Shirley St.Clair visits Alan & Rick Reeve in Georgia

Shirley St. Clair visits Alan & Rick Reeve

in Georgia - March 14 & 15

Left to right (clockwise): Rick Reeve, Alan Reeve, Wendy Reeve (Alan's wife), Shirley St. Clair, Richard Minkler. Click on any image to enlarge.

Family Ties
"I am Oba & Dorothy's daughter, Shirley. My 1st cousin was Lonnie Reeve. Lonnie was the son of Charlie Reeve and Jessie St. Clair. Alan & Rick are Lonnie's sons, Shirley's 2nd cousins.

Confused yet? Doesn't matter. What matters is what a great time I had getting to know Alan and his wife Wendy and Rick!

The Visit

Alan has built a beautiful home in the country east of Savannah. Rick lives in Texas and was visiting for a week. Perfect timing for our mini-reunion.

We did lots of fun things: Savannah's famous St. Patrick's Day Parade, held this year on March 14; lunch at Tony Roma's; and lots of reminiscing about the Reeves and the St. Clairs back in the day.

Alan and Wendy invited us (me and my friend Rich) out for Saturday night supper on the 15th. And what a supper it was. A Low Country Boil. The Reeve Boys boiled up two kinds of shrimp, with Rick's specialty being the Texas red hot poker variety. Corn on the cob and potatoes completed the Boil. In Southern tradition, the table was covered in layers of newspapers and the well-drained Boil dumped out for grab and eat yummy-ness.

Rick plans on coming for the reunion. Alan is not sure if he can make it, but he's going to try. If you see them in the crowd be sure and give them a hearty "Howdy, Y'All!" You're gonna love those Reeve Boys!!

Cousin Shirley