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Descendants of John Callahan

Generation No. 7

66. DIXIE GLADIOLA (KEWPIE)⁷ SANDERS (WILLIAM BARRETT (BEN)⁶, AMANDA CALLAHAN⁵ BULLARD, MATILDA⁴ CALLAHAN, MILES T.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 25 January 1920 in Fannin County, Texas. She married EARL MCCOIN 23 December 1940 in Hunt County, Texas. He was born 15 October 1912 in Lamar County, Texas, and died 04 December 1994 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Child of DIXIE SANDERS and EARL MCCOIN is:

94.

KENNETH GLENN⁸ MCCOIN, b. 08 March 1947, Harris County, Texas.

67. JAMES THOMAS SR.⁷ WOODRUFF (THOMAS FRANKLIN⁶, JOHN THOMAS⁵, SARAH⁴ CALLAHAN, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 16 December 1911, and died 17 November 1971 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. He married ROSA LEE HADDOCK 24 August 1932 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. She was born 08 May 1914 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, and died 11 June 1977 in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama.

Children of JAMES WOODRUFF and ROSA HADDOCK are:

95.	i.	JESSE FRANKLIN⁸ WOODRUFF, b. 23 September 1937; d. 27 August 1971, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
	ii.	ROSA LOU WOODRUFF, b. 13 September 1935, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; d. 07 November 1944, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.
	iii.	RICHARD WOODRUFF, b. 11 June 1940, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; d. 11 June 1940, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.
	iv.	ROBERT WOODRUFF, b. 11 June 1940, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama; d. 11 June 1940, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.
	v.	FRANCES WOODRUFF, b. 02 July 1941; d. 18 February 2006, West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina.

68. ROSIE⁷ LAMBERT (JOHN WILLIAM JR.⁶, MARTHA (DADIE)⁵ CALLAHAN, AARON NICHOLAS⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) She married GORDON GULLION.

Children of ROSIE LAMBERT and GORDON GULLION are:

	i.		CAROLYN⁸ GULLION.
	ii.		RUBY (PETE) GULLION, m. BILL THOMAS.
	iii.		RUTH GULLION.

69. JO ELLEN⁷ COLE (GRAFTON PATTERSON⁶, JULIA VELMA⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY WILLIAM⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 02 January 1932 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee. She married DUANE LEROY SHAMBURG 12 May 1953 in Strasburg, Virginia, son of VIRGIL SHAMBURG and VELMA SADLER. He was born 10 January 1930 in Scottsville, Mitchell County, Kansas.

Children of JO COLE and DUANE SHAMBURG are:

96.	i.	TERESA KAY⁸ SHAMBURG, b. 27 March 1954, Front Royal, Virginia.
97.	ii.	DAVID ALLEN SHAMBURG, b. 26 April 1958, Fort Meade, Maryland.
	iii.	TRACY ROY SHAMBURG, b. 05 October 1961, Teheran, Iran.

70. FRANCES LARUE⁷ RHODES (MONROE WILLIAM⁶, SUSAN CATHERINE⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY M.⁴, JAMES S.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 19 May 1919 in Garrett, Ellis County, Texas, and died 05 May 2000 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas. She married WALTER EDWIN CARTER 11 December 1957 in Mineola, Wood County, Texas, son of JOSEPH CARTER and MARGARET ANDERSON. He was born 28 September 1913 in Providence, Smith County, Texas, and died 08 October 2000 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas.

Notes for FRANCES LARUE RHODES:
Larue was a dental assistant prior to retirement.

Notes for WALTER EDWIN CARTER:
Walter served in the U. S. Navy during World War II, and was a career farmer. He is now retired and resides at Country Trails Care Center in Grand Saline, Texas. Their church affiliation is Church of Christ.

Child of FRANCES RHODES and WALTER CARTER is:

MARY MARGARET⁸ CARTER, b. 14 August 1961, Mineola, Wood County, Texas; m. RONALD R. SMATHERS, 09 May 1998, Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.

71. MONROE W. JR.⁷ RHODES (MONROE WILLIAM⁶, SUSAN CATHERINE⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY M.⁴, JAMES S.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 22 December 1920 in Garrett, Ellis County, Texas, and died 15 July 1998 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. He married DORIS GLASS MARSH 19 October 1954 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, daughter of JOHN GLASS and ZELMA HOWE. She was born 12 January 1924 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.

