THANKS to Barb Henderson for creating this memorial.
Information BELOW revised and submitted by Deb (McEntire) Williams on 08-21-2013; revised 05-14-2015; last revised 02-07-2020:
Ola/Oly/Ollie's paternal grandparents were Elizabeth 'Granny' (Watkins) ((McEntire)) AND John Oliver McEntire, Sr.
Ola/Oly/Ollie's maternal grandparents were Rev. Thomas 'Tommy' Sherrod Nowlin AND Leathe/Lethe Ann (Moore).
Ola/Oly/Ollie was the 1st of 10 siblings born to John Oliver McEntire, Jr. (b 11-24-1866 MT or obit says CA; d 02-22-1945, buried Bruno Cemetery, Marion Co., AR) AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire (b 12-03-1874 Rutherford Co., NC; d 06-23-1956 Holt, Clay Co., MO, buried New Hope Cemetery, Holt, Clay Co., MO):
1. Ola ‘Oly/Ollie' (McEntire) ((Roberts)),
married Felix Erie 'Feke' Roberts on 11-21-1915.
They had 03 children, Carl, Alta, and Arvil Roberts.
2. Oliver McEntire, died as infant
3. Kinner/Kenner ‘Kin/Ken' McEntire,
married Edith Chloe (Dodd) on 05-16-1920.
4. Bertha (McEntire), never married,
died age 49, cod: stomach cancer
5. Iva/Ivy (McEntire), never married,
died age 17, cod: dropsy
6. Lou (McEntire) ((Adams)), married Clarence Adams on 03-04-1923.
7. Oda/Odie (McEntire) ((Lowery)), twin to Aud/Audy/Audie;
married Troy Lowery on 02-22-1933.
8. Aud/Audy/Audie McEntire, twin to Oda/Odie;
married Agnes Alpha (Taylor) on 12-18-1939.
9. Ruth (McEntire) ((VanZant)),
married Ulas ‘Echol' VanZant on 10-30-1936.
10.Roy ‘Cotton' McEntire,
married Iva Odessa (Smithee) on 05-12-1936.
End 10 children of John Oliver McEntire, Jr. AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire.
MORE info on #1. Ola/Oly/Ollie, submitted by her LIVING granddaughter:
"As the eldest child, Ola was a second mother figure. She helped her mother Lucy Wade with chores around the house and farm, and was often with her paternal Granny Elizabeth who became the local midwife and undertaker for the area."
"Granny Elizabeth was also a self-taught herbalist, and my Granny Ola learned to make many syrups, poultices, salves, and healing teas. One had to travel many miles to reach a doctor in our area, so they came to Granny Elizabeth for minor ailments, and later on to Granny Ola."
"Granny Ola went to school at Bruno, and after she graduated she herself taught school for a while. It was a one room schoolhouse and classes went up to the 8th grade. The top level was used for a Mason Hall of which my Grandfather Felix was a member. She was a stern disciplinarian, both as a teacher and parent. Today, she would be called abusive. But that was the way of her society at the time, and most people were that way. Her own father was very strict, giving severe punishment for minor infractions. But Granny did have a very affectionate side, and as she grew older, she softened."
"In 1913 when Granny was 20, a young local blacksmith named Felix Erie Roberts asked her if he could 'walk out with her.' She told him 'only if he walked to church with her.' So Felix came every Sunday and walked Granny to church and back. It progressed into walks into town, (Bruno used to be quite the community) and long walks in the woods picking herbs. After two years Felix asked Granny to marry him and she said she “reckoned” she would."
