Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays From The Free State Of Patrick. Happy 75th Birthday (December 19) to Erie Meredith "Erie-sistible" Perry. Congradulations to my parents, Erie and Betty Perry, on their 49th wedding anniversary (December 21). Click Here To Read This Month's Newsletter. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/thismonth This months newsletter is in memory of Eugene H. Copeland Sr., 98, of Fieldale, Virginia, who died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at Blue Ridge Rehab Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1908, to Isaac Austin Copeland and Bettie Hager Copeland. He is the father of Anne Copeland of the Bassett Historical Center. Memorials may be made to E.H. Copeland Memorial Fund, Bassett Historical Center, 3964 Fairystone Park Highway, Bassett, Va. 24055. Help The Building Fund of the Bassett Historical Center http://www.bassetthistoricalcenter.com/ http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/flyer.pdf Help The Patrick County Bookmobile Fund http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/bookmobile.htm Patrick County High School Alumni Association http://www.patrickalumni.com/index.html Annual Meeting and Social on Saturday, December 30th at 7:00 pm at the Williams' Barn. Please bring a covered dish for the meal. The Surry County Genealogy Assn. will meet 8 Jan. 2006 at 7:00 PM in the Teaching Auditorium at Surry Community College, Dobson, N. C. The speaker will be Tom Perry who will speak on, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" George Stonemans 1865 Raid This meeting is FREE and everyone is invited. For more information, call 1-336-755-9462, or email epdj1@earthlink.net Surry County Civil War Round Table will meet at the Mount Airy Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on January 2. Andy Cooper will be discussing Gettysburg. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/sccwr.htm If you are not a member of the Free State Of Patrick Internet History Group and would like to receive the monthly email newsletter reply to this email with the word Add in the Subject line. www.freestateofpatrick.com