THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
August 2006

Volume VII No. 8

Always regard with esteem the name you were given;
with praise and renown that it should endure. *

The Editor's Corner

~ from the Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, July 24, 1921

Family Barbecue on Callaway Plantation

A family barbecue was given on the Callaway plantation, near Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA last Monday, being an annual affair, in the nature of a reunion. This plantation has been in the Callaway family for more than three-quarters of a century, and it has been the custom for years to celebrate annually with a barbecue.

The tables were placed under a group of large elm trees in the yard in front of the home, and were adorned with bowls of summer flowers. Delicious barbecued meats, salads, pickles and other good things, in addition to Brunswick stew, were served to the guests, who included Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Callaway, William Callaway, Jr., Misses Mae, Rose and Thelma Callaway and Eugene, John and Raymond Callaway, also Albert Trotzier, all of Atlanta; Mrs. W. S. Dozier and Oliver Dozier, of Dawson, GA; Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Watkins, Jim Watkins, Drewry Watkins, Misses Maude and Eda Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Webb, of Forsyth.

Miss Lula McLeod, Eddie McLeod, P. M. Callaway and Allen Callaway, of the plantation, were the delightful hosts on this occasion.

Editor's Note - This family is listed in the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 Monroe Co., GA census records. Can anyone identify this "Mystery Callaway" family?

Descendants of Jesse M. Callaway

Generation No. 1

1. JESSE M.² CALLAWAY (UNKNOWN¹) was born Bet. 1810 - 1813 in GA. He married NANCY E. UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1816 in GA.

Notes for JESSE M. CALLAWAY:
They are listed on the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Monroe Co., GA census.

Children of JESSE CALLAWAY and NANCY UNKNOWN are:

2. i. JOHN E.³ CALLAWAY, b. Nov 1835, GA.

ii. GEORGE WILLIS CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1837, GA.

iii. MARY E. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1840, GA.

iv. MARTHA BENETTA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1842, GA.

v. SARAH L. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1844, GA.

vi. PITT M. CALLAWAY, b. Mar 1846, GA.
Notes for PITT M. CALLAWAY:
Lived at the plantation and appears never to have married.

vii. ROBERT L. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1851, Monroe Co., GA.
Notes for ROBERT L. CALLAWAY:
His name may have been David R. or L. Callaway.
There is a R. L. Callaway single boarder listed on the 1880 Monroe Co., GA census. Forsyth Twp.

viii. ALLEN C. CALLAWAY, b. Aug 1852, Monroe Co., GA.
Notes for ALLEN C. CALLAWAY:
Lived at the plantation and appears never to have married.

ix. EDWARD CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1853, Monroe Co., GA.
Notes for EDWARD CALLAWAY:
It appears he may have died young. He only appears on the 1860 census.

x. WILLIAM CALLAWAY, b. May 1858, Monroe Co., GA.
Notes for WILLIAM CALLAWAY:
Lived at the plantation and appears never to have married.

xi. COLUMBUS CALLAWAY, b. Dec 1859, Monroe Co., GA.
Notes for COLUMBUS CALLAWAY:
Lived at the plantation and appears never to have married.
On the 1900 Monroe Co., GA census, Evers Twp Columbus is listed as head of household. His brothers Allen, William and Pitt M. are all single and living with him. Also Marie McLeod listed as sister, and Dora McLeod listed as niece.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN E.³ CALLAWAY (JESSE M.², UNKNOWN¹) was born Nov 1835 in GA. He married DORA UNKNOWN Abt. 1865 in GA. She was born Oct 1849 in GA.

Notes for JOHN E. CALLAWAY:
John is single listed on the 1870 Monroe Co., GA census.
John and family are listed on the 1880 Whitfield Co., GA census, Dalton Twp.
They are listed on the 1900, 1910 Fulton Co., GA census, Atlanta.
Occupation: Wheelwright & blacksmith

Children of JOHN CALLAWAY and DORA UNKNOWN are:

i. NETTIE⁴ CALLAWAY, b. Dec 1869, GA.

ii. WILLIE J. CALLAWAY, b. Sep 1872, GA.

3. iii. EDWARD G. CALLAWAY, b. Jul 1875, GA.

iv. GEORGE P. CALLAWAY, b. Mar 1878, GA.

v. MAY CALLAWAY, b. Jul 1886, GA.

Generation No. 3

3. EDWARD G.⁴ CALLAWAY (JOHN E.³, JESSE M.², UNKNOWN¹) was born Jul 1875 in GA. He married ROSA UNKNOWN Abt. 1904 in GA. She was born Abt. 1885 in GA, and died Bet. 1911 - 1919 in Fulton Co., GA.

Notes for EDWARD G. CALLAWAY:
They are living with his parents on the 1910 Fulton Co., GA census.
Edward is listed as a widow on the 1920, 1930 Fulton Co., GA census. His sister May is living with them.
Occupation: Railroad conductor & switchman

Children of EDWARD CALLAWAY and ROSA UNKNOWN are:

i. ROSE⁵ CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1905, Fulton Co., GA.

ii. EDWARD F. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1907, Fulton Co., GA.

iii. NETTIE MAY CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1909, Fulton Co., GA.

Editor’s note - I encourage each of you to send in articles for the e-Newsletter. It doesn’t have to be lengthy. It could be some "Callaway" news, a family story, a family photo, a favorite family recipe, results from your family line research, or any item you think would be of interest to our readers. Send them to me, and I will take care of adding them.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Donna

Current News

A Preview of Things to Come in Roanoke

I would like to thank John Bradshaw for the following article. He gives us a good look at all there is to see and do around Roanoke, VA, the site of this fall's CFA Annual Meeting.

What you don’t want to MISS when coming to ROANOKE (And some you do)

If you have the urge to shop in the usual places, you have almost everything you want within 1 mile of the hotel; Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sears, Sam’s, Wal-Mart, Belk’s, Targets, Kmart, Hecht’s, Penney’s, Big Lots, Burlington Coat, and on and on. Close, but you do need wheels.

Just about 2 miles away one finds Downtown Roanoke and its Farmer’s Market Area. There you will enjoy the smaller specialty shops, quaint farmer’s stalls, and lots of restaurants (3 dozen or more) with all types of food offerings and price ranges, (but only one big name chain). This is a TO DO trip for either lunch or dinner. Convenient parking is available both on street and in garages. The center piece of the area is the Center in the Square housing the Fine Art, History and Science Museums. You will also note the current construction of a brand new Fine Arts Museum which will be a major addition to the whole area... The Hotel Roanoke, an old RR hotel, and the Link Museum (RR Art) are just across the tracks along with the Information Center, and the Transportation Museum is only a few blocks of easy walking down the tracks.

If you want to eat, shop, or just play the part of a RR buff, a trip to this area is a must. Drive down, park, and walk to your heart’s content.

