guards came by foraging for food. The family had a consider- able amount of meat in a corner of the kitchen, either freshly slaughtered or cured. Knowing that the meat would be taken one of the children had the foresight to throw some clothing over the meat. This strategy worked in that the foragers thought it was just a pile of clothing gathered for washing later. Foy Anthony

William Pickens was a brother to Martha “Patsy” Anthony who married Archibald Whitehead, Jr.. Another sister, Mary Jane Anthony, married Archibald, Jr’s. brother, Drury Henry Cox Whitehead. Mary Jane was your editor’s great grandmother. We will have articles on these families in future issues. lew

What if……

I Am My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago When I was twenty-three, I got married to a widow Who was pretty as could be. This widow had a daughter Who had hair of red My father fell in love with her, And soon the two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life. My daughter was my mother, for she was my father's wife. To complicate the matters worse, Although it brought me joy, I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad. And so became my uncle, Though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, Then that also made him brother To the widow's grown-up daughter Who, of course was my step- mother. Father's wife then had a son, Who kept them on the run. And he became my grandson, For he was my daughter's son. My wife is now my mother's mom. And it surely makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, She is my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, Then I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, It simply drives me wild. For now I have become The strangest case you ever saw. As the husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!

Adapted - author unknown

More Random shots

THE ORIGIN OF THE WHITEHEAD NAME

The Richmond Times Dispatch - 1981 Whitehead - In most instances this is a descriptive nickname given a person who had white or light colored hair. The nickname became a surname when it was added to his single given name for official identification. In England John Whitehead lived in Leicestershire in 1279. Roger Witheud lived in Huntingdonshire in 1279. William Hwitheud lived in County Kent in 1317. Robert Whithede lived in Yorkshire in 1338. Agnes Wythod was probably surnamed from her habit of wearing a "white hood". Henry de (of) Whiteheued, who lived in County Cornwell in 1297, probably lived at the "whitehead of a field or hill". In Scotland, Adam Whyteheude de Hoton was a juror in Berwick in 1300. Henry Quhitehede was a burgess of Edinborough in 1423. Andrew Quhyteheide was vicar of Lowname in 1485. Phillip Quhyteheide was fined for disturbing the peace in Aberdeen in 1492. Phillip Whitehead was a deputy sheriff of Linithgow and also a member of Parliament in 1585. Mattew Weitheid or Weitheit, lived in Dunfermline in 1581.

Boy is this a stretch?.......editor

Still More Random Shots

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, Another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted...We should not. So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask, for the price they paid.

Adapted -author unknown lew

And the British press complained bitterly that they were unfairly portrayed as being brutal in the recent movie “The Patriot”! Ha! Ha! (If you get a chance, see this movie) I Wander if there are any with this kind of courage and conviction around in 2001..........editor

Early Whiteheads

According to the article by J B Whitehead, tradition records that the Whitehead families from New York to Georgia are all descendants of early settlers on the lower shores of the Chesapeake Bay. One of these, Richard, was a member of the prominent Whitehead family of "Uplands Hall" Lancashire, England. He may have been a brother, or other relative of our ancestor Arthur. If it is true that New Jersey Whiteheads are related to the Virginia family then our ancestor in the Cook line, Louise Whitehead Crane, could be named for someone of that related NJ family. Arthur Whitehead I, 1623-1706, was brought into Northampton County, VA in 1643. Possible brothers are John and William of Northampton Co., and Richard of Gloucester Co. After 1650 he migrated to Isle of Wight County where there are many records of both Arthur I and Arthur II. The names William and Richard are used in succeeding generations which indicates possible family ties. Arthur II, 1648-1710, married Mary and had at least two children, William and Arthur III who appear in records. Arthur III, 1673-1750, married as his third wife, Isabella Purcell, a descendant of European nobility. He had seven children with three wives. Mary Whitehead, daughter of Arthur III, married in 1747 Benjamin Denson. Benjamin and Mary's names are clues to our Ladd ancestry as seen in their grandson Benjamin Whitehead Ladd. When family names are used they are excellent guides to ancestral lines. References: The Virginia magazine of History and Biography v. XLIV article no 4 (Oct 1936): p358-365, "The Whitehead Family in Southern Virginia" by Dr John Boswell Whitehead. copied at the Virginia Historical Society archives, Richmond, VA, September 1993. The Reverend William W Whitehead, Mississippi Pioneer: His Antecedents and Descendents by E Grey Dimond, MD, LDS US/CAN 929.273 W587d 1985, copied March 1992. Appendix K, Virginia and North Carolina Records states that "Documentation of the Whitehead line has been done by John Scott Davenport. . . . He has abstracted the original primary sources. Questions of a scholarly nature should be addressed to him at 4284 South Whipoorwhil, West Valley City, Utah, 84120." Source listed as Genealogies of Virginia Families, v 5 p 817-8

Still More Random Shots.......

