Amy Clark on the Stanley Reunion last weekend.
The reunion was Aug. 30, 2009, at Caney Fork Baptist Church on SR 698 outside of McClure, VA. A map of the area, (If you'd rather browse through these photos one by one, here is a link to them.)
I came up with these longitude and latitude values:
Caney Fork Baptist Church
37.08736387487459 -82.38444172883608
Stanley Homeplace
37.09190436432554 -82.38159298896791
The Caney Fork Baptist Church near McClure, Va. was where Stanley Reunion was held this past weekend. The original log church was built by brothers Elkanah and Roland Stanley and served as a school house over some period time as well as a church. Here are photos of it through the years.
(photo from Eddie Sudduth)
* * * NEW DATE FOR REUNION * * *
Received this email from Roger Roop on Monday:
Elkanah & Nancy (Ramsey) Stanley Reunion 2007
The Stanley Reunion is to be held on Saturday September 15, 2007 at Caney Fork Church on Ramsey Ridge, McClure, Dickenson County, Virginia.
Please bring a dish and drinks to share. Ice and table service will be provided. A picnic dinner will be at about 12:30 PM.
We will ask for a donation to the church for using their facilities.
Indoor restrooms are available.
Caney Fork Church is on SR 693 and the GPS Coors. are N 37* 5.252' , W 82* 23.023'
Suggest from the South, go to Bristol, VA/TN and on NE to Abingdon, VA., take Alt. US-58 NW to Coeburn, VA. Take SR-72 N from Coeburn for about 2 miles and turn right on Toms Creek Road (SR 652) and go about 9 miles to Nora. Then turn left (NW) on SR 63 and go to about 1 mile West of Stratton (total about 4 1/2 miles) and turn left, South and West on SR 643. Go West for about 2 1/2 miles and turn right (N) on SR 698. Caney Fork Church is about 1 1/2 miles on right.
(Note, There are other ways to get there but this seemed the easiest to explain.)
Lodging is available at Breaks Interstate Park, PO Box 100, Breaks, VA 24607-0100, ph. 1-800-982-5122. www.breakspark.com About $67. per night for 2, $8. for additional persons, plus tax.
Motels at Norton, VA. 24273, ph # for all is 1-800-620-2231. Promo code 11803. Inn at Norton, 551 Highway 58, $60. for 2 people. Norton Days Inn, 375 Wharton Lane, Norton, VA 24297, AARP Discount $64.79 (normally, $71.99) for 2. Super 8 Norton, 425 Wharton Way, Norton, VA 24273-1537. AARP discount, $49.50 plus tax for 2.
For further info, contact Rheta (Russell) Humphrey at Rt.1, Box 4060, Jonesville, VA 24263, ph.276-346-3827, or Roger Roop, 3301 Fair Oaks Dr., Beavercreek, OH 45434, ph.937-426-8434.
E-Mail Roger-S-Roop@juno.com Please pass this Info on to all.
From Bobbie Cook (via Eddie Sudduth)
I found this newspaper clipping in mom's old Bible yesterday. It was in
the Hickory Daily Record, God only knows what date it was. Enjoy!
I understand the date has been set for the 2007 Stanley Reunion. It's Labor Day, September 3, at Ramsey Ridge in Dickenson County, Va.
That's all I know.
I'm sure there will be more details later. Mark your calendars.
Nice Associated Press story being released this weekend on Ralph Stanley. Click the photo to see it.
"He's one of those rare guys who what he does is so pure and so defined, and he's so unwavering in it," said singer-songwriter Gillian Welch, who's recorded and performed with Stanley.
There is a audio slide show as well.
A new batch of photos from the reunion weekend have been added to the photo gallery. See pages 4 and 5 to see the new ones. These were taken by Jack C. Lail. Send me an email to add yours.
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