Notes
Additional notes on Marie Annette Kelly, pdf file
Marie Annette Kelly
b. January 11, 1903 in Selma, Grant Par., Louisiana
d. December 10, 1959 in Ferriday, Concordia Par., Louisiana
marr. John Wesley Tarver on May 26, 1918 in Jonesville, Catahoula Par., La
bur. Pine Grove Cem., Blade, LaSalle Par., Louisiana
Additional notes on Reverand John Wesley Tarver, includes photo of Marie Kelly And John Tarver.
WW I Civilian Draft Registrations
Tarver, John Wesley
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1897 Ethnicity: W
Birth Place: Avoyelles Par. LA City/County: Jackson Co.
State: MSTarver, John Wesley
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1897 Ethnicity: W
Birth Place: dad b. Lake Charles LA City/County: Jackson Co.
State: MSObituary in Monroe Morning World, Mon. Oct. 1977
Alvin came to live with the Tarver family after his widowed mother died. He was about 15. The year was circa 1934 or 1935. He had been living in an old, abandoned school bus when uncle J. brought him home and the Tarvers took him in. Alvin was legally adopted by Marie and Johnny Tarver when he enlisted in the army. Records should be available in the courthouse at Jena, LaSalle Par., Louisiana.
SSDI:
ALVIN B COLEMAN
b.13 Feb 1919 25
d.Jul 1996 (V)
Residence. 71465 (Olla, La Salle, LA)
Soc. Sec. 436-12-4029
Issued: Louisiana
SSDI:
EUNICE M COLEMAN
b.20 Apr 1930
d.27 Jul 1997
Last residence: 71465 (Olla, La Salle, LA)
Soc.Sec. 467-56-2585
Issued: Texas
Uncle J. had no name other than the initials J.J.
The following from his service papers:
U.S. Army Honorable Discharge. J.J.Tarver, Private First Class, serial number 34 291 287
Organization: 976th Engineer Maintenance Company, Army Corps of Engineers.
Induction: 14 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Discharge: 19 June 1945, Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Departure overseas: 1 July 1942, Fort Dix, NJ, destination England for more training and preparation for the allied invasion of Europe, 6 Jun1944.
Battles: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, WDGO 33, 45.
Decorations & Citations: Purple Heart, GO 22 HQ 91st Gen Hosp 1 Aug 44, Eatmeto Med. Wounded in Action at Eameto 7 July 1944On D-Day, JJ landed with the 7th Army at Utah Beach. He was later assigned to the 3rd Army commanded by Gen. George Patton. He was proud to have served under General Patton and spoke highly of him, stating Gen.Patton led his men on the front lines of battle, rather than commanding from behind. JJ was with the 3rd Army at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He was wounded in action 7 July 1944 and was honored with a Purple Heart 1 Aug 1944.
His discharge papers indicate he had brown hair and brown eyes, was 6'6"tall and weighed only 130 pounds upon enlistment. He served 3 years, 2 months and 6 days. He contracted typhus March of 1944, while in the service, but had no time lost under AW 107. Lapel button was issued.
Marie Kelly Tarver and Mary Elizabeth Reeves Kelly delivered Gladys Elizabeth "PeeWee" Clark at the Clark home in Harrisonburg.
The eldest children of Gladys and Woodrow, Sonny, Rita, Jane & Barbara, spent their earliest years in Blade, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. The two younger children, C. W. and Patsy, grew up in Galveston, Texas. C. W. was a year old when Gladys and Woodrow brought their family to Galveston, where they lived within walking distance of the seawall and the beach.
The Joys returned to the Jena, LaSalle Par. area after their children were grown, living there until Woodrow's death. After Woodrow's death, Gladys suffered a stroke leaving her paralyzed on one side. Requiring assisted living, she resided in the nursing home at Jena until her death. She was a BINGO champion and traveled with her companion residents to compete in BINGO tournaments against other nursing homes residents, in and outside LaSalle Parish.Gladys died several days after suffering a heart attack. She and Woodrow are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery at Blade, LaSalle Par., Louisiana.
