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Solomon Gregory [Male] b. MAY 1838 Greene Co., TN - d. AFT. 1900 Logan Co., KY
Sara Ann Armstrong [Female] b. JUN 1838 TN - d. AFT. 19 JAN 1900 Logan Co., KY
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March 9, 1999
Dear Loved Ones,
I hope you will enjoy the family tree of the Boyd-Pitts andCompton-Owen family tree, whi ch I have tried to get together. I havewritten some things about our dear families which hav e been given to meor told to me about different members of our families.
Please forgive me for any errors. Will you write down anycorrections and additions o n a 3-ring notebook sheet of paper and mailto me. I will make copies and send a copy to th e relatives wher e theycan add to their booklet.
Thanks you again for your love and kindness. It will be a great day ofrejoicing in heaven wh en we see Jesus, our Savior and Lord, God ourheavenly Father and all our loved ones that hav e gone on. P raise Godfrom whom all blessings flow. I give thanks for a great Godly heritag eof our families. To God be the glory.
Thelma Delores Compton Smith
A Bird's Eye View of the John Wesley Boyd Family
by Thelma Delores Compton Smith
A little history of the John Wesley Boyd and wife, Susan Ann Pitts Boyd'sfamily as has been p assed down to me through the years by my dear daddy,Grover Cleveland Compton, husband of my m other, Ida D ora Boyd Compton,my sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relative s. Ishall share with you and will always treasure and cherish our Godlyheritage.
I apologize and ask your forgiveness of any errors in names, dates,spellings and events tha t I have written that aren't exactly correct.Perhaps, there are very important people and eve nts that have happenedand I'm not aware of that could and should have been written if I hadon ly known.
These things have been written at the request of nieces and nephews, whowould like to know ab out how their great-grandparents lived, worked andreared their 15 children.
This is from my heart.
Thelma Delores Compton Smith
John Wesley Body and wife Susan Ann Pitts-Boyd gave birth to 15 healthychildren. Susan Ann' s grandparents migrated to Tennessee from NorthCarolina in the early 1800's. It is believe d that John Wes ley's familycame from Texas. Susan's parents married October 12, 1842 when h ermother was 13 years old and her father was 21. Her parents were Mathewand Martha Daughter y Pitts. Mathew acquired a large amount of land whenthey moved to Tennessee from North Caro lina. Susan was given around 200acres of land and her father, Mathew built her a two-story c olonial home,a barn, a chicken house, a n outside privey and hog houses. He gave hersome o f the farm animals. Mathew was a very prosperous farmer and didthis for each of his childre n when they married.
My father, Grover C. Compton told me that my mother's parents and hergrandparents were one o f the finest, kindest, hardworking, respected,honest Godly family in the Pitts-Boyd-Compton C ommunity. He felt honoredthat their daughter, Ida Dora Boyd, chose his as her husband, who a lsocame from a highly respected Logan Lonzo and Bettie Susan Owen Comptonfamily.
The beautiful southern colonial home of John Wesley and Susan Ann stoodvery stately upon a sm all rise, with a front porch with large columnsextending up to the porch on the second floor . This home was beautifullyfurnished with tall bedsteads with at least 2 or 3 in each of th e 5 largebedrooms to sleep 15 children and mother and father.
Susan Ann and John Wesley were well known and highly respected as well asSusan's parents ha d lived there all their lives in this community. Tothis union in marriage, God blessed the m with the follo wing 15 children.They are named in order of their births and to their marria ge partner:
1) Mary Ann Married J. W. Zumbro
2) Alice married George Cook
3) Will married Florence Dunaway
4) Lovella married Boss Hall
5) Ellen married Will Nolen
6) Ben married Clara Thompson
7) Clayton (or Mose) married Emily Jamison
8) John married Bessie Reed
9) Robert married Margaret Russell
10) Joe Frank married Belle Anderson
11) Ida Dora married Grover C. Compton
12) Ada Cora married Bob Jamison
13) Jim married Angie Helton
14) Tom married Vegie Hall
15) Martha married Joe Love
These children grew up to love, share and work. They realized theimportance of obeying thei r parents, as there was a time each day thatwas spent reading the Word of God to the childre n and praying with andfor them. This was a very important part of their daily lives. As myd addy said, "Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Boyd were Godly, Christ-like people,giving and sharing thei r love and helping anyone i n need. They werehighly respected among neighbors and friends.
