0 HEAD 1 SOUR PAF 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File 2 VERS 4.0 2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street 4 CONT Salt Lake City, UT 84150 1 DEST PAF 1 DATE 15 SEP 2000 2 TIME 16:21:29 1 FILE biddix.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR ANSEL 1 SUBM @SUB1@ 0 @SUB1@ SUBM 1 NAME Patrick Barrett 1 ADDR 326 Hudson St. 2 CONT West Columbia, South Carolina 1 CTRY USA 1 PHON 803-791-3348 1 _EMAIL pwrbarrett@aol.com 0 @I2485@ INDI 1 NAME Aaron /Biddix/ 2 GIVN Aaron 2 SURN Biddix 2 NICK Bud 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 9 OCT 1915 2 PLAC McDowell County,North Carolina 1 DEAT 2 DATE 15 JAN 1991 2 PLAC Spruce Pine,North Carolina 2 CAUS myocardial infarction 1 BURI 2 PLAC McKinney Gap Cemetery,Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 FAMC @F992@ 1 NOTE A Tribute to My Dad 2 CONT 2 CONT by Mary Ellen Biddix Hollifield 2 CONT 2 CONT Mitchell News-Journal, 29 January 1992, page 10A 2 CONT 2 CONT My dad has been dead a year now. Some days it seems only yesterday, and other days it seems l 2 CONC ike forever since we have seen that smile he carried around. It was a smile you could never d 2 CONC escribe. It was a mixture of mischief, innocence, and lots of love. He had one for everybody 2 CONC . 2 CONT 2 CONT I'm sure my family and I will never stop missing our dad and papaw. There are so many thing 2 CONC s I could say about him. The greatest of these was his faith in God and the life he lived. M 2 CONC y dad practiced his beliefs seven days a week. I never once saw him do anything I thought wa 2 CONC s wrong. 2 CONT 2 CONT I will never forget when we kids were little and would be sick in the night. Dad would get u 2 CONC p without a complaint and get the fire going in our old wood stove. He would warm sweet oil a 2 CONC nd put it in our aching ears. Then he would say a little prayer and ask Jesus to make us wel 2 CONC l and stop the pain, and He always did. 2 CONT 2 CONT After we all grew up and had our own children, the same practice followed through. When our c 2 CONC hildren got really sick, we called dad to come and pray. His prayers were never loud or deman 2 CONC ding. He talked to God in a way that you knew they were well acquainted. 2 CONT 2 CONT Dad had a place in the woods near our house where he went to commune with God when things go 2 CONC t too much for him or some neighbor or friend was in trouble. When he stopped going down ther 2 CONC e, we all knew something was happening to him that made us very sad. Dad was sick for severa 2 CONC l years with Parkinson's Disease, but he never lost his faith or his sense of humor. 2 CONT 2 CONT My dad and mother took everybody in. We kept missionaries, teachers, orphans and many countr 2 CONC y preachers in our house. Sometimes they stayed for weeks. My mother was a good cook and ever 2 CONC ybody knew it. 2 CONT 2 CONT We kids would get pretty annoyed at having so many preachers and their wives taking our bed 2 CONC s and eating all the select pieces of chicken at mealtime. We never knew chicken had white me 2 CONC at, too, until we were grown. Now, I realize our lives were enriched by all those people. 2 CONT 2 CONT It seemed we barely could make ends meet. However, my parents would let any child stay at ou 2 CONC r house who didn't have anywhere else to go. We once kept two children from an orphanage tha 2 CONC t closed down in Altapass, until they finally found a good home for them. 2 CONT 2 CONT I remember special times at our house like when we made fudge or popped corn on cold winter n 2 CONC ights. My dad would make all kinds of animal shadows on the wall with his hands. Sometimes, h 2 CONC e would tell us really funny stories about things that had happened to him and his brothers a 2 CONC nd sisters. We would all laugh until our sides were sore. But never did we go to bed withou 2 CONC t a short Bible reading and prayers. If my dad could only have left one of us with his vast k 2 CONC nowledge of the Bible, and his memory of hundreds of verses. 