Joe
Bailey Foster was born June 1, 1902, the third child of the six
children of John Calvin and Minnie Foster in Van Zandt County,
Texas. Joe was twenty years old when he left the piney woods of
East Texas to seek his fortune in West Texas. He worked for C.A.
Daniels in Hall County, Texas for a short time. When Mr. Daniels
moved to Sudan, he wrote Joe asking him to come to Sudan and work
for him there. When Joe arrived in Sudan, he worked for the L.R.
Wood Grocery Store that first winter.
In
late 1923, Joe moved to Levelland and worked briefly in a lumberyard
there. He returned to Sudan in 1924 and began working at the Whaley
Lumber Yard. In 1927, Joe went to work for Higginbotham-Bartlett
Lumber Company. Joe soon made manager and held that position until
he retired forty years later in 1967. Cecil Adams was born January
12, 1905, the sixth child of nine children of John Crunk and Mary
Lou Adams of Granbury, Texas. The Adams family moved to Coahoma,
Howard County, Texas in 1924. Mr. Adams was a farmer and also
managed the Guitar Gin for several years. Cecil arrived by herself
in Sudan in August 1925 to work for the Holden-Morgan Dry Goods
Store that had previously been located in Coahoma. The twenty-year
young lady, here without her family, got up early her first Sunday
in Sudan to attend worship service at the Church of Christ. She
was a faithful member of that church until she and Joe moved to
Levelland in l967.
Cecil Adams and Joe B. Foster were married in Big Spring, Howard
County, Texas on Christmas Eve, 1925.
In
late 1923, Joe moved to Levelland and worked briefly in a lumberyard
there. He returned to Sudan in 1924 and began working at the Whaley
Lumber Yard. In 1927, Joe went to work for Higginbotham-Bartlett
Lumber Company. Joe soon made manager and held that position until
he retired forty years later in 1967. Cecil Adams was born January
12, 1905, the sixth child of nine children of John Crunk and Mary
Lou Adams of Granbury, Texas. The Adams family moved to Coahoma,
Howard County, Texas in 1924. Mr. Adams was a farmer and also
managed the Guitar Gin for several years. Cecil arrived by herself
in Sudan in August 1925 to work for the Holden-Morgan Dry Goods
Store that had previously been located in Coahoma. The twenty-year
young lady, here without her family, got up early her first Sunday
in Sudan to attend worship service at the Church of Christ. She
was a faithful member of that church until she and Joe moved to
Levelland in l967.