July 7, 1910-June 7,1994
In every life there is a special person, who helps to mold them, and make them what they are. In my life that person was my Grandmother Bessie Lee Rushing Ramsey. For that reason I am dedicating this site to her. She was so full of love, she made every person who came into her life feel very special, she had very broad shoulders for us to lean on , a large heart with which she loved everyone, and ears that never tired of listening, and how she could cook. She taught me my love of family. Now that I am a grandmother , I try to use her footsteps as my guide.
This is the my granddaughter Khelsie and her best buddie "Bo" who actually weighs almost twice what she does.
This is a generation picture of my family. Top left to right Ella Mae Hendry (my mother), my Grandmother, myself with Scrappy the dog and on the bottom is my daughter Teri Craft.
This is my great grandmother Ella Bozeman Rushing
Sept 12, 1880-May 29, 1959
July 10,1905-Aug 25, 1965
This is Reeves Monroe Ramsey my great grandfather, he was a teacher and a farmer. His wife was Cora "Mae" Holloway. They moved from Alabama to Holmes County, Florida in the early 1900's.
This is my gggrandfather Richard A Ramsey, he served as 2nd Lt in CSA 57th Artillery Alabama. He was captured outside Atlanta June 1864 and spent remainder of war in POW camp in Ohio. He was also a teacher and a farmer. He served as county sheriff for Dale County, Al 1876-1880.
This is James Noah Rushing, husband of Ella Bozeman and father of Bessie.
These are the sons of Ella Bozeman and James Noah Rushing,(my grand uncles) Mathew, Wesley, Abe and Hardy.
This is my my GGrandmother Ella Rushing Bozeman and her daughters. Top left to right, Lizzie Carpenter, Ella, Lucy Braxton Hayes, and my grandmother Bessie.
Barron DeKalb Rushing (Grandfather to James Noah Rushing) and his wife Serena. Serena is a Creek Indian left by her family with the Rushing's to be raised, Serena's parents did not believe she would survive the forced march the government was imposing on the Creeks in their area.
July 20, 1828-Oct 8, 1913.
Serena 1828-Dec 23, 1899.
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