Family History Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by Mary Secrest AUG 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Secrest Family History; extracted from http://hometown.aol.com/bsmvps/genealgy4/index.htm For permission to use this material, contact: Mary Secrest at Bsmvps@aol.com THE HISTORY OF Ephriam Ashley SECREST Children of Charlie and Mary Elizabeth Nooner Secrest. Ephriam Ashley Secrest, Tom Secrest, (Middle)Tom's brother-in-law Luke Rogers, Lucy Secrest, Era Secrest, (children) Jim Secrest, and Zell Secrest. Ephriam Ashley Secrest family moved from Yell County Arkansas to Tensas Parish Louisiana. Brother Tom moved on to Texas with his family. There were three brothers and two sisters. Tom, Ashley, Charlie, Medie and Cora. Charlie was adopted out to A (Broom) family because of not enough food to feed the children. Ephriam Ashley Secrest married Lucy Angela Walker. Lucy's mother Sally Ann Walker remarried after the death of her husband. She married the widowed father of Ashley E. Secrest. Sally Ann (Walker) Secrest was born on 14 OCT 1865 died 3 AUG 1944 and is buried in Newellton's Legion Memorial Cemetery in her daughter's plots with the Allens. Children of Ashley and Lucy 1. Jim Secrest born 22 OCT 1911; died 2 AUG 1963; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. Married Murtle May Nichols; buried in Clinton, Louisiana. 2. Zell Secrest born on 19 AUG 1909; died Mar. 27, 1976. Married Elmer McConnell, born 2 MAR 1910; died 20 JUL 1975; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. 3. Quenton Secrest, died and was buried in Carthage MO. Married Eva Quention. 4. Nell Secrest died and was buried in Carthage MO. Married Eugene Guest. 5. Leon Secrest living in Delta, Louisiana. Married Doshie Morgan. 6. Rose Secrest born 3 JUL 1917; died 24 MAR 1989; Married Cleo Freeman Sr., (half brother to Doshie Morgan); born 23 DEC 1913; died 18 JUN 1978; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Par, LA. 7. Helen Secrest born on 22 FEB 1925; died on 17 APR 1970; Married Loyce Maroon Sr; born on 9 AUG 1925; died on 23 FEB 1987; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. 8. Bennie Secrest born on 4 AUG 1927; died 3 JUL 1981; Married Louis Goodwin born 20 JAN 1924; died 17 NOV 1977; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. 9. Paul E. Secrest Sr. born on 22 FEB 1930; died 14 OCT 1980; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. Married Mary Bamburg. Mary still lives in Newellton Louisiana. 10. Bobby Secrest born on 24 SEP 1933; died on 27 FEB 1981; buried at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, Tensas Parish, LA. Married Joyce, no children. Wife remarried.