HISTORIC TARBORO WALKING TRAIL & TOUR
The National
Recreational Trail begins at the Blount-Bridgers House and leads visitors
through North Carolina's largest historic district. Take a leisurely
stroll or drive past beautiful historic homes and churches.
The two-hour tours begin at the Blount Bridgers house and cover about two miles of walking through part of the historic district. The tour includes the interior of Blount-Bridgers house (ca. 1808), the Everette House/Pender Museum (ca. 1800), the Cotton Press (ca. 1840) on the Town Common, and Calvary Church (1867) and the churchyard.
The tour guide tells about the architecture of the structures, some family history of who lived in some of the homes along with a history of how Tarboro grew from a small river port to a major trading center in the 19th century.
Join the family on Saturday morning, August 6 at 9:30am. Tour begins at the Blount-Bridgers House (located at 130 Bridgers Street, Tarboro).
The two-hour tours begin at the Blount Bridgers house and cover about two miles of walking through part of the historic district. The tour includes the interior of Blount-Bridgers house (ca. 1808), the Everette House/Pender Museum (ca. 1800), the Cotton Press (ca. 1840) on the Town Common, and Calvary Church (1867) and the churchyard.
The tour guide tells about the architecture of the structures, some family history of who lived in some of the homes along with a history of how Tarboro grew from a small river port to a major trading center in the 19th century.
Join the family on Saturday morning, August 6 at 9:30am. Tour begins at the Blount-Bridgers House (located at 130 Bridgers Street, Tarboro).
QUIZ BOWL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN....
ATTENTION
FAMILY! WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS! Are you competitve? Do
you know our family history? Would you like to have a chance to claim
the Vines-Barnes Quiz Bowl championship? We look forward to seeing you August 5-6, 2016.
Please email vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com by June 30 if you would like to join the family quiz bowl fun!
Please email vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com by June 30 if you would like to join the family quiz bowl fun!
IT'S A VINES BARNES SILENT AUCTION - JOIN THE PARTY!
With this year’s theme, “WE ARE FAMILY”, we believe and value the
movement of community, connection with family, and support of local businesses.
Our commitment is to raise funds to
provide educational scholarships for our high school seniors. We rely on generous donations from donors
like you to make these scholarships a reality for students in the pursuit of
higher education.
In 2014, more than 250 family members attended the reunion, which was the
largest reunion to date. Family members
from as far away as Cancun, Mexico have gathered together in previous reunions.
This year, the reunion commences at Edgecombe Community College. The highlight
of Saturday night’s festivities includes the silent auction, where we will
feature unique items and services from the area’s best retailers, restaurants,
entertainment venues and professionals.
Can you help us
out with a donation of a product or service from your business because it will
greatly help a high school student further their education? Contributions of all
sizes and values are welcome. Your donation can be something as simple as a
gift certificate to your business or an invitation to share lunch with you. To acknowledge your contribution, you will
receive recognition on our website, social media outlets, donor recognition
throughout the reunion event, as well as signage in the auction area.
THE FAMILY THAT VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!
We are looking for willing volunteers for the following:
Health Fair Adults/Kids Activities Friday, August 5 (6:00-8:30pm)
The Kids Zone Saturday, August 6 (3:00-4:00pm & 5:30-7:30pm).
If you are able, please contact us at vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com or call Shawnta Locus at 919- 896-1772. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
THE APRIL PROMOTION IS HERE...HOTEL DISCOUNT FOR 1ST PERSON!
Hey Family!! Have you registered for the reunion yet? If not, HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!
Here's the April Promotion that you don't want to miss! Share with everyone.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT UPDATE!
Attention family, just a couple of updates for everyone. First, thanks to the family members that have already registered and paid! Yeah!!! We are seeing the light in the reunion tunnel!
For clarification: In terms of the registration and payments for the reunion...
If you mail in your payment, all checks and payments need to be made to Precious Vines and also please complete and return both pages 3 and 4 in the registration packet back to Precious Vines.
If you pay online, please complete Page 4 and send to Precious Vines.
