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Pitts Eugene A. [Male] b. 15 JUN 1910 Tennessee
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The following was taken from the official Lewis Grizzard web site(www.lewisgrizzard.com) :
Lewis was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, and only moved to Moreland withhis mother after
his father left both the Army and his young bride in a fit of despair andmystery that would h aunt
Grizzard to his dying day. The tremendous love and frustration he feltfor Captain Lewis McDo nald
Grizzard, Sr. finally overflowed,' typical Lewis style, in a book. "MyDaddy Was A Pistol an d I'm a
Son of a Gun" remains one of his most remarkable works, evoking tears andlaughter in such rap id
succession that the reader finally understands that they are oppositesides of the single coi n of
parenthood. Years later he penned his homage to "Miss Christine," (hislong suffering, tough , school
teacher mother), entitled "Don't Forget To Call Your Mama - I Wish ICould Call Mine." Togethe r
they form bookends to the entire Grizzard library, these sentimentalmelancholy, misty memorie s of
the Mama and Daddy from which he came. Lewis often told interviewers hewas raised "poor, prou d,
and patriotic. Stories of his childhood in Moreland ring with Americanarchetypes; the strong , quiet man (his maternal grandfather "Daddy Bun,"a farmer and school janitor who was the ins piration for Grizzard's famous"Definition of a Redneck"), the strong Southern woman who bend s but doesnot break (his mother, beginning life anew at age 40 after Lewis Sr.'sdeparture), t he fearsome school author ity figure (O.P. Evans, principalof Newnan High School), and of cou rse the girls, always the girls (KathySue Loudermilk and company).
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[Broderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected
Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jun 2, 1997, Internal Ref.
#1.317.1.35894.183]
Individual: Word, William H.
County/State: Gibson Co., TN
Location: 13th Civil District
Page #: 03
Year: 1850
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[Broderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected
Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jun 2, 1997, Internal Ref.
#1.317.1.35894.56]
Individual: Word, May
County/State: Rutherford Co., TN
Location: Foxcamp Dist
Page #: 42
Year: 1850
For the first name in this entry, the person who indexed the record was
uncertain about the transcription due to difficulties in deciphering the
original records.
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