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Left Charles Town at 6:00 AM for the three and a half hour drive to Emporia.
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In Uncle Robert's kitchen
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A toast with Bloody Mary's to Uncle Robert in front of his considerable bar on the morning of his memorial service and burial.
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Judy, Gaye and Mary
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Charlie and Mary checking out some old family photographs Vincent has collected.
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Wedding day 1946, picture taken in Grandmama's yard at 300 Church Street Emporia
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The original Mattie Todd and George David Grizzard the High Sheriff of Sussex County
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A sleeping dog
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Charlie tells a family story
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Mary & Mama on Goodwin Street
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The family at the cemetery for Uncle Robert's interment.
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Henry standing beside Uncle Robert's fresh grave wearing a pair of Uncle Robert's shoes.
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Jack and Gaye's daughter Maria with me at the reception following Uncle Robert's memorial service at the Methodist Church.
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Henry takes a phone call as we leave Food Lion on a beer run after the memorial service.
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Henry and Charlie just back to Uncle Robert's house after his memorial service and reception.
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Back to Uncle Robert's after walking Gandhi and Zimmerman.
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My fashionable and stylish sister Mary
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Mary checks her phone Wednesday morning at Uncle Robert's house before we all go out for breakfast.
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Mama at Logan's Diner in Emporia for breakfast
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Our table for breakfast at Logan's
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Mama with Charlie for breakfast at Logan's Diner in downtown Emporia
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Coffee and conversation over breakfast at Logan's Diner in downtown Emporia
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Henry speaking with cousin Charlie in front of Uncle Robert's house on Goodwin Street in Emporia.
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the Emporia girls - right to left: Judy (cousin Todd's widow), Gaye (cousin Jack's widow), Mimi and Judy's sister Carol. (missing is cousin Rene who returned home Tuesday evening after the memorial and reception)
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Henry, Charlie and me
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Charlie, Henry, Vincent and me
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Charlie, Henry, Vincent & me.
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A gigantic Confederate flag flys beside Interstate 95 between Emporia and Petersburg.