Is that Jo Ann or anyway your sister that works at French Camp? > > Some of us haven't left work! > > I hope to try to do some research over the break and I'm trying to talk my > sister to go cemetery hunting with me over the holidays. Unfortunately, > she didn't get the gene that sees looking for abandonded cemeteries as > 'fun' > > Jeannine > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Don Grice wrote: > > > Hey, the line is so quiet today. Did everybody decide to get jobs and go > > back to work? > > > > ------------------------------- > > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Some of us haven't left work! I hope to try to do some research over the break and I'm trying to talk my sister to go cemetery hunting with me over the holidays. Unfortunately, she didn't get the gene that sees looking for abandonded cemeteries as 'fun' Jeannine On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Don Grice wrote: > Hey, the line is so quiet today. Did everybody decide to get jobs and go > back to work? > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I know...........some of us still have to work. I go back tomorrow after being off 2 weeks. It will be tough! But then, the next two weeks being holidays, I'll gradually get back into the work mode. Donnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannine K Smith" <jks1@ra.msstate.edu> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Quiet > > Some of us haven't left work! > > I hope to try to do some research over the break and I'm trying to talk my > sister to go cemetery hunting with me over the holidays. Unfortunately, > she didn't get the gene that sees looking for abandonded cemeteries as > 'fun' > > Jeannine > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Don Grice wrote: > >> Hey, the line is so quiet today. Did everybody decide to get jobs and go >> back to work? >> >> ------------------------------- >> Visit the Palmertree Family History website at >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey, the line is so quiet today. Did everybody decide to get jobs and go back to work?

Yes, Francine had told me that he died... O.D. =============================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggy palmertree" <psmpalmertree@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka OD, did you know that Don Ho had died April 14, 2007 of a heart faillure?

OD, did you know that Don Ho had died April 14, 2007 of a heart faillure? > Don and Ken, > In December 1969 Fran left Texas for Hawaii and I from Viet Nam for a > week > that we will always remember. > And Ken, we went to see the Don Ho show. We had A table up front and > Fran and her new friend that she met on the flight from Texas had real nice > Lei's, I probally spelled it wrong even with only 12 letters, but when the > time came Fran and her friend went on stage and put them arround Don's neck > and of course got a big kiss. Just one of the memories that one never > forget's. As it was a supper club I am sure that we ate but I don't remember > what we ate but the drink's were fine HA!!! > Francine's friend from Texas had a brother that was living there and as > his girlfriend was Hawaiian she made all of the arrangements for things for > us to > see. Some of her friend's had a wedding and she took us to a real Hawaiian > louah. Spelled wrong again... As they also had a car they drove us all over > the island and we didn't have time to go to any of the other island's. > I left for Viet Nam at 8 AM, 24 December for my trip back and arrived > about > 2 PM 25 December. The sun never set on us aad that is the longest day of my > life... I missed Santa... HA!!! > > O.D. > ====================================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> > To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:51 PM > Subject: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka > > > > Don, > > > > You go to Hawaii so much I'm going to start calling you Don Ho. "Ho ho > > ho..." > > > > Did you ever see him perform on any of your visits to the islands? He has > > always been one of my favorite performers and I have several of his CDs. > > One > > of my favorites of his is "Who Is The Lolo (Who Stole My Pakololo)". And > > of > > course, the sing-a-long song "Pearly Shells". I sure would have loved to > > see > > him perform in Hawaii. > > > > Glad you had a great time and are back safe and sound. > > > > Ken > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had > > 3 > > > > nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there > > to > > > > 30s here...................Donnie > > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don and Ken, In December 1969 Fran left Texas for Hawaii and I from Viet Nam for a week that we will always remember. And Ken, we went to see the Don Ho show. We had A table up front and Fran and her new friend that she met on the flight from Texas had real nice Lei's, I probally spelled it wrong even with only 12 letters, but when the time came Fran and her friend went on stage