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Descendants of MAJ. JOHN MEDEARIS

6. STACKER TAYLOR⁶ WARD (MARY ALICE⁵ YOWL, HENRY⁴, MARY POLLY SMITH³ MEDEARIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS², MAJ. JOHN¹) was born August 1877 in HENRY COUNTY, TN, USA, and died September 1970 in BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON CO.,TEXAS, USA. He married (1) EULA MAY ALEXANDER, daughter of M. ALEXANDER and MISS. JANES. She was born January 26, 1876, and died October 28, 1949 in BEAUMONT, TEXAS USA. He married (2) JESSE ELIZABETH LONG. She was born March 1885, and died December 1954 in BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON CO., TEXAS USA.

More About STACKER TAYLOR WARD:
IN MEMORIAM: " DADDY WARD "

More About EULA MAY ALEXANDER:
HOBBIES: NEEDLEPOINT,QUILTING,KNITTING
Occupation: HOMEMAKER

More About JESSE ELIZABETH LONG:
Occupation: HOMEMAKER

Children of STACKER WARD and EULA ALEXANDER are:

	i.		LEDELL⁷ WARD, d. LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USA; m. CARL J. RAEUCHLE, LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USA; d. LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USA.
	ii.		COYLE (CARL) A WARD, b. August 04, PARIS, TENN. USA; d. AMELIA, TEXAS USA; m. ABBY PERKINS; d. AMELIA, TEXAS USA.

More About COYLE (CARL) A WARD:
MILITARY SERV: 1914, ARMY, U.S. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Occupation: GOLD MINER IN ALASKA,

More About ABBY PERKINS:
Occupation: HOMEMAKER

iii.

IVA MARIE WARD, b. August 22, 1897, PARIS, TN, USA; d. August 26, 1989, BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON CO., TEXAS, USA; m. (1) ORA B MCCALL; b. July 1889, YARRELLTON, MILAM CO., TEXAS USA; d. March 1961, BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON CO., TEXAS USA; m. (2) FRED DEWEY CATRETT, November 08, 1920, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, USA; b. March 01, 1890, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, USA; d. October 05, 1925, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, USA.

Notes for IVA MARIE WARD:
THE FAMILY DRIVEN RED HAIRED BEAUTY SPENT THE BULK OF THE LAST 63 YEARS OF HER LIFE CENTERED AROUND HER HOME AT 1635 MADISON IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. SHE HAD BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FOR $3,500 IN JANUARY OF 1926, AFTER FRED DIED IN THE TRAGIC MAGNOLIA REFINERY FIRE OF OCTOBER 4, 1925. WHEN SHE MARRIED O. B. McCALL A FEW YEARS LATER HE STARTED A BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS TO CONTINUE THRU THE LATE 1950'S. THE HOME WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE A SEPARATE WASH HOUSE AND A THREE CAR GARAGE COMPLEX WHICH ALSO HOUSED "MAC'S" METAL SHOP. A SECOND STORY APARTMENT WAS ADDED ABOVE THE GARAGE AND SHOP. IVA'S SISTER LORAINE WOULD EVENTUALLY LIVE THERE. BEHIND THIS COMPLEX THERE WAS A LARGE TRUCK GARDEN AND A SMALL CHICKEN COOP AND PEN.

AS A BOY J. JAY TOOK THE TRAIN (THE SUNSET LIMITED) FROM SAN ANTONIO TO BEAUMONT EACH SUMMER TO SPEND A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH HIS GRANNY MAC. HER SON FRED WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE MOVIES AT BEAUMONT'S GRAND OLD MOVIE PALACES, THE JEFFERSON AND THE LIBERTY, AND J. J. HUNG OUT IN THE VARIOUS SHOPS OF MAC'S WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS. HIS COUSIN RICK WOULD COME OVER AND THEY WOULD SET ABOUT INVENTING THIS AND THAT, USUALLY WITH THE GOAL OF LEAVING THE PLANET AND EXPLORING THE OUTER REACHES OF SPACE. IVA READ A LOT AND SHARED THIS LOVE OF WORDS WITH HER GRANDSON GIVING HIM HARDBACK COPIES (1ST EDITIONS) OF HER FAVORITES WITH TITLES LIKE; "GONE WITH THE WIND", "THE GRAPES OF WRATH", AND "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS". HE CONTINUED THESE TRIPS THROUGH HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, BUT MUCH TO HIS LATER REGRET HE GREW UP AND BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH OTHER THINGS AND DIDN'T VISIT HIS GRANNY FOR THESE LONG STAYS AFTER 1965. AT THIS WRITING IN 1998 HE STILL HAS MANY OF HER BOOKS INCLUDING THE ONES ABOVE AS WELL AS SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF HER STITCHERY. HIS PRIZE OF WHICH IS A BUTTERFLY QUILT STARTED BY IVA'S MOTHER AND FINISHED BY HER TO GIVE TO J. J. AS A WEDDING PRESENT.

