FUN WITH COUSINS

Memories of reunions and fun with Cousins have invaded my thoughts lately I imagine because Tuck reserved places for the Woodard and Rohrer Reunions.  The Rohrer reunions is for the descendants of my parents CLYDE and BUELAH BAILEY ROHRER.  I enjoyed my BAILEY cousins DAVID AND LARRY HICKMAN the sons of Uncle Rolland and Aunt Rene Hickman,  PEGGY and SANDY the daughters of  Gail and Esther Bailey, and Uncle Les and Aunt Helen Phillips kids who lived in Tilton. I used to ride my bike to Tilton and Aunt Helen would let me read comics. Uncle Les and Uncle Gail worked at a NEWS AGENCY where they could bring the old comic books home. In later years I attended the Bailey and Woodard reunions regularly but the Baileys don't meet anymore. So pictured here are Steve and Gayle Rohrer (Steve is the youngest son of Harold and Wilma Rohrer) and the second picture is of the HOAKS kids as adults. They were the children of Jim and Lucille Hoaks. Lucille was my dads sister. I write back and forth with Linda Strelow whose parents were Harold and Wilma Rohrer also .Linda and Steves brother Jim who everyone knew as Butch, died a few years ago. Judy Rohrer Wells lives in Oakwood with her family. In the Hoaks picture Are  Wilma Jean HOAKS Whitington Killion, Paul , and Norm (Billie) who have all passed away.Wayne, Carl and Richard are not pictured. The only ones left in the picture are Hilda  Hoaks Sherman,Carol Edwards, and Marjorie Sidwell and a sister who is not in the picture, Betty Bainbridge who lives in Ely Nevada.There is another sister but I have lost track of her. Her name is Karen..Another cousin who has stepped into Heaven is Vera Marie. She was born Vera Marie Jenkins a daughter of Earl and Opal Rohrer Jenkins. She was born six months before I was. Her mom was my dads sister. her mom died after giving birth to Veras little brother when we were 3 years old. Vera spent a lot of time with our grandparents so I was able to play at Grandmas.