Allie Lou (Cooper) Redd (1889 - 1973)

Miss Allie, Cousin Allie, Aunt Allie or Mama as she was variously addressed lost her mother during or shortly thereafter, the birth of her last child. She helped provide for her brothers and sisters afterward. In 1922, her husband, Henry Lewis Redd Sr. Moved the family from Eads Tenneessee to Greenfield, Arkansas located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad just south of Jonesboro, Arkansas. They bought an 80 acre parcel of unimproved swamp land and between them and 5 children cleared for a cotton crop. Times were hard, but the family never went without necessities. Henry was an able bodied man and maintained a homestead complete for the family needs. There were chickens to feed, eggs to gather, a cow to milk, and mules to pull a plow. Meat was hung in a smokehouse, garden vegetables were canned, nuts were harvested, milk churned weekly, black and dewberries picked for cobblers and pies, and flower was bought and stored in a nice large barrel. She sewed dresses for her daughters, patched clothes for the guys, and made beautiful quilts on a frame suspended from the living room ceiling. Allie conformed her life to one dedicated to everyone she came into contact with.

After Henry died, she continued for many years to maintain her new home that had been built by him. He built a sturdy home and she took good care to keep the rooms clean.