Edward (Elwood) Lee and Ninne Ophelia Conrad Hartley
Edward (Elwood) Lee and Ninne Ophelia Conrad Hartley
George Leroy and Mary Elizabeth Varner Hartley Family
Back: Samuel Richard, George Benjamin, Edward Lee, Alma Lee, Leila Mae
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Photo about 1902
Elwood Lee Hartley was born February 12, 1898 to George Leroy and Mary Elizabeth Varner Hartley in Flora, MS. He changed his name to Edward Lee, as he did not like Elwood. His siblings included, Alma Lee, George Benjamin, Leila Mae, Samuel Richard, Margie Louise, James Russell, Marvin Ashley and Rudolf (still born). He married Ninnie Ophelia Conrad in 1915. Ninnie was a sister of Rufus Franklin Conrad who married his sister Leila Mae. Edward Lee was 17 and Ninnie was 16. Ninnie was born in Flora, MS in 1899. Their children were Talmarie, Edward Lee Ur, Frederick Earl, Genevive Mae, Grances Margaret, Jack Raymond, Bille Gene, Rudolph, Don Alvin, James Ivor "Ted", Kenneth Larmar "Odie" and Bobby Glenn.. Edward Lee died in 1948 at the age of 49. Ninne died in 1968.
Edward Lee and Ninnie's son, E. L. Hartley was a prisoner of war during WWII. Click here to read an account of his service. E.L. Hartley Military.
Edward Lee and Ninnie Ophelia Conrad Hartley Family Gallery |
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Back: Mary Elizabeth Varner Hartley, Margie Louise (Oakes), James Russell "Buddy", and Marvin Ashley "Cootze" |
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Samuel Richard 9 (1896), George Benjamin 10 (1995), Edward Lee 7 (1898), George L. 41 (1863), Unknown girl 6 (1899), Unknown child 1 1/2 (1903), Mary Elizabeth “Betty” 28 (1876), maybe Mary Caroline Hartley Talley in back, |
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(1894-1953) (Restored by Mel Oakes) |
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Frt: Laura Hawkins & Emily Ophelia Jackson Conrad |
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2 Leila Mae Conrad 3 Eula Mae Stephenson 4 Agnes Conrad 5 Rufus Stephenson 6 Kenny Stephenson 7 George Conrad 8 (Leila) Mae Conrad 9 Louise Conrad Stephenson 10 Alton Ray Stephenson 11 Betty Conrad 12 Mrs. Stephenson 13 Mrs. Henley 14 Mr. Henley 15 Henley Child 16 Pauline Sharp 17 Donnie Sharp 18 Mildred Sharp 19 Billy Sharp 20 Jean Matthews 21 Barbara Henley 22 Albert McMullen 23 Dixie Sharp 24 Edith Sharp 25 Barbara Sharp 26 Brother Guy 27 Juggles Allison 28 Billie Ruth Allison 29 Thelma Muirhead 30 Ralph Webster 31 Nellie Jean Huggins 32 Mrs. Guy 33 Mrs. Nell Allison 34 Lendle Allison 35 Alma Lee Hartley Matthews |
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The Waltersville Baptist Church started in the summer of 1933 with a tent revival sponsored by Bowmar Avenue Baptist Church, then pastored by Rev. J L. Boyd. A month later, a Sunday school was organized, first meeting in the Wadford home, then at Givens’ Machine Shop, later in a vacant house, and by the time attendance reached 100, a Mr. Ford made the old dance hall pavilion at Mont Springs available. On June 24, 1934, the church was established with 16 members, nine by letter and seven by baptism. Meetings were held once a month, on the first Sunday afternoon, with Boyd as pastor. The church was offered land by the Meachams, and a frame structure, 44 feet by 20 feet, was built. It stood near Toler’s Camp beside the road that was down the hill from old U. S. 61, which was built later. The building was eventually raised to the level of the highway and a basement and front porch were added. Which Wadford was this? |
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Jones & Ella Conrad, Rufus Conrad’s brother and his wife. |
Jones Conrad, Edward Lee Hartley(1898-1948) |
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Ninnie Conrad Hartley and Grandson Pete Hartley |
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(E. L. & Frances are brother & sister.) | |
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Brothers, E. L. “Brudgie” & Odie Hartley ca. 1939 |
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Back: Edward Lee Jr., Billy Front: Fred, Jack and Kenneth (Odie) Man in door: Bill Hiltbruner, husband of Talmarie Hartley |
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Front: Eddie Hartley |
