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| KLElkins (#47632315)
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I am Kerry Elkins. I live in Oregon with my wife Joyce. I'm retired. I have been busy working on the family trees of my side (Elkins, Monroe, Stansbury, Patchin, Usher, Satterwhite, Hallum and Woody) I grew up in Neodesha, KS, and have many relatives there.
STRANGERS IN A BOX
Come, look with me inside this drawer
In this box I've often seen,
At the pictures, black and white
faces proud, still, serene.
I wish I knew the people
These strangers in the box,
Their names and all their memories
are lost among my socks.
I wonder what their lives were like
How did they spend their days?
What about their special times?
I'll never know their ways.
If only someone had taken time
To tell who, what, where or when,
These faces of my heritage
would come to life again.
Could this become the fate
Of pictures we take today?
The faces and memories
Someday to be passed away?
Make time to save your stories
Seize the opportunity when it knocks,
Or someday you and yours could be
The strangers in the box.
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Linda Stockton
 | Bonita E Reece
I got the picture of her stone (both sides). I think she is still living, or at least she is not deceased according to the cemetery records. I set up a memorial for her and I will transfer it over to you. I will link her to Bob. | | | Rick Bushong
 | Neodesha Cemetery
Hi Kerry,
Thank you for the your work, creating the memorials in the Neodesha Cemetery. Thank you also for the Bushong transfers. I will manage them until closer relatives are ready.
Rick | | | Chris
 | RE: Showalter's in Neodesha
Thanks for the transfers!Added by Chris on May 21, 2013 10:00 PM | | | Lynda
 | Greer graves - Neodesha
Hi Kerry. Please connect Robert Greer father: 97290007 to Charles Greer son: 97288917.
Charlie was already connected to his mother.
My husband, Mike Stark, has a hometown school friend connection to Charlie. The two of them traveled to Kansas City to the induction center where they were separated, never to meet again.
Thank you. LyndaAdded by Lynda on May 19, 2013 12:18 PM | | | Vickie
 | RE: Neodesha graves
You are welcome! Love taking the photos on nice days!Added by Vickie on May 07, 2013 9:32 PM | | | Roger & Kathleen Hawkins
 | RE: Winton Brown's
That poem touched me. Sorting though my box of pictures started my search for our ancestors and then I found Find A Grave. Finding pictures for other families is rewarding for us. | | | Jackie London
 | RE: Lillie Amelia Woody
Right next to and connected on the same stone with Lillie Woddy is Vergie E. Birks. Next to Vergie is Juanita M. Peterson. Her stone is like Lillie's and Vergie. I will post them both so you can see them | | | Jackie London
| RE: Lillie Amelia Woody
Sorry, but I don't have a clue. I always photograph both side separate and together. Don't know what happened on this one but I will definitely check it out and get that for you. The last time I was at that cemetery it was cold and I was coming down with pneumonia so I was in a hurry. | | | Richard Arthur Fenner
 | Maiden names and more
Thanks for the additional info. I have added it to the memorials | | | JMW
 | Charles Elliott
thanks for the heads up, I moved him to texas and asked the other memorial holder to copy the info from mine to his and when he does I will delete mine....thanks again, I track old railroaders.....Mike in MissouriAdded by JMW on Apr 03, 2013 7:27 PM | | | | [View all messages...] |
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