Friday, February 27, 2009

Dulaney Porch Monkeys!

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Please Help me Identify some of the younger cousins and married names in your comments as well as some of your own memories of that ole porch.
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Sitting L-R Sharon Mills holding ?, and hugging ?, Vickie Dulaney Berryhill in wine dress, Charles Berryhill in white shirt squatting, Lawrence Dulaney sitting on the edge of porch with Pearl behind him. Beside them is Frank Dulaney. The kid to the far right is Penn Mills by his dad Mike Mills. To Mike's right is Thomas Dulaney standing by Shirley Mills who is in front of Lowell Dulaney.Beside Shirley is ?, who is in front of Crystal Dulaney. Jody Berryhill is in the blue sweatshirt and Jon Dulaney is directly behind him and Trenda Berryhill is to his right. To Trenda's right is Darlene Mills, then yours truly Don Dulaney in the cap. Directly in front of me is Heather Mills to my left and Allyson Mills to my right. In front of Allyson is Chip Mills in the white shirt holding Mona Mills hand and Rebekah Mills is to Mona's right. NOW! I know Sharon is going to hate me. But I can't recall the boy in the green shirt or the one in the frog shirt. Sorry!
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This picture was taken at Lawrence and Pearl Dulaney's 50th wedding anniversary. It was made on the front porch of their house in East Fulton, MS. If you look hard you can see the green swing in the background. Alot of memories were made on that swing. My fondest memory is John Dulaney and Anthony Dulaney, sons of Frank Dulaney, getting the swing going so high, they were able to bust the porch light out.
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The windows behind the crowd were raised most of the time in the summer and on the other side you could often find Pearl laying on her back on the couch with a neck pillow under her neck and hands folded up under her chin for an afternoon nap. To the right of the crowd behind Thomas Dulaney, another son of Frank's, is a green rocking lounger. This is where you could find Lawrence taking his afternoon nap. He took the same postion as Pearl with his hands folded under his chin with his head resting on a cushion on one end, and one leg threw over the other end and one on the ground. As you can see oil based paint was a major asset to the Dulaney's. I can proudly say that I took my turn painting the swing and the rocker and for that matter the grey base of the porch.
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One thing I really miss is visiting on that ole' porch. It really was a centerpiece of the family gatherings. I'm sure, ALMOST POSITIVE, alot of good cheating techniques for Rook or how to beat Uncle Paul Mills at checkers was cooked up there. Oh and I would like to confess one thing to my fellow Dulaney members. If you would be real slick and raise the porch windows about an inch, no more no less, just short of the top of the back of the couch, you could hear the grownups talk about stuff you shouldn't hear. HEE HEE.

13 comments:

Kara online said...

hmmmmmm..... u, mommy, ya'll'es grand parents,& pawpawlowell.lol

CLiKK said...

OK... Now, you've got a problem, here. I contest that this photo was NOT taken in 1983, as it would have had to be to be the 50th anniversary... Mama & Papa were married October 28, 1933. The guy in the back is an unnamed ex-boyfriend of mine.. I was like, 16, which would have meant this photo was taken in 1992, at the earliest... MAYBE '91.. It looks like Mama had her Christmas decorations up... OH, and the little boy is Chip, isn't it? Isn't Penn the oldest? He is over by his mom, and Rebekah and Allison, too. (Mona would have to help, here) The woman directly in front of Dad was Linda Dulaney, his third wife.

CLiKK said...

UM, I meant the little boy over by Mike....sorry I didn't clarify.

Mona Robinson Mills said...

The "little" boy in Sharon's lap is Wesley. I can add that much. And Penn is standing by Mike. I agree with Crystal - this may have been another occasion for a family get-together, but I'm not sure. Good memories, by the way.

Mona Robinson Mills said...

I love the title! Porch monkeys, indeed!

Mona Robinson Mills said...

Oh, and that is Sissy Weldon standing by Sharon.

Kirk Robinson said...

Great family photo,Don.Seeing little Penn Mills wearing those boots, makes me smile.Somebody had a battle to take them off his feet!

Ken Dulaney said...

This is a great pic. Thank you for sharing it. All that is missing is the watermelon. LOL

Glenn Dulaney said...

This is too cool. Wow how things and people change. Oh what I would give for an afternoon on that old porch just a swingin.. You never know what youv'e go till its gone. Thanks for the memories Don.

Lindsay B said...

Well, well, well.

I guess I will help you out here. The "boy in the green shirt" is your female cousin, Lindsay Berryhill. I'll never forgive my mother for that haircut. That picture just bought me another year on the therapist's couch.

Good to see you on here. I miss that porch too. Great memories.

Don Dulaney said...

Hey Lindsay. Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for commenting on my pic. Please come back. Good to hear from you.

Lindsay B said...

And the boy in the frog shirt is "Pat."

She's on my softball team.

faithful64 said...

I happen to stumble across your blog. My family lives on Wilemon-Dulaney road. My grandma was Lena Dulaney who married Chester Wilemon. My dad was Ben Wilemon youngest of 9 children. My other Uncles are Jack, Leroy, Alfred and Obie. Aunts Mildred, Willie R and Becky and Pam. My great unlces were Alfred Dulaney and Luther Dulaney. Cousins Ray Wilemon and Eulala. Do you know any of them?