Dealing with Cancer
10 years ago
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wilkins Siblings at Wilkins Home on Hwy 69, Fairview, AL
I plan to post pictures both to the Wilkins blog, but also on the Scott/Benton Family Tree on Ancestry.com. Those in the picture are:
l-r Front Row: Fed, Ralph, Peg, Sue
l-r Back Row: Polly, Jim, Bert, Heart, Bess, Henry, John.
If you will share your family pictures with me (already scanned would be quicker), I will be glad to add them to the family tree on Ancestry, and on this blog. If you catch any errors, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Clomer Eugene "Jim" Wilkins
Thanks to Debbie Johnson Brown for sharing this picture of Jim and Inez on their wedding day!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Clomer Eugene (Jim) Wilkins 1927-2009
We lost Uncle Jim yesterday after a valiant struggle following several heart surgeries. The best news is we know he is with his Lord and Savior in a much better place where there is no sadness and no pain, and reunited with those family members who have gone before! That can put a big smile on your face, just thinking of that wonderful reunion, and we get to join them soon. (I do believe our time here is getting shorter!)
One of the best traditions of the Wilkins' family was their annual reunion. I remember the first one I attended after Barron and I married. The reunion locations alternated between Georgia and Alabama each year and this particular time the event was near Lake Jackson, GA. The strange thing was that Barron, having been away in Vietnam for several years, didn't recognize some of his distant kin so I didn't feel quite the stranger, and years later I still remember some just from that event, and got to know some much better over the years.
One thing you knew you would enjoy at the reunion was the Sunday dinner. Those ladies (and sometimes men, as my husband is one of the best cooks around these parts) knew how to cook downhome southern style, and there was always a very large assortment - from fried okra to sweet corn to fried chicken to wonderful desserts - sometimes even homemade ice cream.
My leap into family genealogy came out of the family reunions. My mother-in-law had particularly asked me to trace her family tree, so I would come prepared to these gatherings with notebook and pen, and strive to get as much info as I could from people I was just beginning to know. I continue to pursue genealogy and especially learning more about our families, where they came from, how they worked, raised their families, worshipped.
Uncle Jim -- you were loved by your wife and children, your parents and siblings, your extended family, your church fellowship. You will be lovingly missed!!
If anyone reading this blog has any pictures of the Wilkins family or of the Wilkins reunions, I would be grateful if you shared them with me. I did find some from years past that our daughter used in the "genealogy scrapbooks" she lovingly did for her parents. I'll dig some out and scan and put on this blog.
One of the best traditions of the Wilkins' family was their annual reunion. I remember the first one I attended after Barron and I married. The reunion locations alternated between Georgia and Alabama each year and this particular time the event was near Lake Jackson, GA. The strange thing was that Barron, having been away in Vietnam for several years, didn't recognize some of his distant kin so I didn't feel quite the stranger, and years later I still remember some just from that event, and got to know some much better over the years.
One thing you knew you would enjoy at the reunion was the Sunday dinner. Those ladies (and sometimes men, as my husband is one of the best cooks around these parts) knew how to cook downhome southern style, and there was always a very large assortment - from fried okra to sweet corn to fried chicken to wonderful desserts - sometimes even homemade ice cream.
My leap into family genealogy came out of the family reunions. My mother-in-law had particularly asked me to trace her family tree, so I would come prepared to these gatherings with notebook and pen, and strive to get as much info as I could from people I was just beginning to know. I continue to pursue genealogy and especially learning more about our families, where they came from, how they worked, raised their families, worshipped.
Uncle Jim -- you were loved by your wife and children, your parents and siblings, your extended family, your church fellowship. You will be lovingly missed!!
If anyone reading this blog has any pictures of the Wilkins family or of the Wilkins reunions, I would be grateful if you shared them with me. I did find some from years past that our daughter used in the "genealogy scrapbooks" she lovingly did for her parents. I'll dig some out and scan and put on this blog.
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