WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

                   

9th GREAT GRANDFATHER

My "Dead People" study goes on.  

As it goes on, the unearthing of knowledge is vast.

I have no way of knowing where I'm going or where I'll end.

I stopped many times on the way up the chain with

the sole purpose of doing a blog entry.

I could not stop the journey ... now I know why.

Where I ended on this search; well, meant to be.

As a trip to England is on my list of places to go 

before I become a "dead person"...

the time is drawing near to begin the planning.  

Elizabeth, get right on this!

 9th Great Grandfather

Henry Whitfield SR

                              

Henry was buried on September 17, 1657.

 Our beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, was born on 

September 17, 1980. 323 years apart. 

Love those quirky things ... I believe they have

great meaning. 

Henry was buried on September 17, 1657.

Our daughter, Elizabeth, was born on September 17, 1980.

Love these ko-inky-dinks!

... and on it goes!

AFAB August 18, 2019

WE WERE ‘14’

April 9, 2019, was a  day of change.

On April 8, 2019, the number of 
my Maternal First Cousins was “14”.

Sue Ellen Deweese
Ernest Arthur Allison
Larry Michael Goff
Terry Nash
Joan Ashburn
Carolyn Goff
Donald Lee Goff
 Billy Nash
Charles Ashburn:
Me - Anna Faye Allison
Judy Nash
Jerry Vinson
Sandy Sherrell
Kristi Sherrell 

LOSING FIRST COUSINS HAS BEGAN

Don passed away on April 9, 2019.

 . . . We were “13” now.

Larry Michael Goff passed September 15, 2022

. . . We are ‘12’ now.

Sue passed away December 9, 2025

We are ‘11’ now.

Ernest
Terry
Joan
Carolyn
 Billy
Charles
Me
Judy
Jerry 
Sandy

Kristi

Don and Billy. Love bare-footed Don. 

The death of Don was a sad time for all of us. Our ‘growing up days’ were simple - full of  fun, swimming, name-calling (that still happens - even at funerals - shame on you Jerry Ross Vinson), eating, crying, laughing, hiding, and on and on.

Sunday afternoons together ... we are now our parents. 


Paths to different places. Times together and apart. 
We were all back together at Don’s funeral. 

We are all different. 
Thank God for that.
We are all the same.

Thank God for that.

Don and sister Carolyn

Terry, Billy, and Judy Nash

Sandy, me -Anna Faye, Jerry, and Don - First Cousins

Ernest - my brother

Will get a photo posted of all “14” of us soon 14” pic posted soon. I promise. 

I love the ‘14’ we were and the ‘11’ we are now. 

Thank you, Donald Lee Goff.
You were the best of the best! 
I love you... we love you! 


Always ... Bussell

DA & DOVIE HAVE A STORY TO TELL

I BELIEVE ONE MUST BE STILL AND LISTEN.

My paternal Grandmother (Mary Dovie Martin Allison) died when my Daddy was a young boy. He was cheated. . .

Sunday, January 27, 2016

Sometimes we all need to be reminded what life is all about.

I was still; and I listened.

My Grandmother Dovie had one full brother. 

Arthur was two years older than her.

This is a celebration ~ 

ARTHUR MARTIN

DOVIE MARTIN ALLISON

Little was known to me about my Great Uncle Arthur Martin. 

My Daddy spoke of his Uncle Arthur from time to time; but I never asked questions. 

One should always seize the moment . . . I know that now. 

But, honestly, I don’t believe my Daddy ‘knew’ anything . . . Why not? 

Throughout the past few years, I have thought of him often. 

What did I know ... he left home young, served in the military, and lived out his life in Arizona. 

That is all.

I WAS STILL. AND I LISTENED.

THIS WEEK, I LOCATED HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, CELESTE, IN ARIZONA.

We spoke on the phone . . .  Powerful . . . Emotional . . . Family.

“DA” - (that was what his family called him) - had a family. 

A large family - my family - my blood . . . 

I am blessed - our families are blessed. 

DA and DOVIE have a story to tell.

With great love,

Dovie’s Granddaughter & Da’s Great Niece

01.30.2019 

A ROCKIN’ (ROCKING) DOOZY!