family reunion, Mother's family that is.

Mother's family gathered in Austin at the home of mother's sister Elna and her husband Bronson Hanks in 1959.  Back row left to right: Raymond Gray, husband of Clara Jean Gray,  Elna Hanks, Bronson Hanks, Bill Atwood, Bob Hanks, Bill Hanks.
Middle row: Grandmother Ruth Ricketts, (holding in front of her Donnie Gray)  Clara Jean Gray, Mother's younger sister, Mother (Ann Atwood)
Granddad William Donald Ricketts,.
Front row:  Dale Gray, Patty Gray, Bob Atwood, and on the right, Ruth Ann Gray, standing, holding my first child, Anne Flavia Reese.

My brothers and cousins on Mother's side

My mother and her sister Elna both had two boys.  Elna named her oldest boy Bob and her younger son Bill.  My mother named her oldest boy Bill and her youngest boy Bob.

Left to right:  Bob Hanks, Bill Atwood, Bill Hanks, Bob Atwood.

This photo was made about 1959 in Austin at Elna's home at a family reunion.