Monday, May 28, 2012

ESTES FAMILY CEMETERY

Estes Family Cemetery



My husband and I took a short trip to Clyde, TX to meet my fourth cousin once removed.  We found each other through our DNA testing.  I took information on all that I had found on our Barnes family side and when we got together she gave me what she had. 

It is so nice to be able to share our information and not consider it our personal find and horde it.  She gave me pictures of her ancestors along with a lot of information.

I did not have pictures to share but gave her all information I had collected.  Piecing it together is what I call fun.  It's been my aahhhhh moment.  So that's where they came from and that's where they went! 

We didn't spend much time in Clyde but she did take us to the family cemetery her father had just completed.  I was impressed.  It had all the components of just sitting and rocking and maybe talking to your departed.  Maybe say a few words you didn't have the time to say before they were taken from this world.  Or just reflecting on your happy moments together. 



Mr. Estes even had his parents remains brought to the family cemetery and gave them their place of honor among the family members already there. 


I'm sorry to say I did not write down the names on the stones to share with everyone.  I got too caught up in the beauty and serenity, and of course talking with my new found cousin.  Guess this calls for another trip to Clyde!

Until then...................................

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits for Sunday 27 May 2012 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

AGUALLO, Toribio Gilbert  68 yrs   d. 24 May
BAIRD, Marian Cecile Matheny   b. 25 jan 1916 Terre Haute, IN   d. 20 May
BARBOSA, Gloria D.  b. 17 Jan 1949  d. 23 May
BEAVERS, Eudora Elizabeth  b. 1922 d. 18 May Carthage, TX
BOWIE, John Robert  b. 9 May 1986 El Paso, TX  d. 25 May
BROWN, Agnes Grace  b. 21 Oct 1914 Tabriz, Persia (Iran)  d. 14 May
BUEHRING, Martha Elizabeth  b. 13 Sep 1947 San Antonio, TX  d. 22 May
BURKE, William R. "Bill" b. 28 Mar 1921  d. 22 May
CARROLA, Alice Mora  b. 17 Jun 1927 San Antonio, TX  d. 23 May
CASTRO, Jose O.  b. 3 oct 1923 Zacatecolucas, El Salvador  d. 25 May
CEVALLOS, Barbara "Bobbie"  58 yrs  d. 22 May
CURIEL, Thomas R.  80 yrs  d. 22 May
CURITS, Harold  90 yrs  d 23 May
DALZELL, Grace R.  b. 2 Dec 1936 Mexico City, Mexico  d. 23 may
