Biography of Willie HUMPHREYS, Scott Co, Arkansas

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Contributed by Delaine Edwards.
Aug 6 1999

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	The material transcribed below is from a special edition of the 
Scott County Advertiser newspaper of 3 April 1991, entitled "A Salute to 
Scott County Citizens 90 Years and Over." The interviews were done as
part of a celebration of the Bank of Waldron's 90th anniversary. They are
arranged alphabetically for presentation here. Pictures were included 
with these short biographies.

HUMPHREYS, Willie: Willie Humphreys was born on the family homestead in
Little Texas community, Scott County, Arkansas, November 11, 1899 to
James and Rosie (Pollard) Kilburn. She was one of 8 children and attended
school at Gravelly. She married John Moorehead in 1917 and they had 6 
children, two of whom are still living: Mae Shank and Nancy Moorehead,
both of Waldron. She married her second husband, Lee Humphreys (now
deceased) August 14, 1932. She is a member of the Assembly of God Church
and is a homemaker.