Notes for MONROE W. JR. RHODES:
Monroe W. Jr. (known as "Dusty" throughout his career) was a Corporal stationed at Camp Hood, Texas i 1942 and 1943 and assigned to the Tank Destroyer Battalion.

He went to work for Humble Oil Company, later to become Exxon, and was a senior accountant when he retired 1 May 1985 in Houston, Texas.

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE 27 JULY 1998

M. W. "Dusty" Rhodes, 77, of Houston, formerly of Tyler, Texas. Born December 22, 1920 in Garrett, Texas, passed away after a courageous battle, on July 15, 1998 in Houston. Dusty dedicated 42 years of service to Exxon. After his retirement in 1985, he became a volunteer for CCHF Thrift Shop. He was a member of Westbury Church of Christ for over 30 years. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Doris Rhodes; (2) daughters: Carol Carpenter & husband, Ed, of Tucson, Arizona and Nancy Schriefer & husband, David, of Houston, Texas; (2) grandsons: Alex Carpenter, of Flagstaff, Arizona and Kyle Carpenter of Tucson, Arizona; brother, Jack Rhodes, of Longview, Texas; sisters: LaRue Carter, of Mineola, Texas and Norma Gabler, of Longview, Texas. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 28, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home, 12800 Westheimer @ Dairy Ashford. Mr. Bill Love will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Drs. William Fleming and Kas Saranathan and the nursing staff of ICU-Unit C of Memorial Southwest Hospital. Also a special thanks to Wanda Mattucci and Buppha Bunchein in the hospital's Plasma Pheresis Unit. In lieu of usal floral remembrances, donations may be made in Mr. Rhodes' name to The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation or to a charity of choice.

Notes for DORIS GLASS MARSH:
Doris was previously married to Joe David march in Stuttgart, Arkansas in 1944. He was a B-17 pilot in the U. S. Army Air Corps stationed in England and was killed in action during World War II. She and Joe David had one daughter, Carol Marsh.

Child of MONROE RHODES and DORIS MARSH is:

NANCY⁸ RHODES, b. 30 November 1958, Tyler, Smith County, Texas; m. DAVID SCHRIEFER, 08 October 1981, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

72. NORMA ELIZABETH⁷ RHODES (MONROE WILLIAM⁶, SUSAN CATHERINE⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY M.⁴, JAMES S.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 16 June 1923 in Garrett, Ellis County, Texas. She married MELVIN NOLAN FREEMAN GABLER 06 September 1942 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, son of OTTO GABLER and MATHILDA WEID. He was born 05 January 1915 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Notes for MELVIN NOLAN FREEMAN GABLER:
Melvin and Norma met during a Texas "oil boom". In 1934, Mel joined Humble Oil Company (later to become Exxon) in Houston, Texas. In 1936 he was transferred to Talco, where he worked with Norma's dad, Monroe W. Rhodes Sr.. Although he met Norma at that time, it was not until several moves later that their friendship blossomed.

In 1942 Mel took a leave of absence from Humble to join the Army Air Corps. He was stationed at Ellngton Field near Houston for a time, then at Bangor, Maine between 1942 and 1945. Mel and Norma were married in Houston on September 6, 1942, in a church founded by the Gabler family.

After World War II, Mel returned to Humble and the family lived in various Texas towns: Benavides. San Diego, Aqua Dulce, Alice, Mexia and Longview. In 1957 they moved to a 68 acre ranch near Hawkins, Texas. (Mel says 68 acres is only a small farm in Texas).

Melvin and Norma developed an interest in textbook discrepancies upon discovering erroneous information in their children's school books and started a textbook verification enterprise that became world-wide.

Their travels encompassed a lot of the world and their awards range from their selection by the Encyclopaedia Brittanica as two of nine-five individuals, world-wide, who had the most influence during 1982, to the Texas Senate Award of Appreciation for benefitting education. Norma was selected as one of 107 outstanding mothers in Texas history. Mel was a national delegate to the White House Conference on Families. Their many honors include state and national awards from the Sons of the American Revolution and the Congress of Freedom Award (10 times).