John Wesley and Susan arose early to prepare the children for school,getting the work done ar ound the house, water drawn for the day, the cowswere milked and all the other animals were f ed by the ol der boys.Education was very important to these parents. They wanted theirchildr en to learn to spell, read, speak correct English, figure correctmeasurements and all that go es with a good education and being a goodcitizen. At this time, completing the 8th Primer wa s equivalent of agood 8th grade education, which all the Boyd children completed. Notmany yo ung people at this time completed t his accomplishment and if theydid they were qualified t o teach.
Early in the spring time the farmers turned the soil, using mules to pullthe plows, disc an d harrowing the soil, preparing for the planting of thespring crops of corn, wheat, cotton ha y which was us ed for feeding theiranimals in the cold winter months. Some of the corn and w heat was soldto give them some income. Corn and wheat was ground into cornmeal andflour fo r the family to have for cor nbread and biscuits. The cotton wassold after it was picked fo r income to buy the necessary clothing, shoes,medicine and other household and farm needs. T hey had cows, sheep,horses, hogs, and mul es, which was necessary for the farmer to use towor k the farm with, for food and they sold any extra animals for cash. Ahuge vegetable garden w as planted to eat, to can for the long winter daysto eat on. Most every farmer had an orchar d to bear fruit, as apples,peaches, pears, plums, etc., which was eaten as they ripened, cann ed,preserved and dried to make dried peach and apple pies in the long wintermonths. The chil dren were taught early to pull the weeds, chop andgather the vegetables in for cooking and ca nning and to help in anywaythey could. There were no lazy children in the B oyd's househol d but,they were given special times to play ball, play dolls and other gamesfor recreation . They knew, "all work and no play made the children adull child," so they were very sensit i ve to their children's needs.
Mother Susan fed, watered, gathered the eggs each day. She set the henswith eggs under the m to raise lots of young fryer chickens. The pulletswere saved to lay eggs and the young roo sters were kil led as fryers forthe dinner table. The older hens and roosters were killed t o have a bigpot of chicken and dumplin's and delicious cornbread dressing, as theywere neede d throughout the fall and wi nter. Susan prepared enough foodfor relatives or their preache r and family would come for a visit onSundays after church. Susan had a strong faith and exe rcised it as itwas always a joy and bless ing to have "the man of God and family" to eatSunda y dinner with her family.
Susan and the girls baked cakes and pies on Saturday and did as much asthey could in preparat ion for their Sunday dinner. Beans were snapped,butter beans shelled, fresh corn brought in , shucked and silked, cabbage,tomatoes, squash was prepared and ready to be cooked on Sunda y morning asSusan cooked breakfast. She was a good organizer and was well preparedfor the Su nday worship and big dinne r with her family, relatives andPastor of the local Republican Gro ve Baptist church. She often killed abig hen or rooster late Saturday afternoon, dressed i t and soaked it invery cold water all ni ght. She put it on to cook the first thing afterth e fire was made in the cook stove early Sunday morning.
After breakfast was cooked, eaten, dishes washed a Sunday tablecloth wasput on the table, tab le was set with the best dishes, napkins, etc. bythe older girls. Susan finished up her cook ing of the b ig dinner theywould enjoy after church. It was time for everyone to put on thei r"Sunday go to meeting" clothes and off to Sunday School and churchservices. This was not a n easy chore, but Susan a nd John Wesley hadtheir priorities right. They had taught the olde r children to getdressed first and then help the younger children and all were off tochurch i n their two buggies.
