The Loftin Family Reunion started as a yearly
birthday dinner for
Ida Lillian Setzer Loftin, wife of
Alonzo
Lester Loftin, who was born 25 Apr 1884. When all their
kids and their spouses, grandkids and Ida's siblings got
together, it was a really big crowd.
Ida (center) with black dress
(Right side of the table) Marie & Theodore "Speedo" Loftin,
John Henry & Elma Loftin Huffman with Loretta and Willie Loftin
After Ida's death on 25 Dec 1964, her
granddaughter, Peggy Loftin Brotherton, decided it would be
wonderful to continue the yearly family get-together and thus
the Loftin Family Reunion (as we know it today) was born.
Since most of the Loftins had tents at the Balls Creek
Campground, the Reunion was held there for many years - beside
of the Arbor.
For convenience, the Reunion was eventually
moved to Center Methodist Church - the home church of several of
the Loftin ancestors. The reunion grew to include
the descendants of
William Alexander Loftin.
On May 20, 2007, members of the Loftin Family
met for the Loftin Reunion at Catawba Methodist Church.
Carolyn Loftin & Wadine Smith do a little organization
before the meal begins
with a little help from
Larry Gilmer
(Left) Eddie & Yvonne Loftin Bryson with her mom, Mrs. Roy (Mae)
Loftin
(Right) Jimmy Huffman enjoys his great grandchildren
(Below) Jimmy & Faye
Huffman enjoy their great-grandchildren
Left) Mrs. Sam (Willie) Loftin, with her son, Curtis, and
his wife, Carolyn
(Right) Carolyn Loftin with her son Philip.
(Right) Philip & Leslie Loftin
(Left) Alexandria & Savanna Seese - granddaughters of
Curtis & Carolyn Loftin
(Left) Children & Grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin
(Right) Lois Loftin Mundy at the age of 98 was the oldest in
attendance
Larry Gilmer, Bernice Loftin Gilmer, Barbara
Jean Gilmer, (Unknown), Lois Loftin Mundy, Flynn Loftin
After the meal it's time for a short business meeting and
presentation concerning the Loftin Family.
Farthest Traveled: Eddie & Yvonne Bryson
Oldest in Attendance: Lois Mundy (98 years old)
2nd Oldest in Attendance: Mae Loftin (97 years old)
Youngest in Attendance: Broden Morris Marks
Most Recently Married: Philip & Leslie Loftin (6 years)
Thanks to Paul Allen Loftin and Philip Loftin
for their photos from the Reunion
The Loftin family gathered for the yearly reunion on Sunday, May
18th, 2008, at the Catawba Methodist Church. The crowd was
larger than usual with approximately 90 in attendance. Everyone enjoyed chatting and reminiscing
about the past. The food was outstanding and many folks
brought photos to share.
Barry Brotherton served as President of the
Loftin Family Reunion Committee and did a wonderful job
organizing the activities of the afternoon.
(Below) Carla & Barry Brotherton
(Below) Yvonne
Loftin Bryson, Frances Loftin Cook and Mae Morrow Loftin
Family members chat as everyone arrives
Once again, Lee Loftin's daughters were the oldest in attendance
Helen Loftin White, Marie Loftin Robinson, Lois Loftin Mundy,
Bernice Loftin Gilmer
Curtis chats with Pat Isenhour Loftin while the meal is set up
(Below) Carolyn Loftin chats with Tina Peeler Cloninger
(Below) T.A. and
Louise Loftin Potter Family
(Below) Lois Loftin Mundy is presented with a birthday cake
recognizing her 100th birthday
which will take place in December 2008
(Below) Time for the covered-dish meal
(Below) Jimmy Huffman's family waits for the food line to get
shorter
(Below) Savanna
Seese, Leslie Robinson Loftin,
Ali Seese, Beth Loftin Seese
and Willie Goble Loftin
Gerald Loftin waits for the after-meal program
while Pat Loftin looks at Curtis Loftin's "Family Scrapbook"
Curtis
Loftin shares with the group about his Family Genealogy Website
John Smith
shares about James Franklin Loftin
and his death at Drewry's Bluff, VA
There was also a display of
the battleground where James Franklin was killed
After the
program, family members looked at the various scrapbooks,
shared family photos and information
Carolyn Weeks Loftin,
Frances Loftin Cook, Curtis Loftin, Larry Gilmer, Helen Loftin
White
Thanks to Paul Loftin, Carolyn Loftin and Beth Seese
for taking photos at the 2009 Reunion
The Loftin family gathered for the yearly reunion on Sunday, May
17th, 2009, at the Catawba Methodist Church Fellowship Building. The
attendance for 2009 was around 95 and the building was packed
out. As usual, the food was outstanding and many folks
brought photos to share. Even though any Loftins are
invited to attend, the majority of the group are descendants of
Alonzo Lester Loftin and his brother
Arthur Lee Loftin- sons of
William Alexander "Alec" Loftin and
Laura Rossie Cranford.
Barry Brotherton served as President of the
Loftin Family Reunion Committee for the 2009 Reunion and did a wonderful job
organizing the activities for the afternoon.
Curtis and Alan Connor (grandson of
Thelma Loftin Connor Lanier) chat
while Linda Lee looks at the large scrapbook with photos of the
extended family
Wadine Martin Smith gets a copy of the photo sheet of Alonzo's
children which also included her mother,
Nannie Loftin Martin while the rest of the family chats with
family members -
Marcella Wike chats with 1st Cousin Jimmy Huffman
Alonzo Lester Loftin's first marriage was to
Cornelia Lowrance.
Cornelia died 11 Feb 1904 from
pneumonia leaving him with 5 small children to raise.
Kevin Boggs (grandson of
Verdie Lee Loftin Boggs), and his wife Nancy, chat with Wadine Martin Smith
(daughter of
Nannie Loftin Martin) while Mae Morrow Loftin (wife of
Roy
Henry Loftin) and her daughter, Yvonne Loftin Bryson,
listen. Also in the photo are Howard Smith, Wadine's
husband (bottom right) and Eddie Bryson, Yvonne's husband
(bottom left)
(Left) Mr. & Mrs. Flynn Loftin;
(Right) Pat and Paul Loftin
Sisters Bernice Loftin Gilmer, Lois Loftin Mundy, Marie Loftin
Robinson and Helen Loftin White
(Below Left) Three of the daughters of
Arthur Lee Loftin and Alice Josephine Gilleland
Bernice Loftin Gilmer, age 92, Lois Loftin Mundy, age 100, and
Marie Loftin Robinson, age 98.
