Arsola "Diddy" ERVIN

John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. _____________________________________________________________

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United States Census, 1930 for Arseler Irwin (error-Arsola Irwin)

Name: Arseler Irwin (error-Arsola Irwin) Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Wortham, Freestone, Texas Gender: Male Age: 14 Marital Status: Single Race: Black Birthplace: Texas Estimated Birth Year: 1916 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: Texas Mother's Birthplace: Texas Enumeration District Number: 10 Family Number: 166 Sheet Number and Letter: 6B Line Number: 99 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2332 Film Number: 2342066 Digital Folder Number: 4547955 Image Number: 00338

 Household Gender Age  Parent  Turner Irwin  M 63  Parent  Sinthia Irwin  F 54 (error-Cynthia Irwin)

  Arseler Irwin  M 14 (error-Arsola Irwin)

Katherine Irwin  F 11 

June Irwin  M 6  _____________________________________________________________

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Texas Deaths 1890-1976

Name: Arsola Ervin Death Date: 13 APR 1953 Death Place: Littlefield. Lamb Texas Gender: Male Race or Color on Document: C Birth Date: 11 MAY 1914 Birth Place: Kernes (Kerens) Texas Marital Status: Married Father's Name: Turner Irvin Father's Birth Place: Tyler, Texas Mother's Name: Cynthia Blacks Mother's Birthplace: Tyler, Texas Occupation: Farmer Cemetary Name: Littlefield Colored Burial Place: Littlefield, Texas Burial Date: 16 APR 1953 Film Number: 2113851 Digital GS Number: 4165481 Image Number: 947 Reference Number: 20509 _____________________________________________________________

About Arsola Ervin

Interests: Reading the bible, Singing

Activities: Sang Quartet, Deacon

People/Heroes: President Roosevelt

Cuisines: Steak and Pinto Beans

Quotes: Verily Verily I say unto you... bible quotes.

TV Shows: No Television

Music:

Hymns and listening to the Amos and Andy Show on the radio.

Books: Diddy love reading the Bible

Sports: He loved baseball.

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Arsola Ervin was a farmer and loved to sing quartet. His favorite meal was steak and pinto beans. He was a deacon at St. John Baptist Church in Littlefield Texas.

He was a fun loving person and loved to kid around with his brothers. They would lstomp the floor so hard when laughing when they were all together. The did not see each other that often but was glad when they did.

He was a hard working man. He never said much about his father, and if they did they would make the kids get out. He never spoke much about his mom as well, but his children thought she was mean. His mom use to live 'Across the Creek in Corsicana. She lived in the house on the corner from Mt. Olive Baptist Church. The house still stands to this day. Her house in on the creek, coming to Fifth Street from the church. She had a water well in the back yard and a wood pile.

He would play the pecan game (Old Horse) with his children as well as Come Johnnie Buck. He would whittle his girls dolls out of sticks, and the boys would get cars and trucks.

In West Texas people would eat peanuts because there were no Pecan trees. The also had black walnuts.

He had a nice relationship with his wife, and he always paid his bills...always!

There was always plenty of food in the house. He was a very thrifty spender.

Saturaday night after all the work was done it was prayer meeting time. He would read the bible to his children and when he couldn't pronounce a word he would spell it out loud and MaMa would tell him what is was. MaMa could pronounce anything, because back then it not wise to mispronounce a word in the bible. We did not add or take away a word from the bible. When he came home from work he would always ask us to take off his brogans. He would untie them and we would pull his shoes off. He would laugh so hard to see his children struggling to take off his shoes.

We were a very happy family and we called the boss man father grandpa (he was white and he answered).

Diddy always said for us "to love one another because your MaMa and DadDy is not going to be here all the time".

Lela Rose Ervin-Russell--Daughter _____________________________________________________________