FAMILY NEWS!
Our Family Directory continues
to increase with new contact information! We now have e-mail addresses for my cousin Mary Morris-Lunceford
(daughter of Earl & Burlen Lyons-Morris; granddaughter of
James Andrew "Jimmy" Lyons & Mary Scalf-Lyons) along with her daughter, Lisa
Lunceford-Jaouadi, who resides with her family in Morocco.
Our Lyons-Scalf Family Directory is available in .pdf file format upon request to direct line family members only.
In December 2009, it contains contact
information for 62 of our relatives!
Contact Sherry Winebarger-Reeter at
m-sreeter@embarqmail.com
Congratulations to Wayne Sams (son of Buddy
Sams; grandson of Anna B. Lyons-Sams-Malone; grandson of James Andrew
"Jimmy" Lyons & Mary Scalf-Lyons) & wife
Wendy who moved into their new custom home in December 2009!
My aunt Ruby Lyons-Carver
(eldest daughter of James Andrew "Jimmy" Lyons &
Mary Scalf-Lyons) has rebounded quickly
from her heart attack and is enjoying her life in New Orleans!
Best wishes to Michael Blackwell (son
of Kathy Stout-Blackwell & grandson of Ella
Lyons-Stout)
on his July 18, 2009 marriage to Brandi Cunningham in Bristol, VA.
A big thank you to -
~ Sandy Scalf (granddaughter of Rudy McKinley "Ken" Scalf & Alma Walker-Scalf)
for providing cemetery marker pictures for her family members. They are on the Cemetery page of our website.
~ Gail Quillen-Pond (granddaughter of Rudy McKinley "Ken" Scalf & Alma Walker-Scalf;great-granddaughter of Isaac
Scalf & Nannie Mae Glover-Scalf) for sharing an Isaac Scalf family group picture.
Last year, I completed the family history of my father,
Charles Conley Winebarger's, family.
You can visit the family website and view pictures at
http://winebarger-fordhistorylegacy.tripod.com/index.html
Cousin Debra Broyles (daughter of Corrine Taylor-Broyles;
granddaughter of Nannie Lyons-Taylor; great-granddaugther of William Henry
"Bill" Lyons & wife Florence Woods-Lyons) provided
in 2009 a great deal of family data, contact information along with many wonderful pictures for use in our family
history.
I am searching for information on Lucinda “Cindy”
Carr-Scalf born July 6, 1850 & died Aug. 21, 1926 buried
in the Chinquapin Grove Cemetery. She was the second wife of my great-Grandfather Isaac
Scalf following the death of great-Grandmother Nannie Mae Glover-Scalf.
If you can provide Cindy's connection to the Carr family, please contact me!
Connected April 13, 2009 on Facebook
with Aggie Lyons who is the wife of Robert Ellsworth "Bobby" Lyons, Jr. Bobby's
father is Robert Ellsworth "Bobby" Lyons, Sr. who was a brother of my grandfather
James Andrew "Jimmy" Lyons. Certainly looking forward to getting to know them
better along with sharing information & photographs.
Our condolences to the family of Frank Richards (a
son of Lillie Belle Lyons-Richards) who passed away Feb. 14, 2009.
Lillie Belle was
a sister of my Grandpa James
Andrew "Jimmy" Lyons.
Please send new or updated information,
corrections, obituaries, wonderful memories, pictures, etc. which are representative of your branch of our Lyons-Scalf
family tree.
Thanks to cousin Connie Scalf-Mauk,
I have connected in 2009 with our cousins Gayle Quillen Pond and Kathy
Quillen, daughters of Juanita Scalf-Quillen &
granddaughters of McKinley "Ken" & Alma Scalf.
I look forward to receiving additional information on
their branch of our family tree.
Happy to connect with cousin Debra
Broyles and her mother, Corinne Taylor-Broyles, in late November
2008 to begin gathering details on their branch of our family tree.
Corinne's mother, Nannie Lyons-Taylor,
was a sister of my Grandpa James Andrew
"Jimmy: Lyons.
Restoration was completed in October 2007 on
Grandma Mary Scalf-Lyons' Family Photo Album.
It has been a rewarding project but very time-consuming as
I scanned & restored 378 pictures from her album. Enjoy!
A wonderful time was had by all of the Lyons' girls on July 19, 2007 at Susie's home when Ruby
Lyons Carver, Ellie Lyons-Stout, Carol Crosswhite, Susie Lyons-Winebarger and
Sherry Winebarger-Reeter celebrated a visit with Robert Carver (son of Jack Carver & Carol Crosswhite). Check out pictures of the day on our "Photographs &
Memories" page!
Our sincere condolences to the family of Arco Perry who passed
on June 23, 2007 at the age of 90. Arco was the son of John & Jennie Woods Perry and grandson of Andrew
Johnson "Jonce" Carr & Nannie Woods Carr. He was a lovely person possessing a wonderful sense of humor and charisma.
Arco's input on our family history was precious to me and he will be greatly missed!
Special thanks are extended to Bob
Shell whose genealogy research advice, Woods-Shipley
family research collection, cemetery transcription work, generous nature, vast knowledge of genealogy and friendship are deemed
as priceless!!!
My curiosity about Aunt
Sude Salts whose picture was in Grandma's photo album along with a 1918 postcard from her first cousin William
Salts led me on a very interesting path. I learned Aunt Sude was Susan
Glover-Salts, a sister of my maternal great-grandmother Nannie
Mae Glover Scalf. Through a Salts family
genealogist in Ireland I was connected with Kathy Salts-Gatchell of Maryland who
is a great-granddaughter of Grandma's first cousin William Salts.
Our family history is growing very detailed &
lengthy as I am constantly contacted by many people who were on their own family history pilgrimage asking "Are we
related?". After solving the riddle of how we were related, it seems a shame not to include their information in
our collection.
As you know this is a "living book" which means
it will never be completed as long as relatives send marriages, births, deaths, etc. to be included.
Your help is always appreciated!
~ by Sherry Winebarger-Reeter,
Lyons-Scalf Family
Historian
