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Descendants of Benjamin Richardson

260. CECIL C⁷ RHODES (FREDA IONE⁶ LYNE, NANCY LOU BERTHA⁵ RICHARDSON, GENERAL LAFAYETTE⁴, ROBERT W.³, BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 04 April 1936 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas. He married (1) NANCY ANN NICKERSON 21 December 1957 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He married (2) ALICE MAY LAMBERT PAULEY 21 December 1974 in Livonia, Michigan.

Notes for CECIL C RHODES:
After graduation from Mexia High School, Cecil entered Navarro Junior College at Corsicana, Texas pursuing a Science Degree, pre-engineering, and completed this course in May 1955. While at Navarro he was solo trumpet in the band and was presented the Music Award. From September 1955 until May 1956, he attended Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas, furthering his education and spent the summer of 1956 as a "summer hire" with Western Electric Company in Houston, Texas.

In November 1956, he joined the U.S. Navy's pre-flight training program at Dallas, Texas and was assigned to the U. S. Naval School of Pre-Flight in Pensacola, Florida. He received his primary flight training at Saufley Field and was sent to Whiting Field in Milton, Florida for basic training in the T-28, where he flew the T-28 for orientation, instruments and carrier landing training. While here he was playing 1st trumpet in the Naval Aviation Cadet Band, and appeared in the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1958.

Advanced training came at the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Beeville, Texas. Here he was awarded a commission as Ensign and earned his "Navy Wings of Gold" in May 1959. Being rated as Class One X-Ray, he was one of the first six to go through advanced training command in all swept-wing single engine jet aircraft, and flew the Grumman F9F-8 and all F9F-8T transonic aircraft.

He was then assigned to Fighter Squadron 23 (VF-23) at Miramar Naval Air Station near San Diego, California in June 1959. The squadron aircraft at that time was the Douglas F4D Skyray, in which he completed ground training and flight simulator training, but the Navy phased out this model prior to actual flight.

To maintain flight proficiency he trained and flew many hours in North American FJ-3 and Grumman F11F aircraft before being transferred to "Crusader College" at Moffett Field near San Jose, California. Here he trained in Chance-Vought F8U-1, -1A and -2. The F8U Crusader was considered the top line of fighter in the Navy at the time and was the first to be able to attain speeds of greater than 1,000 miles per hour. It was here that Cecil was inducted into Chance-Vought's "1,000 MPH Club".

At this time he was assigned to Pacific Fleet Squadron VF-211 as part of Air Group 21. After further training, including carrier landings upon the USS Hancock, USS Bonhomme Richard, and SS Ranger (CVA -61) he began his Far East tour on the USS Lexington )CVA-16) from NAS North Island in San Diego, California. This tour included Hawaii, The Phillipines, Okinawa, Guam, Japan and Hong Kong. The Lexington made a 2-page spread in Life magazine during this tour on readiness alert during confrontation with the Chinese Air Force near Hainan Island and the Laos crises was brewing.

Following the tour of duty in the Pacific, he served two years as a flight instructor in the Naval Advanced Training Command at USNAS in Beeville, Texas.

He was released from active duty by request in May 1963, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, Texas in the fall of 1963.

He began his civilian career as consultant, manufacturers' representative and sales agent at Sparkler Filters of Conroe, Texas, a manufacturer of liquid filtration systems for chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries in August 1965. Here he was promoted to Sales Manager, Industrial Domestic Markets and worked with engineering, procurement, proposal and critical path planning for production of units. Clients included Dow Chemical, Eli Lilly, DuPont, Merc, Monsanto and others. He continued with Sparkler until January 1972 when he was employed by Hydromation Company, Livonia, Michigan and served as Regional Sales Manager, Sales Engineer and Group Sales Manager. Here he was responsible for penetrating the petroleum production industry market for clarification of water produced from production sites with special filters using filter media of crushed black walnut shells. He is co-holder of a patent for neutralizatikon and purification of metallic dust generated during hot dip galvanizing operations.

He continued to live and work in Michigan until the "oil bust" of 1984, when he was employed as Sales Counselor and later store manager for Shreveport Refrigeration (SR Superstores), a specialty store for appliances and electronics.

Subsequent employment was with Tetra Resources of Houston, Texas, handling field sales for water and wastewater purification equipment, Selle Alloys and Equipment of Houston, Texas as manufacturers' representative selling heat treating equipment, ovens, filtration systems and other capital equipment to engineering and construction companies.

In September 1994 he joined with Circuit Cith Stores, Inc., in Houston, Texas and is presently (June 1998) in Lexington, Kentucky.

Notes for ALICE MAY LAMBERT PAULEY:
Forest Hills was previously known as Road Fork, Kentucky. Name was officially changed Circa 1969. Forest Hills is situated across the Tug Fork River from Williamson, West Virginia. Pond Creek empties into the Tug Fork which terminates into the Ohio River.

This area of Kentucky/West Virginia is where the Hatfield-McCoy feud rampaged. There are many Hatfields and McCoys in the area and at one time the Ford dealership in Williamson, West Virginia was name Hatfield-McCoy Ford.