DE LA 0-BELZ, Janet Marie  b. 19 Jul 1963  d. 23 May
DUNCAN, Dorothy "Mildred"  b. 19 Jul 1920  d. 18 May
EVANS, Shirley D.  b. 5 mar 1937  Victoria, TX   d. 29 May
FARIAS, David  81 yrs  d. 23 May
FELBERG, Bruce Allen LTC (ret) b. 17 Mar 1950 Ripon, WI  d. 18 May
FERNANDEZ, Carmen Rivera  b. 15 Mar 1950 San Antonio, TX  d. 25 May
FORRESTER, Dorothy Marie Gray  86 yrs b. Cape Girardeau, MO  d. 20 May
GARZA, David  b. 22 Sep 1929  d. 24 May
GETER, Claude E. Jr.  USAF (ret)  b. 29 Sep 1927 Nachitoches, LA  d. 20 May
GLASSCOCK, Lanette H.  101 yrs  d. 26 May
GUESS, William Bailey Jr.  b. 12 Dec 1938  d. 19 May
HAUCK, Daniel A.  USArmy  1974-1976   b. 27 Dec 1954 Milwaukee, WI  d. 23 May
HILL, Mary Elaine  b. 25 Aug 1932 Odessa, TX  d. 24 May
HINTON, Louise  b. 12 Jun 1926 San Antonio  d. 23 May
HUERTA, Alexander T.  53 yrs  d. 24 May
JONES, Grace Elaine (Supry)  85 yrs  d. 19 May
KIEVE, Marjorie Adele  88 yrs  d. 22 May
LIPOK, Pauline (Polly)  b. 6 Aug 1921 Sayers, TX  d. 25 May
LOPEZ, Aurora G. b. 25 Mar 1929  d. 24 May
MANCHA, Michael  d. 18 May
MARTINEZ, Timothy 49 yrs  d. 24 May
MCANELLY, James William  b. 11 Feb 1924 Yancey, TX  d. 25 May
MCARDLE, Barbara A.  b. 31 Aug 1932 Queens, NY  d. 23 May
MOCHRIE, Sally Haight  d. 24 May
MULLINS, Dorthy "Dot"  b. 27 Sep 1920 Detroit, MI  d. 21 May
PANIAGUA, Paul "PJ" Jr.  12 yrs  d. 21 May
PATTERSON, Annie (Scarberry)  b. 6 Apr 1932  Hobart, OK  d. 18 May
PETRICK, Ronald E.  72 yrs b. Brooklyn, NY  d. 19 May
POLKA, Catherine Marie (Kitty)  b. 22 Oct 1922 Fairport, MI  d. 24 May
PROSSER, Ted A. Jr.  b. 27 Sep 1957 San Antonio, TX  d. 24 May
PUENTE, Josephine G.  b. 14 Dec 1918 Kountze, TX  d. 19 May
RADICKE, Harold Ellwood  b. 15 Oct 1948 San Antonio, TX  d. 22 May
RENABATO, Moises Zamora Jr.  b. 4 Sep 1933 New Braunfels, TX  d. 19 May
RODRIGUEZ, Rachel E.  84 yrs  d. 25 May
ROTH, Carmen LaVerne Whitehead  b. 1 Aug 1925 Pearsall, TX  d. 24 May
SCHARNAU, Gerald Walter  b. 16 Jun 1930  d. 19 May
SHADE, Mary Ann (Blamey)  b. 26 Sep 1947 Temple, TX  d. May 2012
SHIVER-HERNANDEZ, Carol Ann  b. 21 Jul 1947  d. 19 May
SILVA, Melba Christina 68 yrs  d. 23 May
STREY, Margaret (Moczygemba)  b. 10 Jun 1922 Kosciuszko, TX   d. 24 May
SUDOLCAN, Robert Charles  d. 20 May
TAMEZ, Dora D.  78 yrs  d. 18 May
WOLFF, Charles A.  b. 17 Oct 1935  Floresville, TX  d. 23 May


















































