Memorial Day
I just love Memorial Day. It is the one day when we meet with family and think about loved ones that have passed on. Of course we think of them all year, but it is the one time as a family that we make an effort to be together and remember. As I have probably mentioned before, We meet at the Eden cemetery for the traditional patriotic program complete with bugle taps and 21 gun salute. [well maybe not 21 , more like 8 Veterans all shooting three times. With 3 misfires. Lance Fuller still sings our favorite "remember song". Wish I could remember the words. You would all love it. We pay tribute to Doug's Wilson grandparents and to Doug's dad John, Brother Jeff, uncle Kelly, and of course our son Brady John.
Then it is off to North Ogden to visit Mom and Dad's grave, Grandma and Grandpa Mayhew and Grandma and Grandpa Ferrin as well. There are a lot of cousins aunts and uncles also buried there that could tell some good stories. And later in quiet moments I visit Grandma Margaret McBride's grave buried in the little "Lake View" Eden Cemetery. A survivor of the Martin Handcart Company. She is what entwines me with an Eden Heritage. She married my Great Great Grandfather Samuel Ferrin. He later took plural wives which prompted her to leave him and move to Eden near her son Heber. She was Relief Society president for 13 years in the Eden Ward. She never remarried. Her daughter Janetta [my great grandmother ]16 at the time of the crossing, and her brother Heber, 14 at the time, pushed their handcart until the rescue. Janetta later married Samuel Ferrin's son Jacob Samuel Ferrin. Her first child Samuel S. Ferrin is my paternal grandfather. Her and Jacob later moved to Arizona where they are both buried, Jacob being killed by Indians just 6 months after they got there. There is a plaque, my sister Carolyn tells me, in the Pima Arizona cemetery honoring her courage for being a "Faith in Every Footstep" pioneer in the Martin Handcart company. It is on my "bucket list" to see that someday. Here are a few pictures of those we honor from this year and past years.
