Bill Johnson's Family (taken after Doris passed away)

Kyles's twin girls Shelba and Carl Rudeck
Makena (left) Makayla (right)

At Kyleigh's Dance Recital they had a Daddy Daughter
Dance. This was so precious.

Kyleigh Marie getting a Medicure

Kyleigh and Matt at a Drillers Game in Tulsa

Sweet Little Kyleigh Marie

Bill Mitchell and Great Grandson Zain Blaze (Dewayne and Judy Dalrymple's Grandson

Ronnie and Cindy Newton
Elk City, Oklahoma

Kyleigh Marie Pate in her dress for her Dance Recital 2011

Kyleigh Marie Cowan last day of Kindergarten 2011

Ronnie's Girls

This is my Youngest Soon Rickey Lee Cowan. Rickey passed away on April 18th 2011 and buried at the feet of his Grandmother Nellie at his request. We miss him something awful. Ricky is in a much bettr place today. (smile)

Anthony James and Aliya 2011 in Florida

Janice and her friend Linda at the Mothers Day Tea at the Senior Center 2011

Kyleigh Marie taken at Granny's house

Randy took me to The Red Lobster my favorite place for Mothers Day

Aliya at Easter Egg Time 2011

Anthony and Aliya Marie and Parrot

Louis (McConnell) Thacker her son Gearld grandson Chance and Great Grandson Noah

CANDICE,MATTHEW AND KYLEIGH

ALIYA MARIE COWAN BEAUTIFUL GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER SHE IS ONE YEAR OLD

Candice and Granny at her Graduation

Candice and Kyleigh Marie

Anthony Randy and Bill Taylor

Kyleligh Marie Pate 4 years old

Anthony, Sara and Aliya Cowan

Randy and Aliya Marie Cowan

This is My newest Great Granddaughter Aliya Marie Cowan daughter of Anthony & Sara



BEST FRIENDS FOREVER -
We just had a wonderful reunion in Claremore, Oklahoma
Sandy, Sandra and Janice

This is a Very Special Picture of Randy and his new granddaughter and Sara her mother



Of all the flowers that God has given us to enjoy I love the Morning Glory more than any flower. It reminds me of the beauty of Our God and how he gives us such a lovely flower that blooms and grows from a tiny seed. If I could have a garden it would be filled with Morning Glories.





My New Great Granddaughter "Aliya Marie Cowan"



KYLEIGH MARIE'S THIRD BIRTHDAY

Mother's Poem when she was a little girl.
This is a special poem that my Mother wrote when she was a little girl and she drew the picture. I have several of her writtings of letters and poems and pictures from the early 1920's.







Kyleigh Marie's First Haircut







This is a special picture to me. This is all except two of the McConnell Grandkids this was taken at Mothers funeral. Dwight and Randy are the only ones that are not there. Mother and Daddy were proud of all their kids and grandkids.





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I was sent this special gift by Sue Holbrook she thought I would appreciate it and I do very much. It is a little hard to read because it is so old and aged. Aunt Mary graduated from Boyd High School in 1927. Sh then came to Hobart right after graduating from high school. She went to work for the W. H. Carlton Family and worked for them until she met and mattied Uncle butch in April of 1928. They were married by a Rev. McConnell (no relation to our McConnells).

When I was a little girl we (Linda - Arlene - Janice) would go to the picture show in Lone Wolf while Mother attended the Rebecca Lodge. The Lodge met above the Hartson Drug Store for many years. I got to thinking about this when my cousin Vernards wife sent me a picture of a row of theater seats that came out of that show. Uncle Butch had bought that old show building long after it was not a show anymore and put in a antique/junk store. I am sure that I have sat in one of these seats many times. Sue thought they were in the balcony and that colored's sat up there. I dont remember them having to sit up there but they may have but I know we sat up there plenty times. The balcony was so much more fun. Also as Sue was cleaning them up she found a lot of gum stuck to the underneath seats and I am sure some of that was ours as well. I love memories like this one. Thank you Sue for bringing it back to me as well as sharing the photo. For awhile we could not find out the name of the show so I sent out emails to several to see if they remembered. Ann Kosanke (second cousin of ours) answered and her husband Bill looked in some old High School Annuals and found a advertisement for the show and it was called "Wolf".
I don't know for sure but I would imagine it was named after Chief Lone Wolf since it was not Coyote which is what Lone Wolf football team was called. Sue had also ini the meantime checked with some people and they said in the later years that someone had added feathers to the Wolf head that was on the marque so that pretty much tells us that is what it was. Good memories.

This is such a special gift that I just recieved from my cousins wife Sue Holbrook. This is the Church where my Fathers family went and in the community where they were born and a lot of the older McConnell's are buried. Garvin Cementary. My mother had a plate just like this one and my sister Linda had it and after her death I did not get anything of hers from her home. Sue thought I would like this and appreciate it perhaps more than leaving it to her child because I have been there many summers when our family would go to the Cementary Reunions. Those are special memories. We would take picnic lunch and they would have what they called picnic on the ground under the Brush Arbor there at the Church. There would be old time singing of Hymns and lot of people visting. We would go and Uncle Butch and Aunt Mary would go as well as Uncle Leland and Aunt Agnus. My Dad loved to go. I dont remember how many times we went but I remember it was when Linda and I were young and perhaps Arlene and Johnny as well. I so appreciate Sue giving me this plate especially since it belonged to Aunt Mary. THANK YOU SUE
This Church has quite a history:
Garvin Methodist Church 1870 – 1955
Garvin Methodist Church was organized in the Fisher home one and one half miles southeast of the present location by Rev. Miller, a Methodist Church South Circuit Rider. The first members were Mr. Mrs. Henry Fisher, their son John and daughter Rebecca. They worshiped in the Fisher home then in a school house until 1872. Dr Morton donated the land and a log house was built on the present site of land in 1876. A second house was built that replaced that log house. In 1886 an addition was built to the house. A man by the name Garvin moved to this location and built a store and US Post Office that gave this settlement the name of Garvin.
This church was the home of the Garvin Circuit which consisted of a church at Briar, Annie Chapel, Cotton dale , Greezbend (now Boyd) and Garvel Hill. About 1903 this present house was built. The parsonage and pastor moved to Boyd in 1899. Among the pastors were Rev. Miller, Elder Price and Rev. Hightower.