Mrs. Leilla Mae Bass, daughter of William Henry and Dora Alice Bass [Purvis], married Robert Lehmon Foxworth, b. Mar 15 1910 d. Sep 4 1948. She later married Edward L. Miller on Dec 26 1954.
I don’t have a lot of information on the Foxworth side of her family, but this news clipping is very interesting to me. It is a very humanizing glimpse into their life in 1938, that will leave you with a very positive impression the of Foxworth couple.
Transcribed Clipping, I assume, from the Andalusia paper of the time. Aug. 3 or 8 1938.
…The writer was especially deeply impressed with the next family that was visited on the tour, for more than one reason. This particular man was Mr. Robert Foxworth, of Andalusia, route 1, (near Open Pond). Mr. Foxworth age 25, has a wife and one small child that are dependent upon him.Before the writer ventures any further in praising Mr. and Mrs. Foxworth, he would like to tell of some of their accomplishments.
In 1937 Mr. Foxworth estimated his worth above his liabilities at only $15.00, having had two previous years’ bad crops. He had only a steer as a work stock these two years, but at the end of 1937 Mr. Foxworth’s net worth dropped down to a mere $8.07. Yet Mr. and Mrs. Foxworth weren’t ready to call it quits—nay, by a long shot.
He determined to try again this year and the FSA again stepped in… (obscured in image) …money to buy a mare, wagon, seeds, feed and enough cash to pay living expenses.On reason that this particulare case impressed the writer so was the fact that Mr. Foxworth rented about 30 acres of land and a pasture—and note, you, this Mr. Foxworth rented land that didn’t have a sign of a building on it, but he said that the set right in and build a neat two… (obscured) …ing, a smokehouse, chicken house, and a barn entirely of logs and rough boards, furnished by the landowner.
Another thing that left a very impressing mark was the fin display of canned food that was canned and neatly arranged in the smokehouse by Mr. Foxworth. Being that Mrs. Foxworth had been very sick most of the year didn’t stop Mr. Foxworth from having a good supply of canned food for winter use on hand. He rolled up his sleeves and set into canning the vegetables and the fruits like nobody’s business and at the present time has about 210 quarts canned up, and hear ye… I’ll wager that many a female would turn green with envy upon looking at the outcome of Mr. Foxworths culinary ability.
Mrs. Foxworth not being physically able to be on her feet any of the time, didn’t let that fact bother her for she set right in and… gents…his lady really has the… (obscured)… the lau……
good sized…to quilting a…was really a…some of the…that she had…quilts that sh…while she wa…work.
Clipping shared by Bill Miller, son of Mae Foxworth Miller [Bass] who is the Mrs. Foxworth in this article.