"The church did not have a regular minister. On Sundays they had worship service and a learned man taught a Sunday School lesson, but it was only twice a month that the 'traveling preacher' came though and they would have a church service with preaching on whatever day he passed through. Granny and Felix went to the main road with Felix's brother Jack and Granny's sister Bertha on one of the days the preacher was due to come through. When he arrived, he didn't even get off of his horse. He simply conducted the service by the side of the road. :
"Felix couldn't afford to buy Granny a ring, but being of Welsh decent he used the Celtic method and gave Granny a lovely handkerchief which Jack wrapped around their wrists as part of the ceremony. Granny always kept the handkerchief put away, and gave it to me when I married. I still have it. A few months later, a traveling photographer came through, and Felix took Granny back to the spot on the road where they were married, and had their picture made."
"For five years, they lived first with Felix's family, then in Bruno itself while Felix continued to be a blacksmith. But Granny, being a farm girl, wanted a homestead of her own, and sometime in 1920, Felix traded his house and his half ownership in the blacksmith shop for a homestead, where he built a forge by the road."
"At first it was very small. Granny took care of the house, the chickens, milked the two cows, fed the pigs, and tended the garden, while Grandpa ran his forge. But this was the age of cars, and as more and more of them entered the area, the need for a Blacksmith became less, and Grandpa turned his sights on his 40 acres. He began clearing fields and bought more cows and pigs. He planted his own wheat and corn, and they became very self-sufficient. Granny sold eggs and butter to the Bruno store for credit, as well as to some neighbors, and they sold their extra hogs and calves for cash."
"When the depression came, the family hardly noticed it, because they were already used to living off the farm. Granny was already making clothing, curtains, tablecloths etc. from flower sacks, and 're-purposing' everything she could reuse. She already canned, made butter, made her own cleaning supplies and soap, and used every edible bit from all slaughtered animals."
"In 1932, Granny's daughter, Alta Mae died of pneumonia. Granny never got over it."
"In 1942, Granny saw both of her sons Carl and Arvil sent off to war, and saw them both come home safely. Carl was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which kept him in California, but Arvil was in the D-Day landing."
"In 1957, after 44 years of marriage, my grandfather Felix died from a heart attack and Granny was left alone. Two years later Arvil married and Granny moved in with them for the rest of her life."
END MORE info about Ola by LIVING granddaughter.
Information BELOW revised and submitted by Deb (McEntire) Williams on 08-21-2013; revised 05-14-2015; last revised 02-07-2020:
Ola/Oly/Ollie's paternal grandparents were Elizabeth 'Granny' (Watkins) ((McEntire)) AND John Oliver McEntire, Sr.
Ola/Oly/Ollie's maternal grandparents were Rev. Thomas 'Tommy' Sherrod Nowlin AND Leathe/Lethe Ann (Moore).
Ola/Oly/Ollie was the 1st of 10 siblings born to John Oliver McEntire, Jr. (b 11-24-1866 MT or obit says CA; d 02-22-1945, buried Bruno Cemetery, Marion Co., AR) AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire (b 12-03-1874 Rutherford Co., NC; d 06-23-1956 Holt, Clay Co., MO, buried New Hope Cemetery, Holt, Clay Co., MO):
1. Ola ‘Oly/Ollie' (McEntire) ((Roberts)),
married Felix Erie 'Feke' Roberts on 11-21-1915.
They had 03 children, Carl, Alta, and Arvil Roberts.
2. Oliver McEntire, died as infant
3. Kinner/Kenner ‘Kin/Ken' McEntire,
married Edith Chloe (Dodd) on 05-16-1920.
4. Bertha (McEntire), never married,
died age 49, cod: stomach cancer
5. Iva/Ivy (McEntire), never married,
died age 17, cod: dropsy
6. Lou (McEntire) ((Adams)), married Clarence Adams on 03-04-1923.
7. Oda/Odie (McEntire) ((Lowery)), twin to Aud/Audy/Audie;
married Troy Lowery on 02-22-1933.
8. Aud/Audy/Audie McEntire, twin to Oda/Odie;
married Agnes Alpha (Taylor) on 12-18-1939.
9. Ruth (McEntire) ((VanZant)),
married Ulas ‘Echol' VanZant on 10-30-1936.