Now if you still have some holes in your family tree, I would suggest a meaningful visit to the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Library, which is just one or two blocks from the Market Area. There you will find a comprehensive collection of Virginia and Roanoke Valley area genealogical data and a very cooperative staff. It is open 4 to 12 hours a day, seven days a week and provides adequate space for extended study.

Next month we will share comments on locations beyond the 2 mile radius.

John Bradshaw
Bloomenrok at aol.com

Editor's Note - Meeting agenda and registration form can be found at the end of this newsletter.

A Callaway Gold Star Mother

The American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is an organization of mothers who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country. CFA Member, Sallie Nelson's great grandmother, Dora Elizabeth Callaway Reeser was a Gold Star Mother. I would like to thank Sallie for sharing this information with us.

Dear Donna,

Decoration Day (now called Memorial Day) Eve I watched the program from Washington. I was surprised to hear there is a Gold Star Mother Organization.

I have a Gold Star Great Grandmother, Dora Elizabeth Callaway Reeser from the Great War.

I had a few dollars I wanted to give to 'someone' so decided how fitting to give it in memory and in honor of Grandma.

I email the group, they emailed me back and I sent the checks. A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from the 'man' who was sending the donation to the proper person, and he asked my permission to use part of my Gold Star Grandma's story. Of course, I said YES. It will be in some publication. I wish I had thought to ask him to send me a copy if they use it, but I was so surprised I didn't.

Also it took 7 years and almost an act of Congress to get Grandma's other 2 sons their marble stone for graves. The one it took 1 year, but Uncle Harry's took SIX more! Sen. John Coryn from TX got it for him and IN Rep. Chocola got his records for me. All these years they said they were lost in the St. Louis fire. I had even contacted the Camp in Michigan where they were only to be told they didn't have any records.

Sallie

gentenmawps at sc2000.net

Editor's Note - Sallie's line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Ebenezer Callaway
Eli Callaway
Timothy Callaway
William M. Callaway
Dora Elizabeth Callaway

Three Women and a Garden

I would like to thank Rusty Callaway for sending me this newspaper article about Hills and Dales Estate. It is a wonderful history of a beautiful place.

Posted on Sun, Jul 02, 2006, Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA

Three women and A GARDEN
Hills & Dales Estate offers view into 165-year-old garden and Callaway mansion
BY ANNIE ADDINGTON
Staff Writer

In 1841, at about 23 years of age, Sarah Ferrell began converting her father's hilltop cotton fields in LaGrange, Ga., into a garden aimed toward heaven.

With formal schooling, a pious devotion to God and her own passion for gardening driving her, Sarah built, with the help of slave labor, a 3-acre boxwood garden. It featured stone walls and curving hedges that painted religious symbols and mottos into the landscape.

For 62 years she tended to the formal garden, arranged across six terraces, and she and her husband, Blount, periodically opened it to the LaGrange public until her death in 1903.

Then after several years of neglect, Sarah's outdoor masterpiece fell under the successive guardianship of two women -- Ida Callaway and then Alice Callaway -- who would guide the stunning gardens through the next century.

Now some 165 years after Sarah Ferrell launched her vision, the Ferrell Gardens, long since renamed Hills & Dales Estate, are open to the public and offer stunning views into a hilltop landscape and the rich history of the Ferrell and Callaway families that made it their home.

At the center of the garden is a three-story, 13,000-square-foot stucco mansion built between 1914 and 1916 by Fuller Callaway Senior (the first in the Callaway family to achieve widespread success). An acclaimed Atlanta architect, Neel Reid, designed the new Callaway home in the style of an Italian villa to complement the classical gardens.

It was during that era -- when the land was under the stewardship of Fuller Senior and his wife, Ida -- that they renamed the property "Hills and Dales" because of its rolling landscape.

Touted as one of the best preserved 19th century boxwood gardens in the Southeast, Hills & Dales boasts dozens of winding hedge-bordered pathways and several large boxwood parterres with multiple shrubs forming symbols or mottos. There are also sprawling perennial, annual and herb gardens; a greenhouse filled with orchids, a collection of maidenhair ferns and other exotic flowers; and 80-foot-tall magnolias, said to have been planted from seed during the Civil War.

The oldest garden room, now called the "church garden," was what Sarah called her "outdoor sanctuary." It features a large rectangular tree boxwood that represents an old-fashioned pipe organ; dozens of boxwoods arranged into the shape of a lyre; and two rounded beds, which Sarah planted with yellow marigolds to represent coins on an offering plate.

Biblical story

Nearby, boxwoods curved into the shape of a mammoth cluster of grapes were designed by Sarah to evoke a Biblical story in which spies bring Moses an enormous bunch of grapes from Canaan to show the bounty of the land.

Then on the eastern edge of the garden, Sarah planted a boxwood parterre that spelled the word "God," with flowers filling each letter with color.

Hills & Dales horticulturist Jo Steele now notes that the boxwood topiaries are best seen from a bird's eye view, suggesting that Sarah saw God as the first audience for her garden. And Sarah herself acknowledged that her faith and her gardening were inextricably linked.

"You know I have ever loved flowers," she once said. "I do not say they were parts of my life -- they were life itself. My idolatry has gone so far as to feel that heaven must be the home of flowers and without them would be incomplete."

In 1911, Fuller Callaway Sr., who had become a successful textile manufacturer, bought the Ferrell gardens that he had often roamed as a child. As an adult he had periodically stopped over to visit with Sarah and talk with her about her plants.

But Fuller was busy managing his mills and other business ventures, and his wife, Ida, became the champion of the gardens, first resurrecting them from their years of neglect and then adding elements in keeping with their classical character.

Avid gardeners

Like Ida, Sarah and Alice were married to successful, prominent men. (Blount Ferrell was a judge and state senator; and Fuller and Ida's son Fuller Callaway Jr. followed in his father's footsteps, managing the mills his father had launched).

That left each wife the luxury of having hired gardeners (and slaves, in the case of Sarah) to maintain their ambitious garden. But each of them chose to become avid gardeners themselves, overseeing the care of the vast gardens with their own hands well in the dirt.

If there was a horticultural genius in the trio, it was probably Sarah. Some garden historians who have visited Hills and Dales say it seems highly unlikely that Sarah could have designed such a large, intricate garden with so many italianate elements without the help of a horticultural expert -- perhaps an Italian itinerant gardener. And yet there is no documentation suggesting that she had such help. To Dee Smith, horticulture manager at Hills & Dales, it seems more likely that Sarah, who was well read, became a self-taught student in garden design. "We assume that she was well read and there were a lot of gardening and horticulture books in print at that time, " Smith said. "I just think she was an amazing woman."

In their turn, Ida and Alice became devout caretakers for the garden, preserving its original structure even as they added their own new touches. Both Callaway wives seemed to fill themselves with the passion of the woman who had preceded them.

