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PROFILE UPDATES


•   Carol Bell  9/20
•   Cynthia Sonley  8/9
•   Alicia Abernathy  8/7
•   Cynthia Abernathy (Sonley)  8/3
•   Zackree Bishop  7/18
•   Robyn Mabra  9/19
•   Mattie Maureice Abernathy (Willaims)  7/11
•   Hazel Samuels (Franklin)  7/11
•   Melvia Samuels (Armstrong)  10/4
•   Bernis Abernathy  7/24
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW


WHERE WE LIVE


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26 live in Alabama
2 live in Arizona
5 live in California
2 live in Colorado
3 live in Florida
15 live in Georgia
12 live in Illinois
13 live in Indiana
3 live in Maryland
4 live in Michigan
2 live in Nevada
2 live in New Jersey
4 live in New York
1 lives in North Carolina
8 live in Ohio
1 lives in Oregon
2 live in Pennsylvania
6 live in Tennessee
2 live in Texas
1 lives in Utah
2 live in Virginia
1 lives in Germany
142 location unknown

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS



•   Maia Carter  3/19
•   James Hardrick  4/2
•   Mea-Kofi James (Abernathy)  4/2
•   Reginal Abernathy  4/10
•   Jimmie McMillian Sr.  4/10
•   Monica Outland (Crutcher)  4/10
•   Tony Whitaker-Smith  4/14

MISSING FAMILY MEMBERS


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Welcome to the Abernathy Family Reunion Website.

 

This website is the official website for the relatives of George (1853-1943) and Manerva (1855-1948) Abernathy of Linden, Alabama. George Abernathy was the son of Jacob (Jake) Abernathy who was born a slave in 1823 in South Carolina. This website will serve as our means of communication as we prepare for  all Abernathy Family Reunions.  This website will also serve to enable us to connect and reconnect family with family throughout the year. Therefore, please join the site.  It is free.

Go to the member profile, find your name, and follow instructions to join. If your name can not be located, go to the top icon, click on contact us, and let us know.  We will make the correction.  Upload family photos and information you deem important.   Remember, you can e-mail family from this site as well as take the family poll and quiz etc.  Also, be sure to have everyone you know in the family join the site.   Our goal is to celebrate family and praise God for the bountiful blessings he has bestowed upon each and every member. Therefore, be sure to take the time to browse the site.

Again, Welcome.

Larry Abernathy, Family Reunion President 

 

PLEASE VIEW THIS VIDEO HONORING OUR FAMILY HISTORY!

                     ********Abernathy Reunions always end on the 4th Sunday in July.*****                                                   

2024 Abernathy Family Reunion Registration

Greetings Family.

The Charlotte Committee is super excited about our first in-person Abernathy Family Reunion in 5 years.  A lot has changed, but the love and spirit of family remains.  The Abernathy Family of Linden Alabama – United in Excellence will come together from Thursday, July 25th thru Sunday, July 28th in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Our host hotel is The Courtyard by Marriott Charlotte Waverly. We are truly blessed to commemorate our 52nd family reunion as we continue to honor and celebrate the gift of family as well as the rich legacy we continue to build.
 

As we are all too familiar with the current state of our economy, we have worked very hard to keep things as affordable as possible.  Considering all these things, we are pleased to announce the registration/assessment for the 2024 Abernathy Family Reunion is as follows:

Individuals 12 years and older are $165 ea. 

Children 4 – 11 years old are $75 ea.  

Children under 4 years of age are free

This year we have made every effort possible to make things as easy for you as we can.  There are several payment options available.  This year you can pay by check, credit card, Zelle and Cash App.  Please note, there is a convenience fee for credit card transactions.  Please note, everyone who pre-paid their assessment over the amount of $165 per person will receive a partial refund.  We will contact you directly upon receipt of your registration form with details.

Registration is now open.  Listed below is the link to complete the registration form.  This form can be completed and submitted online or can be printed out and mailed with your payment.  The first page of the registration form provides detailed instructions.  However, if you have any questions at all, please contact myself or Traci and we will be more than happy to help.

Registration Form Link:

https://forms.gle/e8gE2YEFcu8X41DV6

We encourage all of you to visit the event website where you will find all updates and everything you need to know about this reunion as it becomes available, including the registration form, hotel reservation link and more.

Event Website:

52nd Abernathy Family Reunion | July 25, 2024 - July 28, 2024 (eventcreate.com)

We want to continue to thank everyone who has provided their support to our efforts by pre-paying their assessment fee so we could use the funds to get things started. This has allowed us to pay the required deposits needed to reserve the locations and services to host our family reunion. We also want to thank the Linden Chapter who provided seed money which allowed us to make the assessment more affordable.

