Carey Hall of St. Helena Parish Appeared on the Ice Road Truckers Television Show

Carey Hall

Carey Hall a Native of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana appeared on the television series the "Ice Road Truckers. Hall is the grandson of J.D. Atkins and Lois Johnson Atkins. Hall now resides in Anchorage, Alaska. Hall is known as one of the best driver in Anchorage. He is an Ice Road Trucker to Heavy Haulers. He is also known as "Big Daddy," and  is one of the best heavy haulers out there. 

His grandfather and father Adolph Hall, both was professional trucker drivers. This was the beginning of his dreams and admirations to becoming a trucker driver.  At the young age of seven, he got behind the wheels of a 4-speed pick truck and fell in love with trucks at that point. Carey love for truck made him drop out of college to hit the road full time following that white line fever.  Men and women  like Carey oftentimes calling the trucks their home. They spend long hours behind the wheel often driving through the nights to reach their destination.

Hall knows all to well how dangerous this job can be. Driving in extreme and harsh road conditions in the winter. "It is often a matter of life or death,"  said Hall. A driver need to know how to repair his own truck, otherwise a driver can be stranded in the blistering and extreme cold weather.  Finding a mechanic shop or tow truck can be very challenging said Hall. I saw him in three episodes in season two, said his cousin Edwin Temple who is also a trucker driver. Hall haven't forgot about his family and Louisiana. He look forward to his sister Rita's home cooked meals and freshly baked cakes. One of four children born Adolph and Bernice Atkins Hall. His siblings are: one sister Rita Hall, and two brothers;  the lateStanley and Carl Hall. 

Carey Hall
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Tracing Their Steps by Bernice Alexander Bennett

Bernice A. Bennett

A visit to her grandmother's house in New Orleans, a bowl of gumbo and a table full of memories open the door for Bernice Alexander Bennett's adventure to verify that her 2x great grandfather owned a lot of land in Maurepas, Louisiana.  Maurepas is an unincorporated community in the southwestern area of Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Livingston Parish is one the Louisiana Florida Parishes. 

Tracing Their Steps is a Memoir about a journey to show how the power of oral history can serve as a guide to capturing a beautiful family history. You will learn how an African American man born before the Civil War managed to acquire over 159 acres of land during the 19th century under the Homestead Act of 1862. Bennett's research has proven without a shadow of doubt that African Americans were homesteaders. 

This compelling story will keep the reader fixated on how each step and, the many twists and turn in the journey links closer to verifying that the land did exist and further clarifies what happen to this land in the 20th century. Bernice is an award-winning author, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller, and producer-host of the popular Research at the National Archives and Beyond Blog Talk Radio Program. She is also the first recipient of the  Ida B. Bennett had documented her African America roots in the Orleans, St. Helena and Livingston parishes of Louisiana, as well at the Edgefield Greenwood counties of South Carolina.