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Clyde Milborn Finney (5 Feb 1920 -22 Feb 1982) at age 62 I ,Jo Funderburk , (8 Sep 1925 - living) married him 21 Apr 1944 at age 18. Carolyn Verne was born 1 Feb 1945. I divorced him 30 Mar 1945. Clyde a son of James Monroe and Lillie (Sanders) Finney. He is buried Murfreesboro Cemetery, Mirfreesboro, Pike, AR
There is no record of Carolyn ever being a Finney as the birth certificate was changed when Claude adopted her. I married James Claude Lindsey (24 Mar 1917- 28 Apr 1979) 2 Jun 1951. We had to be married a year before the adoption was final. He adopted her in June of 1952
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Claudetta Jo (19 April 1952 - living)
Marvin Ray (25 Aug 1954 - living)

Carolyn married James B Tartar 6 Jun 1969. Divorced 7 Aug 1972 Carolyn married second Nathan Purcell (16 Aug 1945 - living) 16 Dec 1976

Claudetta married Robert Hartman (27 Jul 1052 - living) 17 Feb 1977
Children: Emily Louise born 20 Oct 1979
Benjamin Chase born 15 Jun 1981

Marvin Ray married Judy Hayes 18 Aug 1979
Children: Amanda Hope born 5 July 1980
Matthew Ray born 13 May 1982

William Laney Funderburk Jr 26 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1862 was son William Laney & Hannah (Eddy or Moore) #1 Jehu Pope) Funderburk. Wm mar Susan Ann (Long) Funderburk

Children:

1. George Washington Funderburk 17 Sep 1832 GA - CO. Had 7 children.

2.Mary Ann Funderburk 27 Apr 1835 mar James J Lowery on 15 Jun 1854 Dekalb Co GA Children: William W Lowery 7 Mar 1855 -? & Millard Philmore Lowery 26 Apr 1857 - 16 Jun 1860

3. Sarah Edney Funderburk 21 Jul 1836 - 3 Aug 1866 - Never married.

4.Nancy Dawson Funderburk 27 Nov 1837 GA- 4 May 1925 mar Fountain Mosley Forrester on 18 Feb 1872. Child: Manuel Forrester 17 Sep 1874 - ?

5.Francis M "Frank" Funderburk 5 Oct 1839 - ? this is the brother that was with John Harrison when he got cut up in a fight with a neighbor.

6.John Harrison Funderburk mar Cynthia Elizabeth Davis.

7.Elizabeth Clay "Betty" Funderburk 24 Jun 1844 mar C. Green Forrester on 3 Sep 1864 Children: Lorena Jane Forrester 1 Sep 1873 Arkadelphia, Cullman, AL - ?; Laura Forrester; William Forrester.

8. Martha Green "Matt" Funderburk 15 Apr 1854 GA - AR mar Abner Fitzgerald. Children: Finis Fitzgerald 1886 AR - ?; William Fitzgerald 1888 AR- ?; Abner Fitzgerald 1898 AR - ?

9.Thomas Jefferson Funderburk 15 Apr 1851 Rome, Floyd, GA - 30 Mar 1905 Lipan, Hood, Tx. mar Martha Gossett 9 Sep 1853 Floyd Co, GA - 17 Feb 1898 Lipan, Hood, TX dau of Ephraim Gossett mar 27 Jul 1872 #2 Mary L Dickerson.

[[[{Children of Thomas Jefferson Funderburk and Martha Gossett:

Sarah Jane Funderburk 13 Apr 1873 AL - 3 Jan 1878,

Javan Laney Funderburk 2 February 1875 AL - January 21, 1898

Susan Catherine Funderburk 10 Mar 1877 AL - 8 Aug 1959

Anna Isabel Funderburk 18 Dec 1879 AL- 7 Jul 1971

Minnie Dora Funderburk 11 Jan 1882 AR - 16 Sep 1886

Warren Funderburk 4 Feb 1886 AR - ?

