Visits with Cousins

by Glenn N. Holliman

A Month of Cousins...!

There are 18 living first cousins from the seven children of Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman.  During the past month, I have had the pleasure of visiting with five of them (not counting my two sisters - Becky and Alice).  So let's interrupt our Holliman 'World War II' story and share some photographs and updates on our mutual lives.

Below, Clayton Herrin, the first born great grandchild of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman, waves from his mother's Irondale, Alabama home which we visited in October.  His mother, right, is, of course, Mary Daly Herrin, the first born of the grandchildren of Ulyss and Pearl.  For over a generation the Herrin family (E.C. Herrin, Mary and now Al and Linda Herrin Bradley) have hosted family gatherings. E.C. is ailing now, and all of us have him and the family in thought and prayer.

 

 

The famous Irondale Café was the location of a meal shared in October with Jean Holliman and Tommie Holliman Allen, two of the six children of Euhal and Edna Westbrook Holliman.  Back ground in red, is yours truly, with left to right, Jean, Tommie and my sister, Alice Holliman Murphy.  In the café as one consumes fried chicken and fried green tomatoes one can see embedded in the wooden floors the indentions of counters which held merchandise in the former Daly Hardware. The Daly Hardware Store was owned by Robert W. and George Daly during the 1940s and 50s.

Below, Charles Ferrell, far right, and his wife Nancy, hosted my sister Alice and myself at their home on an October Sunday afternoon in Homewood, Alabama. Charles is the second born grandchild of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman, the first born son of Charles and Loudelle Ferrell Holliman.  He kindly shared hundreds of photos of the Ferrell and Holliman families, now scanned, and which we will be posting later in this space and at MyFamily.com.

Finally, sharing an evening in my home in Newport, Pennsylvania the past week was Dr. Robert W. Daly, Jr, right.  Just retired from his decades long position as a professor of biology from the University of North Alabama, Bob traveled north to visit his son John and his family in southeastern Pennsylvania.  While on this excursion north, Bob stopped in for the night our central Pennsylvania farm house.

It is a pleasure to reconnect with the cousins of one's youth!

Next posting, back to our story of World War II and the Holliman family....

Join your many cousins at MyFamily.com and view an expanded Holliman family tree and many files on the history of the family.  Just write to glennhistory@gmail.com for an invitation.