10.Roy ‘Cotton' McEntire,
married Iva Odessa (Smithee) on 05-12-1936.
End 10 children of John Oliver McEntire, Jr. AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire.
MORE info on #1. Ola/Oly/Ollie, submitted by her LIVING granddaughter:
"As the eldest child, Ola was a second mother figure. She helped her mother Lucy Wade with chores around the house and farm, and was often with her paternal Granny Elizabeth who became the local midwife and undertaker for the area."
"Granny Elizabeth was also a self-taught herbalist, and my Granny Ola learned to make many syrups, poultices, salves, and healing teas. One had to travel many miles to reach a doctor in our area, so they came to Granny Elizabeth for minor ailments, and later on to Granny Ola."
"Granny Ola went to school at Bruno, and after she graduated she herself taught school for a while. It was a one room schoolhouse and classes went up to the 8th grade. The top level was used for a Mason Hall of which my Grandfather Felix was a member. She was a stern disciplinarian, both as a teacher and parent. Today, she would be called abusive. But that was the way of her society at the time, and most people were that way. Her own father was very strict, giving severe punishment for minor infractions. But Granny did have a very affectionate side, and as she grew older, she softened."
"In 1913 when Granny was 20, a young local blacksmith named Felix Erie Roberts asked her if he could 'walk out with her.' She told him 'only if he walked to church with her.' So Felix came every Sunday and walked Granny to church and back. It progressed into walks into town, (Bruno used to be quite the community) and long walks in the woods picking herbs. After two years Felix asked Granny to marry him and she said she “reckoned” she would."
"The church did not have a regular minister. On Sundays they had worship service and a learned man taught a Sunday School lesson, but it was only twice a month that the 'traveling preacher' came though and they would have a church service with preaching on whatever day he passed through. Granny and Felix went to the main road with Felix's brother Jack and Granny's sister Bertha on one of the days the preacher was due to come through. When he arrived, he didn't even get off of his horse. He simply conducted the service by the side of the road. :
"Felix couldn't afford to buy Granny a ring, but being of Welsh decent he used the Celtic method and gave Granny a lovely handkerchief which Jack wrapped around their wrists as part of the ceremony. Granny always kept the handkerchief put away, and gave it to me when I married. I still have it. A few months later, a traveling photographer came through, and Felix took Granny back to the spot on the road where they were married, and had their picture made."
"For five years, they lived first with Felix's family, then in Bruno itself while Felix continued to be a blacksmith. But Granny, being a farm girl, wanted a homestead of her own, and sometime in 1920, Felix traded his house and his half ownership in the blacksmith shop for a homestead, where he built a forge by the road."
"At first it was very small. Granny took care of the house, the chickens, milked the two cows, fed the pigs, and tended the garden, while Grandpa ran his forge. But this was the age of cars, and as more and more of them entered the area, the need for a Blacksmith became less, and Grandpa turned his sights on his 40 acres. He began clearing fields and bought more cows and pigs. He planted his own wheat and corn, and they became very self-sufficient. Granny sold eggs and butter to the Bruno store for credit, as well as to some neighbors, and they sold their extra hogs and calves for cash."
"When the depression came, the family hardly noticed it, because they were already used to living off the farm. Granny was already making clothing, curtains, tablecloths etc. from flower sacks, and 're-purposing' everything she could reuse. She already canned, made butter, made her own cleaning supplies and soap, and used every edible bit from all slaughtered animals."
"In 1932, Granny's daughter, Alta Mae died of pneumonia. Granny never got over it."
"In 1942, Granny saw both of her sons Carl and Arvil sent off to war, and saw them both come home safely. Carl was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which kept him in California, but Arvil was in the D-Day landing."
"In 1957, after 44 years of marriage, my grandfather Felix died from a heart attack and Granny was left alone. Two years later Arvil married and Granny moved in with them for the rest of her life."
END MORE info about Ola by LIVING granddaughter.
