George VanBeber |
Martha Ann Pridemore |
 Born in Yellow
Creek, Bell County, Kentucky on December 11, 1870. Died in Middlesboro, Kentucky, December 1, 1950. |
 Born May 5, 1872 . Died February 4, 1913. Click here for a picture of her mother. |
| They were married on September 12, 1894. | |
"Vanbeber's Court" could be taken in two different ways. George served as a county judge. Patti Herd Mayer says the family joked that, afterward, he never sat with his back to a door.
He had a motel which was named Vanbeber's Court .
At some time Mom ran the cafe kitchen, and the quality of the food was such that some people went out of their way to eat there. That's no surprise. I think any of the Lassiter children would go considerably out of their way for Mom's cooking. I particularly remember her jam cake, fruit cake, pecan pie, strawberry/rhubarb pie, blackberry pie, biscuits, cornbread, pinto beans, fried chicken, White Acre peas .......
I remember staying there on several occasions in the fifties and early sixties. There was no cafe then. The rooms were 'pine paneled'. Uncle John and Mom ran the place for several years during that time.
Uncle John said that, when describing the location of a certain house(?), George said that it was "over there fernint Idie's." He may have tended to replace the final "a" on some words with "ie", both when speaking and when writing. (Note the spelling " Marthie ". I assume that this was written by George.)
In the US Census of 1900 his occupation is "Farmer"
In the US Census of 1910 his occupation is "Chief of Police"
In the US Census of 1920 his occupation is "City Police Force"
In the US Census of 1930 his occupation is "Judge - Bell Co. court"
