Depression Era Alabama
Wingards came to Alabama sometime around 1820. Leaving South Carolina, they settled in Pike County, west of Troy. Look at a detailed map and you’ll find Wingard, Alabama. My great grandfather, George Franklin Wingard, married into the Moore family. The Moore-Wingard family farm, called Elmdale, was situated on the Pike and Montgomery County line, and was sold to a paper company in the early 1950s. My Dad (George), Uncle John, and Aunt Martha did a good part of their growing up in Montgomery County.
I love these photos. How different was Depression era Alabama!
(l-r: Uncle John, Aunt Martha, Dad)
One thing you’ll notice in several of these pictures is the bright Alabama sun – eyes are closed! 
I tended to pigs for a time, I guess in order to uphold the family tradition. 
Some photos of my Dad . . . 
. . . and Aunt Martha . . . 
. . . and Dad and Uncle John at a tender age. 
Here’s Uncle John on a bad day . . .
. . . and in a happier time. 
George Franklin and Carrie Lou Wingard’s home at Elmdale. 
What a happy time it was when cousins from Arkansas visited! Uncle Bryan Thompson’s three children join the Wingards out in a cotton field. (l-r: Uncle John, Jane, Aunt Martha in front, Warren, Dad, and Bert.) 
I am grateful for my family’s heritage. By God’s grace “from generation to generation we will recount [his] praise.”
(Psalm 79:13)
