Greetings folks! It is with a sad heart that I report the death of my grandmother, Jewel Virginia Glanton Hardy Selph. I just returned from her funeral in Florida last night. You will find her obit from the Orlando Sentinel below. I am happy to report that her death has lead to two positive events: We announce Wednesday that there will be a Glanton family reunion next year. The first one will be in Florida. We would like to have a reunion every two or three years in a different places, like Edgefield County, South Carolina, or Limestone County, Alabama. The second announcement is that we (myself and some of my cousins) are going to start building a web page about the Glanton family. Please start thinking about what you would like to put on the web page. All that I ask is that you include your sources. If the information that you have is passed down through your family, then please state it as such. I’m going to be working on a biography of my grandmother, and on a list of Civil War soldiers with the last name of Glanton. Who am I? I’m a professional writer and researcher that lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. I’m the grandson of Jewel, the great- grandson of Claude, the great great-grandson of William H., the great great great-grandson of Dempsey, and the great great great great- grandson of Jonathan Glanton. I have many cousins in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Florida, and many other places that I would love to hear from, so please drop me a line. Regards, Michael C. Hardy PO Box 393 Crossnore, NC 28616 SELPH, JEWEL VIRGINIA HARDY, 80, Ocoee, died Feb. 21. Born in Athens, AL on January 14, 1923 to the late Claude and Rosalee (Gray) Glanton, she moved to Central Florida in 1957. As well as being a homemaker she was employed by Plymouth Citrus for number of years. She was a member of Magnolia Baptist Church, Apopka. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Hardy and J.E Selph and by her son Tony Vaughn Hardy. Surviving are her sons Gilbert Hardy, Alamo, GA; Michael Hardy and Jeffrey Hardy both of Apopka; daughters Martha Cavanagh, Orlando; Brenda Selph, Helena, GA and Robin Coon, Astatula; 24 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 10AM on Tuesday, February 25 at Oak Level Baptist Church with Rev. Walt Fowler officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Apopka. Visitation will be from 6-8 on Monday at the funeral home. COLLISON CAREY HAND FUNERAL HOME, 529 N. Ocoee Apopka Road (1/2 mile North of Silver Star) Ocoee, FL. Steven Stipanovich, funeral director (407) 656-3443. Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 2/23/2003. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail