This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reecer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oAB.2ACE/2491.2.1.3.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank-you for your prompt reply and the information! The timing seems to be about right for Jack's death. My Dad doesn't remember much about him other than the general circumstances of his death. My Dad will be eighty this year and we have been trying to get as much information and stories from him as possible when he is willing to talk about his life. He remembers his Dunning grandparents and that John "died early". I think the Reecer's must have lived near Callie's grandparents because he talked about his grandmother (being mean) and locking up their chickens in her barn. The boys were afraid to ask for them back so they would loosen up a board from the barn to release the chickens then chase them home. Dad said that he left home with Ab Dunning to pick tomatoes when he was about 10 years old. Dad said that he "did as much work as a grown man 200 hampers a day @ 10 cents a hamper". Most of the boys picked tomatoes until their mid teens then went to work for either Firestone or Chrysler. After Callie died, my Dad did not keep in touch with his brothers. Avery, Dona, Callie and Avery's friend were in route to visit another of Callie's son who was in prison. There were hard feelings about the car accident, apparently, Avery was driving and some question remained as to his sobriety. The owner of the car, according to my father, was Avery's drinking friend. The friend and Callie sitting on the passenger side were both killed that day. He instantly, however, Callie survived about 10 hours. Hunter was already remarried and it wasn't long after that my parents divorced. My Mother didn't keep in touch with any of my Dad's family at all and little with hers. Dad began to travel with his job and my brothers and I saw him about twice a year until we were older and on our own. I have some data on Callie and Hunter's family: one picture of all the siblings probably taken 40 years ago also some birth & death dates. Let me know if you are interested. I would love to have a picture of Callie. I was almost 5 years old when she died. Kathy