THANKS to Barb Henderson for creating this memorial.
Information BELOW revised and submitted by Deb (McEntire) Williams on 08-21-2013; revised 05-14-2015; last revised 02-07-2020:
Ola/Oly/Ollie's paternal grandparents were Elizabeth 'Granny' (Watkins) ((McEntire)) AND John Oliver McEntire, Sr.
Ola/Oly/Ollie's maternal grandparents were Rev. Thomas 'Tommy' Sherrod Nowlin AND Leathe/Lethe Ann (Moore).
Ola/Oly/Ollie was the 1st of 10 siblings born to John Oliver McEntire, Jr. (b 11-24-1866 MT or obit says CA; d 02-22-1945, buried Bruno Cemetery, Marion Co., AR) AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire (b 12-03-1874 Rutherford Co., NC; d 06-23-1956 Holt, Clay Co., MO, buried New Hope Cemetery, Holt, Clay Co., MO):
1. Ola ‘Oly/Ollie' (McEntire) ((Roberts)),
married Felix Erie 'Feke' Roberts on 11-21-1915.
They had 03 children, Carl, Alta, and Arvil Roberts.
2. Oliver McEntire, died as infant
3. Kinner/Kenner ‘Kin/Ken' McEntire,
married Edith Chloe (Dodd) on 05-16-1920.
4. Bertha (McEntire), never married,
died age 49, cod: stomach cancer
5. Iva/Ivy (McEntire), never married,
died age 17, cod: dropsy
6. Lou (McEntire) ((Adams)), married Clarence Adams on 03-04-1923.
7. Oda/Odie (McEntire) ((Lowery)), twin to Aud/Audy/Audie;
married Troy Lowery on 02-22-1933.
8. Aud/Audy/Audie McEntire, twin to Oda/Odie;
married Agnes Alpha (Taylor) on 12-18-1939.
9. Ruth (McEntire) ((VanZant)),
married Ulas ‘Echol' VanZant on 10-30-1936.
10.Roy ‘Cotton' McEntire,
married Iva Odessa (Smithee) on 05-12-1936.
End 10 children of John Oliver McEntire, Jr. AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire.
MORE info on #1. Ola/Oly/Ollie, submitted by her LIVING granddaughter:
"As the eldest child, Ola was a second mother figure. She helped her mother Lucy Wade with chores around the house and farm, and was often with her paternal Granny Elizabeth who became the local midwife and undertaker for the area."
"Granny Elizabeth was also a self-taught herbalist, and my Granny Ola learned to make many syrups, poultices, salves, and healing teas. One had to travel many miles to reach a doctor in our area, so they came to Granny Elizabeth for minor ailments, and later on to Granny Ola."
"Granny Ola went to school at Bruno, and after she graduated she herself taught school for a while. It was a one room schoolhouse and classes went up to the 8th grade. The top level was used for a Mason Hall of which my Grandfather Felix was a member. She was a stern disciplinarian, both as a teacher and parent. Today, she would be called abusive. But that was the way of her society at the time, and most people were that way. Her own father was very strict, giving severe punishment for minor infractions. But Granny did have a very affectionate side, and as she grew older, she softened."
"In 1913 when Granny was 20, a young local blacksmith named Felix Erie Roberts asked her if he could 'walk out with her.' She told him 'only if he walked to church with her.' So Felix came every Sunday and walked Granny to church and back. It progressed into walks into town, (Bruno used to be quite the community) and long walks in the woods picking herbs. After two years Felix asked Granny to marry him and she said she “reckoned” she would."