Ada Funderburk 7 Jan 1887 - 11 Feb 1969

Dovie Elizabeth Funderburk 20 Jan 1891 Erath Co, TX- 26 Oct 1981

James Elmer Funderburk 11 Jan 1894 Lipan, Hood, TX - 1927

Ellen May Funderburk 29 Apr 1896 Lipan, Hood, TX - May1981 }]]]



9. Dura Lee Funderburk/Drury Lee Burton Luther Funderburk 4 Feb 1881 - 22 Feb 1946Funderburk 28 Mar 1853 - 25 Mar 1914 AL mar Francis Whaley on 24 Jun 1881. Children: Luther Funderburk 4 Feb 1881 - 22 Feb 1946; Annie Funderburk Nov 1884 - 17 Jul 1967; Walyer Funderburk 1 Apr 1886 - ?; Minnie Funderburk 5 Oct 1891 - ?; Alma T Funderburk 22 Oct 1893 - 19 May 1918

10. Louisiana Funderburk 20 May 1855 Arkadelphia, Cullman, AL - 6 Mar 1936 . mar George W Hayes ca 1874. Children: Alonzo Hayes 30 Sep 1875 -1939; Louetta Hayes 1 Jan 1877 -1933; Anna Lee Hayes 9 Aug 1880 - ?; Johnnie Hayes 9 Aug 1880 - ?; David Hayes 17 Feb 1882 - 1925; Amanda Arbelle Hayes 4 Sep 1885 = ?; Noah Hayes 21 Dec 1887 -? ; Thomas Hayes 15 Mar 1889 - ?; Nova Hayes 10 Feb 1892 - ?; Ollie Hayes 15 Apr 1895 - 15 Apr 1895; Ida Hayes 20 Nov - ?

White, Brady & Snow

Grandma Funderburk's family (Mary Ellen (Parker) Funderburk


Whites

1.Nancy Berthina (White) #1 William Abraham Parker  #2 Andrew Jackson Murphy. Nancy a dau of

2. Henry Lafayette "Levi" & Eleanor Elizabeth (Brady) White -dau of Michael Brady  Henry son of

3. David Benjamin & Elizabeth Jane (Snow) White - David son of

4. William Thomas & Mary (?) White

John Harrison & Cynthia Elizabeth (Davis) Funderburk

Back row: Preasley, Lettie, Sloman, Rettie. 2nd row: Appie, Elvis. 3rd row: John H ,Cynthia Front row: Alta, Reul, Orpha.



John Harrison Funderburk 23 December 1841 Rome,Macon ,Ga - 30 April 1923 Thompson Twp ,Pike, AR. Son of William Laney and Susan (Long) Funderburk. John was a farmer, and he served four years in the Cavalry from Alabama during the Civil War; Company E Lewis Battalion Alabama Cavalry. John Harrison Funderburk mar #1 Lettie Jane Reid March 18, 1865 Cullman Co, AL. mar#2 Missouri Gossett -( ? - 19 Sep 1880) 1875 , Cullman County, AL. John Harrison Funderburk appeared as head of household 17 Jun, 1880 , Clark County, AR .info on Page 389D, Sheet 20, ED 30, Amity Township, Dwelling, 186, Family 19. He mar#3 Cynthia Elizabeth Davis (30 Apr 1866 - 5 Aug 1905) 12 March 1885 Thompson Twp, Pike County, AR. She - dau of Abraham C and Rachel Ianthy (White) Davis. He out lived his third wife by 18 years and died of pneumonia. He was buried at Hicks Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Pike, AR. Pa (Elvis) said that his Dad lived longer after Cynthia died than he had lived with any of his wives. ( I saw on some site ---sorry, I didn't remember the url ---- that Cynthia was buried with a baby in her arms. I had never heard that.) I had heard quite a bit about the Funderburk family, but that was a new one. I should have the 2 babies names in some of my stuff, but, at the moment, don't know just where.
James had said that John and a brother - Frank Funderburk, I believe, and some neighbors got into an argument that turned ugly. The man pulled a knife and cut John badly. It disemboweled him. He, with Frank's help, brought his entrails home in his hat. I don't know when this was, but he apparently healed.

