"Leta
and Autumn, my daughter and granddaughter, got all of their good looks,
talent, and inner beauty from me." Bobby Boles, October 2004
"I have talked to several
people who were at the pageant and they said everyone (including men) were
gasping and in tears when Autumn finished her song that night."
Novis Winkler, October 2004
Below is a
"flashback" of when Leta Boles Martinez was the Autumn Trails Queen
(1986). Click on the small pictures to see the whole articles.
Autumn Martinez
Born: October 16, 1986
Erica Martinez
Born: March 23, 1989
Michael Shannon Boles
Born: January 19, 1972
Novis "Nadine" Boles
Born: March 25, 1923
Married: Travis LaVerne
Gilliam on August 7, 1921
Travis died December 2, 1992
Buried in Harmony Cemetery,
Hopkins County, Texas
Don and Novis
Novis LaVerne Gilliam
Born: March 1, 1943 in
Galveston, Texas
Married: Sam Edward Winkler,
Sr. on February 8, 1963 in League City, Texas
Divorced: April in the
1970's
Sam Edward Winkler, Jr.
(Eddie)
Born: October 20, 1965 in
Odessa, Texas
Married Amy Melissa Martin
on April 10, 1999 in Tyler, Texas
Matthew
Edward Winkler
Born: December 19, 2003 in Tyler, Texas
Eddie and Amy.
Eddie, son of Novis, grandson of Nadine, great grandson of
Lorenzy,
great great grandson of Andy Boles (2003).
Eddie, Amy,
Kenzie (2003).
Matthew Edward Winkler was born at 12:00 noon,
December 19,
2003. He weighs 6 pounds, 13 ounces and is 21 inches long.
He is the son of
Eddie and Amy Winkler, grandson of Novis, and great-grandson of Nadine.
Welcome Matthew!!
(Click on Matthew's Newborn picture to go to his page.
We'll
be adding more pictures!)
Gerry Don Gilliam
Born: February 25, 1944 in
Winnsboro, Texas
Don passed away on June 26, 1999 in
Austin, Texas. Married: Carol Raimond on
December 2, 1966 in Galveston, Texas
Divorced in 1967
Philip Gilliam
Born: September 3, 1967 in
Galveston, Texas
Gerry Don Gilliam Married
Stormy Trout on December 29, 1967 in Galveston, Texas and was later
divorced.
Shannon Dora Gilliam
Born: August 7, 1973 in San
Marcos, Texas
Married Edward Avey on June 16,
1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Colton Craig Avey
Born: March 14, 1997 in
New Braunfels, Texas
Most of the below pictures have a link to a larger
version of that picture.
Be sure to click the picture to see.
Colton (2003) with sparkler after fireworks show. Colton, son of Shannon, grandson
of Don, great grandson of Nadine, great great grandson of Lorenzy, great
great great grandson of Andy Boles.
Colton & Nadine in the duplex at Holly Lake looking
at prior Reunion pics (2003).
Mark, Shannon, Colton, Nadine. Mark, son of
Eva Nell, grandson of Lorenzy, great grandson of Andy. Shannon,
daughter of Don, granddaughter of Nadine, great granddaughter of
Lorenzy, great great granddaughter of Andy (2003).
Colton & Nadine
Colton & Tyler (2003).
Dalton & Colton (see Dalton below Christine's area).
Colton & Nadine
Colton
Eddie (left) is Shannon's husband. Colton is
saying goodbye to a tearful Nadine.
Eddie, Shannon's husband, at the food table (2003).
Born: December 27, 1974 in
Austin, Texas. Married Rodney Sayles on August
23, 1997 in New Braunfels, Texas
Kenzie Addison Sayles
Born: September 20, 2002 in New Braunfels, Texas
Braxton Carpenter Sayles
Born: May 21, 2004 in New Braunfels, Texas
Above are
grandchildren of Gerry Don Gilliam, great grandkids of Nadine Gilliam ,
great great grandkids of Lorenzy and great great great
grandkids of Andy Boles. Picture attached of Kenzie, Braxdon and Tammy at
USMC picnic at Landa Park in New Braunfels. We are looking forward
to seeing everybody at the reunion this year.
