The best part
The descendants of Andy and Rosa Chidester Edgell down on Rowels Run,
actually the Village of Cremo, had a reunion Saturday at the Mt. Zion
Community Park.
There were ten children in the Edgell bunch, Virgil, Junior, Veon, Irene,
Blondena, Jennings, Emodee, Mona, Don and Betty. The old Edgell house is
still standing down on Rowels.
Irene Edgell Husk, whose husband Grant recently passed away
Maxine Howell (L) and Opal Fitch of
Akron, "related through the Swigers"
Their grandparents sprung from around Doddridge and Tyler counties, Walter
Vince and Mary Ellen Swiger Edgell.
The reunion has been held annually at Mt. Zion, according to Betty Edgell
Smith, one of the organizers. Betty is married to Hur resident, Dale Smith of
the Kerby Ridge.
Emodee Edgell Starcher and husband Bruce,
now from Boone County, Bruce tells tales
about Boone County folk-hero Jesco White
Younger than ever, Don Edgell, a Rowel's Run boy
Don Edgell's off-springs - the new Edgell Boys
The family genealogists, would rather talk than eat
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