December 9

Effie Viola Harvey Conklin Ford died 09 December 1950, age 80

Effie was the wife of Charles Ford

Charles was a brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas

PHOTO: Charles and Effie Ford with children Cleo and Otho Horace, and grandson Otho Simeon

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Elizabeth Maude Reiter Ford died 1958, age 66.

I don't have a picture of Maude. She was the third of four wives of Otho Horace Ford (son of Charles and Effie Ford). Otho and Maude had no children.

PHOTO L-R: Effie, Charles, Cleo, Otho Simeon, Otho Horace Ford

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Kathy Lanette Hicks was born 09 December 1960.

Kathy is the daughter of Elvin 'Junior' Hicks, Jr. and Janis Couch

Junior was the son of Elvin Revalee Hicks, brother of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

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Kaylene Mary Provance was born 09 December 1986

Kaylene is the daughter of Tommy Joe Provance

Tommy Joe is the son of Tom and Betty Ruth Barnett Provance

(I have a better picture of Betty and Tom somewhere, but I can't find it right now.)

Betty was a daughter of Irene Hicks Barnett (sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)

PHOTO L-R: Bobbie, Irene, June, Betty

(Interesting tidbit - I was reading some old letters of my mother's  -- including some from Irene's oldest daughter Velma Lee -- and found that she still calls her youngest sister "Bobbie Rene" and still calls Betty "Betty Ruth". But she doesn't still call June "Melba June".)

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Lillie May Dunn was born 09 December 1894 in Missouri

Lillie was the youngest child of Mary Elizabeth Carter Dunn

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

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Timothy Andrew Jones was born 09 December 1967

Timothy is the husband of Tracy Jones (pictured above with son Nicholas)

Tracy is the daughter of Buck and Judy Jones

Buck is the son of Charles and Evalee Hicks Jones (sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)