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Thirty-six members and friends of the Hart family gathered at the Rockbridge Baths Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, July 27, for the annual Hart Family Reunion.
Descendants of David Henry and Mary Ellen (Gaylor) Hart and John Harvey and Susan (Gaylor) Hart were welcomed by Co-President Mary Jo Baylor. Items of family news were shared, and a moment of silence was observed for family members who had passed away since the last Reunion, ending with a traditional Hart Family blessing.
A group photo was taken before the potluck lunch, which was concluded by the customary course of watermelon. The afternoon continued with fellowship, genealogy updates, and sharing of photos from previous Reunions.
The two flower arrangements that decorated the registration table were later taken to Bethesda Presbyterian Church and New Monmouth Presbyterian Church for Sunday morning worship services, a long-standing tradition of the Reunion.
Those attending from the Rockbridge area were Casey and Rachel Clark and Calvin, Cordelia, Clementine, Ambrose and Marigold Clark, of Lexington; and Jerry and Margaret McDonald, Jon and Jane McDonald and James, Jay, Angie and Ella McDonald, all of Rockbridge Baths.
Those attending from other parts of Virginia were Robert and Mary Jo Baylor of Norfolk; Lorne and Sue Cooper of Linden; Norma Harris and Chuck Harris of Salem; June Keller and Michelle Keller of Richmond; and Joy McDonald of Richmond.
Those attending from outside Virginia were Charles Hart of Tampa, Fla.; Paul E. Hart, Paul N. Hart, Misty Sanders and Olivia Sanders, Scott Hart and Courtney Hart, all of Chesapeake, Ohio; Jennifer Keller and Dan Perry of Willow Spring, N.C.; Jessica Lundfelt and Patricia Lundfelt of Quaker Hill, Conn.; and Susan McKemy of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
