PAM REMEMBERS

PICTURES OF THE PAST

GREAT GRANDMA WALLACE

MAMA AND PAPA [MINNIE AND BOB HOOPER] GREAT GRANDPARENTS WALLACE

WASH AND VENNIE [PAPAW AND MAMAW] LEFT

LAVENIA-RIGHT

PAPAW-WASH GIBSON

HISTORY

Minnie Ann Wallace Hooper and Robert Perry Hooper

Lavenia Ann Barnett Gibson and George Washington Gibson

I don't really have a lot of history as far as the ancestry goes, but I have a few facts.

John D. Barnett and wife E. A. were the parents of Lavenia Ann ...

Lavenia [Vennie] married George Washington [Wash] Gibson.

Wash was from Waverly Tennessee. They settled in Dyersburg, TN.

They had 2 sons and 2 daughters, Hattie and Estelle, and John Austin and Eugene Henderson Gibson. Hattie died as a teen with typhoid fever and Estelle was killed as a teen in an automobile accident on the way home from Memphis. John A. married Mayflower Carson and had 3 sons and 1 daughter, Bobby, Darrell, Lamar, and Novaleen.

Irving Pierson Wallace and wife Mary Ann Miller Wallace were the parents of Minnie Ann ...

Minnie married Robert Perry Hooper who was from East Tennessee

They settled in Dyer County, TN

Their children were Ocie B., James Langkford, Fred Miller, Joe, Beatrice, Julie Ann, Mary Sue Elizabeth and Edith Inez. Julie was a twin, her sister Judy died at birth.

Eugene and Inez married and had Jerry Lynn [whose twin brother was stillborn-Terry Glynn] and Sandra Jean. Gene was a farmer for most of his life. Inez had a variety of jobs until she became owner of a daycare center in her 40's and had it till she retired.

Wash must have had a wonderful sense of humor, he played the fiddle/violin and was always pleasant and happy. I remember seeing his violin when I was a kid, but a flood in their home destroyed it. Wash died around 1942 or so. I never knew him but my mother had some happy memories of him. She said he was a wonderful man. Vennie was one of the first to belong to the Church of God in Dyersburg. She went to a brush arbor meeting in town when the holiness movement came to Dyersburg. She got saved and filled with the Holy Ghost in that meeting and joined the Church of God. I don't think her family ever forgave her for that.

Vennie lived with us when I was very young, She had a lot of ailments. I recall seeing her in bed having what was called a "spell". Don't know what that was, but it required the whole family to gather around. I remember once when she said " I think I am crossing chili Jordan, my feet feel wet". She had lots of relatives who lived around her and Aunt Daisey, her sister in law, and she would talk on the "party line" phone and play "Top this pain". Mamaw was what we called her and she died when I was in high school.

Robert Perry Hooper[R.P. or Bob] was a tall, thin man who knew how to make money, so they said. He was my playmate and had a nickname for everyone in the family. He called me "Jim", my mother Inez "shoe-pie". I would ride the rockers on his rocking chair and he would tell me to "Cut the mustard, Jim" and I would dance for him. He died when I was 5 years old in our house. Aunt Ludie, J. L.'s wife, gathered all the children of the family together and kept us quietly playing games as he died. Back then they had the coffin in the house and I recall Mother

taking me to tell him good-bye. That was my first encounter with death. I had no fear because I was told he was with Jesus. Minnie then took turns living with her daughters . Mama, as we all called her, was the epitome of a saint. She was the one you could go to with all your dreams and problems. She never said anything bad about anyone. She was born in 1880 and died in 1976 at 96 years young. She was just as smart as ever at 96. When I got married in 1970 she made me a quilt and helped me figure out dimensions for some curtains I was making. I still have some of the quilts that she and Vennie made.

My grandmothers were wonderful Christian Ladies.

OBJECTIVE

I am going to try to tell a little bit about our family in this blog. It will not be a history, but just some of the things that I remember or that were told to me by family members, most of whom are gone on to Heaven. I hope this will be of interest to my family. I also plan to post some pictures to go along with the stories that I will share with you. Family has always been important to me and I pray that through these memories that you will gain an interest in your family heritage that you may not have had before. We have a very blessed Christian heritage. Just remember that you are here because of who went before you. There have been many prayers by your ancestors for the families that would follow them. I hope to see all of you and all the family gone before us in Heaven soon.
MY FAMILY
I love you all.
Sandra Gibson Phillips