December 18

Christine Ellen Arnold Riggs died 18 December 2005, age 72

Christine was the daughter of John and Gracie Arnold

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

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Dora Hughes Willis Hurlbut died 18 December 1953, age 79

Dora was a sister of Margaret Hughes, who married Clarence Thomas (brother of my grandfather Bill Thomas). This photo shows Dora with her first husband Eli Willis. After Eli died, Dora married widower Myrick Hurlbut. Myrick's first wife was Etta Thomas, sister of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas.

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George Morris Hood was born 18 December 1893

George was the husband of Ola Mae Owen

Ola Mae was a daughter of Paralee Carter and David Owen.

PHOTO: David and Paralee Owen with their children. Paralee is holding Ola Mae.

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

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Ida Mae Sandefur was born 18 December 1901.

Mae was a daughter of Nancy Ellen Hicks Sandefur.

PHOTO: sisters Mae and Viola Sandefur (back), Malisa Hicks and her daughter Nancy Ellen Hicks Sandefur (front)

Malisa was my great-great-grandmother (mother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks)

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Iva Jane Gibson married Edward Jacob Feller 18 December 1907

PHOTO: Edward Jacob and Iva Jane (Gibson) Feller, with their children Anna and Charles, ca 1912

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