A Nice Reunion Luncheon!~

My Mom called me one day last week and asked me if I would be interested in going to a reunion luncheon for the plant my Dad, sister, brother, and cousin worked for previously.  She said my sis and cousin were going with her and it would be a fun girl's day out if we could all go together.  It was going to be held at the Hotel Talisi (indian spelling) in Tallassee, AL.  I checked with my boss who graciously gave me permission to go.

I had spent many a Sunday afternoon in Tallassee during my childhood, as did my Daddy because that is where his grandmother lived.  Great-Grandma lived right on Barnett Blvd. which is the main street through Tallassee after you cross the bridge from East Tallassee into West Tallassee.

I had not been to Tallassee since October 11, 1995 when I attended the funeral for my great uncle.  We visited the cemetery where he and a lot of my Dad's family are buried.  I already have pics of that somewhere, so I did not bother to take any more that day, as it was so cold.  I was, however, quite distressed to realize that my great uncle was buried in 1995 and there was no foot marker of any kind to show he was even buried there.  He was a veteran and if I am not mistaken, the government would have provided that to the family free of charge.  There is a family headstone there, but nothing to mark my great uncle's grave.  His is a sad story that I will save for another entry.  I do not want to forget to check into that for him.  Our veteran's deserve to be honored for their sacrifice to their country, even in death.  He was never the same when he came back from the war.  I remember him shaking real bad, a nervous disorder.  My Nana (his sister) told me that he was shell-shocked during the war.

Anyway, my Mom, cuz, sis, and I visited an antique store in Tallassee while waiting for time for the luncheon.  I snapped a photo as we walked over to the Hotel Talisi.  I took pictures of the lobby, the room where the luncheon was held, and we got to tour the upstairs afterwards (my Mom, sis, cuz, and I).  You could look at the building, even the town of Tallassee itself, and know that a lot of history goes along with it. I looked up several sites online and found out some very interesting info on the history of Tallassee and found that they have plans for the old delapidated mill that my great-grandfather worked in as an overseer.  According to what I read online, the stones the mill was built from came directly from the Tallapoosa River and there are plans to make the old mill into condos.  I will provide the link, as I found it made very interesting reading.  Hope you do too.

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Please continue to pray for Uncle Jessie.  Last I heard, he still was not out of the woods yet.  I so appreciate your prayers.

Hope you enjoy the pics and the info that goes along with them.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!~

Susan