Family Reunions

 

 

This page contains information about family reunions for families throughout western NC as well as GA and TN.  If you would like to have your family reunion posted on this site, please contact the webmaster.  We are interested in reunions of any surnames common to western NC. We are posting info concerning both 2008& 2008 reunions. If your reunion has already been held in 2008, feel free to contact the person listed for info about the next reunion date.

 

 

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Moore

Morgan

 Morgan#2 Morris
         
Pannell Parker Parrish Passmore Poston
         
Price Queen Ray Reynolds Reynolds#2
         
Rice Roark Roberts
         
Moses Creek North Shore

 

Click on the surname or place above to go directly the the reunion info about that surname or place

 

Surnames and Places Beginning With

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The Annual

Martha Salmon Marchbanks & Francis Marion Marshbanks Family Reunion
 2nd Sunday in October (October 12, 2008)
At the Broyhill Chapel and Fellowship Hall
on the Mars Hill College Campus
Mars Hill , NC

A memorial service will be held at 12:00 noon in the Broyhill Chapel.
A covered dish luncheon will follow at 1:00p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
For more information contact Coleen Crawford at (828) 645-7289,
Whitney Yoder at (828) 628-4902, or Shirley Buckner at (828) 683-2741

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Hyatt, Luther, Joyce, Morgan, Mason, Earwood, Hendricks

and related families

 

2008 date to be announced

 Lake Julian Park in Skyland

 Shed Number 3 (beside the playground)

 beginning at 2 PM

ending whenever

 

For info contact Terri Jo

 jomckay@msn.com

 828- 658- 9834 or 828- 301- 7605.

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Matthews Reunion

Saturday, July 5, 2008

11:00 AM til....

Walnut Community Center

Walnut, NC

(Near Marshall, NC)

Come and bring pictures, records, etc & share!

Covered dish lunch at Noon

Paper goods provided

for further info contact:

Donna Matthews Worley

828- 649- 2378 or 828- 779- 6468

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McCoy/Welch/West Reunion  II

Saturday, May 24, 2008

10 AM - 3 PM

(or until ... if we aren't tired of talking & sharing info by 4 PM!!)

 

Oak Grove Baptist Church

Follow Highway 28 10 miles from Franklin

to Oak Grove Church, turn right

Church is at the intersection of Oak Grove Church & Lakey Roads

Covered Dish Lunch at Noon

for more info contact:

Jo Fender

2938 Scarlett Circle

Charlotte, NC 28723

(704- 588- 5731 or 704- 672- 6000)

jfender@bellsouth.net

 

Immediately following will be an Oak Grove Community gathering held at the same place. Homecoming and Decoration will be celebrated on May 25 at Oak Grove Church and Riverview Methodist with special singing and dinner on the ground.

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The McDowell DNA Research Project

1st Reunion for the DNA Participants

was held July 6th thru July 9th in Asheville ,N.C.  2006

Check back often for updates

We had a wonderful Reunion in 2006, we spent a day researching at OBCGS.  We went to the Grandfather Mountain, Highland Games on Bus and toured four McDowell Homes in 3 N.C. counties, We also helped in a small way to form a family group to help to save the Pleasant Garden McDowell Home in McDowell County. I am happy to report that the McDowell County News ran an article on our visit, and we have seen some great progress in the saving of this Important, North Carolina Home. We also had a wonderful dinner on the Grounds at the Smith McDowell House in Asheville, and came along side their efforts to keep the Museum alive that has its roots in the American Revolution, as well as one of the Hero's of the Kings Mountain battle, and to North Carolina History... IN general we had a blast meeting each other and sharing, we formed some really tight bonds, that have long outlasted 2006
 

We are making great progress with the DNA matches. McDowell families are finding their connections all over the Globe. During our first 3 years we seemed to be gathering members, and not seeing much from the testing, but now the results and matches are coming in like Gangbusters.  We must have passed some mystical point in the Number of folks in the Project . At any rate the folks joining now are all getting matches to others in the Project and we are busy working to connect our Documented Genealogy, and our DNA and This is where it can be very interesting.

