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November 14, 2003 (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.05 cubic feet; Reunion proceedings minute book and programs (1972-2003) of the Croom Family Reunions no. 42 - 73, Croom Meeting House (formerly Sandy Bottom Primitive Baptist Church), Lenoir County, NC. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
April 22, 2004 (unprocessed addition 1) 1 item, 0.001 cubic feet; Croom Family Reunion, Sandy Bottom Primitive Baptist Church, August 19, 1956 - 11:00 O'Clock, including illustration of church, program, officers for 1956, committees, in memory of Rev. Joseph Rasberry Croom, 1807-1860, with list of Croom, children, and historical sketch, compiled by Doris C. Outlaw, Kinston, NC. Photocopy typescript. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
April 18, 2005 (unprocessed addition 2) 1 item, 0.001 cubic feet; Croom Family Reunion (2004) including program of the 74th Croom Family Reunion and minutes of the meeting, by Martha G. Elmore, at Croom Meeting House, Highway 55 West, Kinston, NC 28504, August 15, 2004. Photocopy typescript. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
September 19, 2005 (unprocessed addition 3) 5 items, 0.004 cubic feet; Croom Family Reunion (2005) including program of the 75th Croom Family Reunion 1930-2005 and minutes of the meeting, by Martha G. Elmore, at Croom Meeting House, Highway 55 West, Kinston, NC 28504, August 21, 2005; sign-up sheets, clipping, and Croom family genealogical chart, 1683-1922. Photocopy typescript. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
October 12, 2009 (unprocessed addition 4) 21 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Croom Family reunions, Kinston, North Carolina (1967-2009) including programs, notes and brochure of the Lenoir County Historical Association's Tour's visit to Croom Meeting House, Lenoir County, N.C., April 26-27, 1991; proclamation honoring Doris Croom Outlaw, August 18, 1991; article by Carroll Leggett concerning the Croom Family Reunion (Metro Magazine, October 2009); memorial tribute to Clara Croom Morris April 14, 1922-August 8, 2009; and an obituary for Olivia Ann Pressnell Croom of Ahoskie, N.C. d. January 30, 1996. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
April 1, 2014 (unprocessed addition 5) 0.15 cubic feet; Addition includes material (1930-1931, 2009-2013) related to the Croom Family Reunion held at Croom Meeting House at Sandy Bottom in Lenoir Co., N.C. Included are programs, minutes, copies of attendance book sheets, and publicity clippings related to the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 reunions, and photocopies (including enlargements) of a photograph (with some identifications noted) taken at the 1st Croom Family Reunion held in 1930. Additional items related to the Croom family are obituaries and a marriage announcement (2003-2013), and a listing of the tombstones in the Croom Family Cemetery on North Croom Bland Road at Sandy Bottom. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore
January 16, 2016 (unprocessed addition 6) 0.01 cubic feet; Addition includes material (2013-2015) related to the Croom Family Reunion held at Croom Meeting House at Sandy Bottom in Lenoir Co., N.C. Included are programs, minutes, and copies of attendance book sheets related to the 2014 and 2015 reunions. Additional items related to the Croom family are obituaries and a birth announcement (2013-2015). Donor: Martha G. Little Elmore
May 6, 2020, (unprocessed addition 7), 0.15 cubic feet; Material related to the Croom Family Reunion includes programs and minutes for 2015-2019 and program for 2012, copies of registration sheets for 2018 and 2019, and an original photograph of the 1st Croom Family Reunion in 1930 at Sandy Bottom, North Carolina. Also included are obituaries for family members and updates for the Henry Netwood Croom descendants, Cherry Ann Croom, James Percy Cauley and wife Martha Barwick Cauley descendants and for Frederick Whitaker Croom descendants. Donor: Martha G. Little Elmore
April 5, 2023, (unprocessed addition 8), 0.25 cubic feet; This addition includes Croom Family Reunion Programs (1934, 1953-1962, 1965-2004, 2006-2008, 2011-2013) in a binder, 2 Reunion Register Books (1966-1968, 1971-1997), and minutes for 2007, 2008, and 2010. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore for Giles and Marlene Dail
Source of acquisition
Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore
Gift of Martha G. Little Elmore
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Encoded by Mark Custer, January 2, 2008
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