My Great Grandfather and Grandmother, Earnest Elbert and Susan Edna Carr Bevil standing proudly in front of their new Model T Ford with my Grandfather, Willie Gardner Leach Bevil is sitting on the running board. I believe that this picture was taken ca. 1914. Earnest and Edna (Miss Eddie) were one of the first seven people in Bradford to own a Model T.
Earnest Elbert:
B. 18 March 1881, Alto Pass, Union Co., Illinois. Son of Isaac Newton Commodore and Larcenia Isabel Myers Bevel.
D. 19 May 1959, Bradford, Gibson Co., Tennessee. Buried Bradford Cemetery
Susan Edna:
B. 25 April 1882, Tennessee. Daughter of James Frank and Mary Rosetta Patterson Carr.
D. 7 July 1962, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee. Buried in Bradford Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Barry Crocker.