Mary & James Mundy (son of Lois Loftin Mundy)
(Below Left) Elaine Martin & Marcella Wike, daughters of
Allie Loftin Lee, with Peggy Brotherton
(Below Center) Norma Cook Stewart, daughter of
Frances Loftin Cook, and Pat Isenhour Loftin
(Below Right) Louise Loftin Potter, daughter of
Charlie Roosevelt Loftin, and husband T.A.
(Below - Seated At Table)
Linda Lee Setzer, daughter of
Sadie Loftin Lee,
with Elaine Lee Martin & Louise Lee Hoyle, daughters of
Allie Loftin Lee
Sadie & Allie Loftin were sisters who married brothers, Vernon &
Glenn Lee
Curtis Loftin & John Smith chat in the lunch line
Barry Brotherton, President of the Loftin Family
Reunion, opens the after-meal-program.
Barry, and his sister Faye, are grandchildren of
Theodore Roosevelt "Speedo" Loftin.
(Below) Carla Brotherton pins corsages on those in attendance
who were age 90 or above,
including Lois Loftin Mundy (age 100), Marie Loftin Robinson
(age 98), Francis Loftin Gilmer (age 92) and Mae Morrow Loftin
(age 99). Lois, Marie & Francis are the daughters of
Arthur Lee Loftin and Alice Josephine Gilleland.
(Below) Carla Brotherton pins a corsage on Frances Loftin Cook,
the last living child of
Alonzo Lester Loftin while Norma Cook Stewart watches
Barry asked family members to share stories
about their parents, grandparents, aunts & uncle. There
were some funny stories as well as some tender touching stories.
Kevin shared how
when he was little he would go and visit his grandmother, Verdie
Lee. They'd watch Carol Burnett & Johnny Carson. If
he stayed overnight with her, she'd leave chocolate for him on
his pillow at night. Years later as he was taking a cruise
and saw chocolates left on the pillows of his bed in his ship's
cabin, he remembered how his grandmother lovingly left chocolate
on his pillow at night when he was a child. When he got
back home he told her what had happened and how he had
remembered the chocolate she had left on his pillow. She
said, "Kevin, that wasn't chocolate I left on your pillow - it
was Ex-Lax - to be sure you were 'regular'!"
When Nannie Loftin first
married Wade Martin they moved to Gastonia. In time they eventually moved
to Newton into a large two-story, white-frame
house on North College Avenue, just two blocks up from the court
square, beyond the State Theatre. They lived there for thirty
years and the upstairs rooms became "Martin’s Boarding House".
The boarding house was soon filled with tenants including a
baseball team who gave the Martin family nicknames.
Alan told about
visiting with his grandmother, Thelma, and how he and his
siblings would frequently stay over night. He said, "...
she'd always read her Bible at night before she went to bed".
He also recounted how she opened a savings account for
him and his sisters in the bank and that each year she'd put
money in the bank for them on their birthdays.
Peggy recounted how
she remembers sitting on her daddy's lap when she was little -
about four years of age - when her grandfather William Alexander
Loftin died.
As Peggy sat on her daddy's lap, a red bird flew into
the window, then flew off and someone said "there goes Grandpa
Alec flying off to heaven."
Peggy said that she supposed that was the reason that
she liked red-birds so much.
Elaine said she
remembered her grandmother Ida visiting their family when she was
little. "She'd come over at least once a week." Ida
would come and spend a few days with them when her father,
Glenn, was killing a hog and would frequently do the "chores"
that Elaine and her sisters were suppose to do.
John shared how his grandmother, Nannie
Loftin Martin, was
frequently described as "prim and proper" by those who knew her.
After the death of Nannie's mother, Cornelia, from pneumonia,
the children would frequently be sent to grandparent's homes to
stay. Nannie had commented to John that as a result, she
and her sister, Lillie, were raised by the Lowrances (Henry &
Sarah), while younger sisters Floye and Verdie Lee were raised
by the Loftins (Alec & Laura). Nannie told John that "Floye
and Verdie Lee knew how to have fun because they had been raised
by the Loftins."
John also commented that because the Loftin
family was so big, that everyone from Newton to the Catawba
River were kin.
Lois, age 100,
recounted how she had learned to drive using her father's Model
A car. She also said that she had just quit driving at the
age of 98.
Lois said that when she was a little girl the family
attended Center Methodist Church. The church had two doors
on the two sides of the church - one for the men and one for the
women. She also said that when people entered the church
that the men would sit together on the left side of the church
while the women would sit on the right side.
Pam shared with the group how her husband,
Spencer Sigmon, comes from the
Adam Sherrill lineage and so do
the Loftins (from
James Loftin & Susanna Sherrill).
Pam teased Spencer about being her "cousin".
Mae, age 99, shared a little about being part
of the Loftin family for 80+ years
(since she married Roy in 1925)
Curtis Loftin had been asked to
give an update on the Family Genealogy Website since last year.
New information on the website since the last reunion included:
The Loftin family gathered together on
Sunday, May 16th, 2010, in the Family Life Center of the Catawba
Methodist Church for the yearly family reunion. There was
approximately 100 in attendance at the yearly event. Those
in attendance represented the descendants of William Alexander
Loftin and Laura Rossie Cranford from their children, Alonzo
Lester Loftin, Arthur Lee Loftin and Cord Loftin Wilson.
There was a large
family meal followed by a time to recognize
those in the family who were (or would be) 100 years old in
2010.
