William & Bessie Hankins Family, about 1918

[Willie and Bessie are my Grandparents. The young boy standing is my Dad.]

William Daniel "Willie" Hankins, Bessie Claire Rice Hankins, and family, about 1918. Children: Emma, Roland and Tom (baby). Taken at their home above the old spring behind Mt. Vernon Church, Henry Co., VA. The home has long since fallen in; only the chimney remains. Their 2nd child, Danuel Conrad, died when his clothes caught fire in this fireplace. Willie & Bessie are my grandparents, and Roland is my dad.