1935 Buggy Picture

R.C. Gray and Ernestine Davis Gray. Not sure what year this was taken. They were married May 4, 1935, so I would guess it was around that time.

Another Fun Family Day

This family reunion thing is getting to be fun. I attended the PARRENT Family reunion in Eddyville, Kentucky in July; all my children have been home at least two weekends since July [they came down from St Louis Missouri and Knoxville, Tennessee]; today I attended a GRAY family get-together in Eddyville, Kentucky; next weekend is a GRAY family group again for an aunt's 90th birthday in Eddyville, Kentucky, and the weekend after that is the TOWNE FAMILY ASSOCIATION meeting in Branson, Missouri; AND the weekend after that is my 40th high school reunion in Tallahassee, Florida [don't know if I'm going to make THAT one]. It's really nice to see my cousins. One of my mother's sisters had SEVEN children, and they were ALL at the GRAY get-together today. What a neat picture that is of my first cousins. The oldest in the group of seven will be 70 the end of this month, and the youngest will be 50 next month. Here's the pic:



All the pics of the GRAY folks from today can be seen here:

Pictures of GRAY get-together

I Didn't See THAT Coming & Other Surprises

I found this picture in a group of old pictures. It's supposed to be Connie Bell Oliver (1908 - 1952) , one of my first cousins once removed. I thought it was such a "cute" picture of her apron and bonnet and the fence. I then scanned in the picture, and it became obvious that she's shooting a gun. It's not a big deal, it was just such a surprise. Maybe I should scan in even more pictures and see what's "hidden" in them.

My maternal grandfather was Elwood Gray. He had a twin brother named Fred. They were born in 1884. I found the following in the Lyon County Kentucky Criminal Court Records:

17 Aug 1903: Elwood Gray was fined $10 for running a horse on the highway.

18 Aug 1903: Fred Gray was fined $20 for "disturbing religious worship".

I wonder what the story was behind that wild weekend?