Southard Siblings

This blog page was created to share the childhood of siblings John B. Southard Jr and Elizabeth "Betty" Southard Stokes. They were both born in Louisville, KY. Their first house was in Middletown, KY on Kratz Lane. Even though their parents moved to Blue Ridge Manor in 1957, they always identified with Middletown. Johnny was born in 1947 and Betty was born in 1950. Note: On this page you will find a link index to the 40+ pages in this photo genealogy.
Our complete FAMILY TREE is on ancestry.com: Southard Stokes Family Tree

Parents: John B. & Dorothy Wolfe Southard

Grandparents

maternal: Bess Lander Hopson (Wolfe) & James Alvin Wolfe

paternal: Belle Wickliffe Luckett (Southard) & Volna Blackman Southard

Home: Kratz Lane in Middletown and 131 Blue Ridge Road, both in Louisville, KY

Education: Middletown Elementary, Eastern High School, and the University of Kentucky

Careers: Johnny went into law and Betty went into education.

Johnny's children: "Will" John Willard Southard (6/8/80), "Rob" James Robert Southard (12/27/82), and "Joey" Joseph Michael Southard (1/31/85)

Johnny's grandchild: Emma Jane Southard (August 2008)

Betty's children: Leslie Ann Stokes (6/24/77) and Amy Elizabeth Stokes (4/13/80)