and put them arround Don's neck and of course got a big kiss. Just one of the memories that one never forget's. As it was a supper club I am sure that we ate but I don't remember what we ate but the drink's were fine HA!!! Francine's friend from Texas had a brother that was living there and as his girlfriend was Hawaiian she made all of the arrangements for things for us to see. Some of her friend's had a wedding and she took us to a real Hawaiian louah. Spelled wrong again... As they also had a car they drove us all over the island and we didn't have time to go to any of the other island's. I left for Viet Nam at 8 AM, 24 December for my trip back and arrived about 2 PM 25 December. The sun never set on us aad that is the longest day of my life... I missed Santa... HA!!! O.D. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:51 PM Subject: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka > Don, > > You go to Hawaii so much I'm going to start calling you Don Ho. "Ho ho > ho..." > > Did you ever see him perform on any of your visits to the islands? He has > always been one of my favorite performers and I have several of his CDs. > One > of my favorites of his is "Who Is The Lolo (Who Stole My Pakololo)". And > of > course, the sing-a-long song "Pearly Shells". I sure would have loved to > see > him perform in Hawaii. > > Glad you had a great time and are back safe and sound. > > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had > 3 > > nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there > to > > 30s here...................Donnie

Hey Ed............no real tan, maybe a little color. Didn't go in the ocean but Retha and Steve did. It's winter there too! The hot tub was nice! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Brown" <ebrown7137@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Aloha > Well are you all tan, and a surfing nut too!!! > > Ed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Grice" <donald_grice@comcast.net> > To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:39 PM > Subject: Re: [PTREE] Aloha > > >> Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. >> Had >> 3 >> nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there >> to >> 30s here...................Donnie >> >> ------------------------------- >> Visit the Palmertree Family History website at >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A Christmas note from the Hopper's one of the Gospel groups that we see... Fran and O.D. Every year millions of people around the world celebrate Christmas. It's a wonderful time of year. It brings out the child in each of us. We do things we never do any other time of year. We visit old friends and neighbors. We share food and clothing with those in need. We bake cakes that we never bake except at Christmas and give them to people we never see except Christmas. Folks bake mountains of Christmas cookies and candy. We look forward to the Christmas play at church, especially the children's' part. We sing the grand old Christmas carols - we decorate. Christmas traditions have been embedded in my very being for as long as I can remember. The family, the food, selecting the Christmas tree, looking for that special gift, I love it all. By far, the most important tradition I received as a child was the ingrained spiritual value that I still celebrate today. The entire landscape seems to take on the attitude of celebration. As we travel to our Christmas concert dates, we see sleepy little towns come alive with Christmas lights and the hustle and bustle of busy streets. I love the smiles and greetings as the crowds intermingle. The crispness of the wintry air often sprinkled with snow only adds to the magic of the season. I enjoy listening to Christmas music while getting out our decorations, making sure all of the little bulbs are working, trimming the tree, placing the carolers on the mantle amid the holly and pine branches that have been wrapped with lights and making sure everything is in it's proper place. Then with a cup of freshly brewed coffee, I stand back and watch as the interior and the exterior of the house comes alive with the brilliance of those tiny beautiful bulbs----while the hands on the electric meter start churning. Sounds busy doesn't it? There was no business concerning Christmas in Nazareth the day the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary. In those days I'm sure a teenage girl had a lot of responsibility - but did she have any idea what was in her future! Just as it happened over two thousand years ago in Bethlehem, a lot of people today miss Christmas. Even though they participate in the gift giving, enjoy the holiday music, eat their share of prepared delicacies, and join in the festivities, they miss the real meaning of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Bethlehem was filled to capacity with people coming for the taxation the night Jesus was born. While festivities were being enjoyed in the "in crowd" shepherds were watching their flocks as they did so many other nights