 

Anyone interested can contact

Charlotte McDowell Baker or

Chuck McDowell

Co-Administrator, McDowell DNA Research Project,

Nashville, TN  

 

Come on Y'all!!!
 
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Messer Family Reunion

 

The Messer family will gather at Panther Creek Baptist Church

October 4, 2008

Bring

  • Food the family and food and drinks to share.

  • Family pictures, records, letters, or books to share with others.

  • Family Recipes
  • Lots of stories and memories to share with all.
  • Paper products will be provided.

 

See old friends and meet some new ones.

With all of us together we will have a great time!

So don't miss it.  There will be door prizes.

  

Joan Miller   jjseigmiller@comcast.net
Susie Barkley   gedteach@charter.net
Brenda Messer   geneslady@compascable.net

 

For further info contact:

 

Brenda Messer

828- 433- 7003

125 1/2 Walker Road

Morganton, NC 28655

 

Website: The Messerville Gazette
http://www.messerville.com/
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The Annual Reunion of the Descendants of

Abraham and Lydia (Stewart) Moore

including all descendant of

John Parker Moore & Millie Redmond Moore

 Saturday, July 19, 2008

Coonhunters' Club

Prentiss Bridge Road, Franklin, NC

 

Covered dish dinner @ 12 Noon

For more info call 828- 369- 8030 or e-mail Dee
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Morgan/Passmore Reunion

 

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Nantahala High School Gym

Nantahala, NC

12 Noon

 

Covered dish

for more information call

Linda Callahan

(336) 887- 6260

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For Passmore, see also the Passmore Reunion below
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The 13th Annual Lamb - Morris Joint Family Reunion

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Asheville, NC, Recreation Park – Western North Carolina Nature Center

on the Swannanoa River Road.
The gathering will take place at Shed #2
(at the bottom of the hill near the swimming pool)
Time: 10 AM - midafternoon
 

The reunion honors the descendants of Marmaduke Lamb and his wife Orpha Rollins, who relocated from Randolph County, NC, to Greene County, TN in the early 1800's. From there, many of their descendants migrated into Western North Carolina in the years immediately following the American Civil War.  The reunion also honors the descendants of Elias and Sarah Morris of Montgomery County, NC, and their sons who served the Confederacy (Zebedee, William, Larkin).  Zebedee and William relocated their families to Buncombe and Madison County, NC, just prior to the Civil War. This is not the Elias Morris who migrated to Kentucky. This Elias Morris died 30 August 1853 in Montgomery County, Pee Dee District.

 
The children of Marmaduke and Orpah Rollins Lamb were:

John Rollins Lamb* Charlotte Elizabeth Lamb
Lydia H. Lamb Margaret Lamb
David Rollins Lamb Riley Harland Lamb
James Rollins Lamb Oliver Marmaduke Lamb
Nathan Hamilton Lamb William Aiken Lamb

 

*Children of John Rollins Lamb (1811-1880)

and Sarah Elizabeth Ealy Lamb (1806-1876):

William Ryley Lamb John Oliver Lamb
James Aiken Lamb Rev. David Page Lamb
Thomas Nathan Lamb Elbert Sevier Lamb
Martha Jane Lamb Benjamin Franklin Lamb

 

Children of Elias and Sarah Morris

 

Cpl. Zebedee William Morris* William Chappell Morris
Thomas F. Morris Larkin A. Morris
Sarah Morris Henry W. Morris

James D. Morris

 

Zebedee and William moved to Madison County, NC

 

*Children of Corporal Zebedee William Morris (1827-1881), a disabled veteran of the Confederate States Army, 11th North Carolina Infantry, and his wife Emeline Williams (1827-1904) of Montgomery County  and of Madison County, NC. 

