Abner Tell Guffey passed away in 1917, leaving Polly Devore Guffey a widow with 5 children to raise Polly met Taylor Goodman after he returned home from the Navy. They married in 1920 and had 6 more children. Curtis and Ramon died before they were a year old. This left seven boys and two girls to make up the children of the Guffey/Goodman household. They lived in a community known as Denton Island outside Tuckerman, Arkansas along the Cache River. This is where they raised their children, farmed their land, helped their neighbors and lived out their lives.
Denton Island was a thriving community in the early 1900's. It wasn't until the 1960's that Denton Island began to fade away. Sunny Valley Church, the old school house, the sawmill, the old swimming hole, the catfish ponds and all the homes are long gone. The only remaining homes on Denton Island belong to the family of Doyle Guffey. Nothing is left there to show the way of life that Taylor, Polly and their children knew. We only have the memories from their descendants that we need to preserve.
Denton Island was a thriving community in the early 1900's. It wasn't until the 1960's that Denton Island began to fade away. Sunny Valley Church, the old school house, the sawmill, the old swimming hole, the catfish ponds and all the homes are long gone. The only remaining homes on Denton Island belong to the family of Doyle Guffey. Nothing is left there to show the way of life that Taylor, Polly and their children knew. We only have the memories from their descendants that we need to preserve.
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