Grace Truman Vardiman
Nall (1878-1952)
Shelby County, Kentucky & Saline County, Missouri
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Grace Vardiman Nall
Nall Children:
3 boys, 3 girls:
Vardeman B "Uncle Bo"
Frank
Howard
Russell "Uncle Bud"
Bonnie
Virginia
Grace
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Content:
Age at Death: 74
State: Missouri
# of Children: 6
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Left to Right: I believe the photo is
labeled by birth order, not by how they are standing
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Husband - Howard B Nall
Son - Vardeman Boone Nall
Son - Frank Nall
Son - Russell Nall
Daughter - Bonnie Nall Yokeley
Daughter - Virginia Nall Latham
Daughter - Grace "Little Grace" Nall Johnson
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1939 Vardiman Family Reunion
11 Adult Children of John Thomas & Cornelia
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1939 Vardiman Family ReunionSame photo as left, different source
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Howard B. Nall at Ridgepark Cemetery (fought in Spanish American War)
d. 1 April 1940
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Grace T. Vardiman Nall Obituary and
Death Certificate
d. 17 December 1952
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Grandfather and Grandmother Nall
"My Grandfather Howard B Nall was in the Spanish American War as I recall him talking about riding with
Teddy Roosevelt and remember my Grandma getting a monthly check until the time of her death."
Email from Dongene Yokeley May 2011 |
"Uncle Bo" at 1939 Vardeman Family Reunion
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Corene Yokeley Nall, First wife of Vardeman Boone Nall
"Uncle Bo"
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Bo & Corene Nall with Rex Strawbridge (Corene's brother-in-law) (the husband of Irene (Yokeley) Strawbridge, a sister of Estel (Pete) Yokeley
& Corene (Yokeley) Nall
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Charles (Chuck) Nall, Bo & Cora Lee Nall's
son
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Howard Russell Nall "Uncle
Bud"
Obituary
d. 16 August 1993
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Uncle Bo
"Vardeman Boone Nall (Uncle Bo) worked at the shoe factory when he was
married to Corene Yokeley (a sister of my Dad). Uncle Bo took my older
brother, Bill, and I fishing and hunting and Bill duck and goose hunting. I
thought I was big enough to go duck hunting so I rode my bike to his house
and got sympathy from his wife, Corene. Corene was born in 1907 and
died in 1946.
Uncle Bo stayed single for a number of years until he married Cora Lee.
They had a son named Chuck Nall. He is currently working with the Leesburg
police in Florida. Uncle Bo bought a Western Auto Store in Sweet
Springs, MO where they had a nice home. Business was good until a discount
store moved in. Bo sold his franchise because he couldn't cut his prices
down and make any money. Uncle Bo stayed in Sweet Springs but drove 50 miles
to Marshall where he worked in the hardware department of an MFA store.
Uncle Bo died suddenly in 1969.
Cora Lee moved down to Florida to be with her son and his family. Cora
Lee remarried to Mac Eacheren. He passed away and we heard she married again
and that husband passed away. We all liked Cora Lee. She was a very nice
lady."
Uncle Frank
"My first memory of Uncle Frank was on Christmas day and several more Christmases and Thanksgiving dinners at my grandmother's house.
He had a very nice wife named Lorene. I was in grade school when I first stayed with them for a week. At that time Uncle Frank was a Missouri Highway Patrolman.
He really looked good to me in his uniform and his pistol by his side. Back in those days they had to furnish their own cars. I remember
he had a green car with a red light on top of i. One night we all went out to this tavern; I had teh biggest hamburger and french fries
I had ever eaten. They also gave me money to play the pinball machine. They seemed to have a lot of friends and I had a good time.
I visited with them again in my teens. Uncle Frank had quit the MHP and bought a salvage yard in Boonville, MO. I entered the military
and later years working in California so I didn't get to hear very much about my relatives. Uncle Frank is deceased and I believe so is his wife, Lorene."
Uncle Bud
Howard Russell Nall (Uncle Bud) was the quiet one of my uncles. I don't remember very much about him until I was in my teens. In the early part
of WWII he worked at a small factory where he built propellers for
airplanes. By the time he was drafted the war was almost over. I can't be
sure but I don't think he ever left the States. Uncle Bud's hobby was
photography. After his discharge he got a job in the photography department
at University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (for 31 years according to his
obituary). We thought he would never get married; he surprised us by marrying Mary Francis, a very nice person. She worked
in the library at the University, was a divorcee with a grown daughter already out of the house. I was in California but Mom told me
Mary Francis had a stroke. I called a few times to see how she was doing. The last time she really sounded good. Some weeks later Uncle Bud
suddenly died of a heart attack. I don't know what happened to Mary Francis, however, I think she is with her daughter."
