from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh
Sula's death certificate mistakenly reported her place of birth as Gaston, Alabama. Gaston, probably was meant to read Gadsden, Ettowah, Alaabama which is where many of her family members lived. However, in Sula own handwriting, written in a 1945 baby book gifted a granddaughter, she wrote her own place of birth as Jacksonville, Alabama. Sula's mother and maternal aunts and uncles all lived in/around Jacksonville. Many many of Sula's relatives are buried in Landers Cemetery, situated near Jacksonville. Also, in a family history taken by her husband's cousin in the 1940's, Sula reported her place of birth as Jacksonville.
Sula Perry Hasten was a tall woman (5'11" plus, slightly under 6') possessing a strong gentle strength. She seldom uttered a disparaging word about anyone. A look of disappointment was usually enough to keep her children and grandchildren well-behaved. Taught to cook by her mother, Sula kept her family well-fed. On any given day --(except Saturdays which were reserved for "going to town")-- Sula's farmhouse dinner (lunch) table was laden with a pot of hot vegetable soup, 2 meats (such as fried chicken and pot roast or fried pork chops and meat loaf), 2 or 3 vegetables from the garden, iceberg lettuce salad, and home made yeast rolls or biscuits. For desert a dewberry cobbler or cake or pie as well as home made vanilla ice cream served with sweeten strawberries. Sweeten iced tea was the only drink offered. A quart jar of wild mustang grape juice was always available for those who liked to add it to their iced tea. Leftovers were eaten for supper. Any food not consumed during the day was fed to animals.
Occasionally for supper, Sula's made something she called poor boys. She minced left over ham or pot roast, seasoned it with chili powder, then rolled the meat mixture in a corn pone batter and panfried it. I recall asking her why she called it poor boys. She said that after the civil war in Alabama during the winter months her mother's family lived on poorboys and baked sweet potatoes.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, May 27, 1972
MRS. SULA HASTEN SERVICES TO BE HELD Sunday
Ravenna - Mrs. Sula Annette Hasten, 76, died In a Bonham hospital at 9:15 p.m. Friday, May 26, 1972. She had been in ill health eight months.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Christian officiating. Burial will be in Willow Wild cemetery.
Mrs. Hasten was born Oct. 5, 1896, in Gaston, Ala., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Perry. She married Ernest Hasten at Mertens Oct. 6, 1912.
Survivors are her husband, Ernest Hasten, of Ravenna, R. C. Hasten of Ector, Leon Hasten of Euless, Leonard Hasten of Mertens and Perry Hasten of Ravenna; one daughter, Mrs. Allene Mauldin of Bonham; two brothers, Lee and Ernest Perry, both of Mertens, two sisters, Mrs. Tera Krame and Mrs. Eula Hollingsworth, both Mertens, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hasten was a member of the Ravenna Baptist church.
Members of the family were to be at the funeral home between 8-9:30 o'clock Saturday night to receive friends.
On back of Sula's memorial card:
Momma,
Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
The voice is mute and stilled the heart, That loved us well and true,
Ah, bitter was the trial to part
From one so good as you.
You are not forgotten loved one Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore
As time goes by we miss you more
Your loving smile, your gentle face
No one can fill your vacant place.
and, affixed to a photo of Sula, was the following poem.
I wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.
All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part.
God has you in his arms...I have you in my heart.
Author Unknown
Sula's death certificate mistakenly reported her place of birth as Gaston, Alabama. Gaston, probably was meant to read Gadsden, Ettowah, Alaabama which is where many of her family members lived. However, in Sula own handwriting, written in a 1945 baby book gifted a granddaughter, she wrote her own place of birth as Jacksonville, Alabama. Sula's mother and maternal aunts and uncles all lived in/around Jacksonville. Many many of Sula's relatives are buried in Landers Cemetery, situated near Jacksonville. Also, in a family history taken by her husband's cousin in the 1940's, Sula reported her place of birth as Jacksonville.
Sula Perry Hasten was a tall woman (5'11" plus, slightly under 6') possessing a strong gentle strength. She seldom uttered a disparaging word about anyone. A look of disappointment was usually enough to keep her children and grandchildren well-behaved. Taught to cook by her mother, Sula kept her family well-fed. On any given day --(except Saturdays which were reserved for "going to town")-- Sula's farmhouse dinner (lunch) table was laden with a pot of hot vegetable soup, 2 meats (such as fried chicken and pot roast or fried pork chops and meat loaf), 2 or 3 vegetables from the garden, iceberg lettuce salad, and home made yeast rolls or biscuits. For desert a dewberry cobbler or cake or pie as well as home made vanilla ice cream served with sweeten strawberries. Sweeten iced tea was the only drink offered. A quart jar of wild mustang grape juice was always available for those who liked to add it to their iced tea. Leftovers were eaten for supper. Any food not consumed during the day was fed to animals.
