Great GrandMother Mallie	Roy & Eula Christenson
Great Grandfather Grey (James K 1st) with Ken, Ron & Phil. Mid 40's	Mom & Her Boys.
Motorcycle Babe!	Brother Ron @ 5yrs
Wedding of GM Kays sister Beverly. Can you find GM Kay in the photo?	Indian Mallie
Don't Laugh!!! If you are here, viewing the photos... Then, it's a very good chance that you are related! :-)	Joe Hamrick WW II
Uncle Dick Christenson.	Colorized! GGM Mallie used 'Water Colors' to enhance this picture from the 40's or the 50's
Mystery Photo Do you know what is happening in this old photo? See possible answer at bottom of page.	Aunt Martha & Grey.
Hoyle & Beulah Hamrick	School Dayz!
Kay & Ginger	GreatGrand Father Hoyle Hamrick
GGF Hoyle Hamrick, a mule & some kids. A few chickens too.	Mallie @ 16
Davis House. In the 20's & 30's folks sometimes had their telephones outside, on the porch of their house. The Davis house was one such and Mr George Davis had the great misfortune of being struck by lighting while using the phone!

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More Information
Some of the names and captions below contain hyperlinks, many of those links will take you to the Westbrook Database that contains information posted to the internet by Sister Yvonne (Kimbrell) Gray. The data within her pages is based on many, many years of research, started by GGM Mallie and her sister Martha Gibson and then carried on by Yvonne.

• Great Grandmother Mallie (Hamrick) Kimbrell
  • 9 Mar 1918 Cool Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina.
    In most of the pictures on this page she is in her teens and early 20's.
  • Children:
    Kimbrell, James Kenneth Junior
    Kimbrell, Joseph Ronald
    Kimbrell, Benjamin Phillip
    Kimbrell, Iris Yvonne
    Kimbrell, Rebecca Coleen
    Kimbrell, John Paul
    Kimbrell, Robert Lee
    Kimbrell, Russell Kevin
    Kimbrell, Angela Cheryl
    
     
• Roy & Eula Christenson
  • Great Grandfather Roy & GGM Eula are the parents of Grandma Kay. They owned a dairy farm in upstate New York where they raised their family and lots of milk cows! In later years GGF Roy sold the farm to his son Richard, 'Dick', and then moved to Sarasota Florida for his retirement. After a few years Dick sold the farm and moved to Sarasota as well where he and his wife Mary Ann finished raising their children.
  • Children:
    Beverly June Christenson
    Richard James Christenson
    William Paul Christenson
    Roy Walter Christenson
    Eutina Eula Christenson
    Karen Kay Christenson
    Note: So far I am unable to locate any Genealogy Database that includes the family of Roy & Eula, if you know of one please send me the link... ken 
     
• Grey (James Kenneth Kimbrell Sr.)
  • 2 Dec 1920 Rutherford, NC.
    21 Sep 1989 Spartanburg, SC.
  • This picture of Dad was taken in the mid 40's and includes Ken, Ron & Phil.
    The mule in the background was named Tip. We used him to work the farm, plowing, planting, cultivating, pulling logs for fire wood, pulling our wagon and other chores. We also rode him sometimes. Mules have a reputation for being stubborn, Tip lived up to that rep!
  • Children:
    Same as above in GGM Mallie's list... Of course!
    
     
• Mystery Photo
  • Can you guess what these folks are doing?
    Two possibilities come to mind, one is that they are cooking cane into molasses/syrup... the other possible answer is that they are cooking mash for corn whiskey. What do you think???
    Send me an Email and let me know!  
     
• Joe Hamrick
  • Joe Hamrick was GGM Mallie's brother and this picture was taken during World War II. As you can see by the uniform, he served in the US Navy during the war. His ship was sunk and he and shipmates spent some time in the water and in life boats before being rescued. He went on to live a long full life at the 'old home place' where GGM Mallie's Mom and Dad lived. The link in his name takes you to a list of his brothers/sisters/nieces/nephews.
    Uncle Joe was a good man.
     
• Don't Laugh!
  • We know that these folks are related in some way to the Hamrick side of the family, but are not sure who they are. My only clue is the caption 'Andrew-Julia' by the original photo. Do you have an idea who they are? If you do then be sure to let me know.
     
  • May 04, 2004: Some new information has been added by Sister Yvonne & GGM Mallie:
    'Julia' refers to Julia A. Hamrick and 'Andrew' is Andrew McGinnis. They were married and the other men in the picture are his brothers. See the full text of her message HERE. You will also be able see any additional information as it is found and posted.
     
• School Dayz!
  • In both the School Dayz! and  Kay & Ginger pictures you see GM Kay at age 13yrs. (1958) The dog Ginger belonged to Kay's friend Kathy Ryan and like most animals, Ginger loved GM Kay!
    
    The older lady in the School Dayz! photo is Kathy's mom Ella and she was a school teacher. On the day of the photos Kay and her friend Kathy were helping Ms. Ryan take her third grade class on a picnic down by the river.
    Ms. Ella Ryan was also Kay's God Mother.   

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