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31 James and Mildred Reese lived in Sessums or Starkville all of their married lives. Their children and grandchildren still live in Oktibbeha County. The other brothers and sisters moved away. Robert Joshua and Leona Henrietta Reese Price were the parents of nine children: Frank; Elise; Robert; Leona; Mae; Jim; William; Harry; and Vivian. Mae (Mrs. Gatlin) and Vivian (Mrs. Barton) still live in Oktibbeha County. There are other descendants of this family in Oktibbeha County also. Annie Mae Reese married Henry A. Martin. They were the parents of seven children: Lenora; Mary; H. A., Cecelia; William Oscar; Mildred; and Annie Elizabeth. Only one of these children lives in Oktibbeha County now. Lenora Martin married George A. Nowlin. She lives in Starkville with her stepdaughter, Miss Billie Nowlin. The other children are dead or live elsewhere.
32 Reese, Danny Danny and Linda Reese from Tennessee were another couple to live at the Harry Peters place. He was the son of Henry Reese who now lives on Highway 82 near the road to Camp's Airport. Their children are Danny Wayne, Jimmie, and Darlene. Danny Reese, the father, was later killed in a car wreck. This couple was in our community only about six months. Ridgeway Bruce Ridgeway married Margaret Bell and their children were Joe, Edwin, and Willie, a daughter. This family lived where Ike Winston's hay barn near and where theiris residence now is. Mrs. Ridgeway became paralyzed late in life and Mr. Ridgeway was sick, too. A daughter by a first marriage came and took them both to her home in Jackson or Meridian. Rush Ed Rush married Lydia Cavannah. There were no children, but there was an adopted son, Francis Lee. He operated a store west of the present Cox grocery. It seems the road was farther from the store then than it presently is. A niece, Pearl Rush, lived with them. They lived behind the Dossett house and in a house near the stores. Rushing In the earlier days of the community, about 1909, Homer and "Rat” Rushing lived near the McIlwains toward Oktoc. They never married and are now dead. Jane Arixie Roberts who married James Shields McIlwain, was a sister of Mrs. Mary Rushing, the mother of these men. There were two daughters also. There was Loraine, who never married and died with tuberculosis, and Florence who married a teacher and lived in Okolona. Florence had one son and several daughters.
Page 1 and 2: HISTORY OF SESSUMS COMMUNITY THROUG
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 and 10: 5 Barrett, J. T. J. T. Barrett and
Page 11 and 12: 7 Burks Edward Meeks Burks and his
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: 30 Reese, Jack Jack Reese is the so
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
Page 61 and 62: 56 Early Improvements When the chur
Page 63 and 64: 58 Current Goals.--The Sessums Meth
Page 65 and 66: 60 Rice Henry Miss Willie Ridgeway
Page 67 and 68: 62 After a hard struggle over the y
Page 69 and 70: 64 Sessums Voters of Early 1960's A
Page 71 and 72: 66 Sessums was quite a thriving cen
Page 73 and 74: 68 There were many interesting stor

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