Letter from Dongene Yokeley 23 November 2010 |
Bonnie Murle Nall and Corene Yokeley married each other's siblings
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Sisters - Bonnie & Virginia Nall at 1939 Vardeman Family Reunion in Marshall, MO
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Bonnie Murle Nall Yokeley and son, Bill Yokeley
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1991 Letter from "Little Grace's" husband,
Riley to Bonnie Murle Yokeley Nall Wood regarding her nephew,
Marvin Johnson ("Little Grace's" son) who died in an accident caused by a drunk driver
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Aunt Virginia
"Uncle Oval and Aunt Virginia Latham: I was in preschool when I
first really got to know them. They had a daughter named Iris G Latham. She
married Robert T Fitzsimmons who was in the Army Air Force. They had
two children, Virginia J. Fitzsimmons and Kathy J. Fitzsimmons, who are both
deceased and buried at Sunset Memorial, Saline County the same cemetery
where Uncle Ody and Aunt Virginia are buried. Virginia was working at
the shoe factory and Uncle Ody at the state school when I first remembered
them. Aunt Virginia later got a job at the state school. For
some unknown reason they both quit their state jobs and bought a bowling
alley in Marshall, MO which only had four alleys and was never crowded.
It didn't take them long to see this was a losing proposition. They sold the
bowling alley, moved to Chicago, IL where they both worked in an
institution. Uncle Ody cut my brother Bill's and my hair. Aunt
Virginia paid for my high school graduation ring."
(Note: Dongene Yokeley contacted Doris Hoyes in Marshall for Latham
and Fitzsimmons family details.)
Aunt Grace
"I never saw Aunt Grace. I was real little when she died (at
28 years old) and she
lived in Colorado. She was divorced with two boys, Tommy, the oldest,
and Marvin. All the relatives pitched in with enough money for mom,
(Bonnie), to go by train and bring the body back. I don't remember the
particulars but not long after the boys were sent to Marshall and lived a
number of years with Grandma. Later Riley Johnson wanted his boys back.
He had remarried and his wife wanted the kids to live with them. I
don't know the truth but heard they didn't live long with Riley.
Marvin stayed in Colorado and Tommy hitchiked all over the U.S. Marvin
got hit by a car and is deceased. Don't know the status on Tommy; if alive
should be 78 years old. " (See
Ridge Park
Cemetery)
Bonnie Murle Nall Yokeley (Mom)
"She was a single mom trying to provide shelter, food, and clothing for
three kids during the depression. My mother was fortunate as the
International Shoe Factory was hiring. Mom worked there for 30 plus
years. We moved five times before I went into the service. We
moved in with Grandma a couple times during that period. I didn't know
why but now I think mom didn't have enough money to pay the rent. We
lived in two houses that didn't have inside plumbing. Mom heated the
bath water either on the coal oil stove or the potbelly stove. We
bathed in a washtub and I was usually the last one to bathe in the dirty
water. Mom made sure we each had duties around the house.
My sister, Betty, kept the house clean and my brother, Bill, and I
would bring in the coal and corn cobs in the witner time and in summer
made sure the lawn was kept up. We all had jobs at an early age.
Bill and I sold vegetables and magazines and mowed people's lawns.
Around the age of thirteeen we started delivering the Kansas City Star,
twice daily. I delivered the paper until I was a senior in high
school. We would bale hay for the farmers during the summers.
When summer was over and we went back to school our newspaper boss lady
would always hire us back. I know she knew our family needed the
money. Betty worked at the corner grocery store in the summer.
Mom was very religious. She taught Sunday School for over
thirty years. In the later years she taught people in their
eighties and nineties. We never had a car and I can remember the
many times we walked to church in blizzard conditions. My mom did
not deserve such a hard life, yet even in the worst of times I never
heard her complain. She didn't have the energy or time to shower
us with love but we knew she loved us. In her later years Mom had
dementia. She never knew she outlived two of her children."
Letter and photos from Dongene Yokeley 23 November 2010. Updated via
email 6 August 2011. Thank you! |