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Family Photos, 3

Some photos submitted by Louise Gillispie Stratton, Apr 2007, (LGS)
Some photos submitted by Deana Scott, (DS)
Some photos submitted by Pat Walton May, 2007, (PW)
Ada Gillispie Pierce, Dawson County, Texas
Ada Gillispie Pierce holding niece Louise Gillispie and hiding behind her is nephew Ed Miller. (LGS)
Adrian Simpson, Dawson County, Texas
Adrian Simpson when older. (LGS)
Adrian Simpson, Dawson County, Texas
Adrian Simpson when younger. (LGS)
This photo is missing. Billy Joe Gillispie, Dawson County, Texas
Billy Joe Gillispie
Not long after this picture was taken Billy died in a truck accident in Yuma, AZ. (LGS)
Edd Pierce, Louise Gillispie & Lucille Hailey Gillispie, Dawson County, Texas
Edd Pierce, Louise Gillispie & Lucille Hailey Gillispie. Lucille and Edd Pierce are in-laws. (LGS)
William Carter Rainer, Dawson County, Texas
William Carter Rainer & Related Family Gathering (LGS)
Effie 'Ora' & Thomas Hailey, Dawson County, Texas
Effie 'Ora' & Thomas Hailey (LGS)
Rainer Family, Dawson County, Texas
Rainer Family (LGS)
Brown Family, Dawson County, Texas
Back row L-R: Virgie 'Lucille' Hailey Gillipsie Corley, Effie 'Ora' Rainer Hailey, Annie 'Beatrice' Hailey Aten, Rufus Sherman Aten, 'Edna' Pearl Haily Brown, Ernest 'Elbert' Brown, Evelyn 'Louise' Gillispie, 'Dorman' Wade Brown.
Front row L-R: Thomas James 'TJ' Gillispie, Morris 'Gordon' Brown, Tommy Aten & Patsy Aten. (LGS)
Greg Stratton, Dawson County, Texas
Greg Stratton, 1953 (LGS)
Greg and Louise Stratton, Dawson County, Texas
Greg Stratton and his mom, Louise Stratton, 1953 (LGS)
Virgie 'Lucille' Hailey Gillispie Corley, Dawson County, Texas
Virgie 'Lucille' Hailey Gillispie Corley (LGS)
John C. and Ival Gillespie, Dawson County, Texas
John C. Gillespie with his wife Ival. (LGS)
John C. Gillespie and his niece Maxine, Dawson County, Texas
John C. Gillespie and his niece Maxine Gillispie Sanders (LGS)
Humphreys' Gas Station, Dawson County, Texas
Humphreys' Gas Station mid 1920's, Lamesa, Texas
Two unknown men and Russell U. Humphreys in suit on the right. (LGS)
Jacob J. 'Jake' and Mary 'Ada' Rainer Simpson, Dawson County, Texas
Jacob J. 'Jake' Simpson, Mary 'Ada' Rainer Simpson with 1st child, a daughter, Alva Simpson (LGS)
Jackie Gillispie & Eldon Sanders, Dawson County, Texas
Jackie Gillispie & brother-in-law Eldon Sanders (LGS)
Jackie & Maxine Gillispie, Dawson County, Texas
Jackie Gillispie & his sister Maxine Gillispie Sanders (LGS)
Ralph Gillispie, Dawson County, Texas
Ralph Gillispie & his horse on the Gillispie farm on the Gail/Snyder highway. (LGS)
School Days, Dawson County, Texas
School Days
The men in the family made the cart for the three of us to ride to Mt. Olive School southeast of Lamesa. The school is no longer there. Cousin Catherine Norris Miller and her brother Edgar 'Ed' Harvey Miller, Jr. and Louise Gillispie. I started school when I was not quite 5. The old horse was named Dolly. (LGS)
Willliam Braswell, Dawson County, Texas
Willliam Braswell
(Picture taken from the newspaper article)
Doris Gallegos Yzaguirre, Dawson County, Texas
Doris Gallegos Yzaguirre
(Picture taken from the newspaper article)
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