Photo Credit:  Ellen Coralee Gaddis McDonald

The picture, left to right, is of Florence Josephine Arp Gaddis, Thomas Marshall Gaddis, Francis Marion Gaddis, and Laura Ann Arp Gaddis. It was made sometime in the early 1940's according to Mom at the Marion and Laura Gaddis home at the Bethel Crossroads where Hwy 274 and Hwy 49 intersected on Rural Route #2, Clover, York County, SC. The area is now part of Lake Wylie, SC.  Tom Gaddis and Marion Gaddis were brothers, born in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Ga. Tom and Marion Gaddis were the sons of James William Harshaw Gaddis and Anna Bruce. They were the grandsons of William Isham Marshall Gaddis and Elizabeth (Reed) Hawks.  Also Florence Arp and Laura Arp were sisters, born in Cherokee County, NC. All their kids were double first cousins.  Florence and Laura Arp were the daughters of William Alfred Lucius Arp and Mary Ann Kimsey.