| i. | John Eugene Jr. Stearnes, born March 28, 1934; married June -------(Stearnes) 1954. | |||
| ii. | Ellen Wanita Stearnes, born March 11, 1936; married Buck Counts August 26, 1966. | |||
| iii. | William Goodwyn Stearnes, born October 15, 1938; married Beverly -------(Stearnes). |
| i. | Mary* Esther Stearnes, born January 27, 1948 in Corpus Christi, TX; married JOE LEE HENLEY February 11, 1967 in Montgomery,AL. |
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More About Mary* Esther Stearnes: Birht place: born at US Navel Air Station hospital as father was chief in US Navy Fact #1: 5'4" tall;dark brown hair; blue eyes; obese 210 lbs. Occupation: Computer illustrator/past-up at Herff-Jones Publishing, Inc. Montgomery, AL Religion: LDS |
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Notes for JOE LEE HENLEY: When I met Joe in 1966 and he took me to meet his parents I was amazed to see people living in this condition... Eight people were living in a four room house. The only modern convience was electricity for lights, a refridgerator and small b&w TV, that was brand new to them in 1964. The house had no indoor pluming. Every bit of water was hand drawn out of the well behind the house and toted into the house. The well had the purest, best tasting cold water I'd ever had. Hot water was kept in the side compartment of the wood burning stove. That stove cooked the best bisquits! And they were made twice a day for breakfast and supper. Dishes were washed in dishpans on top of the kitchen table, there was no sink. The youngest girl stood on a milk crate to rince the washed dishes. Heat for the house was from the stove and two back to back fire places between the two "front rooms". These rooms doubled as living rooms and bedrooms. No couches, just two double beds in one for Nanny and Pop, Joe and Murry; a double and a singlebed in the other for Margie and Grover and Charlotte and Stella shared the single. When the baby, Ray, came along in Aug of '66, a crib was added to the crowded room, but he really slept with his mother and father for the first 4-5 years of his life. In decent weather the front porch became the family sitting area. Also it was the bath area, no matter the weather. A #2 wash tub was put there and hot water toted from the stove to fill it . Then one kid after another was bathed. The water was refilled only when splashed out or when too dirty to continue with another child! Nanny was lucky, because of her feebleness, she had a home made potty chair in the corner of her room to use. The rest of the family used the privie out back or the corn field in case of emergency. Clothes were hung in chifferobes and Nanny and Margie were always busy sewing to make clothes rather than buy them. The dining table was very old, perhaps Nanny and Pop's original furnishings, and had a bad slant to it. It was made with individual boards about three inches wide that were on a track and could be adjusted to change the size of the table. I never saw the table anyway but let out full size and definately slanted. We used it for Sunday dinners and if you got anything liquidy on your plate that was likely to drip off the edge, you simply put your spoon or knife under the plate to level it and kept right on eating. The home grown food was always plentiful and delicious. And the table set with as many places as possible including a quart mayonaise jar filled with ice and plenty of dark, sweet tea. I know I couldn't have lived like this, but for a Sunday outing it was fun. I will never forget the first time I went there and the hugs I, a total stanger, got from my possibly future in-laws. All though the house did without all the modern equipment that I took for granted, it was always full of so much love that they had much to share. That spontanious greeting hug from Margie will always be my fondest memory of her. And perhaps because it was from a total stanger, the first hug I ever "remember" ever getting. All the Henleys I've ever known were not rich with anything but love and family togetherness. There almost seemed to be a direct relation between the money in pocket and the amount of love shown between family members. More money, less love. No money, abundent love overflowing and eternally from the heart without condition. I'm proud to say, I married Joe AND I married this whole family. |
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More About JOE LEE HENLEY: Fact #1: named for father's boyhood nickname Fact #2: 5'6 1/2";very dark brown hair;brown eyes; heavy in older years at 180 lbs. Fact #3: born at Eglin Air Force base hospital as father was in US Army stationed in Egypt Military service: AL National Guard, pvt. 1966-1973 Occupation: weaver;Appleton Wire Works, Montgomery, AL from 1971 Religion: Baptist, not baptised |
| ii. | James Howard Stearnes, born April 27, 1956 in Opelika,Al; married Mary Elizabeth Shaver October 20, 1978 in Montgomery,AL. |
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More About James Howard Stearnes: Degree: Assoc. of Computer Engineering Education: Valadictorian, Williams School 1974 Fact #1: born in Lee Co. Hospitol, Opelika, AL Fact #2: 5'8", dark brown hair, blue eyes, obese 290 lbs. Health: alopecia partialis since age of two Namesake: father's birth name and father of mother Occupation: Civil Engineer, State of AL |
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Notes for Mary Elizabeth Shaver: birth father: Willie Bruce Webster, Lee Co., AL |
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More About Mary Elizabeth Shaver: Adoption: birth mother: Daisy Odell Gillens,b. Jan. 20,1937, Lee Co., AL; unmarried Fact #1: found birth mother 1980 Fact #2: born in Lee Co. Hospitol, Opelika, AL Fact #3: 5'4", red hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, 150 lbs. Graduation: Williams High School, 1976 Occupation: Child day-care teacher |
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