Forebears and Bears

It is understood in the Bear family, that cousin Rees was named after Rees Awalt, our grandmother’s brother.   And i n fact, my grandmother Wilma Awalt did have a younger brother named Oral Rees Awalt who died at age nine.     Siblings Sally, Wilma, and Oral Rees Awalt were the children of William Oral Awalt and Anice Ada Gray.   Anice Gray was the daughter of John Spencer Gray and Gertrude Rees. Sally, Anice (Gray), and Wilma Awalt William and Anice (Gray) Awalt Anice (Gray) and William Awalt                                                                                                      Rees Genealogy                     ...