Folks, I really don't know how to start this email to you. It's with much embarrassment that I must let you know that the Tennessee Germanna Families/Broyles Reunion will NOT take place on the 14th and 15th of September this year. Now, to explain. The Reunion, and Broyles Homecoming, have ALWAYS been on the SECOND FULL WEEKEND of September, for years and years. Unfortunately, most of the cousins who started the get-together have passed on, and the ones who remain are in their twilight years. Seems that some of the "old-timers" in the community "remembered" that the Homecoming was always on the 2nd Sunday of September, not on the Sunday of the SECOND FULL WEEKEND of the month. In other words, in the past, if Sunday fell on the 1st day of the month, then the Reunion/Homecoming would be on the 14th and 15th, NOT on the 7th and 8th. Unfortunately, the Pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (he is relatively young and took his cues from the "elders") made announcements and put out bulletins saying the Homecoming would be on the 8th. Since "no one had specifically told him" that there would also be a Reunion on Saturday this year, he ASSUMED there would not be one. In other words, everything is so screwed up I'm not even going to try to make arrangements for the Reunion on Saturday, the 7th. The community can have its Homecoming on Sunday, the 8th. We'll just have to wait until next year and see if we can get someone up there in that community to take charge. I live about 120 miles away and have been doing all the arrangements and scheduling via email and phone for 3 years now. I don't want to do that any more -- I don't want to be the one who is embarrassed when things don't turn out the way they're supposed to. So, I hope all you cousins who had planned to attend will forgive me for this fiasco. Cancel your plans, and maybe things will work out better next year. If enough of you could change your plans and make it on Saturday, the 7th, we could still get together; but, I know how difficult it is to make drastic changes in plans. If everyone, including John Blankenbaker and Thom Faircloth, could make it on the 7th and 8th, we could hold the Reunion. I was so elated this year because we were expecting over 35 primary out-of-the-area cousins, some who were coming from far-away states. Many of these cousins had never attended the Reunion/Homecoming, and it would have been the first time we had a chance to meet them. If any of you can switch dates on such a short notice, please let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In any case, all of you are welcome to attend the Homecoming on Sunday, the 8th, and meet all your cousins. Regards, and with Regrets, George

George Wow! This is a real disappointment - we understand how these things can happen, the real problem is that we can't reschedule to the 7th or 8th. We have our tickets for travel the following weekend so we'll just keep them for next year. We wanted to come to last year's reunion but had a conflict. So, we'll wait another year it looks like. Well, age is supposed to give one greater patience. Appreciate your work on these and hope to see you at the next one. It may work out that we will visit that part of Tennessee sooner since we have kids and grandkids in Franklin and travel there at least once a year. Mike Willhoit "George W. Durman" wrote: > Folks, I really don't know how to start this email to you. It's with > much embarrassment that I must let you know that the Tennessee > Germanna Families/Broyles Reunion will NOT take place on the > 14th and 15th of September this year. > > Now, to explain. > > The Reunion, and Broyles Homecoming, have ALWAYS been on the > SECOND FULL WEEKEND of September, for years and years. > Unfortunately, most of the cousins who started the get-together > have passed on, and the ones who remain are in their twilight years. > Seems that some of the "old-timers" in the community "remembered" > that the Homecoming was always on the 2nd Sunday of September, > not on the Sunday of the SECOND FULL WEEKEND of the month. > > In other words, in the past, if Sunday fell on the 1st day of the > month, then the Reunion/Homecoming would be on the 14th > and 15th, NOT on the 7th and 8th. > > Unfortunately, the Pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian > Church (he is relatively young and took his cues from the > "elders") made announcements and put out bulletins saying > the Homecoming would be on the 8th. Since "no one had > specifically told him" that there would also be a Reunion on > Saturday this year, he ASSUMED there would not be one. > > In other words, everything is so screwed up I'm not even > going to try to make arrangements for the Reunion on > Saturday, the 7th. The community can have its Homecoming > on Sunday, the 8th. We'll just have to wait until next year > and see if we can get someone up there in that community > to take charge. I live about 120 miles away and have been > doing all the arrangements and scheduling via email and phone > for 3 years now. I don't want to do that any more -- I don't > want to be the one who is embarrassed when things don't > turn out the way they're supposed to. > > So, I hope all you cousins who had planned to attend will > forgive me for this fiasco. Cancel your plans, and maybe > things will work out better next year. > > If enough of you could change your plans and make it on > Saturday, the 7th, we could still get together; but, I know > how difficult it is to make drastic changes in plans. If > everyone, including John Blankenbaker and Thom Faircloth, > could make it on the 7th and 8th, we could hold the Reunion. > I was so elated this year because we were expecting over > 35 primary out-of-the-area cousins, some who were coming > from far-away states. Many of these cousins had never > attended the Reunion/Homecoming, and it would have been > the first time we had a chance to meet them. > > If any of you can switch dates on such a short notice, please > let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In any case, all of > you are welcome to attend the Homecoming on Sunday, the > 8th, and meet all your cousins. > > Regards, and with Regrets, > George > > ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== > Don't forget, there is also a new WILHOIT Mailing List at Rootsweb. > Subscribe to it the same way you did to this WILHITE List. > (To contact the Listowner, send to georgedurman@home.com) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237