Hi, ya'll! Gracie, good to have you here!!! I'm Lainie Hendrix (Alice Elaine POTTS Hendrix), born in Beckley when sand was still rock. My maternal grandparents were Harry Beuran ATKINSON, Sr., and Lillian Pearl LILLY. My paternal lines were in early PA and OH. My Raleigh families are ATKINSON, and LILLY......and I have direct connections to MEADOR, WOOD, MEADOWS, SHUMATE, COMMACK, MCGARY, DEAN, BRAMMER, and more, in the counties that surround Raleigh and then over into early VA. Since I'm so connected to all of them, I've amassed a nifty bunch of names. I don't send out my gedcom anymore (it's too big!), but I don't mind sharing my information! I'm one of those scary MEADOWS-LILLY people who are so related to themselves that it isn't even funny. I'm a direct descendant of "Randall Bob" LILLY and of his younger brother, Washington "Kinney" LILLY, both sons of Edmond LILLY and Edith "Edy" MEADOR. I'm also a direct descendant of Anthony MEADOWS and Mary "Polly" SHUMATE. My favorite genealogical quote: "Oh what tangled webs we weave, when with our cousins we conceive." Bob ZINGO, 1997. I think Bob sums it up just about right, don't you??? Lainie Hendrix