Here's a winning football team we can all get behind. We're proud to report that the Cairo (GA) Syrupmakers are continuing their winning ways in 2011! Parley Phillip Johnson, Jr., sent the news that on Friday night, 25 November 2011, ...

Cairo won against St. Pius X Catholic and will now play Peach County High School this Friday night in the GA 3A SEMIFINALS…. [T]he Syrupmakers will head to Fort Valley, GA to play the Peach County Trojans for an 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time  kickoff Friday.

Why is this such great news for the Johnson Family? For those of you who do not know, David Henry Johnson is Offensive Line Coach of the Cairo Syrupmakers and his son Spencer Brady Johnson is #55, an Offensive Guard and one of the team's star players! See the Syrupmakers' victories thus far and follow their future progress on this GA 3A Championship bracket.

Pictured L to R here: Parley Phillip Johnson, Jr., #55 Offensive Guard Spencer Brady Johnson, Offensive Line Coach David Henry Johnson and Seth Herbert Johnson after the Cairo vs St. Pius X Catholic football game. The Cairo Syrupmakers won that Georgia 3A Quarter Final game 21-0.

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We just had to share this great photo of Callie Elizabeth Johnson Graham and husband SGT Joseph Graham USMC. On Saturday evening, 12 November 2011, they had a wonderful time at the annual U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball at Camp Lejune, NC. Family members may recall that Joey returned home from Afghanistan in June after a 7 month deployment. It's great to see the happy couple enjoying this evening!

Callie Beth is the daughter of Parley Phillip, Jr. and Callie Gail Pickron Johnson and granddaughter of Parley Philip, Sr. and Edith Christine Fail Johnson (Uncle Philip and Aunt Christine). Callie Beth and Joey have one son, Kaiden Michael.


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Children of David Glenn and Vaunita O. Johnson (Uncle Dave and Aunt Vaunita) had a wonderful occasion to gather together this fall at Grace Episcopal Church, 906 Pike Road, Mount Meigs, AL. On 16 October 2011, altar hangings were "Given to the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Vaunita Johnson" by her children. Four of the seven living children were present for the dedication. They are pictured here (l to r): Jeanne Susanne Yancey, Mildred Gwendoyn Cohen, Orson L. "Pete" Johnson and Wylie Charles Johnson. Jeanne's husband Dr. Tom Yancey and Pete's wife Jean Johnson were also present. The Rev. David Peeples and The Rt. Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, officiated.

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Please put Margie Flomer on your prayer list. She is to undergo surgery for breast cancer next week. The following was received from her yesterday, 1 Nov. 2011.

...October 31 I met with Dr. Eaddy the surgeon who will operate.  Date for that has not been set but hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday, November 8 or 9.  The good report from him is that it can be done with a lumpectomy and should not be a problem (easy for him to say, it's not on him)...

 

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An update on cousin Sarah Simpson Grandin is way overdue! Since her wedding on 21 Aug 2009 to Olivier Pecquenard in Jaru, France, there have been many exciting events in her life. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar studying in Paris. Fortunately for us, Sarah is a talented writer who can transport her readers to the “City of Lights” to share in her life. Treat yourself with a regular visit to her blog, A Peasant in Paris. But... we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Here is her recent news, most forwarded on to us by her father, Mike Grandin. (Sarah is a 3x-great-granddaughter of Orson Thomas Johnson, brother of Philip Paddleford Johnson. For more about her family connection, see the end of this post.)

From Michael Grandin
“Sarah Grandin Graduates”
21 June 2011

Sarah Simpson Grandin graduated June 12, 2011 from Stanford University with honors and distinction. She double-majored in Comparative Literature and Art History and wrote her honors thesis on the art of Chardin. She received a 2011 Golden Medal, which are awarded to the finest theses in the humanities and creative arts, and the 2011 Kennedy Medal for best thesis in the humanities. She also won the Comparative Literature Best Essay in the Major award and the Hester-Franklin Prize for best original paper in French by an undergraduate. During her junior and senior years Sarah worked for AmeriCorps teaching gardening, cooking, and nutrition to children in East Palo Alto. While at Stanford Sarah sang a cappella and regularly performed in student theatrical productions. Sarah will spend the next academic year in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship researching the history of the French food guide.

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