Eleven Hundred (1100)

Panola County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: Unknown

Council of Governments: ETCOG

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Community History: Cathy Brooks, I am descendant of Gibson and Brooks families; the community is called 1100 in 1930s. 1100 acres of farmland was set aside for 11 families and each received approx 100 acres each of farmland. Grandparents got farm, Most of the land is still in the hands of descendants of the immediate family. father, sisters, and material cousins still own land. a few farmers have been sold off, so addresses are little different. I remember the mailbox address, and I wrote to them Rte 1, box 304 Deberry, Texas. I will never forget it. They also had center where you could learn about maintaining your home. it was a community center for learning about banking. Nearby town is DeBerry because you have to have a post office address. 1100 is really in the woods. It used to be thriving community with farms grandparents were farmers, pigs chickens, cows. On Juneteenth, when one of the relatives dug a pit in the ground, and cooked a dear in the ground, in the pit Still have graveyard day workings for her mom’s church. And would go there and take care of each cemetery plot. When I was in college, I learned that it was a tradition. People left china on top of the graves. Different things represented the household. As people of African descent, we don’t always realize why we are carrying on the traditions we are carrying on. Seeing people still carrying on these traditions is amazing. They also have a homecoming at Wayside Baptist Church always on 4th Sunday of July. I was always a year old, my B-day is in july. and families would make their big dinners, and they kept everything at the right temperature. homemade icre cream, and still do it. And they sing this song, “tell me how long the train’s been gone.” The people are dressed nicely and didn’t have air conditioning, and they stayed neat and crisp in that heat in July. They heard an ambulance in the distance, and everyone went to the window because that was so uncommon. I am from the city, and the pastor said you need to sit down. We ate all-natural food. went right to the trees, get peaches and pears off trees. Id watch grand mother ring the necks of the chicken. Just everything natural. And the thing about grandparents they never said bad words.

Church: Wayside Baptist Church