Son of Nicholas R. and Mary Wilson Propes. He was married twice (1) Martha S. Cantrell (2) Paralee Sexton
After Billy was married and had children, he learned that there was to be a school in the neighborhood where he and his family lived. He enrolled his daughter Laura immediately. The name of the school was Troy which was located near the Chattahoochee River in Hall County, Georgia near Flat Creek Baptist Church.
Almost every day when Laura would get home from school he would want to know everything she had learned that day. He did not have the advantage of attending school but wanted his children to have an education. He evidently had a knack for numbers. His daughter Laura would tell of neighbors coming to get him to figure how many fence posts it would take to make a fence or how many shingles it would take to cover a house or barn.
After his first wife died he remarried and had children younger than some of his grandchildren. He died at age 75 while cutting wood with his fifteen year old daughter, Flora. The cause of his death was an apparent heart attack.
His children and grandchildren bought markers for Billy and Martha's graves at Flat Creek. His grandson Hoke Parks had Otto Cantrell go with him to the cemetery and identify the exact location. Up until then the graves were only marked with stones.
After Billy was married and had children, he learned that there was to be a school in the neighborhood where he and his family lived. He enrolled his daughter Laura immediately. The name of the school was Troy which was located near the Chattahoochee River in Hall County, Georgia near Flat Creek Baptist Church.
Almost every day when Laura would get home from school he would want to know everything she had learned that day. He did not have the advantage of attending school but wanted his children to have an education. He evidently had a knack for numbers. His daughter Laura would tell of neighbors coming to get him to figure how many fence posts it would take to make a fence or how many shingles it would take to cover a house or barn.
After his first wife died he remarried and had children younger than some of his grandchildren. He died at age 75 while cutting wood with his fifteen year old daughter, Flora. The cause of his death was an apparent heart attack.
His children and grandchildren bought markers for Billy and Martha's graves at Flat Creek. His grandson Hoke Parks had Otto Cantrell go with him to the cemetery and identify the exact location. Up until then the graves were only marked with stones.
Son of Nicholas R. and Mary Wilson Propes. He was married twice (1) Martha S. Cantrell (2) Paralee Sexton
After Billy was married and had children, he learned that there was to be a school in the neighborhood where he and his family lived. He enrolled his daughter Laura immediately. The name of the school was Troy which was located near the Chattahoochee River in Hall County, Georgia near Flat Creek Baptist Church.
Almost every day when Laura would get home from school he would want to know everything she had learned that day. He did not have the advantage of attending school but wanted his children to have an education. He evidently had a knack for numbers. His daughter Laura would tell of neighbors coming to get him to figure how many fence posts it would take to make a fence or how many shingles it would take to cover a house or barn.
After his first wife died he remarried and had children younger than some of his grandchildren. He died at age 75 while cutting wood with his fifteen year old daughter, Flora. The cause of his death was an apparent heart attack.
His children and grandchildren bought markers for Billy and Martha's graves at Flat Creek. His grandson Hoke Parks had Otto Cantrell go with him to the cemetery and identify the exact location. Up until then the graves were only marked with stones.
After Billy was married and had children, he learned that there was to be a school in the neighborhood where he and his family lived. He enrolled his daughter Laura immediately. The name of the school was Troy which was located near the Chattahoochee River in Hall County, Georgia near Flat Creek Baptist Church.
Almost every day when Laura would get home from school he would want to know everything she had learned that day. He did not have the advantage of attending school but wanted his children to have an education. He evidently had a knack for numbers. His daughter Laura would tell of neighbors coming to get him to figure how many fence posts it would take to make a fence or how many shingles it would take to cover a house or barn.
After his first wife died he remarried and had children younger than some of his grandchildren. He died at age 75 while cutting wood with his fifteen year old daughter, Flora. The cause of his death was an apparent heart attack.
His children and grandchildren bought markers for Billy and Martha's graves at Flat Creek. His grandson Hoke Parks had Otto Cantrell go with him to the cemetery and identify the exact location. Up until then the graves were only marked with stones.
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