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Family Stories

In Story, Voice, and Song

This page serves as a central place to explore and revisit a growing collection of family stories shared here on the blog. Rather than repeating content, it brings together links to original posts that feature narratives, audio overviews, and original songs created to help preserve and share the lives of our parents, grandparents, and earlier generations.

At the heart of these stories are traditional genealogy reports built from documents, photographs, census records, newspapers, and family memories. Those carefully researched reports provided the foundation for everything that follows. From that base, a variety of AI tools were used to help reinterpret the research into different formats—ABC-style biographies, “day in the life” and “time in the life” narratives, audio overviews, and original songs. The facts did not come from AI; they came from the records. The technology simply helped translate that research into forms that are easier to read, listen to, and experience.

The links below are organized by generation—parents, grandparents, and beyond—making it easy to follow family lines and to expand this page over time as more biographies and stories are added. Each link leads to the original blog post, where the full narrative, audio, or video can be read, watched, or listened to in context.

My hope is that this page makes it easier to explore these stories, revisit favorite moments, and discover new connections—helping keep our family history alive not just as names and dates, but as lived experiences remembered and shared across generations.

Parents (Second Generation)

Eugene and Roberta (Briles) Crawford

Grandparents (Third Generation)

Leon Russel Crawford (1894-1976)
Leon’s Siblings:
Winnie Letha Currey (1903-1992)
Winnie’s Siblings:
Edward Osmund Briles (1891-1956)
Edward’s Siblings:
Pauline Edith Mentzer (1896-1984)
Pauline’s Siblings:

Great Grandparents (Fourth Generation)

Judson Foster Crawford
Josie Winifred Hammond Crawford
Hiram Miles Currey
Winifred Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey
Edward Grant Briles
Frances Artlissa “Artie” Ricketts Briles
Charles Oliver Mentzer
Nettie Adell Wells

Fifth Generation

Washington Marion Crawford
Mary Foster Crawford
Richmond Fisk Hammond
Sarah Ralston Hammond

Hiram M. Currey

Angelina Jane Burke

Albert Hutchinson

Julia Harding

Noah Washington Briles

Sarah Jane Thompson Briles

James Marshall Ricketts

Rachel Elmeda Christy

George Mentzer

Emiline Minnick

Thurston Kennedy Wells

Salome Adell Crandall

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