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The Messer Family met at Panther Creek Baptist Church on September 13,
2003 at 10:00 a. m. and it was an exciting day for everyone who was there.
There were over about seventy people in attendance with persons from the
descendants of Christian and Solomon Messer and Thomas Messer of Western
North Carolina and of the Messer Families in attendance. There
were people in attendance from North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and South
Carolina.
Some special guests who were with us this year were Jennings and Gail
Krahenbuhl and Lois Oliver, and her son, Jon, of Greenmount, Laurel
County, KY. Jennings is a member of the Edward F. Arthur Camp #1783, Sons of
Confederate Veterans, Corbin, KY, and he was my contact person for the
event that was held in KY. Jake Burrell, Derrick Shipman and his son, John
were also in attendance at our event, as well as the event in KY. They
represented the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp Julius Welch #229,
Canton, NC. I presented Jennings and Derrick & Jake with with video
tapes of the event and CDs with the pictures that was taken on that
wonderful day to take back to their camps and brigades. Jennings also took
a video tape and CD back to the Laurel County Historical Society as the
first copy of the book, The Registry - The Family of Frederick Messer -
The Old Man of The Hills, was presented to the Laurel County
Historical Society on June 28, 2003 and dedicated to Conrad Messer, son of
Frederick "Uncle Fed" Messer, and William W. Feltner, the father
of of Lois Feltner Oliver.
The Messer Family Reunion will meet on September 11, 2004 at Panther
Creek Baptist Church from 10 AM until 5 PM or until the last person has
left. Please bring enough food for you and your family and any family
information and pictures that you would like to share.
We will be doing a Messer Family Cookbook for next years reunion and I
am asking for submissions of family favorites to include in this
publication. We hope to sell this cookbook at a reasonable cost to help
with the cost of future reunions or any projects that the reunion majority
may vote on at the event in the future.
I hope to see you on September 11, 2004 and in the meantime, you can
contact me at winsong8@bellsouth.net.
I will try to answer any questions you might have on your family history
and will gladly share information with you.
Brenda Messer |
