Jim's Family Album

My husband James Emory Gilmer, Sr. has a very small family.  Just he and his half-brother Larry are the only ones left. Larry is the son of Jim's father J.T. Gilmer and his second wife Mary Alice Logan Gilmer. Our two sons Bill and Ron and their 5 girls make up the rest of his family; Larry has no children to succeed him.  No boys to carry on the Gilmer name.

Dorothy Newton Carnes Gilmer

Jim's mother died from breast cancer when he was only 8 years old and his brother Ronald was 7.  She was a lovely young lady, Dorothy Newton Carnes.  Jim only has 3 pictures of her and they are shown in the collage.  One was when she was a teenager and she is holding her nephew, Marion Griffin (Aunt Frances' son).  Another one  is a color photograph when she was 16 (shown here).  The 3rd is a snapshot taken in their back yard when Jim was about 6 years old.   Click photo to enlarge

The left section of the collage is the Carnes family, with early photos of Jim and his brothers Ronald and Larry.

The right section of the collage pictures photos of his Gilmer grandparents and his father, James Thomas (called J.T,) Gilmer.

I included these "treasures" for him in the collage and labeled the photos for future generations to know their ancestors and what they looked like.  My favorite photo is J.T. in his knickers and one of him in the 4th grade (taken from a school group photo).

Jim's favorite hobby is searching his roots.