Sarah's spirit

"Sarah's spirit seemed to overtake me," Ida once said, "as I began to work in her garden, reclaiming and restoring the boxwood parterres."

In a terrace where Sarah had planted two mottos in boxwood -- one for herself, "God is Love," and one for her husband, "Fiat Justitia" (Let justice be done) -- Ida added mottos for the Callaways: "Ora Pro Mi" (Pray for me) and "St. Callaway."

And in Sarah's "outdoor sanctuary," Ida added some religious symbolism of her own, planting Jack in the pulpits, to represent the preacher, and sweet Williams and zinnias (commonly called old maids) to represent the men and women of the congregation.

Ida and Fuller also added statues and fountains appropriate for an Italian style garden. And they may have planted seeds farther than they would ever know. It seems probable that Ida and Fuller infused their older son Cason with a love of gardening and nature that may have been influential in his decision to found Callaway Gardens.

When it became Alice's turn to take over garden guardianship when she and Fuller Jr. moved into Hills & Dales after Ida's death in 1936, Alice was initially overwhelmed.

But Hills & Dales horticulturist Jo Steele, who gardened alongside Alice in the last few years of her life, said that by the time she knew her, Alice was a seasoned gardener.

"She was very involved with the garden; it was her passion," Steele said. "When she moved here she was very much a novice gardener and was quite intimidated by the responsibility she had taken on. She told me that the garden had become a very large part of her life."

While it was Sarah who planted religious symbols into the garden, both Ida and Alice attended the same Baptist church that Sarah had gone to and were themselves ardent believers.

"Alice didn't plant her faith in here like Sarah did," Steele said. "But Alice was definitely a believer and she made no bones about that."

Alice added some 20 varieties of deciduous magnolias to the gardens, along with hundreds of azaleas and many other unusual plants.

Garden romance

The Callaways' white stucco mansion, with its red tiled roof, serves as a monumental focal point for the garden. Its interiors are as stunning as the outdoor landscape and include some features, like paintings, tapestries, and large windows, that work to bring the garden indoors.

In the central living room is a semi-circular sofa, custom made to mimic a semi-circular stone bench that Alice and Fuller Junior courted on in the "sunken garden."

Over the years, the gardens were the stage for many a romance. A long, narrow boxwood-bordered path, featuring intimate benches on either end and dubbed "Lover's Lane" by Sarah, became a popular courting spot for couples in both centuries.

In 1993, decades after Alice and Fuller fell in love on the sunken garden's stone bench, their granddaughter, Ellen Harris, sat in the same spot with the sun shining on her and listened to her now husband offer a marriage proposal.

"I guess that would have to be my favorite place (in the garden) now," Harris said.

She said the garden also helped bind her extended family together throughout her childhood. She remembers hunting Easter eggs in the winding boxwood hedges and making crowns with her grandmother using magnolia leaves bound together by thin twigs.

Preserving a legacy

Now even as the garden enters a new public life under the custodianship of a team of eight gardeners, the Hills and Dales staff is more cautious than ever about preserving the garden's history.

They are entrusted with carrying out Alice and Fuller Junior's last wishes that the estate be left to the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation and opened for the enjoyment of the public.

Many of the boxwoods have endured since their antebellum planting. And the staff continues to force Calla lilies in the greenhouse for winter cut flowers as both Ida and Alice did before them.

Kaye Minchew, director of the Troup County Archives, said that Hills & Dales Estate represents a remarkable slice of Troup County history. "I think it's amazing how in the course of 165 years that it's mainly been under the care of three women and that the gardens have survived in such spectacular shape," she said. "And I think that it's wonderful that it's open to the public now."

A Callaway War Hero

I would like to thank Tim Connor for sending me the link to this tribute to SSgt. Allan Brooks Callaway.

Donna -
I saw this while visiting the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association website, and thought you might find it of interest:
Tim Connor
tfconner at bellsouth.net

Staff Sergeant Allan Brooks Callaway, US Army
1^st Platoon, Company D, 1^st Squadron,
11^th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse)
Killed in Action: 21 February 1969

Allan Brooks Callaway was born in 1944 in Decatur, Georgia. Callaway was a versatile athlete participating in baseball, football, basketball, and swimming. While attending Decatur High School he quarterbacked the football team, averaged 22 points per game as a guard on the basketball team, and graduated in 1962. Callaway was a member of Troop 175, Boy Scouts of America, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. He graduated from Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina in 1967.

Shortly after graduating from college, Allan Brooks Callaway was drafted into active duty in the US Army. Excelling in leadership in basic training he accepted an opportunity to attend Non-Commissioned Officers School, graduating first in his class. Following armor training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, SSGT Callaway was assigned to the 1^st Platoon, Company D, 1^st Squadron, 11^th Armored Cavalry Regiment, known throughout the Army as "The Blackhorse." The Regiment's mission included guarding and patrolling road networks west of Saigon to the Cambodian border. As Tank Commander, SSGT Callaway quickly earned the respect of his crew and fellow Tank Commanders for his combat leadership, sense of humor, and innovative technical skills.

SSGT Callaway developed a method of controlling a tank's gun remotely, allowing the operation of the main gun by one individual thereby allowing another crewmember to act as defense against close-in infantry, a particularly vulnerable aspect of tank warfare. This innovation was adopted by the whole regiment.

In Binh Duong Province, an area known as "The Catcher's Mitt" near Fire Support Base Harper's Ferry was particularly active with the enemy. Callaway dismounted his tank to guide his crew safely through a heavily mined area. An anti-tank mine detonated, killing SSGT Callaway, but sparing his tank and crewmembers. Callaway was only 24 years old, and had been in-country for 165 days.

For his courage and selflessness he was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart, reflecting positively on his family, the US Army and the United Stated of America.

The Newest Callaway

Congratulations to Steve Callaway, the proud new GrandPa! We all welcome his grandson, Finn Wilson Callaway to the family!

Donna,

I am very proud to announce the birth of another Callaway in Texas.

My son Scott Michael Callaway, (descendent of Amasa Cicero and Mary A. Miller Callaway) and his wife Melissa Hiller Callaway welcomed

Finn Wilson Callaway, May 2, 2006, 8# 3 oz. and 21 inches long. Four year old Parker Evan Callaway (Feb 2, 2002) was very excited to announce to family that Finn was finally here.

Thank you for all of your hard work with the CFA.

Mark Stephen aka Steve Callaway
pops99 at cox.net

P.S. See 1995 CFA journal pg. 84-95

Hobnobbing with the Queen

I would like to thank CFA Director, Bruce Callaway, of Sydney, Australia, for sending us these great photos of the celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday. Ah, finally, the Callaways are back at Court, represented by Scott, Alyssa and Lyrian!!

