This is Martha Villines and John Bohannan Harp. One of her names was Arizona--thus Zone as in Merle's song about his grandmother. Below is Merle and is Dad James Haggard. The Haggard roots go back to Barry County, Mo. I would bet that they are the same family that was associated with Jesse Maples in Tennessee. He married Mildred Haggard after our grandmother, Jemina Atchley Maples died. Fleta and I think Mildred was Mima's sister. She and Jesse were old when they wed. I found the picture of Merle and his Dad at ancestry. Some folks load the pictures so small that you can't get a good look, but I can tell Merle looks like his father. John and Zone Harp were parents to Flossie Mae Harp who married James Francis Haggard. We are related to John Harp not Arizona. I think the Haggards are the same family that was associated with our Maples family. Mr. Haggard that Mildred married I think was a preacher.
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