Gleaning Facebook: Family Pictures

I posted a bunch of family photos today:

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This is one of my favorite pics of little Nora, my only niece on the Matthews side. We were thrilled when Brannon got a Matthews cousin when she was only a toddler herself. Nora is now a parent herself, with Derrick Drewek, of Vada. Nora, Derrick, and Vada actually live in the house that Sheila lived in from second grade till her marriage to a certain Georgia boy.

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Left to Right:

1. Ann Snell Campbell

2. Blanche Snell Collins

3. Rose Snell Trawick

4. Katherine Snell

5. Thelma Snell Brannon

6. Inez Snell Layton

A bunch of Snell cousins.

The Brannons and Snells were intermarried several different ways.

Comments

Frances Willis Love it!
Gary Sumlar What is your relationship to Mrs Rose @ Jee.

Terrell Shaw My wonderful Mother-in-Love was Rose’s sister, Mavis. Sheila & I loved her Aunt Rose & Uncle Gee. We enjoyed many family reunions in Headland at Rose & Gee’s or the community center or the Snell farm or out at Center church

Suzan Redmon I miss them all so much. Thankful for a loving family.

Nora Matthews Oh my! I miss them all so much! It's not the same. Can I share this ?
Terrell Shaw Of course!
Nora Matthews Where's granny?
Terrell Shaw She's not in this one. Just Rose and Inez and some of their cousins.

Nora Matthews Oh 

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Annie Belle Brannon Snell 1884-1881
I took this picture of Sheila's Granny fairly late in her life, at Ethel's house near Quincy FL, I think. She was famous for her Butter Roll and her cheerful acceptance of what life threw at her. A teacher early in life, she grew up on a farm in L.A. (Lower Alabama) and married a farmer who, I think, also taught some. He died before I met her. I'm one of the things life threw at her and she accepted me from day one. She is way up there among the most admired folks I've known. She had bad eyes and knees but her mind was sharp and her heart warm till her death at 97.

Another pic of Annie Belle Brannon Snell. 

James Clarence Matthews, 1911-2002
Sheila's Daddy scared me a little in the early years. I wonder what he thought of the long-haired talkative kid who wanted to marry his daughter. He didn't talk much and seemed a little gruff. I learned he was smart, honest, and dependable. I still miss him.

Here he is with one of the horses they had on their four acre track off Buck Lake Road near Tallahassee. He grew up in LaGrange GA and married, just after Pearl Harbor, a nurse from L.A. (Lower Alabama) when she came to work in LaGrange. They were both in their thirties. He was soon criss-crossing the Atlantic as a quartermaster in the army, shepherding supplies to the troops in Europe and Africa.

Further evidence that I am a lucky man. 
Sheila Ann Matthews Shaw 

Sheila's paternal grandparents with their grandchildren (before Sheila and Dona were born.)
Children L-R
Leland Ward 
Jimmy Mathews 
Rica Matthews 
Carol McAfee
Carie Bell Norris Matthews (holding Jimmy), Joseph Clarence Matthews (holding Rica)

Jay & Mavis Matthews, Sheila's parents

I am jealous that Sheila got to grow up with horses.

That face. Is it possible not to love that kid? That is the picture of a child who grabbed life from the get go and has been giddying-up ever since. I am a wealthy man.

Comments

Lillian Shaw
Aww

Laurie Craw
You still got enough giddy-up to keep up?

Mike Bock
What a sweet picture — I can see you and Sheila in her.