For those who somehow didn't know, I've been helping plan a reunion of the descendants of Henry Miller Layne and Martha Pickett Layne that took place on Saturday. The original location was Whitwell Park in Whitwell, TN. But a combination of bad weather and an trophy presentation that was forced to move under the main pavilion along with us, forced us to move to our alternate location at Whitwell High School. I was very apprehensive about moving. I thought that people might end up confused, and there was a few mixups, but as far as I know, everyone made it from the park to the High School.

Even with the initial confusion, roughly 75 people attended. Everyone who spoke to me was very gracious, and commented on how well organized everything was. Personally I felt like a chicken with it's head cut off! Also a great many expressed appreciation of the work that I've put into our genealogy on the web, and I thank you. But, a lot of information was compiled by other family and I just made it available on the web.

Anyway, I just wanted to write a short note to thank everyone for coming, for filling out my annoying survey, for all your donations, for the food, and for sharing all your memories and time with us on Saturday. I'll have a full accounting of the events of the day along with a few pictures on the Layne Reunion website later this week. It was great to see everyone!