My brother Bruce and I had an opportunity to attend a Smith family reunion for the first time last weekend. We had a great time and enjoyed a chance to meet some distant relatives.
The extended Smith family includes the Jenkins, Rozelle, and McCord families -- quite a few people in old Sugar Land. The matriarchs of those families (Minnie Jenkins, Monnye Rozelle, and Hattie McCord) were Smith sisters. They had more than one brother, but one (Walter) is where the Kelly family enters the picture. Our grandfather's sister Letha Mae Kelly married Walter. Mae and my grandfather (Charles or Chuck) were orphaned at a very young age and were estranged, so Bruce and I weren't really aware of our connection to the Smith family for many years.
Click on the image below to view a few photos from the reunion. (Mae Kelly Smith was grandmother to the Stowells and Irvans, so that's why we're grouped together in one of the photos.)
We're looking forward to the next one.
Betty
Ann Williams, Claudia Rozelle Thornhill, & Ray Babineaux at the
Smith family reunion on September 10, 2016. (They are all DHS Class of
'71.)
