East Montgomery County Historical Society November Meeting 2009

Speakers at the November 10th meeting of the East Montgomery County Historical Society will be genealogy researchers and residents of Splendora, Mr. and Mrs. Rayford Duke. Rayford is a direct descendant of Jeremiah Profit Duke and Mary Elizabeth Tullis, an early pioneer family of Splendora. The meeting will be held at the R. B. Tullis Library on Hwy 59 access road north of Community Drive. R.B. Tullis, for whom the library was named, was the older brother of Mary Elizabeth Tullis Duke. Meet and Greet will start at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and learn more of this pioneer family.

-Written by Barbara Hamilton, EMCHS Historian-

Three Places Where Stars Shine

Three places where stars shine:

1. In the Heavens.

2. In Hollywood.

3. In Splendora, Texas.
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At the 2009 “Splendora’s Got Talent” Talent Show-
Julia Hammock, Chris Wattner, Presley Lewis,
John Duke, Andy Blanco, and Breeanna Campbell,
all left that night, with a winning glow.

Mary Elizabeth Rumsey
Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times