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 2009 & 2010 reunions. If your reunion has already been held in 2009, feel free to contact the person listed for info about the next reunion date.

 

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Surnames and places beginning with S through W

 

Sams Setser Silver Silver/Parker Smiley Sosesbee

Solesbee
             

 Sorrells

 Sprinkle

 Stallcup

Stamey

Stephens

 Stewman

 Stines
             

Stuman

Trantham

Trentham

Wallace

Wardrop

 Weaver Welch
   v          
    Williamson   Wykle    

 

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

 

 

Surnames and Places Beginning With

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

 

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Sams Family Reunions

 

Sams Family Reunion

Flag Pond, Tennessee

Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend

(This year May 24, 2009)

Held at the Old Sams Homeplace

on Old US 23 just south of Flag Pond

Covered dish lunch at noon

Bring family history info and pictures to share

Will include a visit to the family cemetery

for directions and/or more info, contact Jacqui Justice

 

Sams Family Reunion

Mars Hill, NC

2009 details to be announced

Center Community Center

(The Old Center School)

(Follow Highway 213 east from Marshall or west from Mars Hill to Petersburg,

turn north onto Petersburg Rd, follow to the intersection.  The building in the

forks of the road is the Community Center)

Covered dish lunch at 1 PM

 

for more info, contact Jacqui Justice

 

Everyone Welcome!!

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Setser Reunion

First Saturday in August

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Covered dish lunch  12:30 PM

Louisa Chapel Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

Franklin, NC

contact

Wallace Setser

5 Three Dove Road

Candler, NC 28715

828-667-3085

e-mail

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Silver Family Reunion

Kona, Mitchell County, NC

 

Fourth Weekend in July

2009 details to follow

in the basement Fellowship Hall

Silver Missionary Baptist Church,

Kona, Mitchell County, North Carolina.

 

Lunch can be bought on Saturday

Sunday morning 10 AM

those who desire will gather at the Kona Cemetery

Sunday is the standard bring lunch for your family plus two.

If you prefer to bring one item like meat or vegetable,

bring a larger serving or enough for about 10 to 12.
Drinks, plates, cups, napkins, silverware. etc.

will be furnished by the church.

 

The doors to the archives will open both days at  9 AM and will close around 5 PM.

Maxine McCall will be presenting both days

Maxine McCall is going to share again with us about the fascinating things she has learned while doing research for the Heritage Edition of They Won't Hang a Woman - this book is dedicated to Wayne Silver and is finally in the last stages of being finished. The printer is about finished and it has to go through the binding stage. She expects to have all purchased books delivered to the people before the reunion and will have additional books for sale with her.

 

Speakers, story tellers, children's games, genealogy, memorial service, worship service, and tours.

Contact:

James "John" Silver  - 302-697-1520

Laura Cooper  - (865) 659-0509

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~silver/south/index.html

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Silver/Parker Reunion

Descendents of David and Nancy Silver Parker Reunion

Coon Hunters Building

Wide Horizon Road off Prentiss Bridge Road

Spring Reunion:

2010 Details to follow

9:30 until

Bring covered dishes

contact:  Barbara Gregory

bgregory@comporium.net

803-327-3015

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Smiley Family Reunion

The Annual Smiley Family Reunion

of

The Descendants of Jesse Madison Smiley

 

is held the 2nd Sunday in July

This year the reunion will be held July 12, 2009

Cold Springs Baptist Church

Bryson City, NC.

for details contact

Elise Bryson

smileyreunion@yahoo.com

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16th National Sosebee/Solesbee Reunion

June 26, 27 & 28,2009

HOLIDAY INN
LANIER CENTER
400 E. E. Butler Parkway
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone Number 1-800-782-8966

 

(Holiday Inn bought out Best Western

Best Western is where we had the previous reunions

Same address & phone number)

 

for more information, contact:

Iola S. Gramling

4749 Aaron Sosebee Rd.

Cumming, GA 30040

678 - 513 - 1647

e-mail: iolasg@aol.com

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Andy and Carrie Sorrells Annual Family Reunion

 

Third Saturday in August.

