Priceless Heirlooms
This past week I’ve been updating a genealogy book I compiled about 10 years ago, at the request of my great-aunt who wants it for a family reunion in a couple of weeks. It had been awhile since I had taken time to work on genealogy, and I always enjoy it, so that was a fun diversion from some of the other projects that have been consuming my time lately.
One thing I added was pictures of headstones for various ancestors that I found at the very fascinating www.findagrave.com site. When I came across the headstone for my great-great-great-grandmother, Lucinda Catherine Ratterree Bock, I broke out in goose pimples. In order to explain why, I want to rerun a blog post from Mother’s Day 2009, then I’ll show you her headstone.
“100 years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…
but the world may be a better place
because I was important in the life of a child.”
Four Generations- July 1967.The pensive tot in the center is 19-month-old Little Karla.
My mother, Pallie Sue Ezell, is behind me holding me up.
Great-grand Mother Shumaker is on the left holding Baby Sister Naomi.
Grandmother Ernesteen Easley is on the right holding Baby Sister Dorcas.
Four Generations- August 1922.The thoughtful little tot in this picture is Grandmother Ernesteen Easley.
Behind her is her mother, great grandmother Liffa Shumaker.
Beside Mother Shumaker is her mother, Martha Maberry, my great-great grandmother.
And seated is Mama ‘Berry’s mother, my great-great-great grandmother, Lucinda Bock.
Her children rise up and call her blessed…
Proverbs 31.28
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6 Comments
Dori
I read this….and cried.
Making Memories 1999
Oh, Wow…What an awesome heritage, Karla! And what a epitaph! I'm reminded of the song, "Oh, may all who come behind us, find us faithful." Thank you so much for sharing this!
My mom has worked alot on our family's geneology. She really enjoys doing it, and sharing it with the family. That's so neat that you are doing your family's geneology. Keep up the good work. =)
Jan
Priceless, indeed!!
Beth in NC
That is beautiful! What a wonderful gift to know she was a woman of prayer!
Our Peculiar Lives
Those are amazing photos, wow! What a priceless thing to have. And that epitaph, just wonderful, wow. Thank you for sharing!
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pse
Just WOW!