These thoughts from O. Brent Black reinforce the importance of preserving and sharing stories.
"My sincere hope is that the writings and stories ... will be sources of strength for my children, grandchildren and more for the years ahead," he said.
"... How blessed we are if, ... we can sit down at our kitchen table and there review stories of the past from those we have loved, and learn anew the lessons and messages that they have left for us. We must realize that at the very moment we are writing our own stories to be recorded as part of a history which will sometime in the future be reviewed again and again." (Church News; article published August 19, 2000; no longer online)
left - 1934 - Baby Joseph Todd with mother Mary Elizabeth Neely Todd & her father Alonzo Neeley (Trapper) & Alonzo's mother Mary Taylor Neely (Mamaw)
right - Baby William Holton with parents Celia & Caryl
right - Baby William Holton with parents Celia & Caryl
~1927 Mary Floyd with sister Elizabeth
Mary Floyd Holton's parents in 1896
Mildred Browne & Harry Floyd
Teenaged Mary Elizabeth Neely's passport photo 1919
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9/1/20 typo corrected
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