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Wettenhall-Warner descendants -- Part 3
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,05/18/23-4:14PM , 1,034 Reads
Here we go again, with the Warner lineage. My plan is to detail the children of prominent Washington Parish resident Col. Thomas Cargill Warner (1772-1833). To this end, my sole source is Dr. E.
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In remembrance of Nellie Jenkins
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,05/11/23-3:35PM , 447 Reads
"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."
--- Washington Irving
American writer and historian
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Judge Hillary Crain, left, is show swearing Stephen Richardson and Dorman Burch into office as Franklinton aldermen.

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Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Richardson -- Part 2
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,05/04/23-4:45PM , 688 Reads
The late Stephen Lowrey Richardson (1933-1999) and his lovely wife Mary Elizabeth Stewart Richardson have long been friends of their fellow man in Franklinton. Having married in Tallulah, Mary Elizabeth's hometown, in 1958 and moved to Franklinton in 1959, the couple became an integral part of the fabric of our community.
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Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Richardson on their wedding day in 1958.

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Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Richardson
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,04/27/23-7:15PM , 586 Reads
A tribute to Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Richardson
•Part One
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." --- Winston Churchill
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