Hello Abner and Mary Isabelle (Belle) Combs Adams descendants! The descendants of Abner and Belle Combs Adams will be meeting this year near Boone, NC on September 10, 2005 from 10 am till . . . . That is the first Saturday after Labor Day. The usual park in Mountain City was not available for that date, so the Reunion will be held at the Hopewell Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. I'll bring the ICE and some food. Please bring Covered Dishes and drinks to share with the group. There is no certain menu, just bring something good and we'll hope for a real feast! If you can bring Plates, Forks or Napkins let me know. The Fellowship Hall has a full Kitchen and plenty of tables and chairs, as well as a covered area outside. A real nice place and we will take up an offering to give to the Church for letting us use their building and facilities. The church is located on Hopewell Rd., just off Hwy. 194 North. That is about 6 1/2 miles from Boone where 194 turns off US 421 there at Perkinsville. (Turn by Hardee's by Lowe's Foods and where the old Roses store was). As you go out from Boone, you'll pass Meat Camp Rd. on the left. Then you'll pass the Meat Camp Baptist Church on the left. Next you'll pass the Big Hill Rd. on the right that goes to Greene Valley School. Next, on the right you'll pass the old Greene Valley School on the right. You'll pass the dumpsters on the left. Next will be the Hopewell Rd. on the left. Turn there and the church is at the top of the hill, right in the curve. Come, meet old friends and new. JUST COME! Also, PLEASE, SPREAD THE WORD! Time is short for getting the word out to everyone. ************************************** FYI Known Descendants of Abner and Mary Isabelle Combs Adams, as I have them in my FTM files. I know my information is woefully incomplete, but maybe this will help some decide if they are descendants of Abner and Belle Adams. Also, I stopped at my mother's generation. Didn't want to publish too much information here. Note that George Willett Adams and his first wife, Alice Norris are buried in the Hopewell Cemetery. I descend from George Willett and his second wife, Bessie Eggers. I know that Willett's sister, Alverta has some descendants with the surname "Barlow" and "Sutherland". If anyone knows how to contact any of them, please let them know about this Reunion. I hope my Uncles Dwight, Ray, Smith and will be there. Dwight just turned 93 and if you haven't met him, don't miss this chance to meet the three of them. They are George Willett's three youngest sons. Also, at the Reunion I will have information about where Abner and Belle are buried, with directions on how to get there. Please bring any information you have that would be of interest to others. I'm gonna put a message up on the Watauga NCGenWeb mail list. Please keep discussions that are specific to this Reunion in direct mail to me and others that are listed on the mailing of this message. That way it won't wear the folks on the list out with discussions that aren't of interest to them. I'll keep you informed on anything else that comes up. Descendants of Abner Smith Adams 1 Abner Smith Adams 1851 - 1934 . +Mary Isabelle Combs 1856 - 1923 . 2 George Willett Adams 1876 - 1927 ..... +Alice Norris . *2nd Wife of George Willett Adams: ..... +Bessie Eggers 1883 - 1955 .... 3 Alford Adams ........ +Polly Barnes .... 3 George Adams ........ +Maude Davis ....... 4 George Butler Adams ....... 4 Edith Adams ........... +Mac Winebarger ....... 4 Edna Louise Adams ........... +Earl Winebarger .... 3 Ivor Adams ........ +Carl Reece .... 3 Ethel Adams 1902 - ........ +Worth Graham ....... 4 James Graham ....... 4 Jewel Graham ........... +Church .... 3 Allie Belle Adams 1903 - 1970 ........ +Stanford Jonathan Cole 1903 - 1951 ....... 4 Gladys Juanita Cole 1924 - 1996 ........... +Charles Worley Miller 1919 - 1982 ....... 4 Lorenzo Dow Cole 1925 - ........... +Martha Juanita Mabe . 2 Alfred Lee Adams 1887 - 1941 ..... +Hattie Lewis .... 3 Ernest Adams .... 3 George Boyd Adams ....... 4 Alda Boyd .... 3 Virjean Adams .... 3 Robert Adams .... 3 Lamar Adams .... 3 Lewis Adams .... 3 Ralph Edward Adams 1907 - 1982 ........ +Nancy Elizabeth Winters 1908 - 1988 ....... 4 Nancy Carolyn 1936 - ....... 4 Edward Bryan 1941 - ........... +Sandra Kay Gilbert 1942 - . 2 John Dolphus Adams 1889 -