THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT
LIFE
The amazing life of Dewey Stokes Sr. started on September 8,
1911 in Arkansas. His parents were Judge Sonia Stokes and Maggie
Mae. He was born a twin with three other siblings. His twin’s name
was Louie and together they were great troublemakers. After his
mother died, his father married Jettie Mae Teagues, who already
had three children of her own. Then she and Judge had fourteen
more children. That’s a total of 21 siblings!
For fun Grandpa would go out frog catching at night. His
buddies/brothers and he would use only the light of a flashlight to
see the eyes of the big frogs. They would grab them right behind the
eyes. They would often confuse the frogs with copperhead snakes.
This caused Grandpa to have a great fear of frogs, not snakes
though. He would also go catfish fishing. They would stick their
hands into the hole and pull the fish out. Grandpa and Louie would
get into LOTS of trouble.