"The church did not have a regular minister. On Sundays they had worship service and a learned man taught a Sunday School lesson, but it was only twice a month that the 'traveling preacher' came though and they would have a church service with preaching on whatever day he passed through. Granny and Felix went to the main road with Felix's brother Jack and Granny's sister Bertha on one of the days the preacher was due to come through. When he arrived, he didn't even get off of his horse. He simply conducted the service by the side of the road. :
"Felix couldn't afford to buy Granny a ring, but being of Welsh decent he used the Celtic method and gave Granny a lovely handkerchief which Jack wrapped around their wrists as part of the ceremony. Granny always kept the handkerchief put away, and gave it to me when I married. I still have it. A few months later, a traveling photographer came through, and Felix took Granny back to the spot on the road where they were married, and had their picture made."
"For five years, they lived first with Felix's family, then in Bruno itself while Felix continued to be a blacksmith. But Granny, being a farm girl, wanted a homestead of her own, and sometime in 1920, Felix traded his house and his half ownership in the blacksmith shop for a homestead, where he built a forge by the road."
"At first it was very small. Granny took care of the house, the chickens, milked the two cows, fed the pigs, and tended the garden, while Grandpa ran his forge. But this was the age of cars, and as more and more of them entered the area, the need for a Blacksmith became less, and Grandpa turned his sights on his 40 acres. He began clearing fields and bought more cows and pigs. He planted his own wheat and corn, and they became very self-sufficient. Granny sold eggs and butter to the Bruno store for credit, as well as to some neighbors, and they sold their extra hogs and calves for cash."
"When the depression came, the family hardly noticed it, because they were already used to living off the farm. Granny was already making clothing, curtains, tablecloths etc. from flower sacks, and 're-purposing' everything she could reuse. She already canned, made butter, made her own cleaning supplies and soap, and used every edible bit from all slaughtered animals."
"In 1932, Granny's daughter, Alta Mae died of pneumonia. Granny never got over it."
"In 1942, Granny saw both of her sons Carl and Arvil sent off to war, and saw them both come home safely. Carl was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which kept him in California, but Arvil was in the D-Day landing."
"In 1957, after 44 years of marriage, my grandfather Felix died from a heart attack and Granny was left alone. Two years later Arvil married and Granny moved in with them for the rest of her life."
END MORE info about Ola by LIVING granddaughter.
Information BELOW revised and submitted by Deb (McEntire) Williams on 08-21-2013; revised 05-14-2015; last revised 02-07-2020:
Ola/Oly/Ollie's paternal grandparents were Elizabeth 'Granny' (Watkins) ((McEntire)) AND John Oliver McEntire, Sr.
Ola/Oly/Ollie's maternal grandparents were Rev. Thomas 'Tommy' Sherrod Nowlin AND Leathe/Lethe Ann (Moore).
Ola/Oly/Ollie was the 1st of 10 siblings born to John Oliver McEntire, Jr. (b 11-24-1866 MT or obit says CA; d 02-22-1945, buried Bruno Cemetery, Marion Co., AR) AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire (b 12-03-1874 Rutherford Co., NC; d 06-23-1956 Holt, Clay Co., MO, buried New Hope Cemetery, Holt, Clay Co., MO):
1. Ola ‘Oly/Ollie' (McEntire) ((Roberts)),
married Felix Erie 'Feke' Roberts on 11-21-1915.
They had 03 children, Carl, Alta, and Arvil Roberts.
2. Oliver McEntire, died as infant
3. Kinner/Kenner ‘Kin/Ken' McEntire,
married Edith Chloe (Dodd) on 05-16-1920.
4. Bertha (McEntire), never married,
died age 49, cod: stomach cancer
5. Iva/Ivy (McEntire), never married,
died age 17, cod: dropsy
6. Lou (McEntire) ((Adams)), married Clarence Adams on 03-04-1923.
7. Oda/Odie (McEntire) ((Lowery)), twin to Aud/Audy/Audie;
married Troy Lowery on 02-22-1933.
8. Aud/Audy/Audie McEntire, twin to Oda/Odie;
married Agnes Alpha (Taylor) on 12-18-1939.
9. Ruth (McEntire) ((VanZant)),
married Ulas ‘Echol' VanZant on 10-30-1936.