The young girls were taught early to help with the housework, making upbeds, sweeping the flo ors, dusting, washing dishes, washing and ironingthe clothes, helping with the smaller childr en or whatev er needed to bedone. There were no lazy children in this Boyd household. Susa n taughtthe girls to cook, bake, can, churn the milk to make butter and havebuttermilk for ba king biscuits and cornbre ad. They were taught to sew,quilt, help with the hog killing abou t Thanksgiving time. They weretaught to be good wives and husbands for their future life.
Most of the time the girls did not work in the fields. They plantedflower seeds and kept th e beds of zinnias, four o'clocks, hollyhocks,marigolds, etc. clean of weeds and watered. The y worked in t he gardenand picked the vegetables as they were ready to be eaten and canned un derthe supervision of their mother. When the men folk and boys needed somehelp chopping cor n and cotton in the big fi elds, the girls put on theirbid wide bonnets on their heads, lon g sleeve dresses, hose on their legsand gloves to protect them from the burning, hot sun. Gi rls and youngladies did not want to be s untanned, but wanted to have lilywhite facesand ski n in those days. In the fall, when it was cotton-picking time,the ladies helped pick the cot ton and did their share as they wereexpecting to get new shoes, dress material and other need s when thecotton was sold at the gin.
As the boys grew up, they were taught how to milk the cows, feed theanimals and worked in th e fields with their daddy. He taught them how toturn, plow, sow the seed and reap the harves t. They lear ned how to shoethe horses, saw and cut the firewood, sharpen the plows, axes, k eepingthe buggies, wagons oiled and greased, the fence rows cleaned out and therail fences re paired, the ponds had to be dug and cleaned out. JohnWesley was teaching and preparing his s ons well for one day they wouldmarry, have a home and family to provide for. Their father wa s a goodexample to them. The young boys kept the wood box in the kitchen filledwith wood fo r the cooking on the cook stove. Wood was kept in thewoodshed and brought upon the front por ch for the fireplaces, whichheated the large roo ms in the wintertime. They drew most of th e waterfrom the deep well and kept all the water buckets filled used forcooking, washing of t he hands and the drinking water was in a red cedarbucket with a dipper in it which everyone d rank out of unless you weresick.
On washdays, it took lots of water along with the rain water, which hadbeen caught in the woo den barrels. The young men were kept busy helpingwith all the chores around the house and a t the barn an d in the fields.Farming was a hard, full-time job, from early morning at daybre ak untilafter dark many nights with coal oil lanterns burning at the barn to getall the feedi ng done and then the walk to the house.
Farming was a wonderful way of life, working in God's earth, seeing themiracles of seed sprou ting out of the soil, growing and depending on Godto send the rain and the sunshine, bringin g the plants to maturity,producing the grains of wheat, corn, rye, fruits, and vegetables fo r theBoyd family. John Wesley realized the Goodness of God as he worked God'searth and saw H is great blessings upon h im and his dear family.
It was more miracles for him and his boys as they experienced the birthsof new life of calves , lambs, pits, colts, chickens and geese in hisbarnyard. This family truly were experiencin g God in acti on dependingon Him for the animal kingdom, the plants, the harvest of grain and fruits and all the other blessings that God truly supplied their needs soabundantly.
In the fall, sweet and sour pickles were made. Kraut was made and put inlarge 5-gallon ston e jars to season for winter eating. Peanuts were dugand hung up to dry to eat on in the wint er. The popc orn ears werepulled, hung up to dry and popped over the open fireplace to be en joyedon the long, dark winter nights. Popcorn balls were made with sorghummolasses and peanu ts were put into these de licious popcorn balls. Thesepopcorn balls were made especially aro und Halloween time. Hominy wasmade by cooking and swelling of dried shelled corn, then washe d with theskins removed from the corn and dried in delicious bacon grease. A verydelicious v egetable to eat in the winter when there was no fresh corn tofry or boil.
