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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 368
Joseph Brown (J.B.) Harris (1860-1939) and Martha Rogers Smith Twins Elizabeth Orpha Ruth Sam Etta Della Mary Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Brigman Lupo Thomas (wife Jenny May) Moon Lassiter Corrine Harris Shovelton Sam Harris, Jr. James Wall Harris Millburn Lassiter (Juanita is his wife) J.B. and Martha did have other grandchildren, however, those shown and highlighted are the ones interviewed. The Interview of Juanita White Lassiter When the researcher arrived to interview Mrs. Lassiter, it was expected she would be alone with her caregiver. However, Ima Jean Moon, another J.B. Harris granddaughter, and Juanita's daughter Ann were there as well. Many people talked at once. Since one can gently and persistently request, but one cannot order people about when one is a guest, this was not possible to control. The tape recording of the visit was not useful, but the researcher did make notes. Due to being tasked with other duties at the arsenal, researcher ceased interviewing shortly after visiting Mrs. Lassiter. By 2005, Juanita Lassiter, who was by then 93 years of age, had suffered a stroke, and the family advised contact would not be productive. Juanita White was born in 1912 in Cathport, TN. Her grandfather ran a store there. Her family moved to Ethel (Tennessee?) when she was about four years old. She had seven brothers and one sister. When she was about 13 years old, her family moved to Huntsville, and then to Pond Beat. Juanita commented that Pond Beat got its name because of the many ponds in the area, especially after it rained. In the wintertime her brothers cut holes in them so they could fish, “and the catfish would come pouring out of the hole!” Juanita probably lived on the Harris property. Bill White, who was interviewed, said he lived there with his parents in one of the three worker's houses that were on the south side of the Farley-Triana Road, south of the J.B. Harris House. Bill said his father, who worked on the Harris farm, was Juanita's brother. Juanita said on Sunday nights, she and her brothers went to church, the Methodist Church (Parcel D-159), which was less than a mile to the east. They walked, stopping along the 368 - (4401)