Have extensive information - His parents were Reggie and Mabel - My mother (still alive) knows a bunch about him and the family - she can tell many stories - now in her mid - 80's. I have a newspaper clipping regarding their deaths - there is a misprint or mistake by the reporter in that it reported that a brother Frank, took the baby to Dallas - It was my grandfather - Alexander Washington Hastings that took him to Dallas and later claimed to have adopted him - more on that later - he was raised by Newton Jerome Hastings and Sarah Emma Whitmire - Jessie's grandparents. Where do you live - thought maybe we could share info if you are in the Ellis or Dallas Counties area.