IN JUNE OF 2005 THERE WAS A GATHERING OF COUSINS IN MISSISSIPPI. THESE COUSINS WERE DESCENDENTS OF THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND CITHEY WALDREP. NOT ONLY HAD THE ATTENDEES NEVER MET BUT WE ARE FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT MOST OF OUR PARENTS HAD NEVER MET.

GAYLE JETTON, DESCENDENT OF JOHN THOMAS WALDREP AND NANCY ANN NASH HAS ORDERED A CONFEDERATE TOMBSTONE FOR SAMUEL AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SCHEDULE A DEDICATION CEREMONY DURING ON 21 OCTOBER 2006 AT 1 PM. THE STONE WILL BE ERECTED AT THE CLEAR SPRINGS PRIMATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY ON THE MABEN STURGIS ROAD, IN THE DOUBLE SPRINGS COMMUNITY WHERE THE FAMILY LIVED.

OF COURSE WE ARE UNCERTAIN WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY BURIED BUT FAMILY MEMBERS SAID THEY WERE BURIED AT DOUBLE SPRINGS, REFERRING TO THE DOUBLE SPRINGS COMMUNITY. THEIR DAUGHTER TEXANNA WITH HUSBAND J.W. AYRS AND GRANDDAUGHTER, MAYBELL AYRS ARE BURIED AT CLEAR SPRINGS. THERE ARE FOUR GRAVES MARKED WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS IN A LINE WITH THE AYRS FAMILY THAT MAY BE THEIR GRAVES. CLEAR SPRINGS HAS GIVEN US PERMISSION TO ERECT THE STONES.

WE WOULD TO HAVE AS MANY DESCENDENTS OF SAMUEL AND CITHEY AT THE MEMORIAL AS WE CAN FIND. Their children were: John Thomas, Texanne Jane Ayrs, Martha Ann NASH , Sarah Sallie Francis Norwood, Jefferson Davis WALDREP, Effie Magnolia WALDREP (Wilson)

IN ADDITION, IF WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INTEREST WE WILL FIND A MEETING PLACE, ETC. FOR ANOTHER INFORMAL GET TOGETHER FOR THE DESCENDENTS OF SAMUEL AND CITHEY WALDREP. THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE IN STARKVILLE, MS THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING AFTER THE CEREMONY.

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