Children of John Harrison and Lettie Jane (Reid) Funderburk:

1.Savannah Jane Funderburk 14 Jun 1866 - 18 Jul 1915
2.Virgil Reid Funderburk 26 Apr 1873 - ?)

Children of John Harrison and Missouri (Gossett) Funderburk:
1.Burton Milton Funderburk 6 Apr 1877 - 17 Oct 1964
2.Nova A. Funderburk 15 May 1880 - 20 Sep 1880

Children of John Harrison Funderburk and Cynthia Elizabeth Davis:
1.Sloman Lee Funderburk 30 Jan 1887 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR- 20 Jun 1959 Nashville, Howard AR mar Martha Finch (11 Jun 1886 Keota, Ok - 3 Jun 1957 Nashville, Howard, AR. dau of Jasper Sincinatus, and Nancy Jane (Ward) Finch)

Children:
1. Sloman Lee, Jr Funderburk 19 Sep 1924 Keota, OK - 11 Feb 1990 Dallas, TX mar Eva Grace Fortune (30 Nov 1887 Nashville, Howard, AR - 21 Jul 1982 Houston, TX dau of James Allen and Isabella Pearl ( Huchinson) Fortune) mar 8 Nov 1947 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR. ; 2. Jasper Omer Funderburk (twin to John Homer) 29 Apr 1918 Keota, Haskell, OK - 18 Dec 1967 Nashville, Howard, AR mar #1.Mercy Lively mar #2 Bobbie Burke.3. John Homer Funderbur 29 Apr 1918 - 4. Slyven Funderburk 22 Oct 1810 - 21 Aug 1971 5. Mable Elizabeth Funderburk 19 May 1913 - 4 Jul 1979.6. Claude Dale Funderburk 30 Jan 1915 - 2 Aug 1966.7. Helen Funderburk
2..Preasley Monroe Funderburk 28 Mar 1889 Pike Co, AR - 19 Aug 1965 bur Ozan Cem, Nashville, Howard, AR mar Ethel Huddleston (1892 Japany, Pike, AR -1936 Nashville, Howard Co, AR sis of Jesse O Huddleston that mar Orpha Missouri (Funderburk) Huddleston , son of Lewis Jackson and Rachel L (Harrison) Huddleston) 6 Feb 1910 Murfreesboro,Pike, AR
3.Lettie P. Funderburk 5 Aug 1890 Pike Co, AR - 2 Apr 1953 mar Darius Farrar 8 Dec 1912 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR
4.Retta Annah Funderburk 10 Feb 1892 Pike Co, AR - 10 Jan 1910 mar Samuel D Chambers 1885 - 1963 bur Bear Creek Cem, Kirby, Pike, AR - he mar# Dora Lee ?) 11 Apr 1909 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR
5.Isaac Appleton 'Uncle Appie' Funderburk 31 Jul 1893 - 28 Oct 1965 Jackson Par, LA. mar Eunice Key (11Apr 1909 - ? ) mar 11 Oct 1925
6.Elvis Dee Funderburk 18 Feb 1895 -7 Jan 1962 mar Mary Ellen Parker 17 Oct 1915 dau of William Abraham & Nancy Berthina (White) Parker . William Parker died of hydrophobia. Mary said her mother told her that she kept the baby (Mary) on the bed with her father right up until he died. That he never tried to hurt any of them. Nancy married Andrew Jackson Murphy after William's death.
7.Ruel Travis Funderburk 9 Dec 1896 Pike Co, AR-19 Mar 1951 Hot Springs, Garland, AR mar Lucy Ella White (13 Nov 1895 - Red River Co, TX -14 Sep 1984, dau of James Nathan and Mary Lucy (Potts) White.) 19 Dec 1915 Pike Co, AR. Lucy was a sister to Ashley White that married sister Alta Lantha.
Children; Leon Travis "Shorty" Funderburk 8 Aug 1918 - 17 Feb 1992: Roy Funderburk ca 1920 - bet
Mar 30 & 19 Jun 1993; Earl A Funderburk 5 Feb 1920 - 10 Mar 1993 mar Lena Cotton.; Vera Mae Funderburk 14 Dec 1923 - 19 Jun 1993 married ? Raines:; Mildred Lois Funderburk mar ? Golden.
----- FUNDERBURK RAY D 38290920 PFC KIA ----- (this is Reuel Travis ; Lucy Ella (White) Funderburk's son that was killed in WWII).
8.Alta Iantha Funderburk 14 May 1898 Pike Co, AR -11 Oct 1968 Fremont, Almeda, CA mar Aslley M White ( 2 May 1866 Grant Co, AR- 28Nov 1968 Fremont, Almeda, CA) 25 Nov 1915 Children _ Alta had 3 or 4 babies that were stillborn or died infancy Child: Eltha Delora White 15 Jun 1917 mar Emmett Hardison Tutt.