Sunday, May 20, 2012

OBIT SUNDAY


Obits for Sunday 20 May 2012 from San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

AITKEN, Edith Joyce LtCol USAF (ret)   b. 16 Feb 1945 Lubbock, TX  d. 12 May
ALBERTIUS, Vivian  87 yrs  d. 12 May
ARMSTRONG, Ralph L.  b. 15 Aug 1926 Shreveport, LA  d. 17 May
ARTEAGA, Erick Jay  b. 28 Jan 1987 Laredo, TX  d. 16 May
BALTHAZAR, James Palmer  b. 8 Sep 1938 Honolulu, HI  d. 15 May
BURKE, Julian Ward  71 yrs  d. 15 May
BURRIER, Irene  b. 23 Feb 1928 Cave Creek, TX  d. 15 May
BUTLER, Milena Poliani  b. 23 Feb 1926 Italy   d. 15 May
CABRERA, Connie Tinoco  b. 18 Jul 1918 Cotulia, TX  d. 12 May
CASSEB, Florence  b. 7 Sep 1921 San Antonio, TX   d. 18 May
CHRISTOPHER, Joan Myers  b. 19 Jan 1934 Bigelow, AR  d. 9 May
DAMIAN, Tony Lopez    d. May 2012
DE LUNA, Mary V.   b. 12 Jul 1927 Marion, TX   d. 12 May
EDWARDS, Cynthia Ann (Ms. Cindy)  b. 11 Aug 1934 Pipe Creek, TX   d. 18 May
FLORES, Frank J.  b. 1967 San Antonio, TX   d. 16 May
GOMEZ, Juanita Soto   b. 16 Aug 1927   d. 17 May
GUTIERREZ, Armando   b. 2 Mar 1931 Santo Nino, TX  d. 14 May
HENNESSY, John Edward Lt Col USAF (ret)  b. 31 May 1926 Strawberry Point, IA  d. 12 May
HERRERA, Ralph Jerome   d. 18 May
HODGES, Kaye Elaine Schnelle   b. 9 Apr 1944 San Antonio, TX  d. 13 May
HUDDLESTON, William Howell Jr.  b. 22 Jul 1922 San Antonio, TX  d. 14 May
HUDSON, Dennis Mitchel  b. 19 Jan 1949 Riverside, CA   d. 18 May
LACRITZ, Gene  82 yrs  b. Salem, MA   d. 18 May
LAWRENCE, Evelyn Patricia  b. 6 Aug 1914 Port Arthur, TX  d. 14 May
LINARES, Juana A.  b. 19 Feb 1950 Esperanza Coahilia, Mexico  d. 15 May
LUGO, Mary Jane Salas  53 yrs  d. 14 May
MARTINEZ, Jose "Borado" Jr.  69 yrs  d. 10 May
MILLS, John Terry  b. 19 Feb 1931 Roswell, NM  d. 17 May
MINTON, Willard Choyse "Bill"  b. 28 May 1914 Wolfe City, TX   d. 13 May
ORTEGA, Lilia Uveda  b. 28 Aug 1927 Corpus Christi, TX    d. 18 May
RANNEY, Lois  b. 19 Oct 1925 San Antonio, TX  d. 15 May
REDFORD, Gladys Iola  b. 4 Mar 1920 Seguin, TX  d. 17 May
RIVAS, Carlos L.  68 yrs b. Floresville, TX  d. 17 May
RHODE, Margaret Lindall  b. 24 Nov 1941   d. 16 May
SANDOVAL, Maria D.  b. 19 Sep 1936  d. 18 May
SERENIL, Serapio "Pete"  b. 15 Dec 1925 Hobson, TX  d. 12 May
STONE-HUCKABY, Dorothy J.  b. 19 Oct 1963 San Antonio, TX  d. 15 May
TEUBNER, Harold C. Maj Gen USAF (ret)  93 yrs  d. 16 May
TIBBITTS, Harlan O.  b. 18 Jul 1914 Crescent, OK  d. 18 May
TREXLER, Ralph J. Sr.  99 yrs  b. Greenwood, WI  d. 17 May
VOSS, Donald Frederick  b. 11 Nov 1923 Cleveland, OH  d. 11 May
WELCH, Timothy Eugene  50 yrs  d. 16 May
WILKINSON, Billy Joe  b. 9 Nov 1924  Ardmore, OK   d. 30 Apr 
WILSON, James H. SMSgt (ret)  b. 10 Aug 1931 Cedartown, GA  d. 17 May


























Friday, May 18, 2012

DNA and Genealogy

I apologize this week has gone by so quickly and I have not shown you another eposide about Katie.  I've been contacted by three people that share a lot of markers with my DNA so I've been trying to follow up and see where the link is.  WOW so far one one has been found.  And what she shared with me was the bright moment of my day.  It is so nice when others are willing to share what they have found with other family members.  We figured it out that we are fourth cousins and she lives close by.  I see a road trip coming up!!!

Seriously if you have ever thought about having your DNA tested I would say "yes".  Some of you may know who your parents, cousins, grandparents, etc are.  But there are those, like myself, who know nothing about your ancestors. 

Well got to get to writing and researching.....

Until then.............................................................

Monday, May 14, 2012

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday 13 May 2012 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

