We went to
Marietta Campground Meeting today. We
were invited by an old friend since the first grade Walker Gaines and his wife
Darlene. We were invited to the Annual
Memorial Service giving credit for those members who had died in the past year.
Marie was a member at one time and a
student at their academy when she was young.
Also through the years she has donated much to the Campground Museum Archives. It was held under the Arbor which has been
standing in one form or another since about 1838.
Before and
after the service we visited with Walker and Darlene. The cabin they owned his grandfather Brown
built about a 100 years old. Back when
Cobb was young people would travel a long way to camp out in tents near the Arbor and so to services
over a 4 day period. Traditionally they still call their cabin
tents.
Walker gave
the memorial service. He recognized about 6 to 8 people that had passed and had
something nice and personal to say about all of them. When he got to Marie, he even plugged Chicken-fat.com.
It was a
nice service, especially the plugging part.
Other Campground Methodists, A.K.A. East Cobb Methodists I ran into that I know:
Sheryl Lassister
Fellow Local Historian Wannabe
Ron Phillips, We both attended Waterman Street School and MHS
Gene Phillips, brother of Ron, and same description.
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