John Henry Reynolds

Notes:

I have another story for you. The day John Henry Reynolds, his wife Sally Frances Wells Reynolds and children, Charlie Wade, Mary Ann, Tabitha, Bogie, Silas and Callie were moving from the cabin on John Henry's dads place(Allen Gilmer Reyno) there wasn't a bridge across Turkeycock creek so they had to lead the horse and wagon across. Mary Ann, the oldest girl was carrying the baby, Callie. She dropped her in the creek. Of course they grabbed her up and got her across. But I heard Aunt Mary Ann and Aunt Callie laughing and talking about it when they were old. Their Dad had bought a farm on Rd. 57 on the left just across the road from the CLCC parsonage (County Line Christian Church). When John Henry died the place had to be sold to pay off debts. Charlie moved the whole family across the road to Swanson place where they share cropped for about 18 years, I think. Then they moved to his Uncle Charlie Well's place in about 1936 and share cropped there until 1946 when he bought Grady store.
E-mail from Sandra June Reynolds (2011)

John married Sallie Frances Wells 25 Dec 1885, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Sallie (daughter of Corp. Matthew Clay Wells and Mary Jane Shorter) was born 19 Jul 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Sep 1911, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Wells Plantation Family Grady, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Was born in a cabin on John Reynolds Place, Callands, Va

Charlie Wade Reynolds: From 1946 until his death he was a
farmer, then a merchant who owned Charlie's Store in Grady,
Va. From 1915-1945 (from the age of 27) he lived on the
Swanson Place and Charlie Wells' Place.

For a year or two after he was married he and Annie lived
on his father's (John Henry Reynolds) farm, which was sold
after his death. The cabin was very cold in the winter and
in bad shape.

Charlie, Annie, Basil & their baby Edith, Charlie's
sisters, Callie & Tabbie and brothers Bogey & Silas then
moved to the Swanson Place which was just across the road.
Tabbie died from TB while living there. She was in her
20's and was engaged to a man from Danville. She was
buried on the Lee Reynolds place near her parents. They
stayed there until about 1936. The rest of the children
were born while they lived there (7). It was a beautiful
place surrounded with Cherry Trees. The children played in
the Turkeycock Creek and the woods.

Uncle Allen and Aunt Charlotte lived on the place too.
They were an old Black couple who had been slaves when they
were children. Annie said that she couldn't have "done it"
without Aunt Charlotte. Annie told many stories about Aunt
Charlotte and how she helped care for the children. Aunt
Charlotte lived in a cabin and cooked over a fireplace and
carried water in a churn on top of her head up a hill from
the spring. She also made ash bread, so called, because
the dough was placed on a flat rock and covered with ashes
and placed in the fire where it cooked. You then brushed
or cut off the ashes and ate the bread. J. W. Swanson
built his house where the cabin had stood (residence in
1930).


Wilbur Reynolds Painting of Homestead; All of Charlie Wade and Annie Reynolds children were born here except Edith and Basil. The Swanson Place

Charlie married Annie Eliza Slaydon 19 Dec 1914, Henry Hotel, Martinsville, Virginia U.S.A.. Annie (daughter of James Edward "Ned" Slaydon and Aneliza Price) was born 16 Jan 1891, Sandy River, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 27 May 1984, Danville Memorial Hospital, Danville, Virginia ; was buried 29 May 1984, County Line Christian Church, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Charlie married Macie/Macy McNeely. Macie/Macy was born 1895, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 27 Jul 1978, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Mary married William Henry Slaydon 11 Oct 1908, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia. William (son of Asa Jackson "Jack" Slayton and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell) was born 4 May 1891, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 24 Feb 1976, Prince Edward County, Virginia; was buried , Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Farmville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

'Boggie' married Algie 'Leigh' Reynolds 24 Dec 1927, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Algie (daughter of Henry Clay Reynolds and Eliza Cousins) was born 5 May 1905, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1982, Martinsville, Virginia; was buried , Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville City, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Died from T.B.

Callie married Homer James Reynolds 1917. Homer (son of William Andrew Reynolds and Della Mae Oakes) was born 15 Sep 1895, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1 Oct 1918, Flu in NY while in Army; was buried , Buried on Lee Reynolds place adjacent to Sandra Reynolds. [Group Sheet]

Callie married Andrew M. Throckmorton 3 Sep 1922, Farmville, Virginia. Andrew was born 16 Feb 1897; died 1960. [Group Sheet]

Silas married Margaret McGhee. Margaret was born Abt 1905, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Silas married Melvina Frances Voss/Vass 5 Aug 1939. Melvina was born 2 Mar 1911, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Jan 2002, Roanoke, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Edith married Ernest Fleming Bullington 25 Jan 1941, Danville, Virginia. Ernest was born 12 Sep 1912, Richmond, Virginia; died 4 May 1991; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Purple Heart Awarded

