Martha Jane Vernon Harrell

Judith B Quesonova of TX was born circa 1954. Judith Quesonova was married to Raoul Quesonova on March 18, 1996 in Harris County, TX, and died at age 68 years old on January 14, 2023 at Funeral Service: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM Fort Bend Church, 1900 Eldridge Rd., Sugarland, Texas 77478.

Let me share my Grandpa Moses Story. I called him Poppa; I remember him well. As you will read, Poppa was an incredible man, especially for the times in which he lived. Moses Aaron Smith was born, July 5, 1864, and died on December 10, 1956; four days before my 15th birthday, he lived to be 92. Poppa was born to enslaved parents Aaron & Cuttie Smith on an obscure plantation somewhere in White Marsh, Gloucester, VA. When he was a year old, the Emancipation Proclamation was ratified on December 18, 1865, and slavery was abolished. Poppa was raised on Plantation Lands during these turbulent times and later migrated to Mulberry Island near Yorktown, VA. When former enslavers gave formerly enslaved people and their decedents land; Poppa was about 16 years old; he was granted 10.65 acres of rich farmland on Mulberry Island, where he grew up. He married Miss Dolly Jones, around 1893-95, and they had two children; they lost their first child as an infant, and on December 22, 1895, their son, Clarence Spencer Smith, was born. Dolly died in a tragic boating accident when Clarence was two years old. A few years later, Poppa and my grandma Jane Boykins were married on February 1, 1900, in Lee Hall, Virginia. They had nine children; Moses, Jr., Mary, Samuel, Cuttie, John, Alexander, Elnora, Joseph, and Lucille, my Mother. On November 16, 1942, Grandma Jane died in Lee Hall, VA. Poppa was a hard-working farmer; who also worked as a handyman on his parents' former enslaver's farm, as did his parents. He earned little money throughout his lifetime; yet, he had a genuine character and a solid work ethic with a deep devotion to his family. Poppa was not formally educated, and he learned to read independently.

Alexander Smith of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on June 19, 1921, and died at age 86 years old on May 17, 2008.

Carl Lee Judie was born to Rosco Judie and Dessia Lee in Lubbock County, Texas. He had siblings Roscoe Jr., Frances, Leslie, Marilyn, Frank, Samuel, and Lemuel Judie. He attended Estacado High school where he was a member of the choir & married Juanita when he was 23 and she was 21 on March 24th 1981. There is a record of a Carl Lee Judie divorcing a "Juantia" (misspelling?) on October 3, 1991 in Okaloosa, Florida. They had a daughter, Brianna Walker. Carl Judie then married Sharon Yvette Loud, who is a playwright and actress. It is Sharon who launched his acting career, when she asked him to step in for someone who had dropped out of her play. Carl is best known as being an actor on YouTube and for such shows as "A True Menstrual Show"(2020), playing "Grandpa', and the Dhar Mann channel (2018). It was reported that Carl died on February 9th 2021 after motivational speaker Dhar Mann posted on his Facebook page asking people to pray for Carl, but his death was unconfirmed. He had been admitted to the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Carl lost his battle with COVID-19 on Valentines Day, 2/14/2021. Two days later his daughter, Brianna, posted on Instagram: "I’m completely heartbroken. RIP @carl8493, Dad and Granddad. You were our sunshine. I’m Gonna miss you so much. I know it’s God’s will to call you home; it just hurt so bad. I hate covid19."

Joseph H. Smith was born on May 2, 1846 in Jennings County, Indiana United States, and died at age 63 years old on July 3, 1909 in Indianapolis, Marion County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph H. Smith.

Nettie M Smith was born on July 26, 1910. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nettie M Smith.