In the fall, the children and the parents took their buckets, bags togather hickory nuts an d black walnuts to make cookies, pies and cakesduring the winter. There were always things t o do on the fa rm with thechildren and never a dull moment.
When the weather was cold enough, which was about Thanksgiving time, itwas time to butcher th e hogs. John Wesley usually killed 4 or 5 bighogs. The big vat of water was heated, hogs pu t in to scal d so thehairs could be scrapped off, they were hung up on large poles, scrapped, cut open, gutted, washed out, taken down, cut up, laid out in the smokehouse to cool all nigh t, then trimmed and salt ed down the next morning.From the trimmings, sometimes 2 or 3 should ers were cut up to put in thesausage, which was ground up, seasoned, put in sacks and hung i n thesmokehouse to season. Ribs, he art, liver and other fresh meat wasshared with family, n eighbors and friends. The colored women and theirhusbands were always available, worked an d helped with all the farm work,children, washing, ironing, gardening, etc. They were show n much respectby Mr. and Mr. Boyd. The pigs feet, hogs head were cleaned, cooked andmade sou se. Some of the sausage, ribs and other parts of the hogs werecanned to be eaten the next su mmer when the cured meat was gone. Afterthe meat had been in the saltbox for about 4-6 weeks , depending on theweather, they were taken up, hung up in the smokehouse to continue curing.
The fat was stripped from the entrails, and cut away from the otherparts, was put into the bi g large 3 legged, black iron kettles to cookand render out the lard, then it was strained an d poured in l arge5-gallon stands. This was a long day of work.
The recreation for the boys as they grew up was playing ball,hide-and-go-seek, always an East er egg hunt at church and at home, too.The girls enjoyed some of the games and egg hunts. Th ey would tra p forpolecats, opossums, fox and mink, which they stretched the hides onboards a nd sold for spending money. Then, as they got older and began tocourt the girls, they woul d saddle up the horse and go over to thegirlfriends house, sit with her in the swing on the f ront porch, go for awalk and visit with her family and to church services with her.
John Wesley Boyd died in 1898 at an early age of 53. He was the first tobe buried in the fam ily graveyard. This was a sad time for the family,but Susan's faith was in God. She claimed , "He promis es to provide allher needs and He would not leave or forsake her and her family. " She wasleft with the responsibility of providing and rearing the 15 children and5 of thes e children were under 10 years of age. The young boys and olderones had been taught well b y their father to till, plant and harvest thecrops.
Grandmother Susan Ann, the mother of these strong children displayed manytalents and abilitie s of overseeing the farm, animals, rearing andtraining these children. Each of the older chi ldren helped with theyounger ones as they felt this was their duty. The basic needs of thefa mily were provided. They continued to live and farm the beautiful,rich farmland. Remember , there was no indoor plu mbing, water suppliedby a deep well in the yard, the outside prive y was used during the dayand the old Sears Roebuck catalog and newspaper was kept in the priv ey.The family used slop jars or chamb ers at night or when someone was sick.These were covere d pots, kept under the beds, emptied, cleaned and leftoutside to air during the day in the su n and brought in at the close ofthe day for use a t night. Each bedroom had a slop jar.
Susan Ann and some of the older children made infrequent trips intoMurfreesboro to buy the ne eded things. There was always a long list,which, was kept to purchase on their next trip "t o town." The re werevery few cars and trucks that were seen on their trips. The electriclig hts, running water and indoor plumbing (bathroom) was truly an amazingthing for the childre n to see and especially the smaller ones.
