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Sandra Lee Salinas [Female] b. --Not Shown-- Raymondville, texas

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Lee Estrada [Male] b. --Not Shown--

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Jenifer Jones [Female] b. --Not Shown--

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Sonia Salinas [Female] b. --Not Shown-- Raymondville, texas

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Don Carlos Dilley [Male] b. 19 AUG 1912 Harts, West Virginia - d. 8 NOV 1975 Columbus, Lowndes Co., Mississippi

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Some of my Memories of Don Carlos Dilley Sr.
Don Carlos was born August 19th, 1912 although Social Security and the VAhave it 1911 in Hart ts Creek. West Virginia .His parents were John Peytonand Jeruah Gore Dilly. He was the eldes t of 4 brothe rs;
John Bascom, Farris Allen, Albert Peyton. Albert was born after the deathof John Peyton.
I met Don in December of 1942 at the Pantex Ordinance Plant inPanhandle Texas. We made b ombs and shells for World War II. I married himJanuary 3,1944. He died November 8.1975. It w as a short c ourtship buthe vowed he knew I would marry him the first time he saw me. I wa s tyingup Frag Bomb boxes when he saw me. Well he was a handsome fellow and hada very winnin g way about him. ,
Don had been a coal Miner in West Virginia and had worked for theIsland Creek Coal Compa ny. He had Black Lung from this as well as rockquarry work and smoking from about age 10 unti l he passed away. He landedin Amarillo, Texas in 1937 He was on his way to the copper mines i nArizona when he stopped in Amarillo, met a farmer and rancher fromClaude, Texas and never di d get to Arizona. He wo rked as a Bill BoardSign Painter and Builder for several years. He we nt into the Army in 1942and was in service for a little over a year was discharged with a bac kinjury that bothered him for the r est of his life. He continued to workat Pantex and driv e a cab until the end of the war. In 1945 we made atrip to West Virginia to visit his family . I wish I could say it was awonderful trip but I did not like the coal fields of West Virgin ia...Don's family were nice to me that is most of them were. But the nicestpersons I met wa s an elderly Negro couple that had know Don all of hislife. Th e old gentleman told me how Do n had gone to work in the mines asa 15-year-old lad and how he gave his pay check to his moth er. "He was agood boy", was often said by Jim when talking about him. Jim h ad signeda pape r to look after Don and to be responsible for him in the mine. Hekept his word too. Some of t he things Don had told me were how his fatherdied. Peyton a coal miner was ready to go t o w ork and he was lacing hisboots when his heart stopped and he slid from his chair with his fee talmost in the fireplace when he hit the floor. It seems heart trouble wasa big thing in th e Dilley f amily, as Peyton's dad John W. died veryyoung also. His mother later married Peyto n's half brother, Hal Walters.They had several children but only raised one daughter. Virgini a Jewel{called Jewel} to maturity .Don did not love his stepfather but herespected him and wa nted to help him later in life. He loved his littlesister also his brothers. He was a lovin g Husband and father too althoughan alcoholic he told us often that he loved us as you childr en willrecall. I want you to remember him with love. He was not a saint but hechanged when h e quit drinking for which I thank God daily as I have goodmemories of him and his last years . But even though an alcoholic healways told me by in the morning with the reminder of "I lov e youmamma".I often thought he did not mean it but now as a wisow I know hedid and it has me ant so much for me to recall his loving words,
He never did care for his step grandfather William Zacheriah TaylorWalters {some of the lin e call it Waters},Don often told me stories ofTaylor Walters never real loving ones as the o ld man did no t like theyoung brothers any more than they liked him. One such story he tol d washow the old man would get him in trouble and whipped. For instance theold man seemed t o like Farris much more than Don or Bascom.He had made across bow for Farris but would not ma ke one for him or Bascom {they wereabout 10 and 8 at the time]Taylor had a workshop near th e creek that hekept locked to keep the b oys out and away from his tools. They saw himgo int o the shed and slipped up and chained the door and padlocked it sohe could not get out the n they carried several big buckets of cold creekwater t o the roof which they had pried up ea rlier and poured the coldwater on Taylor soaking him throughly. Yes they got beat for that ep isodeand they ate their meals standing for many days. ,
Another half brother to John Peyton and Hal was Bascom Howe he was olderthan Hal but younge r than Peyton. He was often at the home as Jeruah rana boarding house for the miners in Hol den West Virg inia. Bascom Howemade moonshine back in a holler in West Virginia and he woul d take Donalong to help gather wood and fire the boiler of the Still to cook themoonshine.No w what is Moonshine some mi ght ask it is homemade whiskey.Don was hardly 9 years of age whe n Bascom let him taste the sour mashdrippings He was very drunk when Bac took him home lau ghing and tellingabout the antics that the young Don had done.That adult should have beenhor sewhipped for his actions. But all the children loved him as he seemedto be more child tha n adult when Don would talk about him. He wouldleav e and be gone for several days but whe n he returned his pocketsheld candy,gum,and often small toys for the boys.You children recal l theM&Ms in his pockets?Of course you all do.He had loved the good ies in hisUncle Bac's poc kets so he remembered to do that for you and Randy too.The girls were too young.How he love d his Angie Baby but she was not tooloving with him until he learned to wait fo r her to com e to him thenthey would play and laugh.Kristy he rocked in the big wooden rocker. Hewould se t her in her carry all and rock the chair with his foot. Tonyhe would have been more tha n d elighted with as Tony looked so much likehim. He always wanted Randy to be his mirror ima ge. David another Dilleyto carry on the Dilley name he would have been so happy to know tha t hisson had fath ered such a wonderful grand son yes you would have beendoted on too. and B rittany he would have spoiled rotten such a lovingwee baby girl and a loelier young lady now . In fact all of his grandchildren as well as great grands would have been spoiled by him.H e loved hisfamily even if it seemed he didn't at times. How proud he would be of allyour acco mplishments. Barbara he would have understood your love of theNorth as he always loved West V irginia .Many times he said it was themost beautiful country he had ever seen or lived in bu t of course leavingWest Virginia with its trees and moun tains and setting down in theplain s of West Texas was a big shock, the treeless plains with miles andmiles of flat sandy lan d was a great change from the high ApplachianMountains and the black coa l dust and soot o f West Virginia. He would bevery proud of what you have made of yourself and your 2 beautiful children. Alice his first wee daughter how proud he would have been thatyou are a very good n urse and the fact you are working for your MastersDegree. Don he was always so proud of his s on and he would have been verysupportive of the move you have just made.
Don was a wonderful carpenter and painter as well as steeple Jack.Give him lumber, saw h ammer and he would build you anything you wanted.Give him a bucket of paint and paint brushe s and He wo uld paint a housea room or a water tower. Give him a screw driver and a motor an d he wouldsay "What do I do with this"?. Anything electrical or with a motor hewas lost.H e loved to do things wit h his hands like making pillow topswith yarn or carpet wrap thread o r picture frames with sewing Thread, Iwish I had some of his frames pillow tops or mats to pa ss down to hisgrand children to show you his softer side. I have many more memoriesbut I wil l share them at another time.
Frances Dilley