AS I REMEMBER IT
by Nettie Dye
I was born January 19, 1900 to Mr. Pat Smith and Mrs. Willie Brown Smith in Louisiana. My grandparents are Tom Smith and Cornelius Boone. They had seven children - Pat, Alex, George, Richard, Rose, Gussie and Sid.
My father, Pat Smith was born in Stone Wall La. He was the oldest of seven children. He was killed by a train when I was six years old.
When my father died Uncle Pat bought us to Texas. We stayed in New Hope about a year and moved to Tatum Texas.
My mother Willie Brown Smith came from La. her parents are Alice and Georgie. She passed away in 1929 in Henderson, Texas. She was buried in Watts Hill Cemetery now known as Tatum, Texas.
My husband was Charlie Hall his parents were Adam Hall and Isabelle Jackson (Grandma Tom). Charlie was born and reared in Rusk County. His parents had four children - Sherman, Nettie, Dora, Charlie and Aral. Mrs. Aral Wallace of Dallas, Texas is the only one living.
Charlie and I married when I was only fourteen and he 19. We were married in Watts Hill by Post Master Harvis Butt in 1913. We had six girls - Isabelle (deceased), Alice, Mae Bell, Ophelia, Mae and Vurnes, and one son Willie C. (deceased).
Charlie died of a heart attack at the Gladney Place in 1942.
After my husband died we stayed on the Gladney Place for about a year. In 1943, we moved to Longview, Texas on 1515 Booker Street. I have lived at this location about 41 years.
Excerpt from 1984 Hall Reunion Program
Lubbock, Texas
by Nettie Dye
I was born January 19, 1900 to Mr. Pat Smith and Mrs. Willie Brown Smith in Louisiana. My grandparents are Tom Smith and Cornelius Boone. They had seven children - Pat, Alex, George, Richard, Rose, Gussie and Sid.
My father, Pat Smith was born in Stone Wall La. He was the oldest of seven children. He was killed by a train when I was six years old.
When my father died Uncle Pat bought us to Texas. We stayed in New Hope about a year and moved to Tatum Texas.
My mother Willie Brown Smith came from La. her parents are Alice and Georgie. She passed away in 1929 in Henderson, Texas. She was buried in Watts Hill Cemetery now known as Tatum, Texas.
My husband was Charlie Hall his parents were Adam Hall and Isabelle Jackson (Grandma Tom). Charlie was born and reared in Rusk County. His parents had four children - Sherman, Nettie, Dora, Charlie and Aral. Mrs. Aral Wallace of Dallas, Texas is the only one living.
Charlie and I married when I was only fourteen and he 19. We were married in Watts Hill by Post Master Harvis Butt in 1913. We had six girls - Isabelle (deceased), Alice, Mae Bell, Ophelia, Mae and Vurnes, and one son Willie C. (deceased).
Charlie died of a heart attack at the Gladney Place in 1942.
After my husband died we stayed on the Gladney Place for about a year. In 1943, we moved to Longview, Texas on 1515 Booker Street. I have lived at this location about 41 years.
Excerpt from 1984 Hall Reunion Program
Lubbock, Texas
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