My cousin Bobby Hanks

I am going to visit him in Austin tomorrow.  Bobby is the son of mother's sister Elna and her husband Bronson Hanks.  Here is a photo of them made in June of 1938:

Bobby is a little younger than I am.  He was born December 16 and we have always been good friends, except for the time when I was six and he tore the hair off my favorite doll.

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.