Barry County Missouri - A Letter To Fannie Lowe

 A Letter To Fannie Lowe This letter was written by
the mother of <mailto:Anne5@ev1.net>Anne Lozano in 1981. It contains the
names of many of her friends and loved ones who lived in Barry County

8/20/1981 Dallas, Texas

Dear Fannie, I don't know when I ever enjoyed a letter as much as I have
the one I received from you yesterday. I was afraid you  wouldn't  write
as I had been so long in answering yours-tho I kept it right here  where
I usually sit to do my writing, telephoning etc. An explanation  ,maybe,
I just put it off. But really no excuse except neglect.

I got out an old box of pictures the other day -must have been  some  of
Grandmother Lee's. and I have some more I am going to  enclose.  One  of
the Gray children. If some of you go to the Lowe reunion maybe you  will
want to give it to Earl if he is there and tell him "Hello" for me, also
one of you and Horace together with Fay and Earl.

How well I remember when Joe died and the  Flu  of  1918.  We  lived  in
Cassville real close to Aunt Mandy and Mother took care of Joe until  he
died. Of course there were no hospitals or nurses and most everyone  was
too scared of the Flu to go near it-but Mother didn't believe in running
from things instead of facing them and none of us had it. I stayed  with
friend that did and gave medicine and helped with school  homework.  The
whole family did whatever seemed to be needed., The only the  prevention
was a nose and throat spray with antiseptics that  everyone  used  every
time they came in or out and as often as we needed.

We knew Faye long before she knew Joe .  Mother  had  a  chronic  kidney
disorder in those days and was bedfast quite often. Faye  came  to  stay
and help us out and immediately became like one of the family and  still
is. She lives in Vallejo, California and I talk to her always during the
Christmas season and we exchange letters once in awhile  between  times.
Blaine and his second wife stopped by to visit me a few years ago. Long,
long ago, when he was quite young, Blaine used to visit  us  and  joined
the Marine Corp while here.

There was a Cassville girl that came to help, when my sister and I  were
in Springfield Business College, that became one of the family  and  she
and I are still close tho far apart  in  miles,  Luna  Thomas  from  out
Pasley or Horner way I don't know if you ever  knew  her  or  not.  Luna
lives in Virginia now.

There is a Jim Lowe here that runs a Radio show and has talked about the
other Jim Lowe who I believe is on Radio in New York City now  and  said
he was from Springfield but somehow I never connected him with  the  Dr.
Lowe I knew in Springfield. Dr. Lowe's  office  was  close  to  mine  in
Springfield and we used to visit and talk about Barry County There  were
some other relatives over at Butterfield but  I  believe  they  were  on
Grandmother Lee's side.

John and Tennie Cates had a son,Harry, who was killed by gas in WW1 when
the Mines were active "Over There". Fannie Lowe Bradley's  husband  Dick
Bradley was some relation to Grandmother Lee. I believe his  mother  was
referred to as Aunt"Nade" Bradley. Mother's name was  "Ebbie  Nade"  and
that is probably where it  came  fromm.  Then  Mother  was  just  called
"Ebbie".

Grandmother  Lee's  brother,  Barry  Porter,(I  don't   know   other   "
Porters")had a daughter, Ethel, and one son( I don't  if  he  had  other
children.) They lived in Monett on Marshall Hill as did Aunt Catherine's
family and at one time Jom and Mandy. In fact  they  were  living  there
when Bert was killed "hopping" a train down to Purdy to a ballgame.

I would  like  to  have  the  addresses  of  any  of  Grandfather  Lee's
descendents you have. If you will enclose them when you write.

Somewhere I have an obituary notice of Grandfather Lee's mother and also
his obituary. I will dig them out and send you a copy. I will try to get
it in this letter. Her given name was Sarah  (Sally  "  Sarah  Ebbinate"
West ) and she had one daughter, Nan, and three sons, Andrew(Uncle Andy,
Norman and Savannah Lee's father),Elbert(Dr. E. J.  Lee(Uncle  Bert  who
had two sons, Dr. E. J. Lee. JR. and Jim, a Minister. And of course, the
third son was my Grandfather, Jerry R. Lee(Jeremiah Rains Lee).

Grandfather(Jeremiah R. Lee) also had another wife  and  family,  or  at
least a son, William and a daughter, Louisa.

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