Hi Donna,

I big noted myself last month by saying that Grandson Scott had been invited to Buckingham Palace for a function celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday. He was able to take his sister Alyssa and his mother Lyrian. Father Geoff sent through the resulting photographs. As quite a few people enquired about the first visit of a C/K back to Buckingham Palace after five centuries when a lot of our ancient rels were most welcome, I thought you may like to include one or two for the August Newsletter.

They obviously had a fantastic day. The surviving member of the 'Two Ronnies' Ronnie Corbett starred in a pantomime entitled 'the Queen's lost handbag'. Many stars of previous shows were on hand and it was a very memorable occasion, if rather lost on persons so young. Could think of a number of lines to head up the occasion, but will leave it to you.

Kind wishes,

Bruce

Bruce at callaway.com.au

Scott and Alyssa

Lyrian and Alyssa

Her Royal Majesty

Her Royal Majesty

CFA Genealogy

U. S. Peter Callaway Line

I would like to thank Debs Cofer for sending me information from an article he read about J. L. Callaway, Jr., of Cameron, Milam Co., TX and the Callaway Foundation. It's a fascinating story about a small town Callaway man who made good . . . and then did good works.

Donna,

The Callaway name keeps surfacing in Texas.

I just received a copy of a publication from Texas State University. On page 16 is an article titled, "Callaway Foundation". The foundation provides scholarships for every high school graduate of Yoe High School in Cameron, TX.

Mr. Callaway worked in the early years for McLane Co. This is a trucking company that became one of Wal-Mart's primary distributors. You may have heard the name associated with the Houston Astros as their owner is Drayton McLane of the same company.

The article says that the foundation was formed by J. L. and Bonnelle Callaway in 2002, one year before their deaths. J. L. Callaway was a senior executive at McLane Company for more that 55 years......Mr. Callaway went to work for McLane in 1934.

Do you have this family in the Callaway files?

Debs Cofer

debsc at houston.rr.com

Editor's Note - I did a little searching and I believe that J. L. Callaway, Jr. (Janes Lancell Callaway, Jr.) is the great grandson of Amasa Cicero Callaway and his wife Mary Ann Miller. Line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Job Callaway
Job Callaway, Jr.
Jesse M. Callaway
Amasa Cicero Callaway
Amasa Cicero Callaway, Jr.
Janes Lancell Callaway
Janes Lancell Callaway, Jr.

What is The Callaway Foundation?

~ Article below is from the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University Web Site

Hope for High School Grads in Small Texas Town

The future is bright for youth in the small town of Cameron, Texas, which sits at the intersection of U.S. highways 77 and 190 on the Little River. After all, every graduating senior from C. H. Yoe High School who applies for a scholarship will receive one, courtesy of the Callaway Foundation.

The little county seat town has a history of challenges. It struggled because of the distance to the railroad, the hard-to-navigate river and the ups and downs of an economy based on companies that came and then went, leaving unemployment in their wake.

Dr. Hope Koch, assistant professor of Information Systems at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, who administers the Callaway Foundation with her husband, Kevin, knows first-hand the challenges of growing up hardscrabble in the dusty Texas town.

"I care deeply about scholarships because I would have never attended college without them," said Koch. "I was raised in a trailer park. My mother did not graduate from high school and my father struggled maintaining his job at a factory. Most of the people in that town live a life similar to what mine was like."

Koch started working minimum wage jobs when she was 15 with the goal of saving enough to someday be able to go to college. She usually had three jobs at a time.

The late J. L. and Bonnelle Callaway formed the Callaway Foundation in 2002, one year before they died. J. L. Callaway worked at McLane Company and was Drayton McLane's mentor. It was at McLane that Kevin Koch met Callaway.

Hope Koch met the Callaways in a very different way. She ran the nursery at the church where the Callaways were also members. "I kept the nursery at church," she explained. "It was one of the many minimum wage jobs that I worked at to save for college."

When the Callaways approached the end of their life, Hope and Kevin worked with them to decide what to do with their fortune.

J. L. Callaway, Jr. and wife, Bonnelle

The Kochs worked with the officials at Cameron's school to create the awards criteria. "We wanted a program that not only gave students money but made them better people as they earned the money," she said. "We also wanted a program that would help the school." The program starts in the freshman year of high school. Students earn money by participating in extra-curricular activities, having perfect attendance and by their class rank. The top two graduates each receive $60,000 to go to the college of their choice.

"I wanted my program to push all students to do well, not just the top students," Koch said. "If a student is last in their class, participated in no activities, and does not have perfect attendance, they can still get $750." This helps the school because they must meet a minimum 90% attendance and have minimal disciplinary referrals. The students can go to any college they choose.

This year 93 students graduated. 85 applied for and received scholarships.

2005 graduating students who received scholarships from the Callaway Foundation

Editor's Note - I would like to express my appreciation to Cynthia J. Jackson, Director, Communications & Marketing, Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business, for kindly responding to my request and sending me the photo of the students, and to Hope Koch, CPA, MBA, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Information Systems, Baylor University, who also responded to my request and sent me the photo of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Callaway, Jr.

Below is information found on this family line from census records, Social Security records, military records, obituaries, etc.

Descendants of Janes Lancell Callaway

Generation No. 1

1. JANES LANCELL "LONNIE" CALLAWAY (AMASA CICERO¹) was born Dec 29, 1882 in TX. He married MAMIE LOU UNKNOWN Abt. 1911 in TX. She was born Abt. 1894 in TX.

Notes for JANES LANCELL CALLAWAY:
He is named after his great grandmother, Susannah Janes.
On the 1910 Robertson Co., TX census Janes Lancell Callaway and Mamie are living with Izalia Callaway (widow of Amasa Cicero Callaway, Jr) J. L. is listed as son and Mamie is listed as daughter-in-law.
They are listed on the 1920, 1930 Robertson Co., TX census.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Janes Lonnie Callaway
City: Not Stated
County: Robertson
State: Texas
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1882
Race: White
Roll: 1983581

Children of JANES CALLAWAY and MAMIE UNKNOWN are:

i. LOIS³ CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1912, Robertson Co., TX.
2. ii. JANES LANCELL CALLAWAY, JR., b. 20 Oct 1914, Mumford, Robertson Co., TX; d. 23 Sep 2002, Cameron, Milam Co., TX.

Generation No. 2

2. JANES LANCELL³ CALLAWAY, JR. (JANES LANCELL², AMASA CICERO¹) was born 20 Oct 1914 in Mumford, Robertson Co., TX, and died 23 Sep 2002 in Cameron, Milam Co., TX. He married BONNELLE NEINAST, daughter of JIM NEINAST and ADA STONE. She was born 27 Sep 1916 in Cameron, Milam Co., TX, and died 13 Apr 2003 in Cameron, Milam Co., TX.

