In Memory

Joe Thomas (Shop)

Joe Thomas (Shop)



 
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11/13/09 04:40 PM #1    

Mary Catherine Barnes (Overpeck) (1958)

JOE AND HAZEL THOMAS WERE MY RELATIVES THAT GO WAY BACK. THEY WERE RELATED TO MY GRANDMOTHER LORA SEYBOLD BARNES. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER AND FOUR SONS. MARY JANE, HENRY O. ('43), NOEL, AMOS, AND JOHN. THEY WERE ALL WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE. JOE WAS MY MATH TEACHER AND HE WAS MY HUSBANDS SHOP TEACHER. HE WAS THE ONLY TEACHER WHO EVER GAVE MY HUSBAND AN F FOR LOCKING SOMEONE IN A CLOSET IN SHOP CLASS. THEY CAME TO ALL OF OUR FAMILY REUNIONS AND SUNDAY DINNERS WHEN FOLKS USED TO GET TOGETHER ON SUNDAYS AND HAVE PITCH INS AFTER CHURCH AND STAY AND VISIT ALL AFTERNOON. THIS WAS DONE MOSTLY AT MY GRANDPARENTS FARM, TOM AND LORA BARNES. WHEN THEY LIVED IN JUDSON AND ROCKVILLE. THIS WAS IN THE FORTIES.

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