Photos – Chapter 6:  Zachariah Blackledge and Descendants

Providing a look at some submitted photos that did not appear in First Edition of "Blackledges in America."  Descendant numbers from the Second Edition for Chapter 6 have been inserted in the photo captions to provide "Blackledges in America" identification references.

"Lizzie" with children:  (four photos submitted by Irma Breazeale)  First we have two views of same family gathering c. 1954 in McComb, MS:  (left to right)  Corrine Gibson [594], Salata Elizabeth "Lizzie" Blackledge [221],  William Riley Blackledge [598],  and Rosie Smith [599].   Note the next photo is another view.   Third photo:  Pinkie Holifield [779], (the wife of Richard Frances Blackledge [591]).  Fourth photo:  Wayne Co, MS gathering: Front Row kneeling: Paul Franklin Blackledge son of William Riley Blackledge [598].  Standing, left to right:  Dovie and William Riley Blackledge [598]; Mattie Smith [596];  Pinkie Holifield [779]; and Rosie Smith [599].  Photos 3 and 4 taken in 1983, Wayne Co, MS.

"Lizzie":  (five photos submitted by Irma Breazeale)  1. Salata Elizabeth "Lizzie" Blackledge [221], c. 1952, Jones Co, MS.  2. James R. "Jimmy" Smith husband of Rosie Blackledge [599].  3. William Riley Blackledge [598] and Salata Elizabeth "Lizzie" Blackledge [221], c. 1954, McComb, MS.  4.  "Jimmy" Smith family photo: (by Olan Mills):  Front Row Left to Right: Jimmy and Rosie Smith  [599], Irma Breazeale.   Second Row Left to Right: Lizzie Lou Vreeland, Joyce Ward, Flora Lee Shedd, Letha Ann Kelly taken in Jones Co, MS,  1979.  5.  Jimmy Smith Family Funeral Photo:  seated in front: Rosa Smith [599]; standing in back, L to R:  Irma Breazeale, Letha Ann Kelly, Joyce Ward, Lizzie Lou Vreeland, and Flora Lee Shedd.  Photo taken in 1983 in Laurel, Jones Co, MS.

Minnie and John:  Minnie Marie Blackledge [597] and husband John Shedd with little Lillie Mae Shedd [1534].  Photo taken in Wayne Co, MS, c. 1927.     Lillie Mae Shedd Hodge: [1534] in 1946.  Minnie and Willie Dee:  Minnie Blackledge [597] and Willie Dee Blackledge [1516], c. 1988, MS.

Maudie Blackledge: Maudie [592] shown in 1942.  Maudie was Willie Dee's mother.    William Albert Blackledge:  c. 1920    William Riley Blackledge:  William Riley [598]

Willie Dee Blackledge :  Willie Dee [1516] in 1965.     Faye and father:   Maudie Faye Blackledge [2989] and her father Willie Dee Blackledge [1516] in 1967.  Two Maudies:  another photo on same occasion, however this has Willie Dee's mother Maudie [592] on the left.

Faye and Frankie:   Maudie Faye [2989], spouse David Lee Cutchens and son Frankie Lee [4684].  Photo taken in Hurricane Mills, TN, c. 1992.  Outstanding in their field:  Boyd, Hollis, Luell Blackledge.   Maudie Luell:  Luell [1479] later in life.