(Top Center) Barry, Carla & Matthew Brotherton
Peggy
Loftin Brotherton sitting with Alan Connor
(Center) Peggy
Loftin, Larry Gilmer, Gail Hipkins & Glenn Martin
(Right) Eddie & Yvonne Bryson with Mae Morrow Loftin
Curtis had photos of
the Loftin and Setzer ancestors to give away
as well as a large display board of the Loftin and Setzer family
trees
(Above) Curtis with Diane Setzer Poovey and
Deanie Herman Hilton
Jerry Huffman, son
of Jimmy, and grandson of Callie Elma Loftin Huffman, looks on
Frances Loftin Cook
(age 83) - the last of Alonzo Loftin's 19 children
Arthur Lee Loftin's daughters [Left to Right]
Lois Loftin Mundy (age 102 in Dec 2010), Helen Loftin White (age
84 in Jun 2010),
Marie Loftin Robinson
(age 100 in Dec 2010), Frances Loftin Gilmer (age 94 in Oct 2010), [Background] Norma Cook
Stewart (daughter of Frances Loftin Cook)
with Wadine Martin Smith (daughter of Nannie Loftin Martin)
A Mixture of Loftin Cousins
[Left to Right]
Norma Cook Stewart (standing), Ann Gray Wilson,
Lois Loftin Mundy, Marie Loftin Robinson, Carolyn Weeks Loftin
(standing), Bernice Loftin Gilmer, Larry Gilmer (standing),
Barbara Potter Edmondson (standing), Clara Mae Wilson (widow of Jack Wilson & daughter-in-law of Cordie Loftin Wilson), Phyllis White
Mills (standing) and Helen Loftin White
Grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin
(Left to Right) Pam Loftin Williamson (daughter of Ray Loftin),
Mr. & Mrs. Flynn
Loftin (son of Glenn Loftin), Jim & Gail Gilmer Hipkin (daughter
of of Bernice Loftin Gilmer) and Larry Gilmer (son of Bernice Loftin Gilmer)
and his wife Barbara
Children, Grandchildren &
Great-Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester Loftin
(Right to Left) Frances Loftin Cook (daughter of Alonzo & Ida Setzer
Loftin), Mae Morrow Loftin (age 100 - widow of Roy Henry Loftin
and daughter-in-law of Alonzo), Eddie & Yvonne Loftin Bryson
(daughter of Roy and granddaughter of Alonzo), Wadine Martin
Smith & John Smith (daughter & Grandson of Nannie Loftin Martin
as well as granddaughter & great-grandson of Alonzo & Cornelia
Lowrance Loftin)
Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren &
Great Great Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Jimmy Huffman and
Loretta Huffman Hiatt (children of Jeek & Elma Loftin Huffman)
(Jimmy's wife, Faye, wearing pink & sister Loretta with white
blouse)
Everyone else are the children and
grandchildren of Jimmy & Faye
(Left to Right) Going around the table: Jerry
& Mona Price Huffman, Linda Huffman, Faye & Jimmy Huffman, Garry
Huffman, Loretta Huffman Hiatt, Hayley & Hannah Huffman
(daughters of Jerry & Mona)
Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren &
Great Great Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Carolyn Weeks Loftin (wife of Curtis Loftin & daughter-in-law of
Sam Loftin)
(Left to Right) Leslie Robinson Loftin, Philip
Loftin, Carolyn Loftin,
Beth Loftin Seese, Savanna Seese, Brad Seese & Ali Seese
Willie Goble Loftin
(wife of Sam Loftin);
Philip & Leslie Loftin (son & daughter-in-law of Curtis &
Carolyn Loftin)
Grandson of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Curtis Loftin (son of Sam Loftin)
Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Deanne Herman Hilton (left) with Spencer & Pam Herman Sigmon
(daughters of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman)
Grandchildren of
Arthur Lee Loftin
[Top Row]
Phyllis White Mills (daughter of Helen Loftin White)
James Loftin (son of Coyte Loftin)
Larry Gilmer (son of Bernice Loftin Gilmer)
Flynn Loftin (son of Glenn Loftin
Judy Loftin Sims (daughter of Coyte Loftin)
Dot Robinson Martin (daughter of Marie Loftin Robinson) [Bottom Row] Pam Loftin
Williamson (daughter of Ray Loftin)
Gail Gilmer Hipkin (daughter of Bernice Loftin Gilmer)
Mary Frances Robinson Moore (daughter of Marie Loftin Robinson)
Jim Mundy (son of Lois Loftin Mundy)
Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren of
Arthur Lee Loftin including James
Loftin & Judy Loftin Sims (children of Coyte Loftin)
and Mary
Frances Robinson Moore (daughter of Marie Loftin Robinson)
Grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin
Mary & James Mundy (son of Lois Loftin Mundy)
Children & Grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin
Willard White (husband of Helen Loftin White)
Jim Mundy stands next to his mother (Lois Loftin Mundy)
(Right) Helen Loftin White, Dot Robinson Martin & Marie Loftin
Robinson
(Standing Center) Beth Loftin Seese with Glenn Martin
Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren &
Great Great Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester Loftin
T. A. & Louise Loftin Potter (daughter of Charlie Roosevelt
Loftin) with Louise's 2 children,
Gary Potter and Ronnie & Barbara Potter Edmonson,
also Barbara's daughter Michelle and her children.
(Left to Right) Girl, Ronnie Edmonson, Gary
Potter, T.A. & Louise Potter, Michelle, Boy, Barbara Edmonson
Great Grandchildren of Alonzo Lester
Loftin
T. A. Potter (husband of Louise Loftin Potter) - Center
Paul Allen Lofttin & his wife Pat Isenhour Loftin
(son of Paul Roosevelt Loftin and grandson of Charlie Roosevelt Loftin)
Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
Danny & Linda Lee Setzer (daughter of Sadie Loftin Lee)
Joyce Murray Setzer (daughter of Sadie Loftin Lee)
Diane Setzer Poovey, Jay & Jane Setzer (children of Joyce Murray
Setzer)
(Left to Right) Jay & Jane Setzer, Danny &
Linda Lee Setzer), Diane Setzer Poovey, Joyce Murray Setzer
Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
Peggy Loftin Brotherton (daughter of Theodore "Speedo" Loftin)
with Paul Loftin & T.A. Potter
Barry & Carla Brotherton (son of Peggy Loftin Brotherton)
Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren of
Alonzo Lester Loftin Barbara
Potter Edmonson (daughter of Louise Loftin Potter &
granddaughter of Charlie Loftin)
Norma Cook Stewart (daughter of Frances Loftin Cook)
It was my special privilege to meet Harry Guy Loftin, Jr., at
the 2010 Loftin Family Reunion. Harry & I had spoken on
the phone and via email concerning his branch of the family.
