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43rd Annual Peters-Clements-Gazaway Family Reunion Headed To Our Nation’s Capital!!

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December 30, 2015

Greetings Family and Friends,

It is with great excitement and gratitude that I greet you and welcome you to the Old Town Alexandria (OTA) and DC/Maryland/Virginia (DMV) metro areas. During our time together, you will hopefully have an opportunity to see and hear many of the wonderful and historic sights and sounds of the National Capital Region and Old Town Alexandria areas.

I am carefully planning for your arrival and will share some changes that I have implemented for the 2016 reunion year. These changes are meant to save future reunion hosts/hostesses energy, time and money while planning our beloved family gatherings. Hopefully, these changes will carry on as we move into the future with other family reunions.

Hopefully each of you has already received our mailing, which included the following information:

In order to compile the 43rd Annual Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet, I am requesting the head of each family unit to submit any family member updates for inclusion into the booklet. Items to be included in updates are: births, deaths, hospitalizations, job announcements/promotions, graduations, etc. These items are to be submitted to the family’s email address: peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.

I am also wanting to highlight the PCG family’s entrepreneurial spirit. If you or someone in your family has a business or company, I would like to highlight your business/company. Send the following information – Company/Business Name, Executive Director’s/CEO’s Name, Business mailing address, Business Phone and Fax Numbers, Business Webpage address – to the family’s email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.

Now for the changes; I will not ask for or collect any usual or customary fees for this reunion. Each family member should understand that all of the costs associated with this reunion will be considered “pay as you go”. This means that if you participate in any activity that requires a fee/cost, you will be responsible for this cost for you and each family member. The hotel will provide a full course complimentary breakfast each morning; each evening, a Manager’s Reception is held in the hotel lobby offering soft drinks, spirits and light snacks. Many of the tours and museums, etc. in the DMV/OTA areas are FREE, however, there are others that charge fees.

Due to the high costs to create and duplicate the family Souvenir booklet, it will now switch from paper copy to electronic copy. Copies will be emailed to each family member that provides a valid email address. For those “seasoned” family members that do not have access to email or the web, a limited number of paper copies may be available. Please make sure that we have each of your family member’s email addresses. These verifications can be mailed to the PCG family email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.

The hotel has developed our own personal Family reunion page. Updated information regarding registration, changes to tour times/dates, etc. will be available from this website through the end of the reunion. This web page address is as follows: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/W/WASOTES-PET-20160714/index.jhtml

Lastly, this will be the last “paper” communication that will be mailed regarding the 2016 Family Reunion. All future correspondence will be communicated via email or the family’s Facebook page. If you wish to communicate wish me verbally, I can be reached via mobile phone at 334.332.5859.

Peace and Blessings,

Valerie

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42nd Annual Peters-Clements-Gazaway Reunion heads to Nags Head, North Carolina on The Outer Banks

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Hello Family from George and Zee!!

We are on the way to 2-3 fun-filled days on the Barrier Islands off the coast of North Carolina.  It is truly a beautiful place, filled where history coincides with the future.  And, when we can’t think of anything else to do, we’ll just go jump in the ocean!  Just think about the sun, the sand, the water, or, on the other hand, the air-conditioned hotel overlooking the ocean.

Please visit this link for a “Sneak Preview” of Tentative Plans for Nags Head, North Carolina on the Outer Banks.

A block of rooms has been held for the Peters-Clements-Gazaway Reunion at:

Comfort Inn Oceanfront South
8013 Old Oregon Inlet Road
Nags Head, NC 27959
Phone: 252.441.6315
Fax: 252.441.1868
Website:  Comfort Inn Oceanfront South

Reservations must be made directly to the hotel for either 2 Double Beds or 1 King Size Bed

Room rates:

  •  $209.00 per night for Bay Front rooms
  •  $239.00 per night for Ocean Front rooms
  • Please make reservations as soon as possible as the hold will be released on June 11th.

I will check weekly after Memorial Day to see if I need additional rooms.

Please visit this link for a “Sneak Preview” of Tentative Plans for Nags Head, North Carolina on the Outer Banks.

