Justice Family in America

Sidney W. Lee, Buffalo Rock, Highway 25, and Calcis

weavercat — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:16:43 +0000

'Towhead' during summer time -- Cathy Abernathy (circa 1973) -- photo taken during a very warm summer day, in front of the "H. R. Justice Store"
(owned/managed by Cathy's grandfather,
Herbert Russell Justice;
then later by her Aunt, Frances Justice Warren.)

Recent events have happened that has brought attention to the general area of which I called home while growing up.

Highway 25 from Vincent to Leeds was a project that had strong backing from Mr. Sidney W. lee and his business partners — they had been frequent visitors to Calcis (whistle stop for the train), on their way to a hunting lodge nearby. They feel in love with the natural beauty of the area, and knew that it could become quite a tourist area if their were a state road built over Double Oak Mountain into the various winding valleys.

Mr. Sid Lee was well known by the children in Calcis, he would bring fruits and candy, to give out when he would get of the train at the Calcis Depot. Stories from my mother, aunts and uncle say, being a staunch Scotsman, he would often wear a kilt.

Mr. Sid Lee was also the founder of the Buffalo Rock Bottling company.

One destination that brought couples and business/tourist traffic to the small depot at Calcis, was a stop over to load into horse-/mule-drawn wagon(s); followed by a pleasant trip through the neighboring hills and valleys, to the Montpilier Outing Club located on Camp Creek. This Hotel and grounds were near the Shelby/Saint Clair County line. All that remains of the Club and it’s Mill is the rusting frame of the gutter/beam bridge, and the rock dam across the creek bed.

Miriam Edna Justice Parrott

weavercat — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:26:34 +0000

MIRIAM JUSTICE PARROTT

PARROTT, MIRIAM JUSTICE, age 95 of Homewood, died on July 25, 2011. Mrs. Parrott was born June 19, 1916, the last surviving child of Isaac and Lillie Justice. In 1936 she married James W. Parrott and moved to Homewood, where she resided until her death. She was a member of Dawson Baptist Church for over 50 years. Miriam was preceded in death by her husband James W. Parrott and is survived by her son Truman Parrott…
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She was my great-aunt. She will be missed greatly.
– Cathy

To Privatize Posts/Pages or Not?

weavercat — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:14:47 +0000

I have a debate brewing in my mind about this Blog/journal — to privatize posts/pages of a certain nature or not. None of the over 90 posts were ever posted with any intent other than to share my personal memories of my life, hometown and various topics that are current that hold my interests.
This will continue to be my philosophy — and should anyone have “issue” with what I have posted here — I, yes, I am the one you should contact with your comments, complaints or friendly suggestions for change. Not my mother, brother, cousins; or other relatives that have contact with me.
If, you return to my site, only to find a post you read previous has changed from “public” to “password protected” — this can mean several things.
1) The content has been outdated by more current information,
2) I need to update/correct or otherwise change the textual content,
3) There are hyperlinks that are included in the post/page that are no longer valid/active, and I will need to see if i can find current links with the same content, before the post/page can restored to a ‘public’ status,
4) I have ‘family issues’ related to aspects of these post/pages — which need to resolved before the status MAY BE changed to public.
One last item:
I am a writer, trained in journalistic style — at one time I was a Communications major (while in college); I also have some training in legal research; what does this mean? (You ask?).
I am somewhat familiar with what is acceptable to be reported/reviewed/re-posted online, and many websites which host many government/freely available documents — free due to the “FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT”.
So, no — I do not place anything on my blog/journal without some form of documentation, and give credit where the items/text/photos originated from — that would not credible research/reporting.
If you want to find out more about the history of your hometown, GOOGLE is your friend — what it can NOT DO is distinguish between what you “want” to find, and what has actually been documented through media, court cases, expose’ books; and genealogy research.
So this brings me back to the debate — to privatize or NOT?
If you have observations/comments — I would like to hear them.

– C A Abernathy

Calcis – Family Photos

weavercat — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:41:50 +0000

Hot day

weavercat — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:35:44 +0000

7 July 2010
One very hot day.
Dave and I delivered groceries to Mom; then headed back home.
Stopped at a few thrift/antique stores along the way.
Since getting in the AC, and starting to cool off, have been reading messages, and adding/correcting more items on my websites (someone set in havoc by my previous computer dying); as well as blogs, and misc. stuff.
Need to get things sorted out with this new laptop, get it behaving the way I want it; so I will be able to create a backup set of RECOVERY disks — then get Dave to set it for dual-boot (Windows 7 and Linux).
My head is pounding, so I won’t do much more for now.
How has your week been?
Would love to hear from my readers.
– Cathy

Death of a computer…a new beginning

weavercat — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:20:39 +0000

(Take two…)
Attempted this post just but a few minutes ago — stepped away from the keyboard — came back the automatic Windows 7 update had re-started my computer. [growl!]
I lost all the text I had written (now have settings a bit different, to prevent this problem from occurring again) — I hate having to re-write things when software/OS updates cause me to lose them.
——————–——
Now, where was I?
Ahhh, heck — I think I’ll do something else and come back to this post. There are things needing to be added, set-up; and yet to be test-driven on this computer.
I promise to return – soon.
“And to continue…”
– Cathy

