Heritage
Fula, Balanta, Mende, Catawba...somewhere in Europe by way of Alabama... Mulatto, light skinned, all the way down to the richest of color My black is my black...Maxton, Marion, Dillon and Mullins My great Aunt Mayzell and Aunt Judy sat on their hair. Uncle Ernest hair straight...Great-grandma Sicily, wavy loose curly...mustang black... touched with a sprinkle of Gray Great-great-great-grandma Josephine, Uncle Julius and eight others... descendants of Albert Williams, my great-great-great-great grandfather.... He considered himself black unlike, Aaron, his identical twin brother. First black teacher in Marion, or so indicates their research...self-sufficiency discovered Ciff Lee, mothers father, only met him once in person but over 30 years desired. 6 foot 4 gentle giant...so many questions unanswered...still yet, I can't stomach to form the words to say that I ever blamed ya James Buie Sr, the only one I knew as Granddad growing up, I salute you and that rifle.RIP...l...