AMICK, William "Bill"  78 yrs  d. 7 May
AYALA, Sebastian "Steve" Sr.  b. 20 Jan 1943 Flagstaff, AZ  d. 6 May
BALDERAS, David  d. 7 May
BARNES, Thelma W. b. 1 Jan 1927 Toronto, Canada  d. 9 May
BERRY, Johnathan W.  47 yrs  d. 11 May
BURNS, Shirley A.  62 yrs  d. 6 May
CANO, Maria Alicia "Licha"  b. 3 Jan 1929 Alamo, TX  d. 9 May
CORNWELL, Kenneth Lee  b. 31 Dec 1934  d. 7 May
COY, Alex H. II  b. 6 Apr 1932 San Antonio, TX  d. 7 May
CUNNINGHAM, Ana Patricia  b. 4 Feb 1961 Mexico City, Mexico   d. 9 May
DELAYE, Ruth K.  b. 30 Oct 1964 Landstuhl, Germany  d. 6 May
DODDATO, August Joseph (Augie) b. 7 Aug 1946 Sharon, PA  d. 10 May
DREWRY, Josephine "Jody" Stuckey  b. 26 Oct 1928 Hutchinson, KS  d. 9 May
DREWS, Mary Margaret Perez  d. 6 May
ENRIQUEZ, Sulema M.  87 yrs  d. 6 May
FORKE, Ruth E.  b. 24 Apr 1925  d. 7 May
FRITTS, Billie (Toody) Elson  b. 13 Apr 1945  Spartanburg, SC   d. 8 May
GARCIA, Gloria N. TSGT USAFR   d. 7 May
GARCIA, Kayla Neveah  4 yrs  d. 9 May
GONSAULS, Edith "Edie E.  b. 16 Mar 1929 Berlin, Germany   d. 6 May
GUAJARDO, Manuel L.  46 yrs  d. May 2012
HAILE, William G. Jr.  b. 28 Aug 1932 Knippa, TX  d. 10 May
HENDERSON, David P.  b. 28 Jul 1950   d. 6 May
HODGES, Matias Louis Sr.  b. 20 Apr 1912  d. 9 May
HOLLINGSWORTH, Janie H.  92 yrs  d. 9 May
JACKSON, Frank Curtis    b. 20 Aug 1926 D'Hanis, TX   d. 9 May
KIDD, Kathleen Elizabeth  b. 21 Feb 1950 Panama Canal Zone  d. 4 May
KROOSS, Eva M.  74  yrs  d. 5 May
LONGORIA, Anita G.  74 yrs  d. 9 May
LOVET, Claude E. Jr.  b. 12 Jun 1921 Homer Creen Stock Farm near Eureka, KS  d. 8 May
LOYD, John   80 yrs  d. 10 May
MANRIQUEZ, Janet Canales  b. 27 Dec 1932  d. 3 May
MATTHEWS, Teresa Lynn  b. 15 Jan 1955 Waco, TX   d. 9 May
MAY, Ema F.  75 yrs  d. 4 May
MCGILLIVARY, Angela "Angie" Dale  b. 8 Jul 1930 Mount Vernon, TX  d. 5 May
MCGUIRE, Perry Arnold  d. 9 May
MCILHENNY, Patricia Elizabeth Nevins  b. 10 Feb 1941 New Albany, IN  d. 9 May
MCLEAN, Ella Mae "Onnie" Thiele  b. 4 Apr Harpers, TX  d. 7 May
NOMBRANA, Jose Juan "La Yoka"  b. 18 Jan 1944 Fentress, Hays County, TX  d. 12 May
PANCHAME, Keylin  (6)   Jesse (4)  d. 6 May
PEREZ, Carlos Penalver Sr.  b. 2 Aug 1923  d. 7 May
REED, Andrew F.  35 yrs  d. 8 May
RODRIGUEZ, Johnny Jr. 60 yrs  d. 7 May
ROGERS, Donald E. Lt. Col USAF (ret)  b. 9 Dec 1931 Christopher, IL  d. 5 May
SADLER, Frances   b. 7 Sep 1926  d. 18 Apr
SAENZ, Martha  87 yrs  d. 10 May
SHEFFIELD, Cynthia C.  b. 15 Sep 1948  d. 10 May
SMITH, Esther M.  b. 31 Aug 1924   d. 9 May
SOLOMON, Carole Jeane Coleman  75 yrs  d. 2 May
STORLIE, Carl Owen SgM USA (ret)  b. 8 Sep 1960  Cuba City, WI   d. 2 May
THOMPSON, Robert F. USAF Captain (ret)  b. Hope, KS  d. 5 May
TORRES, George Vargas Sr.  b. 23 Apr 1942 Payne, OH   d. 11 May
VICKERS, La Verne D.  b. 24 Feb 1917 Broughton, IL   d. 9 May
WATTS, Doris K.  96 yrs   d. 8 May
WILLIAMS, Marcus Ray  b. 1 Jun 1933 Mexia, TX   d. 5 May
WOOD, Susan Murphy   b. 6 Mar 1946   d. 4 May
ZIMKOWSKI, Kathryn L.  b. 17 Jun 1917 Wilmer, MN  d. 8 May