Albert Melvin Justice and Susie J “Tootsie” Ousley (Gravestone)

weavercat — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:31:38 +0000

From: “TeaFor2.com” cemetery photos –
JUSTICE-OUSLEY found at Mount Olive, Tarrant County, Texas –
JUSTICE_Melvin_Albert_and_Susie_J_Tootsie_OUSLEY_.JPG (JPEG Image, 576×436 pixels)

Pell City Chamber gearing up for Block Party, other festivities

weavercat — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:36:48 +0000

stclairtimes – Pell City Chamber gearing up for Block Party other festivities

PELL CITY — A weekend of fun free family events with one goal in mind: bringing local folks back to their hometown.

“Last year, notice went out all over the state for towns to join the Year of Alabama Small Towns & Downtowns,” Mayor Bill Hereford said. “We already had the key ingredient in place, the annual Block Party, and that weekend was perfect.”

Hereford said Pell City is one of 215 towns participating in the Great Alabama Homecoming, a part of the Year of Alabama Small Towns & Downtowns. Pell City’s Great Alabama Homecoming weekend is June 4-6.

“We want folks to come home for the weekend, and spend time with family attending many of our great free family events,” he said.

Genealogy Mailing Lists and Groups – Very Useful!

weavercat — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:22:26 +0000

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James Crow, Senior: from “COMPTON’S PLACE OF GEORGIA CONNECTIONS AND MUCH MORE”

weavercat — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:05:10 +0000

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: COMPTON’S PLACE OF GEORGIA CONNECTIONS AND MUCH MORE

# ID: I188186
# Name: James [Sr] Crow
# Sex: M
# Birth: 14 APR 1740
# Death: 19 DEC 1833 in Prob GA
# Note:

Database: gilead
Individual: I007199
Link: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gilead&id=I007199
Name: Phillip Crow
Email: crowslanding@netscape.net
URL:
URL title:
Note:
Greetings Bill and others.

Levi Crow born 25 March 1782 was probably never in Whitfield Co., GA and probaby died in North East GA on 26 October 1850, as evidenced by his Family Bible pages. His widow, Nancy MNU, did likely die in Whitfield Co., GA after the 7 July 1870 Census, where she was enumerated next dwelling from her son, Wiley and wife Sarah Jane Hickey. Levi born 1782 was not the son, or related to the James Crow you have him attached to here. He was the son of James Crow Sr., born 14 April 1740, unknown where, and died, 19 December 1833, probably in GA. These birth and death dates for James Crow Sr. came directly from his son, Levi Crow’s, Bible pages.

It has now been proven by The Crow(e) DNA Study, that James Crow Sr. born 14 April 1740 is indeed related to Randolph C. Crow Sr. and my GGG Samuel Crow, both born in the 1770′s. Whether James Crow was an Uncle, or father to them, is unkown at this time. It is my opinion, the James Crow Sr.’s son, James Crow Jr., is very likely the James Crow that married Hannah Black in Elbert/Franklin Co. GA, and they left GA for Gibson Co., IN about 1800. I am working hard trying to find a couple of male Crow’s from the James Crow Jr. and Hannah Black Crow line to participate in our Crow(e) DNA Study to prove this connection to our Crows as well.

Kind regards,
Phil Crow, Crow(e) DNA Group Administrator,

Visit the Crow DNA pages at;
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/The%20Crow%28e%29%20DNA%20Study%20Project/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000/crowdna.htm
Database: gilead
Individual: I007199
Name: Phillip Crow
Email: crowslanding@netscape.net
URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000/dnagroupchart.htm
URL title: Crow(e) DNA Group Charts
Note:
Greetings Bill, and others.

Levi Crow born 25 March 1782 was probably never in Whitfield Co., GA and probaby died in North East GA on 26 October 1850, as evidenced by his Family Bible pages. His widow, Nancy MNU, did likely die in Whitfield Co., GA after the 7 July 1870 Census, where she was enumerated next dwelling from her son, Wiley and wife Sarah Jane Hickey. Levi Crow born 1782 was the son of James Crow Sr., born 14 April 1740, unknown where, and died, 19 December 1833, probably in GA. These birth and death dates for James Crow Sr. came directly from his son, Levi Crow’s, Bible pages.

It has now been proven by The Crow(e) DNA Study, that James Crow Sr., born 14 April 1740, was indeed related to yet another Levi Crow, Levi S. Crow, who married Sarah “Sally” Busey and migrated from SC>AL>KY>TN, Randolph C. Crow Sr. and my GGG Samuel Crow, all three born in the 1770′s.

Whether James Crow Sr., born in 1740, was an uncle, cousin, or father, to Randolph & Samuel, is unkown at this time.

Kind regards,
Phil Crow, Crow(e) DNA Group Administrator,

Visit the Crow DNA pages at;
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/The%20Crow%28e%29%20DNA%20Study%20Project/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000/crowdna.htm

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

1. Has Children Levi Crow b: 25 MAR 1782 in SC