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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Gabrielle, 6th generation family Shaw member,  enjoyed hula hooping at our local recreation center, crabbing on the Lynnhaven pier, and going the beach to ride water waves, swim, make an acquaintance, build sand castles with her grandpa, and play in the sand

Posted Mar 30, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

My husband Bennie and I first enjoyed our Granddaughter Gabrielle.

Posted Mar 29, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

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Please join me to see more pictures of Gabrielle before I return to conversations about our vacations and  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

My husband Bennie and I began enjoy sixth generation family member, Gabrielle Diamanta Jones when she is a baby and I will share some of the glorious experience

Posted Mar 28, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

My husband and I began taking our Granddaughter Gabrielle, sixth generation Shaw family member, now a young lady, out of town on fun vacations.

Posted Mar 3, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Gabrielle Jones, our sixth generation Shaw family member, enjoyed crabbing for Blue Crabs on the Lynnhaven Fishing Pier here in Virginia Beach, VA

Posted March 2, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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We also took Gabrielle crabbing  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Grand parenting was a busy, but enjoyable time for Bennie and me.

Posted March 1, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
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Christian Church Specialist
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Summers ended, but spring kept turning into summer, again, and Gabrielle continued visiting Bennie and me  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

As a grandmother, when Gabrielle came for her summer visits, I baked gourmet zucchini pies and gourmet coconut cakes that could weigh 20 spongy mouth-watering pounds, and she loved them.

Posted Feb 27, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Other activities Bennie, Gabrielle, our granddaughter, and I enjoyed during her summer visits to Virginia Beach

Posted Feb 24, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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Bennie, Gabrielle, and I visited the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk.

She was  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

The early years of our Granddaughter Gabrielle summers with us

Posted 23, 2017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
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Gabrielle would spend four weeks with us every summer, and we did many things together in Virginia Beach and  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Daddy arrived back at home to Beulah Mae Shaw, my understanding stepmother and peer

Posted Feb 21, 1017

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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Cultural Anthropologist
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Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
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When Daddy arrived at the Florala bus station, he took his suitcase and walked  Read More 
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