From Joseph T Williams, Jr.

  • Property update 4 26 24

    Hello Family, I spoke with Tony Talley (Talley Timber LLC), about harvesting the trees. He says the market is not good. He has logs without a buyer. There has been a influx of people into the market which has saturated the market.  He said normally it picks up in the fall but last year it…

  • The Dramatic Life of Milton Kendrick Jr.: Scandals and Tragedies

    What do you think of a Black Sheep? Sometimes there are people in your family that have penchant for getting in the newspaper for all the wrong reasons.. Moma Delia’s nephew happens to be one of those people. Moma Delia’s brother Milton was born in 1895. Skip ahead to 1930 Milton is living in Pittsburgh…

  • Delia Dolls

  • Honoring Our Veterans

    HONORING OUR VETERANS! Both of my paternal grandfathers were born in 1862, a year after the Civil War erupted, Wiley Williams and Gilbert Kendrick. They both likely had fathers, uncle and older brothers who fought in that war. Their childhoods were marked by the tumultuous aftermath of a divided nation, yet they would later witness…

  • History of Charlie Williams Estate

    The story of The Charlie Williams Estate, is one that spans generations. All of our Aunts and Uncles were born at home as their were no hospitals for them to go to. So for practical purposes there were births and possible deaths on this very land, This land has through the passage of time, seen…

  • Uncle John Mitchell

    As most of you know Uncle John is my paternal uncle and my maternal cousin. His mother Lizette and my grandmother Anna Bell are sisters. This is a picture of their father Jesse Dunigan and his children. Uncle John was my grand mothers favorite nephew. He actually lived with her when he first relocated to…

  • Pictures

  • Oldest Picture?

    Who has the oldest picture of any member of the Charlie Delia Williams family? I though I had seen the oldest picture when I got the picture of Papa Charlie, Uncle MIlton Kendrick and Uncle Arthur Benjamin. Until Recently our cousin Alice Kennebrew shared another picture that was from close to the same year as…

  • Ready for our trip?

    Hello Family I am looking forward to our trip Alabama next month. There will be at least 20 of us there. One thing we need is to have some brush cleared away so we can access the site of the old house by foot. I have an estimate of $600 to perform that task. If…

  • Update Alabama Property Neighborhood

    Satellite view as of February 2022 New Satellite view June 2023. The home development site in the upper right area is 95% complete. The area south of the property next to the church has been cleared by Event EZ LLC. This appears to be an entertainment company that conducts state / county fairs around several…

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