Emma Penelope (Carroll) Espy

Major Carroll family - Ozark, Alabama
I believe that's Emma kneeling on the left.


The Montgomery Advertiser
December 12, 1901

The Wiregrass Sifting

Dec. 17, 1901

The Weekly Advertiser

January 3, 1902

John Jolly Espy, Sr. and Emma Penelope (Carroll) Espy
w/ Bud John, Major (on Emma's lap) and Sarah Frances.

J.J. and Emma (Carroll) Espy family home in Headland, Alabama (circa 1912)
J.J. Espy, Sr., standing next to car.  Emma sitting in car.  Little Major to the far right.  Bud John on pony. 

     

The family

NYC.  circa 1912.  J.J. Espy is flagged.  Emma is wearing black hat.  Kids are with them.  Major is sitting, looking at camera.

NYC.  Maybe the same visit, but another tour?  JJ Espy and Emma flagged.

Funeral of Major Carroll.  Emma is # 2.  Her mom is # 11, and the rest are siblings.
 

(L-R)  Major, Emma (Carroll) Espy, Sarah Frances and Bud John

(L-R) Sarah Frances; Major and Sarah Frances; and Emma (Carroll) Espy, Major and Bud John behind

Emma, next to the family car. 
Her grandson Watty Espy sitting on car.  Emma was now known as Granny Espy.

Emma with granddaughter Beverly Espy

Emma and Beverly

Emma, Bud John and Beverly


 w/ Beverly

w/ Beverly

Emma (Carroll) Espy with Patsy, Sarah Frances' dog

Roby J. Lee, Sarah Frances (Espy) Sidney/Lee, Emma (Carroll) Espy

  

Emma with her granddaughters, Mila (L) and Marilyn (R)

 

The Wiregrass Farmer

December 21, 1961

Watty Espy (Dec. 21, 1961)

Watty Espy (Dec. 21, 1961)

Some more links you might enjoy

Emma Carroll's Parents

Baby Josephine Espy

Bud John Espy

The Old Espy House

Four of Emma's Grandchildren

Watty & Beverly

 

With love and best wishes for my dear cousin Beverly Espy

 Yours, Major Watt Espy, Jr.

Watty Espy & Beverly Espy (Dayries)

circa mid-'80s

 Lake Espy

(L) Major Espy (Watty's father, Beverly's uncle), Amy Dayries (Watty's cousin, Major's great-niece)

(R)"Bud" John Espy (Beverly's father, Watty's uncle), Beverly and Amy (Watty's niece)

December 1971

 

Major W. Espy, Sr. and John Jolly Espy, Jr. (Bud) were brothers.  Their parents were J.J. Espy, Sr. and Emma Carroll (Espy), making them the grandparents of cousins Watty & Beverly.

Did I confuse you?

M. O. Carroll Grocery Co.

 M.O. Carroll (Major Oscar Carroll) was the son of Major Carroll (my great-great-grandfather) and brother of Emma Carroll (Granny Espy, my great-grandmother).  In the photos above are two more siblings of M.O. Carroll:  John W. Carroll and Sam J. Carroll, Sr.

To learn how the Carrolls ended up in Ozark, AL (Dale County) from North Carolina, be sure to read this story. 

Cousin Charles Loeffler e-mailed this good news the other day.   

"Here is your new cousin.  Born Katy, Texas, about 6pm on Dec 23, 2013.  

Name:  Jase Rocco Giametta

They went home on Christmas Day.  Doing fine."  - Charles 

Parents:  Joseph Giametta and Emily Coffee Giametta

GP:  Clay Coffee and Melanie Loeffler Coffee

G-GP:  Charles Loeffler and Virginia Bannowsky Loeffler

GG-GP:  Louis Loeffler and Kate Lewis Loeffler

GGG-GP:  Charles Edgar Lewis and Della Parker Lewis

GGGG-GP:  Henry Z. Parker and Sarah Carroll Parker

GGGGG-GP:  James Carroll and Penelope Kennedy Carroll
GGGGGG-GP: James Carroll and Rhoda Stephenson Carroll

                                                   For more on the Carrolls, click here.

The Power of Music

I'm posting some music that meant a lot to family members.  Thanks to cousin Natalie for getting this started.  We had been talking about the old Espy family film and how to edit it better.  She mentioned these first two songs as ones we should use.


The Entertainer was a favorite of Major and Edith.  So was Sweet Caroline.

Marilyn and Mila loved What a Wonderful World.

Mother loved You Light Up My Life.  Really loved it!  We had those vinyl records, and we'd play it on the record player.  I would sing it aloud, and she would encourage me more and more by telling me how beautiful it sounded.  One year, likely '77 or '78 (whatever age I could write), Mother said she came home, on her birthday, and left in the typewriter was this poem I had typed for her.  Look closely, and you will see how I brought this Debby Boone song title into my poem.  Don't think it didn't impact Mother!  Sometime later she framed it and hung it on a wall.  It was a memory she loved to share.  And, in 2010, when she was in the hospital dying, and I had private time with her, I read it to her.

Greek Life

I obviously missed the dress code announcement!  Our fraternity had military origins.  Therefore, our leadership roles were structured in a military format.  I was the candidate marshal one year, which basically meant I was in charge of preparing our new class of candidates (pledges) for brotherhood.  On this day we were welcoming our new candidate class.

 

Our fraternity didn't win the competition the three years I was involved - and probably never have. But we had fun!  In 1990, we had a car mechanic theme.  And then in 1991, it was Rock and Roll.  And in 1992, I think we were cowboys.

 

Step Sing was a big, big deal.  My parents certainly came up to Birmingham to see it. 

 How I got put in the front, I  don't know.  Second from left.

 

 We are a little bit off here!  I'm second from left.

 

And the same!

 

My favorite song was It's Still Rock and Roll (by Billy Joel).

 

 I tried to find one of our performances on YouTube, but had no luck.  So instead, to give you an idea
of what Step Sing really is, here's a Samford fraternity that did very well in 1990.