He and his wife, Goldie Van Pelt, lived on Prim Rd. where they raised their children James and Brodie Prim, Myrtle Williams, and Frieda Jones.  Also foster parents to several welfare children, they were active members at Pleasant Grove where they are buried.

There children were John who is a Southern Baptist minister in TN, Wilma, and Ida Grass.

He was 1st cousin to #18 (their mothers were sisters).

Sid married Florence Lawing and became the father of Marvin and Boyce Nixon, Margie Robinson, Shirley McClure, & Vivian Kiser.  They were also foster parents of several Welfare children.  He and his wife are buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

When the children were old enough to work, John's parents moved to Charlotte where he, two brothers and two of his sisters worked their entire careers (and retired from) Belk Stores.

John was born with a protruding lower jaw inherited from one of his family lines.  While serving in France in World War I, his facial characteristics did not allow his gas mask to fit properly.  It rubbed a sore on his face which lead to lockjaw. No treatment was available and death was the norm; but John lay in a barn on France - and survived.

He and his wife, Armecia Lawrence from Morehead City, NC, lived on Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd. and attended Trinity Methodist Church where they are buried.  Son Jack lives beside his parent's home and son Jim lives in Honeybrook, PA.

Some of his other children are Floyd, Wilson, and M.W. Grass and Mildred Self.  He was active at Hoskins Avenue Baptist Church

Wherry married Cora Love from Paw Creek and became the father of Eldora Byrum. He and "Miss Cora" lived in the same house Eldora and Lewis Byrum now occupy, but it sat across from Oakdale School where the BB&T now stands.

He built and ran a store next door in the center portion of the building that still stands before building his new store beside the school.

He was instrumental in moving Pleasant Grove Church from its original site at the cemetery to the present location.  He was also greatly responsible for keeping Oakdale School at its present site after an older building was destroyed by fire in 195?  At that time, the School Board gave serious consideration to moving it to another location or combining with another school.

She married Oliver Lawing and became the mother of John Oliver (died young), Plato, and Craig Lawing and Madeline Tyson.  They lived on Old Mt. Holly Rd. near the Toddville Rd. intersection while Oliver ran the Homestead Grocery Store; he subsequently ran a grocery store at Pinoca (the intersection of Mt. Holly and Oakdale Rds.).

In their later years they built across Pleasant Grove Rd. from the church (house next to school where Barry Blankenship now lives).  They were active at Pleasant Grove all their lives and are buried at he Pl. Grv. Cemetery.

His sons Kenny and Bill, both deceased, grew up in Pleasant Grove Methodist Church.  His son John now operates Lawyer's Glen Retirement Home.  Will & Carrie are buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Never married, she taught school in Eden, NC for years before returning to her brother's home on Pleasant Grove Rd. (the 2-story farmhouse behind the City Fire Department).  She is buried at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Huntersville, NC where her family was actively involved. 

She and Burton lived in the Hickory Grove Community for several years before building the house on Simpson Rd. now occupied by their daughter and son-in-law Nellie & Wilmer McCracken.  They were dairy farmers.

Their other children are Pleasant Groves' Howard Elliott, Marybelle Turner, Annie Mae Parker. Their other child is R.B. Elliott, Jr. who is deceased.  May and Burton Elliott are buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

This family lived on Plank Rd. just across from the Dale Ave. intersection, where one of Oakdale's three large birthday events took place each year.  Bob Bully Todd, Dave Elliott (father of #'s 12 & 26), and Walter Kelly (father-in-law of #25) declared their birthdays as holidays.  No one in the community worked on those days; everyone took a picnic lunch and went to the particular party.

There is a photo of the sizable Paw Creek Community Brass Band made beside the Todd home on one of those occasions. 

Maud's siblings were Amos, Clayton, and ________ Todd and Annie Belk (Arlen's mother).  Never married, Maud was a seamstress and loyal member of Paw Creek Presbyterian Church, where she was buried in 1982.

This family lived equidistant from Peachtree and Oakdale Roads behind Emmanuel Baptist Church.  The large oak trees in their front yard are still standing.