Pace

William Carroll Pace married Emily McCracken, daughter of Richmond (1788-1865) and Adaline McCracken (died 1860). About 1850 they homesteaded land in Marion County near Kingdon Springs. Bartly M. Pace is believed to be the father of Carroll Pace. Carroll was a Captain in the Confederate Army. He was wounded and left for dead at Kingdon Springs. A Negro woman heard him calling for help. Since she belonged to the family, she went to him but waited until after dark. He was taken to his son's home and died there.

William Thompson Pace was born in 1869. He married Josie Hogan but she lived only six months. Thomps Pace's second wife was Martha Elzada Jackson, born in 1881. Her parents, David Jackson and Emily Noe Jackson, lived about three miles east of Yellville at the time of her birth. Later, when she was a young lady, the family moved to Oakland. There she met William Thompson Pace and they were married in 1898.

Gladys Pace Flippin tells an interesting story of life on White River. The men raised livestock, did their own blacksmith work, had a threshing machine, raised sugar cane and made molasses, chopped holes in the ice on the river and caught the fish that came to the opening. They preserved the fish for future use by salting them down in brine. The women on the farm did the housework and helped in many ways.

Thomps Pace was noted for his long cedar rafts, and for his skill in rowing over the shoals in White River. The men made their ties by cutting the cedar poles and splitting them; then they made the rafts. At that time there were steamboats on the river. Thomps and his sons bought Pace's ferry in 1918 and several acres of river-bottom land and an upland farm. For 27 years he furnished transportation and carried the mail to Flippin. He served the public until Bull Shoals Dam was built in 1946-47.

The children of Thomps and Martha Elzada Pace are: Josie (1899-1973) married Kay Frost and had two children -- Virginia Blanche (Frost) Kaeding and Jack Q. Frost; Collie Pace (1902- ) married Viva Woods and they had three sons: Guy, Billy Gale, and Carroll Gene. Viva died in 1939; Collie went to Washington and later married Jessie Ramsey Revell and she died in 1975.

Meadow Pace (1905-1949) married Leonard Huff and their children were: Donnie Russell of Joplin, Missouri, and a son, Leon, of Wichita, Kansas. Leon served his time in the Army. He married Mary Lou Pangle and they have five daughters.

Jolly Pace (1907) married Vera Treadway. They are the parents of one son, Jolly Pace, Jr. Jolly, Sr., who lives at Oakland, raised cattle and carried the mail from Oakland to Flippin and to Pontiac, Missouri, for sixteen years.

Gladys (1911) married Luster D. Flippin. He was with the Missouri Pacific Railroad for thirty-four years. He died in 1962. Effie Pace (1912-1967) was the wife of Ewell D. Smith and their children are: Shirley Robertson, Lindy Nell Henry, Thomps Sylvester Smith, and Arvin. Raleigh Jackson Pace (1915) married Ethel Ott. Jack was elected sheriff of Marion County at the age of 38 and served fourteen years. Emmagene Pace (1917) married Walter Jasper Hamilton and they are the parents of Elveta, James Walter, Jr., Ross Gene, Terry Lynn, Sherry Lane who died in infancy.

Rack Pace (1921) married Wilda Marrs. Thier children are: Howell Keith, Drenda Racksen, and Danny Kendell who died in 1952. Brack Pace, better known as Sam, and his wife Lavana Hogsed Pace are the parents of Michael, Terry Lynn, and Randy Joe. There are two grandsons.

Lucian Lavetts Pace (1925) and his wife, Helen, are the parents of two boys Curtis and Jerry, and one daughter, Janet.