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| Lonnie Perrin |
| My first cousin three times removed |
| Lonnie was born Edward Leon Perrin on January 24, 1886 in Franklin County, Texas to Jim Ed and Angie Stephens Perrin. He married Dessie May Pope on December 25, 1910 in Franklin County. Their children were Hazel, Gifford, and Charlien. They are all buried at Friendship Cemetery, Franklin County, Texas. |
| Lonnie and Dessie in Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1949. Picture courtesy of John C. Randolph. |
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| Lonnie and Dessie's home in rural Franklin County northeast of Mt Vernon, Texas. Picture was taken July 2007. |
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| You got the right house. As I remember years ago. There was always a swing on the front porch. My wife saw the picture and said "where is the swing". The back porch was screen in and went across the back of the house. I remember also the hand crank phone on the wall. Behind the house was the smoke house. Aunt Dessie cooked on a wood burning stove, and she knew how to cook, I guess the best cook I know of. To the right of the house was the garden and further to the right was the barn. Uncle Lonnie worked mules, he said they would work for you a life time to get one chance to kill you. One penned him against the barn wall once, until Dessie heard Lonnie screaming. She was able to make the mule move. I remember there was a garage next to the dirt road in front of the house. from John C. Randolph, July 25, 2007 |
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