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HI! I'M AMY AND MY MOTHER IS EVELYN ELAINE SHAFFER - CHRISTIE. HER PARENTS - MY GRANDPARENTS - ARE CLIVEY MATTHEW SHAFFER AND
CLARA MAE HAYNES WORTHINGTON SHAFFER. UNFORTUNATELY MY WONDERFUL GRANDPARENTS ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN : BILLY JOHN WORTHINGTON SHAFFER, ANN SHAFFER - BUCKHOLT,SHIRLEY JANE SHAFFER, BENNY CLYDE SHAFFER AND MY MOTHER THE BABY. MY UNCLE
BENNY HAS BEEN GONE A LONG TIME. HE DIED WHEN MY MOTHER WAS 13 AND WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER.EVERYONE WAS REALLY HURT BY THIS. UNCLE BENNY WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD WITH A COLLEGE SCOLARSHIP - ART - HE WAS AN ARTIST. HE WAS ALSO ENGAGED TO A WONDERFUL GIRL. MY MOTHER AND MY BROTHER BENNY - NAMED FOR MY UNCLE OF COURSE - HAVE A COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL PHOTO OF BENNY AND I BELIEVE HER NAME WAS BARBARA TOGETHER. I'M HOPING ONE DAY THEY WILL GET ME A COPY. I HAVE NO PHOTOS OF MY UNCLE - HE HAS HIS GRADUATION PHOTO ON HIS TOMBSTONE WHERE HE IS BURRIED IN GROVEHILL CEMETARY IN DALLAS. I TRIED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET FOR HIS OBITUARY HOPING A PHOTO WOULD BE THERE THAT I COULD PRINT. I EVEN WANTED TO READ ABOUT THE ACCIDENT - CURIOUS I GUESS- I DONT LIKE TO MAKE MY MOTHER SAD BY ASKING ABOUT IT.DOES ANYONE READING THIS HAVE A PHOTO OF MY UNCLE OR KNOW HOW TO GET ONE? AND DID ANYONE KNOW OR MEET HIM? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.WE DONT REALLY HAVE FAMILY REUNIONS SO TO SPEAK- WE USUALLY SEE FAMILY MEMBERS AT FUNERALS I'M SAD TO SAY.THE LAST ONE WAS MY AUNT LOUISE - MY GRANDMA CLARA'S SISTER.WE DO GET TO SEE MY AUNT ANN AT THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AND HER 3 DAUGHTERS DEBBIE- WHO GOES ONLY BY SUMMER NOW,DONNA AND DARLENE - WHO GOES BY ELIZABETH AND THEIR FAMILIES.I OFTEN GO OUT TO THE CEMETARY TO VISIT MY GRANPARENTS GRAVES AND BENNY'S WHEN I CAN - IT'S HARD TO FIND. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR CAROL A. SHAFFER CECIL WONDERING HOW WE WERE RELATED. CAROL IF YOU SEE THIS E-MAIL ME.THANKS TO YOUR WEB PAGE - NOT SURE WHERE TO FIND IT NOW BUT I GOT 3 COPIES OF A PHOTO OF MY GRANDPA CLIVEYS PARENTS HIM AND HIS 2 BROTHERS. MY MOM WAS THRILLED TO HAVE THAT PHOTO AND I GAVE MY BROTHER, BENNY A COPY TOO.THANKS. THATS ALL FOR NOW.LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANY REALATIVES....
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