on the hillside outside of town. It was an ordinary night watching the same sheep, probably no blue ribbon winners. They were simply sheep, and if you think about it, the shepherds must have smelled somewhat like the sheep and looked just as wooly. Isn't it wonderful when God enters the realm of the ordinary? "THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHOWN ROUND ABOUT THEM." The angel declared, 'UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD." An unknown author declared, "He became a man that we might become the sons of God. In infancy He troubled a king. In boyhood, He puzzled the teachers. In manhood He ruled the course of nature. He walked upon the billows, hushed the sea to sleep and healed multitudes without medicine. He never wrote a book, yet the libraries of the world are filled with volumes that have been written about Him. Never penned a musical note, yet He is the theme of more songs than any other subject. Jesus was born into the midst of oppressed people. People who were searching for hope and assurance. They needed to know that they were loved. Doesn't that sound like our world today? Be encouraged in the midst of global turmoil we have HOPE. Merry Christmas... The Hoppers

Thanks for sharing O.D. Sounds like you had a nice time there. Was the luau with the girl's family or one of the more commercial ones? If it was a private one, you probably had some great food. I booked a luau for us on Maui, on the north west side at Laheina (probably spelled wrong). About an hour's drive from where we were staying. There were around 300 people there and we were seated about center and front to the stage for the hula and fire dance show. The show was great. I think Steve videoed the whole show, about an hour. I got parts of it. Of course folks back in Arkansas had told Retha she had to try the poi, the Hawaiian food staple made from the tarro root. I guess you have to acquire a taste for it! Retha, for sure, will stick with our potatoes! I had tried it before, either in Hawaii or Tahiti, maybe both places, but I tasted it again just to make sure I still didn't like it! Potatoes for me too. lol It's about 60 degrees colder here this morning than it was when I left Maui on Monday. About 26 by my thermometer. My water's running, so I guess nothing froze. Donnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "od mcelroy" <odmcelroy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:34 AM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka > Don and Ken, > In December 1969 Fran left Texas for Hawaii and I from Viet Nam for a > week > that we will always remember. > And Ken, we went to see the Don Ho show. We had A table up front and > Fran and her new friend that she met on the flight from Texas had real > nice > Lei's, I probally spelled it wrong even with only 12 letters, but when the > time came Fran and her friend went on stage and put them arround Don's > neck > and of course got a big kiss. Just one of the memories that one never > forget's. As it was a supper club I am sure that we ate but I don't > remember > what we ate but the drink's were fine HA!!! > Francine's friend from Texas had a brother that was living there and as > his girlfriend was Hawaiian she made all of the arrangements for things > for > us to > see. Some of her friend's had a wedding and she took us to a real Hawaiian > louah. Spelled wrong again... As they also had a car they drove us all > over > the island and we didn't have time to go to any of the other island's. > I left for Viet Nam at 8 AM, 24 December for my trip back and arrived > about > 2 PM 25 December. The sun never set on us aad that is the longest day of > my > life... I missed Santa... HA!!! > > O.D. > ====================================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> > To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:51 PM > Subject: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka > > >> Don, >> >> You go to Hawaii so much I'm going to start calling you Don Ho. "Ho ho >> ho..." >> >> Did you ever see him perform on any of your visits to the islands? He has >> always been one of my favorite performers and I have several of his CDs. >> One >> of my favorites of his is "Who Is The Lolo (Who Stole My Pakololo)". And >> of >> course, the sing-a-long song "Pearly Shells". I sure would have loved to >> see >> him perform in Hawaii. >> >> Glad you had a great time and are back safe and sound. >> >> Ken >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. >> Had >> 3 >> >> nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there >> to >> >> 30s here...................Donnie > > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey Ken, You would just fit right in over there, knowing all those Hawaiian words and you used all 12 letters in their alphabet! The vowels, a, e, i, o, u and the consonants h, k, l, m, n, p, & w. Also, you reminded me I know more than 2 Hawaiian words! Poor Retha......I think most everybody she knows wanted something from over there! They didn't check