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It Was 45 Years Ago This Very Day

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On this day in 1974 we welcomed our very first son into the world. We got up early that morning and drove to St. David’s Hospital, all just like clockwork. We were in no real hurry, but she knew for sure that was the day. Once she was checked in, I nervously sat around waiting for the big event, while she was calm and ready for what was to come. Then at 2:26 PM Matthew Wayne Lewis came into the world. It was truly the most fabulous birthday present I could ever receive. His birth set the tone for how … Continue reading It Was 45 Years Ago This Very Day

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Just Thinking About Those Out Of The Way Places That We Used To Eat At

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There is really no reason a person would ever pass through Brundage Texas. It’s not on your way to anyplace. It’s stuck out between Carrizo Springs and Dilley. Well I guess if you were an oilfield worker or worked on a South Texas Ranch you may have gone to Brundage. When I was working in South Texas in the 70’s and 80’s different ones would tell me about this steakhouse at Brundage. So I started going there to eat if I was anywhere down in that country. I’d always get there after dark so I couldn’t tell you exactly what … Continue reading Just Thinking About Those Out Of The Way Places That We Used To Eat At

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A Singer, I’m Not

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I have never been a strong singer would be putting it mildly, but if there were plenty of other people singing at church I have belted out a fairly loud noise before. I love the old hymns very much. It doesn’t seem like we sing nearly enough of them anymore. Back at that time on fifth Sunday’s we would use the Cokesbury Hymnal (it’s a Methodist thing) and take turns calling out for requests. Everyone knew every song so it was always a joyous time. Madeline was not there this one particular Sunday and no one was sitting very close … Continue reading A Singer, I’m Not

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Our Personal Experience With Legadema

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In April 2004 we traveled to South Africa on a spiritual pilgrimage. The trip was full of adventure, with us seeing and having a lot of once in a lifetime experiences. There were a dozen or so other people from around the world with us. After a couple of weeks of that trip, our dear friend Mary Ann Gurno, Madeline and I broke away and extended our trip traveling to Victoria Falls and then on to Mombo Camp in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. It was the most fantastic thing I’ve ever done in my life. We lived among every … Continue reading Our Personal Experience With Legadema

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How Great Is The Internet !

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While looking through a box of old papers and memorabilia, my brother sent me a photo of a card and it’s envelope that was addressed to our grandfather in 1938 at an Austin address. We knew he spent a long duration in the hospital back then due to a ruptured appendix. We surmised that perhaps St. David’s Hospital was at 205 Caney St. in its early years. I knew we had a conversation on another FB group a while back about the old St. David’s, complete with photos. So that pretty well eliminated it being on Caney St. in 1938. … Continue reading How Great Is The Internet !

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A Story About My Great Great Grandparents, Hugh and Mary Ann Bible Clark

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This was taken from the very fine book “The Bible Family” by Naomi Chadwick. This account of an afternoon in the life of Hugh & Mary Ann Bible Clark. It was pretty much a fact of life in that time period. This story connects to many of us on this group. Often when I read this I think about how much the course of many of our live’s depended on that decision made on this mans way to the lot that day. Below was contributed by Grant Ray Thompson Hugh Clark I ran across this remarkable 1 inch square picture … Continue reading A Story About My Great Great Grandparents, Hugh and Mary Ann Bible Clark

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Discovering What Can’t Be Seen

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The Big Open Space At The Marble Falls City Cemetery I arrived at the cemetery early, not long after sun up. I wanted to get a jump on the heat, if I was going to find where the Sparks family was buried. Not spending much time at that place, at least in many years, it didn’t take me long to figure out that finding a single set of graves was like the needle in a haystack. I walked awhile and my friend Tommy showed up. I had called him a little earlier to see if he’d stop by. We continued … Continue reading Discovering What Can’t Be Seen

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Just A Little Misunderstanding

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Oftentimes things aren’t what they appear to be. My case in point was when a West Coast (previously East Coast) fellow signed up on this group a few days ago and submitted a story, I mostly dismissed it as someone trying to garner attention with a bunch of babbling. That was brought on by the fact this person was a complete unknown to us and one misspelled word. When he used “fueling” instead of “dueling” it made me and perhaps others think we were being fueled in one way or the other. Other exchanges seemed only to fuel that notion, … Continue reading Just A Little Misunderstanding

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The Mystery of the Death of So Many Children From One Family

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It was brought to my attention some time back that in the Smithwick Cemetery there are the graves of 6 children that died during a very short period of time. They all died within 4 years. I found several oddities about this. If they had all died at the same time, perhaps the plague or a house fire may have been the cause. But they died in groups of 2. A boy 8 and a boy 4 died on the same day, Feb. 9, 1859. Three years later a little girl 5 and a little boy almost 4 died three … Continue reading The Mystery of the Death of So Many Children From One Family

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I Ran Across Something I Think Is Remarkable

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We currently have a professional cemetery headstone restorationist doing some work on the very old and damaged headstones at the Smithwick Cemetery. He remarked that a certain group of the stones in old section were different from anything he had ever run across. When you rub on it becomes slick, even seemly an oily feel to it. The white stone is delicate enough that scratching it with a thumbnail will erode it. He said he had never seen anything like it before. I remarked that felt like soapstone. As the fellow continued to work on the various headstones, I found … Continue reading I Ran Across Something I Think Is Remarkable