Family Trivia

Grandmother White was so scared when it was storming, if anyone was at her house when "it come up a cloud," they were ordered to the living room, all doors and windows closed, and somehow knew to sit quietly until the storm passed. She had no AC and would not run fans during an electrical storm, so it was pretty miserable!

Cliff White said that when he saw Eunice Thompson entering the house next door. And Cliff managed to meet Eunice and ask her out before he saw his buddy again. They were married and lived together until Cliff passed away May 1, 1965. Born: November 27, 1899.

Debbie White Gramling was Salutatorian of the 1969 graduating class of Douglas County High School. As a senior, her grades landed her a trip to DC where she had breakfast with other students from around the country and then President Lyndon B. Johnson in office from 1963 to1969.

Brandon Taylor played on this team during his junior year of high school. It was the first traveling team he'd been invited to join. The team coaches called Brandon's school and got a high recommendation from his Douglas County (GA) coach, and he was on the team. This was after other laughed at the idea that he would be accepted because it was, at the time, such a prestigious baseball organization and very difficult to get an invitation.

Nettie Hix was the only one who could read and write in her little country community, so she was hired until a replacement could be found. If I remember correctly, she taught school for two years.

This braid was a treasured keepsake of Grandpa Hix. It was cut from his first wife's very long hair when she became ill and it was known she wouldn't survive much longer. It was easier to care for her with shorter hair. Her name was Lois, and she's buried next to Grandpa at Pine Ridge Church in Dallas. Nettie is buried next to her first husband, Rudolphus Duane Barber. She was the mother of U.V. Barber Gray, Imogene Barber White, Lillar May Barber Buford, Geneva Barber Williams, Nolis Barber, Pauline Barber Mauldin, and, with Grandpa Hix, Lyndon Hix.

Missouri Thompson was the mother of Eunice Estelle Thompson White. She was only 13 when she married; her husband was 37. He drove a supply wagon to Confederate troops during the Civil War. Till the day Missouri died, she called her husband "Mr. Thompson."