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Tentative Plans For The Family in Nags Head

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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

4:00 PM – Hotel Check In
6:00 PM – Hospitality Room Opens

  • Registration
  • Snacks
  • Fun & Games

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015

6:00 am – 9:00 am – Complimentary Breakfast
10:00 am (Option#1) Tour the Wright Brothers National Memorial – They taught the World To Fly!  Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where, after four years of scientific experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.

COST: Adult 16 and older, $4.00; Children 15 and younger, FREE

10:00 AM (Option#2) Free Style

LUNCH on your own — use the Visitor’s Guide to find great restaurants

5:00pm Official Family Meet and Greet in the Hospitality Room

  • Fish Fry & other goodies
  • Family Meeting
  • More Games? Beach Walk? On the town?

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015

NOTE: On Saturday, we have presented 2 options at different times but the one with the most interest on your registration form will determine which one we will offer for the family.

6:00 am – 9:00 am – Complimentary Breakfast

9:30 am (Option #1)

Leave for Corolla, North Carolina for the Back Beach Wild Horses Tour:  This is a safe family fun way to see the Corolla Wild Horses, descendants of the Spanish Mustangs brought to the New World by explorers as long ago as the early 1500s.  Because the tour goes to their native habitat, you have the chance to experience much more than just a tour to see these majestic beings; you also get stories about the history of this area, a chance to learn about the other wild animals, and vegetation of this area…and maybe a pirate, or two.
COST: Adults $49.00… Kids 12 and Younger $34.00 Kids 3 and younger $15.00  There is a 20% discount for groups of 10 or more

LUNCH on your own — use the Visitor’s Guide to find great restaurants

7:00 pm  Dinner and Talent Show

9:30 AM – (OPTION #2)

FREE TIME ALL MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST – proposed new schedule.

12:30 pm – LUNCH AND TALENT EXTRAVAGANZA

4:00 pm – Leave for Manteo, NC for the Ft. Raleigh National Historic Site

7:30 pm – Showtime for “The Lost Colony” Outdoor Drama.  Experience history and mystery under the stars at the picturesque Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island.  In 1587, about 120 men, women, and children established the first English colony in the New World, then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America’s most perplexing mysteries.
COST: 
Adults ……………………………….. $30.00
Seniors (62 and over) ………….. $28.00
Teens (13-18) ……………………… $25.00
Kids (6-12) …………………………. $10.00
Kids (5 and under) …………………. FREE
Groups of 10 adults or more …… $25.00
All tickets are subject to NC Admissions Tax, whichwill be added on at the end of the sale

SUNDAY JULY 19, 2015 – TBA
7:00am – Complimentary Breakfast

Can’t wait to see ya! 
George (919.423.9626) and Zee (919.225.5238)

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The Passing of James Edna Peters Wells

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James-Edna-Peters-Wellsby Charlotte A. Clark-Frieson

On February 20, 2015, my son and I had the honor of attending the funeral service for Mrs. James Edna Peters Wells in Bimingham, Alabama.   The service was at 6th Avenue Baptist Church, 1101 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Southwest, Birmingham, Alabama 35211.  Dr. John Cantelow, III, Pastor.

It was a lovely service, and again, all the familiar faces in the Peters family genealogy were there.  My son, Sherard went with me to the service, and this was his first exposure to the Peters family.  I was very glad that he had a chance to go.  But, this was nothing like family reunion gatherings, which are HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY TIMES.   This was a very sad day.  My heart broke for Rosalyn, who I could tell was devastated.  This was a very familiar emotion, and took me back to my own mother’s passing.

Mrs. Wells death was another opportunity for me to pay my utmost respect to another one of our matriarchs, in so many ways, very similar to my own mother.  Another one of those who showed us the way.  She, too like my mother, an educator, who both rose above (what must have been) dispicable racial and social conditions to persevere and obtain a higher education… determined to make a difference in the world.  Reading her obituary gave me yet another glimpse into the rich and vibrant history of this amazing family.

James Edna Peters Wells Funeral Program

 

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