10.Roy ‘Cotton' McEntire,
married Iva Odessa (Smithee) on 05-12-1936.
End 10 children of John Oliver McEntire, Jr. AND Lucy Wade (Nowlin) McEntire.
MORE info on #1. Ola/Oly/Ollie, submitted by her LIVING granddaughter:
"As the eldest child, Ola was a second mother figure. She helped her mother Lucy Wade with chores around the house and farm, and was often with her paternal Granny Elizabeth who became the local midwife and undertaker for the area."
"Granny Elizabeth was also a self-taught herbalist, and my Granny Ola learned to make many syrups, poultices, salves, and healing teas. One had to travel many miles to reach a doctor in our area, so they came to Granny Elizabeth for minor ailments, and later on to Granny Ola."
"Granny Ola went to school at Bruno, and after she graduated she herself taught school for a while. It was a one room schoolhouse and classes went up to the 8th grade. The top level was used for a Mason Hall of which my Grandfather Felix was a member. She was a stern disciplinarian, both as a teacher and parent. Today, she would be called abusive. But that was the way of her society at the time, and most people were that way. Her own father was very strict, giving severe punishment for minor infractions. But Granny did have a very affectionate side, and as she grew older, she softened."
"In 1913 when Granny was 20, a young local blacksmith named Felix Erie Roberts asked her if he could 'walk out with her.' She told him 'only if he walked to church with her.' So Felix came every Sunday and walked Granny to church and back. It progressed into walks into town, (Bruno used to be quite the community) and long walks in the woods picking herbs. After two years Felix asked Granny to marry him and she said she “reckoned” she would."
"The church did not have a regular minister. On Sundays they had worship service and a learned man taught a Sunday School lesson, but it was only twice a month that the 'traveling preacher' came though and they would have a church service with preaching on whatever day he passed through. Granny and Felix went to the main road with Felix's brother Jack and Granny's sister Bertha on one of the days the preacher was due to come through. When he arrived, he didn't even get off of his horse. He simply conducted the service by the side of the road. :
"Felix couldn't afford to buy Granny a ring, but being of Welsh decent he used the Celtic method and gave Granny a lovely handkerchief which Jack wrapped around their wrists as part of the ceremony. Granny always kept the handkerchief put away, and gave it to me when I married. I still have it. A few months later, a traveling photographer came through, and Felix took Granny back to the spot on the road where they were married, and had their picture made."
"For five years, they lived first with Felix's family, then in Bruno itself while Felix continued to be a blacksmith. But Granny, being a farm girl, wanted a homestead of her own, and sometime in 1920, Felix traded his house and his half ownership in the blacksmith shop for a homestead, where he built a forge by the road."
"At first it was very small. Granny took care of the house, the chickens, milked the two cows, fed the pigs, and tended the garden, while Grandpa ran his forge. But this was the age of cars, and as more and more of them entered the area, the need for a Blacksmith became less, and Grandpa turned his sights on his 40 acres. He began clearing fields and bought more cows and pigs. He planted his own wheat and corn, and they became very self-sufficient. Granny sold eggs and butter to the Bruno store for credit, as well as to some neighbors, and they sold their extra hogs and calves for cash."
"When the depression came, the family hardly noticed it, because they were already used to living off the farm. Granny was already making clothing, curtains, tablecloths etc. from flower sacks, and 're-purposing' everything she could reuse. She already canned, made butter, made her own cleaning supplies and soap, and used every edible bit from all slaughtered animals."
"In 1932, Granny's daughter, Alta Mae died of pneumonia. Granny never got over it."
"In 1942, Granny saw both of her sons Carl and Arvil sent off to war, and saw them both come home safely. Carl was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which kept him in California, but Arvil was in the D-Day landing."
"In 1957, after 44 years of marriage, my grandfather Felix died from a heart attack and Granny was left alone. Two years later Arvil married and Granny moved in with them for the rest of her life."
END MORE info about Ola by LIVING granddaughter.
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