Said to have died in an auto collision in Pennsylvania. His brother, Millard Hansford Hailey, and wife, Mary Ella Tarver, are buried at Belah Methodist Church Cemetery, LaSalle Par., Louisiana (See Obituary of Millard Hansford Hailey, Jena Times-Signal, p. 9C, 25 Jan 1989.)
In Marie Kelly Tarver's diary, I found this passage written on August 17, 1956 ...
* Friday 1956 I made quilt blocks and mopped myGlad and Row would be her daughter Gladys, and husband Woodrow Joy. Marie and Johnny Tarver must have stayed the night even though Glad and Row were 'in the swamp, 'for the following day's entry was:
* house. I feel very bad today. We went to Blade,
* but Glad and Row were in the swamp.
* Mary Eva born Aug. 17, 1924. Died Oct. 18,
* 1924. 32 years ago this evening on Sunday at
* 2:30 o'clock my precious baby girl was born
* but I didn't get to keep her.* Sat 1956 We came home from Blade today.
* Cooked dinner & cleaned house. We had fine
* church tonight. I sewed today.Adina says Gladys and Woodrow would have been out hunting for wild meat.
Mary Eva was the only child of Marie and Johnny's born outside of Louisiana. Marie's sister, Margaret "Miggie" Decausey, said Johnny and Marie's family and John Robert Kelly and Mary Elizabeth Reeve's family (parents of Marie Kelly Tarver), had gone out to Texas to find work. It was a hard trip.
John and Mary Kelly's son, Buddy, took sick on the trip and died in May (18th) just three months before Mary Eva was born (and died). So each family lost a child on the trip.
After heading back towards Mississippi, about midway through Louisiana, John Kelly announced he was going to see his mama, Mollie Burnham Kelly, in Florida. Miggie said her mother cried as they watched him head down the road walking towards Florida, but he had left before and he always came back .... For years he was a hobo who earned his meals by teaching school while on the road. Miggie said he always returned just long enough to get her mother pregnant again. John and Mary Kelly had twelve children.
Additional notes on Adina Orlea Tarver, includes her narrative on family and photo.
Birth certificate, Adina Orlea Tarver, 1926, (Harrisonburg, Catahoula Par., LA, cert. no.10320), female, legitimate, 24 Apr 1926; Parents: John Wesley Tarver, residence Harrisonburg, wht, age 28, minister, birthplace Center Point La.; and Marie Annette O'Kelly residence Harrisonburg, wht, age 23, housewife, birthplace Selma, La.; three living children, one dead, none stillborn.
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Adina, called Birdie by her daddy as a child, and Dickie or Dickie Bird by family and friends in later years.Licensed as a midwife in three states (Texas, LA, MS).
Adina said she and Ray Greene were married by a J.P. at the barber shop in Harrisonburg, Louisiana. Adina and Ray had two daughters, Veronica Francille "Ronnie", and Elsie Mae (November 26, 1946 - December 04, 1995). Ray spent some time in the service while they were married and Adina went with him to where he was stationed at Petersburg, Virginia. Ray has children by later marriages, including a son, Johnny Ray Greene, who lives with his family in LaSalle Par., Louisiana.
Adina and Eleazar "Charlie" were married at the courthouse in Houston, Texas early in 1952. Adina had travelled to Houston with her daddy and her brothers to find work. Elsie and Ronnie were small girls and stayed home with Marie in Louisiana. Adina went to work for the Shamrock Hilton as a housekeeper. She says the Shamrock was the "plushest" place in Houston about that time. Charlie was working then as a waiter for the Shamrock. He said the moment he laid eyes on mAdina, he told all the guys he worked with he was going to marry her. However much he wanted to marry her, he got cold feet on the day of the wedding. He and Adina had planned to marry on her birthday but he chickened out as they climbed the courthouse steps. Adina said she cried all night until Charlie felt badly. They returned the next day and were married. Her birthday is the 24th of April, and they were married on the 25th. They had six children, remaining together until his death.