Mother Susan continued to live on the farm and maintained a good livingfor her 15 children . They grew up, fell in love, married, left home andstarted their families. I never was pri vileged to know any of mygrandparents of the Boyds or the Comptons as they had gone on to glo rybefore I was born. The oldest daughter, Mary Ann and husband invited hermother to move i n and live with them. They took care of her until herdeath on March 5, 1925. I was told b y my older sister, Azalee, thatGrandmother Susan knew that death was fast approaching. She h ad askedfor all her children to come, sta nd around her bed, holding hands. Shelooked and sp oke to each of her children individually, telling them ofher love to them and encouraging the m to live for the Lord. After tospeaking to the 15, she spoke her final words and said, "D o you hear thatbeautiful music and the angels singing?" No one heard this, but MotherBoyd sm iled and said, "Here comes Jesus." She smiled, closed her eyesand went immediately to be wit h Jesus, her Savior and Lord. My oldersisters and brothers have repeated this wonderful, bea utiful experiencethat my dear mother told to them about her deathbed 3/5/1925.
She was laid to rest by her husband, John Wesley, in the family BoydCemetery with many beauti ful flowers. A picture was taken of the 15children surrounding their dear parents graves. E nclosed in t hesewritings is a picture that was given to me by sister, Gladys, about 3years b efore her death in 1994. She also gave me a large picture ofGrandpa Boyd. They Boyd estat e was sold and divided amo ng the 15 heirs.My mother, Ida Dora Boyd Compton, was the first o f the 15 children to dieon February 14, 1930 and she was buried in the Boyd Family Cemetery a tthe foot of her mother.
I will list the names of the 15 children and write what I know or havebeen told about each on e.
1) Mary Ann married J. W. Zumbro and they eventually moved toMurfreesboro. They had 8 childr en, according to my records, namedWalter, Boyd, John, Annie, Laura, Clara, Maude and Carrie . I remember asa child there was a Cousin Walter Zumbro, who directed the traffic aroundth e square in Murfreesboro. My daddy told me he was my first cousin.Grandma Boyd lived with th is oldest daughter and fami ly until God calledher home.
2) Alice married George Cook and their 3 children were named Annie Mae,Cora Lee and Edgar . I recall visiting Aunt Alice when she lived in thelarge colonial home on a hill near the C ompton store.
3) William Lee married Florence Dunaway and they had 9 children namedMinnie, Gertrude, Earlin e, Willie, Mary Frances, Malcolm, Roy, Wayne andWesley.
4) Lou married Boyce "Boss" E. Hall. Mary Boyd (Uncle Joe Frank'sdaughter) remembers there w ere 4 children named Preston, Robert, Ben, andGeorge. After Boyce Boss died, Lou married a T omlison man that was anorphan and reared by a Pitts family. They had 2 children, named Maude and Henry.
5) Sarah Ellen married William Henry Nolen and they had 4 children namedWilliam Roberson (Cou sin Willie as we called him), twins Annie Voras andNannie Vestral and Boyd Freece. I recal l visiting Cou sin Willie andwife, Mary, and their 2 children Oscar and Josephine and later C arl wasborn. We rode the school bus together to Lascassas. We would go over tosee Uncle Wil l and Freece and visit the m. Uncle will and Freece werefarmers.
6) Benjamin married Clara Thompson, who was killed in a horse and buggyaccident. He marrie d Annie Ward and they had 2 children named Theo andJohnnie. Ben's 3rd marriage was to Anni e Adams and they had 7 childrennamed Ethel, Nellie, Louise, Margaret, Bennie Kate, Ella and A nna Belle.
7) Mose Clayton married Emily Jamison and they had one child who wascalled "Little Mose." W e used to visit them when my sister and herfamily came down from Michigan each summer. Afte r Harold and I moved toMurfreesboro in 1993, we drove out the highway and I recognized the ho useI used to visit. We stopped and Mose was in the yard. I asked Mose ifhe recognized me ? "Yes, you are a Boyd and one of the Compton girls." Wehad not seen each other in over 50 y ears. We had a great time as he toldme more about the precious Boyd family. We have had hi m and Zera over toeat with us and we hav e visited with them on many occasions. Iunderstan d they aren't able to take care of themselves now. Good churchfriends, the Ledbetters are ta king care of them. We visited them in thefall of 1998 and Mose and Zera were having difficul ty remembering andrepeated things over and over to us. Remember them in your prayers.
