E3~~Blav~e Stories	p~ge
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Gregg Counties and in C~ddo Pari eh, in Louisiana. I start ed preaching in

1880 and for several. years wa~ Dietrict Missionary for the Te~-Louisi~a

Mi~sionary 3~ttst ~esociation. I have preached in and. organ~ized churche~s

all over :E~ast Texas~

	n!. raised six children and two boys and two girls are still luring. The girls live in Longview and one boy farms. ‘The other boy is a preacher here in Harrison County.

	‚s ~ have voted in county and othr electi ons . I think they shoald instruct the Negroei to th.y cwi ~v~ote like white folks. The yoai~g )legross now have a better chance then most ~ u~ had. They have their schools ~nd churches ‚ but I don ‚ t think they t ry ~s hard as we d.id.. We learned lote from the white folks find their teaching wa~ genuine i~nd had. a great eff,ct on us,

I.	attribu~te ‘the Christian beliefs of oui‘ people to the earnest, faithful t ~acbing of ~ite people ‚ and t oday ~e have many ~ educated Negro teachers and preachers and leaders that we are not ashamed of.