Generations

This week a man I went to school with passed away. His death at age 61 reminded me once again of the fragility of life, and yet the continuity of life. His two children will carry his heritage on into the future, as my own will do.

With this changing of the guard, so to speak, I remembered a precious 5-generation picture of my children, myself, my dad, my grandmother, and my great-grandfather. Here is that photo:

From left (on the sofa): Roxie Dees Gaultney, Thomas Luther Dees,  Ezra Floyd Gaultney, Jr, Carol Anne Gaultney Stone. On my lap is Christa Hope Stone. On the floor from left: Mary Elizabeth Stone, William Jeffrey Stone, and John Douglas Stone.

I hope my children do carry on with what I’ve started. Now my duty is to do what I can to get my records into shape and do as much family history research and sourcing as possible in the time I have left in this plane of existence.

~ by Carol Anne on 6 December 2007.