Thanks so much for all the info! Without looking, I believe I have found some of this, but certainly not all of it.

As I believe I shared with you, my grandfather was Byrd (John Byrd) Medlen who was married to Maggie Billings. My father John Byrd (J.B.)Jr.(12/10/1912)(married Linnie O. Hayes), was the oldest of 5 children (Maudell Medlen Hicks (1914)(married Clayton Hicks) - one son, Jim Hicks; LD Medlen - two adopted children, Joanna and Robert; Mabel Medlen Burgess - no children; Charley Milton (married Edith Davis)- one son, Kenneth Medlen (12/29/1954) married Jewel Burks. Uncle Charley and his family live in the McMinnville area. I was born 4/2/1942 and my brother Larry Hayes Medlen was born 9/24/1946.

My grandparents are buried at Peel Chestnut, and so is Aunt Mabel and Aunt Maudell. My mother and dad are buried in McMinnville, TN, Uncle LD and wife Almyra Walkup Medlen are buried in Murfreesboro. I lived in several surrounding states until I married (James N. Heaton) in 1983. I moved to Lexington, KY in 1980 as a state Textiles & Clothing Specialist with the UK Cooperative Extension Service and have been here ever since. Jim and I did not have any childred. My brother, Larry, lives in Franklin, TN and has two children: Justin Scott Medlen (6/6/1980) (married to Kristin Trent), and Jared Blake Medlen (2/15/1984).