Contributed by Jan Batte Craven



************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
************************************************
 

  

Well, this sure is fun.
My Union parish connections are through my hubby, so I have never lived in 
Union Parish, not even in North Louisiana, but I did take my pa-in-law to 
several family reunions and church/cemetery reunions while he was still alive. 
He was Lonnie Craven.  Families were Craven, Farrar, Poole, Gathright, 
Brasher, & Cole...unidentified as to which family.  We went to the family 
reunion of His wife, Irma Draper....her families were also Jamison
in Union Parish.  We went to several Good Hope Baptist Church reunions.  As 
we would ride through the country roads coming and going he remembered where 
everyone had lived and whether or not they had a pretty daughter!   What a 
hoot.   I think he remembered every family and what property they owned in 
that whole parish.  While we were at one of the church reunions we also went 
to Sadie Cemetery and saw lots of family graves there too.  He truly was a 
one of a kind treasure!
Jan Craven

#   #   #