Uncle T.A was born 25 August, 1924 in Big Lake, Arkansas. I cant remember a lot about Uncle T.A. He came to visit a few times back in the early seventies when I was a small child. I remember being scared of him because he used to tease me that he was just gonna take me home with him. I wasn't so sure I wanted to leave my momma to go anywhere. I was a mommas girl. Uncle T. A married a few times. His first wife was Irene "Rena" Lee daughter of Fred & Ellen (Brown) Lee. Irene and Uncle T.A were married 20 April, 1941 in Arkansas. Together they had one son Delmar Roy Esterline. Irene died when Delmar Roy was just a baby and he was raised by her parents. Uncle T.A married for the second time to Mattie Louise Reid. Mattie & Uncle T.A were married 16 February, 1946 in Arkansas. To this union were two children born: Tommy Esterline and Barbara Ann Esterline. Mattie & Uncle T.A separated. She left him with two small children to raise on his own. For whatever reason he did not feel capable of raising them on his own so Tommy was adopted by his brother Everett and Barbara Ann was adopted by his sister Laura. Mattie married a second time to Raymond Stroub and had three boys and one girl by that marriage. On 19 August, 1950 Uncle T.A married for the third time to a woman named WillieJean Nance. Jean was the daughter of Herman Nance & Sarah Francis Beasley. There were no children born to this union that I am aware of. After Uncle T.A and Jean divorced she remarried to Clyde DeFur who proceeded her in Death. On 8 March, 1955 Uncle T.A married for the fourth and final time to Helen Faye McNeece daughter of Carl & Wilma McNeece. There were two sons born to this union Allen Wayne Esterline & Darrell Gene Esterline. Uncle T.A passed away 17 March, 1978 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri from a Brain Tumor.