Thanks so much and we look forward to seeing you on August 5-6!
You can pay directly online here by going to this website: https://www.paypal.me/vinesbarnes
For clarification: In terms of the registration and payments for the reunion...
If you mail in your payment, all checks and payments need to be made to Precious Vines and also please complete and return both pages 3 and 4 in the registration packet back to Precious Vines.
If you pay online, please complete Page 4 and send to Precious Vines.
Thanks so much and we look forward to seeing you on August 5-6!
You can pay directly online here by going to this website: https://www.paypal.me/vinesbarnes
REUNION DETAILS HAVE BEEN MAILED....NOW ON TO THE GOOD STUFF!
By now, everyone should have either received the Vines-Barnes 2016 reunion details by mail or email. If for some reason you have not, no worries. We have provided the details including registration form, agenda and information sheet here!
Now on to the good stuff...we traveled down to GK Cafe and Catering for a little tasting testing to help us narrow down the catering vendor for the reunion. You can tell by the photos below that our tummies were beyond happy with GK's. But there are a couple of other great vendors to choose from as well. You'll just have to be there on August 5-6 to see who the winner was!
Now on to the good stuff...we traveled down to GK Cafe and Catering for a little tasting testing to help us narrow down the catering vendor for the reunion. You can tell by the photos below that our tummies were beyond happy with GK's. But there are a couple of other great vendors to choose from as well. You'll just have to be there on August 5-6 to see who the winner was!
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REUNION QUIZ BOWL
ATTENTION FAMILY! WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS! Are you competitve? Do you know our family history? Would you like to have a chance to claim the Vines-Barnes Quiz Bowl championship?
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS to participate in the quiz bowl. Please email vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com if you want to join the family quiz bowl fun!
We look forward to seeing you August 5-6, 2016.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS to participate in the quiz bowl. Please email vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com if you want to join the family quiz bowl fun!
We look forward to seeing you August 5-6, 2016.
"WE ARE FAMILY"
Hello Family,
Thank you to those family members that have already contributed and to those that continue providing support in making our 2016 Vines-Barnes Family Reunion a success! We look forward to enjoying everyone and having a great time August 5-6, 2016 with celebration of this year's theme "We are Family."
Please continue to check this blog for updates and visit our Vines-Barnes Facebook page as well for upcoming information.
Yours Truly,
The 2016 Vines-Barnes Reunion Committee
Thank you to those family members that have already contributed and to those that continue providing support in making our 2016 Vines-Barnes Family Reunion a success! We look forward to enjoying everyone and having a great time August 5-6, 2016 with celebration of this year's theme "We are Family."
Please continue to check this blog for updates and visit our Vines-Barnes Facebook page as well for upcoming information.
Yours Truly,
The 2016 Vines-Barnes Reunion Committee
ABOUT OUR OTHER REUNION VENUE: THOMAS S. FLEMING BUILDING
Dear Family,
We are so very excited as the months draw near to our next Vines-Barnes Family Reunion to be held on August 5-6, 2016.
A facility in the making since a fund-raising campaign began in August 2000, the Thomas S. Fleming Building opened in April 2004.
For smaller gatherings, such as exhibits, wedding receptions, and other social and business events, a large exhibit hall named the Mobley Atrium is available to residents of Edgecombe and surrounding counties. The Mobley Atrium honors Jack Mobley, who left a substantial gift to the Fleming Building in his estate.
Construction on the 70,000-square-foot, two-story facility began in December 2002. By late 2003, the building was up and finishing details were under way. Edgecombe Community College faculty and staff moved into their offices during April and May 2004, in time for the summer session that began in late May.
- 1 Continuing Education computer/lab room
- 1 Distance Learning classroom
- 2 small conference rooms
- 3 large conference/classrooms
- 5 computer classrooms/labs
- 10 general classrooms
Of the total $11 million price tag, $7.5 million has been provided by the state. The balance is being funded through private donations. Hundreds of local residents have purchased and are continuing to purchase engraved bricks. The first installment of bricks has been laid permanently at the entrance to the Fleming Building.
