HELLO RENEE, this from our mobile, ala. cousin GLENN VERLOIN deGRUY... apparently a very talented furniture CRAFTSMAN.... it would be good to have those folk join us.... MICHAEL VERLOIN deGRUY & FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY, his brothers also if possible... THANKS & ALL BEST... gene P.S. sorry to hear about kitty... we have missed her messages... see below... -----Original Message----- From: Glenn deGruy Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Arlene Mitchell Greetings Mr. Ray, I just got off of the telephone with Arlene Mitchell, and she had very much enjoyed your company on a recent flight. I am the son of Frank de Gruy Jr. and Katherine Collins. His parents were Frank de Gruy Sr. (Verloin) and Era Coney. You already know that I suppose. I only have dial-up and don't email much, but I was very interested in what Mrs. Mitchell told me and followed a couple of threads re degruy trying to find your website. (Ours is degruywoodworks.com) We lost dad a little over a year ago, mom is still with us. Frank III is in Denver, chairs family practice @ U C, Mike is in Santa Barbara, I went with him when he spoke at a film festival in San Diego a few years back, Ken is in Las Vegas. I suppose I will follow a bit more of the research, you have done. Mike will be very interested, as of late he has been doing a bit of research on family history. By the way, the Mitchell's are a very interesting family. Many of the buildings around Mobile are named for them, and their art collection is outstanding.Many of the works are in books, serious works. Better close for now, best regards, Glenn _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail� is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009