Why were you invited to this newsletter? Everybody comes from somebody! This is what all of us have in common. In the early stages of the website some very interesting family history was included. It took us back to the early 1780's with Charles and Sarah Marshall, the parents of Mathew Marshall Ford who was Enslaved. It went on to tell us how Jane Ford a free woman married a slave and so Mathew took on her Surname. Jane and Mathew had 17 children. And finally, it explained our Early beginnings in what is known as Culpeper, Virginia.
You may not have been a history buff, but Culpeper was the sight of the most military battles in the Civil war. Why is this important to Our family? Jane and Mathew (a former slave) ran a commissary for the Union Army in the midst of the war. Less than a mile away from the homestead was a military jail.
You have to ask yourself: What kind of People were Our Family! Some of our new readers may still ask: Why is Jane and Mathew important to us. Well Jane and Mathew fathered Richard Ford who married Sarah and had Mary T who in turn married Dock Stroud. Well, hold on, Dock and Mary had 5 daughters who eventually moved to Mount Vernon, N.Y and married into the Haden, Tucker, Michael, Ford and Wyatt Family. Need I say more?
151st Edition
Blessings in Abundance Family
Habari Gani ? What's the News
Today the last day of Kwanzaa you respond saying : Imani Which means Faith.
Keep the Faith Family! At the end of the day you will say 7 times Harambee. Which means by working together,
2025, where do we go from here?
Very often we believe we have time until the day comes and we wish we had more. If not more time; but that we had used it better! This is not to say that we have squandered what the Most High has given us, but was there something we should have made time for. My mood is off today after hearing our Matriarch Jean Osborne Tucker Grant made her transition after 98 magnificent years of life. We really couldn't ask for more, yet we wish she could have honored her at our Family Reunion. It would have been a highlight of a life well lived. However, it was a missed opportunity.
With so much going on in the world today allow me to encourage each of you to make room and take time to stay connected to a family member outside of your immediate family. With the loss of an elder, very often family connections are loss. Don't let the loss of our Matriarch be the loss of our connection. The struggle has always been to bring pride to the Tribe, no matter how scattered and torn we have been.
Can we Factor family into your 24 hours, seven days and 12 months? Pick up the banner our Matriarch has passed on. Be bigger than any argument, stronger than any financial status and better than any addiction. Let no missing father, missing mother or broken promise keep you from enjoying what makes us proud members of this Stroud Family!
Much love to each of you in 2025
The messages in this news letter are to offer hope, encouragement and acknowledgement. So I trust you will reach out to one another and share your victories, desires and needs. We can only hope you will find this newsletter worthy of your time and take a moment to read and share your news with us. Please send any thoughts, messages or history to fullergail@hotmail.com or give me a call at 646 8515247; I'll answer.
Please know we need your help in making this newsletter more significant to everyone. Send us your updates, let us know how we can support you, your businesses and your children.
Good News:
There's no better feeling than seeing unconditional love between a Father and daughter. I had to share this photo of Wayne Richburg and his only daughter Lyndon. Without words it brings a smile to ones' face. So for those who need a smile Thank you Wayne and baby girl for this photo. Wayne is the son of Doreen Chesson Richburg. He is the grandson of the late Charles Sr. and Dorothy Tucker Chesson and the Great Grandson of the Late Harry Sr. and Helen Stroud Tucker. After 4 boys, blessed with a girl.
Happy Thirteenth to Benjamin Simmonds. Benjamin is the Son of Gimeno and Deandre Jones Simmonds. Benjamin is the grandchild of Melvin and Denise Grant Jones and the Great Grand of the Late Jean O Tucker Grant.
Living life with Purpose, family lets give a resounding applause to Lawrence "Beau" Kershaw.
Wider Horizon Book Club
Congratulations to the Wider Horizon Book Club who celebrated their 5th year of existence at their Poetry, Prose and Preseco Book club meeting on Saturday Dec.28th I can honestly say you missed a great opportunity to get together and enjoy the spoken word.
So join us next month on the last Saturday of the month at 4:00 January's book will be Eight Hundred Grapes by laura Daves. So join us at our virtual book Club meeting. The date Jan. 25th at 4:00 EST
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82796419692 Passcode: HORIZONS
Prayer Warriors:
Family, we need all the Prayer Warriors to go into their war rooms and cover our family with their prayers. Our Beloved Matriarch's sister is the last surviving Tucker daughter; Elizabeth "Betty" Tucker Scotland. Elizabeth is the remaining child of Harry P Sr. and Helen Stroud Tucker. As we prepare to bid farewell to our 98 year old Matriarch Jean O Tucker Grant keep the family lifted up in your prayers.
Please keep lifted Cousin Denise Haden in Atlanta Georgia, who had hip surgery on Dec.23rd. Although in a great deal of pain right now she is encouraged by the fact that she finally got the process started. Denise faces additional surgery on her other hip.
The following is a must read. Take a moment a review a lasting memory
We received word from our DNA Culpeper Cousin Faith Johnson Crumbly on her brother Roy's condition. The family has created a living manuscript to cover Roy's life; at this time she is asking that we send him a card or note letting him know he is cared about. Here's the letter followed by his mailing address and a link to view the manuscript. It is well worth your time!
My brother, Roy, has been battling bone cancer and has determined not to have a funeral or memorial service. So I prepared the magazine captioned in the subject line for him to share his blessings and smell the roses with family members.
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