"This is what the county deserves," Hartwell Fuller, who was president of ECC at the time, remarked shortly after the building opened. "It was built for the people, and it will serve them very well for many years to come."
To learn more about the Fleming Building, click here.
Remember "We are Family" and we'll see you all August 5-6, 2016. If you have any questions, please email us at vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.
WE MADE THE ROCKY MOUNT TELEGRAM! GO VINES-BARNES!
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| Family members gather in August in Pinetops to attend in the 16th biannual Vines-Barnes Family Reunion. |
Just looking into some family history and had know idea that the 2014 Vines-Barnes Family Reunion was featured in the Rocky Mount Telegram. Check us out!!
In a weekend filled with love, joy, smiles, fun and fellowship, the Vines-Barnes family descended on the town of Pinetops to attend the 16th biannual Vines-Barnes Family Reunion. Family members from as far away as Cancun, Mexico, and as close as Pinetops gathered Aug. 1-3 at Carver Elementary School for the three-day event. First-time family participants traveled from Richmond, Va., and the Atlanta area.
This was the largest reunion to date, as more than 250 family members participated. The festivities included a fish fry on Friday, a buffet style dinner Saturday and an appreciation luncheon Sunday.
During the fish fry, family members played bingo, participated in a 50/50 raffle and socialized. The meal included fish, hot dogs, french fries, baked beans, coleslaw and desserts. Abrams BBQ of Tarboro catered the meal.
Read the full story here.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR REUNION VENUES: CARVER ELEMENTARY
We're excited to be able to celebrate with all of our family members, near and far, in Pinetops and Tarboro, NC for our August 2016 reunion.
On Friday night, we will be getting together at the Carver Elementary School Gymnasium.
The George Washington Carver High School was established in October 1941. The school was named in honor of George Washington Carver, the acclaimed agricultural scientist. Carver himself was a symbol of extensive education, and the high school, so appropriately named, became a token of education. It was built on the southern end of Edgecombe County, just within the city limits of Pinetops. Carver’s first newsletter was named the “Peep.” The mascot was the “Eagle”, and the school colors, burgundy and gold, as it remains today. The first principal, Mr. Samuel Alexander Gilliam, was born January 29, 1912, in Portsmouth, VA. His parents were Julius and Carrie Gilliam. He received his undergraduate degree from Shaw University and his graduate degree from North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham.
From 1941-1976, Carver had only one principal. Mr. Gilliam was in the Army from January 1943 to September 1946. During this time, the school was under the leadership of Mr. C. M. Caraway. Upon returning from military duties, Mr. Gilliam continued to serve as principal until his retirement in 1976.
The school began with a staff of nine: three elementary teachers and six high school teachers. The physical plant has greatly enlarged. In 1941, there was one brick building containing nine classrooms, the library, and the home economics department. One framed building used for agricultural classes was replaced in 1957 by a modern brick agricultural building. In 1952, the high school building and gym were completed. In 1960, a six classroom primary building was added. The cafeteria was occupied in October 1964, serving hot lunches to approximately 850 students daily. Before the cafeteria, soup and sandwiches were made in the home economics department and sold on the hall for 10 cents and punch cost a nickel. Fifteen cents would buy your lunch.
Carver became an elementary school due to integration in 1971. The last senior class graduated on June 4, 1971. The 1971-72 school year brought with it a completely new program in Carver’s history, total integration that was made smoothly and without sacrifice to the structural program for the students. The Edgecombe County Board of Education developed plans to reorganize schools in the southern end of the county after the merger of South and West Edgecombe high schools. In March 1978, fire destroyed the original building that was constructed in 1941. The loss of this building speeded up the plans to move grades 5-8 to South Edgecombe School, leaving only K-4 at Carver. The board closed Living Hope Primary School at the end of the 1981-82 school year.
