Maisie Poston Ballou Collection

Collection Items

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  Wellman Club Opening Night 1968

  Sanford and Maisie Ballou attend the opening night of the Wellman Country Club.
  Saturday, June 28, 1968
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  Poston's Lunch Diner and Sinclair Station, Broadway

  This station and diner was run by Lurie and Christine Poston. It was located on Broadway Street in Johnsonville beside the railroad tracks.
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  Christine Poston and Blanche Dennis at Poston's Lunch on Broadway

  Poston's Lunch was run by Christine Hatchell Poston (left). It was located on Broadway near the parking lot of the old Nettles IGA
  
  Christine H. Hatchell Poston (1904 - 1956) was married to Lurie Poston (1900-1973), Chief of Police for Johnsonville
  
  Their children were:
  Uldine Poston Cooper (1926 - 2002)
  Lurie Preston Poston (1928 - 1991)
  Maisie Poston Ballou (1931 - 2012)
  Jean Poston McDaniel (1932 - 1979)
  Algie Ray Poston Cox (1936 - 2012)
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  Outside the Poston's Lunch diner on Broadway

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  Police Chief Lurie Poston Sr with police car on Broadway

  Chief of Police Lurie P. Poston stands with his police car on Broadway.
  Visible in the background is a liquor store that later became a garden shop and now Health Care Partners (right), as well as a small white building removed when the parking lot was added for Turner's IGA. To the right - Johnsonville Pharmacy and Venters' Department Store.
  
  Mr. Lurie Poston (1900-1973) was the son of Preston Poston and Julia Miles. He was born in Hannah and moved to Johnsonville in 1934, where he was both a merchant and a farmer. He served as Chief of Police for 14 years and Magistrate for 16 years.
  
  He married first to Christine H. Hatchell Poston (1904 - 1956) and at her death married Alphia McKenzie Stroud (1911 - 2004)
  
  His children with Christine were:
  Uldine Poston Cooper (1926 - 2002)
  Lurie Preston Poston Jr. (1928 - 1991)
  Maisie Poston Ballou (1931 - 2012)
  Jean Poston McDaniel (1932 - 1979)
  Algie Ray Poston Cox (1936 - 2012)
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  Johnsonville Police Officers, circa 1955

  L to R: Lee Powers, Bubba Haselden, Police Chief Lurie Poston Sr.

  Tags haselden, poston, powell
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  Johnsonville City Officials, 1950s

  Standing L to R: Eugene Newell, Police Chief Lurie Poston, unknown, and Alfred "Bubba" Haselden. Sitting L to R: H.M. Feagin, David Marsh Sr., Andrew James Cox, Mayor Odell Venters.

  Tags council, government, Johnsonville, mayor, officials