one school year, with Bell and Anita. As a young child, he lived for a time with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Donahoo,[1] at Onedia, in Phillips County. Appellant stated that during the summers that he spent with Reverend Bell, the latter took him hunting and fishing, and to church and Sunday school on Sunday, and said that his father entered him in school when the term commenced in 1966. He also said that he had received letters from his father, and he "thought" the alleged father visited him once in Chicago; however, he offered no letters in evidence.
Rubin Donahoo, the uncle, testified that when Jeffery was small, he spent part of the time with the Donahoos and part with Eugene Bell. Subsequently, he testifiedthat he could not recall Jeffery visiting in the home of Eugene Bell prior to the death of Fannie[2], who died in October, 1963. He also stated that Jeffery stayed with Bell during a school term, although he couldn't remember whether it was 1965, 1966, or 1967. On cross-examination, Donahoo was asked if he knew several particular persons who, according to the questions, had at one time lived with the Reverend Bell. Donahoo replied "I know that most of those names you called wasFannie Bell's peoples. I know that". He said that he did not know whether they lived in the Bell house or simply stayed on the Bell "place". He was then asked "As a matter of fact isn't it true that Reverend Bell raised the nieces