Name:
birth record: Bassil Ervin Reynolds

Notes:

Sandra June Reynolds
Movher lived to be 93. She was so meek and patience with everyone. She worked so hard all her life, cooking, milking and taking care of all her family. Her mom died when she was about 12 so she quit school to take care of her brothes and dad. After her dad married again, her stepmom insisted she return to school. She went as far as the school taught. Her teacher told her that she had taught her every thing she knew. When she married , her husband's mom had also died so she took care of her father-n-law and two brother -n-laws and three sister-n-laws. Of course they pitched in and helped. She had 9 children. The oldest boy was killed in WWII. When most of her children were grown, she started raising grandchildren. I was the first! Everyone that knew her loved her. I still think of her several times every day.

Bernice married Did Not Marry. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Bernice married Henry A. Wright 8 Nov 1949, Raleigh, North Carolina; divorced Yes, date unknown. Henry was born Abt. 1914, Tulsa, Oklahoma; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Bernice married Carl Chester 'Ted' Turlington 11 Jul 1953, Pasquotank, North Carolina. Carl was born 27 May 1919, Newport News, Virginia; died 11 May 1989; was buried , Peninsula Memorial Park Newport News, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sandra Reynolds' direct line of John Henry Reynolds through
Charlie Wade Reynolds & Bernice Reynolds.




Stella Frances Reynolds Nelson

Star-Tribune (Chatham, VA) - Monday, January 26, 2009

DANVILLE - Stella Frances Reynolds Nelson, age 87, died at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center on Jan. 23, 2009.

She had made the center her home since April 2007.

Born in Callands, on June 11, 1921, she was the fourth child of nine, born to Charlie Wade Reynolds and Annie Eliza Staydon Reynolds.

She was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, George Thomas Nelson of New York City, where she made her home until her retirement.

She moved to Danville to be near her family.

A few months later her brother, Kenneth, also retired and moved to Danville and Stella moved in with him until his death.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by four brothers, Basil Reynolds, Kenneth Reynolds, A. Wilbur Reynolds, and Nelson Reynolds and two sisters, Bernice R. Turlington and Edith R. Bullington.

She is survived by a foster son, Robert Nelson and wife, Cathy and their son, Neal of Mebane, N.C.; a special niece, Katherine Nelson of Chatham, and her two sons, Daniel and Joshua Coward of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters, Ann R. Coward and Nancy R. Hundley of Callands; special niece, Sandra Reynolds of Callands; a brother-in-law, Ralph Nelson and wife, Eileen of Gouldsboro, Pa.; sister-in-law, Frances Reynolds of Callands; nephew, Spencer Bullington of Richmond; great-nephew, Scott Reynolds of Callands; two great-nieces, Deena Reynolds of Maryland, and Lauren Beniwirtz of R.I.

Numerous nieces and nephews, who loved being in the company of their Aunt Stella, also survive her. She also leaves a dear, dear friend, Dianne Beverly, who has been like a daughter to her.

Stella never had children of her own but her home was always open to her nieces and nephews and several lived with her for years.

Stella had a wonderful witty, loving personality, which like a magnet drew people to her. She and brother, Ken, did a lot of entertaining for their large family and had many reunions in their home. She enjoyed cooking, reading, working jigsaw puzzles, and gardening before her health failed and also taking care of her cats and dogs that she adopted through the years.

Funeral services will be conducted at Scott Funeral Home Chapel Monday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Ben Barbour officiating. Burial will be at County Line Christian Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Scott Funeral Home an hour before the funeral.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations be made to the charity of choice.

Stella married George Thomas Nelson 8 Jul 1944. George was born 23 Jan 1921, New York, NY; died 8 Sep 1986, San Francisco, California. [Group Sheet]

Kenneth married Jane Elizabeth Parker 29 Dec 1949. Jane was born 16 Oct 1918; died 1 Aug 1971, Richmond, Virginia; was buried , South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I wrote a poem called, Precious Memories about Wilbur.
Here it is

His leaving has left an empty spot within my heart
where no one can ever take his place
but thank God for the precious memories
and a mind that can conjure up his face.

He filled many shoes for me as I was growing up.
That of an uncle, a close friend,
a dear brother, and so many times a loving father.
To friends his ear, he was always willing to lend.

He saw beauty where others saw none,
His talent as an artist was well known,
He heard music when some heard nothing,
He was misunderstood and sometimes walked alone.

He would listen to every ones problems
and not a criticism would he offer
but let you talk your way through them
until the problems seemed softer.

The children remember him for all the silly times
he made them laugh, these memories we can never rob
for he loved to tease dogs and children and ask,
"Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?"