IVA MARIE WAS A MASTER OF THE " WOMEN'S ARTS ". SHE CREATED MANY FINE WORKS OF NEEDLEPOINT, QUILTING, KNITTING, AND STITCHERY FOR HER EXTENDED FAMILY OVER THE YEARS, FINISHING SOME PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN STARTED BY HER MOTHER AND EVEN HER GRANDMOTHER MANY YEARS BEFORE. SHE ALSO BUILT A NICE COLLECTION OF COLORED GLASS AND HANDPAINTED CHINA. HER SON, FRED,JR., MOVED IN AND LIVED WITH HER THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE. SHE WOULD DIE IN HER SLEEP AT HER HOME, AS DID HER BELOVED " MAC", ONLY A BLOCK FROM THE MAGNOLIA WERE FRED, SR. HAD DIED OVER HALF A CENTURY BEFORE.

More About IVA MARIE WARD:
HOBBIES: QUILTING,NEEDLEPOINT,KNITTING, AND COLLECTING COLORED GLASS & HANDPAINTED CHINA
IN MEMORIAM: BURIED AUG.29,1989 AT THE MAGNOLIA CEMETERY
Medical Information: SLIPPED DISC WHICH LED TO DEGENERATION OF THE PADS BETWEEN THE VERTABRAE, RESULTING IN CRONIC BACK PAIN FOR 20 YEARS
Occupation: HOMEMAKER

Notes for ORA B MCCALL:
O. B. WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN WHO PLYED THE TEXAS GULF COAST WATERS IN HIS BEAUTIFUL WOODEN FISHING BOAT, "THE KARRELL-ANN". HE HAD A LARGE VACATION HOME AT GILCREST NEAR GALVESTON ISLAND WHERE A YOUNG JARRELL KNOWLES SPENT MANY A PRE-DAWN SUMMER MORNING BEACH COMBING WITH IVA WARD AND MADELINE TROWBRIDGE. IT WAS HERE THAT THE YOUNG BOY DEVELOPED THE TASTE FOR THE FRESH OYSTERS AND SHRIMP "MAC" WOULD BRING IN BY THE BUCKET LOAD EVERY DAY. O. B. WOULD RETURN TO THE AMERICAN NORTHWEST EVERY YEAR TO CATCH THE SALMON RUN AND ALWAYS DROPPED OFF SEVERAL LARGE FISH AT THE KNOWLES HOUSE IN SAN ANTONIO ON HIS WAY BACK TO BEAUMONT.

"MAC" HAD A METAL SHOP BEHIND THE OLD CATRETT PLACE ON MADISON IN BEAUMONT WERE HE AND IVA LIVED. JARRELL PASSED MANY HOURS IN THAT SHOP WITH HIS PAPA LEARNING HOW TO WORK METAL, BENDING IT TO YOUR WILL. O. B. WOULD TAKE AN OLD WORN DOWN FILE AND TURN IT INTO A 1ST CLASS FILET KNIFE. PURE MAGIC TO THE YOUTH'S EAGER EYES. JARRELL'S LATER ABILITY TO SCULPT AND MOLD METAL SURLY HAD ITS ROOTS IN THESE SESSIONS WITH HIS STEP- GRANDFATHER. IN 1972 IVA WARD CATRETT McCALL GAVE JARRELL THE CONTENTS OF THE OLD METAL SHOP TO BRING TO AUSTIN. HE STILL HAS AND USES MANY OF O. B. McCALL'S METAL WORKING TOOLS IN 1995.

MILDRED'S STEP-FATHER WAS ALSO A DAMN GOOD CARPENDER AND HE BUILT THE LARGE BEACH HOUSE ON THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST WITH HIS OWN HANDS AS WELL AS THE APARTMENT-SHOP COMPLEX BEHIND IVA'S HOUSE ON MADISON IN BEAUMONT. HE ALSO BUILT A NICE LITTLE WASH HOUSE FOR HER AND ADDED A LARGE MASTER BEDROOM ONTO THE ORIGINAL HOUSE.

