Yearly Archive: 2009

  • The First Virtual Dingler Reunion

    Since I couldn’t make it to the Dingler Reunion this year, I’m connected to the meeting room at the hotel using Skype. Not the same as being there, but is definitely the next best thing.

  • Reunion 2009 Dinner at Cracker Barrel

    I wasn’t able to make it to the reunion this year due to an illness in the family, but Kristin is there, and she sends us this photo from tonight’s dinner at the Cracker Barrel in LaGrange. Click on the picture for a full-size view.

    Kristin reports that attendance is at 52 and counting!

  • Reunion 2008 Photos

    I know these are very late, but I promise to get pictures for this year’s reunion up sooner than the next reunion.
    Anyway, take a look at photos from our 2008 reunion in Jackson, Missippi.

  • In Memory: John Willis Denney (1913-2008)

    Carolyn Denney wrote to let us know that her husband, John Willis Denney passed away June 1, 2008. The memory booklet she sent included the following info:
    In Memory of Mr. John Willis Denney
    Born: June 25, 1913
    Died: June 1, 2008
    Services held at McKibben Funeral Home Chapel
    2:00 pm Tuesday, June 3rd
    Officiating: The Reverend Alvin Lingenfelter
    Interment
    Sunset Memorial [...]

  • News about Mary Clyde McDaniel Johnson

    Linda Hunt asked me to pass this info along:
    Please pray for one of the Henry line descendants, Mary Clyde McDaniel Johnson, who has cancer of the pancreas and liver. She is one of the great-granddaughters of Susan Francis Dingler Gregg. Her grandmother, Mary Jane Gregg McDaniel, and my grandmother, Elizabeth Amelia Ann Gregg [...]

  • New Look for Dingler Web Site

    The Dingler web site has a new look and feel! I took advantage of the move to a new software platform (moved from Movable Type to WordPress in case you’re curious) and went hunting for a new theme. This one seemed to be a good fit for the family history aspect of the [...]

  • Dingler Family Newsletter for Spring 2009 now available!

    The newsletter for Spring 2009 is finally ready! A bit later than normal (and a lot later than we had wanted), but the important thing is it is out before the reunion!
    Dingler Family Newsletter – Spring 2009 (You will need Adobe Reader to view the newsletter.)
    Over the next few days we’ll post the various stories [...]

  • Now on Twitter

    The Dingler Family site is now on Twitter. If you’re on Twitter, you can now follow DinglerFamily for updates about the web site, reunions, and more.
    If you aren’t on Twitter, you can check it out at http://twitter.com
    You can find us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/dinglerfamily
    You can also subscribe to our Twitter RSS feed in your [...]

  • Hotel Selected for 2009 Reunion

    The Best Western Lafayette Garden Inn in LaGrange, Georgia, will be our host hotel for the reunion this year. We have a block of 30 King and Double rooms reserved for the reunion. Rates inclusive of taxes are $85.11 and $73.91 respectively. Rooms include complimentary hot breakfast at the IHOP restaurant at the hotel.
    All rooms [...]

  • See You in LaGrange, Georgia, for Reunion 2009

    You know the dates (July 24-26) for the 2009 reunion, but you’ve been wondering where we’re meeting. Well, wait no more. Get out the maps, program the GPS…. We’re heading back to LaGrange, Georgia, for the first time since 1998.
    As you may recall, the cemetery where Nancy Paschall Dingler is buried, the Old Whatley Cemetery, [...]