HFA President - Roger Hal Johnston

Born 1946 in Superior, Wisconsin. Currently live in Midland, TX. My wife, Kathy Sue McGilvray, of 43 years passed away on August 1, 2012. I traveled to Scotland in August 2015 to scatter her ashes upon the Isle of Skye, her ancestral home. I have one child, Brad, who lives with his wife in Ft. Worth, TX.

I graduated in 1965 from Lubbock High School (TX). In July, I entered employment of the U. S. Army where I attend basic training in Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, the AIT in Fort Gordon, GA, and was then posted to the Pentagon for, then to Patch Barracks, Vahingen, Ger (DE). After returning to the Pentagon, I served as an instructor in Ft. Monmouth, NJ. After July 1968, for 31 years, I was employed by AT&T Communications in Lamesa, Gardendale, and Midland, TX where I retired in July 1999, and was employed by the City of Midland as a PC technician until retirement in December 2012. I am currently employed at Midland Jr. College for 5 years as part-time pc technician.

I am remarried to a lovely woman, Kathy Moore, and am very active as one of the founding members of the Cetic Heritage Society. I am also actively doing genealogy on my Hudnall and Johnston families, and have made sereral trips to Nebraska, Ohio and Kentucky tracing ancestors.

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Thomas Hudnall

William Thomas Hudnall, Sr.

Thomas Smith Hudnall

Nathan Hudnall

Thomas William Hudnall

Delbert Hudnall

Laura Marguerite Hudnall Johnston

Roger Hal Johnston

HFA Vice President - William Roosevelt "Bill" Hudnall   

I was born in Mommy and Daddy's bed, up a holler at Mammoth, Kanawha County, West Virginia, with a coal shovel in my hand on June 23, 1933, the seventh of nine kids and three more following Dad's remarriage. I received three free years of West Virginia education in a one-room school just down the road from my house set against a huge mountain.  After finishing high school in 1951, I joined the US Air Force and was assigned to England for three years. I had no idea my ancestors were just around the corner.

After marrying beautiful Naomi Gail Connard (next door neighbor), she worked while I finished my BS in Education from Kent State University, graduating with an Army Commission. I  received my Master's Degree at Monmouth University and then graduated from the Army's Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. I had assignments in California, Georgia, New Jersey and Iowa. I served in West Berlin when the infamous wall was still up. I also served in Iran and Vietnam where I earned a hostile conditions Bronze Star. After I retired, I got into the rare and used book business in Norfolk, VA and fully retired 6 years later.

In the meantime, Gail birthed three lovely daughters:  Melanie, born in Ravenna, Ohio; Penni, born in Iowa; Rebecca, born at Ft. Monmouth, NJ.  Gail passed in 2021, and we lost Penni to COVID in 2022. God watches over them while Melanie and I continue to mourn.  

As for Hudnalls, as a child I knew only relatives. My Dad told me about a few. I asked if he knew where other Hudnalls lived. His answer:  "Well, some are in Putney, Mammoth and up Big Holler". My Dad always said, "Walk any dirt road see a stranger and he would always be a Hudnall or a Proctor". I found a heck of a lot more Hudnalls when I researched and asked questions. Cousin Harold Hudnall expertly found hundreds more for me. It is obvious Hudnalls are proud of their heritage!    

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

Benjamin Hudnall

Walter Warder Hudnall

Benjamin Franklin Hudnall

Robert Walter Hudnall

Jesse Hudnall

William R. “Bill” Hudnall

 HFA Secretary - Carol Hudnall Fisher

I was born Carolyn Hudnall in Charleston WV in the mid 50s. Most of my immediate Hudnall relatives are from the East Bank area. I graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston and attended Morris Harvey College. I am married and have 2 adult children and 2 dogs. I am a retired paralegal from WV state government and am currently enjoying winters in Florida.I also enjoy quilting.

I am the daughter of Walter Garnet Hudnall b 1911 and Golda M. Bradshaw. Walter was the son of John Pryor Hudnall b 1871 and Martha Jane Griggs. John was the son of John Hudnall Jr., b abt 1833 and Elizabeth A. Poff. See lineage.

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

William Hudnall

Anderson Hudnall

John F. Hudnall

John Pryor Hudnall

Walter Garnet Hudnall

Carol Marie Hudnall Fisher

  HFA Treasurer - Melanie "Mel" Hudnall Haas

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

Benjamin Hudnall

Walter Warder Hudnall

Benjamin Franklin Hudnall

Robert Walter Hudnall

Jesse Hudnall

William R. “Bill” Hudnall

Melanie "Mel" Hudnall Haas

HFA Newsletter Chairperson/Historian - Judith Carole "Judie" Hart Pairan

• Husband (1) Randolph G. Pairan (dec.); (2) James Hartley Smith

• Daughter: Michele Suzanne Pairan Lyles (Gerald Douglas Lyles III)

• Education: BSEd from Ohio University in social studies and English. Moved to Sacramento, CA in 1985; received a MS degree in Instructional Leadership at National University. Also received an EdD in Organizational Leadership from the University of San Francisco.

