Gladys Hamby Riddle was the eldest daughter of Zach and Sophronia Autrey Hamby. She died from complications from surgery after a calf knocked her down and she broke her hip.

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Below is an early photo of Marcus and Vestie Wilson Riddle’s home in Pensacola and what it looks like today. Born in 1856, Vestie J Wilson was Big Tom and Niagara Wilson’s third daughter. Construction of the house began in 1893 and was completed in 1894. In a May 1984 interview with Roy Hensley, Pearson Riddle, Sr. said, “my daddy furnished all the wood and a lot of the materials to build this house…a man came over from Madison county and built it for $140. Can you imagine what it would cost to build today?”