He loved and cared for so many of us
with his gentleness of a butterfly.
As long as we have these precious memories,
the Wilbur we knew will never die.
Sandra June Reynolds E-mail (2011)

I thought of the story I told you about Allen Wilbur
Reynolds, my uncle the painter. You took a picture of the
painting in Bassett. It's the one that has a boy sitting
on a horse. This was at Dr. Richardson's office in Mt.
Valley, VA. They was Wilbur. He was running in the hall
at school (Callands school) bare-foot and got a huge
splinter in his foot. When he got home his brother, Basil
I. Reynolds (was killed in WWII) took him to the Dr.
leading him on horseback. The heavy man was the Dr. I
meant to take you up to see the Dr's place. It was
restored by Max Kendall and sold to the present owner who
lives there. It's only a mile above CLCC. Wilbur was an
interesting fellow, very handsome and very talented. He
taught himself to paint and also to play the mandolin. He
was very good at both. He had a crazy since of humor and
his best friend from childhood, Clifton Aaron was just as
crazy. Clift lived in Roanoke and only visited Callands in
the summer as a child. He came to stay with his Aunt
Tabbie Aaron Coward but usually stayed with our family.
The two of them learned to play musical instruments from
mail order instructions. They build a small cabin with a
fireplace and slept there and cooked over the fireplace
when they were kids. They visited each other a couple of
times a year after they married and always sat around
playing the guitar and mandolin. They mailed an old dirty
sock back and forth to each other for years on Christmas
and birthdays. They were like two crazy kids all their
lives. They both died young. Wilbur was only 62 and Clift
was younger that that. Wilbur also build an airplane. Of
course it wouldn't fly but it was quite the conversation
piece, since it was covered in canvas and he had it hanging
in a tree. One person could sit in it. He loved to tease
children by pretending he had a baby chick in his hands and
a lot of other crazy things. A very good friend of his,
George Wells, who played the guitar with him had a
recording made into an album in memory of Wilbur. They had
taped themselves often and the tape has children talking in
the background but it is a great keepsake in memory of
Wilbur.
E-mail from Sandra June Reynolds (2011)

Wilbur Reynolds was a painter. His paintings can be seen
at the Bassett Historical Society in Bassett, Virginia.


!NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
Frances Reynolds

Caricature of Allen Wilbur Reynolds done by Fred Carlson from Roanoke; Wilbur was a magnificent mandolin player; self-taught

Allen married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married M.R. Coward (son of William McKinley Coward and Tabitha Susan "Tabby" Aaron) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nelson had no children but helped raise eleven. Four from
his first marriage and seven from his second marriage. He
retired from the Air Force in 1967 and then worked on the
same base, doing the same job for another 25 years.
Mary, Nelson's first wife, had three children when they married. Janice, Buddy (Nelson), and Joe. Their last name was Perry, but they took the Reynolds name until Mary and Nelson divorced. But before that Janice had a child out of wedlock that they raised. Can't remember his name but it was a boy, Mary took him with her when she and Nelson parted ways, He was 8 or 10 years old. Nelson then married Peggy who had 6 children. Turns out he adopted the three youngest. Richard, Tony and Shelby. One of the older ones, Newell ended up moving back in with them until Nelson's death. The other two, Michael and Sharon didn't spend much time with them. Anthony (Tony) married a girl in the military, she had a baby, Phillip and couldn't keep him with her so Tony brought him home to Nelson and Peggy. They raised him and Nelson was absolutely crazy about him. This young man's last name is Reynolds. He went into the Air Force, like his papa. He ended up getting his hand or arm hurt pretty bad in the military. Don't know the details. -Sandra June Reynolds

Julius married Living [Group Sheet]

Julius married Living [Group Sheet]

Nancy married Samuel Leslie Hundley 5 Jun 1953. Samuel (son of Howard Leslie Hundley and Lula Mae Harvey) was born 26 Sep 1929, Virginia; died 6 Jun 1967, Salem, Virginia; was buried , Hundley Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginis. [Group Sheet]

Ola married Francis Holladay Scott 3 Jul 1926, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Francis was born Est 1905, Halifax or Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 23 Feb 1985. [Group Sheet]

Larnie married Martha Arlene Johnson 26 Oct 1929, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Farmville. Martha was born 7 Mar 1913; died 20 Nov 1994. [Group Sheet]

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Meredith married Living [Group Sheet]

Juanita married Robert "Bob" Oliver 6 Jun 1953, York, South Carolina; divorced 23 Dec 1981, Federick, Virginia. Robert was born 4 Feb 1933, Martinsville, Virginia; died 23 Oct 2014, Horry, South Carolina; was buried , Private. [Group Sheet]

Roscoe married Living [Group Sheet]

Roscoe married Esta Imogene Brown. Esta was born 1919, Sevierville, Sevier Co., Tennessee; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married B.C. Swalley [Group Sheet]

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Living married W.H. Reynolds (son of Robert Edwin Reynolds and Nannie Richardson Kendrick) [Group Sheet]

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Living married A.M. Murray [Group Sheet]

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