Repost of one of Don’s entries.

This photo of my grandmother Sallie Darnell was taken in about 1940 in front of their home on Coyle St. in Owingsville. My grandfather must have been at work at the bank. In the background you can see three buildings still in use on Slate Avenue in Owingsville.

Apparently the photo was a specialty picture of some kind.  I’ve been told it started as a black and white, was colored in and then photographed again.

Sallie Ratliff Darnell on Coyle Street, circa 1940. Sallie was the daughter of William T. Ratliff and Atha Abigail Keerans. Her brothers were Thomas Robert Ratliff, Lewis Sanford Ratliff, and Simpson Riley Ratliff.

This picture was apparently taken the same day.  On the left is my mother, Doris Louise Darnell. Just guessing I think she was about 15. I think in the middle is my great grandmother Mrs. Rose A. Darnell, wife of Isaac R. Darnell.  She died in 1941. On the right is Donovan L. Darnell, my uncle. When I was a kid he jokingly called me Jack.  I’m proud to be named for him. ~ Don

Doris Darnell Kincaid, Rose Anne Jones Darnell (1859 – 1941), and Donavan Lewis Darnell. Rose Anne Jones married Isacc Riley Darnell (referred to as simply I.R. Darnell in old texts). Rose Anne’s parents were Franklin Thomas Jones and Martha Elizabeth Bailey.