This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Sammie Cecil Rakestraw
   Born: 25 JUL 1912      at: Union CO, MS  
Married: 15 OCT 1932      at: Union CO, MS  
   Died: APR 1986         at: Union CO, MS  
 Father:Berry Wiley Rakestraw
 Mother:Lula Bryant
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   Wife: Mabel Ernestine Kolb
   Born: 28 JUL 1914      at: MS  
   Died: 8 OCT 2000       at: Blue Springs, Union CO, M  
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   Name: Edward R. Rakestraw
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Spouses: Jettie P. Hamblin  
   Name: Benny C. Rakestraw
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Spouses: Mary Ann Nunnelly  

This page was last updated on Dec 19, 2009.