By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Originally Published (via Facebook) on October 28, 2015; Updated and Republished on November 20, 2017; Updated on August 11, 2023 Olivia and William Carmichael Family. My maternal grandmother, Oda Etta Carmichael, was born on January 12, 1890. Etta is the little girl who is standing next to her mother Olivia (second from the left on the front row) in the photo. My family’s story begins in the early 1800s when Dogold A. Carmichael and his

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on May 7, 2017 When I began my senior year in high school in September...