They have appeared on these national television network programs:

60 Minutes, Good Morning, America, Nightline, Today, McNeil-Lehrer Report, Crossfire, Donahue (three times), and The 700 Club, plus hundreds of other television and radio programs. Jointly or individually they have spoken to dozens of colleges and universities, PTA meetings, conferences, civic clubs, parent groups and educational conventions. They have spoken in 45 of the 50 states - many times in some times. In 1977 tghe Gablers took a seven-week trip to Australia and New Zealand, where Norma spoke in eight cities in New Zealand and nine in Australia.

Although getting up in years and in semi-retirement, they are still active in these programs.

Children of NORMA RHODES and MELVIN GABLER are:

	i.		JAMES MELVIN⁸ GABLER, b. 10 May 1945, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. GLORIA HUIZINGH, May 1972, Denver, Colorado.
	ii.		PAUL RICHARD GABLER, b. 02 April 1947, Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas; m. PATRICIA MADDOX, 21 August 1971, Clute, Brazoria County, Texas.
	iii.		DON ALLEN GABLER, b. 27 February 1952, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas; d. 23 August 1971, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

73. VIRGIL WEBSTER⁷ RHODES (MONROE WILLIAM⁶, SUSAN CATHERINE⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY M.⁴, JAMES S.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 29 December 1924 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. He married RUTH EVELYN HIGHTOWER 16 February 1947 in Gladewater, Upshur County, Texas. She was born 15 September 1925 in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas.

Notes for VIRGIL WEBSTER RHODES:
Virgil Webster (Jack) Rhodes served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and after the war owned and operated a ladies clothing store in Longview, Texas. He was also engaged in investments and real estate. On their 50th wedding anniversary, their children treated their parents fo a Caribbean cruise. Their two daughters, Donna and Lanna, with their husbands and children accompanied them, making the event a real family affair.

Jack is now semi-retired but still visits his office daily, is very active and is an avid supporter of the Baylor Bears, the football team of the Baylor (Baptist) University in Waco, Texas.

Jack and Ruth are also active in their church activities.

Children of VIRGIL RHODES and RUTH HIGHTOWER are:

98.	i.		DONNA LYNNE⁸ RHODES, b. 16 May 1948, Gladewater, Upshur County, Texas.
99.	ii.		LANNA RUTH RHODES, b. 20 January 1956, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

74. BESSIE MARIE⁷ TOMLIN (RACHEL ELVIS⁶ RHODES, SUSAN CATHERINE⁵ CALLAHAN, HENRY M.⁴, JAMES S.³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 03 August 1921 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, and died 02 March 1989 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas. She married JOSEPH SANFORD ROTHROCK 18 January 1942 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas. He was born 03 September 1911 in Walnut Springs, Bosque County, Texas, and died 11 August 1984 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.

Notes for BESSIE MARIE TOMLIN:
Bessie was a dutiful wife and good mother to her six children, was active in the First Baptist Church of Mexia, Texas. She was a very sweet and caring lady always ready to help others or to lend words of encouragement.

Notes for JOSEPH SANFORD ROTHROCK:
J. S. was a butcher by profession and worked over the years at Cooper Grocery, Safeway, and other grocery stores in Mexia. He was a devoted father and good provider for his family of six children. Both he and Bessie were long-time Baptists and member of the First Baptist Church of Mexia, Texas.

Children of BESSIE TOMLIN and JOSEPH ROTHROCK are:

100.	i.	JAMES HOMER⁸ ROTHROCK, b. 04 March 1943, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
	ii.	LAURA ELIZABETH ROTHROCK, b. 02 April 1946, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
101.	iii.	BETTY JO ROTHROCK, b. 20 September 1947, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
102.	iv.	SANDRA KAY ROTHROCK, b. 08 November 1948, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
103.	v.	JOSEPH S. JR. (JOE) ROTHROCK, b. 31 December 1952, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
	vi.	CHARLES EDGAR ROTHROCK, b. 07 December 1954, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas; m. KATHERINE PATRICIA (KATHY) GIEGER, 17 August 1978, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas; b. 11 August 1960, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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