MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New year to everyone.
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New year to everyone.
Our Family and the Civil WarGrowing up around all my cousins from Missouri, they all called me a Yankee and claimed a right to the confederate ideology of ‘rebel’. This is kind of funny for two reasons. First is Missouri’s role in the civil war. Missouri sent almost four times the number of troops to… Read More Our Family and the Civil War
Vera Carleen Richard Davis My Dad was married three times and had five children. His first marriage to Iona Pearl Sanders (Daughter of Frank and Sarah) ended in divorce and to them my sister Vera was born.They were married in May of 1930 and divorced in April of 1934. Vera was born on September 21,… Read More Vera Carleen Richard-Davis
A Christmas message should impart,The feelings deep within one’s heart.And every year we try to find,A very extra – special kind.One that tells about the season.With words of wisdom, truth and reason.We thought this year we’d like to send,A patriotic message to family and friends.And in so doing we haven’t left out,What this season’s all… Read More CHRISTMAS 1975 by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Christmas is green and red and white –And golden on the winter’s night.It’s crisp and cold – it’s warm and bright –Whichever you choose – it’s always rightOutside its white with new fallen snow –And crisp and cold to make noses glow.Inside its bright, cheery and warm –And beckons, “come in out of the storm”.It’s… Read More CHRISTMAS IS by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
Christmas is gay and solemn and bright – It’s a glorious day of all that is right. It’s a time for families to gather once more – In that special home with the open door, To sit at a table bedecked for this day – To bow their heads together and pray. To thank God… Read More CHRISTMAS IS LOVE by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
If I could have the kind of day I’d like on Christmas Day –It would be to greet each one of you in a good old fashioned way.To spend the day chatting. O’er events of long ago –And then enjoy the Christmas feast, near a fire that’s all aglow.To enjoy the gay, young faces, to… Read More CHRISTMAS DAY by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
I am sending out a Christmas box,To the ones that are true and dear.It’s crammed right to the very top,With love and Christmas cheer.I spoke to old St. Nick today,He said that he would see,That Christmas Eve you’d find it,Right beneath your Christmas tree.Now when you tear the wrapping off,And open wide the lid,Be very… Read More CHRISTMAS by Katherine Cary Place