On This Day in Family History - December 18

Christine Ellen Arnold Riggs Lucas died 18 December 2005 age 72

Christine was a daughter of John and Gracie Arnold.

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

Dora Hughes Willis Hurlbut died 18 December 1953 age 79

Photo: Dora Hughes with her first husband Eli Willis

Dora's 2nd husband was Myrick Henry 'Mike' Hurlbut. She was Mike's 2nd wife. Mike's first wife was Etta Thomas, sister of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas. Dora's sister Margaret Hughes was married to Charles' son Clarence Thomas. 

George Morris Hood was born 18 December 1893 in Arkansas

George was the husband of Ola Mae Owen, daughter of Paralee Carter and David Jackson Owen. Paralee Carter was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

Photo: David and Paralee Carter Owen with children Clyde, Elmer, John, and Ola Mae.

Ida Mae Sandefur Weatherford was born 18 December 1901

Mae was a daughter of Nancy Ellen 'Nannie' Hicks, sister of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks

Photo: Back - Mae and her sister Viola. Front - Malisa Hicks and her daughter Nancy Ellen ('Nannie').

Malisa is my great-great-grandmother.

Iva Jane Gibson married Edward Jacob Feller 18 December 1907

Photo Edward Jacob and Iva Jane Gibson Feller with children Anna and Charles.

Iva Jane was a sister of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford

Photo: Gibson siblings