The inscription on the back of the above photograph (see below) says “Me, Sallie Vann Yokley.” We’ve seen over the years that people sometimes do not have precise memories of faces in photographs and the identities of their owners, but we usually take it for granted that the inscriber recognizes herself. In this batch there is some doubt about who everybody else might be.

Sallie Branch Vann (1890-1980) was born in Enfield, NC to Macon Edward Vann (1862-1932), a ship pipefitter, mail carrier, and bookkeeper, and Sallie Branch (1866-1890) who were married in Halifax County, NC in 1887. Her mother died 31 days after she was born. Her only sibling was her older brother, John Richard Vann (1888-1971).

Sallie married William Ross Yokley (1884-1970), a Baptist minister known as Ross, in 1914 at in Pineville, KY. The ceremony was performed by William Cartwright Sale (1876-1958), who may have been an Army buddy of Ross’s, and Sale’s wife, Grace Porter (1875-1953), played “Hearts and Flowers.” Sallie and Ross probably met while both were students at the “Missionary Training School” in Louisville. Ross was born Hughsville, MO to Amos N. Yokley (1859-1949) of NC and Mollie Ann Smith (1857-1920) of KY. After studying at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, Ross was ordained at his home church, Bethel Baptist Church near La Monte, MO in 1907. Ross served at churches from Ohio to Florida, and as a chaplain in the U. S. Army and the Civilian Conservation Corps. They had five children: Mary Virginia Yokley (1915-2004); Sarah Virginia Yokley (1916-2009); Josephine Hunter Yokley (1918-1997); William Ross Yokley, Jr (1921-1952); and Carolyn Dehaven Yokley (1927-1999). Sallie, Ross, Sr., and Ross Jr. are buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville.

Sallie wrote on the back of the following photograph that its subject is Lutie Mary Love (1892-1977). She did not name the dogs.

Lutie Mary Morrison (1892-1977) was born in Lynchburg, VA to James Nelson Morrison (1848-1926) and Lutie Ann Bunch (1848-1940). She married Jacob Taylor Love (1889-1945) and they had four children.

The inscription on the back of the following photograph identifies the ladies as Edith Boswell and Sallie Vann Yokley. I could not find Edith Boswell and suspect the lady on the right is actually Lutie Morrison Love.

The last photograph is inscribed, “Harlan, KY, 1914.”

Following are the backs of the photographs in order of their appearance.