Mary Lee Jackson Helms ~ Memorial

Birth: Apr. 9, 1909

Death: Oct. 15, 1999

CHARLOTTE – Mary Lee Jackson Helms, 90, died Oct. 15, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital.She was a native of Clover, S.C., daughter of the late Mary Jane Parrott and Thomas Franklin Jackson Sr., wife of the late Lawrence Helms Sr., sister of the late Clay, Herbert C., Andrew and Thomas F. Jackson Jr., Hazel J. Sherer, Mamie Jackson Smith; aunt of the late Marie Smith Key, Bobby Jackson; great-aunt of the late Ben Sherer Jr., preceded in death by an infant niece, member of First Presbyterian Church, retired from Duke Power after 25 years of service, formerly employed with the Belk Co.

SURVIVORS: Nieces, Lena Smith Wright, Elizabeth Harwell, Gastonia, Bobbie Marie Rourk, Charlotte, Mary Jane Dulin, Bowling Green, S.C.; nephew, Tommy Jackson, York, S.C.; great-nieces and great-nephews; great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews

PRIVATE SERVICE AND INTERMENT: Forest Lawn West Cemetery



A Kiss for your Sweetheart~

Show the ones that you love, that you love them.

Happy Valentine's Day!



2nd Great Grand Uncle Isaac~

Second Great Grand Uncle Isaac Whitman Blanton.

Born October 18, 1850

Died April 23. 1937

Brother to George Washington Blanton, my 2nd Great Grandfather.

Isaac married Rebecca E. Wellmon.

Both were born in Cleveland County, North Carolina and are buried in Gaston County, North Carolina.

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Angel Watching Over Us~

While searching for family, resting in a sunlit, Garden of Stone, I found an angel. 

In these stone gardens are rows of memories.  Names etched in stone, but each one represents a life, loves and memories made.

Outdoor museums of memories made.

Wednesday Wanderings ~ Bessie and Nannie Parrott

This is Nannie Barber Parrott (on right) with daughter, Bessie Maude Parrott.

Robert Samuel Parrott was Nannie's husband.

I recently came across this photo that I have never seen before.

Nannie is my great grandmother.

They are seated on the front steps of Nannie's home that was once located on New Hope Road in Gastonia, N.C.  The land was sold and now a church stands in it's approximate location.

I remember there was a field to the left of the house that was full of flowers, irises, I think.

The flowers on Nannie's lap were most likely gathered from the field.

I imagine that Uncle Ed was the source of all the flowers, he loved to garden and could grow the most beautiful flowers.

New Hope road once came directly by Nannie's home. It came though the trees, near the drive of my grandparent's house,  and up the hill to her house, and at the entrance to what was her drive, was a massive milling stone.  I do not know the origin of the mill stone but I imagine it has history in my family.

To the right of the main house was what was called the "garage apartment".  Edward Parrott lived there in his later years. Ethel and Wilburn lived there early on in their marriage. The apartment was struck by lightning and burned after the death of Edward.

Bessie lived with her mother until her death. She never married.