Carver Elementary School currently has approximately 900 students and 102 teachers and staff. Grades taught include PreK thru 5. In 2007, the latest addition was the 5thgrade wing (6 class rooms). The principal, Mr. William S. Ellis, commented about Carver:
“G. W. Carver is a valuable asset to our community. It continues to be the top elementary school in the county. It is a wonderful place to work, with a family atmosphere; and, where parents and students feel welcome.”
To learn more about GW Carver, click here.
Remember "We are Family" and we'll see you all August 5-6, 2016. If you have any questions, please email us at vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.
On Friday night, we will be getting together at the Carver Elementary School Gymnasium.
The George Washington Carver High School was established in October 1941. The school was named in honor of George Washington Carver, the acclaimed agricultural scientist. Carver himself was a symbol of extensive education, and the high school, so appropriately named, became a token of education. It was built on the southern end of Edgecombe County, just within the city limits of Pinetops. Carver’s first newsletter was named the “Peep.” The mascot was the “Eagle”, and the school colors, burgundy and gold, as it remains today. The first principal, Mr. Samuel Alexander Gilliam, was born January 29, 1912, in Portsmouth, VA. His parents were Julius and Carrie Gilliam. He received his undergraduate degree from Shaw University and his graduate degree from North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham.
From 1941-1976, Carver had only one principal. Mr. Gilliam was in the Army from January 1943 to September 1946. During this time, the school was under the leadership of Mr. C. M. Caraway. Upon returning from military duties, Mr. Gilliam continued to serve as principal until his retirement in 1976.
The school began with a staff of nine: three elementary teachers and six high school teachers. The physical plant has greatly enlarged. In 1941, there was one brick building containing nine classrooms, the library, and the home economics department. One framed building used for agricultural classes was replaced in 1957 by a modern brick agricultural building. In 1952, the high school building and gym were completed. In 1960, a six classroom primary building was added. The cafeteria was occupied in October 1964, serving hot lunches to approximately 850 students daily. Before the cafeteria, soup and sandwiches were made in the home economics department and sold on the hall for 10 cents and punch cost a nickel. Fifteen cents would buy your lunch.
Carver became an elementary school due to integration in 1971. The last senior class graduated on June 4, 1971. The 1971-72 school year brought with it a completely new program in Carver’s history, total integration that was made smoothly and without sacrifice to the structural program for the students. The Edgecombe County Board of Education developed plans to reorganize schools in the southern end of the county after the merger of South and West Edgecombe high schools. In March 1978, fire destroyed the original building that was constructed in 1941. The loss of this building speeded up the plans to move grades 5-8 to South Edgecombe School, leaving only K-4 at Carver. The board closed Living Hope Primary School at the end of the 1981-82 school year.
Carver Elementary School currently has approximately 900 students and 102 teachers and staff. Grades taught include PreK thru 5. In 2007, the latest addition was the 5thgrade wing (6 class rooms). The principal, Mr. William S. Ellis, commented about Carver:
“G. W. Carver is a valuable asset to our community. It continues to be the top elementary school in the county. It is a wonderful place to work, with a family atmosphere; and, where parents and students feel welcome.”
To learn more about GW Carver, click here.
Remember "We are Family" and we'll see you all August 5-6, 2016. If you have any questions, please email us at vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.
REQUEST | FAMILY PHOTOS & EMAIL ADDRESSES NEEDED
Vines-Barnes Family,
We are seeking any and all family photos for this upcoming reunion. The only way we can continue to preserve our legacy is by sharing memories, beloved stories, and timeless photos. So whether they are funny, classic or sweet memories, please share.
Also, please send your updated email address to us. We will begin using more digital communication tools (email, facebook, blog, etc) to communicate with you regarding all things family reunion.
Please email your photographic memories and email addresses to vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.
We are seeking any and all family photos for this upcoming reunion. The only way we can continue to preserve our legacy is by sharing memories, beloved stories, and timeless photos. So whether they are funny, classic or sweet memories, please share.
Also, please send your updated email address to us. We will begin using more digital communication tools (email, facebook, blog, etc) to communicate with you regarding all things family reunion.
Please email your photographic memories and email addresses to vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.
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