Hames/Haimes Reunion - Winston County

The descendants, family friends, and researchers of Samuel E. Hames (1823-1901) and Lettie Long Hames (1831-1908) and their six children Frances Cordelia Haimes Carr, Robert Boyd Haimes, John William "Jake" Haimes, Cleophas Decalb "Babe" Haimes, Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Haimes, and Mary Virginia "Virgie" Haimes Price, who originally settled in the Gum Branch community of Winston County, MS, are all invited to attend a reunion gathering to be held on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 10 a.m. at the Gum Branch Baptist Church on Sturgis-Louisville Rd. a few miles south of Sturgis, MS. [Traveling west through Sturgis on Hwy. 12, turn left on the Sturgis to Louisville Rd. The church is several miles down on the left.]

Louis Taunton Genealogy Room

Persons researching their roots in Winston County are familiar with the name of Louis Taunton. Taunton wrote a column in the local paper there for many years. The Winston County Library has honored Taunton posthumously by naming its genealogical room in his honor.