"Remember, as far as everyone knows, we're a nice, normal family"
The Simmons Family Reunion was held at Woodlawn Family Life Center in Columbia, Mississippi on June 21st, 2014. Several of our Simmons relatives were present that day. It had been 11 years since our last reunion so there was a lot of "catching up" to do. We truly enjoyed our fellowship with each other.
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| The Bourgoyne Family- (yes, that's my bunch!). Charles, Ryan, Cherie, Susan (me) & Crissy |
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| My daughter, Cristina with husband, Ryan Curry & their children, Matthew & Nathan |
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| Me with my brother, Frank Jr. |
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| Nathan and I |
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| Children of Sam & Darla Broom |
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| Sam & Darla with their children |
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| Left: Crissy & Ryan; Right: Tim & Cookie Simmons |
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| Showing off photos: Tammy Simmons (in pink) with Aunt Gertie and Joey |
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| My brother Tony was greeted by our cousin, Pam |
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| Dena with daughter, "J.J." and husband, Tony |
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| My sister, Sandy & her daughter, Lennae |
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| It appears these two (Cookie and Aunt Helen Simmons) had quite an interesting conversation going... |
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| Uncle Elton had to get into the story too. Actually he was trying to harass me ;) |
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| Aunt Helen sharing chat with Sandy while Aunt Ethel is looking elsewhere |
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| Cousin Elaine (Herrin Knight) |
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| Darla & Sam's sons in deep conversation with their Uncle Mike |
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| Tammy & Aunt Joyce (Thornhill Simmons) |
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| Four Generations: Aunt Gertie with daughter, Debbie, GD Meichelle & Darla, GGD Ashley |
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| Aunt Gertie & Uncle James Wiginton |
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| Joshua (Thornhill) with son, Mason |
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| Joshua & his wife, Jessica |
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| I love these good people- Aunt Helen & Uncle Elton |
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| My brother, Tony with daughter J.J. |
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| Tim & his daughter, Jessica |
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| Sisters Pam & Lucretia (Powell) |
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| Sisters- Meichelle & Darla |
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| Group conversation between Dad, Dwayne, Tony, Debbie & Dena |
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| More conversation with Sam, Dwayne, Cherie, Tony, Dena & Mike |
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| Cell phone business between Sarah Jean (Simmons Wilson) & daughter Ciera |
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| It was getting a little loud in there... |
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| There's Sarah Jean & Ciera again |
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| J.J. looks pretty comfortable in her Mom's lap |
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| These two look like they want to be up to no good- they often are! Frank Jr and cousin, Jerry (Jones) |
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| Can't you just see the mischievousness spilling from him? |
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| Crissy & her Dad |
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| Cookie & Aunt Joyce |
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| Tony, Frank Jr, Charlie, Me, Dena & Dad |
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| Aunt Ethel & Mike |
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| The Old Oilfield Gang (so named by Uncle Elton) |
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| They thought their oilfield jokes were pretty funny |
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| Couples- Dwayne & Debbie Ward, Meichelle & Mike Knoblock |
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| Fun times in the gym |
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| Passing the ball |
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| Ashlynn gets a little assistance from her dad, Sam |
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| Let's Eat! |
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| There was enough food available for a small army! |
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| A great variety of main courses, sides and dessert- it was truly delicious! |
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| Aunt Ethel made sure to get plenty (hard to believe this little woman ate all that!) |
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| Debbie made a comeback after someone's sarcastic but funny comment (was probably Tony or Uncle Elton) |
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| Let's keep the line moving! |
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| What a long line it was too! |
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| After the family dinner, there was much work to be done- thank goodness for the great help! |
Wonderful memories were made that day. Let's not wait so long for another family reunion- life escapes us and sometimes we let get so lost in it that we forget to spend time with our loved ones.
Remember, other things may change us,
but we start and end with family.
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