Occasionally for supper, Sula's made something she called poor boys. She minced left over ham or pot roast, seasoned it with chili powder, then rolled the meat mixture in a corn pone batter and panfried it. I recall asking her why she called it poor boys. She said that after the civil war in Alabama during the winter months her mother's family lived on poorboys and baked sweet potatoes.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, May 27, 1972
MRS. SULA HASTEN SERVICES TO BE HELD Sunday
Ravenna - Mrs. Sula Annette Hasten, 76, died In a Bonham hospital at 9:15 p.m. Friday, May 26, 1972. She had been in ill health eight months.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Christian officiating. Burial will be in Willow Wild cemetery.
Mrs. Hasten was born Oct. 5, 1896, in Gaston, Ala., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Perry. She married Ernest Hasten at Mertens Oct. 6, 1912.
Survivors are her husband, Ernest Hasten, of Ravenna, R. C. Hasten of Ector, Leon Hasten of Euless, Leonard Hasten of Mertens and Perry Hasten of Ravenna; one daughter, Mrs. Allene Mauldin of Bonham; two brothers, Lee and Ernest Perry, both of Mertens, two sisters, Mrs. Tera Krame and Mrs. Eula Hollingsworth, both Mertens, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hasten was a member of the Ravenna Baptist church.
Members of the family were to be at the funeral home between 8-9:30 o'clock Saturday night to receive friends.
On back of Sula's memorial card:
Momma,
Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
The voice is mute and stilled the heart, That loved us well and true,
Ah, bitter was the trial to part
From one so good as you.
You are not forgotten loved one Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore
As time goes by we miss you more
Your loving smile, your gentle face
No one can fill your vacant place.
and, affixed to a photo of Sula, was the following poem.
I wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.
All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part.
God has you in his arms...I have you in my heart.
Author Unknown
from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh
Sula's death certificate mistakenly reported her place of birth as Gaston, Alabama. Gaston, probably was meant to read Gadsden, Ettowah, Alaabama which is where many of her family members lived. However, in Sula own handwriting, written in a 1945 baby book gifted a granddaughter, she wrote her own place of birth as Jacksonville, Alabama. Sula's mother and maternal aunts and uncles all lived in/around Jacksonville. Many many of Sula's relatives are buried in Landers Cemetery, situated near Jacksonville. Also, in a family history taken by her husband's cousin in the 1940's, Sula reported her place of birth as Jacksonville.
Sula Perry Hasten was a tall woman (5'11" plus, slightly under 6') possessing a strong gentle strength. She seldom uttered a disparaging word about anyone. A look of disappointment was usually enough to keep her children and grandchildren well-behaved. Taught to cook by her mother, Sula kept her family well-fed. On any given day --(except Saturdays which were reserved for "going to town")-- Sula's farmhouse dinner (lunch) table was laden with a pot of hot vegetable soup, 2 meats (such as fried chicken and pot roast or fried pork chops and meat loaf), 2 or 3 vegetables from the garden, iceberg lettuce salad, and home made yeast rolls or biscuits. For desert a dewberry cobbler or cake or pie as well as home made vanilla ice cream served with sweeten strawberries. Sweeten iced tea was the only drink offered. A quart jar of wild mustang grape juice was always available for those who liked to add it to their iced tea. Leftovers were eaten for supper. Any food not consumed during the day was fed to animals.
Occasionally for supper, Sula's made something she called poor boys. She minced left over ham or pot roast, seasoned it with chili powder, then rolled the meat mixture in a corn pone batter and panfried it. I recall asking her why she called it poor boys. She said that after the civil war in Alabama during the winter months her mother's family lived on poorboys and baked sweet potatoes.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, May 27, 1972
MRS. SULA HASTEN SERVICES TO BE HELD Sunday
Ravenna - Mrs. Sula Annette Hasten, 76, died In a Bonham hospital at 9:15 p.m. Friday, May 26, 1972. She had been in ill health eight months.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Christian officiating. Burial will be in Willow Wild cemetery.