Harry descends from
Thomas Smith Loftin, the son of
Edmund
Loftin, the son of
James & Susannah Sherrill Loftin.
Grandchildren of Thomas Smith Loftin
Harry Guy Loftin & his wife Patricia (son of
Harry Guy Loftin, Sr.)
My apologies to others in the family that
were there, but had dispersed before I had the opportunity to
get additional photos - including the Glenn & Dot Robinson
Martin Family (descendants of Marie Loftin Robinson and her
father, Arthur Lee Loftin) - Alan Connor, Larry & Lisa Peeler,
and Tina Peeler Cloninger (descendants of Thelma Loftin Connor
Lanier, daughter of Alonzo Lester Loftin).
The 2011 Loftin Family Reunion was held on
Sunday, May 15th, 2011, in the Family Life Center of the Catawba
Methodist Church. There was
approximately 75 in attendance at the event this year. Those
in attendance represented the descendants of William Alexander
Loftin and Laura Rossie Cranford from two of their sons, Alonzo
Lester Loftin and Arthur Lee Loftin.
The reunion was to
begin at 1:00 PM but family members started gathering by 12:15
Daughters of Arthur
Lee Loftin
SISTERS - Lois Loftin Mundy (age 102.5), Marie Loftin Robinson (age
100.5)
and Helen Loftin White (age 84 3/4)
Curtis talks briefly with Lois, Marie &
Helen
Descendents of Alonzo
Lester Loftin
Johnny Hoyle with Linda Lee Setzer, Louise Lee Hoyle and
Marcella Lee White - granddaughters of Alonzo Lester Loftin.
Linda is the daughter of Sadie Loftin Lee. Louise &
Marcella are daughters of Allie Loftin Lee.
Descendents of Alonzo
Lester Loftin
Ronnie Edmondson with Louise Loftin Potter, T.A. Potter and Gary
Potter. Louise is the daughter of Charlie Roosevelt Loftin
and granddaughter of Alonzo Lester Loftin.
Descendents of Alonzo
Lester Loftin
Philip & Leslie Loftin, Carolyn Loftin, Pam Herman Sigmon, Terry
Martin and Willie Loftin
Willie is the wife of Sam William Loftin. Pam is the
daughter of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman.
Carolyn is the wife of Curtis Loftin (son of Sam). Philip
is the son of Curtis & Carolyn.
Tony Martin, Jacob Connor, Terry Martin & Alan Connor
Tony & Terry are the sons of Glenn Martin & Dot Robinson;
grandsons of Flake Robinson & Marie Loftin; great-grandsons of
Arthur Lee Loftin & Josephine Gilleland
Jacob Connor (on mandolin) is the son of Alan Connor
Alan Connor (on the fiddle) is the son of Dewey Lane Connor; he
is the grandson of Dewey Connor & Thelma Loftin and the
great-grandson of Alonzo Loftin & Ida Setzer
"Foggy Mt. Breakdown"
The see additional videos of Tony, Terry,
Alan & Jacob, click below
Since it was 150 years since the beginning of the Civil War,
Curtis had been asked to share about the life of James Franklin
Loftin - the patriarch of this entire clan - who was killed at
the Battle of Drewry's Bluff.
Curtis Loftin talks about James Franklin
Loftin
Since the last reunion, the family was saddened with the loss
of:
1) James "Jimmy" Henry Huffman (24 Jul 1934 - 07 Mar 2011) Jimmy was the son of Elma Loftin
Huffman and grandson of Alonzo Lester Loftin.
The covered-dish luncheon is always a great part of the family
reunion
There are some really good cooks in the Loftin family
Faye Brotherton Dellinger with Kevin & Nancy Dixon Boggs
Phyllis White Mills,
Willard & Helen Loftin White, Bernice Loftin Gilmer & Marie
Loftin Robinson
Helen (age 86), Bernice (age95) and Marie (age 101) were some of
the oldest at the reunion
Phyllis, Helen, Bernice and
Marie are descendants of Arthur Lee Loftin
Frances Loftin Cook, Loretta Huffman Hiatt, Peggy Loftin
Brotherton, Louise Lee Hoyle and Marcella Lee Wike - Frances is
85 years old and the last child of Alonzo Loftin & Ida Setzer
All of these ladies descend
from Alonzo Lester Loftin
Ali Seese, Brad Seese, Beth Loftin Seese, Savanna Seese, Carolyn
Weeks Loftin, Willie Goble Loftin, Philip Loftin & Leslie
Robinson Loftin - Willie (age 86) is the widow of Alonzo
Loftin's son,
Sam William Loftin
Ali, Beth, Savanna and
Philip are descendants of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Philip & Leslie are expecting one of the "newest" Loftins
with the birth of their daughter Kayli Elise Loftin who is
expected in September 2012
Philip is the son of Curtis
& Carolyn Loftin
Gail Gilmer Hipkin (& her husband, Jim), Wadine Martin Smith, John
Smith, Howard Smith
and Larry Gilmer
Gail & Larry are descendants
of Arthur Lee Loftin
Wadine & John are descendants of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Trina Leatherman, Amy Massagee, Deanie Herman Hilton and Linda Lee Setzer
Amy, Deanie and Linda are
descendants of Alonzo Lester Loftin
(Little Girl), Penny, Gary Potter, Louise Loftin Potter and T.A.
