Maxine Elliott Mottice

Maxine, Nina, and Pauline Elliott are picture in this photo from what is probably the mid-1940s. It is not clear where the picture was taken, but from the general location of the road and the hill in back could easily be up on Sycamore.

The woman standing between Maxine and Nina is, I believe, Aunt Lura -- wife of their Uncle Oley Elliott. If this is her, the picture may be taken at her and Uncle Oley's house on Sycamore.

In this photo are, front left to right:  Nina Elliott (Bernard's daughter), Millie Elliott (Bernard's sister), Pauline Elliott (Bernard's daughter), and Maxine Elliott (Bernard's sister).

Back left to right are Bernard's brother Oley and his wife Lura Parsons Elliott, Bernard's second wife Minnie, and Bernard Elliott.

The time of this photo is likely to be the late 1940s since Maxine looks to be about college age. The location is surely Sycamore, and probably in front of Millie's house or perhaps Oley's house.

Maxine Elliott Mottice was the second child and oldest daughter of Bernard and Goldie Elliott.  She was born in Grantsville, WV in 1928 and lived there with her family on the south side on the hill overlooking the Little Kanawha River.

She and her family spent many happy times visiting Elliott relatives up at Sycamore and Reip relatives up on the West Fork. When her mother died -- when Maxine was 10 years old -- these trips became a welcome respite to an increasingly difficult life.

The following account was written by Maxine Mottice, daughter of Bernard Elliott and Goldie Reip, while she was a student at Glenville State College.  It was probably written before 1950.

The Elliotts

There is not much information known about our branch of the Elliott family.  A part of the information we have now is just tradition which has been handed down from generation to generation, either oral or written.