Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Mary Melinda LAYMAN

1.  Before she married, Mary taught in the early schools of Jasper County.

2.  After the death of her first husband, she and her son Orlin Crampton moved to Hunt where she opened and operated a millinery store.  The grandchildren recall her telling of the Spring when business was real good, in an  era when women would hardly leave their homes without a hat on their heads.  One day it was remembered, her total hat sales amounted to $40, a good day's business at a time when a hat cost little more than a scarf today.

3.  She discontinued her business after her marriage to Sumner Cox, who died in 1948.  She continued to make her home in Jasper County and for many years had been a member of Mound Methodist Church, which she attended regularly.

4.  She had an alert mind, good vision and hearing....read material of a religious nature, in addition to magazines and newsppers, including the Press-Mentor which she read twice a week.

5.  A family party was held the evening of February 14, 1962, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cox of Route 1, Willow Hill, honoring his mother, Mrs. Mary Cox, on the occasion of her 91st birthday.


Mary Melinda LAYMAN

1.  Before she married, Mary taught in the early schools of Jasper County.

2.  After the death of her first husband, she and her son Orlin Crampton moved to Hunt where she opened and operated a millinery store.  The grandchildren recall her telling of the Spring when business was real good, in an  era when women would hardly leave their homes without a hat on their heads.  One day it was remembered, her total hat sales amounted to $40, a good day's business at a time when a hat cost little more than a scarf today.

3.  She discontinued her business after her marriage to Sumner Cox, who died in 1948.  She continued to make her home in Jasper County and for many years had been a member of Mound Methodist Church, which she attended regularly.

4.  She had an alert mind, good vision and hearing....read material of a religious nature, in addition to magazines and newsppers, including the Press-Mentor which she read twice a week.

5.  A family party was held the evening of February 14, 1962, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cox of Route 1, Willow Hill, honoring his mother, Mrs. Mary Cox, on the occasion of her 91st birthday.