Happy 88th Birthday!

Great Grandma Mary Louise Benton Musgrave celebrated her 88th birthday this past Saturday. (Remember our granddaughter Flora calls her - "Grandma Great In The Big Chair"!) We invited in all the Benton relatives and friends to celebrate this benchmark. Judy supplied the turkey, ham, meatballs, and mashed potatoes while everyone else brought a covered dish. I made the bread! The food was so plentiful and yummy!



You can see that brother-in-law Bill is sampling the fare in order to assure quality control.

Here is Mary Louise with her only living brother, Jack Benton, who will be 80 next year.

Rachael, John, Flora, and Lucy came to the party along with John's Mom and Dad, Jane and Jim Meeker. Jane and Jim live in Arizona and were visiting the kids in Shepherdstown last week. We had around thirty folks attending this celebration.

Here are Karen and Uncle Gene who lives in Parkersburg. Karen is one of Uncle Gene and Aunt Ethel's three daughters and works as a principal at an elementary school in Charleston.


Where was Aunt Ethel? Oh, I forgot, I was cuddling with her by the pond! I am certain that her good husband of 60 years would not mind. Ethel is Grandma Great's sister-in-law.

Speaking of cuddling, Sherel and Marshall were also in their cuddling mood.





We had a great time sharing "Grandma Great In The Big Chair"'s 88th birthday.

We can not forget the other Grandma Great! Grandma Meads rode over with Bill and Judy. It is such a joy seeing her healthy and able to enjoy life at age 83.