Rufus went west on account of his health he had to get to a dry climate. He left Canoe, Alabama in the spring of 1919. When he go to Big Spring,Texas he liked it and stayed there. He sent for his wife and three daughters in November of 1919. He sent them tickets to ride the train to Big Spring. The four boys were born in Big Spring. They bought a farm west of Big Spring, Texas in 1926. Garland was about a year old. Grandpa got killed in Aug. 12, 1934. He got ran over by a car while walking from Big Spring to their home. After that Grandma raised the kids on her own. Lee Roy Findley quit school when he was 13 years old to work the farm and helped put his brothers and sisters through school and college. Lee Roy was the only kid interested in farming. Lee Roy went in the service in 1944. When he got out of the service grandma had the farm rented to someone else. In 1947 Lee Roy rented the farm from his mother and bought it in 1952.Grandma moved in to town in 1960. She lived on 1810 Owens. I remember spending many holidays at her house there. She moved into Canabury Retirement Home in 1980 or 1981. Then for the last five or so years she lived with James and Betty Findley, her son and daughter-in-law.
According to his son Leroy, he was run over by a car while walking down the middle of Hwy 90 in Big Springs, Texas. He had moved to Texas to combat tuberculosis with a drier climate than that of south Alabama,
He is buried in Trinity Memorial Park Cemetery, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas
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Findley-730 and Findley-1064 appear to represent the same person because: Here is the first one Linda, again, don't add any more Findleys--it will just create more work and cleanup for us. Let's merge this one and go out and down from there, per policy.
Thx! Cuzzin Lisa