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Author: mmonroenot
Surnames: Cecil, Huff, Alvey, Miles
Classification: queries
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Hello Charlene!
I am Linda Cecil Miles, great grand daughter of Alfred Albert Cecil and grand daughter of
Mack Lee Cecil. Grandfather Mack never met his dad but he named his son, my father, after
his dad. Two weeks after Mack was born, his mother died and his dad left for Texas, drove
cattle to Montana, and never went back to see his son. I heard he was upset that his wife
had died. He left Mack to be raised by his brother Francis who already had a large family.
Mack moved across the boundry to Indian Territory and married Ina Huff. They had 3
children - Gracie who was born in 1907 and died 3 years later and my dad Alfred Albert in
1911 and my Aunt Joyce Oct 4,1915 (last name Alvey). Aunt Joyce is still alive and living
at home. Her mind is sharp and she has a wonderful wit. On her hallway wall is a big
picture of great grandfather Alfred Albert when he was around 18 or 19. My grandmother
wrote to Viola for many years as Grandfather Mack couldn't read or write. While Dad
and Aunt Joyce were!
growing up Mack was a foreman at several sawmills near Smithville OK and Cove, Ark. Dad
took my mom, me, and my two brothers on a 3-week trip to visit Viola in Harlem in 1958
when I was 11. I really liked Viola, Vivian and the other relatives, one of whom gave me
Black Beauty to read. I accidentally spilled red fingernail polish on Violas white
chenille bedspread and cried but she was so kind in forgiving me. We went to the Christian
church one Sunday. We also went to a little bowling alley where I beat everyone on my
first time bowling. We also went to the Harlem cemetery where I picked up a rock I kept
for 40 years. I remember visiting extended family at a park near Canada where we met
Indian relatives. Also Dad took me to a reservation South of Harlem where he hoped to meet
people who had known his grandfather. I have pictures of that trip and stories about the
visit in the Harlem newspaper. I think there was a Cecil Hotel in Harlem established by my
great grandfather. !
My younger brother Norman visited Viola in a nursing home shortly befo
re she died in 79. In 1959 we briefly visited Viola's sister (I think) who was a nun
in Riverside, CA. -- Linda Sue (Cecil) Miles
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