 

Pardee C. Morris Ellis Kerr Morris
Robert E. Lee Morris Martha Jane Morris
Missouri J. Morris Mary Ann Morris

Sarah Emeline Morris

 

For more info on this family, contact:

Marshall Styles -  Coordinator

864- 213- 9888 
20 Lake Valley Court,  Simpsonville, SC 29681
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Moses Creek Kinfolk

Hooper/Stephens & Allied Families & Friends

2008 date & time to be announced

Moses Creek Church

Jackson County, NC

Sunday Morning Sunrise Service  and putting new flowers on the graves

then to the church for dinner & singing all day

Kinfolks are: Stephens, Mills, Hoopers, Hodges

 Everyone is Welcome!

The church has a full kitchen so bring your own food, plates, cups & silverware.

Welcome One & All!
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PANNELL FAMILY POTLUCK PICNIC

June 10, 2008

5:30 PM

Poteet Park

Sylva, North Carolina

Please bring your own table service, beverage and a covered dish to share

Also bring your memories, family stories and pictures and let's get acquainted

 

Family members visiting the area would love to meet their relatives and exchange information. They are descendants of Andrew Jackson and Martha Gibson Pannel, Daniel and Mary Gunter Pannel, Jasper and Matilda Ensley Pannel, William and Catherine Arrowood Pannel and Henry and Synthie Raby. 


 

Contact

Karen at Mrnorthwind@msn.com or 208- 846- 8728

Tammy at Tamhbrih@aol.com or 208- 221- 0405

or Phil at phoanc@hotmail.com or 828- 488- 3786

 for more details.

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Decendents of David and Nancy Silver Parker Reunion
Coon Hunters Building

Wide Horizion Road off Prentiss Bridge Road

Spring Reunion:

Saturday, April 19, 2008

9:30 until

Bring covered dishes
contact:  Barbara Gregory
803- 327- 3015

 

Christmas Party

Date to be announced later

Coon Hunters' Club

Wide Horizion Road off Prentiss Bridge Road

Bring covered dishes
contact:  Barbara Gregory
803- 327- 3015
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Parrish Family Reunion

Saturday, July 5, 2008

 

Burningtown Baptist Church

Highway 28 North

Franklin, NC

 

Registration - 11 AM

Picture taking, socializing, and a short program 11 AM - 12: 30 PM

Covered dish lunch - 12:30 PM

 

  

Please bring pictures, photos & other articles of family interest

 

for more info, contact:

Joyce Kinsland

828-369-8307

Gloria Owenby

828- 524- 5811 or 828- 524- 0734

e-mail
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Parrish~Reynolds Reunion

July  25, 25, 27, 2008

Budget Host Inn*

3210 Pine Street

Abilene, Texas

(I-20, Exit 286A)

Reunion begins 3:00 PM -   June 25

Friday evening meal provided

Breakfast on Saturday & Sunday provided

Catfish Corner will provide lunch on Saturday

Please bring any treats, baked goods, & snacks you want to share

We will once again have our annual auction.

Please bring a handmade item if possible.

contact:

Ellen

830-228-5825

or

Gloria Owenby

828- 524- 0734 or 828- 524- 5811

*for motel reservations, call 1-888-672-5293 or 1-325-667-2683

Be sure to mention that you are part of the Parrish~Reynolds Reunion for a special rate.
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Passmore Family Reunion

July 19, 2008
 from Noon until 8:00 P.M.

1288 Georgia Road,

Franklin, NC  28734 

Phone:  (828) 349-2090  to get directions.

 

Come and join us for fun and fond memories.
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For Passmore, see also the Morgan/Passmore Reunion above
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Poston Family Reunion

Held 2nd Saturday in August each year. 

This year's reunion will be held 

Saturday August 9, 2008

  Old Cruso School in Canton, N.C.

Families will gather at 11:30 AM 

Covered dish lunch at Noon

Anyone interested is invited to attend. 

