Ca Surnames Mrs. Frances Emaline Cadenhead
MRS. CADENHEAD CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY MONDAY
Newspaper, November 1965
Mrs. Frances Emaline “Granny” Cadenhead of Anna celebrated her 100th birthday Monday, November 23. She is now a resident of The Parkview in McKinney where she has been cared for the past two years. She is bedfast and her eyesight has failed, but her mind is alert as ever and she speaks with a strong, clear voice.
A native of Alabama, she came to Texas some 66 years ago, eight years after marriage to Leo Cadenhead. They settled first in Bosque County, but the drouth [sic] and a crop failure prompted them to move, and they settled at Anna. They reared their family there where Mr. Cadenhead engaged in farming until his death.
“Granny” as she was known to a host of friends and relatives, was one of 13 children, being the last surviving member of her family. She said her mother reared seven children to be grown.
Mrs. Cadenhead herself is the mother of eight children, five of whom are living and frequently visit her. They are Luther Doyle Cadenhead of McKinney; Norman Cadenhead of Grand Prairie; Milton Cadenhead of Anna; Victor Cadenhead of Kilgore; a daughter, Mrs. Valera Boykin of Richardson. She also has six grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. It is due pride that she brags about living to see her fifth generation.
Born shortly after the close of the Civil War Mrs. Cadenhead has seen many changes to the present time. She always took things in their stride, and went about her work in a happy manner. She was a Methodist by faith and brought her children up in that church.
No special celebration was planned for Monday but Mrs. Cadenhead was the recipient of numerous visits from her loved ones and friends over the weekend, in addition to a birthday cake. Through the years birthdays have been happy events for “Aunt Fannie.”
Newspaper, November 1965
Mrs. Frances Emaline “Granny” Cadenhead of Anna celebrated her 100th birthday Monday, November 23. She is now a resident of The Parkview in McKinney where she has been cared for the past two years. She is bedfast and her eyesight has failed, but her mind is alert as ever and she speaks with a strong, clear voice.
A native of Alabama, she came to Texas some 66 years ago, eight years after marriage to Leo Cadenhead. They settled first in Bosque County, but the drouth [sic] and a crop failure prompted them to move, and they settled at Anna. They reared their family there where Mr. Cadenhead engaged in farming until his death.
“Granny” as she was known to a host of friends and relatives, was one of 13 children, being the last surviving member of her family. She said her mother reared seven children to be grown.
Mrs. Cadenhead herself is the mother of eight children, five of whom are living and frequently visit her. They are Luther Doyle Cadenhead of McKinney; Norman Cadenhead of Grand Prairie; Milton Cadenhead of Anna; Victor Cadenhead of Kilgore; a daughter, Mrs. Valera Boykin of Richardson. She also has six grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. It is due pride that she brags about living to see her fifth generation.
Born shortly after the close of the Civil War Mrs. Cadenhead has seen many changes to the present time. She always took things in their stride, and went about her work in a happy manner. She was a Methodist by faith and brought her children up in that church.
No special celebration was planned for Monday but Mrs. Cadenhead was the recipient of numerous visits from her loved ones and friends over the weekend, in addition to a birthday cake. Through the years birthdays have been happy events for “Aunt Fannie.”