9.Orpha Missouri Funderburk 7 Feb 1901 -3 Jan 1989 mar Jesse O Huddleston 18 Aug 1918 a son of Jackson & Rachel I (Harrison) Huddleston. Aunt Orpha was around enough for me to get to know her. She was quite active up until she fell and broke a hip. She had a place up close to Cowhide Cove where the old Funderburk place was. It was back in the woods. She had all kinds of plants, and of course, lots of trees. What I remember most was the hummingbird feeders she had out front hanging from an old swing set. There were always hummingbirds feeding there. One of her sons bought this place and they moved a trailer house - with great dificulty into the woods.
10.Dela Viola Funderburk 11 Oct 1903 -30 Jul 1904
11.[infant] Funderburk b. circa July 30, 1904, d. July 30, 1904

12.[infant] Funderburk b. May 8, 1905, d. circa 5 August, 1905
I do remember some of these folks. They used to come by and visit Pa & Grandma ( Elvis & Mary) while we lived there. Elvis had cancer, and back in the "30's or '40's, Xray(radiation) was experimental. They really burned a lot of patients badly. Pa's cancer was on his face, and they did too much. As he aged, his face looked burned and tight (like from a burn). I remember him being really hurt & upset once, when he had gone to town & kids ran from him, calling him a monster. Before his death, he talked to the undertaker (I believe Jeff Riley was his name) if his face could be made to look more normal, and they did fix him up. In his later years, his scars streched so tight, it was hard for him to open his mouth to eat. He would have to push food through his lips. I remember that saying grace before meals meant a lot to Pa, but when one of the daughters gave them a tv, it seemed everyone would fix thenselves a plate, and head for the living room, to eat in front of the tv. I spent a lot of time alone with Pa when he became, more or less, housebound. He told me that he wished the family would ,at least, eat the evening meal at the table so he could thank the Lord for food. After he told me that, I was just about ready to fight, to make it happen!!

He was unable to work for a lot of years. During warm weather he would walk to town (Pa never drove), and join the elderly gentlemen, who would sit on benches at the courthouse square there in Murfreesboro and pass the time talking, joking, and probably --- watching the girls go by. Then came the summer that he could no longer make the trip. He started to walk to town, came back, and was so tired, he didn't even try anymore.
Eventually, the cancer ate a hole clear through his cheek, and Grandma would make a cloth stiff with Vaseline and fasten over the hole. There was an odor that went with the burn and cancer. When they would start to church on Sunday mornings, Grandma would spray his shirt a little with air freshner. There came a day when she grabbed a can, sprayed him, & they went to church. After they got home, she realized she had used bug spray by mistake. He just laughed about that. Said it worked, there didn't any bugs bother him at church. The day he died he had appointment at the hospital. There were to be tests, & they had him in a wheel chair. He was talking to the gentleman who was to do the tests, when he just suddenly slumped down in the wheel chair. He never regained consciousness, but lived several days longer. Dr Hiram Ward had told us that when the cancer got to the brain that it was over for Pa.
James and I were living in Amarillo, TX at that time. Pa's family were all gathered round him as he passed away. It was really cold & ugly , wet & muddy, for the funeral. Afterward, one of the sisters, I believe it was Dixie Murphy, had to hurry home. James, a friend (Dane Lockeby) & I, took her to Hot Springs to catch a plane. The ground was frozen solid. Coming home, we got to a hill the car wouldn't climb. After several tries, James had to park it. We walked to the nearest house. Those folks were life savers. ( I don't remember their names, but have thanked the Lord for them) They invited us in, and let us sit up by their heater. They also let us use their phone to call home. I had a nursing baby there with Grandma , my youngest, James Duane born 29 Nov 1961. He had to make it on sugar water until I got there the next day.
His sisters, brothers and the rest of the family would come for family reunions in July of each year. I should have gotten better acquainted with them. It's just that there were so many of them, and only one of me. (& I was shy) I think I have some pictures of those reunions, and will put them in an album.

