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Sarah (Weathers) Hackney died April 7, 1909 and her husband, Fieldon Hackney died February 7, 1896. Sarah and Fieldon Hackney had 5
children to live to be adults. Inez married Hal Douglas. Hal ran a one-man broom factory in the early 1940’s. They had no children.
There was Pearl, who lived in Coal Hill with Inez and Hal Douglas. She had a short marriage but retained the name of
Hackney. There was
Wilson, who was named after Wilson Weathers, married Willie Cruzon and lived in Alex.
Their children are not known. There was Elizabeth, who married a man
from Missouri named Ragon Ferrell. They had 4 children – Jack, who married Annie Ferguson; Mary Pearl, who married a man named
Huff; Eva Marie married Tom Flake. Sterling was the 4th.
Lewis, who married Dell Smith and they had 3 children. Theirs was a sad story. Lewis and Della had 2 children and 1 on the way, when a
rock fell on him in the mine and killed him in 1925. Della died a few months later giving birth
to their third child. The names of these
three children are Hoyt, Lucille, and Stephen Hackney. The oldest, Hoyt, now
lives in Coal Hill after spending 20 years in the Navy. Lucille
married Hershell Hill and lives in Coal Hill. Stephen was killed in World War II. After the death of Lewis and Della, Pearl and Inez raised
these three children as Vina had Charley. |
