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Hi Beth,
I am just sitting here at my computer looking at the Milstead web
site waiting for the grass to dry so I can mow my lawn. As I look at
pictures a lot of wonderful memories flood my mind. As I look at
pictures of the Methodist Church I think of being in Mrs. Violet
Norton's Sunday school class. My Aunt Alice Barnett who
always sang so beautifully in church. She had the children's choir
which I was a part of. When I was in Nam she used to write me and
tell me to be a good boy and be sure to go to Sunday School. I think
of Debbie Norton, Roger Smith, Charlene Rich and many more. I
think of after church Mama would have Sunday dinner and it seems
like we would always have fried chicken. I look at pictures of the
gym and I think of your grandad's barbershop. I remember when he
would cut my hair and was almost finished he would ask me if I
wanted my neck shaved. I could hardly stand to have that done and
he knew it but it was not a complete haircut until he shaved my
neck. When I think of the gym I also think of Little League
Baseball. We really had some good teams. I think of hot summer
afternoons in the pool with all of my friends Roger Smith, Edward
Hall, Don and Gregg Maddox and many others.
You know and I know that Milstead was a great and a special place.
It just seems like sometimes it was even greater. You have made so
many people happy and brought back so many wonderful memories by
creating this site. I know it has been a lot of hard work and I know
you get tired of people saying this but thank you so much for doing
this site. Because of you we can go back to Milstead.
Take Care
Galen (Foster, September 4, 2004) |
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I just wanted to say thank you! I used to
live on River street and Broad street and rented from the Maddox's
They are wonderful people and I sure miss them. I live in Florida
now and sincerely miss our old neighborhood!
Joe Ayres~~ September 28, 2004 |
It's great to see
some people remember where they came from and to be proud of it.
Gene Ramey
(claw hammer)
[ ~October 16, 2004 ]
I asked Gene if he was
kin to Olin Ramey - he replied: 'If Dad hasn't
disowned me ... I am his number 2 son, Brother of Dick Ramey.'
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'Greetings – since this website is
about Milstead and you are related to a Shaw. Are you by chance
related to James Shaw? He lived in Milstead when I was a
child. He lived beside the church now named Milstead Baptist
Church. I believe that before that it was named Longshoals
Baptist? James Shaw is in my memory. I remember visiting him at
his home on occasion. He grew muscidines in the backyard. The
sweetest purple muscidines I’ve ever had. He was a kind generous
man. My father had a nickname for him. I remember James Shaw
caring for someone (either his wife or his mother?
My name is
Cheriee Fowler, I lived on Spring Street in what was
originally the greenhouse (according to Frank Smith’s book). I
lived there from 1979 until 1999 (I would have been 2 when we
moved in and 22 when we left). I would be happy to go through my
pictures and see if I have anything that you don’t. I know I have
some pictures of the Milstead pool through those years. My mother
ran a home daycare beginning in the early 1980’s through June
1999.
I am very
interested in the people who lived and died in Milstead. Do you
have any information on cemetery listings in Milstead. My father
is now buried in what is called the Milstead Cemetery. He died in
1996 in our home in Milstead. But I understand there is an older
cemetery off of New Street in Milstead dating back to the days of
the mill. My understanding is that is was for the mill workers
and their children. I would LOVE to have the names and
inscriptions from tombstones there. It is all grown up and
inaccessible, but I would love to be a part of clearing it and
transcribing tombstone inscriptions for all that remain.
Please e-mail
me, I would LOVE more information on the cemeteries.
Sincerely,
Cheriee Fowler
P.S. I am
thoroughly enjoying your website, especially the
pictures!!!!!!!!!!!'
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from Cheriee
Fowler October 29, 2004
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'I was really surprised to find this web site words cannot
do it justice. I have sent it to my brother Jerry Day in
California and my sister in Jasper GA. I have some pictures I am
going to send you as soon as I get time. I was born in Conyers
and raised in Milstead my name is Jerome Day. I lived
right behind you and the ball park at 184 Green St last house
on the right. I have some very found memories of my childhood at
Milstead and truly love every one there like you stated we
didn't have much money but you couldn't ask for a better place
to live anywhere in the world. I have a picture of you singing
in the choir at the Milstead Meth. church when you were about 5
or 6 years old. Alice Barnett was an inspiration for all
of us. Your grand father Grady use to cut my dads and my
hair. He also was our source for shoes as he sold mason shoes
and dad and I would order a pair about every 3 years.' |
~~ from Jerome Day, October 29, 2004 |
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Dear Beth,
The Milstead web site just gets better and better. I was interested
in the letter from Leslie Hayes. She said her grandfather was
Lonnie Miles Waters. I feel like I knew Lonnie Miles although
he and his family had moved from Milstead (I think) before I went
there as a bride in 1938. Lonnie Miles (he was called by his
double name to distinguish him from his father Lonnie Miles.
Charles Shaw considered Lonnie Miles his best friend.
As you know Charles was short (5 feet 7 inches in a stretch) and
good looking! He told me Lonnie MIles was very tall and slim.
The kids in town called them Mutt and Jeff (cartoon characters on
one tall and one short man).
~ from Ruth Shaw
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'I was just trying to remember some of our Milstead Korean
boys and I have a few for you. They are T. W. Maddox, Billy
Norton, Grady Young, Bud Young, Speck Kaiser, Tip Stancil, Hewood
Day, Wilbur Mulcky. I'm sure there are more, I just can't
remember who they are. All of these boys served honorably in the
Korean War and my brother Hewood Day received a Purple Heart
over there as I am sure others did. Also, its just a part of
Milstead history I think we should not forget.'
~ Jerome Day (November 20, 2004) |
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Old Betsy - Jerome
Day's Memories of his milk cow |
Beth, I forgot
your kinship to Jack(ie) Shaw. I went through my pictures and
found our Milstead 7th grade graduation picture the year
Jackie and I graduated. (year?) and went on to Conyers school.
Seven grades were all they had back then. I have identified so
far, Jackie Shaw, Jackie Byrd, Jackie Hanson, Jackie Ollis,
Bobby Ford, Johnny O'Kelly, Carl Stevenson, Larry Thomas,
Faye Rooks, I think. The Epps Girl Bobby Crumbly
(may not be how he spelled his name). Any way as soon as I can
get a copy I'll will send it to you.
Dick Ramey
Dick
November 8, 2005
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I enjoy checking this site
every few days. I have very happy memories of living in
Milstead from infancy through age 8 or 9. I spent many
happy hours skating around town with groups of 10 or more,
swimming in the company pool, buying cherry cokes at the
drugstore, playing kick the can in front of Mama Shaw's
house on Main Street, going to Sunday School at the
Methodist Church, and running errands for my uncles --
usually buying cigarettes for them at "the store" or
"checking the mail" at the post office inside the store.
I also remember falling out of the playground swings when
I was in kindergarten. I was almost a teenager before I
knew that "basement" and "bathroom" were not synonyms,
because at Milstead School we asked permission to "go to
the basement" because the bathrooms were in the basement.
I remember seeing teachers administer discipline by
striking students' palms with a ruler. I remember getting
a whole packet of letters from my former Milstead School
classmates after our family moved to KY during my 4th
grade year.
This site is a wonderful walk down memory lane.
Joan (Shaw) Turrentine, (November 19, 2005)
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Daddy's Roses )
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