My grandfather (second from the right) and his singing group in the 1940s - Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Wordless Wednesday – The United Harmonizers
Wordless Wednesday – Branch High School, Newport Arkansas
Photo courtesy of Jackson County Historical Society
Wordless Wednesday – Sister and Brother
My Aunt and Uncle (my father's siblings)
Wordless Wednesday – Lifelong Friends
Mrs. Iona Oats and Gladys Denson Mays (my Granny) - Photo courtesy of the Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
Wordless Wednesday – My Aunts and Uncle
Aunt Lela, Aunt Ninnie, and Uncle Jimmy
The Grieving Genealogist
On Friday, November 13, 2020, my father, Wayman Allen Mays, passed away after a hard fought 12 year battle with colon cancer. Over the past 12 years, I was with him through several surgeries, radiation treatments, and countless amounts of chemotherapy. He never really talked about his cancer or complained about what he was going... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – St. Mary’s Chapter No. 410 of the Order of Eastern Star (Prince Hall Affiliation)
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
Going to a Research Center During COVID-19
It's been a while since I have written a blog post. To say that the world and life kind of got in the way would be an understatement. I was still riding high from my trip to RootsTech 2020, where I was an ambassador, when the world shut down mid March due to COVID-19. Everything... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 30 – Easy
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 