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'Beginning the 130th year, a brief history of Washington Parish'
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,05/09/24-3:05PM , 3,150 Reads

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The Foyle (Foil) Family
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,05/02/24-6:50PM , 1,145 Reads
Genealogy in Washington Parish is like a puzzle. After a while, the pieces begin to fit. And so it was, for me, with the Foyle (Foil) family. Color me lucky, I found the "Foyle (Foil) Genealogy" by Zuma Fendlason Magee and Aletha Barker Hamiter available, for a price.
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The McNeals on Main Street
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,04/25/24-6:16PM , 875 Reads
It was happenstance late last year that I reconnected with Martha McNeal, a lifelong family friend - no icebreaker needed - at a pretty party. It was the night before my better half and I departed for Europe where at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam I was handed a paper with the famous artist's quote inscribed.
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Varnado Fussell: The man in the window
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,04/18/24-5:53PM , 1,641 Reads
It was in 2018 that I picked up a copy of "The Woman in the Window" by A. J. Finn, for a long flight to the West Coast. Unable to put the recently released thriller down, I was enthralled. It was the title though that initially caught my eye. Once upon a time, I knew not a woman but a man in the window -- Mr. Varnado Fussell.
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