http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:30:12 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/121824.html Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:30:12 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/121824.html Yes, I know it's not Thursday, but I am planning ahead...so go with it, please...<br /><br />I went to my dad's house last week, and took my aunt (his "big" sister) along for the ride.<br /><br />Along the way, I asked her how she met her husband, and got a new little tidbit of information for the family archives.<br /><br />Went graving at St. Joe Cemetery, which I refer to as the Burris burying ground. Found Aunt Margaret Jane Burris Moore's stone and photographed it.<br /><br />After lunch at Dad's, we wandered downstairs and I spied a couple of photos I didn't have in our electronic archives.<br /><br />A photo of my step-mom's dad in 1956 with his dog, Lonesome.<br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/?action=view&amp;current=PaulPettit1956withLonesome.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/PaulPettit1956withLonesome.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>Paul Pettit, with Lonesome</small></center><br /><br />There was one of Aunt Emma, and her husband, Tom Crites, taken about 1935. They don't look 50 years old to me.<br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/?action=view&amp;current=TomEmmaCrites1935.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/TomEmmaCrites1935.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>Dora Emma Burris and Walter Thomas "Tommy" Crites</small></center><br /><br />I asked my step-mom to scan and email the pics.<br /><br />Got them today.<hr />And a bonus.<br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/?action=view&amp;current=Maxx60thbday.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Maxx60thbday.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><br /><br />When I called to thank her, dad answered the phone. I asked him about this last one, which is a photo of my dear step-mom on her 60th birthday.<br /><br />He said he had been out and about and just ran by a store that made birthday cakes.<br /><br />When he got it home, my step-mom told him it was the first birthday cake she ever had.<br /><br />Ever.<br /><br />So this one is precious to all of us...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=121824" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/121824.html photo;crites photo;pettit crites burris photo;burris treasure chest thursday pettit public 3 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/119495.html Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:08:20 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/119495.html This is a death certificate for Sarah "Sallie" Pettit Jones.<br /><br />I cannot make out the name of the cemetery, shown in the lower right-hand corner of the document.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/?action=view&amp;current=SarahPettitJonesdeathcert.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/SarahPettitJonesdeathcert.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><hr />I've thought J A R something Graveyard...<br /><br />Any thoughts?<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=119495" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/119495.html jones pettit public 7 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/74347.html Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:50:02 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/74347.html <center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/?action=view&amp;current=PettitGeorgeWashington.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/PettitGeorgeWashington.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><br /><br />George Washington Pettit was the paternal grandfather of my step-mom.<br /><br />He is buried in Carter Cemetery, Russell, White County, AR.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=74347" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/74347.html tombstone tuesday photo;grave pettit public 0