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6 Blankenship, Hardin Hardin Blankenship was the son of Willie B. and Anna Bell Edwards Blankenship, and a brother of Flem. His paternal grandparents were John and Fannie Blankenship, who, it is believed, came from Alabama. Hardin married Clara Smith. For a while they lived across the road from the J. C. Kean, Sr. place. Later they moved to the old Dille place where Clara still lives when not with children. Hardin is dead. The children of Hardin and Clara Smith Blankenship are: Mary Ann, Mrs. Bob Graham who lives in Florida; Betty Jean, Mrs. Don Williams (widow) of Jackson; Bessie, Mrs. Jimmie Mitchell of Nashville. Bowlus D. B. and Edith Bowlus came from Indiana. They lived across the road from the present home of Isabel Kean. Their two daughters are: Betty, Mrs. Mose Cooper of Columbus, Georgia; Eula, Mrs. Don Echols of Natchez. Mose Cooper managed the Wells Dairy Products Plant in Columbus, Georgia, for many, many years until his retirement. They still live in Columbus. Don Echols was a state officer in the Mississippi Farm Bureau for years and lived in Jackson during this time. Don died several years ago, and Eula lives in Natchez. Bryant Marie Ulm Bryant, mother of Mrs. Carson Castles, moved from New Orleans to Sessums in 1970 to live hear her daughter. Mrs. Bryant's mother was Marie Albeitz from Kuckelbach, Germany. Her maternal grandparents were Romuald and Marie Horlinger Albeitz. Mrs. Bryant's father was George M. Ulm of Rudolfsberg, Germany, near _____. Her paternal grandparents were Joahnn M. and Margaret Zie Ulm. This German couple met and married in the United States in 1893. Marie Ulm married James P. H. Bryant, Sr., in 1918 and she lived in New Orleans until she moved to Sessums. James and Mary Annie, “Marie" Ulm Bryant were the parents of: Jim; Iris, who married Carson Castles; George; Carl; Evelyn. Mrs. Bryant was killed in a traffic accident while visiting in New Orleans in 1975. She was buried there in one of the city's old cemeteries, Saint Rock.
7 Burks Edward Meeks Burks and his wife, the former Gertrude Smith, were originally from Millport, Alabama. They moved from Philadelphia to Longview and then to Sessums in the late twenties or early thirties. They lived in Sessums four or five years and then moved back to Longview. Mr. Burks sold and repaired Singer sewing machines. Their children are: E. M. Burks, Jr., who died in 1954 following a truck wreck; Jack, of Columbus; Edward of Bisbee, Arizona; Mrs. Sue Mcllwain of Memphis; Mrs. Fay Tiggot of Picayune; Mrs. Tommie Reese of Starkville; Mrs. Billie Langford of Columbus; Mrs. Ann Newman of Terry. Mr. Burks passed away several years ago. Mrs. Burks died in 1975 at the age of 81 years. Burnley Arthur Lee and Jo Burnley moved from Starkville to their home on Blackjack Road in 1963. The land they bought was originally part of the Gay property. Jo, born in Leake County, is the daughter of Walter Clyne and Clemmie Scott Beard. After her father's death her mother remarried, and the family moved to Crystal City, Texas, where Jo went to high school and started to college. Later she returned to Mississippi. Arthur Lee Burnley, born in Durant, is the son of Willie Cube and Emma Adcock Burnley. He worked for Staggers Bakery and later for the cafeteria at Mississippi State University. Presently he owns beef cattle. The Burnleys are the parents of one child, a daughter, Rose, who married Bobby Buntin. The Buntins are the parents of four children: Carmen, Rocky, Lance, and Scott. Butler Horace and Meldie Shurden Butler moved to Sessums from the western part of Oktibbeha County sometime during World War II. They were employed by Mr. Hunter Arnold and lived in the old Savage house. There were several children. One of the daughters married William Wray. They lived in Sessums about a year. The Savage house was just north of the McKnight house, on the east side of the road. Both of these houses are gone now.
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Page 3 and 4: I. Introduction Table of Contents I
Page 5 and 6: Anderson, James James Tatum Anderso
Page 7 and 8: 3 Askew, G.D. The Quayle House Late
Page 9: 5 Barrett, J. T. J. T. Barrett and
Page 13 and 14: 9 Carpenter, Vivian Murray The Vivi
Page 15 and 16: 10 John Palmer and Carrie Gertrude
Page 17 and 18: 12 Dobbins Bobbie and Jewel Dobbins
Page 19 and 20: 14 Foster, James James Foster moved
Page 21 and 22: 16 Gay James Gay left Devonshire, E
Page 23 and 24: 18 Mrs. Harrell died in the summer
Page 25 and 26: 20 he, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Peters m
Page 27 and 28: 22 In Sessums Mr. Kean is remembere
Page 29 and 30: 24 McIlwain Near Sessums community,
Page 31 and 32: 26 Oswalt Arvie and Maudie Swindoll
Page 33 and 34: 28 He had other interests besides f
Page 35 and 36: 30 Reese, Jack Jack Reese is the so
Page 37 and 38: 32 Reese, Danny Danny and Linda Ree
Page 39 and 40: 34 Seitz, Jim Jim was a brother of
Page 41 and 42: 36 Henrietta Eleanor Sessums marrie
Page 43 and 44: 38 Stiles Stiles Home around 1900.
Page 45 and 46: 40 Tomlinson John Tomlinson from Oh
Page 47 and 48: 42 This Bell family and their desce
Page 49 and 50: 44 Their children are: Louise, marr
Page 51 and 52: 46 Young Thomas Young, son of Micha
Page 53 and 54: 48 INTERESTING FACTS A Dr. Henry He
Page 55 and 56: 50 With this building then belongin
Page 57 and 58: 52 The school building, now used as
Page 59 and 60: 54 Organization History of the Sess
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56 Early Improvements When the chur
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58 Current Goals.--The Sessums Meth
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60 Rice Henry Miss Willie Ridgeway
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62 After a hard struggle over the y
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64 Sessums Voters of Early 1960's A
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66 Sessums was quite a thriving cen
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68 There were many interesting stor
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