The Woods Is Full Of ‘Em

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

November 20

Raymond Milton Treat was born 20 November 1897 in Pike County, Ohio

Ray was a brother of my grandmother Christie Treat Thomas

This is how I remember him from my childhood.

Ray was the 2nd child of Marcus and Massie Treat

PHOTO: Massie Parker Treat and Marcus Treat (my great-grandparents)

PHOTO: Children of Marcus and Massie Treat

Center - Audrey (died age 1y 9m, diphtheria). Upper left, Ray. Upper right, Christie (my grandmother). Lower left, Madge. Lower right, John.

I don't have a lot of pictures of Uncle Ray.

Here are the only ones I have of him when he was younger.

PHOTO: Ray, John, Marcus

PHOTO L-R: Ray, Christie and Bill Thomas (my grandparents), Ralph Till (Madge's son), Massie, John, Mabel (John's wife), Bernarde and Richard (sons of Bill and Chris - Richard is my dad)

Ray served in World War I. In this photo he is in the front row, 5th from left.

Ray Treat never married.

He died 05 February 1963, age 65, in a Veteran's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

He is buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Michigan

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

November 19

Anne Walters Frazier married David Lashley 19 November 1988.

(I don't have a picture of David Lashley)

PHOTO: Craig and Anne Frazier

Anne is the daughter of Louis and Frances Walters Frazier.

Frances was the daughter of Sherman and Helen Burford Walters.

PHOTO: Sherman and Helen Burford Walters and daughter Frances

Helen was a sister of my grandfather Lester Burford

PHOTO: Lora Burford (center) with her children (L-R): Lester, Juanita, George, Deb, Bernice, Judy, and Helen

Here is a picture of Sherman and Helen with Frances and Anne, and Sherman's mother - four generations.

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Actually, I do have a picture of a David Lashley, which I stalked on Facebook. But I'm not sure it's the right one. Wonder if any of my Burford relatives can confirm....

(Looks too young to be Anne's husband, but maybe not. Anne's husband was born in 1958 and I think this picture is from 2020.)

Monday, November 18, 2024

Y'all got me thinking about high school today. It's my high school sweetheart's birthday. You never forget your first love, right? So I'm gonna stray from the beaten path and post some not-family pictures today.

Michael Kenton Banic

Me and Mike at Junior Prom 1971

Here is the girl he married - Leda Frantz

They have been happily married almost 50 years now.

A few other guys that I remember from my school days...

Jim Harmon

We dated for about a year in junior high school.

He proposed after our high school graduation, even though we had not dated since 8th grade.

Steve MacGowan

First boy I ever kissed. (7th grade)

Carl Bishop

In 4th grade he had a huge crush on me.

He proposed after we graduated, even though we had not seen each other since 4th grade. (My family moved from Bangor to Hartford in the middle of the school year, so Carl and I were in different towns and different schools.)

I sometimes wonder if my mom was going around paying my old boyfriends to propose that summer after graduation, so I would get married and not go to college. LOL