December 27

Minerva Evalee Hicks Jones died 27 December 1995, age 73

Evalee was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

PHOTOS: Evalee and Cleffie

Evalee and Cleffie were daughters of my great-grandparents Ulysses and Annie Arnold Hicks.

Ulys and Annie had nine children (not counting the first baby boy who died at birth) - Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee, Vernell, Olan, Bernice, and Lowell

PHOTO: Ulys, Annie, Ruby (1912)

PHOTOS: Ruby and Irene

PHOTOS: Ruby, Irene, and Cleffie (1917, 1918)

PHOTO: Annie, Ruby, Irene, Cleffie (1918)

PHOTO: Annie, Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin (1920)

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee (1922)

PHOTO: Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee (1922)

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee (1923)

PHOTO: Ulys, Annie, Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee (1923)

PHOTO: Annie, Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee (1924)

Left: Irene, Cleffie, Evalee, Vernell. Right: Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee, Vernell (and chickens) (1925)

PHOTO: Ulys, Annie, Ruby, Jack (Ruby's husband), Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, Evalee, Vernell, Olan, Oma Dell (Ruby's daughter), Bernice, Lowell (1930)

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Evalee, Vernell, Bernice 

PHOTO: Annie with her six daughters - (L-R) Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Evalee, Vernell, Bernice

PHOTO: Ulys and Annie with all their children, on their 50th wedding anniversary (1960)

L-R: Ruby, Cleffie, Irene, Lowell, Elvin, Olan, Vernell, Evalee, Bernice