New Semester
New Year, New Semester, Blank Pages, Sharp Pencils, Calmly go forth, Meet the challenge, You got this, Good luck this semester. Roy Richard January 2023 Copyright Roy Richard
Guys I Went to School with – Zigmund Warren
Zigmund Warren arrived at Woodland Elementary in 1967. He transferred from another school and began to attend the third grade with me. His parents I found out moved him because of the enormous amount of teasing and bullying he was receiving.You might assume he was receiving ridicule because of his strange first name but actually… Read More Guys I Went to School with – Zigmund Warren
Cary Family
My maternal grandmother was a Crossman and a Cary. The Cary surname had been extensively documented back to 1170 to Adam DeKary. It has always been reported that he was the Master of Castle Kari in Somerset, England; some documentation puts him rather at Devon, England instead. (http://www.advsolutions.com/carey/castlecariresearch.htm.NOTE): Birth dates before the arrival of John… Read More Cary Family
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a Happy, Joyous and Successful 2023!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New year to everyone.
Our Family and the Civil War
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
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
CHRISTMAS 1975 by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
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 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 LOVE 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
Ramblings of an Old Coot 