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Marge Tindal
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Florida's Foreverly Shores

0 posted 2004-11-13 02:00 PM



        
Today I walk with grandfatherly ghosts, following footsteps from long ago

I delve into the paper trail wonder of who I am,
from whence I cometh and genealogically explore
the roots of my soulful Spirit, so deeply entwined
in the land where my grandfather lay his footprints

Drury … the roots run deep in the seep of history
long before this life, as I now know it, came to be
How many ancestors ?How many hardships traversed
so that we might come to this ancestral well
to drink abundantly of wisdom, with gratitude

Drury … an ancient Lincolnshire name – 1066 A.D.
surfaces in England … coming by way of France
arriving in Florida in the 1700’s , living under Spanish rule
eking out an existence in the new frontier

Rebelling under the granting of land by the ruling party
some of the Drury clan heads northerly
Searching for that elusive pot of gold
they are sure lies at the end of the rainbow of promise

Searching beyond the boundaries of Florida
The Drury’s come upon a Mecca of territory
located in what will come to be known
as Georgia in the coming years

Forward, forward … fast the flip of history pages
finds many Drury marriages
one of which begins the chain of my Americanized heritage
In Camden County, Georgia in 1888

Alexander Drury marries Gertrude Walker
Giving birth to Catherine, Hattie Mae, James Bailey
Johnny, Maggie, Elizabeth, Jasper, Gussie, Earnest and Idell
My grandfather, James Bailey Drury married Lula Mae Strickland
From this blessing came an abundance of children
which included my mother, Beverly Willene Drury

At a very young age, my mother met and married
Mitchell C. Cowart of Spartanburg, South Carolina
giving five children to this birth land of Florida
where the married couple now resided

I have much to be thankful for
This heritage history trail is far from complete
I still have much root digging to do
in the celebration of who I am today

In all, it is a rich heritage, full of mystery,
memories, and the ever-growing need-to-know
My strong Spiritual pull will keep me focused
on the trail of my ancestors
until, like they have done, I reach the end of the roots
I pray that I will have left a bed-crumb path
for the generations behind me to follow
In their own seek of who they are



~James Fisk, a gold speculator, when asked what had happened to his fortune,
at a Congressional investigation into the Commodity Market crash of 1869 replied,
"Gone where the woodbine twineth."


woodbine
Wood"bine`, n. [AS. wudubind black ivy -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum), the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.]




~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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1 posted 2004-11-13 02:36 PM


Excellent write here Marge...and fantastic research.
Best of luck with your heritage history trail.
Hugs~Nancy

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
   So you won't ever forget me ~

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2 posted 2004-11-13 02:38 PM


OH MARGE! You've outdone yourself!
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3 posted 2004-11-13 03:48 PM


Dear Marge:

This is a fascinating record of your background. I enjoyed it very much!. About 5 years ago a cousin of mine in Canada decided to trace our paternal family tree. She is still working on it, but has given me so much information. My ancestors too, came from France in the 1700's. Good luck on the rest of your search!

Love
Betty Lou

Betty Lou Hebert

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4 posted 2004-11-13 05:16 PM


Ah, this one is for the grandchildren's legacy of their Grandma Poet.  Excellent work, Marge!
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5 posted 2004-11-13 05:18 PM


very nice work

           ~Express Yourself~
          

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6 posted 2004-11-13 08:59 PM


You are so talented. I do believe you can make a poem for anything.
Love ya,
Betty

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7 posted 2004-11-13 09:06 PM


Marge

"I pray that I will have left a bed-crumb path
for the generations behind me to follow"

Not bread-crumbs, dear sis, but words...poems and poems of lovely words!  

Marge Tindal
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Florida's Foreverly Shores
8 posted 2004-11-14 10:10 AM


Friends~
You all are so wonderful ... thank you for letting me share~

This piece began many months ago ... and I wanted to say a special 'thank you' to a certain gentleman who previewed it in it's early stage for me ... you know who you are ... and I love you for your helpful suggestions~

I have many miles to go beneath the roots ... but am enjoying the research~
There will be more ... later~
Honest Injun~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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9 posted 2004-11-15 10:30 AM


Sounds like you've been busy!!  What an adventure you seem to be on!     ("Lula Mae" must have been very popular at one time..I have same name back in my ancestory   )

hugs, g

"Everybody just wants to get high...sit and watch a perfect world go by..." (T.McGraw)

Marge Tindal
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Florida's Foreverly Shores
10 posted 2005-11-04 01:17 PM



to the Daily Topics for 'someone special' to read~

A belated thankee to you too, DG~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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Marge Tindal
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Florida's Foreverly Shores
11 posted 2006-11-19 08:48 AM



And once more ... I do the to the Daily Topics page for a blood-member to find~

For indeed, 'the woodbine twineth'~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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