tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468333366019472073.post7920295832415971953..comments2024-03-01T19:57:33.369-05:00Comments on The James Scrolls: Martha Ann McCullough Miller ObituaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468333366019472073.post-28723405872390881662012-06-01T07:02:19.672-04:002012-06-01T07:02:19.672-04:00Note from Sharon:
A 3rd cousin, Norman James, and...Note from Sharon:<br /><br />A 3rd cousin, Norman James, and a fellow researcher sent me an email with the following information which added to Martha's obituary.<br /><br />I personally knew, or knew by sight, Pearl Lamar, R. A. White (grocer), J. T. Newport (editor of the newspaper), M. J. Campbell (owner of a dry goods and clothing store), Clyde Freeman (Fairland's pharmacist for many years), Levi Crockett (owner of the Crockett hotel), Charley Thomas, Bill Keenan (owned a grocery store), and John Rubin (there were two John Rubins, and I knew both). Pearl Lamar had a son, Glen Darryl, who was 2 or 3 years younger than I. The Prairie's name was properly spelled "Batie's". Some of my ancestors and allied families lived there. Around 1940-43 I worked in the L.L. White and R.A. Harper Grocery store. In that job, I met just about everybody in town. I was in Fairland last Saturday. Among the dwindling number of structures still standing is the old City Jail. It was built of stone while I was a teenager there. I can remember the previous jail, a wooden building, which was about the same size and on the same site. I think the jail was used only to hold belligerent drunks until they sobered up. Fairland now has no grocery store (only convenience stores at two gas stations), no doctor, no pharmacy, but it has a Dollar Store and two funeral homes. NormanSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085475388542676331noreply@blogger.com