FAMILY REUNION

Sorry I have not posted, have been so busy. The reunion was great,so many showed up. I was real pleased at the turn out. It was so nice to see everyone and visit with the ones I have not seen for a while. Bobby, Billy and Betty I have not seen for a while. We use to play in the mill camp at Fordyce. We lived in the middle of the shotgun housing row and they lived at the end by the main road. We had lots of good times together. They are Uncle Wilburn children. They moved to Sheridan after we was all grown and I have not seen them much since Uncle Wilburn and Aunt Willie Jo have been gone. We had a mixture of friends, relatives on all sides represented. It was great. We had rlatives from the Mclemore's, The Brown side, The Tubservilles which is what our Mother was before she married Daddy. We invited about 200 there, but only half showed up. I am making a list of all invited and my sister Sue has a list started of the ones that showed up. We will get that compiled one of these days and get those books made for everyone. We are so glad we did this. We have got so many thank you from everyone.

It was also good to visit with my brother Leonards, children (Wayne his wife Sandra and Wayne's daughter Melissa and baby. Loyd and his wife , Rochell and her daughter Madison, I had not seen her since she was a baby. We do not get to see them very ofter. Maybe we can visit and have get-to-gethers more often. Mike and Lisa was great to visit with. Mike is my oldest brother's boy(Edward). Mike even made a special trip back by our house, before he let for Texas to tell us how much he enjolyed visiting with us. It was a GREAT, GOOD AND FANTASTIC TIME.

Frances, Edward's daughter came over and visited with us one afternoon , I think it was after midnight before she left, which was great. Jeanette came over a couple of days to visit. We made applebutter one day, that was fun and bringing back and making memories for us. We always got in the kitchen and cannedd with our mother.We use to peal peaches until our fingers was sore. We always brought a wash tub and washed the peaches and then begin to peal. It was not a lot of fun then, but if only we could do that again. It was a lot of work. My mother was a worker and a wonderful caring person, always made sure we had wonderful meals and a clean place to sleep. Her house was always clean, unlike her sisters, which never kept house. Mother saved everyting. Sorry my sister Rosie could not be here, or any of her family, everyone ask about her. The boys sing and had a singing engagement. They knew about this well in advance and did not have to set that but they did and we missed them. It was so good to sing with my sisters and brother. Rosie and Jeanette was always the singers in the family. I use to sing a little.

I have got to get this posted

HAVE A BLESSED DAY