Photo Gallery

My Maternal Grandparents

George Washington Vanlandingham and Mary Jane McGary Vanlandingham
Abt. 1940

Older Children of Geo. and Mary Jane Vanlandingham

front row: Ellen (Gillmore) Vanlandingham (wife of Arthur Vanlandingham), Nina (Vanlandingham) Green, Viola Vanlandingham &
Mabel (Vanlandingham) Hines
back row: Arthur Vanlandingham (husband of Ellen), Emery Hines ( husband of Mabel)
Taken abt. 1917, Mason City, Illinois

School Days

Approx. 1910..Mason Co. day school, my aunts Nina, Mable and Viola as children..uncle Frank Evans is teacher..later on married his student, my aunt Viola..

Frank and Viola VanLandingham Evans

My aunt and uncle..wedding day, 1919..grandparents to my cousin, Gladys Evans Hyde, daughter of Francis Evans

Four Dudes

Clifford Vanlandingham and friends from Bath Co., KY..about 1900

Mary Jane McGary Vanlandingham

My Grandmother, taken about 1938

Chester Vanlandingham

My Uncle and son of George and Mary Jane, Mason City, Illinois, abt.1916

Vanlandingham Family

Ellen, Viola, Grandma, Violet, Bess, Rube, Chester, Dorothy, Jess and Grandpa

Faye Irene Vanlandingham

Daughter of Harold and Mabel (Zimmerman) Vanlandingham
Easton, Illinois, about 1935

Children of George and Mary Vanlandingham

front row: Viola Vanlandingham Green, Dorothy Vanlandingham Parks (my Mother) Mabel Vanlandingham Hines
back row: Harold Vanlandingham, Chester Vanlandingham, Earl Vanlandingham
Taken abt. 1937

My Father

Walter Junius Parks, age 6 mo., 1907, Fairview, Illinois

Parks Family Crest

My Parents - On Wedding Day

Walter Junius Parks & Dorothy Mae Vanlandingham Parks
Ft. Smith, AR, May 16, 1942

Grandma Mary Jane with baby Roxanne

Canton, Illinois
1947

Mom and Me

Dorothy Vanlandingham Parks with baby Roxanne at San Luis Obispo, Calif., Jan. 1948

Vanlandingham Family Group Picture

Abt. 1942..those pictured are: My Grandparents George and Mary Jane Vanlandingham, their daughter Viola, and her husband Rube Green and daughter Bonnie Kay, George and Mary Jane's son Harold and his wife Mabel and their boys Harold Wayne (Bebe) and Dale

Mother and Daughter

Gladys Evans Hyde and mother, Dorothy Ruggles Evans
abt. 1963

Clay and Mabel (White) Ruggles

Parents of Dorothy Ruggles Evans and Grandparents of Gladys Evans Hyde

Albert and Emma Green

Parents of Ruben Green and Bess Green Daoust, taken about 1890