Hi Everyone: This is just to give you a short update on the busy reunion week end... The DYESS Genealogy-type meeting which was held Friday evening, April 28, 2000. It was great. All total we had 34 people who came by and/or stayed and shared information back and forth together. Thanks HOUSTON and GLENITH for coming by and visiting with us. We also had 4 lines of MATHIS people there who connected thru the DYESS family based on the marriage of Edmond D. Dyess and Margaret Mathis. Several of us local cousins represented the Margaret Mathis line. Three of Margaret Mathis' sibling lines were represented. Hirman Mathis Harmom Mathis Pheobe Mathis who married a Wells..... We had FOUR of the SIX Dyess brothers represented. People came from Fla, Ga, Al, Ms, and Texas to the reunion... Next year we will be moving this meeting to a larger place and will have it advertised better .... so... please mark your calanders for the last week end in April for next year............ The DYESS reunion on Saturday, April 29,2000, at the home of Rev. B. G. Dyess was well attended. There were about 125 people there; and, information was shared back and forth. Pictures were taken; and, will be posted on the internet soon. I will advise you all so you can go and view them..... Again, mark your calendars for the last week end in APRIL 2001!!!!!!! Shifting gears... <Smile> The SMITH reunion on April 30,2000....was one of our better attended one. There were over 100 people at this one. Barbara Swire had her new SMITH book (over 200 pages) at the reunion and everyone was very excited and bought all she had put together. She is busy today putting more together to fill orders that were taken. She has text and pictures with the references in the book. We are asking people when you reivew the book, please send Barbara the changes, updates, etc. She will put only a supplement out for next SMITH reunion. The book is $20.00 and well worth it. For anyone who has ever researched the SMITH name..need I say more???<smile> Thanks to ALL who made these two reunions a TOTAL success..... kaite...(Carolyn Dyess Bales)