For those who might be interested in knowing more about our Lauderdale County, Al. cousins, Cousin Ronnie Haraway has put together an excellent book entitled “Grishams in East Lauderdale County”. Ronnie’s address is : 1127 County Rd. 110, Rogersville, Alabama 35652. There are several thousand of our cousins in the book. Another work has been done by Cousin H. Shannon Phillips also of Lauderdale County. He covers the descendants of Jack Phillips and Susannah Whitehead, Archibald and Nancey’s second daughter. lew

WHITEHEAD FAMILY CEMETERY, Fayette County, Alabama

This data was copied by Herb and Jeanie Newell March 25 1959. The material in Parenthesis was inserted By Fred McCaleb. This cemetery is mostly an abandoned one with no recent burials. It is off on a high hill in the woods off Highway 129 about 3 miles above Hubbertville and just past the Whitehead Store on the right. It is also About ¾ mile from the relatively new cemetery at Berea Church of Christ. Most of the markings on the old original stones are gone and stones broken up. A sad cemetery. My deduction is that the original Hugh White McCaleb and his wife Elizabeth Holbrook are there, and that Alexander McDonald and Elizabeth Preschious Howell are there with perhaps some of the older Whiteheads. Fred McCaleb

Whitehead, M. D., dau. of Joseph & Elizabeth Whitehead - B Mar.5,1846-D.Apr. 8,1888

Whitehead, William S. - B. Apr. 6, 1831 - D. Apr. 26, 1873

Nichols, Ida - B. Sept. 5, 1921 - D. Oct. 14, 1921

Nichols, Ada - B. Sept. 5, 1921 - D. Oct. 4, 1921-

Nichols, Hassie - B. Dec. 10, 1900 - D. Oct. 15, 1921

-----------, - B. Jan. 20, 1851 - D. Feb. 23, 1867

Whitehead, Luther, son of Nick & S.H.Whitehead - B.Apr.12,1876 -D.July 29,1900 (the S.H. Whitehead Sarah Hassie McDonald, dau of Alexander McDonald & Elizabeth Preschious Howell and she was a sister Of Mary Ann McDonald, Wife of Alfred C. McCaleb. )

Whitehead, Inf. of W.A.& M.J.Whitehead - B.& D. Dec. 23,1912

Parker, J. T. - B. July 25, 1879 - D. Mar. 4, 1881

Lauderdale B (Barbary). - B. 1811 - D. Feb. 18, 1880 (daughter of Hugh White McCAleb & Eliz. Lowry.)

McCaleb, Tim -B. Apr. 1, 1871 - D. July 28, 1926 (Son of William F. McCaleb

McCaleb, Myrtice B. Sept. 14, 1904 - D. Jan. 21, 1927 (daughter of Sleetia Beauchamp & Timm McCaleb)

McCaleb, Jacob A. B. Nov. 11, 1865 - M,. to L.A.Campbell Jan. 1896 -D.June 15,1900 (Jacob above was son of William McCaleb Below. )

McCaleb, William F. - B. Apr. 6, 1830,- D. Dec. 6, 1910 (youngest son of Hugh White McCaleb)

Johnson, Columbus - B. Oct. 2, 1867 - D. Mar. 20, 1907

Perry, Velmer - B. May 7, 1899 - D. May 8, 1899

Perry, Bernard P. - B. May 23, 1895 D. Apr. 8, 1899

Perry, Chexy E. - B. Oct. 30, 1891 D. July 4, 1894

Whitehead, Jane - B. July 29, 1838 D. Aug. 18, 1896

Whitehead, J. P. - B. July 1839 - D. Apr. 28, 1887

Ham, M. E, B. Oct. 18, 1868 - D. July 18, 1893

Wade, S. F. B. July 1, 1861 - D. Aug. 17, 1884

Lauderdale, Barba - B. Aug. 24, 1810 - D. Mar. 4, 1846

McCaleb, Nancy C., dau. of J.T'. & E.S.McCaleb - B.Oct.27,1876 -D.Apr.16,1877 (John Tyler McCAleb was the son of Andrew McCaleb and was in the Union Army in the Civil War and E.S. McDonald was Elizabeth Sarah McDonald daughter of Alexander McDonald and sister of Mary Ann andSarah Hassie, 1st wife of Nick Whitehead.)

McCaleb, Inf. of A.J. & V.C.McCaleb - B. & D. Feb. 14, 1882

(Virginia Caroline McCaleb, dau. Of Alfred C. was married to cousin Andrew Jackson McCaleb, son of Alfred’s brother Andrew McCaleb.) McCaleb, Shannon C. B. Aug. 1, 1882 - D: May 27, 1896
McCaleb, Alfred C. B. May 18, 1827 - D. Jan. 14, 1891 (son of Hugh White McCaleb, 1st in Fayette County, Al.)

