Oaks to Acorns - Mary Lula Ray

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Mary Lula Ray
Lula on the Pedigree Chart
b: 7 Jun 1881 Butler, Taylor County, Georgia
  d: Sep 1936 Abbeville, Wilcox County, Georgia
         
  Parents: John Buchanan Ray and Sarah Olive
         
  m: 8 Sep 1901 John Caleb Sutton Wilcox County, Georgia
         
   
  Notes: (includes both facts and conjecture)
       
 
Personal
Lula was said to be one-quarter Cherokee. She was born in Taylor County, where her father's family moved prior to 1870.
   
     
 
Children
Children with John Caleb Sutton:
  1. Johnnie French Sutton, b. 11 Sept 1902; m. Susan Elmira Newman
  2. Lula Blanche Sutton, b. 18 Dec 1905; m. Dan Stokey, ? Musselwhite
  3. Delilah Enthee Sutton, b. 1908; m. J.C. Protare
  4. Donnie McAllister Sutton, b. 16 Jun 1909; m. ?, Virginia Lucille Worth
  5. James Robert Sutton, b. 23 Aug 1910; m. Margie ?, Private
  6. Feston Odell Sutton, b. 17 Feb 1912; m. Private
  7. John Caleb Sutton, Jr., b. 1913, d. 1914/5

John "Caley" was said to disappear for long periods of time, only to suddenly reappear for a spell, sire another child with Lula, then leave again. My grandfather, French, told my mother that Caley's and Lula's last child together was born and died during one of Caley's absences; the baby apparently got old enough to run through the sheets as they hung from the clothesline, and leave small, muddy handprints on them. When Caley next returned to the family farm, French said, he told his father not to even dismount from his horse.

French and his brothers went to their father's funeral in Florida. When some of French's uncles suggested Caley be buried next to Lula, French nixed the idea, saying that since he hadn't lain by her in life, he shouldn't lie by her in death.

 
     
 
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Sources
Sources: "The Suttons of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Robeson County, North Carolina, Wilcox County, Georgia (and just about Everywhere)" by Johnny F. Sutton.
     
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