Like both her parents, Adina was a Pentecostal preacher. She pastored a small church on Almeda Genoa Road in south Houston for some time while her children were still in elementary school. When she wasn't pastoring, she was active in church somewhere, preaching in Anglo, Spanish and black Pentecostal churches: holiness, full-gospel, four-square -- if they worshiped God, she took her family to worship with them.
These days her memory is failing, but, at 76 her health is still good.
Additional notes on Eleazar "Charlie" Cirilo, includes transcribed letters and prose.
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James Robert Tarver, called Jimmy, served his tour of Armed Service for the U.S. in the states during the Korean Conflict. After the war, he and his family relocated from Louisiana to Houston, Texas, where he went to work for Bemis Co., Inc. He retired from Bemis and he and his wife, Faye, now reside in West Monroe, La.
A twin, to Harold. Called Sunshine as a boy by his family, and later just Shine, by many of his family, because he had a happy, sunny disposition.
To: Lotus Cirilo, from: Carroll C Tarver, Sun, 01 Nov 1998
Subject: Another TomboyI remember when your mom injured her back when the swing fell from the sweetgum tree in front of the Blade School house and Jay going to jail for carrying a six shooter in Gulfport, MS. That is where me and Dobbin started school. Dad worked in a junk yard salvaging metal to ship overseas to help Germany and Japan prepare for war. Back then Jay was young and thought he was tough. The hammer fell and took a bite out of his side where he had it tucked under his belt. I think he still has a scar there. He couldn't have been very bright back then carrying a cocked gun under his belt.
I slipped from a stool next to the stove and stuck my arm into a pot of boiling grease. The scars were there for many years even after I grew up and left home. I also remember good things like spending time with Mom and Dad and her calling me Shine Baby. ...
SSDI:
EUNICE M COLEMAN
b.20 Apr 1930
d.27 July 1997
Last residence: 71465 (Olla, La Salle, LA)
Soc.Sec. 467-56-2585
Issued: Texas
Upon her death, Mildred was cremated. Her ashes were placed in a large brass urn and taken to her home, where they remain.
9. Harold Clifford, Sr. Tarver
Harold was called Dobbin, within the family.
The following from Dobbin's service record:
Harold Clifford Tarver, 428-48-9621 SSG 93H4H Hq Co, Hq Cmd, USAIC, (WOU2RO A), Fort Benning Georgia 31905. Transferred to Retired Reserve 1 March 1975.
Harold served 20 years in the US Army with tours of duty in Europe and in Asia during the Vietnam Conflict, Hq Co, Hq Comd, USAIC TRADOC; Serial number 16 33 3103; Induction: Jena, LA, AFEES, Montgomery, Alabama; Discharge: 28 Feb1975, Fort Benning, Georgia; National Defense Service Medal w/1 Oak LeafCluster, Good Conduct Medal 4th Award, Combat Infantryman Badge, Armed Forces Exhibitionary Medal, Korean Service Medal w/3 Bronze Stars, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Silver Stars, Vietnam Medal w/60 Dey, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/ Pa__, Overseas Service Bars, 6 Service Stripes, Sharpshooter Badge (M-16).
Handwritten note by Marie Tarver (his mother), on a blank page in her family Bible: "Dobbin came home from Korea on 16th March -53. Went back to Camp Chaffee Ark April 16."
Harold is now retired and resides at Leggett, Polk County, Texas with his wife Willie Mae Cardwell.
Joseph "R. V." Reed and Jean had no children together, but it is thought that he may have legally adopted three of Dobbin and Jean's five children (Michael Leon, Vickie, and Toni Denise).
Johnson may be her surname and Francis may be a previously married name. Not sure on this.
In 1997, Maxine, called Maggie, and her husband, Rev. James Robert Weatherly, were living in the Biloxi, MS area. They lived at other times in Marshall, Texas; in Austin, Texas; and in Roswell, New Mexico.
For many years, they served as Pentecostal Missionaries in Mexico. They and their children became fluent in Spanish from their years of service there. In México, they adopted an infant girl, Rebecca Jolene, whom they named, in the Hispanic tradition, with her mother's maiden name of Tarver (rather than her father's surname of Weatherly). Both of Maggie and James's sons married women they met in México. Their wives follow this tradition as well.
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