Elvis Dee Funderburk & Mary Ellen Parker

Elvis Dee Funderburk 8 Feb 1895 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR - 7 Jan 1962 Murfreesboro,Pike, AR son of John Harrison & Cynthia Elizabeth (Davis) Funderburk mar Mary Ellen Parker (6 Apr 1897- Feb 1979) 17 Oct 1915 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR.

Children:

1. Berthina Elizabeth "Bertha" 6 Feb 1917 -23 Mar 1990 was named for both Grandmothers. Elvis' mor was Cynthia Elizabeth and Mary's mor was Nancy Berthina. My kids thought it was hilarious, that she was named for Grandmothers, and neither grandmother was called by that name. They were Cynthia and Nancy. Bertha mar # 1. Frank Ashley (7 Oct 1911 -?) 17 Oct 1937. Frank died of miners tb. Mrs. Funderburk said she was rubbing his feet when he died, trying to warm them for him. She said they were sooo cold. My Dad, Albert Martin Roland, took Bertha to be married. It was raining and the ground was a lob lolly, to muddy for a car.

He drove a tractor and she rode on the fender. Frank Ashley had dated Mom.Artie Mae (Adcock) Roland's youngest sister, Bessie Berthel (Adcock) Dean, before he and Bertha married. Bertha m#2 Ira Cox (20 May 1899 - ?) . Bertha had picture albums of her two husbands and families when James and I married. They both ended with the grave pictures. She said she thought God didn't mean her to have a husband. That was sad. Bertha was not a sad person, though. She was a lot of fun. She and Frank had 3 children : LLoyd Harrison Ashley mar Helen Davis , Mabel Laverne Ashley mar Jimmy Greer, Lorita Ann Ashley mar Lindsey Cason. By Ira she had two ch Linda Kay Cox 2 Dec 1949 - 25 Dec 1997 Hot Springs, garland, AR bur Hicks Cem , Pike Co, ARmar #1Eugene Cooper, #2Jimmy Wayne Cox,#3 ?Clark,#4Boone and Dixie Lorene Cox 1 Jan !951 - 12 Jan 2007 LA. mar Edward Leroy Tinkes. Linda had 5 children Kaye Lynn Cooper, Renee Cox, Terry Clark, Kenneth Boone and Stephen ?.Lorene had one baby stillborn papers give his name as Charles Edward, But I am almost certain she told us she named him Johnny Wayne for Mary and Elvis' baby that died as an infant.) Children: Mary Elizabeth Tinkes mar #2 Vince Wheat, Michael Leroy Tinkes mar Joella ?, her obit states a dau patsy Ann Sanford. Lorene bur at County Line Cem ? ? ?.

