The "Cousins"

The first ever Sechrest-Blanchet reunion was held August 2-4, 2002 in Lexington, Kentucky. Over 30 people attended from Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Paul and Alma Lee Rowe Sechrest

Paul was a fireman, an insurance salesman, and manager of the Artcraft Glove Company in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was active in the church and loved to play golf. Alma Lee was a homemaker, incredible cook, active in her church where she enjoyed singing and participating in drama, and a wonderful mom and grandmother.

Robert and Eva Lucas Sechrest

Robert and Eva Lucas Sechrest were married in Kentucky in the late 1800s and came to Tennessee in the early 1920s, moving to Johnson City from Erlanger, KY in 1921 or 1922, to operate a transportation firm. They moved to Nashville in 1942 and Robert worked for Phillips and Buttorff Co. Eva attended Georgetown College in Kentucky and was a school teacher prior to her marriage to Robert.

Manoah B. and Mildred Brumback Lucas

I know very little about my great-great grandparents except that they lived and died in Kentucky. Manoah was born in Indiana and later moved to Kentucky where he met Mildred. They had six children with Eva being the youngest. They were married in 1856 in Williamstown, Kentucky. My grandfather, Paul, and his twin sister Pauline are seated.