Alene Bolton Childress Kersey Clarke

   General Notes:

Alene's Grand Mother came from England. Her name Ellen Bolton [maiden name]Lush. Mother remembers Her Grand Mother but never saw Her Grand Father,nor did She know His name ,"Israel Lush 1815". From Phil Kersey, when I was a child My Mother use to sing songs for her children. She was always a bright and inspiring person. She would pick the appropriate time for her songs. Such as on a cold morning when She was waking us up to prepare us for school. She would walk through the bedrooms singing "Jackie Frost,Jackie Frost came in the night,Left the meadows that He crossed all Gleaming White.Painted with His Silver Brush every window pane. Kissed the leaves and made them blush,blush,blush again. Jackie Frost,Jackie Frost crept around the house,sly as a Silver Fox,still as a Mouse. Out our Little Philly Boo came blushing like a Rose,Up jumped Jackie Frost and bit His Little Nose. Mother attributed Her ability to remember these little songs to Her Father, who She said taught them to Her and would sing them to Her. She has a host of them that I do not remember but will try to obtain from Her. Knife and fork a bottle and a cork That's the way you spell New York. Chicken on the car and the car won't go,that is the way you spell Chicago. Here is another, Once upon a time the monkey drank wine. He got drunk. He sat on the elephants trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on His knees and that was the end of the monkey dee monk. On 9/14/99 out of a clear blue sky Alene came up with "sitting in the jail house with My head to the wall and a darn old computer is the cause of it all. "This was because I was on line and she and Betty could not use the telephone. I thought that was rather witty for age 99 yrs.

   Research Notes:

Mother lived at 3306 Carolina Avenue, Richmond, Virginia at the time of Clarence Clarke's death.

Alene also lived at 5 Poe Street, Richmond, Virginia.(1931)

Another home address was 2117 Rose Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
2901 Griffin Ave. (Aug. 1940 )
2819 Griffin Ave. (Aug. 1941 )

   Medical Notes:

Mother has had remarkable health all of her life . At age 102 yrs. she uses 2ea. hearing aids to assist her hearing . She wears glasses to read only. Her mind is very sharp. As for medication she takes 1ea. asprin a day and drops in her eyes to control Glycoma. She is now having some problems walking any distance and can not stand for long.

   Events:

• Recieved In Church, May 18, 1913, Decatur Street Methodist Church, Richmond, Virginia. Alene was recieved into the church by the then Reverend John S. Wallace

Alene married Stuart Ashby Kersey Sr., son of Philip Watkins Kersey and Emma Cornelia King Kersey, on Jan 1, 1925 in Richmond, Virginia. (Stuart Ashby Kersey Sr. was born on Jul 25, 1898 in Peaks, Virginia [Hanover County], died on Jan 27, 1937 in Stuart Circle Hospital-Richmond, Virginia and was buried riverview cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.) The cause of his death was cornary Thrombosis, A blood clot went to His lung and killed Him.

Alene also married Clarence Charles Clarke, son of Mr. Clarke and Mrs. Clarke, on Aug 31, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia. (Clarence Charles Clarke was born on Feb 13, 1883 in Richmond, Va, died on Nov 14, 1956 in Richmond, Va and was buried mt.Calvery Cemetery in Richmond, Va.) The cause of his death was cancer.