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GRANDPA'S HANDS
By Unknown
Grandpa, some ninety-plus years old, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn't move, just sat with his head down, staring at this hands. When I sat down beside him, he didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if he was okay.
Finally, not really wanting to disturb him but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was okay.
He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking," he said in a clear, strong voice.
"I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandpa, but you were just sitting there staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were okay," I explained to him.
"Have you ever looked at your hands?" he asked, "I mean, really looked at your hands?"
I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point he was making.
"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak, have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life.
"They braced and caught my falls when, as a toddler, I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child, my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots.
"They dried the tears of my children and caressed the love of my life. They held my rifle and wiped my tears when I went off to war. They have been dirty, scraped, raw, swollen and bent.
"They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special. They wrote the letters home and they trembled and shook when I buried my parents and my spouse and when I walked my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day.
"Yet, they were strong and sure when I dug my buddy out of a foxhole and when I lifted a plow off of my best friend's foot. They have held children, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn't understand.
"They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw. And to this day, when not much of anything else of me works real well, these hands hold me up, lay me down and still continue to fold in prayer. These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of my life.
"But more importantly, it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when He leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ."
I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember when God reached out and took my grandpa's hands and led him home. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children and wife I think of Grandpa. I know he has been stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God. I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.
OTHER NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAIRGROVE NAME
This is a partial list of names associated with the Hairgrove name, not in any particular order:
Brown, Lann, Thompson, Harris, Musick, Gayden, Thurmond, Darby, Stovall, Myers, Meek, Chiles, Pierce, Cone, Barnes, Braly, Gambrell, McKnight, Smyrl, Karker, Smith, Rawlings, Quinn, Weeks, Raspberry, Gilley, Jones, Byrum, Davis, Sapp, Morrison, Spangler, Doke, Parnell, Lebo, Berry, Bonner, Forbes, Watson, Wright, Young, Lyons, Winger-Pulliam, Holcombe, Bone, Gesnor, Benford, Butts, Pounds, Rorie (Rorery), Wankan, Foster, Alexander, McCarthy, Scott, Henkie, McKay-Burgess, Henry-Whitsley, Miller, Moody, Hall, Doughty, Shelton, Wyatt, Ray, Arnold, Browder, Wadlington, Siebman, Moon, Warner, Machen, Ward, Insmeinger, Lee, Stewart, Jewell, Cox, Grubb, Robertson, Cobb, Dwyer, Ewing, Couch, Roberts, Ramsey, Ballinger, Bently, Hedges, Beckelman, Owens, Larson, Campbell, Chaney, Little, McChesney, Harpold, Wilhote, Crocran, Steed, McCarty, Tuttle, Briley, Frederick, Deckard, Land, Simon-Henry, McDonald, Castleberry, Webb, Hanks, Akin, Brewer, Crawford, Stinebrickner, Fondrick, Elington, Adams, Chadwick, Harrison, Metcalf, Moore, Jennings, Hights, Mims, Jacobs, Barlow, Foucher, Kriss, Loke, Fancher, Gallier, Powers, King, Redding, Crump, Skelton, Billingsley, Corey, Godwin, Goodwin, Britt, Rhodes, Burns, Whitton, Turner, McLean, Kitchen, Padon, Tippitt, McCreary, Middleton, Hardee, Weis, Hillard, Werner, Wilkerson, Oliver, Gandy, Mitchell, Valentine, Bryan, Crenshaw, Ritchey, Oxsheer, Rider, Williams, Muellerova, Duke, Bowlin, Covington, Cross, Howard, Vickery, Commack, Peters, Lilly, Jarell, Hinton, Hairston, Bridges, Richardson, Austin, Wilson, Brymer, Warf, McLaney, Henson, Pye. I apologize if there are any repeats. If your last name is not on here, please let me know. I will add it as soon as I can.
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GENEALOGY
1. STEPHEN WILLIAM HAIRGROVE, b. 04-AUG-1750, England, m. MISS MARY [--?--], b. 14-SEP-1751, d. 18-AUG-1802. STEPHEN died 24-FEB-1804. Immigrated to the USA, settled in Newbern District, Johnson County, NC - US Census of 1790.
1.1 BRITON HAIRGROVE, b. 18-JUL-1781.
1.2 BURREL HAIRGROVE, b. 14-SEP-1783.
1.3. STEPHEN MARION HAIRGROVE, b. 24-JUL-1784, Guilford County, NC, m. 28-AUG-1805, in Guilford County, NC to NANCY MARY BROWN, b. 08-AUG-1787, Guilford County, NC (daughter of WILLIAM M. BROWN and MISS ELIZABETH [--?--]), d. 08-OCT-1880. STEPHEN died 11-DEC-1858, buried in Buena Vista, TX. Stephen served as a Captain under General Stonewall Jackson in the War of 1812.
1.3.1. NEWELL ADAMS HAIRGROVE, b. 20-APR-1810, Bedford County, TN, m. 24-AUG-1837 in Aberdeen, MS to ARY (MARY) LOUISE LANN, b. 27-JUL-1814 in Aberdeen, MS, d. 08-JUL-1866, buried in Thompson Cemetery, Bullard. NEWELL died 7-JUN-1894, buried in Thompson Cemetery, Bullard.
1.3.1.1. MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE, b. 11-AUG-1838, Aberdeen, MS, m. (1) JAMES P. THOMPSON, b. 09-JUN-1824, Aberdeen, MS, d. 26-FEB-1908, buried in Mixon, TX, m. (2) JOSEPH (MIMS) HARRIS, b. 30-MAR-1819, d. 30-MAY-1896, buried in Weaver Cemetery, Timpson, TX. MARY died 11-FEB-1905, buried in Mixon, TX. Mary moved to East Texas in 1855.
1.3.1.1.1. JOEL ACKER THOMPSON (son of JAMES P. THOMPSON and MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE), b. 24-JUN-1860, Aberdeen, MS, m. 23-JAN-1890 in Mixon, TX to LADDIE MUSICK, b. 01-SEP-1874, d. 27-FEB-1953, buried in Mixon, TX. JOEL died 12-FEB-1939, buried in Mixon, TX.
1.3.1.1.2. DORA THOMPSON (daughter of JAMES P. THOMPSON and MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE), b. 03-JAN-1867, m. 02-DEC-1883 to JAMES S. GAYDEN, b. 24-AUG-1862, d. 28-APR-1913, buried in Mixon, TX. DORA died 24-DEC-1938, buried in Mixon, TX.
1.3.1.1.3. RUFUS THOMPSON (son of JAMES P. THOMPSON and MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE), b. 09-MAY-1869, m. IDA JANE THURMOND, b. 10-APR-1878, d. 18-MAR-1951.
1.3.1.1.4. MINNIE THOMPSON (daughter of JAMES P. THOMPSON and MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE), b. 10-AUG-1870, m. 16-NOV-1893 to HENRY O. DARBY, b. 25-APR-1873 in Troup, TX.
1.3.1.1.5. MARY L. (MOLLIE) THOMPSON (daughter of JAMES P. THOMPSON and MARY ELIZABETH HAIRGROVE), b. 16-SEP-1875, m. NEWTON (NUTE) STOVALL, b. 18-AUG-1866, d. 02-NOV-1925. MARY died 16-OCT-1900.
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