any luggage going over, but had to check their two small suitcases going home and were loaded down with carry on bags. On United Airlines you can check one suitcase up to 50# for $15. Over 50# costs $125. Two bags 50# or less is $64. I had to transfer some things from my suitcase to my carry on. They didn't check my weight going over. Two people from where Retha works wanted Kona coffee. She got some blended coffee for them. The cheapest 100% Kona that I saw was around $29 a pound. I don't usually buy souvenirs except the macadamia nut candy. Most things might have Hawaii on them, but are made in China, Mexico or who knows where. I just bring back pictures and memories. Take care........Donnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:51 PM Subject: [PTREE] More Hawaiian stuff.. > Don, > > No, I sure didn't know there was only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. > > Now, you know we learned some Hawaiian words from Hawaii Five-O, like: > > Kahuna (big chief) > Lanai (balcony) > Haole (Causacian) > Hapa Haole (mixed person, Caucasian and Hawaiian) > Kane (man) > Kamehameha (Hawaiian King) > Luau (feast) > Lei (flower necklace) > Lolo (crazy) > Malihini (newcomer to the island) > Moke (big, tuff, local guy) > Pali (cliff) > Wahini (woman) > Wiki wiki (hurry) > > I sure like to watch that show. Wish I could find it in syndication now. > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don, No, I sure didn't know there was only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Now, you know we learned some Hawaiian words from Hawaii Five-O, like: Kahuna (big chief) Lanai (balcony) Haole (Causacian) Hapa Haole (mixed person, Caucasian and Hawaiian) Kane (man) Kamehameha (Hawaiian King) Luau (feast) Lei (flower necklace) Lolo (crazy) Malihini (newcomer to the island) Moke (big, tuff, local guy) Pali (cliff) Wahini (woman) Wiki wiki (hurry) I sure like to watch that show. Wish I could find it in syndication now. Ken

Don, I sure wish I had remembered you were going to Hawaii before Christmas. About 2 weeks ago I ordered my brother-in-law an 8 oz. package of peaberry Kona coffee for him to indulge in. He loves coffee, and I thought that might be a nice Christmas present for him. I probably could have gotten you to find me a deal on a bigger package cheaper there than ordering it online. I was astounded when I found out that peaberry Kona coffee (the most premo Kona coffee beans) sell for over $50.00 a pound. I regret not remembering you were travelling there and would be back before Christmas. Darn. It's all I can do to keep from tearing is present apart to try a cup of Kona coffee. It smells through the package and everything. I am sure he'll be able to guess what his present is even before he opens it on Christmas morning... ha. Ken

Don, You go to Hawaii so much I'm going to start calling you Don Ho. "Ho ho ho..." Did you ever see him perform on any of your visits to the islands? He has always been one of my favorite performers and I have several of his CDs. One of my favorites of his is "Who Is The Lolo (Who Stole My Pakololo)". And of course, the sing-a-long song "Pearly Shells". I sure would have loved to see him perform in Hawaii. Glad you had a great time and are back safe and sound. Ken -----Original Message----- Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had 3 nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there to 30s here...................Donnie

Thanks Ken and Mele Kalimaka to you. I might have seen Don Ho in 1974, my first time over there. I don't remember for sure. I see you know some Hawaiian. Did you know they only have 12 letters in their alphabet? About all I know is aloha means hello and goodbye and mahalo is thank you. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:51 PM Subject: [PTREE] Mele Kalikimaka > Don, > > You go to Hawaii so much I'm going to start calling you Don Ho. "Ho ho > ho..." > > Did you ever see him perform on any of your visits to the islands? He has > always been one of my favorite performers and I have several of his CDs. > One > of my favorites of his is "Who Is The Lolo (Who Stole My Pakololo)". And > of > course, the sing-a-long song "Pearly Shells". I sure would have loved to > see > him perform in Hawaii. > > Glad you had a great time and are back safe and sound. > > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had > 3 > > nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there > to > > 30s here...................Donnie > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I don't want the ice, just snow. I'll let you & Dorothy have the ice. It has been foggy here today. Don't see the sun too much, so I'm getting cabin fever. I think we are to have 1 day this week without rain until over into next week. I would love to share with you Dorothy. But I don't want to have to turn on the ac. Later Peggy > Hey Ken, > > I worked outside on my tractor getting up leaves in short sleeve shirt, the > temp was 78 in hot GA...all this week its going to be over 75... weekend > will have a turn around and get cooler... this is crazy weather it was 20's > most of the morning last week and Sunday when we had our December Golf > Tournament it was cloudy and very cool may even cold!!!! then Monday one day > later short sleeve shirts.. Go figure.... > > Ed > > > Merry Christmas to all the List and Peggy I hope you get snow and ice to > keep you warm..... