Coal Branch Legacy Group

It might seem a little strange to begin a family page now that the majority of the family are in our last quarter of life. Adding the fact that many of us haven't even seen each other in years, apart from funerals and it might seem futile. But perhaps it's the years that have flown by that makes me appreciate my family- close or distant- more than ever.

The last (and to my knowledge- ONLY) "official" reunion with all the Coal Branch brothers and sisters took place more than 50 years ago at Mabel and Tuffy's in Ashtabula! The Spencer reunions at the Senior Citizens center In Beattyville since that time kept those who attended at least somewhat in contact, but those too stopped a few years ago.

We're left with distant and foggy memories and images of a lifestyle long past and relatives we barely know.

Yet we're linked…

I can vaguely remember the time before the pond was built in the holler up near where the old house on the hill set that ((I'm told) housed Uncle Rudy and his wife (name?).

I believe it was a government project meant to bring water to the wildlife in the area, but I could be totally off here. It has withstood the test of time, although there have been quite a few trees that have fallen into the water at the far end (that I hope to drag out somehow someday).

But you would be hard pressed to find a more relaxing spot than to sit on the bank listening to the multitude of birds singing in the trees. The bank facing the camp draws the evening sunlight and it warms the body on a cool day.

Although they're not huge by any measure, there are many bass in the…