Friday, October 23, 2009
STARTS AT 10 AM
6 VIRGINIA AVE
471-6372
MENU:
CHICKEN, FISH, or CHOPPED B.B.Q.
COLLARD GREENS
SIDES (choose 2): POTATO SALAD, MAC & CHEESE
ALL DINNERS COME WITH 2 SIDES, SOUTHERN CORN BREAD, AND A SLICE OF CAKE
COST: $10.00
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
REUNION 2010 LETTERS MAILED
Reunion letters and registration forms were mailed October 13. Click HERE to open a file to print and used to register if you did not receive a letter.
“We’ve Come This Far By Faith”
Hebrew 11:1-2
October 2009
Dear Family Members:
Greetings! We pray that this letter finds everyone in good health— and are pleased to announce that The Pittman-Lyons-Bunn Family Reunion will be held in Philadelphia, PA on July 16-18, 2010.
Following last year's success in Poughkeepsie, we invite you to join us for a joyous family reunion in Philadelphia. We've spent the last few months putting together a schedule to satisfy everyone-- a Friday picnic, see the city's attractions during the day on Saturday, enjoy the evening Dinner Program and end with breakfast on Sunday.
We kept costs down to $85.00 for adults and $55.00 for children; registration forms are included in this mailing. We are also offering a payment schedule to help spread costs over the eight months. Make reservations at the Double Tree Hotel ($139.00 per night) by contacting the hotel at (215) 893-1600.
Please share this mailing with family members and keep posted on reunion plans by going to our web blog: http://pittmanlyonsbunn.blogspot.com/. If you have questions, do not hesitate to call Ruby Hurry at (845) 471-6372.
We hope to see you in Philadelphia!
Sincerely,
Poughkeepsie Reunion Committee
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM
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“We’ve Come This Far By Faith”
Hebrew 11:1-2
October 2009
Dear Family Members:
Greetings! We pray that this letter finds everyone in good health— and are pleased to announce that The Pittman-Lyons-Bunn Family Reunion will be held in Philadelphia, PA on July 16-18, 2010.
Following last year's success in Poughkeepsie, we invite you to join us for a joyous family reunion in Philadelphia. We've spent the last few months putting together a schedule to satisfy everyone-- a Friday picnic, see the city's attractions during the day on Saturday, enjoy the evening Dinner Program and end with breakfast on Sunday.
We kept costs down to $85.00 for adults and $55.00 for children; registration forms are included in this mailing. We are also offering a payment schedule to help spread costs over the eight months. Make reservations at the Double Tree Hotel ($139.00 per night) by contacting the hotel at (215) 893-1600.
Please share this mailing with family members and keep posted on reunion plans by going to our web blog: http://pittmanlyonsbunn.blogspot.com/. If you have questions, do not hesitate to call Ruby Hurry at (845) 471-6372.
We hope to see you in Philadelphia!
Sincerely,
Poughkeepsie Reunion Committee
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM
View as "Fixed-width page"
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
SAVE THE DATE: PHILADELPHIA JULY 2010
Yes, we'll be in Philadelphia, July 16-18, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel on Broad Street, right in Center City. The weekend promises to be a great follow up to Reunion 2009 and we hope you'll be there.
Look for information on registration in an October mailing. You can also check back here for the details. The planning committee is excited about Reunion 2010 in Philadelphia!
Friday, August 28, 2009
2009 REUNION COLLAGE
CLICK ON PHOTO FOR LARGER VIEW.
It's been several weeks since the Reunion---and many memories and photos. We're searching for a way to display photos, but until then here's a collage representing much of what happened. Look for more!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
HAPPY REUNION!
It's the last day of the Reunion and everyone's headed out for breakfast. The Friday Picnic and Saturday Banquet were fabulous---more than 200 people. We'll post more photos soon, but here are few from Friday.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Meet the Poughkeepsie Reunion Committee.......
Ruby Pittman-Hurry, Vivian Bunn-Neal, Trudy Pittman, Asonia Riggins, Teiqua McRae. Michelle Ransom, Darlene Baker, Jennifer Christy, Frank Pittman, Jerome Booker, Roy Pittman, Jr., Edward Pittman
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
LIVE TO SEE NOTHIN' HAPPEN.......
This is a slightly adjusted piece I wrote a few weeks ago for another website.
If I live to see nothin' happen..... Ma and Grandma used to say this all the time before or after mentioning something they wanted or needed to do. "Live to see nothin' happen, I'm going uptown this weekend......I'm getting the plants out next week---live to see nothin' happen."
