Lana:
I am on the phone with my parents. They remember your parents and you as
well. You have a sister named Pam. Your uncle, Hobart, a Coast Guard
veteran, loved my Aunt Catherine, paid a great deal of attention to her,
teased her a lot, and taught her how to cuss. Catherine was mentally and
physically disabled as you may recall. As her she approached death, she
used what Hobart taught her quite well!
My mother and father still live in Norfolk. His brother Jack and his wife,
Ruth, just moved to Goldsboro, NC, to live with their daughter, Claudia.
Their other daughter, Jackie, lives a few miles east in Clayton. The oldest
sister, Doris, died last year, not long after she, Edna and Jimmy had moved
to McKinney, TX, to live with Edna's daughter, Maureen. Edna and Jimmy
would rather be in Norfolk but there was no one there who could take care of
them.
I have been living here for a little less than three years now after having
lived away from the East Coast since 1973. I've lived in Columbus, OH,
Indianapolis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul before setting roots here. My next
move will be assisted living or six feet under.
I received an E-mail a few moments ago from Ellen Singler who started all
this flurry of E-mails with her question regarding Uncle Johnie. My father
had not remembered that he was in the service, but Ellen said she found a
military registration card for him from September 1918.
Take care,
Tom
Tom Carawan
Managing Director, East Coast Practice
Public Resource Management Group, LLC
8601 Six Forks Road, Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27615
919-349-6075 (cell - preferred)
919-882-2116 (office)
919-882-1608 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: lana kitchens [mailto:granny3garden@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:59 PM
To: CARAWAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: John (Johnie) William Carawan
My great aunt-Minnie Carawan Pollard died in December
1993. She would have be 104 in January 2004 because
she was born in 1890. Your grandfather Thaxton
Carawan was my grandmother's, Lorena Carawan Sadler's
brother and of course, Aunt Minnie was their sister.
I well remember Uncle Thaxton and Aunt Rena and it was
a great pleasure to visit them with my mom and dad,
Nora and Ashley Hopkins.
Lana Hopkins Kitchens
--- Art Carawan <wolfsram(a)cox.net> wrote:
Hey Bet Cuz
<sigh> I've pretty much given up hope that anyone
can help us with
Philip. The only thing I have ever come up with are
3 or 4 decent theories.
===Art
At 11:48 AM 7/4/2006, you wrote:
>tom,
>how very interesting - your name. My dad was named
tom (Thomas Edison)
>Carawan. He grew up in Belhaven, NC. His parents
were Grover Cleveland
>Carawan and Annie Dorcas Tripp. We trace back to
Phillip Benjamin Carawan,
>but there draw a blank. Supposedly we were Kirwans
or Kerwins from
>Ireland by way of Maryland. do you know anything
that will help.
>Cousin?
>Betty Ann Carawan Scoopmire
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Carawan"
<tomcarawan(a)prmgroup.net>
>To: <CARAWAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:35 AM
>Subject: RE: John (Johnie) William Carawan
>
>
>>Ellen:
>>
>>Your great-grandfather was my father's uncle. My
grandfather was Thaxton
>>Buros Carawan born August 11, 1894 and is not on
Art's 1900 census
>>information for some unknown reason. My
grandfather and grandmother (Rena
>>Daniels Potter Carawan) are buried in the same
plot as your GGF. The
>>cemetery's name is Sandy Hill and it is in
Reelsboro, NC. It is across the
>>street from where your great aunt Minnie lived. I
don't remember the year
>>she died but she lived past 100. I visited the
cemetery last summer (in
>>fact I had lunch with the residents) and the
cemetery and their plot are
>>appropriately cared for. My parents remember your
great Aunt Alice because
>>she used to visit Norfolk a couple of times a year
and would visit with
>>Thaxton and Rena.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Tom
>>
>>Tom Carawan
>>Managing Director, East Coast Practice
>>Public Resource Management Group, LLC
>>8601 Six Forks Road, Suite 400
>>Raleigh, NC 27615
>>919-349-6075 (cell - preferred)
>>919-882-2116 (office)
>>919-882-1608 (fax)
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ellen [mailto:wifeoffireman@yahoo.com]
>>Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 12:02 PM
>>To: CARAWAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
>>Subject: Re:John (Johnie) William Carawan
>>
>>Art,
>>
>> Thank you so much! I have spent days searching
through many different
>>websites searching for this information.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Ellen Kay Singler (Willis)
>> wifeoffireman(a)yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
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