Mrs. Hasten was born Oct. 5, 1896, in Gaston, Ala., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Perry. She married Ernest Hasten at Mertens Oct. 6, 1912.
Survivors are her husband, Ernest Hasten, of Ravenna, R. C. Hasten of Ector, Leon Hasten of Euless, Leonard Hasten of Mertens and Perry Hasten of Ravenna; one daughter, Mrs. Allene Mauldin of Bonham; two brothers, Lee and Ernest Perry, both of Mertens, two sisters, Mrs. Tera Krame and Mrs. Eula Hollingsworth, both Mertens, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hasten was a member of the Ravenna Baptist church.
Members of the family were to be at the funeral home between 8-9:30 o'clock Saturday night to receive friends.
On back of Sula's memorial card:
Momma,
Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
The voice is mute and stilled the heart, That loved us well and true,
Ah, bitter was the trial to part
From one so good as you.
You are not forgotten loved one Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore
As time goes by we miss you more
Your loving smile, your gentle face
No one can fill your vacant place.
and, affixed to a photo of Sula, was the following poem.
I wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.
All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part.
God has you in his arms...I have you in my heart.
Author Unknown
Sula's death certificate mistakenly reported her place of birth as Gaston, Alabama. Gaston, probably was meant to read Gadsden, Ettowah, Alaabama which is where many of her family members lived. However, in Sula own handwriting, written in a 1945 baby book gifted a granddaughter, she wrote her own place of birth as Jacksonville, Alabama. Sula's mother and maternal aunts and uncles all lived in/around Jacksonville. Many many of Sula's relatives are buried in Landers Cemetery, situated near Jacksonville. Also, in a family history taken by her husband's cousin in the 1940's, Sula reported her place of birth as Jacksonville.
Sula Perry Hasten was a tall woman (5'11" plus, slightly under 6') possessing a strong gentle strength. She seldom uttered a disparaging word about anyone. A look of disappointment was usually enough to keep her children and grandchildren well-behaved. Taught to cook by her mother, Sula kept her family well-fed. On any given day --(except Saturdays which were reserved for "going to town")-- Sula's farmhouse dinner (lunch) table was laden with a pot of hot vegetable soup, 2 meats (such as fried chicken and pot roast or fried pork chops and meat loaf), 2 or 3 vegetables from the garden, iceberg lettuce salad, and home made yeast rolls or biscuits. For desert a dewberry cobbler or cake or pie as well as home made vanilla ice cream served with sweeten strawberries. Sweeten iced tea was the only drink offered. A quart jar of wild mustang grape juice was always available for those who liked to add it to their iced tea. Leftovers were eaten for supper. Any food not consumed during the day was fed to animals.
Occasionally for supper, Sula's made something she called poor boys. She minced left over ham or pot roast, seasoned it with chili powder, then rolled the meat mixture in a corn pone batter and panfried it. I recall asking her why she called it poor boys. She said that after the civil war in Alabama during the winter months her mother's family lived on poorboys and baked sweet potatoes.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, May 27, 1972
MRS. SULA HASTEN SERVICES TO BE HELD Sunday
Ravenna - Mrs. Sula Annette Hasten, 76, died In a Bonham hospital at 9:15 p.m. Friday, May 26, 1972. She had been in ill health eight months.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Christian officiating. Burial will be in Willow Wild cemetery.
Mrs. Hasten was born Oct. 5, 1896, in Gaston, Ala., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Perry. She married Ernest Hasten at Mertens Oct. 6, 1912.
Survivors are her husband, Ernest Hasten, of Ravenna, R. C. Hasten of Ector, Leon Hasten of Euless, Leonard Hasten of Mertens and Perry Hasten of Ravenna; one daughter, Mrs. Allene Mauldin of Bonham; two brothers, Lee and Ernest Perry, both of Mertens, two sisters, Mrs. Tera Krame and Mrs. Eula Hollingsworth, both Mertens, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hasten was a member of the Ravenna Baptist church.
Members of the family were to be at the funeral home between 8-9:30 o'clock Saturday night to receive friends.
On back of Sula's memorial card:
Momma,
Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
The voice is mute and stilled the heart, That loved us well and true,
Ah, bitter was the trial to part
From one so good as you.
You are not forgotten loved one Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore
As time goes by we miss you more
Your loving smile, your gentle face
No one can fill your vacant place.
and, affixed to a photo of Sula, was the following poem.
I wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.
All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part.
God has you in his arms...I have you in my heart.
Author Unknown
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