• Teaching experience: 4 years high school English and drama/ 12 years 7th grade English/Ohio history in Ohio; 15 years high school administrator in California; 11 years high school geography/English/world studies in California; 10 years adjunct instructor in masters’ degree leadership program at Chapman and Argosy Universities, California. Specialties: gifted and at-risk learning; staff development. Retired 2013 

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

Thomas Hudnall

William M. Hudnall

Joseph Hudnall

Rev. Richard Perry Hudnall

Freta Estelle Hudnall Thompson

Millicent May Thompson Hart

Judith Carole Hart Pairan

Born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1946; graduated from Columbus State Technical College with an Associate Degree in Computer Programming; graduated from Franklin University with BS in Business Administration; graduated from Central Michigan University with MA in Business Administration.Worked as computer programmer for State of Ohio; Taught computer programming at Clark State Technical College; Worked for NCR Corporation in Dayton, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia, retiring after 30 years in 2008.  After retiring, taught Microsoft applications at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.

Married to Mary Ann Reindl in 1969. Two daughters and 5 grandchildren.

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

Thomas Hudnall

Elizabeth Hudnall Lathey

John Taylor Lathey

Asbury Newton Lathey

Blanche Althea Lathey Reed

Ernest Leroy Reed

F. Ilene Reed Oatney

Thomas Neil Oatney

 Past HFA Vice President - Shelly Clayton Hudnall, Jr.

Graduated Longview High School in 1945; attended Kilgore Jr. College 1945-1947; graduated Texas Tech College 1950 w/BS degree in Electrical Engineering-Communications option. Married Mary Loy Freeman Aug. 14, 1950. We had 4 children – Sheila Lynn b. 1951-deceased; Carol Ann b 1953, David Wayne b 1955, Donald Clayton b 1956. Worked for Lane Wells Co in Greggton, TX 1950-52; transferred to Odessa, TX as District Engineer. Late 50’s changed to Ram Guns, Inc, Odessa, to start a Radioactivity Well Loggis Dept. Left the oil field in 1980 to work at Whitlock Instrument, repair & sales of electronic testing equipment.

Retired 2002, moved to Jacksonville, TX. Currently have 7 grandchildren & 12 Great Grandchildren. Celebrated 60th wedding anniversary in 2010. Hobbies – gardening & music (played French Horn in bands & Odessa/Midland Symphony.

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

Richard Hudnall, Sr.

Richard Hudnall, Jr.

Ezekiel Hudnall, Sr.

Jesse G. Hudnall

Ezekiel Hudnall

Augustus Hudnall

James Franklin Hudnall

Shelley Clayton Hudnall, Sr.

Shelley Clayton Hudnall, Jr.

 HFA Founder and Historian - Harold Hudnall

I was born to Lasco Hudnall and Alice Heideman on 20 June 1935 on my Grandfather’s farm in Kanawha County, WV.  Except for 15 months spent in Pueblo, CO, I grew up in Kanawha County, graduating from DuPont High School in Belle, WV in 1953.  I then went to West Virginia University where I graduated in 1962 with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering.  My college education was interrupted for military service.

Upon graduation, I went to work for Gulf Oil in Philadelphia, PA.  My 22 years with Gulf were spent in Philadelphia, PA, Venice, LA, Liberty Corner, NJ and Houston, TX.  I then spent six years with Chevron after it merged with Gulf. In 1990, I took early retirement from Chevron, and went to work for M.W. Kellogg, an engineering and construction company, doing the same thing I was doing for Gulf and Chevron, i.e., designing and building oil refineries and chemical plants.  In February, 1998, after tiring of getting up at 5 A.M. every morning, and retired for good.

For years, I’ve been interested in searching for my family roots. When my wife, Bobbie, worked for the Clayton Library for Genealogical Research in Houston, researching her family, we both got hooked.  In addition to editing this newsletter for 16 years, I am also president of The Humble Area Genealogical Society.In the ensuing years we have moved from Houston, TX to Austin, TX, and finally to Wimberley, TX, a small town in central Texas between Austin and San Antonio.  We have belonged to genealogy societies in each location. At one time or another I have held every HFA office except Secretary.  

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

John Hudnall (III)

Joseph Hudnall, Sr.

Joseph Hudnall, Jr.

Benjamin Hudnall

Walter Warder Hudnall

Phillip Monroe Hudnall

Thomas Jefferson Hudnall

Lasco Melvin Hudnall

Harold Lee Hudnall

 Past HFA Treasurer - Sandy Faye Hudnall Day

I was born on the fourth of July in 1949. My parents were Joseph Calhoun Hudnall and Ora Tatum Hudnall. I married Greg Day in 1969 and am the mother of 2 children: Lori Day (Keith Piepho) (They have 2 children: Andrew and Grace Piepho) and Mike Day (Melanie Woodworth) who has one daughter, Norah, named for my mother Ora H. I got interested in family history in 1982 when

Greg’s mother gave us the Day Family Bible. I began to write letters to family members and libraries seeking information on the Day and Hudnall families. I retired 3 years ago as a genealogy librarian in our county library system. We travel when we can and visit our children and grandchildren as often as we can.

A few years ago I compiled a history of the Day family. I am now in the process of writing the Hudnall Family History. My line is all Hudnalls all the way back to John (I) who came to this country from England.

John Hudnall (I)

John Hudnall (II)

Richard Hudnall, Sr.

Richard Hudnall, Jr.

Ezekiel Hudnall, Sr.

Ezekiel Hudnall, Jr.

William Pinston Hudnall

John Caldwell Calhoun Hudnall

James Phillip Hudnall

Joseph Calhoun Hudnall

Sandy Faye Hudnall Day

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