When I married James and we went to AR, the Funderburk's lived in a big, big two story house by the hardware store. I don't know the name of the street, but it was just off the courthouse square. Bertha and her children lived there also. We went to Claude and Jo's (Champaine, IL )and when we next went to AR, they had moved to Kelly St. Bertha lived about a block away. we were all together at Elvis and

Mary's most of the time. Bertha and I were cooking supper at her house one night, and although she had running water, we had to heat water -no water heater. She filled the kettle and put it on the fire. I was washing dishes and when the water heated, I used it to heat my dish water, refilled the kettle and put it back on the stove. When she needed hot water, she picked up the kettle, and said, "Betty, I put this water on a long time ago and it's still cold." I said, "Well, uh, do you suppose the fact that I used it to heat my dish water --" She threw a pan at me!! A couple of times when we were looking for something , she was lighting a cigarette lighter to try and see. I'd reach up and turn on the light. She hadn't thought of that. My kids used to tie her cigarettes and lighter to her fingers with a string, because she was always looking for them. Bertha would sit in the floor and do stuff. She wuld be smoking, and drinking coffee. She kept complaining

about coffee grounds in her coffee, until one day she really looked at one of those coffee grounds and realized it was fleas. Somehow, when I did crazy stuff like that, she never caught me. Believe you me, I made plenty of boo-boos. Edward Tinkes, Lorene's was killed when a truck ran into them from behind as they were moving. Lorene was driving the car and Edward was on some cart type vehicle that she was pulling. Edward was killed instantly. Lorene was knocked out , came to and could hear the kids crying.

She tried to make herself get up and go to them, but couldn't. She was paralized from the shoulders down for the rest of her life. She was a fighter. Several times, the doctors were ready to give up on her, but she pulled through each time. We used to call each other for prayer for any of the folks who were ill. Jo Lindsey was part of that prayerline. Linda Kay got really bad sick and couldn't get herself to the bathroom. They got her to the hospital, and Lorene told me that they had talked the day before Linda died, that Linda was better, and was planning to go home in a day or two. They came in and gave her a shot, she went into convulsions and died. She was allergig to morphene and Lorene thought that was what they gave her.

2. William Harrison Funderburk "Willie" - although he didn't like to be called Willie. That came directly from him - so -I called him Bill. 26 Jan 1920 - 14 Sep 1996. Bill was also named after grandparents. William Andrew Parker and John Harrison Funderburk. Bill mar Margie Ann Lockeby dau of William and Mertie (?) Lockeby (24 Aug 1925- living) 18 Sep 1943. Bill and Margie had two

children: Alton Wayne Funderburk , Don Wade Funderburk . James and I stayed with Bill and Margie some. James went to work at Horatio, AR where they lived, and we stayed with them until we could get a house. Alton Wayne and Don Wade were youngsters at the time. There was one night that bugs were coming in the house, those hard shelled brown bugs - Junebugs? and they would get on Gwen and scare her. I got up turned on the light and we got acquainted with bugs. You could pick them up, let them crawl on you and all that kind of fun stuff. (yuk!) But I didn't want my babies to be afraid of things. Bill told me later that he was ready to shoot us. He wanted to sleep. Margie was quiter than Bertha. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, and cooking. She was a good cook. Used to make a stew with vegetables and cut up weiners that I really liked.

3. Ora Vercie Funderburk 25 Nov 1921- ?. "Odie"mar Jobe Truman Adcock "J. T. " (13 Mar 1918 - ?) They had four children: Sherry Lynn Adcock (stillbirth) , Jerry Dale Adcock (only lived a few hours) ,Bobbie Jean Adcock 13 Sept 1947 - 8 Dec 2007), Bennie Gayle Adcock 4 May 1952 - 16 Sep 1998 ) Olton TX. Bobbie mar #1 Billey Joe DeBusk #2 Ollie Hollis Young. Bennie mar David Erwin Ferguson (b 13 May 1946 - 5 Sep 2004). Bobbie had three DeBusk ch: Billey Joe DeBusk Jr, Mary Angela DeBusk m Richard Perry, and Mona Gail DeBusk m Eddie Wood. O.H. and one Young child Hollie Jean Young m Tracy Voles. Bennie had three children: Michael David Ferguson m Heidi Rouse?, Tammie Renee Ferguson m ? #1Cook #2 Lucas, and Robert Ferguson. m Pamela West.

