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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 373
shared with the researcher a photograph of herself on the stairway at her grandfather's house the night of her high school prom.
Corrine Harris standing on the stairs at the home of her grandfather J.B. Harris the night of her high school prom. The stairs and the landing above, which is illustrated in the inset photo of Corrine with her brothers, probably look the same as they did when the Lees built the house.
Bill J. White (Juanita Lassiter was his Father's Sister)
Bill White grew up on Harris property, across the road from the big house of J.B. Harris and the Harris House. He said Jimmy Harris, Sam Jr.'s younger brother and he were best friends.
Bill's father sharecropped on the J.B. Harris property. He said his sister Millie was born on Nov. 1939 on “Pendleton Place.” A rough sketch was made as Bill described the house where he lived and the location of neighbors. The sketch shows “Aunt” Millie and “Uncle” Jim's house. Their last name was Tootlum. These are the Black people Corrine described as working for her mother (Mrs. Sam Harris Jr.). Bill commented:
Aunt Millie let us [boys] smoke rabbit tobacco. All the kids used to smoke it. There were fields with a lot of sage. It was among the sage. It had long leaves, like a peach tree leaf. There was some similarity.
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