Potter
Gary and Louise are
descendants of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Steve Sims, (child), Judy Loftin Sims, James Loftin (&
wife), Kathleen Morrow Loftin & (child)
Kathleen (age 90) is the widow of Coyte James Loftin
Judy, James and the children
are descendants of Arthur Lee Loftin
Norma Cook Stewart with her son-in-law, Keith, and grandchildren
Norma is the daughter of Frances Loftin Cook
Norma is a descendant
of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Barry Brotherton, Faye Brotherton Dellinger, Carla Brotherton,
Barry & Carla's daughter Carly and Faye's son Josh Dellinger
Barry, Faey, Carly and
Josh are descendants of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Kevin & Nancy Boggs with Rayvon Beatty and his wife Joyce
Kevin is a descendant of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
Rayvon is a descendant of Zettie Wilson Loftin Beatty
First Cousins Loretta Huffman Hiatt, Marcella Lee Wike, Louise
Lee Hoyle and Peggy Loftin Brotherton pose for a photo - all
four ladies descend from Alonzo Lester Loftin
Willie Goble Loftin and Frances Loftin Cook chat at the end of
the reunion
Curtis Loftin with his mother, Willie Goble Loftin, and aunt,
France Loftin Cook
We were saddened to learn about the "passing" of the
following from the Loftin family since the last family reunion:
1. William "Bill" Ellers, d. 25 Feb 2012 (son on of
William Ellers Sr & Floye
Loftin)
2. Cora Mae Carter Wilson, (wife of Jack Wilson and
daughter-in-law of Cordie
Loftin Wilson)
3. Marsha Bumgarner Spake, d. 17 Jul 2011 (daughter of
Doug Bumgarner & Janice Lee - and granddaughter of Glenn &
Alie
Loftin Lee)
The latest twins that connect both the Loftin and Setzer
families are the grandsons of Charles Ray Poovey & Diane Setzer
Poovey. Diane is the daughter of J.D. Setzer and Joyce
Murray Setzer and the granddaughter of
Sadie
Elizabeth Loftin Murray Lee. The identical twin
boys were born 30 Oct 2011 to Michael Poovey & Jennifer Miller
Poovey and are named Wade Emerson Poovey and Liam Harrison
Poovey. Congratulations,
Cousins!
Frances Bernice Loftin Gilmer (b.
1916) has been a constant presence at the Loftin Family Reunion
each year. Berniece passed away on 09 Oct 2012.
The attendance at the 2013 reunion was
smaller than usual but the fellowship was good - as was the
food. Those in attendance this year were descended from
Alonzo and his brother Arthur Lee Loftin. We also had
Loftin family guests from Georgia.
As everyone started to arrive, it was a wonderful opportunity to
catch up and take a few photos.
(Left) Willie Goble
Loftin and Peggy Loftin Brotherton
(Right) Eddie and Yvonne Loftin Bryson
There are some
wonderful cooks in the Loftin family, including this one:
Norma Cook Stewart
(Left) Frances
Loftin Cook
(Right) Matthew Brotherton, Paul Allen Loftin, T.A. Potter &
Louise Loftin Potter
(Left to Right)
Frances Loftin Cook, Amy Massagee, Trina Leatherman, Deanie Herman
Hilton
Frances is the sole surviving child of Alonzo; Deanie is the
daughter of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman
(Center) Norma Cook
Stewart is the daughter of Alvin & Frances Loftin Cook
Norma is sitting with her son-in-law, Keith, and her
grandchildren
Charlie & Edna Loftin had two children,
Paul Roosevelt Loftin and
Elsie Louise Loftin Potter. Louise is Charlie's sole
surviving child. Paul Allen Loftin is the oldest son of
Paul Roosevelt Loftin & Mildred Allen
(Left to Right) Paul & Pat Isenhour Loftin, Louise Loftin
Potter, Penny, Gary Potter, T.A. Potter
Roy's wife Mae who was always present at the Loftin Family
Reunion passed away on 04 Jul 1912. She was 102.
Descendants of Theodore Roosevelt "Speedo" Loftin & Marie Hoke
"Speedo" and Marie had three children: Betty Jo Loftin
Abernathy,
Peggy Sue Loftin Brotherton and Theodore Davis Loftin
(Left to Right - around the Table)
Carly Brotherton, Peggy Loftin Brotherton, Yvonne Loftin Bryson,
Eddie Bryson, Barry Brotherton, Matthew Bortherton and Carla Brotherton
Descendants of Marie
Loftin Robinson, b. 1910
Descendants of Helen Loftin White, b. 1926
(Circular direction from Left to Right)
Jim & Gail Gilmer Hipkins, Marie Loftin Robinson, Helen Loftin White, Phillis
White Mills, Barbara Jean Gilmer, and Barbara Ann Gilmer
Barbara Jean Gilmer
poses with Marie Loftin Robinson and Helen Loftin White
Marie is 102 and will be 103 in December 2013
Helen is 86 and will be 87 in June
Their sister Lois
Loftin Mundy missed the reunion this year
Lois is 104 and will be 105 in December 2013
Descendants of
William Ray Loftin, b. 1914
Descendants of Nannie Loftin Martin, b. 1895
Descendants of Marie Loftin Robinson, b. 1910
(Left to Right) Pam Loftin Williamson (daughter of William Ray
Loftin), Willard White (husband of Helen Loftin White, b. 1926),
John Smith (great-grandson of Alonzo Loftin and grandson of
Nannie Loftin Martin), Glenn Martin and Dot Robinson Martin
(daughter of Marie Loftin Robinson).
Bill Robinson Family
- Descendants of Flake & Marie
Loftin Robinson
We were pleased and
honored to have brothers Bob and Mark Loftin from Georgia to
join us for the 2013 Loftin Family Reunion. It's always a
pleasure to meet other Loftin cousins.
The 2014 Loftin Family Reunion was held on the 3rd Sunday in May
(18 May 2014) at the Catawba Methodist Church Family Life Center, 207 E. Central Ave,
Catawba, NC 28609. There were about 60 in
attendance. Food was good (as always) and "catching up"
with Loftin relatives was even better.
Faye
Brotherton Dellinger and her son Josh chat as the family begins
to arrive
Photo courtesy of Paul Allen
Loftin
Barry Brotherton,
son of Red & Peggy Loftin Brotherton and grandson of Theodore
Roosevelt Loftin welcomes the family and recognizes the oldest
Loftins in attendance
(Left to Right) Willie Goble Loftin,
Frances Loftin Cook, Helen Loftin White
Willie, age 88, Frances, age 87, and Helen, age, 87, were the
oldest Loftins in attendance
Lois Loftin Mundy, age 105, was not able to be at the 2014
reunion -
and neither was her sister Marie Loftin Robinson, age 103.
