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Excerpts From "Memoirs of Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus"
. . . One day in April 1903, Father Redus came before breakfast and told me that he had a vision that he was ill and we were all around his bed. With tears in his eyes he said if that vision was like death he didn't mind dying. He didn't want to eat, but I begged him to eat a little and drink some coffee. On June 14, 1903, he had a stroke and didn't live long. He told his sons, "don't cry boys, let me go easy and happy." He was then living at the Rube Burrow's place. He was laid to rest in Mt. Nebo Cemetery near our little Lola D. Bro. R. H. Jones held the service. How we all missed him. . .
. . . When I came into the Frank Redus Family November 6, 1889, I felt very strange in a home I'd never seen. I had only met the family a few times at Shiloh Church. I tried to be a faithful daughter-in-law and loved them for they were my own husband's people. I enjoyed hearing them tell of the past for I have always liked history.
Father Redus' mother was Abbie Elizabeth Molloy, his father was Henry, a local Methodist preacher. Their children were Frank, William, Thomas, Dale, Lydia and Chelnissa. His last wife was Jane Nealand and their children were John and Henry Wood. All moved to Arkansas except Father and Mother Redus.
The Civil War came and southern men called "Tories" brought terror and death forcing men off to war claiming they had authority. They came in the night and at gun point carried Father Redus. They didn't want to give time for him to put his shoes on, but Mother Redus told them he was going to put on his shoes. He was not heard from for twelve days, and they feared that he was dead. He was in jail at Fayette. From there he was taken to war, leaving Mother Redus and small sons, Jim Henry and Gan She had to plant and plow corn, made enough for bread. She said they often had just buttermilk and cornbread. Father Redus was captured and carried to Long Island. The Yankees were good to him, but he worked on a ship until his feet froze, so he suffered from that. He was a true Christian of the old time religion, died of a stroke June 14, 1903.
This is as was told to me by Father and Mother Redus. Their graves, with our baby Lola, are in the old Mt. Nebo Cemetery five miles west of Vernon, Alabama. . .
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| "The Lamar Democrat", June 24, 1903, Page 4 | "The Lamar Democrat", August 5, 1903, Page 4 |
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/-James REDUS , Sr
/-James REDUS , Jr
| \-Catherine PARSONS
/-James W REDUS
| \-Martha HUTTON
/-Henry Morgan REDUS
| \-Lydia MORGAN
James Franklin REDUS
| /-Daniel MOLLOY , Sr
\-Abbie Elizabeth MOLLOY
\-Elizabeth DALE
1 James Franklin REDUS
=Huldia Arlena Elizabeth FERGUSON Marriage: 20 Dec 1855, Crossville, Lamar County, Alabama
2 James Henry REDUS
=Nancy Clementine GARTMAN Marriage: 13 Oct 1879, Shiloh United Methodist Church, Lamar County, Alabama
3 Myrton Emmett REDUS
=Iuna A YOUNGBLOOD Marriage: 20 Jan 1920, Pickens County, Alabama
4 Irma Jean REDUS
=Leon JOHNSON
3 Ozie L REDUS
=Thomas Lafayette DOWDLE
4 Gracie L. DOWDLE
4 Maurine DOWDLE
3 Annie Idena REDUS
3 Effie Livert REDUS
=William James MATTOX Marriage: 30 Jun 1909, Lowndes County, Mississippi
4 James MATTOX
4 John Redus MATTOX
3 Lula Belle REDUS
3 James Wesley REDUS
=Minnie Alberta CASH Marriage: 8 Aug 1911, Caledonia, Lowndes County, Mississippi
4 James Wesley REDUS Jr
=Carol Gloria SWEEPER
4 Mary Ann REDUS
4 Hilda REDUS
4 Mamie Jo REDUS
=Ralph BARNEKO
3 Charley Hays REDUS
3 Lovis A REDUS
=William Word MILLIGAN Marriage: Oct 1915
3 Ruby May REDUS
=James Grady PENNINGTON
4 James Grady PENNINGTON Jr
3 Fannie Pearl REDUS
3 Gertrude M REDUS
2 William Gan REDUS
=Bertie DENMAN Marriage: 16 Dec 1886, Lamar County, Alabama
3 Brice REDUS
=Mary O. JOYNER Marriage: 31 May 1917, Lowndes County, Mississippi
