Saturday, January 2, 2010

Beck and her Aunt Hettie


Came across this picture of my grandmother, Beck, and her Aunt Hettie, taken at a Davis Family Reunion sometime in the 1980s. I was struck by how much Aunt Hettie favored Beck's sister, Lizzie Lee. Hettie Anderson Davis was the baby daughter of James William Anderson Davis and Anna Elizabeth Morrow. She was born February 17, 1902 in Itawamba County and married Elva Cleveland Mason in 1925. Aunt Hettie was 96 years old when she died in 1998.

4 comments:

dewberry said...

Please tell me if this Davis family is descended from Jesse Davis. Jesse was my ggrandmother's father. If this Davis family is my relatives please tell me at cdweaver99@aol.com thanks

Carl Weaver

six96hoot said...

What a great picture of Mamaw Hettie:) I can still hear her voice even after all these years.

Mona Robinson Mills said...

six96hoot: would love to hear from Aunt Hettie's granddaughter (great-granddaughter? great-great?)! Mona itawambaconnections @ gmail.com

six96hoot said...

I thought my post from earlier would show but it did not. I always remember mamaw hettie being very sweet and her go to phrase was " awwwww". If it was bad, cute, good strange or unbelievable she would always say awwww. I am pretty positive my mom has photos of Mamaw hettie. My mom is Diana Davis ( maiden name Mason)Well her name is Virginia Diane Mason but she goes bu Diana now. Ralph and Peggy Mason are my grandparents. I just sent you a email so we can chat easily from there. It was just by chance I came to the Itawamba connections site today and I am glad I did!