Big Cove Women

I love old photos; and I LOVE old group photos! I have amassed a pretty large collection of old photos over the years (mostly just copies of the originals); and of the things I would grab first if the house was on fire (besides my wife and kids), my old photos are numero uno! This is a really cool photo I came across a few years ago. If features several of the women of the Big Cove Community. SOMEWHERE, I have the names of all of these women - thanks to a few friends like Sis. Catherine Simmons (affectionately known as Goody). I know several of them by heart - including my great-grandmother, Josie Hunter Bird, and great-great-grandmother, Rachel Bass Hunter. The photo was thought to have been made at a shower held for Julia Owens Pinkerton (kneeling next to the older lady in the chair). Julia Owens married John Pinkerton on August 23, 1930 (license date); and so the photo is from around this time. Or perhaps the photo was from a couple of years later, when John & Julia were expecting their first child. Others faces in the photo include Hattie Pinkerton Howell, Sally Howell Layne, Lizzie Simmons Drake, Kitty Hone, Mary Drake Howell, Bertie Ellett Terry, Lena Bird Pinkerton, Thelma Bunch Owens, Donnie Stone, etc. If anyone is interested in a full "who's who", let me know! -BYRD