Special thanks go to Karen and Janet for clearing up some of my questions. Everyone who had a hand in planning this reunion is to be congratulated.
The high point for me was the dedidation at Tyger Church and Cemetery. It was awesome just thinking that all these folks could be attending this memorial for a brave man and woman who started it all so long ago. Thoughts crossed my mind that Reuben and Hannah were charter members of Tyger Church at a time when there were only fifteen states in the new United States and two-thirds of the population lived on the East Coast. Thomas Jefferson was President.
The marker is simply beautiful, a fitting honor for our ancestors. I stood, misty-eyed, with my cousins at the ceremony and realized this was indeed a glorious Memorial Day.
Thanks to all of you who attended and to those who could not but were thinking about us.
And a great big "Thank you" to Reuben and Hannah.
Gerry Dickens