Contact  Karen McCracken   828- 667- 5349 or

Lois Davis   828- 298- 3851

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Annual Price Reunion

 

Sunday before Labor Day

This year's reunion will be held 

Sunday, August 31, 2008

 Price Cemetery

in Emert's Cove, Sevier County, TN

The Cemetery was established by John Palmer Price

from Spring Creek Madison County North Carolina in 1885,

and is part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 

It is located one mile from the Ranger Station

in the Greenbrier Section of the park.

 

Directions: From Gatlinburg take Hwy 321 (going to Cosby)

approx seven miles from Gatlinburg crossing over

The Little Pigeon River will be Emert's Cove Road.

Turn right for the cemetery--

signs for the reunion will be posted along the hwy.

 

Anyone and everyone is invited.

for information, contact

Betty Price

615- 349- 5872

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Annual Queen Reunion

Third Sunday in October

This year's reunion will be held

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Barker's Creek Community Building

on 441 N & 74W

2 miles west of Dillsboro, NC

Most everything furnished

Attendees are encouraged to bring a favorite dish

for information, contact

Betty Queen Monteith

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2ndAnnual Ray Family Reunion

The Descendants of John & Nancy (Sumner) Ray

and

The Descendants of Levi & Melinda (Deweese)  Ray

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Burningtown Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

11 AM - til?????

 Covered dish lunch at 12:30 PM

 

Come and enjoy enjoy an afternoon of  fun with

both new unknown cousins and those you've known a lifetime

 

Bring:

family photos, new & old

family history & genealogy to share

a big appetite!!

 

map and directions

 

 

for more info, contact:

Margaret (828- 369- 7387)

Nancy (828- 369- 6040)

Jessie (828- 524- 8145)

Gloria (828- 524- 0734 or 828- 524- 5811)

e-mail

Dee (828- 524- 9758)

e-mail

 

Everyone Welcome!

Come one, Come all!

 

 

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Reynolds Family Reunion

The Descendants of Abraham Reynolds

Asheville, N.C.

 

Date and details for 2008 reunion not yet available.

Keep checking back for updates

 

Contact

  Julia R. Nowlin

jnowlin125@aol.com

 

Julia's Reynolds Ancestry

My ancestor is Daniel Reynolds and Susan Adelia Baird married October 7, 1844.  Daniel Reynolds was the youngest son of Abraham Reynolds and Mary Leaser. They had a family home on Bent Creek in Buncombe. Daniel and Susan had 10 children,  the 3rd being William Taswell Reynolds, born in Asheville Oct 14, 1849, William married Mamie Spears they had four children: George Spears Reynolds (my grandfather), Robert Rice Reynolds , Janie Reynolds Wood & William Taswell Reynolds Jr., My dad was George Reynolds, Jr.

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Rice/ Wolfe Family Reunion

 

Saturday, September 27, 2008

9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

 

A gathering of Descendants of

James Overly Rice, Mary Elvira Wolfe, William Wolfe and Jane Hayes

 

 Rice Branch Road (Beaverdam Community) Asheville, NC

at the old home place of Civil War veteran James Ovely Rice

 

Events begin at 9:00 AM

9AM Graveyard tour to many of the graves of family ancestors

Also at 9:00 AM family historians and those interested in

family history will meet at the house to swap family history information

Please  bring old photos, family histories, and other items of interest to display.

 Bring covered dishes to share for lunch around noon

 

Followed by a brief memorial service and update of family information at the house

Followed by a walking tour of  the original family property on Rice Branch Road

Then picking and singing on the grounds presented by many of our Rice Cousins
 

For more information contact Lynn Henderson

 e-mail

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22nd Annual Roark Family Reunion

Descendants and allied families of Charles and Abigail Roark

Held annually on the last Sunday in June

You are cordially invited to attend the 21st annual Roark Reunion

June 28 & 29, 2008

Riverview Community Center

Creston, NC

Genealogy information exchange on Saturday (see below)

Lunch will begin at 12:00 noon on Sunday. Please bring your food already prepared & ready to serve. Drinks, ice & table service items will be provided by the reunion committee. However, feel free to bring extra ice &drinks if you wish. Please let our Reunion Secretary know who will be helping with the cleanup after lunch from your family. She will be coordinating the volunteers.
 
