Dear Lisa,
Its good to hear from you. We lived with Uncle Ben & Aunt Ethel when I was little. Mary Alice loved Ralph & he her. I talked to her last year & her son Ben at that time. She’s so sweet. I was sorry to hear about the loss of her daughter, I know its taken a tremendous toll on her. She said she had a lot of old pix & was willing to share them with me, I just haven’t been able to reach her with the number I have. Uncle Denny couldn’t reach her either. I do hope she is well. She said that Hager now lives on the farm we used to live on. I haven’t seen him since we were kids. My younger brother Robert sees Lonnie every now & then. Not sure how they stay in touch.
I loved to talk to Uncle Ben, he cracked me up. He would yell at the boys for sneaking watermelons out of his garden. I talk of him often.
Anyway, its good to hear from you. I’ve been working on Benjamin Pierce Adkins family for 2 weeks steady. Its been rough. He like Eli disappeared for 20 years, then show up living with a daughter, just as he did. I wish one of them would contact me as well. I’d love to put a pin in that family, done.
Hope to hear to from you often. keep me abreast of your blog. I’m anxious to read it.
Thanks as always and Welcome to the Family,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf
