The Road to NGS 2014 in Richmond

by | May 5, 2014

I have lived and traveled through many parts of the United States during my lifetime.  I have backpacked with friends in Costa Rica and Peru and have even made the long trip to Melbourne, Australia.  Every place I have been I have brought back stories to my...

Funeral Card Friday: Bertie Mae (Rhodes) Hosaflook

by | Jul 19, 2013

My great-grandmother, Bertie Mae Rhodes Hosaflook. Photo taken in the 1940’s The funeral card was inside the memory book for Bertie Mae that was given to me by my maternal grandparents.  Also contained in the book were the pages of those that attended the...

Wordless Wednesday: A Man and His Horse

by | Feb 22, 2012

This is a photograph of my maternal great grand uncle, Rosco Roy Hosaflook (b. Feb. 16, 1886, d. Sept. 9, 1945) and his horse Lox.  This photo was probably taken around 1910, in Linville, Rockingham County,...

Wednesday’s Child: Ralph & William Hosaflook

by | Feb 1, 2012

Tombstone of Ralph L (b. 10/22/1912, d. 8/1913) and William H Hosaflook (b. 12/29/1922, d. 1923) Buried at Linville Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia Inscription Reads: Children of H.H. & B.M. Hosaflook Ralph L. 1912 – 1913 William H. 1922 – 1923...