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FAMILY
{Growing Joys – Growing Pains}
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Oglethorpe Elementary School, Atlanta, 1958. I am 3rd row from the top, on left, next to Mrs. James, our gray-haired music teacher, am I. in grade 6.
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I give thanks for the roots of my Ison Family Tree. My mother, Katie Sue Ison, is standing, the third woman from the right. My grandparents, James Ison and Mary Harrison are seated. Their parents (my great grandparents) Martha and Henry Ison/Catherine and Lewis Harrison, are not pictured here.
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Some of my ancestors. My maternal grandparents (James Ison and Mary Harrison are seated left and center). The photo was taken at 374 Henry Street, Atlanta, GA, circa 1935.
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Cousins Emerson Whatley and Walter “Skippy Peanut Butter” Dallas. That must be the George Washington Carver beach somewhere in GA.
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This is a photo of my father. He died many years ago. Do you know about our American “Father’s Day” in Nigeria?
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