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Jesse Berryman III
B: 19 Sep 1872 Waverly, AL
D: 30 Jan 1953 Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery

Married: 30 Mar 1902 Waverly, AL

Myrtie Mae Patrick
B: 25 Jul 1883 Waverly, AL
D: 29 Jan 1978
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Daughter of Benj Pope Patrick and Harriett Lavonia Hughes



Children
Name Born Died Married
Son
Not Named
1903
Waverly, Al
1903
Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Died Young
Jesse Berryman IV 18 Aug 1904
Waverly, AL
27 May 1959
Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Lucy Carter Askew
B: 31 Jan 1906
West Point, GA
D: 31 Jan 1989
Buried Canaan Cemetery
M: 12 Nov 1927
Jefferson Co, AL
Hattie Lavonia 23 Feb 1906
Waverly, AL
14 Apr 1907
Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Died Young
Benjamin Patrick 21 Sep 1907
Waverly, AL
5 Jul 1979
Wichita, KS
Buried Sedalia, MO
Dorothy Belle Bryant
B: 16 Jun 1910
Oklahoma City, OK
D: 18 Jul 1994
Wichita, KS
Buried Sedalia, MO
M: 10 Feb 1931
Tulsa, OK
Ervin Hughes 6 Aug 1909
Waverly, AL
16 Jan 69
Booneville, MO
Buried Sapulpa, OK
Juanita Horton
B: 20 Nov 1913
Sapulpa, OK
Still Alive
M: 24 Jan 1931
Supulpa, OK
Luther Spencer 11 Nov 1911
Waverly, AL
May 1913
Waverly, Al
Buried Canann Cemetery
Died Young
Helen Evelyn 23 Apr 1913
Waverly, AL
2 Jul 1991
Hollywood, CA
Buried Sedalia, MO
Geo Marion Brown
B: 20 Jan 1888
D: 19 Dec 1951
M: 24 Dec 1937
Daniel McNutt 3 Aug 1915
Waverly, AL
8 Mar 06
Sedalia, MO
Grace Thornburg
B: 29 Oct 1910
Tulsa, OK
D: 18 Feb 2006
Sedalia, MO
Buried Sedalia, MO
M: 11 Aug 1939
Tulsa, OK
Edith 27 Sep 1917
Waverly, AL
4 Mar 1976
Kansas City, MO
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Joseph Palma Gurliaccio
B: ???
D: 1963
Miami, FL
M: 5 Oct 1941
Springfield, MA

Married Second
Norman Jesse Rugan
B: 2 Nov 1907
Sedalia, MO
D: ???
M: 20 Jan 1945
Kansas City, MO
Mary Ann 12 Jul 1921
Waverly, AL
20 May 2003
Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery
Harold Wood Newman
B: 31 Aug 1919
Camp Hill, AL
D: 15 Jul 1981
Waverly, AL
Buried Canaan Cemetery
M: 18 Aug 1946
Waverly, AL


Jesse Berryman Robinson III as a young man.


Jesse Berryman Robinson III and Miss Myrtie with their children around 1951.
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Standing from left to right: Jesse IV, Ben, Edith, Ervin, Dan.
Sitting from left to right: Evelyn, Miss Myrtie, Jesse III, Mary Ann.



Jesse Berryman Robinson III and Miss Myrtie with their children around 1951.
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Standing from left to right
Evelyn, Jesse IV, Inez, Lucy, Ben, Patrica, Benny, Dan, Ervin, Harold Newman, Edith and Norman Rugen

Sitting 2d row from left to right
Donna, Jesse III, Dorothy Belle, Grace holding Mike, Juanita, Miss Myrtie holding Ann and Mary Ann

Front row sitting left to right
Dixie, Joel and Jack


Here is an article written by the Lee County Bulletin, July 21, 1949 titled "Remembers Waverly's Golden Days".

J.B. Robinson, Waverly Old-Timer, Recalls Days "of Real Farming" In Area

Yes, sir, there was real living in those days" and from his stories of by-gone days in Waverly, J.B. Robinson, life-long resident of the community, "knows whereof" he speaks." Chatting with Mr. Robinsn several hours last week served to enhance an appreciation of the way of Lee County of an earlier generation and their prospering agriculture.

Mr. Robinson, with a happy twinkle in his eyes, rises from his chair with the agility of a much younger man to extend a hearty handshake. Disclaiming any knowledge of Waverly or its history because "I have been too busy working," it wasn't long before he was spinning a fascinating story of the days when farming was carried on a more extensive scale than at present.

Approaching his 77th birthday soon, Mr. Robinson is the oldest of 10 children, all of whom are living. Cary, his youngest brother and an A.P.I. alumnus, played football for the Tigers. A sister, Miss Mary E. Robinson, graduated from A.P.I. in 1899 and resides in Birmingham. "Record keeper" of the family is another of his sisters, Mrs. G.O. Maulsby, now living in Opelika.

Among his early recollections are those of his school teacher, J.O. Webb. He is a little puzzled by a modern generation that can't walk when he hiked three and a half miles into Prof. Webb's classes in Waverly. He confessed, however, to being kept after school for his "devilment" and Mr. Webb often would accompany him and his friends in the walk home after dark, spending the night at his pupil's home.

When Mr. Robinson began farming much of the land all the way to Notasulga was in cultivation. He recalls that 20 plows were run on his home place. Now standing idle are 600 acres, remainder of more extensive holdings of the past. He recalls clearing land and giving away the timber to anyone who would haul it away and the days when cotton grew nearly head-high. He also remembers vividly the devastation wrought by the first appearance of the boll weevil before it had been identified.

Several miles from his present home is the old family home, one of the oldest in the area. Mr. Robinson's father bought it in 1869 and estimates it was built around 1830. Visible in the attic are 30 foot, hand-hewn beams and rafters. All of the framing of the rambling story-and-a-half house is joined with pegs, still sturdy and sound. Unoccupied now, the lawn has been overrun by what should be one of the oldes kudzu vines in the county. Although they did not know it by that name, Mr. Robinson said that his mother kept it carefully trimmed and trellised over the front porch.

Coming back from the family home the genial old farmer pointed out a 10 acre field of corn which he plows and works to keep an active hand in farming. He also tends a garden plot big enough to qualify as a "young farm." Lamenting the decline of his farming interests, he rubbed his chin and jokingly confided that while he was waiting for his 100th birthday, he might go back to work and use his idle acres for cattle raising.