Stan Rawls died on Saturday, April 23 after a two-year illness. A celebration of his life was held at Sardis Church in Monroe, AL on Tuesday, April 26. Stan loved photography and many of his photos are incorporated into the tribute prepared for the service.
On the way back to Louisville, I stopped to visit with Uncle Fred and Aunt Dorothea. Uncle Fred was in good spirits. Aunt Dorothea was feeling tired having just come home from the hospital this week. They are not able to travel these days, but I’m sure they would appreciate a note or card.
Fred and Dorothea Langford
12000 Turnmeyer Drive S.E.
2nd Floor Skilled Nursing Rm 5344
Huntsville, AL 35802
Andy
Thank you for coming to another great day after Thanksgiving at the farm. We had a record attendance. You can view photos of the gathering on the Family Gallery Page
CLICK ON THIS LINK https://wblangfordfamily.org/family-gallery/
The crowd included:
Aunt Rebecca,Gary, Joann, Elli, Foster, Kemper & Dave
Linda, John, Morgan, Angela, Kayla, Chis, Lisa, and Aliyah
Andy & Malinda, Louis & Alanna
Ben & Ruth, Charles, Celena, Stan
Bill, Paul & Jan, Robert & Catherine with Tom & Helen Quiring (Robert’s parents), Gordon, Tara, Mark, Amy, and Antonio
Uncle Murray, David & Libby, Greg and Najla, Jackson and William, Charles & Melinda, Chase & Callie, Amanda, Abby & Harry, Mark, Claire
I’ll post more photos in the next few day. To view or download a full-sized image of the gathering, click below.
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Lisa and Chris were married on October 20 in Birmingham. You can congratulate them at the farm at Thanksgiving.
Ethan and Jonathan were born on October 20. Now up to 5 pounds, they are expected to come home from the hospital this week. Sue sent these recent photos.
Ethan has his eyes open.
Jonathan is sleeping.
It’s that time again to gather at the Farm on Friday after Thanksgiving. We will plan to eat at 1:00 p.m. as usual. Please bring a dish and your appetite. I’m bringing spiral cut ham and green beans and Joann and Aunt Rebecca are bringing turkey and dressing with gravy.
We will have our regular family farm meeting after lunch and a group photo as usual. It promises to be another great time to catch-up and welcome new family members: Kemper’s Dave and Chris’ Lisa and Aliyah. Sue reminded me that there were two other additions to our family on October 20th. Margie had twins, Jonathan and Ethan who will be coming home from the hospital this week. Sue will be caring for babies in Greenville and won’t be able to make it this year. Susan, Gabe and James are in Japan but sent their best wishes for a great time. Craig & Desiree are unable to come because they are caring for Aunt Dorothea who will be released from the hospital on Monday.
Here is the list I have of the folks who will be present on Friday and when they will be arriving. Please send updates to abrawls@gmail.com.
Nearby:
Aunt Rebecca, John, Linda
Before Wednesday:
Ben & Ruth
Bill (staying until Saturday)
Wednesday:
Andy & Malinda
Charles, Celena, Stan
Chis, Lisa, and Aliyah
Gary, Joann, Elli, Foster
Kemper & Dave
Thursday: Thanksgiving Day
Louis & Alanna
Gary and his family will be at Aunt Rebecca’s for lunch on Thanksgiving Day, and we anticipate 15 be at the farm in time for lunch.
Friday:
Paul & Jan
Robert & Catherine with Tom & Helen Quiring (Robert’s parents)
Gordon, Tara, Mark, Amy, and Antonio (confirmed)
David, Uncle Murray, Libby, Greg, Najla, Jackson and William
Morgan, Angela, Kayla (in afternoon hopefully by lunch)
Charles & Melinda
Chase & Callie
Mark (Jeanie has to work)
If everyone makes it, we will have 48 for lunch on Friday.
Last weekend Dave Gable proposed to Kemper while they were fishing at Gary and JoAnn’s. For Callie and Chase it was a duck blind. For Lisa and Chris, a Christmas tree. It’s been a good year for proposals in the family. Dave and Kemper are considering a wedding date of June 27th in or near Allentown, PA.
Gathered around the Christmas tree at the farm on Christmas Eve, Chris proposed to Lisa. Here is the video.
It was another great day after Thanksgiving at the Farm.
It had been ten years since Jordan joined us so he had the honor of carving the turkeys JoAnn baked. James is looking on after peeling all the sweet potatoes for the casserole.
There was lots of help in the kitchen. Malinda baked the ham. Celena made her pudding dessert and Susan baked all those sweet potatoes James peeled.
Soon folks were filling their plates with ham, smoked turkey, dressing, sweet potato casserole, green beans, squash casserole, apple coleslaw, ambrosia, and lots of desserts including Mark’s famous oatmeal cookies.
We filled three tables in the dining room.
We set places for 12 in the living room. 
The food was great, but the conversation was better. It started around the tables and continued to the living room, porch and even out to the cars as folks left at the end of the day.
It was a good to get the know the newlyweds, Chase and Callie, who were married on October 11. Chase is working for a 4H camp and Callie is teaching special education.
Look for posting about a Farm Work Day early in May. Some of us plan to gather again on July 4th for a cookout. Hope to see you all next year for our gathering Friday after Thanksgiving.
LR Seated: Murray, Rebecca, David, Ben
Row 2: Callie, Chase, Melinda, Mark, Jeannie, Malinda, Linda, Jan, JoAnn, Kemper, Ellie, Gary, Andy
Row 3: Jordan, John, Paul, Foster
Row 4 on porch: James, Susan, Stan, Charles L., Charles R., Celena.
(not pictured: Regina, Ella, Ruth)
Andy
W. B. Langford Family 