2018 annual reunion and meeting june 8-9 - brazzelreunion.net
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Please send any Reunion pictures and any additional
website information to Steve Brazzel at: [email protected]
FRIDAY ACTIVITIES STARTING AT 6:00 P.M.PRESIDENT’S HOTDOG SUPPER:
Please bring drinks, cookies, chips & dips to share. Hotdogs will be provided. Hosted by the David Brazzel Family.
MUSIC
Karaoke will be available for all our talented singers. Also, bring your CD or iPod with your favorite song to share with us. If you would like to bring your instruments for a family jam session, I’m sure all would enjoy listening.
For more information:
Contact Tracy Barnes at [email protected] or Renee Branton at [email protected]
SATURDAY ACTIVITIES STARTING AT 11 A.M.BUSINESS MEETING: Please plan to attend.
NOON MEAL: There will be a blessing at noon followed by a POT LUCK lunch. The POT LUCK was well received last year so let’s do it again. Ladies and Gentlemen, please get out your favorite recipes, we look forward to some country cookin’ and garden vegetables, and, of course, your favorite dessert or if you prefer, save room for ice cream.
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES: There will be activities for the children. There will also be water play following indoor activities. Please bring a towel and change of clothes for your children.
STARTING AT 3:00 P.M.ICE CREAM CONTEST/QUILT RAFFLE
2018 Annual Reunion and Meeting
June 8-9 Corinth, Lousiana
Corner of Hwy 545 and Wise RoadA 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible.
www.brazzelreunion.net
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2018 Annual Reunion and Meeting Update
Current Board Members & Officers Tracy Barnes (President), Ronnie Ennis (Vice President), Kim Bruton, Sect/Treas., Renee Branton, Eric Brazzel, Gary Brazzel and Gretchen Till
PLEASE NOTICE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE SECOND WEEKEND IN JUNE JUNE 8,9 2018 JUNE 8,9 2018 JUNE 8,9 2018 JUNE 8,9 2018
ICE CREAM CONTEST Erika Beavers wins again with Red Velvet, 2nd place was Peaches and Cream by Taylor Hays, and 3rd place by Paige Plunkett with Peaches and Pecans. Most Exotic was won by Anne Tinsley for Caramel. Children’s Choice was won by Anne Tinsley with Strawberry. Oh it was all yummy! Can’t wait to see who comes up with the best flavor this year. Can anyone make a better ice cream than Erika??? Remember ice, salt and a strong arm to crank are provided, you bring ice cream freezer and ingredients. YUM! YUM!
FROM PAPER TO PAPERLESS The BMRI staff announced in the last newsletter and at the annual meeting and reunion that we are going to a “paperless” newsletter. WE ARE NOW PAPERLESS. You are receiving this newsletter via email. A few folks who do not have access to a computer asked to receive a paper copy and those have been mailed. If you know of someone who is expecting their newsletter and has not received it, please make a copy and get it to them. And pass the word around to your family about our new “paperless” newsletter. We have set up an easy way for members to give us your email address. Go to our facebook page and follow the instructions there to become email users. We have about 50 who have signed up and they will receive this newsletter via email. But we have 600 on our mailing list. So that means we need many more to sign up for email. You can also send an email to [email protected] stating that you want to be added to the BMRI email list. How easy is that? Please do it now! THANK YOU!
A Word from Your President, Tracy Barnes
My fellow Brazzels, with the end of the 2017 Brazzel Reunion in Corinth Community this past June, another chapter in our never-ending story was written. Another year where new friendships were made and old ones rekindled. Another year where we came together to celebrate a heritage and legacy that is second to none. A great deal of thanks goes to the our past leadership of Hilda Estes, Rayburn Brazzel, and members of our board for all their hard work in making sure it was a weekend worth remembering. Special thanks go to Carolyn Lewis for all her work keeping us up to date with our many relations. It is this passion, commitment and continued dedication by so many to the Brazzel Memorial Reunion that have been and continue to be the foundation of all our achievements, past, present and future.
BMRI was able to make four community donations this year in the amount of $7,000. Those who received grants were: DART ($2500), Dubach School ($2000), I.A. Lewis School ($2000) and Bernice Historical Society ($500). If we are to continue this tradition, we do need our members to make donations. Please plan to purchase a brick, or give in honor of/or in memory of loved ones. Our web site is available to help you make donations. (www.brazzelreunion.net)
Also, take the time and forward your own memories and/or pictures to us for publication in future newsletters or post them on the Brazzel’s FaceBook page. I’m looking forward to our next reunion June 8-9, 2018, when we gather at our building to write a new chapter full of new memories and stories to tell. Now is the time to start talking with families and friends and start planning to attend.
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Address_______________________________City_______________State_______ ZIP__________ I want to receive the BMRI family newsletter by mail. Mail to: BMRI, 809 T & P Lane, Abilene, Texas 79602 If you do not have access to a computer, please fill in the form below and mail it to BMRI, 809 T & P Lane, Abilene, Texas 79602.
Family News CornerPlease remember to send news of births, marriages, deaths, graduations, military service and family stories and memories to: Carolyn Lewis 31 Links Side Ct.Kingwood, TX 77339, [email protected] or to:
Ann Brazzel809 T & P LaneAbilene, TX 79602-3099, [email protected]. This helps us keep records up to date as well as enabling us to pass on news to others of what’s happening in the family.
