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The 2010 Triennial Reunion of GFA Was Held |
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| President Gene Geer chairs the meeting. | Attendees enjoyed the scenery in the area. | |
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| Speaker Michael Gear poses with Newsletter Editor Donna Gear Loper | Plenty of good food at the reunion! |
| For more photos of the Scarborough reunion, please Click here. |
| The 2007 General Meeting and Reunion of the Geer Family Association was held June 22-24, 2007 at the Congregational Church in Ledyard, CT. | |
A business meeting was held, tours of Geer homes and cemeteries were taken, and many new cousins became acquainted with each other. Here are some highlights:  The business meeting and programs were held in the Congregational Church in Ledyard.   Geer homes were open for tours, like this Geer Homestead. George Geer is buried in this little cemetery. The Officers and Trustees met to propose a slate of new officers. Sam Geer gave a talk about the Geer DNA Project. Click here to see more photos of the Ledyard Reunion. A "Great Cousins Gathering" was held in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on February 14, 2009.The families of Frances Pearl Cockcroft Geer and Vasco R. Geer, Jr. (GFA Trustee from 1989 to 1992), met at the Jackson-George County Regional Public Library, courtesy of their Genealogy Department and Renee Gautier Hague, Genealogy Librarian and family friend.
Left photo: Gary Byrd, George Kellas, Sue Ellen Byrd Moore, Janie Batty, Judi Geer Kellas, Jon "Tiger" Geer, Laura Byrd Cooley, and L.J. (Jon) Geer. When Frances Pearl Cockcroft Geer died in November 2006, she was the last of her family of 12 children. The following February
family members were invited to attend the "inurnment" of her ashes next to her husband, Vasco R. Geer, Jr., in the Machpelah Cemetery in Pascagoula, MS.
After the graveside ceremony, about 30 nieces, nephews and close friends went to a local restaurant to celebrates her nearly 100 years of life. At the gathering
one of the cousins said to Judi Geer Kellas, "Why do we wait for someone to die to get together?" That gave Judi and her cousin, Janie Batty, the idea that
they should have a reunion of cousins. To everyone's delight, Geer attendees came from far and wide. Judi Geer Kellas had thought that most people would be from her mother's family, many of whom live in or near Pascagoula. Tiger Geer and his son, L. J., came from California, and Tom and Judy Geer Ewing came from Maine! What a wonderful event! A reunion of the descendants of James Henderson Geer and Anna M. Fought Geer was held in Johnstown PA in July 2008.
Above: Five generations of descendants of James Henderson Geer and Anna M. Fought Geer at the dining room at the top of the Inclined Plane on Saturday, July 19. James Geer was the superintendent of construction on the project to build the Inclined Plane for evacuating Johnstown residents in the event of another major flood. The group included family members who traveled from Colorado, Florida, Maine, Tennessee, New York, Ohio, and other states. The cousins toured the Johnstown area and several cemeteries where ancestors are buried. Pictured below are James and Anna. |
