Lelia was born in the house that her father built, and where she grew up and was married. Her parents, Frank and Julia Arnold, were disciplined, kind and gentle people. Lelia was the second of six children children (who grew to adulthood) including four sisters; Mary,Bertha, Pearl, and Ida; and one boy Walton. During the time the children were growing up, Julia gradually lost her ability to see but she continued firm in her faith and in the teaching of her children. She also continued to care for her children. She made their clothes, quilted quilts and the girls lined up each morning for her to tie their sashes and braid their hair. Each member of the family attended Bluff Springs Methodist Church. As her mother gradually grew blind, Lelia
finished the eighth grade and assumed many of the responsibilities associated with caring for the younger children. She was sixteen when her father was stricken with Typhoid Fever. Lelia stayed home to help in the house, farm the land and take care of her father, who succumbed to the dreaded disease when she was sixteen. He died because of the severity of the disease and primitive health care on the frontier. Lelia was not stricken with the dreaded disease and survived to became a truly outstanding Christian woman, wife and mother. She married T.H. (Tom) McBay in 1912.
Their marriage survived some very desperate times including: the loss of a child, two wars, the terrible depression (1928-1938), the loss of a son in WW II and the disability of a son who suffered in truck and auto accidents to the extent that he became bedfast. Lelia participated in the care of him during his extended illness. Lelia suffered many hard times but survived them. She told a nephew that she buried all of her sons and no woman should have to do that. Tom and Lelia had six children and she helped them with school work. She wrote letters and listened to the radio at night. She visited sick folks in the neighborhood and if anyone needed assistance she was quick to help. Each year she commenced making flowers soon after Christmas for Decoration Day and never missed attending Decoration Day Ceremonies at Bluff Springs. For years she and Tom, with God's help kept Bluff Springs Church open and operating. Lelia gracefully endured tribulations that few folks have to endure. At the end of her life she left this world to join the Saints because she had fought the good fight finished the course and won her prize.
finished the eighth grade and assumed many of the responsibilities associated with caring for the younger children. She was sixteen when her father was stricken with Typhoid Fever. Lelia stayed home to help in the house, farm the land and take care of her father, who succumbed to the dreaded disease when she was sixteen. He died because of the severity of the disease and primitive health care on the frontier. Lelia was not stricken with the dreaded disease and survived to became a truly outstanding Christian woman, wife and mother. She married T.H. (Tom) McBay in 1912.
Their marriage survived some very desperate times including: the loss of a child, two wars, the terrible depression (1928-1938), the loss of a son in WW II and the disability of a son who suffered in truck and auto accidents to the extent that he became bedfast. Lelia participated in the care of him during his extended illness. Lelia suffered many hard times but survived them. She told a nephew that she buried all of her sons and no woman should have to do that. Tom and Lelia had six children and she helped them with school work. She wrote letters and listened to the radio at night. She visited sick folks in the neighborhood and if anyone needed assistance she was quick to help. Each year she commenced making flowers soon after Christmas for Decoration Day and never missed attending Decoration Day Ceremonies at Bluff Springs. For years she and Tom, with God's help kept Bluff Springs Church open and operating. Lelia gracefully endured tribulations that few folks have to endure. At the end of her life she left this world to join the Saints because she had fought the good fight finished the course and won her prize.
Lelia was born in the house that her father built, and where she grew up and was married. Her parents, Frank and Julia Arnold, were disciplined, kind and gentle people. Lelia was the second of six children children (who grew to adulthood) including four sisters; Mary,Bertha, Pearl, and Ida; and one boy Walton. During the time the children were growing up, Julia gradually lost her ability to see but she continued firm in her faith and in the teaching of her children. She also continued to care for her children. She made their clothes, quilted quilts and the girls lined up each morning for her to tie their sashes and braid their hair. Each member of the family attended Bluff Springs Methodist Church. As her mother gradually grew blind, Lelia
finished the eighth grade and assumed many of the responsibilities associated with caring for the younger children. She was sixteen when her father was stricken with Typhoid Fever. Lelia stayed home to help in the house, farm the land and take care of her father, who succumbed to the dreaded disease when she was sixteen. He died because of the severity of the disease and primitive health care on the frontier. Lelia was not stricken with the dreaded disease and survived to became a truly outstanding Christian woman, wife and mother. She married T.H. (Tom) McBay in 1912.
Their marriage survived some very desperate times including: the loss of a child, two wars, the terrible depression (1928-1938), the loss of a son in WW II and the disability of a son who suffered in truck and auto accidents to the extent that he became bedfast. Lelia participated in the care of him during his extended illness. Lelia suffered many hard times but survived them. She told a nephew that she buried all of her sons and no woman should have to do that. Tom and Lelia had six children and she helped them with school work. She wrote letters and listened to the radio at night. She visited sick folks in the neighborhood and if anyone needed assistance she was quick to help. Each year she commenced making flowers soon after Christmas for Decoration Day and never missed attending Decoration Day Ceremonies at Bluff Springs. For years she and Tom, with God's help kept Bluff Springs Church open and operating. Lelia gracefully endured tribulations that few folks have to endure. At the end of her life she left this world to join the Saints because she had fought the good fight finished the course and won her prize.
finished the eighth grade and assumed many of the responsibilities associated with caring for the younger children. She was sixteen when her father was stricken with Typhoid Fever. Lelia stayed home to help in the house, farm the land and take care of her father, who succumbed to the dreaded disease when she was sixteen. He died because of the severity of the disease and primitive health care on the frontier. Lelia was not stricken with the dreaded disease and survived to became a truly outstanding Christian woman, wife and mother. She married T.H. (Tom) McBay in 1912.
Their marriage survived some very desperate times including: the loss of a child, two wars, the terrible depression (1928-1938), the loss of a son in WW II and the disability of a son who suffered in truck and auto accidents to the extent that he became bedfast. Lelia participated in the care of him during his extended illness. Lelia suffered many hard times but survived them. She told a nephew that she buried all of her sons and no woman should have to do that. Tom and Lelia had six children and she helped them with school work. She wrote letters and listened to the radio at night. She visited sick folks in the neighborhood and if anyone needed assistance she was quick to help. Each year she commenced making flowers soon after Christmas for Decoration Day and never missed attending Decoration Day Ceremonies at Bluff Springs. For years she and Tom, with God's help kept Bluff Springs Church open and operating. Lelia gracefully endured tribulations that few folks have to endure. At the end of her life she left this world to join the Saints because she had fought the good fight finished the course and won her prize.
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