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Reunion at Grandmother
Mattie Paynes in Lone Mountain Tennessee.
Top right to left. Aunt Mildred Payne Bumgardner, Uncle John Tom Payne,
Aunt Beatrice Payne Archer, Uncle Lafayette Payne, Jr., Aunt Lucille
Payne Robinson, my father Al George Payne and daughter Betsy Payne
Blackstock and grandmother Mattie Livesay Payne. Picture taken 1954. In
the background I think is Cissy Payne, daughter of John Tom.
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Betsy Payne at
grandmother Paynes.
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Early Sunday morning at
Tazewell United Methodist Church.
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Betsy dressed up for
Easter Sunday 1955.
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Joe Payne and sister
Betsy getting ready to leave for Church.
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Joe in his Easter Sunday
best.
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Betsy and Joe Payne
ready for Easter Sunday.
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Joe Payne in his brother
George Eddie Paynes MG TD with his rat terrior Pogo.
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Betsy and Joe with
mother Betty Phillips Payne at Marineland near Saint Augustine,
Florida. Visit to Betty's sister Ruth Phillips Avent in Jacksonville,
Florida, 1955
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Marineland of Florida,
one of Florida's first theme parks, is billed as "the world's first
oceanarium". Today it is no longer an operating theme park but still
functions as a research and education institution. Cousin Jackie Avent
is also with us.
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St. Augustine Florida
was originally called Fort Caroline then Castillo de San Mateo. Since
the beginning of its construction in 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos
has played an important role as a strategic military post in the New
World.
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Approximately 35 miles
south of Jacksonville is where the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon is
believed to have come ashore on April 2, 1513 in search of an elusive
fountain of youth. The Landmark Cross, consisting of 27 different stone
slabs, is on display.
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