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

January 10

I don't have pictures of the birthday people today, so... I'm going to post pictures that were taken at a sort of family reunion at my parents' house in Watervliet, Michigan, in 1997, just after they retired and moved back to Michigan from California.

Cleffie Burford (my grandmother)

L-R: Rick, Leslie and Dave Beukelman, Cindy and Kim Thomas, Wathada (my mom)

The two Taylors - On the left is Taylor Thomas (son of my brother John), next to him in the red coat is Taylor Beukelman, daughter of Dave and Leslie Burford Beukelman). On the right is Cindy Haigler. She is the daughter of Bernice Hicks (Cleffie's sister)

Bernarde Thomas, my dad's brother

Eileen Thomas, Bernarde's wife

Red (my dad), Cleffie 

Morris (my mother's brother) and his wife Becky

Cindy and Kim Thomas (Kim is the son of Bernarde and Eileen), the little girl on the left I think is one of their daughters

Kim Thomas

Morris and Becky, Dawn and Greg Thomas (Greg is Bernarde and Eileen's son)

My mom's aunt Bernice and her daughter Cindy Haigler

Dale Haigler, Cindy's husband

There are probably more pictures from this occasion, but I can't locate all of them right now. (They are among the many photos that I have not yet labeled since I scanned them.)

January 9

Massie Parker was born 09 January 1877 in Ohio

Massie was my great-grandmother

PHOTO: Massie holding me, Richard Thomas (my dad), Christie Thomas (my grandmother)

Massie was the daughter of Moses and Celia Campbell Parker

Moses was the son of Moses Joseph Parker and Sarah 'Sally' Davis

Moses and Celia Parker were the parents of seven children: Alice, Massie, Maudie, John, Rebecca, Pearl, and Earl. Maudie died at age 5.

Massie Parker married Marcus Treat

They were the parents of five children: Audrey, Ray, John, Christie, and Madge.

Audrey died from diphtheria at age 1year 9months

Ray

Christie, John, Madge

PHOTO L-R: Mabel (John's wife) and John Treat, Christie, Massie

PHOTO L-R: Madge, Massie, Christie

(Jack is the son of John and Mabel)

PHOTO L-R: Ray, Christie, Bill, Ralph, Massie, John, Bernarde, Mabel, Richard.

Christie and Bill are my grandparents, Bernarde and Richard (my dad) are their sons.

Ralph is the son of Madge (not pictured).

Mabel is John's wife.