E & Bessie Sowders Family Reunion News

Come to the Sowders Family Reunion on June 18th, 2011 from 4:00 pm until ? It will be at Fort Loudon where it has been in the past. For more information call Johnny Paul Axley at 423-442-5026 His email is JP@spaceconn dot com

Bob & Kim Douglas won the quilt that was made by Aunt Geneva, Aunt Ethel, Aunt Mabel and Uncle Kermit. How blessed we are to have received this!

Come to Grassy Valley Baptist Church on December 11, 2010 at 5 p.m. for our Annual Sowder's Christmas get together! Bring your favorite dish to share and we will provide tea, coffee & water. If you would like to drink something else, please bring it. The address is: 10637 Kingston Pike Knoxille, TN 37922 Call Marge Bidwell with any questions 305-498-5651 We will be having a "White Elephant" gift exchange, please bring a $10.00 gift wrapped to exchange. Be creative! Gifts will be provided for children under age 10. We will be raffling off a beautiful quilt made by the Aunt Geneva, Aunt Mable and Aunt Ethel. Be there or be square!

Sowders Reunion 2010 Saturday, June 26, 2010 2:00 pm til Sunset Eat at 4:00 pm. Cost of meal $6.00 per person Families of more than 4 $24.00 per family An afternoon of fun with the “BIG” family: Swimming, volleyball, horseshoes, children’s playground and boat ramp See the graduating seniors receive their Aunt-made Quilts Win an Aunt-made Quilt in the drawing. Door Prizes for children and adults

Just an update ! At our family reunion we had approximately 100 people there spanning five generations. We are a blessed lot! Thank you all for coming and I hope you all had a wonderful time. We raised approx $500.00 for future graduates quilts. The quilts take a lot of time and $ to make and we all appreciate those who were willing to take a gamble on the big quilt. Congratulations Kathy for winning this years Maple Leaf Quilt! Please send some pictures so I can post them to the site!

Come One Come All - Sowders Know How to Have Fun!

Want to win this "Maple Leaf" homemade quilt ? Come to our Sowder's Summer Family Reunion and buy some tickets! This picture does not do the quilt justice, it's so beautiful and would look great on my bed! Buy lots of raffle tickets to win this beautiful handmade quilt called "Maple Leaf" made by Geneva Raby, Ethel Key and Kermit and Mable Wheat.