8) John Boyd married Bessie Reed and had 2 children named Ralph andJean. They moved to Michi gan and he drove a streetcar and busses foryears. I met Uncle John and Aunt Bessie out at m y sister's, A zalee's,home in Birmingham, Michigan, years ago.
9) Robert Murray married Margaret Russell. They had 4 children namedWayne, Russell, Gerald , and Betty.
10) Joe Frank married Ella Belle Anderson and they had 8 children namedOnar Lorene, Anno Jo , Beullah Mae, Mary Hazle, Georgia Belle, Rosie Lee,Frank, and James Wesley. Uncle Joe Fran k and Aunt Bell e were so sweetand kind to Nadine and me when we visited them when they live d at theBoyd home place. It was such a joy to hear Uncle Joe Frank tell me aboutmy mother a s a child and as she grew up. Nadine and Beullah were aboutthe same age and they enjoyed bein g together. Nadine and family used tostop to see Beullah and family when they were on vacati on. She enjoyedseeing Uncle Joe Frank and Aunt Belle who lived with them near Lascassas.
We had attended some of our relatives' funerals since moving toMurfreesboro. We deeply appre ciate Frank for putting up the chain-linkfence, gate and keeping the cemetery grass, graves , etc. looking sonice. We knew Sandra, Frank's wife from Shelbyville. We have visitedand ta lked with them on occasions. The cemetery is filling up with moregraves and beautiful tombst ones. A beautiful Americ an flag flies atBeullah's dear husband's grave, truly a lovely sigh t. I hope to get tovisit more of my cousins soon.
11) Ada Cora (twin) married Bob Taylor Jamison and they had 6 childrennamed Thurman, Kathleen , Aubrey, Vervie, Fred, and Ralph. Sister Azaleealways took us to visit Aunt Ada, Uncle Bo b and family e ach summer for aday. She would talk "baby talk" to me and told me when I sa w her, it waslike seeing my mother, as they were identical twins. Oh! I loved towatch her a nd hear her talk, which brou ght tears to my eyes. You see Iwas almost 4 years when my mothe r died. Oh! I just wanted to love, hug,listen and squeeze on Aunt Ada. This was always a h igh time in my lifeto get to visit my de ar Aunt Ada, who was so much like my dear mother.
Nadine and I would go to town some Saturdays to go home with Uncle Bob,Vervie and Fred. We w ould spend the night and they would take us homeSunday afternoon. Aubrey was sick a lot, hi s stomach wou ld swell and Iused to sit around with him and he'd talk to me making me feel ve ryimportant. Uncle Bob and Vervie and, maybe, Fred would play the guitarand the violin. I t was so pretty. Those wer e good days to be able tovisit our loved ones. I believe we wer e living in Michigan when Aunt Adaand Uncle Bob died. We hear about their deaths sometime la ter. AfterHarold and I moved to Murfree sboro, we took Mose and Zera over toLebanon to visi t Kathleen and Hobert. I had not seen her, as she said,"I was a little girl." It was good t o see another cousin. We attendedKathleen's funeral and met their lovely daughter. It wasn' t long untilHobert went to meet his Lord. I believe most of these Jamison
12) Ida Dora Boyd (twin) married Grover C. Compton and their 7 childrenwere named Mabel Azale e, Gladys Irene, Grover Overall, Orman Liggon, IdaNadine, Marvin Raymond, and Thelma Delores . I have wri tten about these7 children and their families in the Compton History. I prais e myHeavenly Father for my mother and father. Azalee was married when motherdied, my daddy t ook care of his 6 children at home the best he could. Hehad his priorities right. We all we nt to S School, worship services andgot a high school education, he never kept any of us ou t of school towork in the fields. My d addy never owned a piece of property or had acar, bu t he was a very loving, protective, caring father. In fact, hewas like a father and mother t o each of us and we highly respected andhonored him. Daddy's desire was that all his childre n would be bornagain, baptized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he had asked Godto le t him live until all 7 were married to Christian spouses. God honored his prayer and let hi m live with good health until he was 85 1/2years old. The only two living now are the 2 youn gest, Marvin who is 77and me, who was 73 in Feb. of 1999.
