keith Armstrong farm,Eckharts live there now.

My family moved to this place from across the same section in 1960. We came from Henry’s place. Henry’s was southwest of here. We lived there until January of 1968 then moved to rural Carlock onto Shippert’s old place west of East White Oak Bible Church.
We loved to play softball between the barn and and the corn crib. Shoveling snow down the long lane was no fun. Riding the bike down it to the bus WAS fun though. Add all that mowing by hand to the no fun list.
We had a gas pump, tank and oil shed just south of the needle head turn around part of the lane which was south east of the hose about twenty yards.
It has a garage attached to the south of the house now, but they added it after we left. The chicken house our garage back then. SW of the house were beautiful Lilac bushes that smelled so wonderful. Dad had a ‘49 Chevy that he kept behind it. To the W of that was our old wagon bed that we threw our empty cans into until it was time to make a run to the junkyard. South was the corncrib. An apple tree was a touch North of that. A few more steps ran you into the garden, and then the chicken house/garage. Loved the big trees. Maybe in 1964 we added a full basement. We had to shovel coal into the furnace Dow there. Roller skating after enlarging the basement was exciting.
The well was just south of the house, and to the east of that was the clothesline.
Today only the house, garage addition and chicken house/garage survive, along with the long lane.
I remember mom and my brother getting into a friendly argument as to to who could beat the other to the road. All of a sudden mom jumped up and tore out the east door with my brother in hot pursuit. All the rest of us exited too. We had to witness who had speed rights for ourselves. 😊
Like the post above stated, Keith Armstrong bought it in 1968 when our landlady, Mrs. Miracle, died in earlier in 1967. She lived in Lexington proper.
Sharps lived across the road/creek. They had twins my age, Jane and Joann. They had an older sister, Janet, my sister’s age. They moved to Tennessee a few years before we left. The Breeze’s lived to the West. Rosenell and her husband (related to the Sharps) had a grandson that would come for the summers. That was fun. Lots of stories from this place.