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Family Reunions & a Grandmother’s Cookie Recipe - No. 23

Family Reunions & a Grandmother’s Cookie Recipe - No. 23

Plus tips for planning your own family reunion

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My grandmother, Elizabeth Emmaline Stephens Carr. We called her “Dee.”

A few summers ago my cousin Mary planned a Carr family reunion. We were grateful that she offered to invite, entice - coerce? - 55 cousins from 11 states to gather in Nashville while our last aunt (Mary Jo) was still with us.

I would not have had the patience to press everyone for cont…

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