Calling All Keys – Unite!

It’s time again.  That’s right.  We are overdue for a Keys Reunion.  The last one was in 2019. With the pandemic happening the past two years, we were unable to meet.  But now things have settled down and we can meet again, just like we have for many years.  It will be held on June 18th (a Saturday) at the Raymond Methodist Church at 10:00am until…bring your favorite dish and drink!  A fun time will be had by all.

Can you believe it has been almost fifty years since that First Keys Reunion in 1973?  So much has changed since then.  The biggest change recently is that my Uncle Austin passed away earlier this month.  He died a week before his 80th birthday.  He will be missed.

I do love this old photo, though I do notice that a lot of people are no longer with us.  But that is the way with families.  The older generation passes on and the younger generation carries on.  Sometimes we lose touch with relatives.  So that’s what the reunion is for – we can get together and reconnect.  We do share a great family heritage from our Keys family.  I do hope that I’ve shared enough photos and stories of the family for you to see that.

But if you don’t believe me, maybe you’ll listen to my great grandmother Daisy Keys Phenice.  After all, she was born a Keys.  She and her four siblings – Leonard, Henry Alfred “The Judge,” Ruth, and Mabel – gave rise to all of the hundreds of family members in that Keys family spreading out from southern Louisiana.  Maybe she will entice you to attend the event.  Just touch or click on the photo below and it will come to life.

Daisy Keys circa 1894