Claiming Kin

Wordless Wednesday: Remembering Cousin Carolyn (1945-1975)

Posted by Liv | Filed under Wordless Wednesdays

Carolyn at age 9, 1954

Tags: 1st cousin, Carolyn Bingham, Carolyn Chapple, Carolyn LaVerne Bryant, family photos, genealogy

Read more | Comments (2) | June 27, 2012

Blue Monday: “Pistol Fell Out of Bra, Woman Says of Slaying”

Posted by Liv | Filed under Blue Monday

The murder of my Aunt Estella (Chapple) Thomas wasn’t the only shooting tragedy my mother experienced in her family. My aunt’s oldest daughter, Carolyn (Bingham) Bryant, was murdered at age 29 on 10 April 1975. I was 15 years old walking home from school when my mom pulled alongside me and told me to get [...]

Tags: Carolyn Bingham, Carolyn Bryant, death and dying, felony indictment, Harris County District Clerk, murder

Read more | Comments (5) | June 25, 2012

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