Garrick owns a BBQ catering business,and I know other family members as well.But what makes this story notable is who their Grandmother was,and what I discovered while reading the UNC off topic board this evening...
One of the guys on that board is the editor of a small town (NC) newspaper,and they put together a story on the oldest surviving offspring of a Civil War veteran.Interesting read as their Grandmother's father was originally a slave who ended up fighting in the Union Army.She just died,and her obituary specifically mentions her 80+ yr old son (she was 111) who lives in Bloomington,as well as her grandsons...
http://www.robesonian.com/news/102983/devane-daughter-of-slave-civil-war-soldier-dies-at-111
One of the guys on that board is the editor of a small town (NC) newspaper,and they put together a story on the oldest surviving offspring of a Civil War veteran.Interesting read as their Grandmother's father was originally a slave who ended up fighting in the Union Army.She just died,and her obituary specifically mentions her 80+ yr old son (she was 111) who lives in Bloomington,as well as her grandsons...
http://www.robesonian.com/news/102983/devane-daughter-of-slave-civil-war-soldier-dies-at-111
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