Notes for JANES LANCELL CALLAWAY, JR.:
Social Security Death Index Record
Name: J. L. Callaway Jr.
Last Residence: 76520 Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States of America
Born: 20 Oct 1914
Died: 23 Sep 2002

Social Security Death Index Record
Name: Bonnelle N. Callaway
Last Residence: 76520 Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States of America
Born: 27 Sep 1916
Died: 13 Apr 2003

These following obituaries are courtesy of Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home, Cameron, TX

Callaway, J. L.

(Cameron) Our good friend, J. L. Callaway, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2002 at Scott & White hospital in Temple. Funeral services held Thursday, September 26th at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron.

Mr. Callaway was born in Mumford, Robertson Co., Texas on October 20, 1914. As a young man, J. L. Callaway attended Hearne High School and then Meadows College in Shreveport, LA. After college, he moved to Cameron and worked for the Milam Candy Company, a manufacturer and distributor of candy products throughout Central Texas. In 1934, J. L. joined the McLane Company where he began his career as an accountant and in 1936, moved into sales. In 1942, he answered the call of our government and enlisted in the U.S. Army where he worked with the Inspector General's staff until 1946. J. L. returned to McLane's and quickly became the number one salesman and in 1968 became the V.P. of Sales and Marketing. At the time of his retirement, J. L. had worked as an executive for the McLane Company for 57 years, a tenure exceeded only by Drayton McLane, Sr. with 67 years.

His integrity and great spiritual leadership was also exhibited through a strong commitment to the First Christian Church in Cameron where he served as an elder for more than 40 years. During that time he taught the Youth Sunday School class for 30 years.

Mr. Callaway is survived by his wife of 67 years, Bonnelle Neinast Callaway and their one daughter, Jane Ada Callaway, a graduate of YOE High School.

Callaway, Bonnelle Neinast

Bonnelle Neinast Callaway, 90 of Cameron died Sunday April 13, 2003 at her home. Service 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Callaway was born September 27, 1916 in Cameron to Jim and Ada Mae (Stone) Neinast. She was Salutatorian for C. H. Yoe Class of 1930 and she married J. L. Callaway. He preceded her in death in 2002. She is survived by daughter, Jane Callaway of Cameron.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Records
Name: Janes L Callaway Jr
Birth Year: 1914
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State: Texas
County or City: Milam
Enlistment Date: 23 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: San Antonio
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Gas And Oil Man
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 184

Child of JANES CALLAWAY and BONNELLE NEINAST is:

i. JANE ADA⁴ CALLAWAY.

I would like to thank Sam Geer for sending us the following articles. Can anyone verify the descent of the Dr. James Callaway mentioned in the first article? Rev. Morgan Callaway, (from the second article) is mentioned many times on the CFA web site.

Double Wedding in Athens
from: The Daily Chronicle & Constitutionalist, Augusta, Georgia, Friday, October 13, 1882, p. 4:

Wednesday noon, in the city of Athens, two daughters of Mr. Thomas Fleming were married at their residence - Miss Lila Fleming and Mr. Robert H. Cornwall, of Savannah; Miss Bessie Fleming and Dr. James A. Callaway, of Milledgeville, being the parties principal on this interesting occasion. Rev. George T. Boetchius, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Augusta, performed the ceremony. The young ladies are among the loveliest and most popular of the fair ones of the Classic City, and have friends among University students and graduates all over the State. The ceremony was conducted privately and the wedding quietly arranged, on account of recent affliction in the family. The young people begin life with lines of sadness chastening the sweetness of their wedding day; but unalloyed pleasure is not the best accompaniment even of the young and fair, or the safest guide to future happiness in this world. Their friends may wish for them that higher contentment which springs from perfect union - for "youth is bright and love is strong and both are theirs."

This James is likely the James R. Callaway (b. abt. 1862) identified on the 1880 census as the son of Francis M. Callaway (b. abt. 1823) and Louisa (b. abt. 1833) living in District 115, Baldwin Co., Georgia (Family History Library Film 1254133, NA Film No. T9-0133, p. 185D). His Callaway descent:

Peter Callaway, born bef. 1640
John Callaway, born abt. 1685
John Callaway, Jr. born abt. 1715

Levin Callaway, born abt. 1736

Jehu Callaway, born abt. 1766
John Newton Callaway, born abt. 1794
Francis Marion Callaway, born abt. 1823
Dr. James Callaway, born abt. 1862

Bessie is identified as Bessie S. Fleming (b. abt. 1863) daughter of Thomas Fleming (March 16, 1822 - February 24, 1903) and Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" McWhorter (April 15, 1834 - September 12, 1882) living in the 4th Ward, Athens, Clarke Co., Georgia (Family History Library Film 1254140, NA Film No. T9-0140, p. 311D).

PAINE COLLEGE
Rev. Morgan Callaway Elected President of the Institution
from: The Chronicle and Constitutionalist, Augusta, Georgia, Sunday, December 3, 1882, p. 1:

(Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist)
LaGrange, Ga., December 2. - Rev. Dr. Morgan Callaway, has been elected President of Paine College, at Augusta, Ga. This is the training school for the colored Methodist Church, provided for by the General Conference of the M. E. Church South. Dr. Callaway accepts, and delivered a powerful speech before the Conference this morning, when the report of the committee on the proposed college was adopted. The Conference is most enthusiastic on the subject, pledging co-operation by a rising vote. No better man could be found anywhere. Rev. Dr. J. E. Evans is the agent of the new college. Dr. Callaway's speech made a profound impression. A collection of over five thousand dollars was taken for Dr. Allen's Anglo-Chinese University. It was a great day in the North Georgia Conference. A.G.H.

Morgan Callaway is found in the 1880 census living in Oxford, Newton Co., Georgia (Family History Library Film 1254160, NA Film No. T9-0160, p. 108B).
His Callaway descent:

Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Joseph Callaway
Jesse M. Callaway
Rev. Dr. Morgan Callaway

Samuel Taylor Geer

GeerGenealogy at aol.com

Other C/K Lines

I would like to thank Daryl Van Dyke for sending me information about Emma Eliza Callaway. Emma is a "Mystery Callaway". What is known about her ancestry was published in the April 2006 newsletter. Can anyone identify her family line?
Abraham Callaway
Samuel D. Callaway
Albert Callaway
Emma Eliza Callaway

Donna:
In trying to find out more about my great grandfather, Raymond Vandike, I typed into the search engine his wife, Emma Eliza Callaway. In doing so, I was directed to your site where I found my great grandmother listed. That is great news for me. Need info on my ancestors?