Lots of wonderful home-cooked food just waiting to be devoured
as well as some KFC & Food Lion chicken
Four Generations
Helen Josephine Loftin White, Phyllis White Mills, Dalton Leo
Dunn and Amber Mills Dunn
Bill & Sylvia Robinson
Bill is the son of Herman Flake Robinson and Zettie Marie Loftin
(Top Left) Phyllis White Mills and Barbara Jean Gilmer
(Middle Left to Right) Jim & Gail Hipkins, Larry & Barbara
Gilmer,
Dalton Leo Dunn (child), Helen & Willard White
(Bottom Right) Frances Loftin Cook & Norma Cook Stewart
(Top Table) Dot & Glenn Martin, Sylvia & Bill Robinson
(Bottom Table Left to Right) Amber Mills Dunn, Brian Williamson,
Pam Loftin Williamson, Annette Howze (Mary Frances' daughter), Mary Frances
Robinson Moore, Barbara (Mary Frances' daughter)
(Left to Right) John Smith, Howard Smith, Eddie & Yvonne Loftin
Bryson, Wadine Martin Smith
Yvonne is the
daughter of Roy Henry Loftin & Sarah Mae Morrow
Wadine is the daughter of Wade & Nannie Loftin Martin
Eddie & Yvonne Loftin Bryson
Peggy Loftin
Brotherton and Marcella Lee Wike
Peggy is the
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt "Speedo" Loftin and Marie Hoke
Marcella is the daughter of Glenn Lee and Sallie Allie Loftin
(Left to Right) Deanie Herman Hilton, Trina Leatherman,
Pam Herman Sigmon (and husband Spencer), Linda Lee Setzer,
Charles and Diane Setzer Poovey
Linda Lee Setzer is the daughter of Sadie Elizabeth Loftin
Murray Lee
Deanie Herman Hilton and Trina Leatherman
Deanie is the daughter of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman
Pam Herman Sigmon & Spencer Sigmon
Pam is the daughter of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman
Charles & Diane Setzer Poovey
Diane is the daughter of Joyce Murray Setzer
and the granddaughter of Sadie Elizabeth Loftin Murray Lee
Norma Cook Stewart
(right) with her mother Glennie Frances Loftin Cook
Frances is the daughter of Alonzo Lester Loftin
(Left to Right) Norma Cook Stewart, Pat Isenhour Loftin, Curtis
Dean Loftin,
Adam Findley and Paul Allen Loftin
Norma is the daughter of Alvin & Frances Loftin Cook
Curtis is the son of Sam & Willie Goble Loftin
Paul is the son of Paul Roosevelt Loftin & Mildred Allen
Adam is the grandson of Paul Allen Loftin
Pat & Paul Allen Loftin with Adam Findley
Paul shares genealogy information with his grandson, Adam
Pat Isenhour Loftin and
Curtis Loftin are maternal 1st cousins (Their maternal
grandfather is
Martin Luther Goble)
Paul Allen's father, Paul Roosevelt Loftin, was Curtis' paternal
1st cousin
Paul Allen & Curtis are 1st Cousins Once Removed
(Alonzo
Lester Loftin is Curtis' grandfather and Paul Allen's great
grandfather)
Adam Findley
Adam is the grandson of Paul
Allen Loftin - the great grandson of Paul Roosevelt Loftin - the
great great grandson of Charlie Roosevelt Loftin and the great
great great grandson of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
The Curtis Loftin Family
Curtis & Carolyn Loftin - Philip, Leslie & Kayli Loftin - Brad,
Beth, Savanna & Ali Seese
Curtis' mother: Willie Goble Loftin
Photo courtesy of Paul Allen
Loftin
Carolyn
Weeks Loftin and Willie Goble Loftin
Carolyn is
the wife of Curtis Dean Loftin
Willie is the widow of Sam William Loftin and the mother of
Curtis Dean Loftin
The 2015 Loftin Family Reunion was held on Sunday, 17 May
2015 in the Family Life Center of the Catawba Methodist Church
in Catawba, NC
As
family members arrive, Peggy Loftin Brotherton chats with Willie
Goble Loftin
Alan Connor (standing) chats with Willie Goble Loftin and Philip
Loftin
Philip Loftin is the son of
Curtis Loftin and the grandson of Sam William Loftin & Willie
Goble Loftin
Alan Connor is the son of Dewey Connor and the grandson of
Thelma Loftin Connor Lanier
Willie Goble Loftin (age 89) is recognized as being the oldest
family member present
Curtis Loftin is the son of
Sam William Loftin & Willie Goble Loftin; the grandson of Alonzo
Lester Loftin
Faye Brotherton
Dellinger chats with Willie Loftin while Alan Connor and Paul
Loftin chat with Louise Loftin Potter, T.A. Potter and Gary
Potter
Peggy Loftin Brotherton (seated) with her children Faye
Brotherton Dellinger and Barry Brotherton
Peggy Brotherton is the
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt Loftin and the granddaughter of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
(Left) Carla, Carly & Barry Brotherton, Faye Brotherton,
(Right) April Loftin with her son Jasper and friend
Jeffery
April is Mike Loftin's daughter and granddaughter to Davis
Loftin
Time to Eat
(Above & Below Left) Savanna Seese, Diane &
Charles Poovey, Linda Lee Setzer, Spencer Sigmon, Phyllis White
Mills
Willie Goble Loftin with her Great Granddaughter Kayli Loftin
2-year-old Kayli enjoys her McDonalds Happy Meal
(Left to Right) Spencer & Pam Herman Sigmon, Amy Massagee and
Deanie Herman Hilton,
Diane & Charles Poovey, Linda Lee Setzer
Pam & Deanie are the
daughters of Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman and the granddaughters of
Alonzo Lester Loftin
Linda Lee Setzer is the daughter of Sadie Loftin Lee and the
granddaughter of Alonzo Lester Loftin
Diane Setzer Poovey is the daughter of Joyce Murray Setzer and
the granddaughter of Sadie Loftin Lee
Amy Massagee is the daughter of Deanie Herman Hilton
Linda Lee chats with Dot Robinson Martin
(Left to Right)
Glenn Martin, Wadine Martin Smith, Howard Smith and John Smith
Wadine is the daughter of Nannie Loftin Martin
& the granddaughter of Alonzo Lester Loftin
John Smith is the son of Howard & Wadine Martin Smith & the
grandson of Nannie Loftin Martin
Glenn is the husband of Dot Robinson Martin - Dot is the
daughter of Marie Loftin Robinson
(Left to Right)
Penny, Gary Potter, T.A. Potter and Lousie Loftin Potter
Louise Loftin Potter is the daughter of
Charlie Roosevelt Loftin & the granddaughter of Alonzo Lester
Loftin
Gary Potter is the son of T.A. & Louise Loftin Potter and the
grandson of Charlie Roosevelt Loftin
Thanks to Paul Allen Loftin for this photo
(Left to Right)