Eddie, Amy,
Kenzie. Eddie, son of Novis, grandson of Nadine, great grandson of
Lorenzy, great great grandson of Andy Boles (2003). Kenzie,
daughter of Tammy, granddaughter of Don, great granddaughter of Nadine,
great great granddaughter of Lorenzy, great great great granddaughter of
Andy Boles.
Nadine, Novis,
and Kenzie (2003).
Paul D Boles
Born: May 27, 1925
Married Mollie Garza on _______
Deceased: October 13,
2004
Below is one of the eulogies read at Paul D.'s funeral.
Paul Boles Sr. - I remember
Uncle Paul underneath vehicles, working on them - I remember him cooking
hamburgers at The Lighted Pier - I remember sleeping in his kitchen when I
was 12 and waking up to him dipping his buttered and jammed biscuits into
the yolks of his sunny side up eggs - Sunny Side UP - that's what I remember
about Uncle Paul - he had this amazing ability to remember every thing that
ever tickled him - I think it's an incredible thing to remember and tell the
stories of the things that made you happy in life - the small moments - the
moments where you touched somebody's life and they touched yours - When I
was small and until the last time I saw my Uncle Paul, I remember him
telling stories - not sad stories, or unpleasant things - Uncle Paul
remembered every thing that made him laugh - think about that - his memory
was for laughter - laughter makes life lighter and endurable - makes life
joyful and abundant - laughter is the thing that can scare bad thoughts away
- and that's all that Uncle Paul remembered - He would tell me stories about
his times on the road as a trucker, his time at Farmer`s Copper Marine
Works, people he met at donut shops and cafes all over the country, stories
from his childhood - and he would still laugh about those moments as if they
were still alive - and I realized one day - that they were in fact still
alive - he purposely filled up the bank account of his soul with all the
happy moments he remembered - his legacy in my heart is one of my richest
treasures of my life - he reminded me to remember the good times and to keep
talking about them - to keep telling the stories of the happy things, the
funny things - what I learned is that remembering these things gives you the
eyes to see them when they occur more and more as time goes by - and then
one day without knowing it - you have become rich - richer than your wildest
dreams - this is what I learned from my Uncle Paul - quite possibly the
wisest of us all - what do you remember ? are you building your life up by
remembering the good or tearing it down by remembering the bad - Uncle Paul
by my accounts was one of the richest persons I've ever known - he was rich
in joy, in laughter, and in stories. He used to say all the time that this "tickled"
him or she said something and it "tickled"
him or she got "tickled"
when he said this or saw this - I realized that what he was saying was true
- we hear or say or do things that "tickle" us on the inside just like hands
that tickle us on the outside - Uncle Paul remembered all the moments in his
life that "Tickled" him - what a legacy - what a treasure - what a free and
great heart - Uncle Paul`s Joy was complete - he showed this in what he
chose to remember in his life - it made him rich in ways that most people
don't see or recognize - and it's probably what made him so unique and
special - I laughed around my Uncle Paul and my Aunt Molly - laughter was
part of every gathering around the kitchen table at the house on 2917
Kingston Drive in Texas City - I feel richer by far in my life because of
my Uncle Paul Boles Sr. and his beautiful wife, my Aunt Molly Boles - Over
the years I've often seen Paul Jr. cracking jokes and I've always laughed a
lot when Patty and I have gotten together - They have both lightened my
load with laughter - So I know they carry this same love of "tickling"
inside them too - Patty and Paul keep this legacy alive - I see they have
friends who, like me, just feel good being around them - they have overcome
bad parts of life with laughter just like Uncle Paul and Aunt Molly - May
God Bless the families of Paul and Molly Boles - for it is we who are
missing them and we who will have to learn to laugh knowing that they are
laughing with us from heaven - sincerely with love - David Armando Garza II
Paul D. Boles, Jr.
Born:
Patty Boles
Born:
Married: Roland Capestani,
Divorced
Married: Richard England
Sarah is 16
years old (November 2007)
Melisa is 10
years old (November 2007)
Melisa Capestani
Born:
Sarah Capestani
Born:
Shirley Boles
Born:
Married Eddie Sims on
_________________
Teresa Sims
Born:
Married Mr. Colson on
______
Christine Boles
Born: September 8, 1927
Married Gordon Bagby (Divorced)
Married Sam Strickland
(Divorced)
Christine - age 16 and one at age 38.