Thanks, Daryl L. Van Dyke

akdna at acsalaska.net

Descendants of Emma Eliza Callaway

Generation No. 1

1. EMMA ELIZA¹ CALLAWAY was born 02 Dec 1869 in Runnells, Polk, Iowa, and died 26 Nov 1949 in Pine City, Pine, Minnesota. She married RAYMOND JACOB VANDIKE 08 Apr 1891 in Runnells, Polk, Iowa, son of JACOB VANDIKE and MARY BLOOD. He was born 23 Oct 1864 in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, and died 20 Jul 1934 in Pine City, Pine, Minnesota.

Notes for EMMA ELIZA CALLAWAY:
Lida is buried in Lot 15B, Blk.E; New Birchwood Cemetery, Pine City, Minn.
Birth and death data supplied by Annie Behrendt, Pine City Cemetery-Pine City, Minnesota,State of Minn.(cert. of death dist. 36, registered no. 45
Her name of which she was called during her lifetime was Lida.
A family group sheet has been supplied by Ethel Rice of Des Moines, Iowa.
On 13 May 1992, her name was spelled incorrectly as temple sealing to spouse took place at Seattle Temple. I need to correct this. Her name was spelled Emma Elisha Callaway which is incorrect. Correct spelling is Emma Eliza Callaway.

More About EMMA ELIZA CALLAWAY:
Burial: Pine City, Pine, Minnesota

Notes for RAYMOND JACOB VANDIKE:
1912 bought land in Pine County, Minnesota-deed record 32
1933 sold land in Pine County, Minnesota-deed record 86, pg. 118
Birth, death and marriage taken from the following sources: Personal records of Annie Behrendt; Pine City Cemetery-Pine City, Minnesota; State of Minn.(Cert. of death, bk. 139

More About RAYMOND JACOB VANDIKE:
Burial: 23 Jul 1934, Pine City, Pine, Minnesota

Children of EMMA CALLAWAY and RAYMOND VANDIKE are:

i. HAZEL MARIE² VAN DYKE, b. 28 Sep 1892, Runnells, Polk, Iowa; d. 01 Jan 1979, Pine City, Pine, Minnesota.

Notes for HAZEL MARIE VAN DYKE:
Married 23 Jan 1910 to Osa W. Barringer who died 12 Jan 1953, buried at Pine City Cemetery. Hazel also buried at same cemetery. Birth, death and marriage data supplied by Anne Behrendt.

ii. LULA MAE VAN DYKE, b. 01 Jun 1894, Runnells, Polk, Iowa; d. 02 Apr 1979, Pine City, Pine, Minnesota.

Notes for LULA MAE VAN DYKE:
Lula Mae is buried at Pine City Cemetery. Birth, death and marriage info. supplied by Annie Behrendt.

iii. HERMAN ROY VAN DYKE, b. 27 Dec 1895, Runnells, Polk, Iowa; d. Oct 1976, Fresno, Fresno, California.

Notes for HERMAN ROY VAN DYKE: !Birth and death info. supplied by Annie Behrendt.

iv. STILLBORN, b. Abt. 1897, Runnells, Polk, Iowa; d. Abt. 1897, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.

Notes for STILLBORN:
stillborn at childbirth. Birth/death info supplied by Annie Behrendt.

v. RUBY MANILA VAN DYKE, b. 12 Jun 1898, Runnells, Polk, Iowa.

Notes for RUBY MANILA VAN DYKE:
Death date and place unknown.
Birth data and spouse information supplied by Annie Behrendt.

vi. CLYDE RUSSELL VAN DYKE¹, b. 30 Apr 1902, Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa^2,3; d. 03 Oct 1975, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.

Notes for CLYDE RUSSELL VAN DYKE:
Birth, death and marriage info. supplied by Annie Behrendt, wife.
DEATH-BURIAL-PARENTS: Death Cert; Division of Public Health, City of St. Paul, Minnesota; copy in poss of Daryl L. Van Dyke, 2001.

vii. MERRILL RALPH VAN DYKE, b. 29 Mar 1906, Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa; d. 09 May 1956, Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon.

Notes for MERRILL RALPH VAN DYKE:
Merrill is buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland Oregon.
Birth, death and marriage data supplied by Annie Behrendt.
Marriage data obtained from Hazel Van Dyke.

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Query Corner
If you can provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.

Response to Query # 360 (July 2006 Newsletter)
Subject – Flanders Callaway & Jemima Boone
Submitter - Vaughn Hatch
email - dhatch at telus.net

Hi Susan,
My genealogy and oral family history also led me to Flanders and Jemima. In the end the best I could do was to state "We are probably related to Daniel Boone, but not descended from him".

Searching history I found that Jemima was born during a time that Daniel was away from home for an extended period, considerably more than 9 months. He left his wife and family in charge of his brother (Edward I think) whom, is seems, took his duties seriously. Jemima, then, would be his brother's child, not Daniel's, although Daniel, in a most forgiving way, included Jemima in his family once he returned. Some
history books acknowledge this, many do not.

Good luck with your search.

Vaughn Hatch
whose grandmother's maiden name was Callaway, born in Indiana and homesteaded in Saskatchewan
where she bore 15 children

Query # 362
Subject - William W. Callaway
Submitter - Dan Callaway
email - dandscallaway at juno.com

For many years, my cousins and I have been searching for our Callaway ancestors. We've reached an impasse attempting to go prior to William W. Callaway (b. 24 Jan 1776, and d. 2 Feb 1860) as recorded in the family Bible. His apparent son and family are also recorded there and are listed as follows:

Matthew D Callaway (1817-1877)

married 1836 to Sarah G. McWhorter (1817-1912)

children: William McWhorter Callaway (1839-1911)

John Tarlburt Callaway (1842-1862)

Jefferson Davis Callaway (1852- )

Sarah Jane Callaway (1854-1877)

Sidney B J Callaway (1861-1888)

Y-DNA testing revealed that we descended from Peter Callaway (Maryland/Delaware-1600's). Even though our searching has been somewhat narrowed, we are still finding it difficult to find the missing link. One source has entered our William W (1776-1860) into Ancestry.com showing his father to be William. The place of death for our William W was shown as Scott Co, Miss., which is where his son and family were living according to the 1860 census. Assuming that our William W's father was actually William, we've hit upon two possibilities.

First, could our William W be the son of William, Jr, (1715), (from William, Sr., then Peter), as one source has indicated in Ancestry.com? This is highly unlikely due to the 61 year age difference (1715-1776). The source also entered children, the last of whom was born in 1762. There is a William listed as a child born 1739, and he would be the right age to be the father of our William W.

Second, could our William W be the William listed on the CFA chart of 1980, (from William, Ebenezer, John, Peter)? Three of this William's siblings married into the Ward family. Two of our William W's grandchildren married Wards. However, a source who entered info into Ancestry.com indicates this William was born in 1799 and died 1857, in Missouri. We question the birth year since this William's father died in 1793. From Troup Co archives, his widow, the former Sarah Giles, "moved to Georgia (from Md. ?) with her second husband, Marshal Smith, perhaps taking her youngest child, William, with her"

One other possible link is Peter-William-Edward-John who's daughter is Elizabeth b.1783, m. George Jarrell, and died in Scott Co, Miss. Although the CFA chart of 1980 doesn't show that she has a brother named William.

