Re: Renfros in TN
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Renfros in TN
8/20/00
Rebecca - in my previous message I missed answering something for you. Horace and Roy renfro are the sons of James garfield renfro by his first wife Matilda Lawson. charles (my 2nd cousin) is the son of his second marriage by Lena B. Hodges. I never knew Matilda Lawson. Aunt Lena B. was a wonderful person and a school teacher for many years in that area. Uncle Garfield reminded me of Teddy Roosevelt, looking much like him. He died in a tractor accident while farming at the age of 80. The tractor turned over on him. Charles still lives on the family farm. Horace is a retired Greyhound bus driver and Roy lives outside Nashville. He is a neurosurgeon and is retired (I think). Charles and I still talk to each other several times a year. We stop at the farm for a visit when we are in the area. I live in Bham, Ala. Aunt Lena B. did a lot of the Renfro family research in 1976 because the State of Tn. awarded commendation certificates to any family that could prove their farm had been farmed by successive generations for at least 150 years. My cousin Charles now has that certificate. the Renfro famil is considered among the First families of Tenn. (So is our Mitchell side).
Hope this helps.
Donna Renfro Morris
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Rebecca Miller 7/13/02
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