Zachary Lee Huddleston was baptized on Sunday, April 25, 2010, during the morning worship service at First Presbyterian Church in Wetumpka.  Zach is the son of Neva (Borders) and Brian Huddleston of Auburn.  He is the grandson of Nancy (O'Brien) and Lee Borders, and the great-grandson of Joyce and Mickey O'Brien and great-great-grandson of Dorothy and Joe O'Brien (Aunt Dot and Uncle Joe). ...


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The Johnson family members are definitely flung far and wide! We have news from Caroline Haddox “Carrie” Johnson that she will soon be starting a new job in Samara, Russia. She is scheduled to “leave the 15th of October and start the 18th or somewhere around there.”

Carrie is the daughter of Wylie Benjamin and Jessica Henry Johnson and grandson of Wylie Pierson and Lurene Hall Johnson (Uncle Wylie and Aunt “Dolly”).

Bon voyage, Carrie, and stay warm! Looks like you’ll be arriving just ahead of the Russian winter. Family members can wish her a safe journey at carrie17h(at)gmail(dot)com. Read More...

On Thursday evening, 20 May 2010, 7:00 P.M., Jacob Stephen “Jake” Albritton will graduate from Macon-East Montgomery Academy. The commencement exercises will be held at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL. The baccalaureate service will precede graduation on Sunday afternoon, 16 May 2010 at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Readers may recall that Jake was recently honored as Alabama Independent Schools Association (AISA) Lineman of the Year for 2009. ...


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We are sad to report that the Johnson Family Reunion to be held on 13 June 2010 in Elliott, Iowa may be the last of it’s kind for our Iowa cousins. As always, they issue a kind invitation to all the Seth and Neva Kate Carmichael Johnson Family to attend. (Please click the “Read More...” link below to read the invitation.) This is an opportunity that may not come again. Family members, if you who are interested in attending, please send an email message to Jean at johnsonreunion(at)brooknet(dot)com. Road trip anyone? ... Read More...

We are happy to announce that John Robert ("Robbie") Flomer, III will wed Jessica Louise Adams on 14 May 2010. They will marry at Bonner’s Point in Wetumpka, AL. See the wedding invitation.

Robbie is the son of John Robert Flomer, Jr., grandson of John Robert and Margie Helen Albritton Flomer and great-grandson of Walter Matthew and Caroline Johnson Albritton (Uncle Walter and Aunt Caroline). ...

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We will soon have another attorney in the family! Jennifer Lynn Collier will receive her Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Mississippi on Saturday, 8 May 2010. Commencement exercises will take place in Oxford at 11:00 A.M. in “The Grove” at the University of Mississippi. See the announcement. ...

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We are pleased to announce the birth of Orson Alexander Johnson, IV on 31 March 2010 at Baptist Medical Center East in Montgomery. The proud parents are Orson Alexander (“Andy”, III) and Terry Johnson. Baby Orson Alexander weighed in at 6 lbs., 14 oz. and was 20.5 inches long.

Want to see all the cute pictures of the baby? Go to this website to see them. Be sure to sign his guestbook there. He has his own webpage already! ...

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On Tuesday, 6 April 2010, Lore Chapman Poundstone Parks passed away. The funeral service is at 11:30 a.m. at The First Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. A private graveside service for family will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to The First Baptist Church of Montgomery in lieu of flowers. Please see Cousin Lore’s obituary published in the Montgomery Advertiser on 7 April:

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100407/OBITS/4070352/1038

Cousin Lore was the daughter of Wylie and Lore Henderson Poundstone, granddaughter of Emmett and May Johnson Poundstone and great-granddaughter of Dave and Myrtle Stennett Johnson. Dave was a brother of Seth Johnson, Sr..

We send our sympathy and love to the family of Lore Parks. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Parley Johnson (Parley Philip , Jr.) and wife Callie sent us these photos of their sons Luke McIntyre Johnson (desert fatigues) and Parley Philip (“Tracy”) Johnson, III, with his sister Callie Elizabeth “Beth” Johnson Graham. They also included a snap of their grandson Kaden Michael Graham (son of Joey and Beth Graham.) Kaden is really enjoying his Easter!

Both Luke and Tracy serve in the United States Marine Corps and will be deployed overseas. Tracy is already in Bosnia and Luke will soon be in the war zone in Afghanistan. Their brother-in-law, Joey Graham, is also a Marine. He returned home from service in Iraq just about one year ago.

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We received news back in November that Andy and Terry Johnson would be expecting a new addition to their family in April of 2010. The time is almost here, and we’re glad to report that Terry is doing well. They are expecting a little boy, and his name will be Orson Alexander Johnson IV....

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Wonderful news about another Johnson sports champion. We hear from Jimmy Johnson that, on Saturday, 27 March, his daughter Gloria Alexandra Johnson earned a spot on the Second All-SEC Team at the SEC Gymnastics Championships in Jacksonville. See the LSU sports information press release below. Readers may recall that in February 2009, Gloria was named SEC Freshman Gymnast of the week two weeks in a row!...

