Mother

Mother was the best friend
That anyone could find.
She was always near when needed
and never seemed to mind.

She was humble and plain
and kind as could be.
She loved her family
and their company.

She'd get the water buckets
and start to the spring.
That's when it seemed
she'd make Heaven's bells ring.

She'd raised her voice
in songs of praise;
She'd sing "Near The Cross"
and "Amazing Grace".

She told us so often about God
and his love;
How Jesus died to save us and
prepare us a home above.

One day she slipped away
and left us all;
But someday we will meet her
In that land beyond the sky.

By Annette Hughey Cash
In memory of Ethel Hughey Williams


I spoke with Annette often regarding our family history before she died. She said that Granny really did sing on her way to the spring. They could hear her across the field. Granny's Daddy and Annette's Grandpa were half brothers. There names are James Absalomn "Jim Ab" and Green McKibben C. "Mack" Hughey.

Mary Ethel Hughey Williams

Lets look at another line of our family. With each marriage comes another line of family.

Mary Ethel Hughey married Wyatt Williams on June 14, 1914. Ethel was 18 years old and Wyattie was 24 years old. This marriage leads us to the Hughey line. The Hughey's also lived in the Buck Creek area and a large part of them attended Buck Creek Baptist Church.

Ethel was born on 18 Feb 1896 to James Absalomn, "Jim Ab", Hughey and Rebecca Lougenia, "Lou" Humphries. They were actually 1st cousins, children of sisters Elizabeth Elder Hughey and Susan T. Elder Humphries.

We have listed the children of Wyatt and Ethel in the second blog, so check it to determine the names of the children of Wyatt and Ethel.

Wyatt and Ethel lived and raised their family on a farm in Buck Creek Community. I have posted pictures of the home place on my facebook account. If you'd like to view them and I'm not yet your friend send me an invitation.

I never knew this woman personally she died long before I was born. But I have heard that she was a great christian lady and dearly loved her family and friends. I've been told that this dear lady prayed constantly for her children,grandchildren and her grandchildren from now till Jesus comes. Whether you are her child, grandchild, great grandchild, great great grandchild, etc., you have been prayed for by Granny. Even though most of us never knew her, she wanted to make sure that we knew her Savior.

There's more to come on Granny in the next post.

Parents of Wyatt Williams

Papa was born Feb. 8, 1890 to William Pinckey Williams, born 21 Oct 1836, and Emily Catherine Seay, born about 1857. Unfortunately, his mother died while he was just an infant. Family stories have told us he was only 6 months old when his mother died. Since death certificates were not used in that time period I haven't discovered her cause of death or exact date. YET.
William already had at least 2 children from his first marriage to Nancy Cantrell. I have found him with as many as 3 children on census reports, but one, Elias Martha is listed as domestic help. If it was his child why would she be listed as anything other than his daughter. In a later census I find the same person listed as his daughter. Clearly the census taker made a mistake.
This would be the second time that William had been left widowed. However he didn't remain a widower for long. He married Lucinda Cartee and together they had 2 children. Lucinda did manage to outlive William. William died 18 June 1902 and is buried at the Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery. Not sure where any of his wives are buried at this time.
Papa's half siblings would be Elial "Eli", Martha, Franklin P. from the first marriage, then Papa, born to Emily and William, then John Coleman, and Minnie born the last union.