Morris Watkins

Emanuel County, Georgia. He served as a motorcycle cop with the Augusta, Georgia police department.

Effie McNeely, Buddy McNeely, Esther Watkins

Emanuel County, Georgia.

Willa, Holmes and Dell Watkins

Emanuel County, Georgia. Cousins, I believe, of Mattie Lou Watkins Thompson.

Cora Lee McNeely and husband

Cora Lee was first cousin to my great-grandmother, Bashie Watkins McNeely of Emanuel County, GA. As of this post, these originals are in my possession. I would like the originals to find their way home to Cora Lee’s family.

The originals are in fair condition. I have restored these photos using Photoshop CS4. It is an irritatingly painstaking process.

And these two photos are apparently of at least one child:

Hugh McNeely

I am not sure exactly which Hugh McNeely this is except that he was Sally Lou’s father, Bashie’s Uncle and James P McNeely’s brother. James P. McNeely was my grandmother’s grandfather on the maternal line. My grandmother was born in Emanuel County, Georgia to Bashie McNeely Watkins, daughter of the aforementiond James McNeely.  I would place Hugh’s lifetime around b.1850-d.1920.

Remus Warren Thompson

This is my grandfather, Remus Warren Thompson. He started his adult life as a cotton mill worker, then became a jeweler. He owned a pecan farm that we called “the Ponderosa” where we kept our horses.