The original Roy McCracken family (minus Mom) beginning on the left: Anth (Anthony), Annie (Andrea), Dad, Me, Per (Austin Perry) and Alan Paul (actually I'm the only one allowed to call him that; to the rest of the world he's Paul). Though most of the faces in the photo below were serious, I've never known our group to be that way for very long. Anth is usually pulling some mischevous prank on someone. Paul is usually telling some story that brings the giggles or chuckles out of everyone around. And Per and Annie are usually finding something to laugh about as well.
About half of the present Roy W McCracken clan. Grandson Jer (Paul's oldest son) and his family (wife Faunne and daughter Evea) had to leave before this photo was taken. All of us kids and the spouses made it, but many of the third and fourth generation couldn't attend. My daughters and granddaughters couldn't get back. Anth's kids couldn't make it. Annie's oldest daughter wasn't able to get back either. Annie's son's wife had to work, as she is in the retail business. A foster daughter and her family were also absent. Nonetheless I thought this was a pretty good representation of family members whose residences stretch from Oregon to Virginia! Something else that's pretty amazing about the four generations of our family....all but two are still living (Mom passed about four years ago, and I lost a baby in 1982, between Sam and Anna Maria).
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