For Betty and the Rudds...

Always talking, maybe should be listening...

This is Linda, Frankie's first born....First, not last.

This is Tracy, Frankie's last born...

This is Angie, Jimmie and Stella's daughter.

This is Carl Dean Rudd, on the left and Frank Rudd on the right, Aunt Francis and Billy Joe's brothers.  Frank died in 1949 and is buried in Pickens Cemetery, here in town.

Benjamin F Rudd Arkansas Sgt 1 Cl 95 Armd FA BN Armd Div World War II Aug 14 1919 - March 30 1949

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Carl Dean died in 1944 serving in Europe in WWII and is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland. Carl Dean Rudd, Staff Sergeant, 335th Infantry 84th Division, died 22 Nov 1944 buried the Netherlands, Purple Heart Metal.

American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland.  In the middle is the American Memorial.

More pictures...

Mary and  Peggy  [Donnie's wife and daughter], and Stella Powell.

George [Skip] Reed, Max Gwaltney, Susie's husband [Paul?], Susie, and Winnie.

Stella Powell, Daisey and Max Gwaltney's wife.

Mary Ellen Rudd Forney.

Stella, Daisy and Angie [Stella's daughter]

In back, Frankie and his daughter Tracy Hooten.  Two blondes on the left I think are Tracy's daughters  but not sure.  Do not know who others are.

Mary Ellen and Sarah Powelll [Frankie's wife]

Frankie, Skip Reed, Susie's husband, Susie, Linda [Frankie's daughter], Max Gwaltney that now is known as David, Bob Knight [Helen's family]

George and a couple of Rudd men.

On the far right is Linda, she says she is Frankie's favorite daughter. 

Virginia, Sarah and Stella working.  Frankie said he was inspecting.

Susie and Winnie.

 Bob.

Skip George.

Max David.

Virginia and Bob.

Frankie is on Virginia's left and Donnie is on Virginia's right.  In front is Patsy, Jimmy and Kenny.  The rest are unknowns.

September 29, reunion day

First some ate and some talked.

Then we took pictures.

Then, some went home, and some went to the graveyard.

September 27, Thursday

Well, my work week is over.  I am taking a vacation day tomorrow.  I went to Harrison today and bought a Cooks ham to cook tomorrow.  Clayton says Cooks hams are the best.  We will see.  I just bought that brand because it was the one on sale, but hopefully it will be good.

 I also got stuff to make pumpkin pies.  I usually just but frozen pies, but the pumpkin pie was over $7.  Homemade pies are much better anyway.  But, I don't make the crust. I but frozen crusts.

I usually buy groceries at Wally world, but Edwards had the hams on sale so I just got all my groceries there.  Their caned goods were cheaper than Wally world.  I may start going there more.

Tomorrow, sleep in. Maybe even as late as 6 am.  Yipee!

Wednesday, 4 am

And the computer is fine.  I think George was right, the battery was down and windows just got confused.

Today, evis is off at the plant.  When evis is down on Friday, I have been off also, but today, I am working.  I am not going to work very many weeks taking a day off in the middle of the week.

Friday, I am taking a vacation day, just because I want to.

George started taking apart the wall by the back door yesterday.  Maybe, in a week or so we will have a new back door up.

I still get up at 4 most days, even though I don't leave for work until 5:30.  I do like going in later.  I guess someday, I will start sleeping later in the morning.  I have been getting up at 4 o'clock for over 5 years.  It is hard to change.

Tuesday, September 25

Today was a 3 egg day, but one was really, really small.  That is a nickle behind the third egg and the nickle is bigger than the egg.  Maybe it is a diet egg.

Today, when I tried to start my computer,it failed to start.  I tried just restarting it with no luck.  It wanted to try to repair itself and I went with that after the second no start.  It ran for about 20 or 30 minutes and still could not start. I clicked finish and it shut down.  Then I tried starting it again and it started.  So far so good.  I did not have it plugged in and George thought maybe the battery had just run down.  Maybe so.  Anyway, the fix messed up Norton, so now Norton is downloading a update.  Oh, and I had not backed up anything on this computer on my backup drive.  I backed up all my pictures on the backup since I got it started again.  I looked, but did not see anything else that I thought needed backing up.

Now, if it will just restart when I shut it down.  AND, I called Patsy for help but she said she was not going to help.  She has not even called back to see if I got it running.  I don't think she is much worried about my problems.