We do think we've found our William W Callaway on the following Georgia census records.

1820 Oglethorpe Co

1830 Henry Co

1840 Troup Co

It would be helpful if anyone could verify this to be true, or even to be untrue, especially if you know one of these on the census is a William other than our William W Callaway.

Any information or clues would be greatly appreciated to help solve this mystery missing link.

Thanks, Morris Dan Callaway

Harrison A (Ted) Callaway (1908-2003)

Robert R Callaway (1880-1936)

Isaac Anderson Callaway (1857-1940)

William McWhorter Callaway (1839-1911)

Matthew D Callaway (1817-1877)

William W Callaway (1776-1860)

I wrote to Jerry about his query, and I am happy to say he is joining CFA. Please welcome Jerry Brimberry as a new CFA member. Can anyone help him with the documentation that proves that Thomas Callaway is the son of John Callaway and Sinah Hall?

Query # 363
Subject - Elijah Holcomb Callaway
Submitter - Jerry Brimberry
email - jlb651 at bellsouth.net

I recently viewed a 2005 query to you from Sharon Marsh concerning my ancestor Elijah Holcomb Callaway who was born in Jackson Co., FL in 1835 and died in Houston Co., TX in 1915.

Ms. Marsh indicated that she is writing a history of the 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment (US). By copy of this email, I also wanted to let Ms. Marsh know that I another ancestor of mine, David McCullar (1826 Wilkinson Co., GA - 1911 Houston Co., TX) also served in the same regiment. He was living in Cottonwood, AL when he rode by horseback to join the same unit as Elijah. Both men moved to Houston Co., TX after the WBTS. In 1898, while both men were still living, Elijah's grandson, James Holcomb Green, married David's granddaughter, Ida Augusta Coon. I have photographs of both veterans if Ms. Marsh is interested.

On a different note, I also observed that your Editor's Note shows Elijah Holcomb Callaway's line of descent as follows:

Peter Callaway
John Callaway
John Callaway, Jr.
John Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Rev. Elijah Hosea Callaway
Elijah Holcomb Callaway

My late mother researched this line for many years while I concentrated on my paternal line. Her records only go back to Thomas Callaway. I would sincerely appreciate any information you can provide showing these additional ancestors. If this is in print form, I will be glad to purchase a copy. I am also interested in purchasing a copy of Ms. Marsh's history. I am actively involved in the SCV, with 14 ancestors who served in the Confederate ranks and Elijah H. Callaway and David McCullar who were opposed to secession and served in the 1st FL Cavalry Regt. (Union). Thanks for your assistance.

Thanks for replying so quickly. I would be delighted to join your group. The query I mentioned included a note from the editor, presumably you, showing Elijah Holcomb Callaway's line of descent from Peter Callaway, Jr. In addition to becoming a dues paying member, I would like to retrieve or access this information from your archives.
Thanks! Jerry Brimberry

Query # 364
Subject - Alfred C. Callaway
Submitter - Ron Callaway
email - calloway_41 at hotmail.com

Hi Donna,

To assist me in finding any info on my gr-grandfather, Alfred C. Callaway, I would appreciate if this could be in the newsletter.

Seeking contact with any descendants of Stanford Sharp who was married l9 Feb 1885 in Des Moines County Iowa, to Mary Ellen Callaway, born 28 Sep. 1862 in same county. I believe they lived in this area all their lives.

Also seeking contact with any descendants of Marshall Rankin who married Sarah Elizabeth Callaway, born 18 Jul 1859. They homesteaded in Hodgeman County Kansas in the late 1800's and eventually moved to Enid, Okla.

Also any descendants of Millard Filmore Callaway, born 9 May 1856, died 1937, his spouse was May Bollick.

And any descendants of William Henry Callaway, born 4 Nov. 1857, died 3 May 1947, his spouse was Mollie Spence.

These were children of Alfred C. and Martha Gulick Callaway and perhaps some descendants may know some stories or even have pictures of Alfred who lived just before his death, with his daughter Mary Ellen Callaway Sharp in Burlington, Iowa

Thanks,

Ron Calloway

Editor's Note - This line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
William Callaway and Given Caldwell
William Callaway, Jr.
Zachariah Callaway
Andrew Callaway
Alfred Colweld Callaway

Query # 365
Subject - Isaac Callaway and Joshua Callaway from the Peter Callaway line
Submitter - Jack Darr
email - Jedarr at aol.com

In examining files on the Callaway Family Association site, I came upon your tree for Immigrant Peter Callaway. It provides important information about two of my gg grandmothers, Lucy Crutchfield Callaway and Beneta (or Boneta) Arnold Callaway. If your research is correct, they were second cousins through Edward (born abt 1711, died 1769, Onslow County, North Carolina, son of John, grandson of Peter).

My aunt's research agrees that Lucy's father was Rev. Isaac, but she has Isaac's father as a "Thomas," or, more likely, Thomas's son John. Could you please point me to your sources for the following lineages: Isaac, Jr., to Isaac; Isaac to Edward; Edward to John; and John to Peter?

Also, my aunt's research agrees that Joshua Sanford's father was Joshua, but has Joshua's father as Thomas, not Edward. Could you provide the source for linking Joshua Sr. to Edward?

Thanks for any help you are able to provide.

Jack Darr

Reno

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The 31st CFA Annual Meeting October 12 -15 2006

WYNDHAM ROANOKE HOTEL
2801 HERSHBERGER RD. NW
ROANOKE, VA 24017

CFA President:                                   Judy Callaway Ostler
2006 CFA Meeting Coordinators:        Russ and Heide Callaway
                                                          Pat Schnurr
                                                          Connie Sherrill
                                                          Judy Ostler

Welcome to “Callaway Country,” the home of many Callaway descendants. The meeting coordinators have worked hard to plan this special return of the CFA to Roanoke, Virginia, where many members of our organization have their roots.

The CFA 31^st Annual Meeting will be held at the Wyndham Roanoke Hotel, 2801 Hershberger Rd., NW, Roanoke, VA, 24017. The hotel, surrounded by the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, is located one mile from Roanoke Municipal Airport and seven miles from downtown. Shuttle buses are provided to and from the airport.

The hotel has 320 guestrooms in two towers. All rooms feature view balconies, pillow-top mattresses, multi-line phones with voice mail, video game consoles, and available high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Refrigerators and microwaves are available upon request. Other amenities include cable/satellite TV, pay-movies, blackout drapes, coffee/tea makers, housekeeping, iron/ironing board, electronic/magnetic keys, rollaway beds, smoking rooms, premium TV channels, climate control, hair dryer, electronic check out, wake-up calls, desk, and cribs/infant beds available on request.

