January 17

Benjamin Alfred Jackson died 17 January 1969, age 73

Ben was the husband of Etta Arnold.

Etta was a sister of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

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Evaline Watkins Miller died 17 January 1918, age 82

Evaline was the wife of Josiah Gregory Miller.

The Miller family is related to our family by the marriage of Dale Miller to Alice Ford.

Alice Ford was a sister of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas.

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Joseph Pinkney Hicks was born 17 January 1871 in Mississippi

Pinkney was a brother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks

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Thomas Joe Provance was born 17 January 1941

Tom was the husband of Betty Ruth Barnett.

Betty was a daughter of Doc and Irene Hicks Barnett.

PHOTO: Doc and Irene with (L-R) June, Betty, Bobbie, Velma Lee

Irene was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford.

PHOTO: Sisters Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Evalee, Vernell, Bernice (1994)

January 16

Cecil Myrick Hurlbut, Jr. was born 16 January 1917 in Bangor, Michigan

He was the son of Cecil and Nina Hurlbut

PHOTO: Cecil and Nina Naftzger Hurlbut

Cecil Hurlbut, Jr. died at age 2 months, and is buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Michigan.

Cecil Hurlbut was the son of Myrick Henry Hurlbut and Etta Eunice Thomas.

Etta was a sister of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas.

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Jennie Odelcie Hicks married Everett Williams 16 January 1941

PHOTO: Everett and Odelcie Hicks Williams

Odelcie was a daughter of Felix Hicks

PHOTO: Felix Hicks with his wife Ida and their first two children, Rosie and Odice

PHOTO: Odelcie Hicks

Felix Hicks was a brother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks

PHOTO: Hicks brothers

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Louis Craig Frazier was born 16 January 1945

Craig is the son of Louis and Frances Walters Frazier

PHOTO: Craig and his sister Anne, with their parents Louis and Frances Walters Frazier

Frances is the daughter of Sherman and Helen Burford Walters

Helen was a sister of my grandfather Lester Burford

January 15

Darryl Lynn Carwell died 15 January 1991, age 23

Darryl was the son of Linda Sue Slocum and John Barry Carwell.

(In the photo are Darryl and his twin sister Carrol. I don't know who wrote the names on this picture, but the only records I've been able to find spell her name Carrol.)

This is a picture of Linda Slocum.

As far as I can determine, I don't have any pictures of Linda as an adult.

I have a small photo of Linda's husband, John Barry Carwell, which I retrieved from FindAGrave.

Linda was a daughter of Erlene Burford Slocum.

PHOTO: Erlene Slocum

Erlene was a daughter of George and Willie Mae Burford

George was a brother of my grandfather Lester Burford

Burford brothers - George, Lester, Neil (1956)

[Information from the obituary of John Barry Carwell (Darryl's father) -- Darryl Lynn Carwell died at age 23. He had a 3-year-old son at the time, who was adopted by Darryl's parents. I don't know anything about the child's mother. And I don't know anything about Darryl's cause of death. Darryl had a brother, John Barry Carwell Jr., who also died at age 23. At the time of their father's death (2009) Carrol was still living.]

January 14

George Record Wheetley died 14 January 1967, age 63

PHOTO: Pearl, Record, Kenneth, and Dorissy Wheetley

Record was the husband of Bessie Arabella Hicks

PHOTO: Bess, her brother Jack, Jack's wife "Bill"

I think this picture was taken in 1976 at the Hicks family reunion

Bess was the daughter of Joseph Pinkney Hicks

"Uncle Pink" (the only thing I ever heard him called) was a brother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks

PHOTO: Hicks brothers (they also had a sister, Nancy)

They were sons of John Henry and Malisa Burns Hicks

Bess and Record were the parents of Billy Wayne Wheetley

PHOTO: Wayne Wheetley family

Wayne and Joann Wheetley were members of the church I attended all the years I lived in Arkansas (Bethel Grove Church of Christ in Judsonia, Arkansas). Bess was a member of that church, too. I had been going to that church for several years before I found out they were related to our family.

January 13

Clyde and Clifford Shelton (twins) were born 13 January 1925

PHOTO: Clyde Shelton (I don't have a picture of Clifford)

They were the sons of Edna Gibson, sister of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson

Here is a newspaper clipping about Edna and her father Asa Gibson (my great-great-grandfather)

Sibley Journal, Sibley IL 09 Aug 1912

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Darren Clark Burford Keefer died 13 January 1993, age 23

Darren was the son of Morris Burford (my mother's brother) and his 2nd wife Kay Linville.

He died in a snowmobile accident.

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Doyle Henry Arnold was born 13 January 1924 in Arkansas

Doyle was the son of Marlie and Birdie Arnold.

Marlie Arnold was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

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Ora Val Cartee married Jess Blankenship 13 January 1913.

I don't have a picture of Jess Blankenship.

PHOTO: Ora Val (right) and her brother Guy.

Cropped from group photo -

This group photo features my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold (front, 2nd from left) and some of her siblings and their children. Guy and Ora Val Cartee were children of Matilda Carter Cartee (not pictured).

PHOTO: Thomas and Matilda Carter Cartee

January 12

Ned Jonas Carter married Margaret C Lindsay 12 January 1896

Ned Jonas Carter was my great-great-great grandfather.

I don't have a picture of Margaret Lindsay. She was Ned's 3rd wife.

Here is what my great-grandmother Annie wrote:

Grandpa came to live with us.  He moved from Missouri.  Grandma hadn’t been dead but about four years but he had married again and it didn’t work out, so he left his wife and came down to our house when I was about five or six years old.

Ned Jonas Carter was the father of Adaline Carter Arnold.

Adaline married John Henry Arnold, and they were the parents of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

PHOTO L-R: Marlie, John, Henry, Annie, Adaline, Etta

Here is another picture of Adaline's children that I don't think I've ever posted before:

PHOTO L-R: Ulysses Hicks, Annie Arnold Hicks, Marlie Arnold, Etta Arnold, George Arnold and his wife Jessie, Adaline ("Ma") Carter Arnold

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Hosea Rhoades was born 12 January 1922

Hosea was a son of Abner Rhoades.

Abner was a son of Margaret Carter Rhoades.

Margaret was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

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Lewis Calvin 'Luke' Dunn was born 12 January 1853.

I don't have a picture of Luke. He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Carter.

Mary Elizabeth was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

January 11

Charles Fletcher Jones III (aka 'Buck') was born 11 January 1941

Buck was the son of Charles and Evalee Hicks Jones

Evalee was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

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Hope Virginia Arnold was born 11 January 1933

Hope was a daughter of Marlie and Birdie Arnold

Marlie was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

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Ulysses Jimmy Hicks died 11 January 1995

Jimmy was a son of Elvin and Mildred Hicks

Elvin was a brother of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

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August Carl Friedrich Till was born 11 January 1875 in Russia

August was the father of Leonard Till

Leonard was the husband of Madge Treat Till (sister of my grandmother Christie Treat Thomas)

PHOTO: Madge and Leonard Till