Billie Ann Boyd of Malakoff passed away on Nov. 21, 2013 in Ft. Worth at the age of 53. Billie was born on Feb. 12, 1960 in Dallas to Billy Boyd and Shirley Harrison Boyd.
She is survived by her mother, Shirley Ward; brother, Edgar Boyd; niece, Misty and husband Brandon Ruff; great nieces, Keely and Brittany Ruff, other family members Jessie Boyd and family, Laura Russel and family.
She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Boyd; uncles, George Harrison, Elvin Chapman, Jackie Lewis and Ralph Boyd; aunt, Dorothy Lewis; grandmother, Maurine Chapman.
Visitation will be held on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. at Huckabee/Tomlinson Funeral Home in Malakoff. Service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Huckabee/Tomlinson Funeral Home in Malakoff. Interment will follow at Wilson Chapel Cemetery.
Mary Beth Haley has discovered some of her ancestors that were in the Oklahoma Land Rush. With this discovery, it peaked her interest and she had to learn more. Her research lead her to find out that there were four land runs.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the Five Civilized Tribes ( the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole ) were dragged into a conflict which in the end brought them as much devastation as the great removal. There were wealthy Indian slave owners who sided with the Confederates. Differences among the Indians quickly flared into their own private Civil War. In the confusion they became victims of plunder and raiding on the part of both Union and Confederate troops scouring the land for food and supplies. By the time the war was over, many Indians had been forced out of Indian Territory. Scenes of desolation faced them when they returned to their land. They had been stripped of everything they possessed—tools, grain, and cattle. Their homes were destroyed, and their land had been burned.
In 1889 President Benjamin Harrison announced that Oklahoma Lands would be opened to public settlement.The unassigned lands were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the United States. The Indian Appropriations Bill of 1889 was passed and signed into law with an amendment by Illinois Representative William McKendree Springer, that authorized President Harrison to open the two million acres for settlement. Due to the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres in size, provided a settler lived on the land and improved it, the settler could then receive the title to the land.
American Indians viewed the land run very differently than the settlers. While those who made the run saw the situation as an opportunity to claim free land, American Indians feared they may again lose even more land. In varying times during the nineteenth century, tribes had been forced from their ancestral homelands to reservations in present-day Oklahoma. Then, tribes were forced to accept individual allotments with the Dawes Act in 1887, which again reduced their land. The resulting land cleared of tribal ownership resulted in available land for the run. Continue reading “DAR member learns of Oklahoma Land Rush”
Pictured are, from left, Jean Small, Suzanne Fife, Kathy Hanlon, and Helen Preston.
By Nina Hendricks/Sarah Maples Chapter
Regent Helen Preston of the Sarah Maples Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was pleased to welcome Kathy Hanlon as the speaker at the last meeting. Vice Regent Suzanne Fife made the Introductions. Kathy is the National Defense Committee Chairman and is responsible for the National Defender magazine that all DAR members can access. Kathy keeps up with military men and women overseas and here at home.
Kathy reminded us that on Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified and added to the U.S. Constitution. On the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the date a federal holiday. “Bill of Rights Day” celebrates the freedoms and rights of this amazing document that affords Americans the freedoms they have.
I’m sitting here Sunday evening, waiting for the really bad weather to hit. When it does, I’ll have to get up and make a big pot of soup. Seriously, I have to. Some kind of instinct drives me to it. But if the cold front delays just a little, maybe I’ll be strong and eat my really good leftovers first, and make the soup tomorrow.
The other thing you do when expecting a siege of freezing weather, is go to the grocery store and stock up. So today when I passed Brookshire’s I just had to go in. I couldn’t help it. I walked all over the store, and couldn’t find one thing I needed. Seems I’d already stocked up. I left empty handed and kind of let down.
Aren’t the leaves wonderful? Both John and Carl swear the leaves are much more colorful than they used to be. I think we just got older and slowed down enough to appreciate things more. We all have certainly been appreciating and marveling at the leaves along the highway, nudging one another, saying, “Look at that!” “Oh my goodness! Look over there!” But I hadn’t paid attention to the colors at my own place. Then I just happened to look out my living room window and really see what was there. It just knocked my socks off. Gorgeous, brilliant colors right here in my yard, and I wasn’t even noticing. I hope this new cold front won’t strip them bare right when I start appreciating what I have here.
Mostly in this column I just rattle. But every now and then I find out something that might be useful to somebody. This is a tip for Internet users who live in the country: DSL– high speed Internet, just may be available where you live. I live half way between Malakoff and Cross Roads and I just discovered I can have it. I didn’t think it was available, but thought I’d ask. So I emailed Century Link. Then I couldn’t wait for my answer, so I called. I was told yes, I could have it. “Don’t kid me,” I said, “Don’t break my heart.” She assured me it was available, and scheduled me for a hookup. A couple of days later I got a reply to my letter. It said they regretted they couldn’t serve me yet, but hoped to soon. Broken hearted, I called back the lady who signed me up to see why they had backed out on me. “No, we’re coming,” she said. And sure enough…. Some nice young men with a big machine that digs a trench and buries a cable at the same time have now been here and done that. Now I’m just waiting for them to get the cable tunneled under the highway. They say it won’t be long. I’m so happy. So my tip to you is this: If you are interested, don’t write Century Link. Call them. Continue reading “Around Town: Fun weekend of colored leaves and art”
Check this out … Tool Elementary School ROCKED their food drive, collecting 518 cans for the local food pantry. … Nice job, Mr. Snider, on the art work
Mary Beth Haley has discovered some of her ancestors that were in the Oklahoma Land Rush. With this discovery, it peaked her interest and she had to learn more. Her research lead her to find out that there were four land runs.