Come early. Don’t forget to sign in for our records (please print) . Be thinking about some tales (mostly true) about yourself or other Roark family members to share with the crowd. Please bring a new or slightly used item for our auction which starts around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2008. Proceeds go toward the Roark Cemetery Restoration Fund.

 

Tour of old Charles Roark homeplace - 3 PM
 

The Riverview Community Center (formally Riverview Elementary/High School) is located along the North Fork New River with a beautiful boardwalk right along the river with large grassy areas. The New River was designated as one of the 10 National Heritage Rivers in the nation.
 

The Center is located in the middle of ROARK Country. The Roarks were here before the American Revolution and many of them were involved in the battle of Kings Mountain. This battle destroyed Major Ferguson’s British Army, marking the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary War.
  

Many descendents of these valiant pioneers still live in the area today.  Charles Roark came to this area mid to late 1700’s. He settled only a few miles away from the Community Center. The foundation of his original log home still remains on the original site located on Peak Mountain. The Charles B. Roark log cabin will be open for touring starting around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday June 24, 2007.  While at the home you may get some history about who built the house and how it has been passed down through the Roark line to its present owner, Chris Taylor. From the house, some may want to hike the challenging way nearly 1/2 mile to the Roark Cemetery. The usual route will take you near the homeplace of Charles and Abigail Roark. Some steps and foundation are still visible. Bring a jug if you want to take home some fresh mountain spring water.
 

Roark descendants and allied families are invited to renew old friendships and gain new ones while participating in our reunion, auction, lunch and Roark Cabin Tour. In addition, our plans this year include a fun filled Roark Genealogy Family History Day in West Jefferson, NC at the Ashe County Public Library Heritage Room.

We suggest that reunion attendees visit the Heritage Room at the Ashe County Public Library in West Jefferson, NC on Saturday, June 28, 2008. This is an opportunity for fellow Roark Researchers to share with each other as well as to allow the Roark Family Association to continue the process of updating and adding current information to the collection of Roark Family Genealogy data published by our relative and expert researcher, Loveta Schweers in book and CD formats.

 

The Roark Recipe book with recipes furnished by many reunion members has
been published. It can be purchased at the reunion.

We will also have Roark reunion shirts and caps.
 
The Riverview Community Center is located at 11719 NC Hwy 88, Creston, NC.
From Jefferson, NC, it is approximately 15 miles from the intersection of
State Hwy. 88 and US 221. From Trade, TN, take TN Hwy 67 to NC Hwy 88 for
approximately 15 miles. Please contact us for a map or more details.

Please pass this information along to other interested Roark kin

and invite them to join us in keeping the Roark families alive

For more information,

please visit the Roark Family Reunion Website

located at: www.roarkfamily.org

or contact

Duard Walker, President
423-926-7008
cbrwalker@charter.net

Linda Roark, Secretary
904-645-0316
lmroark@comcast.net
secretary@roarkfamily.org

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Roberts Family Reunion

 

Descendants of John Roberts, Mary Roberts Phillips, Luke Roberts, Fannie
Roberts Crowder, William Roberts, E. S. Roberts, Andy Martin, and Pheobie
Roberts Mathis (all born in Madison County)

 

 

Saturday, June 14, 2008   11:00 AM

Erwin Lions Clubhouse

 188 Erwin Hills Road

Asheville NC 28806

 Lunch at 1:30 PM

Please bring a covered dish to share and drinks

Please come and plan to spend all afternoon.

 

Call Dorris Sherman 828/667-3981 with questions or for directions.
 

You may call any of these family members for info:
 

Helen Kitchin.......... 828- 667- 8046
Gail Moore.............. 828- 855 - 2288
Jimmy Phillips......... 828- 891 - 7838
Dorris Sherman...... 828- 667 - 3981
W. B. Willis.............. 828- 252 - 8123

 

 

 

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