Children of CECIL RHODES and NANCY NICKERSON are:

389.	i.	ANGELA ELIZABETH⁸ RHODES, b. 12 February 1959, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
390.	ii.	CECIL C (BUCKY) RHODES, b. 31 May 1960, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
	iii.	DAVID WAYMON RHODES, b. 18 December 1963, Austin, Travis County, Texas.

261. DONALD BERNARD⁷ ARMSTRONG (RUBY PEARL⁶ LYNE, NANCY LOU BERTHA⁵ RICHARDSON, GENERAL LAFAYETTE⁴, ROBERT W.³, BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 23 October 1928 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas. He married GERALDINE (GERRY) WILSON 03 December 1949 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, daughter of LEE WILSON and MARGIE MALONE.

Children of DONALD ARMSTRONG and GERALDINE WILSON are:

391.	i.	DANA JOY⁸ ARMSTRONG, b. 05 October 1950, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
392.	ii.	LOLA DARLENE ARMSTRONG, b. 20 July 1952, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
393.	iii.	NIKI LYNN ARMSTRONG, b. 21 October 1955, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
394.	iv.	PATRICE DAWN ARMSTRONG, b. 21 September 1960, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas.

262. JOY FERN⁷ ARMSTRONG (RUBY PEARL⁶ LYNE, NANCY LOU BERTHA⁵ RICHARDSON, GENERAL LAFAYETTE⁴, ROBERT W.³, BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 30 April 1930 in Luling, Caldwell County, Texas. She married LLOYD EARL HANCOCK 15 February 1953 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, son of ROSCOE HANCOCK and MYRTLE WALLER.
Notes for LLOYD EARL HANCOCK:
Earl join the U.S. Navy at 17 for four years, then decided on the U.S Air Force as as career. He served in the Phillipines, Korea and Viet Nam. After his marriage in 1953, he and his family spent 9 years in Rome, New York where their children were born. Then on to Hawaii for three years. Earl was on an inspection team that travelled in the Orient where the U.S. has bases. They were then sent to Minot, North Dakota from where he was sent to Viet Nam. After this tour of duty Earl retired and moved back to Longview, Texas, where the family has resided since.

Children of JOY ARMSTRONG and LLOYD HANCOCK are:

395.	i.	LINDA KAYE⁸ HANCOCK, b. 18 June 1954, Rome, New York.
	ii.	RICHARD EARL HANCOCK, b. 12 March 1956, Rome, New York.
	iii.	NANCY ELIZABETH HANCOCK, b. 13 March 1960, Rome, New York; d. 13 October 1985, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

263. GLYNN EARL⁷ ARMSTRONG (RUBY PEARL⁶ LYNE, NANCY LOU BERTHA⁵ RICHARDSON, GENERAL LAFAYETTE⁴, ROBERT W.³, BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 12 July 1933 in Greggton, Gregg County, Texas. He married MARTHA ANN MATTHEWS 18 June 1953 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, daughter of PETTY MATTHEWS and EMMA WRIGHT.

Children of GLYNN ARMSTRONG and MARTHA MATTHEWS are:

396.	i.	GLYNN EARL ARMSTRONG⁸ JR., b. 16 April 1954, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
397.	ii.	MATTHEW ARMSTRONG, b. 07 August 1956, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
	iii.	DONALD CLARK ARMSTRONG, b. 10 August 1957, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

264. RAMONA JUNE⁷ LYNE (RAYMOND LAFAYETTE⁶, NANCY LOU BERTHA⁵ RICHARDSON, GENERAL LAFAYETTE⁴, ROBERT W.³, BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 22 October 1936 in Liberty, Liberty County, Texas. She married PAUL ELDRIDGE JETTE III 01 June 1954 in Kermit, Winkler County, Texas, son of PAUL JR. and LEONA REED.

Notes for RAMONA JUNE LYNE:
Ramona (Mona) was the wife of a Coach, and wrote the following article:

ON THE HOME FRONT

By Mona Jett

A funny thing happened to me on my way from the vegetable bin to the milk case in the grocery store the other day. Walking along and chatting idly with a friend, she brought me and my shopping cart to a screeching halt when she said:

"I wouldn't be a coach's wife for anything in the world! How do you stand it?"

Heart thudding, I thought to myself: "Uh-oh. . .what does she know that I don't know? We must be getting fired!"

Then, calming down, I realized she was actually asking me: What is it like to be a coach's wife?

Being a coach's wife is the most exciting, the most heart-breaking, the most frustrating, and the most satisfying profession around. It is having the Wishbone-T with our morning coffee, pass defense with lunch, and a goal line stand for dinner. . . . . every day, every week, every year.

Being a coach's wife is learning to answer the phone.

"What! Herbie had an accident on the cycle last night, and broke his left leg! Yes, I'll tell Coach he won't be able to play tonight."

