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Subject: Crown
Cafe & Family Photos
My name is Justin Hunt and I live with my family in Jacksonville,
Texas. After my grandmother (Margaret Warren Hunt) passed away I received
a lot of family pictures, etc. As a child history always interested me and she
would tell me lots of stories. When I came across your magazine (which is awesome
by the way), I thought I would like to share some of my family history [with your
readers]. |
Crown
Cafe interior
Photo courtesy Justin Hunt |
| The photos are of
a Cafe my great-grandparents (Joseph Bailey Warren and Oleta Sides Warren) used
to own and run during the early to mid 50's. The name was the Crown Cafe and it
was open 24 hours a day. The Crown was said to have had the best chicken-fried
steaks in town. The builiding was torn down a few years ago but for many years
you could still see the painted "Open 24 hours" sign on the window that my great-grandfather
had put there so many years before. |
Oleta
standing in front of the Crown Cafe
Photo
courtesy Justin Hunt |
| "My
Grandmother standing in front of the Crown Cafe which was owned and ran by her
parents" - Justin Hunt |
| | Oleta
Photo
courtesy Justin Hunt |
| "My
great grandmother Oleta Sides Warren working in the Nichols Factory in Jacksonville"
- Justin Hunt |
| "Bedford
Forrest Sides (Sonny) and Pat Cash standing in front of the Tomato Bowl."
- Justin Hunt |
I would love to hear
any stories that any of your readers might supply. Thanks once again and keep
up the good work on Texas Escapes. - Justin Hunt, Jacksonville, Texas, January
13, 2007
I came across a few more I thought you might like to add....
thanks .....and keep up the good work!!!! - Justin Hunt, December 17, 2007 |
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