This year: Saturday, August 15, 2009

Covered dish lunch - 1:00 PM

Coon Hunter's Club

Wide Horizon Road off Prentiss Bridge Road

Franklin, NC

contact

Doris Cheek

282-524-3538

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Annie Sorrells Annual Family Reunion

 

First Sunday in October

This year:  Sunday, October 4, 2009

Covered dish lunch - 1:00 PM

Coon Hunter's Club

Wide Horizon Road off Prentiss Bridge Road

Franklin, NC

contact

Doris Cheek

282-524-3538

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Sprinkle Family Reunion

2009 details to follow

Franklin Jaycee Memorial Park

Franklin, NC

covered dish at noon

for information, contact

Janet Rowland

828-524-6945

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Stallcup Family Reunion

Third Annual Stalcop Gathering

of the

Descendants of Lucius Harvey Stallcup

Saturday, July 11, 2009

(the Saturday before the Second Sunday)

Hughes Branch Road

Bryson City, NC

10:30 AM - 5 PM

Directions

Following  Highway 74 take Exit 67 at Bryson City. 

(If exiting from the westbound lanes, turn right at end of exit ramp,

If exiting from the eastbound lanes, turn left at end of exit ramp.)

Go through first traffic light.

At second light, bear left on Highway 19 West.

Follow Highway 19 to Hughes Branch Road.

Turn left on Hughes Branch Road.

Watch for signs for Gathering

 

Please RSVP to contact info below

(we want to be sure we have enough food and handouts for everyone!)

 

Features this year

10:30 AM - Noon: Greetings, Registration, Get Acquainted

(bring and share your artifacts, books, photos and family charts)

Lunch: 12 Noon

(some traditional Stalcop Family foods will be served)

Porch Entertainment

 

for more details contact:

Larry Spencer Stallcup
1436 Lakeview Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
757- 464- 4974
email: Stalcop@aol.com

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Stamey Family Reunion

2009 details to follow

 Pleasant Hill Methodist Church 

 Hwy.19-23  Candler, N. C. 

Anyone interested is invited to bring a covered dish and join in. 

 We will gather about 11 AM with covered dish lunch around Noon. 

 If interested, contact 

 Lois Davis  828-298-3851 e-mail: hedgerose@bellsouth.net

or Mary Lou  e-mail: mmlou123@aol.com

 

Stamey Family Reunion in GA

  Ellijay, Ga.

3rd Sunday in May

This year  will be held May 17, 2009

 Riverside Park on Highway 5 South

 11 am to 4 pm. 

 Covered dish lunch at 12:30 PM 

For further information. Please contact

 Lorraine Wilson 

email: wilsonlg@bellsouth.net

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Moses Creek Kinfolk

Hooper/Stephens & Allied Families & Friends

Check back often for 20089 update

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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The 3rd Annual

Stewman/Stuman Family and Friends Reunion & Cookout

2009 details to follow

Macon County Recreation Park

Georgia Road

Franklin, NC

Noon - 3:PM

This year, we’ve made it a little different

we’re cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for all

We’re furnishing the hot dogs, hamburgers, fixin’s,

buns, plates, cups, utensils,

and the fire and the cooks and the fireman

 

We do need you to do a couple of things:

First, we need you to send us $5.00 for each person you’re bringing with you to help pay for the dogs and burgers, etc.  Here’s how you do that: Print and fill out the form:

 

 Form (text format)

Form (pdf fromat)

 

 and mail to the address on the form

 

Second, neither man, woman, nor child lives by hot dogs and hamburgers alone, so we’re gonna need some home cookin’, like deviled eggs, potato salad, fruit salad, slaw, some homemade baked beans and some of those great made from scratch mountain cakes and pies.  Also, please bring a drink.

 

Of course, if we have to get by on just hot dogs and cake, we can!

 

Please bring any family history, photos, old Bibles,

documents or any other items of interest to share.

