by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
She was not our Aunt but we called her that because in the South some people become Family Members when they are drawn into the circle that is often shared and never neglected. Aunt Delores was one of those persons we grew to love in early childhood. In...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
I was named after my mother’s Aunt Annie. I never knew where my Geraldine name came from and was always called “Gerry Ann” by older relatives when I was little. In the third grade when I decided to be “grown-up” and call myself “Geraldine” at school, instead...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
On Tuesday mornings, Aunt Adrienne and Uncle Frank made their way from their home on a hill area out Highway 42, down to the little red brick cottage on Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky where oil painting classes were held across the street from The...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
I do not recall what costume my beautiful Aunt Doris wore to the Halloween Party on her date with my Uncle-to-be, but I will never forget meeting him for the first time and how he looked for the occasion. I went to the front door of the McKay Street home to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
Because my Uncle Jake Link was named after his father, he was sometimes called “Junior” and sometimes addressed as “June” His bedroom was at the back of the 4435 Crittenden Drive Home, just off the kitchen. I thought the most fascinating thing in that room...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | RELATIVES, Uncategorized
Aunt Sis was named after her mother, Rosina Kernen. She grew up with her three brothers in the Kernen Tavern when it was located on Louisville, Kentucky’s Preston Street near Clarks Lane In later years she painted China to give as treasured gifts to family...