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Wylie Pierson Johnson (Uncle Wylie) treasures his affiliation over many years with two Shrine Temples in Alabama. Shriners International is “a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth.” The organization is well known for its 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children throughout North America that help children with orthopedic problems and burn injuries. Of his years in the Shrine, Uncle Wylie writes,

I was a Noble in the Zamora Shrine Temple in Birmingham 1956-1980. I was Director of the Zamora Greeters Unit 1957 and 1958 and in the Zamora Circus Unit 1960 to 1976 when I moved to Montgomery. I transferred my membership to Alcazar [Shrine in Montgomery] about 1980, but did not transfer it back to Zamora when I came back to Birmingham.

Click here or photo of WPJ above right for more photos. ...

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We shared the photos from Benjamin Seth Johnson of the big snow that hit D.C. in the first week of February 2010. Well, it turns out that Birmingham, AL got its share the next week. No, it wasn’t the massive storm that hit the mid-Atlantic, but still enough to slow things down a bit so that we had a little “Winter Wonderland” of our own. Wylie Pierson Johnson (Uncle Wylie) and his daughter Melanie Fay Johnson shared these photos of the 3”-4” snow that fell at their home, Carmichael Hall, atop Shades Mountain in Vestavia. The snow fell on Friday, 12 February 2010. These photos were taken at 0700 the next morning, Saturday, 13 February. ...

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It’s official... our cousin Harley Grandin is a rowing champion! On February 7, Harley won the 11th Annual Peninsula Indoor Rowing Championship in the Lightweight Men’s Division, 2000 meter event. The event was held at Canada College in Redwood, CA. With a time of 6:52.3, Harley also set a new personal record! Harley was in 4th place for most of the race, but he gave a hard finishing sprint to win the very tight race. Second place finished only .4m behind Harley, and the top 3 finished within .3 seconds of each other. ...

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Over much of the Mid-Atlantic, Mother Nature has dressed the landscape in soft white and sparkling crystal. Yes, this snow can be treacherous, but it is oh so beautiful! While many bemoaned the drudgery of digging out and trudging through, at least one Johnson cousin saw the beauty of it, enjoyed it, and shared it. These photos were made by Benjamin Seth Johnson in the Soapstone Valley. It is an area of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.. That’s right - in the District of Columbia - within the borders of our nation’s capitol! By the way, the lovely young lady in one of the photos is Seth’s fiance, Rebecca Wearb,

See all Seth’s photos of Soapstone Valley here. Benjamin Seth Johnson is son of Wylie Benjamin and Jessica Henry Johnson and grandson of Wylie Pierson and Lurene Hall Johnson (Uncle Wylie and Aunt “Dolly”).

Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos, Seth! Stay warm! ...

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The birth of Zachary Lee Huddleston is not the only news in the O’Brien Family. Joyce O’Brien gave us a health update on her daughter Belinda Joyce "Lindy" O'Brien Mastin. ... Lindy’s knee has healed, and she is continuing rehab!... Joyce also had some great news about her great-niece Jaden Ashley Rountree! She is planning to attend college at Huntingdon next year, and she will be playing soccer there....

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The headline news in the O’Brien family is the birth of little Zachary Lee Huddleston! He was born on 29 January 2010 at 1:26 p.m. at East Alabama Medical Center in Auburn, Lee County, AL. He weighed in at 8 pounds and was 20 inches long. Proud mama and daddy are Brian and Neva Catherine Borders Huddleston. [See Zach’s photo album here!] ...

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The accolades for young athletes in the Johnson family just keep coming! Jack Poundstone has been named the 2009 All-Metro Player of the Year by the Montgomery Advertiser in 1A-4A football. The 6-foot-1, 175 lb. senior led the Trinity High School Wildcats as starting quarterback for the past two years. This year the Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated and ranked No. 1 in their division. Jack passed for 3,026 yards and scored 28 TDs. He rushed for 623 yards and scored seven rushing TDs. His career total of 6,015 yards ranks Jack in the AHSAA’s top-10 players for total offense. He completed 251 of his 372 passes this season which is the third highest number of completions in a season in AHSAA history. He was named first-team All-State quarterback in the 3A division. See the many football milestones set by Jack Poundstone as compiled by Wesley Lyle in this Montgomery Advertiser article. It’s good reading that includes an interview with Jack on several topics. (Believe it or not, his favorite sport is baseball!) The photo of Jack here, taken by Julie Bennett, appeared in that article.

Jack Poundstone is the great-great-grandson of Dave Johnson who was brother of Seth Johnson. Jack is a fourth cousin to another great Johnson football player on whom we recently reported, Jake Albritton. These family relationships can be quite complicated, so Wylie Pierson Johnson (Uncle Wylie) shared the genealogical chart below to help clarify. Thank you, Uncle Wylie! These and other reports here on the Johnson Family website prove that there is definitely a strong athletic streak in those Johnson genes!

Congratulations, Jack!

Philip Paddleford Johnson
________I________
I                                   I
Seth Johnson      Siblings         Dave Johnson
I                                                    I
     Caroline J. Albritton   1st Cousins         May J. Poundstone
I                                                           I
Walter Albritton, Jr.       2nd Cousins         Wylie Poundstone
I                                                                         I
Steve Albritton                    3rd Cousins           Haygood Poundstone 
 I                                                                   I       
Jake Albritton              4th Cousins            Jack Poundstone