Monday, May 7, 2012

OBIT SUNDAY

Obits from Sunday 6 May 2012 San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX

ALVAREZ, Francis Gonzales  b. 21 Jan 1926  d. 2 May
ANDRIOLA, James Walter  b. 28 Sep 1929  d. 20 Apr
BARAJAS, Justin Leonard   b. 30 Oct 1986  San Antonio, TX d. 28 Apr
BARAJAS, Joshua Agustin  b. 25 Jan 1991  Zaragoza, Spain   d.  28 Apr
BARTOSH, Tim A.  54 yrs   d. 4 May
BENSON, Virginia Lee  b. 9 Nov 1924 Kansas City, KS   d. 2 May
BYRNS, Antonia Martinez  b. 24 Feb 1940 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 May
DODSON, Emma JaNette   b. 16 Sep 1925 Salem, AR  d. 4 May
DOENCH, William C. (Bill) Jr.  b. 20 Jun 1939  d. 3 May
ESPARZA, Rudolfo "Rudy"  78 yrs  d. 1 May
FIERROS, Gilbert  b. 25 Mar 1959  d. 26 Apr
FORBES, Roberta Anne  b. 16 Sep 1951  d. 2 Feb
GARCEZ, Noemi "Minnie"  86 yrs  d. 1 May
GIBBS, James Pythagoris II   b. 14 Jan 1947  d. 24 Apr
HAGEE, Vada Mildred  b. 29 May 1913 Alice, TX   d. 30 Apr
HEYE, Paul F. Col USAF (ret)  b. Feb 1941 San Antonio, TX   d. 4 May
HITZFELDER, Jerome L.  b. 18 Jan 1939 La Coste, TX  d. 1 May
HOLLOWAY, Geraldine B.  b. Chicago, IL   d. 30 Apr
HUNT, Mary L.  82 yrs  d. 2 May
HUNZEKER, Lera M.  b. 1914   d. 25 Apr
KOCH, Melton B.  b. 4 Aug 1941  d. 1 May
KRISCH, Frank Felix  88 yrs  d. 2 May
LLANES, Louis O.  b. 9 Aug 1918 San Antonio, TX   d. 3 May
MARTIN, Esther Merle  b. 8 Sep 1913 Arcadia, TX  d. 3 May
MCCARTY, Lawrence Patrick (Pat)  b. 25 Oct 1928  San Antonio, TX   d. 2 May
MCCLARITY, Norma   b. 10 Apr 1932 Huntington, WV  d. 30 Apr
MENDEZ, Gilberto  d. May
NICHOLS, Patrick A.  76 yrs  d. 2 May
ORTIZ, Elsie Garza  b. 2 May 1927 Nell, TX   d. 3 May
PARSONS-LEAL, Keri Linn  33 yrs  d. 30 Apr
POWELL, Shirley Jean  b. 16 Sep 1946  Winnfield, LA   d. 2 May
PRATER, Roy W. Maj USAF (ret)   b. 23 Feb 1947  d. 4 May
RODRIGUEZ, Eduardo M. Sr.  d. 1 May
ROSALES, Robert E.  b. 18 Dec 1920 San Antonio, TX   d. 30 Apr
SANFORD, Patricia B.  b. 7 Jul 1928 Niagara Falls, NY   d. 30 Apr
SAPP, Ireland (Sonny)  b. 22 Dec 1945  d. 29 Apr
SCHRAUBN, Jenetha (Jenny)  b. 8 Aug 1930 Alice, TX  d. 28 Apr
SHAW, Willie Mae  b. 4 Dec 1917   d. 3 May
SINGLETON, Jack  d. 1 May
SMITH, Lucia Guerra  b. 13 Dec 1938 Eagle Pass, TX  d. 30 Apr
SOLIS, Gilbert   64 yrs  d. 29 Apr
STOWE, Robert Lee  78 yrs  d. 2 May
SUDDUTH, Marguerite  b. 20 Aug 1924 Chester, TX   d. 22 Apr
TRAGER, Morris  64 yrs  d. 2 May
WEBB, Harry A. MSGT USAF (ret)  b. 12 Oct 1930 Wallace, WV   d. 2 May
ZAPATA, Gombert Castaneda  b. 11 Jan 1927   d. 29 Apr