>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:28:16 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: bonedigr@concentric.net Mon Jun 28 12:28:15 1999 >From: "ccmiller" <bonedigr@concentric.net> >To: <GABANKS-L@rootsweb.com> >Old-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:30:39 -0700 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} KEASLER/KESLER Reunion >X-Envelope-To: GABANKS-L >X-Airmail-Delivered: Mon, 28 Jun 99 14:28:28 -0500 (CDT) >X-Airmail-Spooled: Mon, 28 Jun 99 14:28:23 -0500 (CDT) > >It is getting time to put your priorities in order and see where they >lie, there are 33 days left til the Kesler reunion in Franklin County >GA. Begins at 10:30 AM 1 August 99 at the Prospect Methodist Church >about 10 miles south of Toccoa, Ga in the juncture of the tri county >area of Banks, Franklin and Stephens counties. There will be Church >services with Preaching likely from Rev. Dennis Kesler and Gospel >music by he and his family if the agenda of past reunions sticks and >it likely will. Attendees will experience some of the best gospel >music around this part of the country anywhere. >Bring a spread of food to share with others in the activities building >aka dining area. Bring your family information to share if you would >like to do that. >I will again be trying to collect such information from attendees that >will provide the meat and potatoes of a book that has compiled the >family histories of ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES >OF PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH and their related families and also >includes the other families living in the Prospect Community during >the mid 1800's to present. I am not writing this book to publish it >myself, when finished it will be donated to the Church so that they >may publish it or not as they choose and if the book is not finished >and ready by the next reunion of year 2000 I will back out of it and >quit trying because I am getting no help from the families themselves. >People are not sharing their family information. >For example: one local family has the old Kesler [german] Bible, the >old James MILLER Bible, several old portraits and photos, old store >records, but will not allow anyone to even see it much less come share >it with the folks at the reunion. With attitudes like this it is a >wonder if we will ever find all the answers to our family histories. >Fortunately, I have the information contained in both those Bibles >provided to me as much as 26 years ago so although I cannot see the >Bible I know what is in it. >I hope people will open up and become generous with information that >is needed and desired by many other people. >it is only thru sharing that we will ever have adequate documentation >of our families' histories. >I have in depth [but not complete] family histories of all the >original members of the board of trustees and of several other >families as follows: >CRUMP, AYERS, KEASLER/KESLER, MARTIN, WHITFIELD, >PAYNE, POOLE, PURCELL, LEDBETTER, MABRY, WILLIAMS, MILLER. There are >other families represented in lesser degrees of completeness. >Information needed is YOUR FAMILY GROUP SHEET i.e. your parents names, >birth dates, death dates, locations, marriages, children and of course >if you know them include your grandparents and as far back as you can >go and include your children and their family group sheets as well. >The most welcome items you can send me are PHOTOS, STORIES [family >legends and tales of all kinds], DIARIES, JOURNALS, OLD LETTERS, etc. >I can scan a photo into the computer and send it back to you the same >day or day after just as quick as the US mail can run it back to you. >The other items will take a little longer to type or copy and get back >to you but I will not damage the items I am a careful and caring >person about such family valuables that I consider priceless >heirlooms. >As of today I have over 325 pages of material already in the word >processor, I only have about 20 photographs, that is not nearly enough >photos to support an undertaking of this magnitude so please support >this effort to document the history of the members of the Prospect >Community of franklin Co GA. >If you don't know whether your family fits or not PLEASE ASK ME AND I >WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOUR FAMILY IS LOCATED RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL >GROUP. I can run a quick check and get back to you but please share >information with us all. It is my opinion that the documents and >family information that was left to us by our ancestors is not really >our own property but should be shared at least to be read and seen by >the rest of our expanded family. >You share with me and I will share with you and give you credit for >providing the information to the group. Repeat: there is nothing in >this for me personally except the following. God's word to us is a >commandment Honor thy Father and thy Mother and how can you do that if >you don't lift your forefathers and mothers names up and say to the >world Hey, these are my Ancestors. Let's honor our Mothers and Fathers >this next Kesler reunion at Prospect. >Anyone needing directions may contact me and I will give you a step by >step set of instructions. >Thanks for taking the time to read all this, Charles Miller. >C. C. Miller >Lizzard's Thicket >30 Spivey Chase Lane >Jonesboro, GA 30236-5467 > > >"Don't worry bout me I am as organized as a henhouse full of >chickens." > > > >