January 17

Benjamin Alfred Jackson died 17 January 1969, age 73

Ben was the husband of Etta Arnold.

Etta was a sister of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

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Evaline Watkins Miller died 17 January 1918, age 82

Evaline was the wife of Josiah Gregory Miller.

The Miller family is related to our family by the marriage of Dale Miller to Alice Ford.

Alice Ford was a sister of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas.

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Joseph Pinkney Hicks was born 17 January 1871 in Mississippi

Pinkney was a brother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks

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Thomas Joe Provance was born 17 January 1941

Tom was the husband of Betty Ruth Barnett.

Betty was a daughter of Doc and Irene Hicks Barnett.

PHOTO: Doc and Irene with (L-R) June, Betty, Bobbie, Velma Lee

Irene was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford.

PHOTO: Sisters Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Evalee, Vernell, Bernice (1994)