Another Family Poem by Annette Hughey Cash

I thought with our reunion just a week and a half away that this poem about the Hughey reunion of years gone by was just the perfect thing for this posting.

Before I start let me go ahead and tell you that the first sentence is not accurate, according to census records. We did come from Virginia, but not during the Civil War. This is what has been told over the years, but I have found no proof to support the time frame.

Annette did give me premisson to use her poems in my family history research before she passed away a few years ago.

With that being said here is the poem.



This was written by Annette Hughey Cash Elder for the Hughey Reunion, Sunday, June 23, 1963



Our Forefathers came from Virginia

It was during the Civil War

They settled around old Buck Creek

When they were little girls and boys.



There was Uncle Dave, Aunt Mary Jane,

Uncle Jim Abb and Granpa Mac;

Now we don't know our forefathers

any farther back.



This is the old homestead

of Uncle Jim Abb and Aunt Lou

Here their children spent a happy childhood

where they played and worked hard, too.



Soon, they grew up and left here

But it's still a dear old place

and, as we look around today

we miss many a face.



First, Uncle Jim Abb left us

followed by Aunt Lou;

Then, a few years later, it was Howard,

then, Ida, Ethel, and Wofford, too.



Now, Irene has lost her husband,

others have lost a child or two;

But won't that be a Great Reunion

When we meet Beyond the Blue!



Uncle Jim Abb was so jovial

and loved to have his fun;

But Aunt Lou was a quiet mother

and was loved by everyone.



Everybody liked to visit here;

You were as welcome as could be;

Such a table was prepared,

You'd never leave hungry.



We're here for this reunion

and hope you enjoy it, too;

May this day long be remembered!

I'm glad I'm a Hughey, aren't you?