54th Annual Wood Reunion
June 9th, 2012

Another year has passed, and the descendents of Matthew J. Wood and Mary Wallace Davis found the time to meet once again in the hills of Winston County. James Algood (Columbia, TN), Jimmy Duncan (Philadelphia, MS), Joey & Bobbie Nell Ray (McCool, MS), Benjamin Smith (Huntsville, AL), Bobbie Fay Lonski (Chicago, IL), Doyle Smith (Philadelphia, MS), Vicky Dreksler (S. Elgin, IL), Leonard Warren and Kay Warren (Hazelhurst, MS), & Jim Wood (Louisville, MS)…all in attendance.

The crowd was small, but the conversations were grand. Vicky brought a chalk drawing of the original cabin that drew much attention. Her attention to detail and her gift of putting it down on paper was quite evident. Overheard were discussions of stealing watermelons and whiskey, the friendliness of Fate Algood, and the absence of Lucille Wood, who wasn't able to make it this year.

We do need to do something about getting folks more involved in the reunion. Running a report listing all the descendents of Matthew J. Wood and Mary Wallace Davis, it shows that there are 1775 living individuals over the age of 21. Can you imagine if we could get 20% of this amount interested? or even 10%. I'd be happy with 5%. Yes, we were all very disappointed at the turn out but are already setting our sights on next year's reunion on June 8th, 2013. We look forward to seeing all those who can attend, or even send a letter, telling us how things are going. Mark your calendars!

---James Algood


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