August 5, 1954
This Article
Appeared In The Times
But Was Not
Actually Titled Cal’s Column
Transcribed by Janette West Grimes
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Plans for the coming reunion
of the members of the Gregory family are being made. This gathering is
scheduled for Sunday, August 15th, at the Jeff Davis Monument grounds on the
road between Elkton and Hopkinsville, Ky., where there are abundant facilities
for spreading lunches, and finding plenty of shade and drinking water.
Elder Arnett G. Gregory, of
Gallatin, a well-known Baptist minister, is president of the organization.
Elder Clemons Gregory, another well-known Baptist minister, who resides at
Goodlettsville, Tenn., is secretary and treasurer of the organization. The
editor of the Times, who is also a Baptist minister, is historian of the group.
He hopes to be able to attend the coming meeting.
It is also hoped that
representatives from Chatham County, North Carolina, from which many of the
early pioneer settlers came to Tennessee, will be represented. The Gregorys
came to Chatham County, North Carolina from Halifax County, Virginia. It is
hoped that a delegation of Gregorys will attend from Halifax County and also
from Lununburg, Meclenburg and perhaps other counties in the Old Dominion. It
is also hoped that a delegation from Crawford County, Ind., may be on hand for
the coming reunion.
Special invitations to
William L. Gregory, of St. Louis; and Congressman G r e g o r y, of Mayfield,
Ky., are extended.
All the Macon, Smith,
Trousdale, Sumner and Davidson County Gregorys are urged to attend. Bring lunch
and spend the day.
Those coming from the East
should inquire at Elkton, Todd County, Ky., for the park dedicated to the
memory of Jeff Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy. Those coming from
the West should come to Hopkinsville, in Christian County, and there inquire
the way to the park. Those from Macon, Smith, Trousdale, and Sumner Counties
should go to Franklin, Ky., thence northwest to Russellville, Ky., thence wwest
to Fairfield, Ky., where the Davis Monument and Park are located. Those
attending from Davidson County and from Robertson County should go to Guthrie,
thence northwest to Fairview. The distance from Franklin to Fairview, by the
way of Russellville, about 50 miles.
From Nashville to Guthrie,
Ky., is about 50 miles. From Guthrie to Fairview is about 20 miles.