Bobbie and Bennie could tell some of the funniest stories and keep me laughing for hours. Of course,

O.H. and David were part of the fun. When they moved up north (?) they were homesick and had to find things to keep themselves occupied. They joined a square dance club. Bobbie won a prize at one time for not complaining about her neck hurting from looking up at O. H. (He was tall and she was way shorter.) In fact, he gat a new hat once, and they were going to have a picture made. He said be sure to get his hat in the picture. Whoever was making the picture said if they got his hat, Bobbie wouldn't be in the picture. That was okay, he said, just be sure and get the hat. O.H. worked as a bouncer at a nightclub in Plainview, and there came a night when Bobbie and another woman got into a fight. He had to go break it up. He said Bobbie drew back to hit him, and he thought, no, she won't do that in here. She did, and so,here is the bouncer, running around trying to catch the blood from his nose. There was a time up north that the two of them were going to some masquerade party and they went as Dagwood and Blondie. O.H. at 6ft something was Blondie, and Bobbie was Dagwood. So, O. H. has on a dress and is in high heels, with a blonde wig - and the police pull them over. On one of the square dance nights, Bobbie got in dutch for something and had to wear a dunce hat, and sit on a stool. She said, "and I fell off." I said, "Well -" " But Aunt Betty, it wasn't 12 inches high!" Another time Bennie had on this knitted sweater. They, of course, had to change partners often. Bennie had a loose thread and it caught on the guys shirt somehow, so they changed partners, and Bennies sweater is unraveling. She has to follow that guy, and is laughing so hard she is wetting herself. . Both Bobbie and Bennie died young. Bobbie got poly chondritis, a disease where the body attacks itself. Her body was destroying the cartilage in her body. It would deposit it in her lungs and she would have pneumonia and be in and out of the hospital.

On top of that she became diabetic. Eventually she got breast cancer, and had to have both breast removed. Bennie got breast cancer and had to have a breast removed, Then cancer developed in a kidney and that was removed. Then the other kidney, and she had to be on dialysis. She died before they got a kidney.J.T. was my Uncle (mother's baby brother) before I married James and became his sister-in-law. He and Uncle Clifford (the next youngest of Mom's brothers) were at our house a lot back after Grand Dad Adcock died. Granny had gone blind, and the boys were more or less, kind of at a loss.

They hitchhiked from AR to CA to TX and back to AR. Uncle J was generally at our house for cotton pulling each year. Both he and Buddy, my oldest brother, could pull a bale of cotton a day and always were racing to see who could get the most. He and Ora came to our house in Maple Tx and stayed while Uncle J found work and got a house. Bobbie Jean was a baby then. She could walk, and talk. There was a time Mom had both her and Docha and Clifford's Rudy Carol. She opened the door and Bobbie was pushing her way out. Mother told her she couldn't go out. Bobbie pushed her way out, looked up at

Mother and said, "See!' Mother laughed about that often. She said she guessed Bobbie showed her. Ora and I were connected somehow. She could look at me, and I would know what she was thinking (asking) and I would answer her, and neither of us say a word. I stayed with them after we all moved to Hart, and she could be in one room cleaning house and I could be elsewhere in the house and we would just start singing - the same song and at the same verse. It was uncanny, but didn't really bother us. We would go to AR to visit and we would sing all the way there and all the way back, and never sing the same song twice. That was about 12 hours there and 12 hours back. Those were fun trips. The Burma Shave signs, the old gas stations with an overhang in front. A lot of times , it would come a big, heavy rain, and we would pull under one of those overhangs , to wait out the storm.