Christine - age 38.
Eva Nell
and Christa Lea in downtown Dallas. Chris thinks she was about 5 years
old.
Savannah Bagby
fishing in Quitman 08/23/2003
Same as above
Preston Weborn
fishing Lake Quitman 8/23/2003
Preston
Welborn and PawPaw Gene
Bagby fishing Lake Quitman 8/23/2003
Bagby Family
Christmas 2002
Sammy Strickland
Born: November 19, 1952
Married ______ on ______
Amy Strickland
Born: August 4, 1978
Tristin, Phillip, and Baby
Bo
and Baby
Amy &
baby
Abbie
& baby
Phillip Strickland
Born:
Tristin
Strickland
Born:
This is
Tristin, daughter of Phillip Strickland.
Joan Strickland
Born: September 3, 1951
Married Jimmy Langley on
____________
Lummy Eugene Bagby
Born: September 27, 1945
Married: Rebecca Douglas,
then divorced and remarried Judy ????
Deborah Jean Bagby (now
Freeman)
Born: January 15,
1965
Shelby Bagby
Born:
Shannon Elizabeth Bagby
Born: January 31,
1970
Savannah Lauren Bagby
Born: March 13, 1989
Michele Lea Bagby
(named after Gordan Lea)
Born: February 3,
1974
Married: Bryan Keith
Welborn (divorced)
Remarried: Marshall
Andrew Sapp in 2000
Preston Cole Welborn
Born February 7, 1993
Beau
Born:
Married:
Children
Christia Lea Bagby
Born: May 9, 1944
Married: Bill Wolf
Artie Wolf
Born:
Married Renie on ________
Stephen Wolf
Born: January 23, 1963
Married _____ on _____
Brittany and
Tyler Wolf
Brittany Wolf
Born September 16, 1991
Tyler Wolf
Born: October ___, 1993
Colton & Tyler 1 (2003). Tyler - son of Steve Wolfe,
grandson of Christa Lea, great grandson of Christine, great great grandson
of Lorenzy, great great great grandson of Andy Boles.
Shelby and Jacob Wolf
Shelby Wolf
Born: August ___, 1994
Jacob Wolf
Born:
Patti Ann Robinson
Born: November 13, 1946
Married _____ on ________
Robbie Lee Robinson
Born: September 16, 1966
Married _____ on ________
Ryan Robinson
Born: ______, 1988
Elizabeth Robinson
Born: September 20, 1998
Tracey Robinson
Born: September 10, 1970
Married: Mr. Ervin on
____________
Dalton Ervin
Born: April 15, 1999
Dalton, son of Tracy, grandson Patty Ann, great grandson
of Christine, great great grandson of Lorenzy, great great great grandson
of Andy Boles.
Left to right: Eva Nell's step-daughter and her
husband, David Hill in the back, and Eva Nell.
Eva Nell
and David (with son, David Ray in the background).
Eva Nell Hill, 67, of Frost passed
away Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Mrs. Hill was born June 14, 1935 in
Winnsboro.
Survivors include her husband, David
Edward Hill of Frost; sons, Tim Hill and James Hill and wife Trenna, all
of
Dallas, Mark Hill and wife Linda and Perry Hill, all of Frost,
David Hill of
Fort Worth, and Raymond Hill of Brandon; daughters, Charletta
Gragson and husband Carl of Dallas, Alice Thornberry and husband Jerry of
Frost, and Diane Bailey and husband David of Midlothian; brother, Paul
Bowles of
Texas City; sisters, Nadine Gillan of Winnsboro and Christine of
Deport; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton
Funeral Home of Corsicana
Dianna Hill
Born: ________
Married: David Bailey on
February 2, 1977
Children:
Alice Hill
Born:
Married Jerry Throneberry
Patrick Throneberry
Born:
James Hill
Born: January 12, 1955
Married Trenna _____ on May
7, 1982
Debbie Kay Hill
Born: July 24, 1978
Married Mr. Walters on
_______
Timothy James (T.J.)
Hill
Born: December 31, 1983
Mark Hill
Born: December 26, 1955
Married Linda ________ on
_________________
Eva Michelle Hill
Born: March 25, 1985
Aaron (pictured above) is Michelle's son, Diane's grandson...
