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Fifty-three members of the Hart family gathered at the Rockbridge Baths Volunteer Fire Department on July 29 for the Hart Reunion, an annual event of at least 70 years.
Co-Presidents Mary Jo Baylor and Richard Hart welcomed the descendants of David Henry and Mary Ellen (Gaylor) Hart and John Harvey and Susan (Gaylor) Hart. Family updates were shared, and a moment of silence was observed for family members who had passed away since the last reunion.
Special mention was made of the family of Paul Hart, whose wife Beverly passed away a few days before the Reunion. Paul and Beverly were regular attendees of the reunion, traveling each year from Chesapeake, Ohio. Led by the younger members of the family, Rowdy and Rebel Hart and Robbie and Ella Dickey, the family prayed the traditional Hart Family Blessing before the potluck lunch.
Lunch concluded with the customary round of watermelon, and the afternoon continued with fellowship, genealogy updates, and photographs. After the reunion, many of the family members adjourned to enjoy time at the Maury River at Goshen Pass.
The two arrangements of flowers which decorated the tables were taken for Sunday morning worship at Bethesda Presbyterian Church and New Monmouth Presbyterian Church. The donation of the flowers to the two churches attended by many members of the Hart family is a long-standing tradition, with the flowers being given in memory of deceased family members.
Those attending from the Rockbridge area were Jerry and Margaret McDonald, and Jon and Jane McDonald and their children Jay, Angie and Ella, all of Rockbridge Baths.
Those attending from other parts of Virginia were Robert and Mary Jo Baylor of Norfolk; June Keller and Michelle Keller of Richmond; Norma Harris and Chuck Harris of Salem.
Those attending from outside Virginia were Jessica Lundfelt and daughter Patricia, Quaker Hill, Conn.; Becky Hart, Cortez, Fla.; Bob and Helen Mc-Iver, Dunedin, Fla.; Leslie Collins, Jacksonville, Fla.; Susan McKemy, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Joey Hart, Augusta, Ga.; Tristan Hart and daughter Lily, Monroe, Ga.; David Hart, Amherst, Mass.; Jean Blanding Dickey, Brad and Stephanie Dickey and sons Paul and Robbie, Takoma Park, Md.; Doug and Diane Goldenberg-Hart, and Aidan Goldenberg-Hart, Silver Spring, Md.; Beth Beckner-Mills and Doug Mills, Williamsport, Md.; Richard and Debbie Hart, Cherryville, N.C.; Brian Hart, Asheville, N.C.; Matthew and Natalie Hart and children Rowdy and Rebel, Belmont, N.C.; Catherine Dickey, Kathy Kaefer Dickey and daughter Ella, Astoria, N.Y.; Zoe Goldenberg-Hart, Providence, R.I.; Douglass Hart, Renton, Wash.; and Sandy Hart, Kent, Wash.