Amber Mills Dunn holding Dalton Dunn, Willard White,
Phyllis White Mills holding Emma Dunn
Phyllis White Mills is the daughter of
Williard & Helen Loftin White and the granddaughter of Arthur
Lee Loftin
Amber Mills Dunn is the daughter of Don & Phyllis While Mills
Dalton & Emma Dunn are the children of Amber Mills Dunn
Willard White,
Barbara Gilmer holding Emma Dunn
(Left to Right)
Willard White, Barbara Gilmer, Larry & Barbara Gilmer, Dot
Robinson Martin, Mary Frances Robinson Moore, Phyllis White
Mills holding Emma and Amber Mills Dunn holding Dalton
Willard White is the husband of the late Helen
Loftin White
Larry Gilmer is the son of Frances Bernice Loftin Gilmer and the
grandson of Arthur Lee Loftin
Dot & Mary Frances are the daughters of Marie Loftin Robinson
and the granddaughters of Arthur Lee Loftin
The 2016 Loftin Family Reunion was held on the 3rd Sunday in May
(15 May 2016) at the Catawba Methodist Church Family Life
Center, 207 E. Central Ave,
Catawba, NC 28609. There were about 45 in
attendance. Food was good (as always) and "catching up"
with Loftin relatives was even better.
Early
arrivals set their covered-dishes on the food table while others
chat
(Left) Willie Loftin and Bill Robinson); (Right) Linda Setzer
and Diane Poovey
Announcements and Special
Recognitions
Loftin
Family Reunion President, Barry Brotherton, greets the family
and remembers those family members who have died since the last
reunion, including: Wayne Martin,
Eddie Bryson and
Frances Loftin Cook
Willie Goble Loftin,
age 90, was recognized as being the oldest in attendance
Willie pictured here with Amy Massagee
Time To Eat
The Loftins
always have been good cooks - both the women and men
Curtis always tries to get photos of all of
the families in attendance
Descendants of Alonzo Lester
Loftin
(Left to
Right) Barry & Carla Brotherton, Josh Dellinger, Peggy Loftin
Brotherton, Matthew Brotherton,
Carly Brotherton, Faye Brotherton
Peggy is the daughter of
Theodore Roosevelt Loftin and Marie Hoke Loftin
Barry & Faye are the children of Red & Peggy Loftin Brotherton
Josh Dellinger is the son of Faye Brotherton
Matthew and Carly Brotherton are the children of Barry & Carla
Brotherton
(Left to
Right) Lisa Martin Harvey & her two granddaughters, Marcella Lee
Wike,
Lacey Anna Wike, Danny Lee Wike, Elaine Lee Martin
Elaine and Marcella are the
daughters of Glenn & Allie Loftin Lee
Lisa is Elaine's youngest daughter
Danny is Marcella's son and Lacey is Danny's daughter
(Marcella's granddaughter)
(Left to
Right)
Linda Lee Setzer, Deanie Herman Hilton, Darrin Cranfill, Pam
Herman Sigmon, Diane & Charles Poovey
Diane Setzer Poovey is the
daughter of J.D. & Joyce Murray Setzer & granddaughter of Sadie
Loftin Murray Lee
Linda is the daughter of Vernon & Sadie Loftin Murray Lee
Deannie and Pam are the daughters of Ruel & Daisy Pearl Loftin
Herman; Darrin is Pam's son
(Left to
Right) Paul & Pat Loftin with Gerald Loftin
Paul & Gerald Loftin are the
sons of Paul Roosevelt Loftin and grandsons of Charlie Roosevelt
Loftin (b. 1905)
Paul's wife, Pat Isenhour Loftin, is the daughter of Fred & Lib
Goble Loftin and granddaughter of Martin Luther Goble
Curtis
Loftin chats with his mother, children and grandchildren before
the meal
(Left to
Right) Savanna Seese with boyfriend, Wesley. Alexandria Seese,
Brad & Beth Loftin Seese
Beth is the daughter of
Curtis & Carolyn Weeks Loftin and granddaughter of Sam & Willie
Goble Loftin
Savanna and Alexandria are the daughters of Brad & Beth Loftin
Seese
Savanna & Alexandria are the great great granddaughters of
Alonzo & Ida Setzer Loftin
(Left to
Right) Willie Goble Loftin, Leslie Robinson Loftin & Philip
Loftin, Carolyn Loftin
Willie is the wife of the
late Sam WIlliam Loftin
Carolyn is the wife of Curtis Loftin
Philip is the son of Curtis & Carolyn Weeks Loftin; Leslie is
Philip's wife
Kayli
Loftin eats her lunch and shows off her fingernales
Kayli is
the daughter of Philip & Leslie Robinson Loftin; granddaughter
of Curtis & Carolyn Weeks Loftin;
great grandaughter of Sam & Willie Goble Loftin; great great
granddaughter of Alonzo & Ida Setzer Loftin
Curtis is the son of Sam &
Willie Goble Loftin
Descendants of Alonzo Lester
Loftin & Arthur Lee Loftin
(Left to Right)
Jim Hipkins, Wadine Martin Smith & Howard Smith, John Si\mith,
Larry Gilmer, Gail Hipkins
Wadine is
the daughter of Wade and Nannie Loftin Martin; Howard Smith is
her husband
John Smith is the son of Howard & Wadine Smith
Wadine is the granddaughter of Alonzo & Cornelia Lowrance Loftin
Jim Hipkins is the husband of Gail Gilmer Hipkins; Larry Gilmer
is her brother
Gail and Larry are the children of Raymond Eugene Gilmer and
Frances Bernice Loftin Gilmer
Gail & Larry are the grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin &
Josephine Gilleland Loftin
(Clockwise
from 7:00) Unknown Lady, Dot Robinson Martin & Glenn Martin, Willard
Gilmer,
Bill & Sylvia Robinson,
Mary Frances Robinson Moore
Dot, Mary Frances and Bill
are siblings - and the children of Flake & Marie Loftin Robinson
They are the grandchildren of Arthur Lee Loftin & Josephine
Gilleland Loftin
Learning About Our Ancestors
John Smith
was invited to share about the earliest Loftins in the US
John Loftin, Cornelius Loftin, Cornelius Loftin and Leonard
Loftin/Laughtin
Additional Photos
Amy,
Savanna & Wesley go back for seconds
Willard
White, husband of the late Helen Loftin White, brought a
scrapbook that she had created
70 years ago, during World War 2, with clippings of her siblings
and other Catawba County people
Many of the clippings were war related but there were also
engagement and marriage announcements
Page on
right side shows clippings for Ray and Foy Loftin
Peggy
Loftin Brotherton and Willie Goble Loftin
This was Willie's last Loftin Family Reunion
Because of mobility issues she went to live at Cardinal
Healthcare in Lincolnton, NC, in November 2016
The 2017 Loftin Family Reunion was held on May 21st
at First United Methodist Church in Newton, NC.
