In a message dated 10/15/01 8:36:59 AM Central Daylight Time, Debbie.Newby@dynetics.com writes: > I've been trying to gather info for many years > on the Osment (we use the "s") family -- my dad's family hailed from Middle > Tennessee (Woodbury/McMinnville). He will be 81 in November. Do you know > of any other reunions that will be going on any time soon or in the next > year or so? If so,would you let me know about them? I hope you had a > great time at the reunion, hope to hear from you soon. > Have a great day! > Debbie (Osment) Newby > Hi, Debbie I will be glad to let you know about any future Ozment/Osment reunions. We had about 200 people there descended from Cameron and Sophonia Catherine Osment [married cousins from (Middle Tennessee) Lebanon, Wilson County.] They are buried in the Osment Cemetery there. Their son, James Harrison Ozment, went all his life with the z spelling and hence my line of Ozments. We also met for the first time, Dwight Ozment from Richmond, Va., Evelyn Thoes from Athens, Texas, Frank Ozment from Austin, Texas, and Billie Wimberlie from Austin, Texas. All four of these are serious researchers and we all had our picture made together. I met all of these people on the internet and had shared information with them before. It was quite an honor for me to meet them. My only regret was the time went by so fast and I didn't get to talk to them enough. Also, there were brothers, Bill and Jim Ozment from Tyler, Texas (clan from Georgia). Also, Billie Wimberlie's uncle Bill Nelson was there. He is 80 years old and had a picture of a 1926 reunion of Ozments in Kansas. He was five years old in the picture. I believe he has 4 or 5 pictures of James Harrison Ozment which I had never seen before. We also had my mother who will be 80 this month and her sister who will be 82 years old at the reunion. Don't won't to make this too long for now. Lon Martin Amarillo, Texas