It was a testament to the power of the unknown and an appreciation for the blessings of life we are given everyday. As simple as it sounds, waking up in the morning is at God's will. Live to see nothing happen meant nothing was taken for granted. On the farm in Whitakers, North Carolina I guess they believed in this phrase more than anything. As sharecroppers, they had little assurance about what the next day, month or year could bring. In fact, we migrated to New York (I was five) after learning that the landowner deceitfully calculated that Grandma owed him hundreds of dollars for a dead mule. Earlier that year, I imagine that Grandma had uttered those words more than once----Live to see nothing happen. It was a snowy Sunday in January of 1965 when we left the farm for Poughkeepsie.
If I live to see nothin' happen..... I grew up hearing them say this in all its mystery. Only now do I understand how it acknowledges a power which we do not have. We can do everything in our control to plan our next steps but there's an infinite power that controls our destiny. Live to see nothin' happen speaks to more than literal life; it speaks also to the present and how we can treasure what we already have.
Ask that you live to see nothin' happenbut live life fully while you can.
If I live to see nothin' happen..... Ma and Grandma used to say this all the time before or after mentioning something they wanted or needed to do. "Live to see nothin' happen, I'm going uptown this weekend......I'm getting the plants out next week---live to see nothin' happen."
It was a testament to the power of the unknown and an appreciation for the blessings of life we are given everyday. As simple as it sounds, waking up in the morning is at God's will. Live to see nothing happen meant nothing was taken for granted. On the farm in Whitakers, North Carolina I guess they believed in this phrase more than anything. As sharecroppers, they had little assurance about what the next day, month or year could bring. In fact, we migrated to New York (I was five) after learning that the landowner deceitfully calculated that Grandma owed him hundreds of dollars for a dead mule. Earlier that year, I imagine that Grandma had uttered those words more than once----Live to see nothing happen. It was a snowy Sunday in January of 1965 when we left the farm for Poughkeepsie.
If I live to see nothin' happen..... I grew up hearing them say this in all its mystery. Only now do I understand how it acknowledges a power which we do not have. We can do everything in our control to plan our next steps but there's an infinite power that controls our destiny. Live to see nothin' happen speaks to more than literal life; it speaks also to the present and how we can treasure what we already have.
Ask that you live to see nothin' happenbut live life fully while you can.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS SITE?
Do you have an idea or suggestion for a posting on our Reunion website? Please send to me (Ed Pittman) at Umojalo7@aol.com or post a comment below. Also, if you have a special photo you'd like to share, please contact me.
The site will also remain up after the reunion.
The site will also remain up after the reunion.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Black Family Pledge
BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE
by Maya Angelou
Because we have forgotten our ancestors our children no longer give us honor.
Because we have lost the path our ancestors cleared, kneeling in perilous undergrowth, our children cannot find their way.
Because we have banished the God of our ancestors, our children can not pray.
Because the long wails of our ancestors have faded beyond our hearing, our children cannot hear us crying.
Because we have abandoned our wisdom of mothering and fathering, our befuddled children give birth to children they neither want nor understand.
Because we have forgotten how to love, the adversary is within our gates, and holds us up to the mirror of the world, shouting, Regard the loveless.
Therefore, we pledge to bind ourselves again to one another;
To embrace our lowliest,
To keep company with our loneliest,
To educate our illiterate,
To feed our starving,
To clothe our ragged,
To do all good things, knowing that we are more than keepers of our brothers and sisters. We are our brothers and sisters.
In honor of those who toiled and implored God with golden tongues, and in gratitude to the same God who brought us out of hopeless desolation,
We make this pledge.
by Maya Angelou
Because we have forgotten our ancestors our children no longer give us honor.
Because we have lost the path our ancestors cleared, kneeling in perilous undergrowth, our children cannot find their way.
Because we have banished the God of our ancestors, our children can not pray.
Because the long wails of our ancestors have faded beyond our hearing, our children cannot hear us crying.
Because we have abandoned our wisdom of mothering and fathering, our befuddled children give birth to children they neither want nor understand.
Because we have forgotten how to love, the adversary is within our gates, and holds us up to the mirror of the world, shouting, Regard the loveless.
Therefore, we pledge to bind ourselves again to one another;
To embrace our lowliest,
To keep company with our loneliest,
To educate our illiterate,
To feed our starving,
To clothe our ragged,
To do all good things, knowing that we are more than keepers of our brothers and sisters. We are our brothers and sisters.