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& Eddie Hartley, son of Brudgy |
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Karen Mullen ? daughter Hartley?, Judy Mullen Herrington, ,Jennifer Herrington Green and Children |
Sherry Mullen Moss, Janet and George Larry Mullen and George Larry’s son Brock.. |
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E. L. “Brudgy” Hartley |
E. L. “Brudgy” Hartley |
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(Picture courtesy of his daughter, Sigrid Hartley Clark |
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Daughter of Ted Hartley |
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Henry was the store manager. ca 1920s |
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House in background is their overseer home on plantation |
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Margie Louise Hartley, age 21, All Saints College, Vicksburg, 1927 |
Alma Lee Hartley Matthews and son William (Tete) Matthews |
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1895-1938 |
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December 24, 2012. The Vicksburg Post
Pat Williams Hartley’s most memorable Christmas was spent living in a barn, but her family sang, ate and counted their blessings.
On Dec. 5, 1953, her family’s home on Standard Hill Road was destroyed by a violent tornado that ripped though Vicksburg and Warren County leaving nearly 40 dead in its path.
The Williams family had been planning to attend a children’s birthday party at the Saenger Theater on Walnut Street, said Hartley who is now 70.
“My dad decided not to let us go because he didn’t like the muggy weather,” she said.
D.T. Williams’ hunch about the weather was right. The Saenger took a direct hit from the storm and at least three people died inside after the roof collapsed.
“One of our young friends didn’t make it,” Hartley said.
The storm moved rapidly and ripped her family’s home to pieces. Hartley’s mother, Florence Williams, was injured and taken to Mercy Hospital, then on Crawford Street. The trip to downtown took several hours because of storm damage, Hartley said.
The family returned home the next day to find only two walls of their home standing.
“We were truly devastated. All of our possessions were destroyed, our pets were dead and our clothes were dangling from the tree tops. But at the same time, we felt blessed to be alive,” Hartley said.
Help poured in from the community, and the family and volunteers worked tirelessly to renovate a barn to become the family’s temporary home. It was amazing to see the outpouring of help from total strangers, Hartley said.
“The corncrib became the kitchen. The area housing the equipment and tools became our parents’ bedroom. The area where the hay had been became the living room and the last section became the children’s bedroom. Daddy built small beds on each of the four walls,” Hartley said.
The family lived in the barn for about six months as their house was rebuilt.
As Christmas approached, D.T. Williams took his children into the woods behind the barn to find a Christmas tree, Hartley said. They found a cedar that had not been damaged and looked perfect, she said.
The children decorated it with garlands of popcorn and construction paper, and D.T. Williams covered the tree in spun glass known as angel hair.
“It might not have been the most beautiful tree to anybody else, but it was to us,” Hartley said.
The night before Christmas, the family ate popcorn and sang Christmas carols around the tree, Hartley said.
“Reflections of all the love and kindness shown to us made each of us realize the true spirit of Christmas,” she said.
Each year at Christmas time, Hartley and her husband, Odie, put up a large artificial cedar in the living room of their home on Singing Hills Road and Hartley reminisces about the Christmas she and her family spent living in a barn.
Hartley’s parents and youngest brother, Jimmy, have died, but she and her other siblings, David Williams of Ethel, La., and Betty Mangum of Nesbitt, Miss., try to get together as often as possible.
“When we do get together, we sing and we have a good time and go over our good memories,” she said.
(Pat is married to Kenneth “Odie” Hartley.}