The Haddocks of Wiregrass
Rufus Goldwire Haddock
Rufus Haddock 75th Birthday Party and Reunion
(Reprint from an unattributed newspaper article...probably the Florida Times Union)
Rufus Haddock 75th Birthday Party and Reunion
An event of interest to him many relatives and friends was the family
reunion called by Mr. Rufus Haddock at his old home at Lessie, about
forty miles from Jacksonville, for Sunday in the form of an all-day
picnic party.
Mr. Haddock is 75 years of age, and was born in the vicinity of
Lessie, where he has passed the greater part of his life. He is a
retired farmer and has numberless friends throughout this section who
will be interested in his family reunion.
The members of the family assembled in the forenoon. An elaborate
basket dinner was served picnic fashion at 1 o’clock, and the afternoon
was spent in conversation and informal entertainment.
At 5 o’clock a picnic supper was served, following which members of the party departed for their homes.
Two of Mr. Haddock’s sisters, Mrs. Nora Conner of St. Augustine and Mrs. Marjorie Vanzant of Lessie were present.
The host’s eight living children, twenty-seven grand children and eleven great-grandchildren were present.
Representing the family were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rowe and three sons
of Johnstown, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Haddock and son of Plant City;
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Haddock of Bradenton; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haddock and
daughter (Muriel) of Fernandina; Mr. and Mrs. Arch Connors and family
and Mrs. Miller Haddock of Jacksonville; Mrs. E.C. Campbell, four sons
and four daughters of Wilds Landing; Mrs. John Walker and family and
Mrs. Nellie Haddock and family of Lessie.
The following list of those present was made up of signed autographs
and was presented to Mr. Haddock:
Belle Braddock, John A. Braddock, Ralph Campbell, Mary Campbell, E.C.
Campbell, D. G. Campbell, Spicer Campbell, S. L. Campbell, Mrs. Spicer
Campbell, Marguerite Campbell, Floyd Campbell, Flora Campbell, Harry
Campbell, Eva Connors, Arch Connors, Julia Connors, Gerald Connors,
Woodrow Connors, Eula Eskridge, A.A. Eskridge, Ralph Griffin, Ethel
Haddock, Gertrude Haddock, Viola Haddock, J. D. Haddock, Jeanie
Haddock, Frances Haddock, Harley Haddock, Orie Haddock, Reginald
Haddock, Alene Haddock, Inez Haddock, Lillian Haddock, Cecil Haddock,
Raymond Haddock, Lucille Haddock, Aunt Phronie Haddock, W.M. Haddock,
F.F. Haddock, Paul G. Haddock, Muriel D. Haddock, Jennie Haddock,
Theresa Haddock, Ira Haddock, Ida Mae Haddock, Myrtle Haddock, L. H.
Haddock, Cliff Haddock, Juanita Haddock, Amanda Haddock, Miller
Haddock, Clinton Libby, T. H. Libby, Peter Parish, Jesse Rowe, Ralph
Rowe, Harold F. Rowe, H. J. Smith, Mae Smith, Mrs. Spicer Swailes, S.
A. Swailes, Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mildred Vanzant, Broward Vanzant,
Mildred Vanzant, Marjorie Vanzant, Sadie Vanzant, Aunt Mary Vanzant,
Ernie Vanzant, Irene Vanzant, Joyce Vanzant, J. W. Vanzant, J. W.
Vanzant, H. H. Vanzant, Deborah Vanzant, Stanley Vanzant, Josie
Vanzant, Ada Vanzant, Ernest Vanzant, Ollie Vanzant, Estelle Vanzant,
Zona Walker, C. M. Walker, and Lula Wingate.
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