Lillie Bell's Page

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Richardson Connection</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family History"><U><B>Back to Our Family History</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ollie Cornelius Page"><U>Ollie Cornelius' Page</U></A>   |   <B>Lillie Bell's Page</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ada Pearls Page"><U>Ada Pearl's Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dennis Page"><U>Dennis' Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Matilda Maes Page"><U>Matilda Mae's Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lucy Anns Page"><U>Lucy Ann's Page</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><U>My Grandmother</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>"Mama Lillie"</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="074afd90.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="217" ALT="Lillie & Potsy 1939" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B>1939</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Lillie Bell's Page</I></div> <div> Lillie Bell Jackson was born March 17, 1909 in Grandview, Texas to the parentage of Sadie and Ollie Jackson.  At the age of 16, she married Elijah Richardson, Sr. a widower with four children:  Marie, "Buddy", Winnie and Grover.  On July 14, 1926, Lillie and Elijah were blessed with a son, Elijah Richardson, Jr., my father.  Lillie Bell's second husband was a Mr. Woodruff, and her third husband, pictured below, was Ernest I. Higgins.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="076c8fb0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="251" ALT="Lillie August, 1960 - Alvarado Old Settlers Reunion Photo Booth" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                    <IMG SRC="078c8ff0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="255" ALT="Lillie and Ernest Higgins 1950's" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>