Généalogie Wylie » Edna Kittrell Jolly Barefield [ 3 1 (1912-> 2002)

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1. 1930 Federal Census, Orangeburg Co, SC, Union Twp (SE), ED 38-47, sheet 4A, HH #74
2. 1930 Federal Census, Orangeburg Co, SC, Union Twp (SE), ED 38-47, sheet 4A, HH #74, age 17
3. 1920 Federal Census, Orangeburg Co, SC, Union Twp, ED #154, sheet 5A, HH #87, age 7
4. Web page at:, via http://www.thetandd.com/news/article_8ef..., 21 août 2011

   
   Twins celebrate 90th birthdays looking 20 years younger
   StoryDiscussionTwins celebrate 90th birthdays looking 20 years younger
   By JEAN GALLAGHER, T&D Cope Correspondent The Times and Democrat | Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:00 am | (0) Comments
   
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   .COPE — Still going strong, looking much younger than their 90 years and "sharp as a tack."
   
   Those are some of the comments heard as family and friends gathered last month to celebrate the 90th birthday of twins Eddie See and Edna Barefield.
   
   Born on Oct. 20, 1912, in Cope, the twin daughters of the late James D. Kittrell and Mary Julia Bonnette Kittrell have practically been together or lived within a few miles of each other for all but a five-year stint when Edna and her family were in Florida and Eddie and husband Bill were in Missouri.
   
   "We had a wonderful childhood," Barefield said.
   
   Being a twin was always a joy to both girls.
   
   "We always had a playmate and companion and always shared," See said. "There was always someone around, as we had six brothers and one sister. When we were seven we moved out of Cope to a 50-acre farm one mile from town on U.S. 301. We were only a few hundred yards from a creek (which borders what is now Hudson Road). Every weekend in summer, the creek, which was much bigger than it is now, was the place where everyone from Cope gathered to swim and have a picnic."
   
   "Those were really wonderful times, no hustle and bustle like today," Barefield said. "We always had peanut boilings, and people from all over the area came together for a family fun time. They also had a sugar cane mill and made candy and had candy pulls. It was such a tranquil time, unlike today when everyone is off at breakneck speed."
   
   Barefield said their dates consisted of "entertaining our guests with a player piano that occupied our large living room."
   
   "Our mode of transportation to school was riding to school with a neighboring set of twins, Helen and Bubba Williams, who had a cart that was pulled by a pony," she said.
   
   On warm days, the twins said they trekked the mile to school, taking a short cut through the woods and crossing the creek by walking across a log.
   
   When they were almost 17, their father died.
   
   "We had to leave school to take care of Mother who was very ill at the time," See said. "After a year, Mother moved to Denmark to live with an older son and his wife. We decided to move to Charleston where our older sister lived."
   
   There they found work in the cigar factory, The American Tobacco Company, where one packed cigars and the other inspected them.
   
   In 1933, Edna married Filmore Jolly whom she had met four years earlier in Bamberg. They had two daughters, Mary Julia and Linda.
   
   Then, in 1941, Eddie met William "Bill" Arnold on a blind date and married him later that year.
   
   Both families eventually moved back in the Bamberg-Denmark area.
   
   In 1951, both families moved to North Augusta and in 1955 opened their own restaurant, "Jolly's," at 13th and Greene St. The ladies continued to operate the restaurant until 1976 when the Highway Department decided to build an overpass right where the building was located.
   
   Both women lost their husbands in 1975. Shortly thereafter, they purchased a house in Augusta and lived there for the next seven years until Edna met and married Raymond Barefield. Both Edna and Raymond were very active in their church and enjoyed representing the church through travels to the Holy Land, Egypt, etc.
   
   "Riding the camels was an interesting experience, and seeing the Pyramids was a dream come true for a girl from the town of Cope," Barefield said.
   
   In 1983, Eddie met and married Edmond See and had a wonderful marriage until his death in 1992. Edna also lost her husband Raymond the same year.
   
   Once again, in 1993, the twins purchased a home together where they still live with Edna's daughter Mary Julia.
   
   Barefield's daughter Linda, who lives in nearby Modoc, say, "It was like always having two moms. They were happy for you when you did good and 'preached' to you when you did something you weren't suppose to do."
   
   Still looking great and at least 20 years younger than their age, the ladies only have a few gray strands of hair in their jet black hair. It is all natural; they have never turned gray.
   
   When asked about ESP or things of that nature, the twins say the only thing out of the ordinary is that when one has pain on the left side, the other has pain on the right side.
   
   The ladies are hoping to become the oldest set of twins in the U.S. According to their friends and family members, Eddie See and Edna Barefield are already the epitome of dignity and grace.
   
   T&D Correspondent Jean Gallagher can be reached by phone at 803-534-3881.
   
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   .Posted in News on Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:00 am Updated: 3:43 pm.
   
   
   
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