Please note, everyone who pre-paid their assessment over the amount of $165 per person will receive a refund of the difference.  We will contact you directly upon receipt of your registration form with details.

Since the announcement of the hotel block rooms have been going pretty fast.  Therefore, we encourage you to make your reservations as soon as possible if you have not done so.

*Please note, we will send information on reunion t-shirts as soon as it becomes available.

The 2024 Committee looks forward to being your host and seeing you all in North Carolina this July.

 

Warm Regards

Kelly & Traci

2024 Abernathy Family Reunion Committee Chairpersons

 

Contact Information

Kelly Abernathy: abernathyfamilyreunion2024@gmail.com (732) 771-7702 (cell)

Traci Simmons: traa007@msn.com (980) 939-4594

 

The Original 12 - The Abernathy Siblings who started the reunion

Jack Abernathy, Kermit Abernathy, William Abernathy Sr., Garlen Abernathy, James Earl Abernathy, Clarence Abernathy and Ralph Abernathy (from left to right -Top Row)

Ella (Doll) Abernathy Gibbs, Louvenia Abernathy Coats, Manerva Abernathy Lawson, Lula Abernathy Yarbrough, Susie Abernathy Hildreth (from left to right -bottom row)

These 12 brothers and sisters held the first Abernathy Family Reunion in Linden, Alabama in 1969.  Only Susie Abernathy Hildreth remains among us.  We thank them for beginning a family reunion tradition that lives on today.

 

RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY SCHOLARSHIP 

This has been a very honorable tradition to pass it forward by assisting our younger family members in their educational endeavors.

In order to continue this very proud legacy, all families are being asked to contribute their annual $60.00 by October 2023.

We are receiving applications with all due by October 1, 2023.

To contribute please write a check or use Zelle:

Checks to be made out to:

Eldridge A. Glover

778 Derry Circle

Vacaville, CA 95688

In the memo section write Scholarship

OR

Use Zelle (707) 225-5010

In order for our long and proud family legacy tradition, we need to continue to help and encourage our family members to pursue their educational goals.

Thanks to all in advance.

Regards,

 

Eldridge

The Price One Pays for Voting.

by Regina Abernathy

A True Story

The time? Some time during the early 60's.  The place? Selma, Alabama.  Garlen and Elizabeth Abernathy has driven down to Selma to visit relatives. During that time, Garlen decides to visit his friend, Theopolis.  When he arrived at Theopolis' home, he noticed the gloom surrounding his friend's demeaner.  

What's the matter with you? Garlen asked?

Well, my boss just left. He answered.  He said I was one of his best workers, but he was very sorry.  He has to let me go.

Did you ask why? Garlen asked.

Yeah.  My boss hung his head and said he had heard I voted.  That is not good, he said.  A group of men came to his shop and told him that if he kept me on the job, they would burn his shop down to the ground.  He said he was so so sorry.  But, his shop was all he had.  He had to let me go.  I told him   don't worry.  I appreciate him coming by the house to let me know.  I won't be coming back to his shop.  Then he told me that I will not be able to get a job anywhere in Selma or in the surrounding counties.  If any Negro voted, they won't be able to work anywhere around here.  No white man will hire a Negro that voted, and they know which ones voted. If they do, they will have hell to pay.

Well, that's not good. Garlen said.  But, don't be upset.  Come on up to Cleveland.  There are plenty of jobs up there.  You can stay with me and my wife until you get on your feet.  As long as there is food on my table, there is food for you.  When you get a job, and get on your feet, you can bring you wife to Cleveland.

So, Theopolis went to Cleveland and lived with Garlen Abernathy and his family.  He found a job.  He went back to Selma and brought his wife to Cleveland.  They located a place to stay and bought the children to Cleveland.  The family remains in Cleveland still today.

This is a story about Voter Suppression, the Great Migration, and the Black community helping one another.  It is also a story of tactics used to stop African Americans from exercising their rights as Americans.  The number one tactic is to take away the Black man's ability to make money.  Take the job from them. Make sure there is no where to work.  Black ball them. 

Our ancestors experience it all.  Nevertheless, with God's help, they lived, loved, and thrived.

It is important to teach our young to vote.  Teach them why we vote., the price we paid to vote, and the reason their vote is so important.  

This is just one story.  Share it with our youth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                    

                                                   

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 

 

 

 



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