Thursday, March 24, 2011

Lourannie Smith Justus




Lourannie Smith Justus, wife of John Wesley Justus, who lived on Lester's Fork in the 1880's is pictured in the photograph. She was the mother of 11 children. The seven boys were George Justus, Jim Justus, Andy Justus, Harrison Justus, Booker Justus, Bill Justus, and Ance (Short) Justus. The four daughters were Jane Hall, Kate Belcher, and Victoria Jackson. The photo is from the George Marrs Family of Hurley, VA.

8 comments:

Stephanie Smith-Justus said...

She is my 3rd great-grandmother. In doing research, a letter from her mother was found where she was referred to as "Raney". She was born in 1849.

Beth Stacy said...

This is my great-great grandmother. Her son George was my Mom's grandfather.

Unknown said...

She was my great grandmother...her daughter Victoria was my grandma. Louranie had a son named Ray also...he was killed by a brick that was blown off during a big storm. They were in the garden and saw the storm coming and went to the house..as he rounded the house where the chimney was the stone/brick blew off and hit him in the neck/shoulder...not the head...he lived through the night only. They called him little Buddy.....my daddy was called little buddy and so was a child of one of granny Vic;s brothers.

Unknown said...

So, this is my great grandmother, Victoria is my grandmother, I have never even seen a picture of my grandmother Victoria. Unbelievable. If anyone has any pictures of Victoria I would be overwhelmed with gratitude.

Anonymous said...

This is my great great grandmother. I have never seen a picture of her before. Her daughter, Victoria, was my mom's grandmother. My mom's mom was Louise Jackson. I love this site! Glenda Stevens

Anonymous said...

Louraney Smith was not only my 3rd great grandmother by virtue of her being the grandmother of my grandfather Ben Justus, but, she was also my great great aunt, by virtue of her being the sister of my great grandfather Marvin Smith. Marvin Smith was the father of my grandmother Eliza Smith Justus.

Unknown said...

This is my great grandmother her son Bill Justus was my grandpa.my mother was his daughter rachel justus broyles.Glad I found this have never seen picture of her before.

Unknown said...

This is my great great grandma. Bill Justus was my grandmas dad. This is amazing. My name is Sandra and I live in WV. Anyone want to talk my Email address is smeadows700@gmail.com .