"No sir, I don't have the faintest idea why Bert isn't first string halfback. No sir, I don't have a thing to do with that. Why don't you call the coaches at 2962?" (And I'm wondering all the while if Bert is the boy who keeps putting his football shoes on the wrong feet and his helmet on backwards. Or maybe he's the one who lined up with the opposing team during the last game.)

"Yes, I would LOVE to sign the petition to fire the coaches. Who am I? Oh, I thought you knew! I'm Coach Jett's wife!"

Being a coach's wife is wishing at times it would be declared illegal for coaches to father children. If they have a son who doesn't like sports, he is the town joke. (Hey, Coach's kid is a sissy!) Then, if the unfortunate youngster does have some athletic ability, and gets to play, cries of favoritism echo throughout the air. Daughters are in the same boat. Think of what it does to a vulnerable teenage ego to be told that the only reason a boy dates her is to make points with the coach.

Being a coach's wife is learning to sit in the stands, tummy doing flip-flops, while some loud mouth behind me calls the entire coaching staff some choice four-letter words in a roaring voice, knowing good and well I can hear him. It is learning to sit there calmly and not turn around and pull his darned hat down around his neck. But how do I teach my young daughters to cope when a grown man comes up to them after the game and says:

"Your daddy is a stupid -(?:!%#@!"

Somehow, they learn early. They just burst into tears, turn and walk away.

Being a coach's wife is sitting in the stands, heart aching along with parents of an injured player as the coaches frantically work with him. And then, ten minutes later, it is watching in amazement as that same player dogs the coach's every footstep, begging to be sent back in to the game.

Being a coach's wife, sports fans, is KIDS, and a lot of love. It is NOT the University of Texas or the Washington Redskins - but kids - 16, 17 and 18 year old KIDS. Coaches have to love kids, they have to love football, they have to be dedicated, and it also helps if they are also a little crazy. How many other men in this town do you know who would be willing to put their jobs on the line - in front of the whole town - every Friday night?

It is knowing what a hard decision it is for the coaches to field the best starting team. There may be thirty boys on the squad, but unfortunately, only eleven can play at a time, and coaches have to come up with the best combination of ability and teamwork. That leaves 38 mothers and fathers sitting in the stands, literally seething with anger because they know THEIR boy is best and should be a starter. Yet, their boys show up for practice, day after day, week after week, because that if they quit now, they will be running from something the rest of their lives.

Being a coach's wife adds up to a lot of years. It is watching awkward, 90-pound weaklings develop into poised 180-pounders, proud of their team and proud of their contribution to their school and their community. It is wedding invitations, birth announcements - and just last week, a letter from a former athlete wanting a job - as a coach.

Being a coach's wife is knowing the joy of victory and the agony of defeat. It is watching a scrappy fired up bunch of kids who know they have the backing of their entire community, go out and beat the socks off a better team - and it is watching a good team, torn apart by petty jealousies and by fickle fans who leave the stands in the middle of the fourth quarter, fall apart at the seams.

Being a coach's wife is watching a grown man cry . . . either in the exultation of a win or in the utter desolation of a bitter loss. It is staying up until 3:30 every Saturday morning rehashing every play of Friday night's game - then getting up at seven to read the write-ups in the morning papers, and starting on a new week in the cycle of our fall football madness. It is going on, regardless of what happened the night before.

So, how do I stand being a coach's wife?

I wouldn't trade places with any other woman in the world.

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MONA LYNE JETTE

Born Liberty, Texas
October 22, 1936

Mona Lyne grew up in Kermit, Texas and was very active in Band and Journalism. She graduated in 1954, and the day after she graduated, June 1, she married Paul Jette from Wink. They raised their family in Wink and Devine.

Mona attended Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos and earned her degree, a BA in Education, in May 1973. She taught in the Devine, Brady and Pleasanton School Systems, teaching English in Jr. High and High School. She enjoyed spending hours with students in extracurricular activities. Mrs. Jette was a dedicated teacher who brought out the best in her students.

Mona loved to dance, was an avid reader, and enjoyed contributing to teacher workshops. She had a talent for writing and at several different times in her life contributed to newspapers with a humorous column about family living. Some of her favorite haunts were junk shops and flea markets.

Mone Jette was the epitome of a coach's wife. She always met the needs or her husband's demanding schedule. She gave a lot of moral support and understanding to young coach's wives through the years.

Mona was a very giving person and anyone who came in contact with her was touched by her devotion and true understanding of people. Mona's hospitality was known all over the state. (The door was always open and the coffee pot was on!)

Anyone who knew Mona admired her unselfish devotion and untiring strength with the illness of her daughter, Donna. She was an incredible woman and her feisty presence will be missed by all.

Children of RAMONA LYNE and PAUL JETTE are:

398.	i.	PAUL ELDRIDGE⁸ JETTE IV, b. 05 February 1955, Kermit, Winkler County, Texas.
	ii.	DONNA LYNN JETTE, b. 22 June 1956, Kermit, Winkler County, Texas.
	iii.	NANCI LEIGH JETTE, b. 23 May 1957, Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; m. EDWARD MICHAEL DAUDE, 15 July 1978.

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