BIRTHS Jude Mitcham Davis b. 10-28-17 to Jacie and Clint Davis,
grandson of Sammy and Jennifer Johnson.
Theodore “Teddy” Lewis-Dickerson b. 12-30-2018 to Jessica Lewis and Nathan Dickerson, grandson of Carolyn Hunter Lewis, nephew of Carey Lewis.
DEATHS Donnie Mack Hood d. 9-25-2017, husband of Judy Hood,
father of Slade Hood, grandfather of Tyler and Garrett Hood, brother of Janie Hood Pelfrey.
Sue Ferguson Tanner d. 12-27-2017, mother of Deanna Fullerton and Perry Tanner, wife of Roy Tanner, grandmother of Daniel Fullerton and Lewis Tanner
Neida Cox McKaskle d. 5-10-2017, mother of Fred Thayer and Carrie Welty, sister of Ruth Riffle.
Becky Cox Campbell d. 1-03-2018, mother of Neida Thompson and Tricia Gray, grandmother of James Merritt, Terry Merritt, Erica D. Ruel, Larry Dority, Daniel Mason, and Jennifer M. Dearman, sister of Ruth Riffle.
Paul Woodard d. 11-03-2017, husband of Judy Fallin Woodard, brother-in-law of Jeanie Fallin Simmering
George Tommy Campbell d. 11-14-17, brother of Kenneth Campbell, uncle of Howard Campbell, Michael Campbell, and Belinda Hetzman
Tony D. Eley d. 12-18-27, husband of Laurie Eley, father of Savannah, Hunter, and Tanner Eley. brother of Jerry Eley, nephew of Nelda Youngblood, Mary Warrick, Jane Inman, Joe Lee Brazzel, and Larry Brazzel.
Sue Ferguson Tanner d. 12-27-2017 mother of Deanna Fullerton and Perry Tanner, wife of Roy Tanner, grandmother of Daniel Fullerton and Lewis Tanner
Kenny Douglas Reynolds d. 2-20-18 son of Bonnie Jean Reynolds Phillips, husband of Lee Rene Avery Reynolds and father of Melissa Colvin, Paige Plunkett, Jade Reynolds and Whitney Reynolds.
Nellie Vern Burgess Caver d. 3-17-18, mother of Michael Caver, Charles Caver, Diane Tabor, Judy Caver, Teresa McCaa, sister of Virginia Sullivan, grandmother of Cade Caver, Colton Caver, Logan Caver, Julia Tabor, Wendy Franklin, Jesse Snowden, Jared Phillips, Thomas Kay, Nicole Kay, great grandmother of Hayden and Blake Franklin.
Michael Hallman d. 4-18-2018 Shreveport, LA bu. Corinth Cemetery, husband of Veronica Warren Hallman, stepfather of Jennifer Horton, Jessica H. Cotton, Jerica H. Chamberlain.
MARRIAGES KimberlyBrazzelFentonm.RichardBrutonon
11-03-17.SheisthedaughterofRay&AnnaBrazzelandmotherofAshley,JoshuaandWilliam.
Daniel Barnes m. Chelsea Huffman on 2-03-2018. He is the son of Tracy Brazzel Barnes, grandson of Alice Brazzel, brother of Rebecca Barnes Grooms and David Barnes.
GRADUATIONS Congratulations to Caleb McNabb, who graduated from
Ruston High School. He is the son of Donna McNabb and the grandson of Margie Brazzel Pike.
Congratulations to Price Allen Brazzel, who graduated from Mt. Pisgah Christian School. He is the son of Lester Brazzel, Jr. and grandson of Lester Brazzel, Sr.
Congratulations to Rebekah Barnes Grooms, who graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a B.A in political science and pre-law. She is the daughter of Tracy Barnes and granddaughter of Alice Brazzel.
Family Books for sale: There are still copies of The Descendants of Gordon Brazzel available for purchase. Please see Carolyn Lewis if you would like one.
809 T & P Lane ◊ Abilene, TX 79602www.brazzelreunion.net
Brazzel Memorial Reunion, Inc.
TRACY BARNES President
1077 Oilfield RdDubach LA 71235
RONNIE ENNIS Vice President
8935 Meadow Creek Shreveport LA 71129
KIMBERLY BRUTON Secretary/Treasurer
809 T & P Lane, Abilene Tx 79602 325-676-5591
KIMBERLY BRUTON RENEE BRANTON
GARY BRAZZEL RONNIE ENNIS TRACY BARNES
GRETCHEN TILL ERIC BRAZZEL
A 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible
OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
We currently have about 0 brick orders. If you have a new birth, anniversary, graduation etc. that you would like to honor with a brick please order by May 21st. It takes time to get them engraved and installed. Your order is greatly appreciated. The order form is available at www.brazzelreunion.net under “Engraved Brick Order Form”.
An engraved brick is a great way to mark an important event in the life of your family. The bricks are $100 each. This fundraiser is important, as it is one of the ways we make money that is given each year to our community.
Bricks to honor a veteran are also available. These brick are marked with an American flag. Take time to look at the bricks on the memorial wall along the parking lot. There are many family stories on these bricks. Please consider adding more stories this year.
Contact Ann Brazzel, 325-660-9055 or [email protected] for information.
GORDON BRAZZEL FOUNDER CORINTH
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Put the 2018 Reunion on Your Calendar!!!
June 8-9, 2018