In honor of those who toiled and implored God with golden tongues, and in gratitude to the same God who brought us out of hopeless desolation,
We make this pledge.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
First Reunion: Family Matriarchs
The first Poughkeepsie Reunion(1987)was built around three family matriarchs, Edna "Miss Sis" Lyons(top), Leona "Miss Sister" Lyons(middle), and Mary "May" Lyons(bottom). From these three are many roots and branches to this family tree. We also acknowledge other matriarchs and patriarchs as we come together this year.
Monday, June 29, 2009
12 days and counting.........
Remember these words from one of the family matriarchs (played by Cicely Tyson) in Madea's Family Reunion?
Family reunions are about uniting the family, bringing together the young and old. Singing and dancing and thanking God, giving him the glory. Thanking him for getting us over. As we marched up the road this afternoon, what we saw were young men gambling, fighting, cussing. Women with no clothes on gyrating all over on this land. Do you see this shack. The man and woman we were born here gave birth to this generation. They were slaves. They worked this ground, but they bought it from the widow of the slave owner and that's the kind of blood we have running though our veins. That's the stock we are made of. What happened to us. What happened to us. Who are you. Do you know who you are. What happened to the pride and the dignity and the love and respect that we had for one another. Where did it go. And how, How do we get it back. I'ma tell you. Young Black men, take your place. We need you. Your sons and daughters need you. Did you understand what I just said. You were sold off and had no choice, yes but now it's time to stay. Take your place. Now. Starting now. Starting now. Young black women, you are more than your thighs and your hips. You are beautiful, strong, powerful. I want more from you. Take your place. I want every single one of you, young man, young woman, turn to the next person standing alongside of you. Grab them and hug them and tell them that you love 'em. Tell them, 'If you need anything, come to me.' 'If you need somebody to talk to, come to me.' 'I'll give you the shoulder, I'll give you the hug. I'll feed you, I'll clothe you if you need it. That's how you start from this moment. When you leave this reunion today, you take that with you.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Reunion Registration and Tee-Shirts
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Scroll down the page for information on Reunion Registration. We have extended the deadline.
Tee-shirts may be ordered by contacting Ruby Hurry. We have already placed one order; arrival for late orders may be delayed but we'll try to have them for the Reunion. The color is Texas Orange and the text looks like the photo above above. The cost is $10 for children's sizes and $11.00 for Adults.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Last Year's Reunion
Family photo from last year's reunion in Maryland. Reunion Chair, Barbara Lyons-Wright.
SCROLL DOWN FOR REUNION SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
PITTMAN FARM
Before coming to Pougkeepsie in the mid-1950s, the Pittman Lyons Bunn families lived and worked on Pittman Farm in Whitakers, NC. The families worked plots of land owned by white families (known as sharecropping) which was not profitable for us at all. Each family had their reasons for leaving the farm for Poughkeepsie. Usually a son, daughter, aunt, cousin, etc. left and then sent back information about jobs and housing.
Friday, June 12, 2009
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY REUNION PAGE
PITTMAN LYONS BUNN FAMILY REUNION 2009
JULY 10-12,
FRIDAY, JULY 10
Family Cook-Out
12NOON - 7:00PM
(Bowdoin Park, 85 Sheafe Rd. Wappingers Falls, NY)
Family Bowling
8:30pm - 11pm
Hoe Bowl Mardi-Bob
45 Taft Ave.
Poughkeepsie
(Price to be determined)
SATURDAY, JULY 11
Family Banquet
4:30 PM
Full Buffet Dinner and Program
(Mercury Grand Hotel, 2170 South Road-Poughkeepsie)
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Family Buffet Breakfast
8:00AM
(Mercury Grand Hotel, 2170 South Road-Poughkeepsie)
Registration fee includes the Friday Cookout, Banquet, and Sunday Breakfast.
Adults/13 and Over………………$55.00
Ages 6-12……………………..$35.00
Ages 5 and under………………Free
Payment deadline extended. Contact Ruby Hurry at Rhurry1@verizon.net
REUNION HOTEL
Mercury Grand Hotel
(Formerly Best Western Inn & Conference Center)
2170 South Road-route 9
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 462-4600
The rate for all rooms is $119.99 per night (plus 12.125% tax).
Please reference the Pittman, Lyons, Bunn Reunion when making reservations.
REUNION REGISTRATION
Contact Ruby Hurry, Poughkeepsie Reunion Registration Chair
Rhurry1@verizon.net
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