 

For further information or directions,

please contact 

Sharon Noble

or

Marsha

marshae_1999@yahoo.com
 

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Directions from Asheville, N.C.:

Take I-40 east to Greensboro.
Take US 220 south to Asheboro.
Take US 64 east to Ramseur.
As you are coming into Ramseur turn left on US 22 west.
When you cross a bridge take the first right which is the entrance to the park.
We will have signs up from Ramseur.
If you have any questions about Ramseur, N.C. contact: Alvin Bell Ph# 336-798-3111 e-mail bell1295@aol.com

Charles Alvin and Susie Stines Family Reunion

June 27, 2009

Ramseur, NC

(reunion will be in Ramseur in 2009 & 2010 and in Mars Hill in 2011 and 2012)

12:00 Noon Until ?

Everyone Welcome!!

 

Covered dish lunch -- come early & stay late!


Contact: Bruce T. DeBruhl

828-680-9677
e-mail

 tcmbruce@aol.com

 

Directions to Mars Hill for use in 2011 and 2012

Directions from Asheville, N.C.: Follow future I-26 West to Mars Hill Exit. (Exit # 11) --- Approximately 18 miles. Turn left onto NC 213 west. Follow NC 213 west -- approximately 2 miles -- turn left on Gabriels Creek Road and go approximately 2 miles -- turn left on Gabriels Creek Church Road.

   

Directions from Hwy. 25/70 Marshall, N.C. -- take Mars Hill exit -- turn left on NC 213 east to Mars Hill -- approximately 12 miles. Just before you reach Mars Hill City limits you will turn right on Gabriels Creek Road. Go approximately 2 miles -- turn left on Gabriels Creek Church Road

 

From Erwin, Tenn. take future I-26 east to Mars Hill -- exit # 11 -- approximately 25 miles. Turn left on NC 213 west and go approximately 2 miles to Gabriels Creek Road. Turn left onto Gabriels Creek Road and go approximately 2 miles -- turn left on Gabriels Creek Church Road.

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Trentham/Trantham

Fines Creek, NC, 

3rd Saturday in September: September 19, 2009

take Fine's Creek Exit (Exit 15) on I40 on the Gatlinburg side of Asheville, NC

Follow Fines Creek Road to Fines Creek School on the left

Covered dish lunch at 12 Noon

Bring pictures and family information to share

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 Trentham/Trantham Gatherings in TN

26th Annual Trentham Reunion

Gatlinburg, TN

2nd Saturday in August:  August 8, 2009 at Holt Park

Gatlinburg, TN

9 AM til ...

Covered dish lunch at Noon

Bring genealogy stuff and photos of your family members.

The older the photos the better.

You may wish to bring a lawn chair (seating is at picnic tables.)

There are rest rooms and small playground for the kids.

It's nice to go exploring along the river that runs by the pavilion.
 

Directions:

Traveling from Pigeon Forge into Gatlinburg... the very first thing you see on your RIGHT as you enter Gatlinburg is Holt Park. There is then a curve to the RIGHT. Stay in the right lane. Slow down as you get in sight of the FIRST red light, because it's easy to miss the little street. A few car lengths before you get to the red light, on the RIGHT there is a small green sign up high on a tall post that says "Holt Park". You turn RIGHT there on the RIGHT side of that little sign. (This road turns on the left side of what used to be the old Trentham Hardware building. Not sure what is there now.)  This is the first right turn you can make after you go past the by-pass and start into Gatlinburg. After you turn, the road immediately "disappears" below you. You go DOWN the hill and then SHARP RIGHT and follow road across a narrow bridge. The road dead ends at the pavilion where our reunion is held.

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Wallace Reunion

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Covered dish lunch  1 PM

Louisa Chapel Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

Franklin, NC

contact

Donnie Wallace

477 Louisa Chapel Road

Franklin, NC

828-524-3980

e-mail

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Waldrop Reunion

Descendants of Jake and Cordelia Ray Waldrop Family

of Madison County NC, Upper Laurel Township

2009 to be announced

Dacusville Lions Club Building in Dacusville SC

 Covered dish dinner - paper products, ice and drinks provided. 

