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"Pea Ridge" - Browning Homeplace My favorite place in the world... but it's gone now.
This house was built by my Grandfather, Verge Browning, and his brother Jim. Jim moved away after he married, but Verge continued to live there the rest of his life. He and my Grandmother, Vada, survived the Great Depression and raised six children there. Although it did not have indoor plumbing until the mid 50's, it was host to many family and community gatherings including fish fries, hunting trips, reunions and "get togethers". There were large hickory, oak and pear trees on the hilltop surrounding the house, but they did not obscure the view of Catfish Creek valley and the 160 acres of of rich bottom land and pasture.

	Verge Wyatt Browning & Vada Jeanettie Clanton Browning
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	Children of Verge & Vada Browning: Doris, Tom, Melba, Rex, Jimmy and Brad. Left to right: Tom, Melba, Jim, Doris & Rex. Brad was killed in an auto accident in 1957. Tom did not have children. Melba's children are Nancy & Verge DeShazo. Jim's two children are Daniel & Patrick Browning Doris has one child, George Rhodes Rex has three daughters, Snowe, Renell and Cheryl

	Photo taken by Trellous Taylor in front of Browning home on Pea Ridge around 1960. Left to right: Verge Wayne DeShazo, son of Melba, grandson of V&V, Nancy Browning McDonald, sister of Verge Browning "Mac" McDonald, husband of Nancy McDonald Ira Taylor, son-in-law of Jim Browning, husband of Trellous Tom Browning, son of V&V Melba Browning DeShazo, daughter of V&V Vada Browning & Verge Browning Hank Igelski, husband of Doris Browning Jim Browning, brother of Verge Browning Doris Browning Igelski, daughter of V&V
	Family Reunion at Pea Ridge - 1959 Browning, Clanton, Stogner and more. I don't remember all these people ... but that's my cousin Terry Cumbie (red hair) and me in the very front.
	We caught some fish ... in 1962 ... Left to right: Maude DeShazo, mother-in-law of Melba DeShazo (Bill's mother) (She loved to fish!) Nancy DeShazo, (me) Melba Browning's daughter Vada Browning Rex Browning holding Renell Browning Snowe Browning, daughter of Rex & Jann Browning Verge Browning Jann Wolfe Browning, wife of Rex Browning
	Rex Browning, son of Verge & Vada - about 1962 Left to right: Renell Browning, Rex Browning, Snowe Browning, Jann Browning and Cheryl Browning.
	JIM Browning, son of Verge & Vada - about 2002 Jim with son Patrick (white shirt) and his musical family. Photo taken at Jim's house in Rio Dosa, New Mexico. Carryingon the family tradition of pickin' and grinnin' on the porch.
	First Cousins ... Renell Browning, Nancy DeShazo, Cheryl Browning - late 70's
	Nancy and Mac McDonald, sister and brother-in-law of Verge Browning (I am her namesake. She did not have children of her own). But a very interesting woman. Check back for stories about our "infamous" Aunt Nancy!
	Melba Browning visiting her Aunt Nancy's Aguila Cafe in Aguila, Arizona around 1948. Jim Browning also lived there. The children are his grandchildren, Dodie Taylor and Jimmy Taylor. Their mother is Trellous Browning Taylor, daughter of Jim Browning, wife of Ira Taylor.




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