13) James Rufus married Mary Angie Helton. They moved to Michigan and hedrove a streetcar an d city bus for years and retired from this company.Upon retirement, they purchased a small fa rm near Chri stinia, out fromMurfreesboro. God blessed them with 6 children named James Herm an,Donald, Cecil Ray, Mary, Thelma, and Leona. When we lived in Michigan wevisited them in D etroit. Nadine really e njoyed Mary and Thelma. Haroldand I visited them when they lived o n the farm and when they moved toLokey St. in Murfreesboro. Aunt Angie was a wonderful Chris tian and wewere blessed on each visit . James and Leona lived with her and helpedtake care o f her in her last years. Thelma and Jeff, also Leona andJames have visited us since we move d to Murfreesboro. I was told thatMary had passed away. Thelma and Jeff have a son in the m inistry. Idon't know about the rest.
14) Thomas Aaron married Vegie Hall and they had 2 children named JohnThomas and Margaret.
15) Martha Marian, the youngest of the 15 children married Ike Reed. Theyhad a child named Ha zel. Ike wanted Hazel be put up for adoption and shewas. They divorced and Aunt Martha marr ied Joel Lov e. They moved toVermont and had a child named Peggy. I recall they came back t oMurfreesboro in the late 1930's with their beautiful little Peggy. Theyvisited us several t imes. Aunt Martha got a job at the hosiery mill.Uncle Joe took care of Peggy while Aunt Mart ha worked. Uncle Joe like totalk about himself and what all he had done in life. There is o ne thingI remember he never did - t ie his slippers. He would just slip them on,never bendin g over. I hear someone say that, "Joe Love was so lazy hewouldn't even bend over to lace u p and tie his own shoes." The familyfelt sorry f or Aunt Martha as she was like most all he r relatives, avery large but pretty, sweet woman. While they lived in Murfreesboroabout 2 ye ars, they visited all their relatives. They moved back East and all 3 are dead and buried th ere someone told me. I was told they had afoster child named Burnard Richardson, who lives n ear, off of theLascassas Pike. I do not know any of the details on him.
The Pitts-Boyds descendants continue to live on with a great desire to bea good example to th eir children, grandchildren, neighbors, friends andto all they came in contact with. We prai se the Lord for those that Godhas called into His ministry. The ones I have knowledge of are : Bro.Oscar Nolen, Bro. Wallace Owen, Thelma and Jeff's son and our son, DonaldSmith who ar e Baptist ministers, mini sters of music and youth. Godcalls us to various occupations and w e are to be good witnesses for Himuntil He calls us home by death before the trumpet sounds a t Jesus' 2ndcoming. This will be suc h a glorious day for those who have put theirfaith an d trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
I pray this will help the younger generation to see the faith of theirgreat, great grandparen ts and it's up to this generation now to live thatfuture generations will know that Christ i s Lord indeed , and may all thehonor, glory, praise and thanksgiving be given to God, the Fat her and theSon of God, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
If there are corrections, additions, please write it down on a sheetof notebook paper an d send to me. I'll do a page of corrections to beadded and mail it so the page can be adde d to your reco rds.
May God bless each of you abundantly as you live, love and serve ourGreat Father God an d Jesus.
Mrs. Thelma Delores (Compton) Smith
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