2 CONT 2 CONT My dad was a doer. He didn't wait to see who was going to turn out to do the work that neede 2 CONC d to be done at the church or the church campground. He went even if it meant losing two or t 2 CONC hree days pay or letting our own things go at home. Dad knew what building for eternity meant 2 CONC . 2 CONT 2 CONT He was never impressed or intimidated by anyone's political views, social or economic standin 2 CONC g. Titles meant nothing to him. He believed in one true church where salvation makes everyon 2 CONC e a member. 2 CONT 2 CONT I was privileged to be standing by my dad's side when he was making the crossing. It was some 2 CONC thing I will never forget. I know he saw something as he lay there looking up that made him n 2 CONC o longer want to stay here. As one of my dearest cousins said, "He was a great warrior, who w 2 CONC ill fill the gap?" 1 CHAN 2 DATE 20 MAY 2000 3 TIME 23:33:30 0 @I2793@ INDI 1 NAME Samuel Nelson /Biddix/ 2 GIVN Samuel Nelson 2 SURN Biddix 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 10 JUN 1874 2 PLAC North Carolina 1 DEAT 2 DATE 16 JUL 1957 2 PLAC Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 BURI 2 PLAC McKinney Gap Cemetery,Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 FAMS @F992@ 1 FAMC @F993@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 3 APR 2000 3 TIME 22:30:17 0 @I2794@ INDI 1 NAME Rosa Texana /Williams/ 2 GIVN Rosa Texana 2 SURN Williams 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 6 FEB 1881 2 PLAC Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 DEAT 2 DATE 19 AUG 1972 2 PLAC Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 BURI 2 PLAC McKinney Gap Cemetery,Spruce Pine,North Carolina 1 FAMS @F992@ 1 FAMC @F995@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 3 APR 2000 3 TIME 22:30:54 0 @I2795@ INDI 1 NAME Francis /Biddix/ 2 GIVN Francis 2 SURN Biddix 1 SEX M 1 FAMS @F993@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 3 APR 2000 3 TIME 22:24:42 0 @I2796@ INDI 1 NAME Mary /Deweese/ 2 GIVN Mary 2 SURN Deweese 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 9 JAN 1844 2 PLAC Missouri 1 DEAT 2 DATE 29 APR 1929 2 PLAC Grassy Creek Township,Mitchell County,North Carolina 1 FAMS @F993@ 1 FAMC @F994@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 SEP 2000 3 TIME 22:55:01 0 @I2797@ INDI 1 NAME Louis /Deweese/ 2 GIVN Louis 2 SURN Deweese 1 SEX M 1 FAMS @F994@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 SEP 2000 3 TIME 22:55:24 0 @I2798@ INDI 1 NAME Rachel /McKinney/ 2 GIVN Rachel 2 SURN McKinney 1 SEX F 1 FAMS @F994@ 1 FAMC @F1518@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 3 APR 2000 3 TIME 22:25:19 0 @I2799@ INDI 1 NAME Elijah /Waycaster/ 2 GIVN Elijah 2 SURN Waycaster 1 SEX M 1 FAMS @F995@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 SEP 2000 3 TIME 22:53:02 0 @I2800@ INDI 1 NAME Leah /Williams/ 2 GIVN Leah 2 SURN Williams 1 SEX F 1 FAMS @F995@ 1 FAMC @F1517@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 SEP 2000 3 TIME 22:52:49 0 @I4203@ INDI 1 NAME John /Williams/ 1 FAMS @F1517@ 0 @I4204@ INDI 1 NAME /Hollifield/ 1 FAMS @F1517@ 0 @I4205@ INDI 1 NAME Charles /McKinney/ 1 FAMS @F1518@ 0 @I4206@ INDI 1 NAME Elizabeth /Lowery/ 1 FAMS @F1518@ 0 @F992@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I2793@ 1 WIFE @I2794@ 1 CHIL @I2485@ 0 @F993@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I2795@ 1 WIFE @I2796@ 1 CHIL @I2793@ 0 @F994@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I2797@ 1 WIFE @I2798@ 1 CHIL @I2796@ 0 @F995@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I2799@ 1 WIFE @I2800@ 1 CHIL @I2794@ 1 MARR 2 DATE NOT MARRIED 0 @F1517@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I4203@ 1 WIFE @I4204@ 1 CHIL @I2800@ 0 @F1518@ FAM 1 _STAT MARRIED 1 HUSB @I4205@ 1 WIFE @I4206@ 1 CHIL @I2798@ 0 TRLR