4. Mary Jo Funderburk 1926 - living mar# 1. Clyde Finney one child Caroline Verne. Caroline was adopted by Jo's #2 Claude Lindsey. Children ; Claudetta Jo Lindsey,Marvin Ray Lindsey. Gwen was just a baby when we went to Champaine, IL to Jo and Claudes. James was once again looking for work. Marvin was their baby. We went over one day, and Marvin was in the playpen. Jo told me to just put Gwen in with him. He fussed when I did, and I told him if he didn't want her in there to throw her out, He sure tried. Poor Gwen. Claude was fun. Once when we were eating watermelon - Jo cut it in circles, rind and all, and put it on plates. When I went to sit down, my watermelon had a circle of onion on top!

5. Dixie Leona Funderburk 27 Jul 1929 mar Carl Jackson Murphy They had 3 daughters, Glenda, June & Sharon. Sharon mar a Fischer. I didn't get to be around Dixie and Carl much. They lived in San Antonio, TX, and usually made it back to Murfreesboro for the reunion. In July of each year. It wasn't for a long time that Dixie warmed to me. By the time she decided to hold on to mme when we would start up a hill (or down), I was so unsteady on my feet that I was afraid I would let her fall. We wrote some when she and Carl were failing in health. She called me when Carl died. I will never forget that call. She said, "Betty, I just sat and held him in my arms for a long time." Carl was on life support. He had diabetes, and had had an open heart surgery. June also had diabetes, and she passed away after James and I divorced and no one let me know.

6. James Clyde Funderburk 2 Aug 1933 Murfreesboro, Pike, AR - 6 Jun 2003 Lubbock, Lubbock, Tx bur Hicks Cem, Murfreesboro, Pike, AR. mar Betty Jo Roland (1 Apr 1933 -liv- Hale Center, Hale ,TX) 16 Jan 1954 div 1992. AR. Ch; Gwendolyn Diane Funderburk 10 Oct 1954- liv - Hereford,

Tx mar#1 Max Clytus Barham son of Doyle and Willie Barham. One son Jaymes Clytus Barham mar #2 David Crawford Wesley son of Crawford and Betty Wesley. Three children Aaron Bowie Wesley ,David Justin Wesley,Serena Diane Wesley. mar#3 David Stephenson ,no children. 2. Donna Deelores Funderburk 16 Nov 1955 mar #1 Patrick Ray Hamner 4 children, Tina Yvette Hamner, Debi

Deelores Hamner, Patricia Renee Hamner and Michael Duane Hamner. Mar #2 Donald Lee Hamner mar#3 Thadus Floyd Drake mar#4 Remar #2.... 3. Darla Denise Funderburk 1 Jan 1959 - 22 Feb 1987 mar#1 Wade Dexter Johnson son of Thomas & Sally Johnson. Two children Sallie Joe Johnson, Joshua Wade Johnson #2 Thomas Wayne Evans son of Bill &; ? Evans. One child Lela Marie Evans.

7. Johnny Wayne Funderburk died as infant.

How I Met My Husband

The first I really remember meeting James, he was in the Air Force stationed in Wichita Falls TX. His sister, Ora Vercie (Funderburk) Adcock was my aunt by marriage. She married my Mother's brother, Jobe Truman Adcock Uncle JT) My folks lived at Hart, Tx., and Uncle J and Aunt Ora lived out in the country, on the Shive place. Uncle J was a farm hand and worked for Mr. Leroy Shive. I think his pay was $40 a month, plus house and bills. Come harvest time, the hands got a bonus.

Ora was pregnant with Bennie Gayle at the time, but they decided to go to Wichita Falls to see James. I went with them.

Actually, my folks had known the Funderburk's for years. Mrs. Funderburk came to help mother with Chris when she was born. (We lived in AR at that time.) James and I had played paper dolls together back then.

James went AWOL and came to Hart and we wound up getting married.

I had been back to AR several times with J T & Ora and had, of course, met the Funderburks.Bill and Margie lived at Horatio, AR. Bertha lived at Murfreesboro with Mr & Mrs Funderburk. They lived in a big two-story house by the hardware store _ I am not sure of the street name, but it was just off the square (courthouse square). Bertha had Lloyd, Laverne, and Lorita by her first husband, Frank Ashley. She had Linda Kay and Lorene by her second husband, Ira Cox.