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> > To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:49 PM > Subject: [PTREE] Weather > > > > Peggy and all: > > > > Yes, it rained here all day, with the temps in the mid-upper 50s. Then > > this > > afternoon, the temps started to drop and we are in for an ice event. The > > temp is already 22 here at 9:45 p.m. I would like to see the ice, because > > it > > really is pretty on the trees, but sure don't want an ice storm like we > > experienced 15 years ago! > > > > I'm about done with my shopping, too. Just a few more items for stockings. > > I > > need to get my rump in gear and get to wrapping the gifts I already > > bought. > > > > Everyone stay safe and warm, (or safe and cool for all our chilly-willy > > cousins...) > > > > Ken > > > > ------------------------------- > > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well are you all tan, and a surfing nut too!!! Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Grice" <donald_grice@comcast.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Aloha > Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had > 3 > nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there > to > 30s here...................Donnie > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey Ken, I worked outside on my tractor getting up leaves in short sleeve shirt, the temp was 78 in hot GA...all this week its going to be over 75... weekend will have a turn around and get cooler... this is crazy weather it was 20's most of the morning last week and Sunday when we had our December Golf Tournament it was cloudy and very cool may even cold!!!! then Monday one day later short sleeve shirts.. Go figure.... Ed Merry Christmas to all the List and Peggy I hope you get snow and ice to keep you warm..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:49 PM Subject: [PTREE] Weather > Peggy and all: > > Yes, it rained here all day, with the temps in the mid-upper 50s. Then > this > afternoon, the temps started to drop and we are in for an ice event. The > temp is already 22 here at 9:45 p.m. I would like to see the ice, because > it > really is pretty on the trees, but sure don't want an ice storm like we > experienced 15 years ago! > > I'm about done with my shopping, too. Just a few more items for stockings. > I > need to get my rump in gear and get to wrapping the gifts I already > bought. > > Everyone stay safe and warm, (or safe and cool for all our chilly-willy > cousins...) > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ken, You have rekindled my desire to visit some of the National Cemetery's in Tennessee. My g/grand father, William Carter McElroy, was shot and killed, 21 August 1863, at Chattanooga, just a few day's before the battle at Lookout Mountain... He is buried in an unknown grave somewhere there. O.D. ======================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:19 AM Subject: [PTREE] Barrentine C.S.A. Service > O.D. and all: > > I assume you are referring to Adelbert's father, Roan L. Barrentine, when > you write about the C.S.A. military service below. You noted that he was > wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and was sent home to recover from his > wounds. > > My g-g grandfather, Andrew Jackson Lawrence (from Attala Co., MS) served > in > Company G, 30 Mississippi Regiment. > He also fought at the Battle of Stones River at Murfreesboro, TN (31 Dec > 1862 - 3 Jan 1863). He died in battle on 1 Jan 1863 and was buried on the > battlefield. I live about 25 miles from Murfreesboro, and have wanted for > a > long time to go to the National Cemetery there and visit the graves of all > those who died in that tragic battle. They have a walking tour of the > park, > but I don't think I'd be able to make it the whole way around. I tire out > too easily with this heart problem. Maybe when I get a Jazzy motor chair I > can keep up with the walkers.... ha. I'm gonna put racing stripes on it, a > glass muffler, and super-charged motor so I can leave everyone in the > dust...... ha. > > > -----Original Message----- > 35th Mississippi Regiment, Company-K. "Dixie Boys", CSA. Severly wounded > at > Murfreesboro, Tennessee and sent home to take care of the wound... > > ============================================================== > > R.L. was an Inmate in Beauvoir Hospital for the last 3 and 1/2 years of > his > life. His address is listed as Ward-1, Beauvoir Soldiers Home. I have a > copy > > of his death certificate...

Aloha everybody...........I made it home from Hawaii late last night. Had 3 nights on Oahu and 6 on Maui. Nice time over there. Went from 80s there to 30s here...................Donnie