Fisher County Historical Commission

  • Lois Adams took a picture of the members of the Field Trip to Brother Yeats' House of Memories and Pecan Orchard. Back Row: Jerry Fry, Roseann Eley, Zenita Gardner, Carl Ford, Mary Lou Rowland, Gary Herrington, Don Weems, Lester Steele, Folsum Bell, Larry Adams. Front Row: Bettie Fry, Manan Green, Roenna Thomas, Patsy Lawrence, Zena Herrington, and Bobby Gruben
    Lois Adams took a picture of the members of the Field Trip to Brother Yeats' House of Memories and Pecan Orchard. Back Row: Jerry Fry, Roseann Eley, Zenita Gardner, Carl Ford, Mary Lou Rowland, Gary Herrington, Don Weems, Lester Steele, Folsum Bell, Larry Adams. Front Row: Bettie Fry, Manan Green, Roenna Thomas, Patsy Lawrence, Zena Herrington, and Bobby Gruben
    There is an historical treasure not far south of Roby! The Fisher County Historical Commission took a field trip the evening of October 4th to Brother E. L. Yeats' Pecan Orchard and House of Memories. Brother Yeats' granddaughter and her husband now own and live on the property, Betty and Folsum Bell. Folsum was kind enough to share the history of each building and of Brother Yeats life as a Me...

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