There are three on site dining areas:

Lily’s - The casual yet refined restaurant serves American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Charades – Serving dinner, this lounge features music and satellite sports.
Whispers – Here guests can enjoy their favorite drinks in front of the fireplace. Lunch and dinner menu.

Recreational activities available on site or near the hotel are:

· Golfing nearby

· Golf – driving range nearby

· Swimming on site

· Tennis on site

A block of rooms have been reserved for CFA, single or double occupancy at a group rate of $99.00 per night plus current tax rate of 12%. There are no room charges for children 18 and under sharing parent’s room. The hotel will honor this Group Rate a few days prior to contracted arrival date of Thursday, October 12th and departure date of Sunday, October 15^th. However, to extend the date of your stay before or after the reserved dates at this rate you must personally speak with Mrs. Michelle Osborne, the CFA Meeting Hotel Contact, by calling (540) 561-7912. As this is the fall foliage season the hotel fills quickly and room reservation extensions will depend on availability.

RESERVATION PROCEDURES:

Individual Reservations by Telephone and 800#: All guests shall make reservations directly with the Hotel @ (540) 563-9300 or 1-800-996-3426, or by contacting Wyndham at www.wyndham.com, on an individual basis. Identify yourself as a member of the Callaway Family Association to receive the group rate.

Reservations must be made by 12:01 a.m. on the Cut-Off date of October 1, 2006 to receive the group rate

Other Reservation Terms: All rooms included in the Room Block require a one-night’s deposit by guest check, money order or valid credit card by the Reservation Cut-Off Date. Individual guest cancellations will be accepted up to seventy-two (72) hours prior to arrival. The deposit is refundable if timely notice of cancellation is given and a cancellation number obtained.

Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12:00 noon.

31^st CFA ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006

1:00 – 5:00PM CFA Meeting Registration - “Calloway Girls”

3:30 – 5:30PM CFA Board Meeting - CFA President: Judy C. Ostler

6:00 – 6:30PM CFA Welcome Reception

6:30PM CFA Buffet Dinner followed by program : MC, Heide Ann Callaway Stephenson

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006

8:00 – 9:00AM CFA Registration - “Calloway Girls”

9:00AM – 4:00PM Historic Tour/Lunch - Tour Director, Patricia Schnurr

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006

8:00 – 9:00AM CFA Registration - “Calloway Girls”

9:00 – 10:30AM CFA Business Meeting - CFA President, Judy C. Ostler

10:30 – 11:00AM Coffee Break

11:00AM – 12:00PM Guest Speaker, "Callaway Country", Charlie Perry, Local Historian

12:00 - 2:00PM Lunch

2:30 – 4:00PM CFA History/Genealogy/DNA - Sherrill Williams, CFA Genealogist

Workshops and Reports - Sherrill Williams, CFA Genealogist

6:00 – 6:30PM CFA Reception

6:30PM Buffet Dinner

7:30PM Entertainment - Blue Grass Special

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006

8:00 – 10:00AM CFA Board Meeting - CFA President

10:00 – 11:00AM Devotional Service: Rev. Harold Cantley

Music: Lucy Cantley

CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION, INC.
Historic Tour
Friday, October 13, 2006
Pat Schnurr, Coordinator

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION
304 Norfolk Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24016

Located in Roanoke’s historic N&W Freight Station, the Museum is home to the largest collection of locomotives in the Southeast, with over 40 pieces of rolling stock in the rail yard, including diesel and steam locomotives and featuring the Class J No. 611 and Class A No. 1218 locomotives. Also on display are antique carriages, cars, trucks, buses, and trolleys; a miniature traveling circus, a large “O” gage model train layout with four levels for viewing by all ages; aviation equipment and interactive exhibits.

OLDE LIBERTY STATION RESTAURANT
515 Bedford Avenue
Bedford, VA 24523

The tour will include lunch in this restaurant situated in a Colonial Revival building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST

“When finished it will be the best dwelling house in the state, except that of Monticello; perhaps preferable to that, as more proportioned to the faculties of a private citizen.” – Thomas Jefferson

Poplar Forest, Jefferson’s summer retreat in Bedford County, VA opened its doors in 1986 for tours on a regular basis. Through the years, Thomas Jefferson’s cherished retreat underwent many changes as the families who lived there remodeled the home to meet personal needs and changing fashions, and provide modern conveniences.

In the 1840’s, the Hutter family who owned the house took advantage of a fire and replaced Jefferson’s Revival balustrade on the roof with a Greek Revival style and dormers. They also converted Jefferson’s rotunda space in the dining room to two stories, and tore down parts of the wing of service rooms on the side of the house. Still, the house retained its original octagonal design and walls, and parts of the wing and its foundation survived.

The restoration of Jefferson’s villa is being done in phase for two reasons. In-depth research precedes hands-on work, and funding from mostly private sources is secured before the start of a major project.

31^st ANNUAL MEETING – OCTOBER 12 – 15, 2006
WYNDHAM ROANOKE HOTEL
2801 HERSHBERGER RD. NW
ROANOKE, VA 24017

REGISTRATION FORM

NAME__________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________

NAME OF SPOUSE, CHILDREN AND GUESTS ATTENDING:_________________________

ANCESTORS: (Three earliest identifying)_______________________________________

*DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006

*CANCELLATION OF CFA REGISTRATION: MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2006

ALL EVENTS ARE OPTIONAL. CFA REGISTRATION FEE IS $25.00 PER CFA MEMBER. No Fee for guests and children under 18 years of age.

CFA REGISTRATION FEE: $25.00 X $________

THURSDAY OCT.13 BUFFET_ ADULT $30.00 _ _X $________

CHILD (6-12) $23.00 X $_________

FRIDAY, OCT. 14 TOUR & LUNCH ADULT $42.00__ X__ $__________

CHILD $42.00 X $________

SATURDAY, OCT. 15 BUFFET ADULT $30.00 X $__________

CHILD(6-12) $23.00 X $_________

TOTAL______$_________

INDICATE: CFA CHARTER MEMBER: CFA LIFE MEMBER:

CFA NEW MEMBER:____ FIRST TIME ATTENDEE:____

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO “THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION”

Contact Judy Ostler for mailing instructions for your registration form and payment:
jcostler at txcom.net

You can read all about Roanoke at: http://www.visitroanokeva.com

And As Always, Find a Way to . . .

Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!

Until next time,
Donna Morgan
CFA e-Newsletter Editor
Harrisburg, NC

* ~ From the preface of The "Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 et seq" by Frederic William Weaver M.A. Oxon. (1885), translated from the Latin.

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