Highlights from the Gayle Family Reunion 2019 (Children of Peter James and Hallie Blanche)

The Gayle Family Reunion was a smashing success!!! Those of our family who were not there.....we missed you!

Your very tired Family Reunion Coordinator.

Family Greeters and Reunion Committee members (Granddaughters of Ellen and Warner)

A special thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to make the weekend so successful! 

A special thank you to our Reunion Host (son and daughter in law of Wilton and Mary)! 

Thank you cousin for the beautiful banner. 

Name That Tune winners! 

Family Feud Winners ! 

The Matriarch of the Family! 

The Son's of Ellen (Robena) and Warner (Wisconsin) 

The Son's and Daughter of  Martha (Alberta) and Richard (Warner)

The Children of Julia (Geraldine) and John (Edward). 

Grandchildren of  Martha (Alberta) and Richard (Warner)

Grandson of Ellen and Wilton (and his family)

The family's newest newlyweds 

Mother to be of twins (you just never know when twins will show up in this family lol)

Cousins that traveled the farthest (California). We also had cousins in from Washington State that were not able to make it to the festivities on Saturday.

Grandma Hallie's namesake and her parent's. 

A few of the great great great grandchildren of Peter and Hallie Gayle ! 

Homecoming Sunday at Union Zion BC Ware Neck Virginia. Special thanks goes out to Michael Smith for many of the photos featured here. We are not sure when the next Gayle Family reunion will take place (hopefully not five years again lol). But as soon as we know we will let you know!!! Blessings Family. For additional photos from the weekend please see our Family's Facebook page. Found here. 

Gayle Family Reunion Venue 2018

Good Morning Family! 

Its with great pleasure that I can confirm that a location for our 2018 Gayle Family reunion has been booked!! So please mark Saturday August 18th on your schedule. The committee is working as we speak to finalize pricing but for now we need a rough estimate of how many people feel that they will be available to attend. You should be hearing from each family representative by the end of the month (no later then the first of March) with additional info. This event will be casual and in addition to food, fun and family friendly activities we have access to an indoor (and) air conditioned facility to house our food, a tennis court and a mid size swimming pool (there is no lifeguard on duty so we will be asking family members with small children to supervise). There should be ample parking and there are inside bathroom facilities available as well. The cost of this facility was much smaller then our original venue which will help in keeping down the cost and will allow less work for the families and the Family Reunion Committee. I look forward to seeing many of you in August! We will also be contacting family we know who are not on social media so know one is left out! For now if you see this post and are interested in attending please go to the Family Facebook page for additional updates and info. 

Gayle Family Reunion Highlights and Update

 

What a great looking group of people! Thank you to everyone who came and participated in the reunion. Hopefully we will be getting back together in 2014. Until then just wanted to share a few highlights! Hope to see many of you in August at Union Zions Homecoming!

 

 

Aunt Julia recently celebrated her 92nd birthday by the way!!! Happy belated Birthday Auntie!

Welcome Family!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! Here is the directions to our event!

CROWNE PLAZA WILLIAMSBURG AT FORT MAGRUDER
6945 POCAHONTAS TRAIL
WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23185
TELEPHONE (757) 220-2250
FAX (757) 220-9059

FROM WASHINGTON, DC:

TAKE I-95 SOUTH TOWARDS RICHMOND. WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO RICHMOND, TAKE 295 BYPASS AROUND RICHMOND AND PICK UP I-64 WEST TO WILLIAMSBURG. TAKE THE WILLIAMSBURG EXIT 242A, WHICH WILL PUT YOU ON HIGHWAY 199. STAY ON 199 FOR ABOUT ONE MILE AND TAKE THE ROUTE 60 EAST/WEST BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG EXIT. STAY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE RAMP TO THE STOP LIGHT, TURN LEFT ONTO ROUTE 60 WEST. THE CROWNE PLAZA IS ABOUT ONE MILE ON THE LEFT.

FROM NORFOLK/NEWPORT NEWS:

TAKE I-64 WEST TOWARDS WILLIAMSBURG. TAKE EXIT 242A, WHICH WILL PUT YOU ON HIGHWAY 199. STAY ON 199 FOR ABOUT ONE MILE AND TAKE THE ROUTE 60 EAST/WEST BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG EXIT. STAY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE RAMP TO THE STOP LIGHT, TURN LEFT ONTO ROUTE 60 WEST. THE CROWNE PLAZA IS ABOUT ONE MILE ON THE LEFT.

FROM RICHMOND:

TAKE I-64 EAST OUT OF RICHMOND TOWARDS WILLIAMSBURG. TAKE EXIT 242A, WHICH WILL PUT YOU ON HIGHWAY 199. STAY ON 199 FOR ABOUT ONE MILE AND TAKE THE ROUTE 60 EAST/WEST BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG EXIT. STAY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE RAMP TO THE STOP LIGHT, TURN LEFT ONTO ROUTE 60 WEST. THE CROWNE PLAZA IS ABOUT ONE MILE ON THE LEFT.

We will start at 2 PM, but registration and pictures begin at 1:30! If you are coming early to help set up please meet us there at 12:30! See you all tomorrow!

Sunday Service

We will end our weekend celebration with service on Sunday at Union Zion Baptist Church, Ware Neck VA for their Homecoming service.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Family members young and young at heart are invited to join us in Williamsburg Friday, August 17th at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Amusement Park.

Family Garden

The theme for our Family reunion is a Family Garden....where you plant seeds of faith, hope and love! We are looking forward to seeing each of you in August. Now that we have located our family reunion dinner venue we can began planning the actual event. We need volunteers to be on the program (more info to come), to help at registration, help set up before everyone arrives, etc. We are also looking for photos or memorabilia that belonged to the siblings of Julia Grimes and or Peter and Hallie Gayle that can be displayed the evening of the dinner.