Thurs. June 15

This is the family tree that a Jobson descendant made for the reunion. The table in the front is a normal sized folding table. I'll try to add a photo of a detail of the tree tomorrow. The hand drawn tree was awesome needless to say.


Today has been busy. I joined the ladies for breakfast and was just paying my bill when the cousin (that I had never met) called from just north of Columbia. I picked Aunt Maxine up at Bucklin and we were soon at New Cambria. My cousin, Bobby, arrived a few minutes later and maybe about 5 minutes later Paula arrived from her 3 1/2 hour drive from St. Louis.

We had an awesome outing. We checked out four cemeteries in the area around Ethel (about a 15 to 20 minute drive north of New Cambria). One cemetery had the headstone for my great, great grandfather Parker and his wife - and next to this headstone was the stone for his mother. The various cemeteries contained headstones for family members descending from this man and wife.

We made a stop near Ethel as Bobby wanted to introduce Paula to a relative that she had never met and of course names and addresses were exchanged. We then returned to New Cambria and had a meal at the Sale Barn.

Bobby then had errands to do so Aunt Maxine, Paula, and yours truly went to the New Cambria cemetery. On the way home, I was counting generations of Jobsons represented there - great, great grandparent Jobsons, great grandparent Jobsons, grandparent Jobsons, three uncle Jobsons, two first cousins, one cousin of the next generation, and one cousin of the next generation - am thinking that makes seven generations. I guess this arm of the family has sort of stayed in the same place.

By the way, we had seven at breakfast this a.m. A couple from Carrollton was seated close to our usual area when I arrived and I "warned" them that who knows what they might hear or experience. When they left, they indicated they had thoroughly enjoyed watching us interact.

I returned from the outing about 4:00, took a much needed shower (temp. was probably close to 90 today, but there was a good breeze) and settled in for a little rest. We were picked up by Ron and Mary Willis about 5:30 (they had already picked up Eva Danner) and we headed to PinOak for an evening meal. Jim had been given a gift certificate by his pole vaulters and this was our first visit. We ended up sitting outside as there was a lot of shade and the breeze was really nice. The food was great and we enjoyed being with Ron, Mary, and Eva. We have some left on our certificate so will need to do a follow-up visit - don't you feel sorry for us!

We are planning on walking at 7:00 in the a.m. and then Jim will join one of the groups for breakfast. Beyond that, we don't have too much planned.

Be safe.
B.