More About ORA B MCCALL:
Cause of Death: CANCER
CLUBS: MASON
HOBBIES: KNIFE MAKING, FISHING
IN MEMORIAM: PUT TO REST IN THE MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS
Occupation: MOUNTED PRISON GUARD AT SUGARLAND PRISON FARM,TEXAS IN 1920'S,BEAUMONT SHIPYARD

More About FRED DEWEY CATRETT:
Cause of Death: BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL REFINERY FIRE
Occupation: OIL WORKER

iv.

LORAINE LORENE WARD, b. May 02, 1902, PARIS, TENNESSEE, USA; d. January 03, 1983, BEAUMONT, TEXAS USA; m. GEORGE RICHARD (DICK) CRAVEY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS USA; b. July 06, 1895; d. April 08, 1956, BEAUMONT, TEXAS USA.

Notes for LORAINE LORENE WARD:
JARRELL KNOWLES WAS ALWAYS CAPTIVATED BY THE HAUNTING BEAUTY OF HIS FLAMING RED HAIRED GREAT AUNT. IN 1971 SHE GAVE HIM SEVERAL PIECES OF HER FURNITURE TO START OUT HIS MARRIED LIFE WITH HELEN JANE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHE ALSO PRESENTED HIM WITH A GROUP OF " UNCLE DICK'S " FOLKART CARVINGS AND PUZZLES. HER SISTER IVA ALSO GAVE J. J. SOME ANTIQUES ON THIS TRIP TO BEAUMONT, BUT THE REAL PRIZE TO JAY WERE HIS " PAPA'S " SHOP TOOLS WHICH HE FILLED THE OLD PICKUP BED HOMEMADE TRAILER WITH. HIS AUNT CAROLYN RAWLINS ALSO GAVE HIM MANY PIECES OF HER BEAUTIFUL HANDPAINTED CHINA TO SIT ON THE TABLES AND IN THE CHINA CABINETS HIS " AUNT RAIN " HAD GIVEN TO HIM. JAY WAS AMAZED AT THE WOODWORK ON THE " JENNY LIND " BED WHICH LORAINE TOLD HIM HAD BEEN DICK'S BED AS A LITTLE BOY. IT WAS TO SERVE AS THE GUEST BED AT THE KNOWLES HOUSE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THIS WAS TO BE THE SLEEPING PLACE USED BY MANY FAMILY & FRIENDS, INCLUDING WALTER S. FALK, ANN WHARTON, LEANN EMERSON, WES MASTERS, AND MANY OTHERS. IT WAS EVEN USED BY " COMICBOOK MILLIONAIRE " CHUCK ROSANSKI, AND " MOVIE POSTER MOGUL " BRUCE HERSHENSON WHEN THEY STAYED AT THE RED RIVER HOUSE IN THE EARLY 1970'S.

"RAIN" WAS ALWAYS J. J.'S FAVORITE GREAT AUNT. WHEN HE WAS QUITE YOUNG HE WOULD VISIT HER PLACE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BEAUMONT AND "UNCLE DICK" WOULD LET HIM RIDE HIS HORSE. AFTER DICK DIED AND SHE MOVED IN BACK OF IVA AND MAC J. J. WOULD VISIT WITH HER FOR HOURS IN HER UPSTAIRS LODGINGS, SOMETIMES EATING SUPPER THERE ALSO. OTHER TIMES HE WOULD GO TO WORK WITH HER TO THE LARGE DOWNTOWN DEPARTMENT STORE, THE WHITE HOUSE. AFTER EXPLORING THE STORE SHE WOULD GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF BUCKS AND HE WOULD SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY IN THE MOVIE HOUSES THAT SURROUNDED THE GREAT STORE. HE STILL HAS SEVERAL LITTLE TOBY MUGS SHE GAVE HIM LONG AGO.

More About LORAINE LORENE WARD:
COMPANIES: THE WHITE HOUSE DEPARTMENT STORE
IN MEMORIAM: " AUNT RAIN "
Occupation: HOMEMAKER, STORE SALES CLERK

More About GEORGE RICHARD (DICK) CRAVEY:
Cause of Death: CANCER
COMPANIES: MAGNOLIA OIL REFINERY, MOBIL OIL COMPANY
HOBBIES: CARVED HORSES, PUZZLES, & TOYS IN VARIOUS HARDWOODS
Occupation: OIL WORKER
PETS: ALWAYS KEPT A HORSE

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