=Irene JOYNER Marriage: 28 Dec 1919, Lowndes County, Mississippi
4 Vesta I REDUS
4 Brice REDUS Jr
4 Doris E REDUS
3 Gertrude REDUS
=Loamie PRIDMORE
4 Pauline PRIDMORE
4 Gerald PRIDMORE
4 Maggie Lee PRIDMORE
3 Glen Franklin REDUS
=Mary Beatrice SHELTON
4 Dwight D REDUS
4 Lovie M REDUS
=Cyril Leroy FUQUA Marriage: 28 May 1942, Colombus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
5 Gwendolyn FUQUA
5 Cyril Victor FUQUA
4 Banks H REDUS
3 Norma REDUS
3 Infant Daughter REDUS
3 Paul William REDUS
=Kittie Mae YOUNGBLOOD
4 Juliette REDUS
4 William Roland REDUS
3 Lockie REDUS
=Charles LOGAN
3 Herndon REDUS
=Christine BARLAR
4 William Michael REDUS
4 Jennifer REDUS
4 James Ronald REDUS
2 George Robert REDUS
2 John Wesley REDUS
2 Lula REDUS
=Benjamin Franklin WRIGHT Marriage: 29 Dec 1887, Lowndes County, Mississippi
3 Ethel B WRIGHT
3 John F WRIGHT
3 Vernice E WRIGHT
3 Mervin L WRIGHT
3 William M WRIGHT
3 Thomas Henry WRIGHT
2 Charles Clark REDUS
=Hattie Ellen TAYLOR Marriage: 6 Nov 1889, Home of Brides Father, G. B. Taylor, Lamar County, Alabama
3 Floy Olga REDUS
=James W. WILSON
=David Lee LAWRENCE Marriage: 10 Apr 1914
3 Edna Earl REDUS
=James Belton YOUNGBLOOD Marriage: 4 May 1915
4 Elizabeth YOUNGBLOOD
4 Charles YOUNGBLOOD
3 Lillian Oleta REDUS
=Ivey Chalmers ATKINS Marriage: 9 Oct 1917, Ethelsville, Alabama
4 Oleta ATKINS
3 Lola D. REDUS
3 Flora Ellen REDUS
=James Elnathan RICHARDS Marriage: 20 Jun 1931
3 Charla Mae REDUS
=Robert Fulmer HILL Marriage: 11 Jul 1933, Millport, Lamar County, Alabama
3 Georgia Louise REDUS
2 Daniel Dale REDUS
=Pearl SHELTON Marriage: 13 Oct 1895
3 Minter Dale REDUS
=Betty Mae LAMPKIN Marriage: 18 Oct 1920, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama
4 Minter Dale REDUS Jr
=Mava Lois MITCHELL Marriage: 30 Dec 1942
5 Ronald Earl REDUS
=Belva Jean PRICE Marriage: 6 Mar 1964, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama
6 John Mitchell REDUS
6 Timothy Dale REDUS
=Tina PERKINS Marriage: 1 Dec 2001
7 Daniel Dale REDUS
7 Timothy Luke REDUS
6 Rachel Lynn REDUS
=Bobby Joe WHEELER Jr Marriage: 3 Sep 1989, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama
7 Bobby Joe WHEELER III
7 Hillary Mason WHEELER
=Kenny WHITE
7 Kenlyn Reanna WHITE
6 James Paul REDUS
=Monica Lashea HIGDON
5 Roger Kyle REDUS
=Doris Carol BUTLER Marriage: Jun 1969, Lamar County, Alabama
6 Roger Kyle REDUS ,Jr
6 Marsha Carol REDUS
=James David WILLIAMS Marriage: 1994
7 James Dylan WILLIAMS
7 Macy Banks WILLIAMS
7 Jackson Lee WILLIAMS
4 Robert Earl REDUS
=Helen Ruth CRIBBS Marriage: 30 Apr 1944, West Point, Mississippi
5 Mary Rena REDUS
=George Choya LUCAS
6 Jeremy LUCAS
=Penelope Ann PLUMMER
5 Robert Earl REDUS Jr
= THOMAS
6 Wendy Katherine REDUS
=Michael KALLAHER Marriage: 17 Mar 1995, Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama
3 Henry Wood REDUS
=Anna Belle CATLEDGE Marriage: 22 Sep 1936, Central Methodist Church, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
4 Carole Anne REDUS
3 Joe Price REDUS
=Bessie THOMPSON Marriage: 22 May 1933
4 Daniel Gregory REDUS
=Betty S HOLLIDAY Marriage: Jun 1957, Lamar County, Alabama
5 Dawn REDUS
5 Sandra REDUS
5 John REDUS
5 Holly REDUS
3 Abbie Lucille REDUS
=Lewis William MARSHALL Marriage: 8 Jul 1945
= MCCRUMMER
3 Hattie Lou REDUS
=Orman Chester DAVIDSON
3 Frank REDUS
3 Evelyn Pearl REDUS
=William Rufus BLACK Marriage: 22 Sep 1939
2 Thomas Ezra REDUS
=Maud TAYLOR Marriage: 3 Apr 1898
3 Glenice Geneva REDUS
=Marvin Cooper GRIFFIN
3 Lester Loren REDUS
=Sadie May SMITH
4 Eleanor Laurin REDUS
3 George Ezra REDUS
=Ernestine MORRIS
4 George Ezra REDUS jr
=Wanda Faye CADE
5 Georgia Marie REDUS
3 Olive Muriel REDUS
=James Morris NICKLES
3 Carl Edward REDUS
3 Virginia Nell REDUS
=Malcom Neal MCLEOD
2 Edward Bently REDUS
=Della G MARCHBANKS Marriage: 5 Mar 1903, Lamar County, Alabama
3 Robbie M REDUS
=Howington
3 Irma M REDUS
=Frazier ADAIR
3 Martha Elizabeth REDUS
=Charles Herbert TROW
=John WILKES
3 Marjorie D REDUS
=Curry MCDONALD
3 Edward Bently REDUS Jr