 

Bring any photos, articles or stories to share. 

Scanner and computer will be on site for use.

E-mail for directions or to receive newsletter.

Includes Rogers, Smeltzers, Franks and more
Contact

Angela

or

Lynn

Hope ya'll can come and help finish putting the "Waldrop Puzzle" together !

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John and Pheriba (Talley) Watkins
Descendants and Allied Families Reunion


3rd Sunday in October (October 17, 2009)
At the Woodsmen of the World Facility
In Dillard, GA

A covered dish luncheon to be served at 12 noon.
Paper good will be provided.

For more information contact:
Dot Watkins Chastain
1567 Gum Springs Ch Rd
Jefferson, GA 30549
(770) 823-5998

Descendants lines are those of:
Judson and Janie (Watkins) Carpenter
(this line includes: Henry’s; Vinson’s; Greenwood’s; Talley’s)
Judson and Ruthe (Watkins) Green
(includes: Green’s as well as allied family, Brown’s)
Henry and Isabelle (Watkins) Sanders
(includes: Bryson’s; Ledford’s; )
Martin and Polly (Watkins) Ramey
George and Rachel (Watkins) Ellenburg
(Gilstrap)
Jim and Rosetta (Watkins) Ramey
Dolph and Elizabeth (Watkins) Picklesimer
Ingram and Margaret (Watkins) Miller

The men of John and Pheriba’s children
Include descendants of:
Bill Watkins & Martha Stines
Ev Watkins & Mary Gibson
John Lewis Watkins & Clarissa Green
Mont Watkins & Malinda Ramey
George Watkins & Etta Kell

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Weaver Reunion

 one of the oldest reunions in the WNC area

"The Tribe of Jacob",

the first child of John,

which now invites all the descendants of pioneers

John and Elizabeth Biffle Weaver of Weaverville.

 

Second Saturday in August, (August 8, 2009)
Business Meeting - 11 AM

Covered dish lunch at noon

2009 Location to be announced

 
 It actually began in 1859 as a reunion of Jacob and Elizabeth Siler
Weaver and their family, but was interrupted from 1866 until 1896 by
deaths of family members and the Civil War and its consequences.
 

Contacts

Jan Lawrence
828-658-3934

or

Josephine Osborne

 828-645-6555

31 Alabama Ave

Weaverville, NC  28787

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Montraville Weaver Descendants Reunion

Second Sunday in August, (August 9, 2009)

2 - 5 PM

Vance Birthplace

911 Reems Creek Rd.
Weaverville, N.C. 28787

 

Cold watermelon and ice water to be served

 

Montraville Weaver was the youngest son of John Weaver.  He gave the land for Weaverville and the money and land for Weaverville College (later name Weaver College.)

You are invited to join the group for dinner at the Weaverville Milling Company (1 Old Mill Lane, Weaverville, NC)  on Saturday evening, August 9.  Contact Jan Lawrence for details.

for more info contact:

Jan Lawrence

828-658-3934

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McCoy/Welch/West Reunion  II

Saturday, May 23, 2009

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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Gladwell, Glidwell, Henson, & Williamson Family Reunion

Second Sunday in  July

This year: Sunday, July 12, 2009

Covered dish lunch - 1:00 PM

Otto Fire Department

Otto, NC

contact

Max Gladwell   828-524-5442

or Virginia Bryson  828-369-9969

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The 20th Annual Reunion

 of the

Descendants of Samuel N. Wykle
 4th Sunday in August (August 23, 2009)
 at the home of Martin Wykle**
Covered dish dinner @ 1:30 (no pork please)
For more information contact Bill or Dee Wykle
at: 828- 369- 9210 or deewykle@hotmail.com
(please put Wykle Reunion in subject line)

** Check back before the reunion for a possible location change

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