Josephine Johnston and Cornelia Fawcett and Jr. and Ethel Fawcett. And then they all started having children and now every year there's a new crop of babies. I'm very lucky they include me because the Peterson branch had almost died out. So, the Fawcetts bring me in as sort of a shirt-tail relative. And I'm really grateful for that. But it's about forty or fifty people. We're kind of getting down into the younger generation now Do they have it at people's homes? Oh, yeah. They could never have it at my house because I have a little cottage. But a couple of them have big places. This year we went down into the next generation from my generation, so the baton has been passed. I'm sure the ones like Betsy and Alton Rhoden and Mary Claire and Bud Fawcett were always the ones before, I'm sure they are grateful that Amy Womack took it over this year. And there are always new babies. So many now that you don't know who belongs to who. When one of those kids gets married it's almost written into the nuptials that Thanksgiving we will be at the Fawcett Family Thanksgiving. Everybody brings something? Oh, yes. Everybody brings something. We all have our specialties. When Norma Fawcett died I inherited her specialty, pimento cheese celery. So, that's one of the things I have to bring every year, which I would never eat. But cousin Jim Stehling has to have his pimento cheese celery. And Alton Rhoden, he makes the most wonderful cornbread dressing, so everybody expects Alton Rhoden's cornbread dressing. How many turkeys do you have? Oh, who can count? Turkeys and ham. There's always way too much food. Alton, he knows I'm crazy about his dressing, he always gives me a little container of dressing to take home. It's great fun. Any other memories you want to share? I remember, it just popped into my head. Do you remember the poppies they use to sell? Was that for..... Veteran's Day. I guess it was. It was a big deal downtown. And, of course, the parades. The pep rallies. We started from what was then the high school over on Tivy Street and we marched all that way
Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan who lived in Kerrville since she was 4 years old and is a member of the prominent Peterson family. The family was responsible for building the Sid Peterson Hospital and Peterson Foundation. She and her husband John Sullivan (deceased) have 3 children. The interview traces her memories of the Peterson family and her upbrining in Kerrville. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan who lived in Kerrville since she was 4 years old and is a member of the prominent Peterson family. The family was responsible for building the Sid Peterson Hospital and Peterson Foundation. She and her husband John Sullivan (deceased) have 3 children. The interview traces her memories of the Peterson family and her upbringing in Kerrville. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
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Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Sullivan, Beverly Peterson.Oral History Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan, December 11, 2018,
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crediting Kerr County Historical Commission.