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Dedication Cemermony 
Our chartering ceremony took place on July 28, 2002, at the Crabtree-Mullins
family reunion. Visiting officers were: Sam Lougheed, Division
President, Delores Smith, Division Vice President, Suzy Masters-Coresponding
Secretary, Ramsey McNeil, Chairman of Organization of New Chapters, and
Sue Ann Boothe, First District Chairman. We appreciate their coming.
After the chartering ceremony we had lunch which included period dishes
such as cracklin’ bread, chicken and dumplins’ , shuck beans-dried beans-,
molasses stack cake and souse. We then moved the program to the Mullins-Peak
cemetery and had the Stone, Flag and Iron Cross dedications to Pvt. Lockard
Hamilton, Co. H, 26th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A. As well
as the Va. Division officers that attended, we also had Mr. Bud Phillips,
Va. Delegate, Bobby Hammons, Sheriff of Dickenson Co., Andre’ Peak who
represented the Va. State Police, several representatives for the Dickenson
Co. Rescue Squad, Jenelle Murphy, a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy
from Tupelo Mississippi, Darlene Mullins, Order of Southern Gray, Bobby
Dotson and Ronnie Robbins, Dickenson Co. Commissioner of Revenue as well
as two of the many representatives from the Cumberland Mountain Rangers
camp 1798, Dickenson Co. Sons of the Confederates, Dickenson Co. Memorial
Post 8979 VFW, DAV chapter 35, American Legion Post 227, Charles Embrey,
Fredricksburg camp Sons of the Confederates and a host of friends, relatives
and neighbors. Despite the extreme temperatures of the day, everyone
had a wonderful time. Thanks to everyone who came and helped to make
our day special.
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