[Granville-Hough] 1 Aug 2009 - Bellingrath Gardens

[Trustees for Granville W. Hough]

        After I wrote a few words about Cousin Chapman
        Sullivan, Mize High School teacher, I was asked just who he
        was.  Well, he was the youngest son of Henderson Sullivan, son
        of Loderick, and Ellen "Toodie" (Cole) Sullivan, daughter of
        Jeptha Cole and "Old Puss" daughter of Henderson "Hense", son of
        Pappy Tom.  So he was my remote cousin through the Coles, and he
        was cousin to some degree to every Sullivan descendant of Pappy
        Tom.  This particular Sullivan family was known as the
        "preacher-teacher family," and several were natural musicians. 
        Some descendants my age became church artists.  They lived on
        the Smith side of the Simpson County line just north of my
        Richardson grandparents.  This story of Bellingrath Gardens was
        sent to me by Chapman's nephew who shared similar views to mine.

            I was not interested in the Army, or fighting. though I did
        apply myself well enough to get some recognition through the
        years.  My interests were in forestry, horticulture, and the
        remarkable beauty of our Sullivan's Hollow in dogwood season.  I
        got to the Gulf Coast for the first time in 1946, after I had
        graduated from West Point.  I only wanted to see Bellingrath
        Gardens, which is near Mobile.  I tried all one day to get there
        by bus, without success.  The buses still ran between military
        bases, paying no heed to tourist attractions.  So I never got to
        see these scenes.  I hope you can see and enjoy them.

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