Annie's Song: No More The Wild Country

Following are excerpts from stories written by my Great-Grandmother, Annie Biggs Adcock as they were written to her daughter Clara.  They were compiled in a book entitled No More The Wild Country by my cousin John R. Coles.   He graciously gave me permission to use these in hopes that future generations of our family will know a little bit of our history. 

No More the Wild Country

"I am about the only one left in this area who remembers it as it was then.   As different people have settled in here, it's no more the wild country it was then.  I still think of it, the life with my parents, my brother and sisters, who are all gone.   

I thought about your daddy, who was with us, then , was young and full of fun, and wasn't by no means bad looking, with his bright blue eyes and red curly hair, which he wore out long.  I never thought nothing about his wearing long hair then.   Only that it was pretty.   We lived together sixty-one years when the Good Lord called him home.   I am left at eighty-five years old.   We had a long life together, good times and hard times as all have.   I thank God for the long life we had together."  

From a Newspaper Article in 1975

"Sunday afternoon, March 9, may have been a very rainy dreary day to most folks, but for the 108 friends, neighbors and relatives of Mrs. Annie Adcock of the Forest Grove Community it was a beautiful day.   At 2 p.m. they gathered at the activity building of Bethel Church of Christ to wish Mrs. Adcock a happy eighty-third birthday.  

Mrs. Annie, as she is known to her many friends of all ages, moved into this community when she was a little girl of six years.  

Gathered around their mother for picture making were: daughters, Mrs. Betty Darnell of Forest Grove, Mrs. Jean Hansen of Florence, Ala., Mrs. Myrtle Harris of Ashland City, Mrs. Clara Coles of Nashville, Mrs Loraine Frazier of Pensacola, Fla., son, Roy Adcock of Madison, along with grandchildren, nieces, and nephews by the score."    

From Gravestone in Forest Grove Cemetery

ADCOCK          Born:1893         Died: 1978                                            

Front inscription: ANNIE BIGGS ADCOCK/ MAR 09 1893-FEB 07 1978