Swoope – Showalter Family Reunion
Ashley | Jun 17, 2009 | Comments 4
My Grandaddy’s Aunt Blackie hosted a family reunion at her home in Allegheny County, Virginia.

Courtney, Sean, Me, Ryan and Dante rode down together.
Dante tried to ride up front with Ryan, that didn’t last long. . .

We arrived and found our Grandparents.
Ryan, Grandaddy, Grandma, & Me:
Courtney & Grandaddy

We visited everyone and enjoyed some great food!



We took a Family Picture:

From Left to Right: (PLEASE help me to fill in the blanks!)
Back Row: Dante (dog), Sean, Courtney, Ryan, Ashley, Amy, Chloe, Ricky, Nancy, Tony (grandaddy), someone whose face we can’t see- is it Tammy? and Justin
Middle Row: Bonna, Carson, Colbi, ____One_____, Juanita (grandma), ______Two_____, Jack, Todd?, ___Three___, Reta (can’t see her face), Ronnie and Macon
Front Row: Michael’s God Son, Michael, Judy, __Four__, ___Five___, ____Six___, __Seven_
And some more pictures:


Look! We are all the same height!
We are standing on a hill.

Aunt Bonna:

Uncle Macon, Bonna’s Husband:

Aunt Reta, Ronnie’s Wife:

3 Generations:
Michael (Ronnie & Reta’s Son), Justin (Michael’s Son) and Uncle Ronnie

Talking-Â Aunt Nancy, Cousin Amy, and Aunt Blackie
When we left the reunion we went to take a look at the house where my Grandaddy’s older siblings were born, My Great- Great Grandfather’s Farm. The farm has been out of the family for many years.




We also stopped at an overlook:

The Iron Forge:

Rainbow Rock:

Devil’s Backbone or Flag Rock, I have heard it called both:

We had a great little trip! And a beautiful day for it!
Filed Under: Family • Family Reunions


we look stretched out of wack in the family picture! The woman next to grandma might be tammy?? I cant really tell because her face is a little contorted
There’s a famous literary critic named Elaine Showalter and her son, Michael, is famous for writing or acting or something in Hollywood! Think they’re any relation?
[...] 0 A couple of weeks ago we had a nice visit from my Grandparents (previously mentioned here, here, and here) and my Granddaddy’s brother and sister-in law, Stevie and [...]
man! how good does grandma look, it was so good to see you here and ya all, the flight from australia was worth it. i cant wait to see you all again. yours forever johnny