Ora Mae Webb was one of
the youngest children of Jacob Kuykendall Webb. Her mother was Jake's
third wife, Sarah R. "Sally" Martin. Ora Mae was born on May 2, 1892,
in England, Lonoke County, Arkansas. She had a number of older (some
much older) siblings, and a couple of older full-siblings. Her father
was already about 63 years old and her mother was about 25 when they had
Ora Mae.
When Ora Mae was about 18 or
19, she married Britt Bullard (the son of James Bullard and Nancy Shepherd),
who was born on October 14, 1889, in Yell County, Arkansas. Her family
had moved there from Lonoke County and she was probably living near his family
when they met. They had their first child around 1912. Together
they had four girls and two boys that lived to an adult age. They lost
one girl, Janice, when she was just a child. It was said that at about
the age of two or three, that Mae had fed her some cabbage or potatoes that
were not cooked enough and that she got the 'flux'. She died a little
bit later from it.
Many of the children moved to the Chicago area and in the summertime,
Britt and Mae would often come to visit and the family would have a picnic
at one of the forest preserves in Chicago. They played games, cards,
ball, and sunbathed. The ladies of the family would have running races
and Mae would beat her daughters and granddaughters in running!
Mae was the midwife of the
community. When folks saw her going down the road with her chamber
pot, they new a new baby was on the way somewhere in town. She was
a woman of sharp tongue and sometimes had a mean spirit. When she was
older, she once accidently stuck a piece of barbed wire into her middle finger
and it became infected. It was amputated and left her right hand somewhat
crippled.
In her old age, she left the
farm and lived in a nursing home in Dardanelle. Britt passed away in
November of 1966 in Yell County. Mae passed away on December 1, 1974,
in Dardanelle, Yell County. They are both buried at the Brearley Cemetery
in Dardanelle.
Janice Bullard (died young)
Gerald L. Bullard (md. Mary)
Gerald was born on October 25, 1912. He passed
away on July 31, 1972. He and Mary were buried in the Brearley Cemetery
in Dardanelle.
Edythe L. Bullard (md. Robert Herbert "Hub" Kee)
Edythe was born on October 30, 1916. She married
Hub and they also lived in Dardanelle. They had a number of chldren
together. She passed away on March 27, 1990, and Hub passed away on
August 27, 1993. They are both buried in the Brearley Cemetery.
Nina Bullard (md. Joseph Anthony Stancikas)
Nina was born on December 9, 1918. She married
Joseph, who was a couple of years older than her, and who was a Corporal
in the Army in World War II. He passed away on September 2, 1987, in
Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, and was buried in the Brearley Cemetery.
I do not know when she passed away, though it was after Joseph, but
she is buried there also.
Oneida Bullard (md. Ervin Robertson)
I do not know much about Oneida. I do know she
had a couple of children but I do not know her dates or where she lived.
Jay Bullard (md. Mary Ann Coffey)
Jay was born on July 11, 1925. He married Mary
Ann, who was born on August 28, 1929, and they lived in California for a
while, and had a few children, but when he passed away he was living in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. That was on December 2, 1985, and Jay was 60 years old. He
was also buried in the Brearley Cemetery in Dardanelle.
Frances Bullard (md. Joseph Murray Callahan)
Frances was the last child, born on March 16, 1929. She
and Joseph Murray did not have any children. They are both buried in
the Brearley Cemetery. He passed away on July 13, 1986, at the age
of 69. I do not know when she passed away..