1. Fred died of Typhoid Fever...
1. We may find more information on the 1920 Census of Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma, Enumerated on 4 Feb 1920.
1. Amos & Millie moved to Oklahoma in 1935...
2. Notes from Wynona Spears Bartlett records, and Leon Bates
1. Amos lived in Amarillo, Texas in 1988...
1. Willie attended the Church of Christ. [Ancestry.com offers name as Lanelle W. Wiley]
2. He was a retired farmer and carpenter.
3. The service for burial was graveside service only. He was buried at the Hoskins Cemetery, Crow Mountain, Pope, Arkansas. Lemley Funeral Service in charge of Atkins, Arkansas.
4. Information from the obituary in the Daily Record, Russellville, Arkansas, paper.
5. As of December, 2001, he had 5 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
1. James graduated from Hector High School and Arkansas Tech...
His childhood years were at Appleton and he attended school at the Appleton School thru the 8th grade. He went to Hector High School and graduated in 1946. Following graduation, he went to California to be with his grandparents and find a job. James worked at the box factory that his grandfather worked at for about 6 months. He returned toAppleton and got a job at International Shoe Factory at Russellville. His job was scheduling the work to be done in the manufacturing area.
Uncle Sam called and he went to the army in December 1950. He was stationed at Ft. Chaffee, near Fort Smith, Arkansas and was with the 5th Armored Division. He was discharged in December of 1952 and went back to Internation Shoe Company.
June 12, 1953, James married Wynona Spears, from Jerusalem, Arkansas. He quit his job at Internation Shoe Factory in August 1954 and started to college at Arkasnas Tech University. James completed his B. S. degree in less than 3 calendar years and went to work for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He worked for them at Fort Smith, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee and El Dorado, Arkansas. April 1, 1960, he began working for ArkansasState Highway and Transportation Department in Little Rock, Arkansas. He worked there in Utilities (getting utilities moved for highway construction or improvement) for 28 years before retiring. He retired asChief of the Utility Section.
James was born at his grandparents home at Dover. His mother had gone to visit her parents for a few days and the road between Appleton and Dover was rocky, rough and a dirt one. The trip was probably too much and James arrived 3 weeks early.
James' summer time was filled with helping his mother (Pauline) and his daddy (Covey) with work that would help them. Occasionally, he would get to go and visit for a week with his grandparents, General and Eva Tuck.
During the high school years, James helped show movies at different locations. These were shown at Appleton on Saturday night but during the week were shown at other small towns. James' job was to run the projector and many people depended on this for some of their entertainment.
Earlier in life, James had a little dog named "Penny" that went all over the farm with him and was a great deal of company to James. Penny would come to the Appleton School at lunch and go to the girls first, set up and beg for food. He always got plenty to eat even though he was fed well at home. He never went to school on Saturday or Sunday, probably because James wasn't at school either on those days. Never could decide why he didn't go on Sunday's since the family always came to Appleton to church.
James had black hair when he was growing up. He always said his hair turned gray because he was living with a Spears. Most of his hair is gone now (like the relatives that were men of the Lemley family) and we have a very good saying for this - "You never saw a marble top on cheap furniture." Wynona always says she got the most perfect man she ever met and she believes this.
Traveling for James and Wynona during the working years was a 2 week vacation some of which, where in the states and probably visiting relatives but their hope was to retire, move back to Wynona's home place and travel. This they did by remodeling and adding on the home place 3 times and having traveled to all the continents except Antarctica. They have refused to go there 3 times due to the extreme cold and the scenery being ice and penguins. They have crossed the oceans 30 times since they retired and traveled 50 states (2004).
James and Wynona celebrated their50th wedding anniversary in 2003 in the Bahamas after a surprise celebration at the Jerusalem Church of Christ a few days before they left on the trip.
They are active in work of the Jerusalem Church of Christ, VFW and Ladies Auxiliary, Community Building, upkeep of the Cedar Creek Cemetery and helping people in the community.
They do enjoy life and doing things together. Where you see one o fthem, you will see the other one.
Earl L. Jones, has visited in their home, was served good food, discussed much "family history talk" and and has to say this....what a Bartlett pair.
1. Wynona graduated from Jerusalem High School...
2. She attended Arkansas Tech...
3. Wynona & James are quite a pair...friendly...caring...loves life...and they love their "Family History", and have provided much data for this research. They get an "A+" grade.
James & Wynona Bartlett
P. O. Box 53
Jerusalem, Ark 72080
1-501-669-2381
E-mail: jebart@ipa.netWynona was born at Jerusalem and lived in Jerusalem all her life untilshe went to college. She attended school at Jerusalem School andgraduated in May of 1949. She attended college at Arkansas TechUniversity. She taught math and science at Jerusalem School but quit tofind a job that would pay all year instead of 9 months school term. Shehad talked James into quitting his job and going to college and didn'twant him to work while he was going to college.
Wynona worked in the Standards and Payroll Section of Arkansas CottonMills, Morrilton, Arkansas. When James transferred from Fort Smith,Arkansas, to Memphis, Tennessee, with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,Wynona worked for Union Planters National Bank in the ExchangeDepartment. When James transferred to El Dorado, Arkansas, Wynona workedat Warner Brown Hospital. She worked 5 days a week and had a differentjob every day. May 9th, 1960, Wynona went to work for Chicopee, Inc.This was a division of Johnson and Johnson and this was after James wasworking for Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. There was alarge mill at Chicopee at that time but when Wynona retired 30 yearslater (June 1, 1990) there were 4 large mills there. She was one of 4superintendents in the 4 mills.
Traveling for James and Wynona during the working years was a 2 weeksvacation some where in the states and probably visiting relatives buttheir hope was to retire, move back to Wynona's home place and travel.This they did by remodeling and adding on to the home place 3 times andhaving traveled to all the continents except Antarctica. They haverefused to go there 3 times due to the extreme cold and the scenery beingice and penguins. They have crossed the oceans 30 times since theyretired and traveled 50 states (2004).
James and Wynona celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2003 in theBahamas after a surprise celebration at the Jerusalem Church of Christ afew days before they left on the trip.
They are active in work of the Jerusalem Church of Christ, VFW and LadiesAuxiliary, Community Building, upkeep of the Cedar Creek Cemetery andhelping people in the community.
They do enjoy life and doing things together. Where you see one of them,you will see the other one.