McCaleb, M. A - B. Nov. 16, 1830 - D. Apr. 12, 1880 (Mary Ann McDonald McCaleb)

McCaleb, Caroline - B. Jan. 15, 1835 - D. Feb. 14, 1898

Johnson, Elisabeth P. - B. Nov. 9, 1876 - M: to John C. Johnson Nov. 30, 1896 D. Apr. 27, 1899 (Daughter of Alfred C. McCaleb)

Fred’s comments about this being a sad cemetery struck me. There is a lot of Fayette/Marion County history buried in this cemetery. This might be a project some of us could start to try and preserve this cemetery. How about it! If you are interested, contact me or Patsy and we will stir the pot. (Since this was written, Fred has received a donation from a McCaleb descendant to cleanup this old cemetery. Cleanup is to begin the week of 6/24/01. Thank you Fred. Great job. We need to establish a small fund to take care of this cemetery each year. Any volunteers to take charge! Contact Fred or Larry or Patsy if you are interested.)

A word about Fred and Bettie McCaleb -- Fred has been into genealogy for 35-40 years. He and Bettie have traveled all over this country researching relatives. All of us owe them a debt of gratitude for the work they have done and continue to do.(See above example) Fred is more than a friend, he is a cousin of mine “ on my mothers side” He and Bettie have helped many novice genealogists that were just trying to get started building their family tree, including your editor. I love and appreciate both of them. Bettie has not been feeling well lately. Please remember both of them in your prayers..... lew

Personal note

I have been trying for sometime, without much success, to complete my files on the Mills family of Fayette/ Marion Counties. If any of you have any information on this family, Please contact me. Also I have been trying to do the same with the Ford family from the New River area. Your help will be greatly appreciated. lew

More Random Shots

A much belated thank you to Ray and Wilma Roby and all others who contributed funds for placing new markers on Drew and Mary Jane Whitehead’s gravesite at the Morris Cemetery. This was a much needed improvement. Also to Foy Anthony for raising the funds and placing markers on William and Jane McMinn Anthony’s grave in the old Anthony Cemetery near Elm Church of Christ. If you have the opportunity, go by and take a look at both. Some of the older cemeteries are falling into an unkempt condition. Some have been destroyed by timbercutters, etc. The Old Hollingsworth Cemetery on Ford’s Mt. is an example. I have heard that timbercutters destroyed it. I am not sure of this as I have not been there in a while. If it is true, it seems to me that the destruction of a cemetery is a violation of the law. Why anyone could be so careless is amazing. What a shame! lew

Remembrances.......

John Marvin Whitehead died on January 30, 2001. He was a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. “Johnny” as he was known to his family and friends, was retired from the Georgia School System. He was an accomplished musician and music teacher. He was the son of Benton and Illa Mae Rigsby Whitehead and grandson of Johnny and Rebecca Sprinkle Whitehead. He is survived by two brothers, Benton , Jr. and James “ Jimmy” and two sons, John K. and Seth B. Whitehead.

Eleanor Box Howell died on December 1, 2000. She was a resident of Baxely, Georgia. She was the widow of the late Lloyd Howell and the daughter of John Box and Jennie Wakefield Box. She is survived by one son, Terry Howell and three grandchildren. Eleanor was a grandaughter of Joe Box and Martha Whitehead Box.

Reedie Dodd Hollingsworth died on June 5, 2001. She was the widow of the late Tom Hollingsworth. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Nell Couch and Mrs. Mary Jo Ingle. and five grandchildren.

Ellie McCoy Whitehead died on 3/26/2000. She was the widow of Elzie Nash Whitehead of Booneville, Mississippi. She is survived by her children, Bob, Geraldine and Jean. Elzie was the son of James Harold and Rosa Ella Abels Whitehead.

Nina Bess Young died on January 7, 2001. She was a resident of McCallen, Texas. She was the daughter of William and Bula Whitehead Young. Nina was the grandaughter of Newton and Idella Raines Whitehead. She is survived by her mother, Bula.

Clifton McCaleb died on December 2, 2000. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Beasley McCaleb on 8/23/2000. He is survived by two children, Jo Ann and Clifton and three grandchildren.

Vera Hawkins Box, widow of Virgil Box , died on May 24, 2001. She is survived by one daughter, Tommie Jo and three grandchildren.

Announcements......

Joel Mize is planning a tour of the Whitehead related cemeteries in our area on July 29, 2001. The tour will begin at 1:30 pm and leave from the Mize Saw Shop at the intersection of Thornhill Rd. and Hamilton Hi-way. If you can’t make this one , he has another planned for 11/4/2001.

Judy Whitehead Martin, a descendant of Joshua Alexander Whitehead, has a great website on the internet devoted to Archibald & Nancey. If you would like to join other cousins in sharing info and finding out more about their families, contact Judy : Her e-mail address is: jamartin 492@hotmail.com

Email: PBox13@aol.com