The reunion is always scheduled for the third Sunday in May.
Make plans now to come out and join us next year.
As family
members begins to arrive,
covered-dishes of all types are placed on the food tables
John Smith, Faye Brotherton Dellinger, Barry Brotherton and
Pat Isenhower Loftin
(Left to Right) Charles & Diane Poovey, Linda Lee Setzer, Pam
Loftin Williamson,
Pam Herman Sigmon, Larry Gilmer, Wadine Martin Smith, Marcella
Lee Wike,
Elaine Lee martin, Amy Massagee, John Smith, Deanie Herman
Hilton
Pat Loftin and Deanie Herman Hilton
Opportunities to Chat With Family Members you haven Seen in a
Year
Josh Dellinger, Carly Brotherton, Matthew Brotherton,
Faye Brotherton, Pam Herman Sigmon, Carla Brotherton
Marcella Lee White, Deanie Herman Hilton, Barry Brotherton,
Carly Brotherton, Josh Dellinger, Matthew Brotherton, Faye
Brotherton, Diane Setzer Poovey talking to Pam Loftin
Williamson, Linda Lee Setzer talking to Charles Poovey, Peggy
Brotherton
(Left) Barbara Gilmer & Willard White
(Right) Peggy Brotherton, Faye Brotherton Dellinger, Deanie
Herman Hilton
Bill & Sylvia Robinson, Elaine Lee Martin,
Wadine Martin Smith, Marcella Lee White, Deanie Herman Hilton
Some of the
Alonzo Lester Loftin Descendants
(Left) Elaine Lee Martin, Pam Herman Sigmon, Pat Isenhower
Loftin
(Right) Amy Massagee & Matthew Brotherton
Wadine & Howard Smith; Barry & Carla Brotherton with Josh
Dellinger; Paul Allen Loftin
(Left to Right) Peggy Loftin Brotherton, John Smith, Barry
Brotherton,
Faye Brotherton, Josh Dellinger , Unknown Lady, Glenn Martin,
Elaine Lee Martin
Various members of the family are recognized - including the
oldest in attendance
& the person who traveled the greatest distance to attend
John Smith, Wadine Martin Smith, Glenn Martin
Time to
Eat! The Loftins are GOOD cooks!
Some of
the Arthur Lee Loftin Descendants
(Back Table Clockwise 9:00) Unknown Woman, Glenn & Dot
Robinson Martin,
Bill Robinson, Willard White, Unknown Woman, Unknown Woman,
Unknown Mundy,
Mary Frances Robinson Moore
(Front Table Clockwise 9:00) Unknown Williamson, Barbara Ann
Gilmer, Larry Gilmer,
Barbara Jean Gilmer, Pam Loftin Williamson
The
Loftin Family History
John Smith always has a few "nuggets" about the Loftin Family
History
Time to
Clean Up and Leave
Dot Robinson Martin, John Smith, Barry Brotherton, Peggy
Brotherton,
Glenn Martin, Linda Lee Setzer, Diane Setzer Poovery
Saying
"Good-bye" Until Next Year
Carla, Carly, Matthey, Peggy, Barry & Faye Brotherton;
Barbara Gilmer
(Left to Right) Marcella Lee Wike, Barbara Jean Gilmer, Bill
Robinson, Unknown Woman,
Peggy Brotherton talking to Mary Frances Robinson Moore,
Deanie Herman Hilton talking to Charles Poovey
(Back Right Table) Barbara Ann Gilmer, Willard White, Two
Unknown Men
(Front Center Table) Diane Setzer Poovey & Pam Loftin
Williamson
(Back Left Table) Marcella Lee Wike and her sister Elaine Lee
Martin
(Right Side Men) Willard White, Charles Poovey, Glenn Martin,
John Smith
A Special
Thanks to Paul Allen Loftin
for providing the photos from the 2017 Loftin Family Reunion
As a child, my family's menu
consisted of two options: (1) Take it or (2) Leave it.
The Reunion is scheduled for the third Sunday
in May of each year. For additional information, contact
Peggy Brotherton (828) 241-2555 or Barry Brotherton (828)
308-8153.
SOURCES
Thanks to the following for sharing their
photos from the Loftin Reunion:
Paul Allen Loftin, Phyllis
White Mills, Philip Loftin, Beth Loftin, Curtis Loftin
If you have photos or additional information about the Loftin
family, please contact me.
A special thanks to Frances
Loftin Cook and John Smith for photos from various Loftin
"get-togethers".